CLOZE TEST
       Directions (481–505) : In the        centres. The large-scale demolition of      505. (1) callous       (2) cruel
following three passages some of the        traditional buildings and bazaars 494              (3) hard        (4) thick skinned
words have been left out. First read the    the quest for modernity have, howev-
                                                                                               Directions (506 –530) : In the
passage over and try to understand          er, 495 to their disappearance.
                                                                                        following three passage, some of the
what it is about. Then fill in the blanks   491. (1) expansive       (2) extensive      words have been left out. First read
with the help of the alternatives giv-             (3) extended      (4) expended       the passage over and try to understand
en.
                                            492. (1) open            (2) opened         what it is about. Then fill in the blanks
                (SSC Graduate Level Tier-II                                             with the help of the alternatives giv-
                                                   (3) opening       (4) opined
                 Exam.04.08.2011 Paper-II)                                              en.
                                            493. (1) urban           (2) village
               PASSAGE - I                                                                 (SSC CPO (SI, ASI & Intelligence Officer
                                                   (3) rural         (4) country
      The last decade has been 481 for                                                                  Exam. 28.08.2011 Paper-II)
                                            494. (1) in              (2) inside
management education and develop-                                                                       PASSAGE I
                                                   (3) on            (4) into
ment. When the economies of most                                                               If you prefer mountains (506)
western countries were 482 in the           495. (1) lead            (2) led
                                                                                        deserts, try Darjeeling, West Bengal’s
early 1980’s there were 483 cuts both              (3) conformed (4) caused
                                                                                        hill resort that (507) at the foothills of
in corporate training and in higher                       PASSAGE - III                 the mighty Himalayas. (508), while in
education. During the boom years of              More than 7,000 people died            Bengal, if your spirit of adventure gets
the mid 1980’s there were some 484          within a matter of days when toxic gas      the better of you, (509) the ferry to the
in both areas. In the early 1990’s in-      leaked 496 a chemical plant in Bho-         Sunderbans, the world’s largest delta.
dustrialized countries were in the 485      pal, India. The leak began late at night    But if these places do not attract you,
of another severe recession and a 486       and 497 for several hours unnoticed.        there’s Bhutan, the quiet Himalayan
retrenchment was to be reasonably           Since then, 498 to the toxins created       Kingdom, (510) West Bengal.
487 throughout the training world. But      by the leak has resulted in innumera-       506. (1) against        (2) from
this has not been the case so far. Many     ble deaths. Many more are sick and
                                                                                               (3) with         (4) to
leading companies are 488 their be-         499 to live normal lives. Despite try-
                                            ing to get 500 for the disaster, the        507. (1) nestles        (3) cuddles
lief in training as the key to future
competitiveness and governments are         people have seen no real attempt to                (2) sleeps       (4) rests
489 an era of rapid 490 in higher ed-       compensate them. The company in-            508. (1) so             (2) and
ucation.                                    volved, UCC, has publicly 501 all re-              (3) but          (4) since
481. (1) dogmatic        (2) paradoxical    sponsibility for the leak. No one till date 509. (1) ask            (2) take
       (3) praiseworthy (4) outstanding     has been held 502 . Was it the 503 of
                                                                                               (3) pick         (4) pay
                                            the machinery or simply human error
482. (1) galvanized      (2) developing                                                 510. (1) adjoining      (2) surrounding
                                            ? Many questions remain 504. The
       (3) faltering     (4) privatised                                                        (3) skirting     (4) bordering
                                            investigation has been dealt with in a
483. (1) judicious       (2) marginal       very 505 manner.                                           PASSAGE II
       (3) proportionate (4)severe          496. (1) in              (2) at                    No communication has ever pro-
484. (1) reactions       (2) slashing              (3) of            (4) by             vided so many people with as (511) a
       (3) pro-activity (4) curiosity       497. (1) continued       (2) started        range of new (512) as television has.
485. (1) area            (2) grip                  (3) proceeded (4) went               Without (513) their homes, people can
       (3) context       (4) mood           498. (1) experience                         watch Government officials (514) im-
486. (1) critical        (2) profound              (2) introduction                     portant functions and see how people
                                                                                        in (515) lands look and live. Televi-
       (3) slight        (4) tough                 (3) exposure
                                                                                        sion takes its (516) to deserts, jun-
487. (1) fabricated      (2) advocated             (4) acquaintance
                                                                                        gles and even the sea floor. Television
       (3) projected     (4) expected       499. (1) struggling      (2) fighting       gives us a (517) of real life tragedy as
488. (1) asserting       (2) rejecting             (3) grappling     (4) learning       when it comes to the (518) of war,
       (3) managing      (4) criticising    500. (1) finances                           natural disasters and poverty. It also
489. (1) establishing (2) encouraging              (2) compensation                     (519) moments of great triumph, such
                                                   (3) money                            as when the astronaut just (520) his
       (3) circulating (4) preaching
                                                   (4) payment                          foot on the moon.
490. (1) degradation
                                            501. (1) blocked         (2) refused        511. (1) large          (2) wide
       (2) communication
                                                   (3) forbidden     (4) denied                (3) many         (4) broad
       (3) exhibition
                                            502. (1) guilty          (2) responsible    512. (1) experiences (3) incidents
       (4) expansion                               (3) accounting (4) trustworthy              (2) happenings (4) anecdotes
               PASSAGE -II                  503. (1) closure         (2) insolvency     513. (1) parting        (2) moving
      One of the oldest cities of Asia,            (3) stopping      (4) failure
Srinagar is known for its unique wood-                                                         (3) departing (4) leaving
                                            504. (1) unattempted
en architecture. Its 491 network of                                                     514. (1) perform        (2) accomplish
                                                   (2) unapologetic
narrow streets amid multi-storey                                                               (3) pursue       (4) achieve
wooded houses 492 out its waterways,               (3) unanswered
                                                                                        515. (1) far out        (2) far off
make it look like medieval Islamic 493             (4) unreturned
                                                                                               (3) by far       (4) far and wide
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