The Earth is one of the known planets that circle the sun. In -----( I )----- times, the men who studied the -----( II )----- noticed that while certain heavenly -----( III )----- seemed fixed in the sky, others seemed to -----( IV )----- about. The latter they named planets or wanderers -----( V )----- astronomers have discovered that the four planets, Jupiter, Saturn. Uranus -----( VI )----- Neptune, are surrounded by poisonous gases and are so ----( VII )------ that any living thing attempting to ----( VIII )------ on them would instantly be frozen to death. Of the five remaining -----( IX )----- Venus most closely ----( X )------ the Earth in size
Choose the best word in place of ( VI ) from the given passage
Answer: B
Correct answer: and
The blank joins the last two items of the list Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, and a list in English closes with and. Or would make the four alternatives, and nor requires a negative before it.
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Choose the best word in place of ( VII ) from the given passage
Answer: A
Correct answer: cold
The clause that follows is that any living thing… would instantly be frozen to death, and so… that requires the adjective to be the cause of the freezing. Cold is that cause; lukewarm and dull contradict it, and frigid, though close in meaning, is not used with so… that in this plain register.
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Choose the best word in place of ( VIII ) from the given passage
Answer: B
Correct answer: land
The living thing is imagined arriving on a planet, and what one does on arrival at a planet's surface is land on it. Walk and stay presuppose it has already got there, and squat belongs to a different sense altogether.
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Choose the best word in place of ( IX ) from the given passage
Answer: C
Correct answer: planets
Nine planets are in question, four have just been dealt with, so of the five remaining must refer to planets. Stars and constellations are not planets, and meteors were never in the count.
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Choose the best word in place of ( X ) from the given passage
Answer: C
Correct answer: resembles
Venus is being compared with the Earth in size, and resembles is the verb for being similar to something. Imitates would credit Venus with copying, identifies takes a different construction, and negates reverses the sense.
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In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Indeed, much progress in this...( I )...has already been made as a...( II )...of the combined...( III )...of the government and the people of the state and the...( IV )...initiative provided by Central Government under Prime Minister...( V )...leadership. The results of...( VI )...efforts are there for all to see. Prices of...( VII )...commodities and other goods have...( VIII )...considerably. The rate of inflation...( IX )...fallen to gratifying figure of...( X )...minus 3, the...( XI)...in the world. There is complete harmony in...( XII )...public and private sector establishments and...( XIII )...is bound to lead to...( XIV )...industrial and agricultural production. Is it a hope or a...( XV )...
Choose the best word in place of ( I ) from the given passage
Answer: B
Correct answer: Regard
The fixed phrase is in this regard, meaning on this matter, and it is always singular. Regards belongs only to the plural greeting at the end of a letter, and behalf, way and respect would each need a different preposition.
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Choose the best word in place of ( II ) from the given passage
Answer: C
Correct answer: Result
As a result of is a fixed phrase, and the blank follows the article a, so a noun is required. Resultant and resulting are adjectives, resulted a verb, and resultify is not a word.
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Choose the best word in place of ( III ) from the given passage
Answer: C
Correct answer: Efforts
Combined implies more than one contributor, and the sentence names two - the government and the people - so the plural is needed. Progress and movement are not things that are combined in this sense.
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Choose the best word in place of ( IV ) from the given passage
Answer: C
Correct answer: Required
The blank modifies initiative, so an adjective is needed. Welcomes is a verb and initialization a noun, which leaves proper, welcome and required. Of these, required is the one that ties the Centre's initiative to the need the paragraph has just described.
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Choose the best word in place of ( V ) from the given passage
Answer: C
Correct answer: Inspiring
The blank modifies leadership and so must be an adjective. Inspires and stabilize are verbs; between inspiring and stable, only the first is the customary word for leadership that moves people to act.
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