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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Choose the best word in place of ( VI ) from the given passage
Answer: B
Correct answer: These
The blank stands before the plural efforts and points back to the work described in the sentence before, so a plural demonstrative referring to something near at hand is needed. This is singular, and those would place the efforts at a distance the passage does not intend.
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Choose the best word in place of ( VII ) from the given passage
Answer: B
Correct answer: Essential
The blank modifies commodities, and essential commodities is the standing term in Indian economic writing for the goods whose prices are watched. The passage then contrasts them with other goods, which only works if the first group is a defined category.
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Choose the best word in place of ( VIII ) from the given passage
Answer: C
Correct answer: Fallen
The auxiliary have is already in place, so the blank takes a past participle. Fell and falls are finite forms. Between fallen and risen, the paragraph is reporting good news, and the next sentence records falling inflation, so prices must have fallen. Plummeted overstates what considerably allows.
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Choose the best word in place of ( IX ) from the given passage
Answer: C
Correct answer: Has
The subject is the rate of inflation, a singular noun, and the participle fallen that follows needs an auxiliary. Only has supplies a singular one; have fails to agree, and the adverbs are not verbs.
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Choose the best word in place of ( X ) from the given passage
Answer: C
Correct answer: Nearly
The blank stands between figure of and minus 3, so it must qualify the number. Nearly does. Near and above would need to govern the figure differently, and inflation repeats a word already in the sentence.
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