Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Ambition is a vital ingredient for success. Without ambition to push us, we will not be (1)_____of great achievements. We all need that special something (2)_____ourselves to give us the willpower to reach a higher goal (3)_____we imagine ourselves capable (4)_____Yet, ambition, (5)_____money and fire, is a good servant, but a bad master.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.

Option 1: in

Option 2: with

Option 3: without

Option 4: within

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

The rain was coming down relentlessly. Even (1)______ a fast windscreen wiper, the road was (2)____ visible in the dark. Away from the noisy station we had just left, I (3)_____ the empty roads. Indeed, who would be walking (4)____ at such a late hour in the pouring rain? Shekhar was (5)____ steady driver as a rule, but we (6)____ both worried by now and he was already driving (7)______ fast. The road conditions were (8)____ from good. It was a bad ride, but we barely noticed it as we were so (9)______. The only thing I was worried about was finding my daughter, a young, (10)_______ girl alone on the streets at this hour.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 6.

Option 1: were

Option 2: have

Option 3: was

Option 4: are

Question : When some companies, in order to cover up their bad financial position resort to ----------- i.e., showing a better position than the one which really exists. They change their balance sheet in such a way that the important facts and truth may be concealed.

Option 1: Book keeping 

Option 2: Accounting 

Option 3: Accountancy 

Option 4: Window dressing 

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Unemployment arises from a variety of_____ (1). One which is always recurring and the effects of which we have had a recent example is the disorganisation of the industry resulting from a long war, this is a serious______ (2) admitting of no easy ________(3) at the best of times. Again there is unemployment which followed a marked diminution in the______ (4) of any raw product, such as cotton; fewer hands are required in the mills and the factories. We may call this the cause of bad harvests. Similar, but more serious is the effect of changes in industry due to the invention of machinery which does more work and requires________ (5) hands. Yet another cause is strike or lockout and this is more to be deplored because such a stoppage is due to a very trivial matter, perhaps the men are working half an hour longer than what their Union permits.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.

Option 1: material

Option 2: quality

Option 3: quantity

Option 4: cloth

Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Call it a day.

Option 1: Call it as a bad day.

Option 2: Stop thinking in daytime.

Option 3: Call it as a good and productive day.

Option 4: Stop working on something.

Question : Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

One who is bad at spelling.

Option 1: Cartographer

Option 2: Cacographer

Option 3: Chauffer

Option 4: Calligrapher

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

The rain was coming down relentlessly. Even (1)______ a fast windscreen wiper, the road was (2)____ visible in the dark. Away from the noisy station we had just left, I (3)_____ the empty roads. Indeed, who would be walking (4)____ at such a late hour in the pouring rain? Shekhar was (5)____ steady driver as a rule, but we (6)____ both worried by now and he was already driving (7)______ fast. The road conditions were (8)____ from good. It was a bad ride, but we barely noticed it as we were so (9)______. The only thing I was worried about was finding my daughter, a young, (10)_______ girl alone on the streets at this hour.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 1.

Option 1: with

Option 2: of

Option 3: so

Option 4: by

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

The rain was coming down relentlessly. Even (1)______ a fast windscreen wiper, the road was (2)____ visible in the dark. Away from the noisy station we had just left, I (3)_____ the empty roads. Indeed, who would be walking (4)____ at such a late hour in the pouring rain? Shekhar was (5)____ steady driver as a rule, but we (6)____ both worried by now and he was already driving (7)______ fast. The road conditions were (8)____ from good. It was a bad ride, but we barely noticed it as we were so (9)______. The only thing I was worried about was finding my daughter, a young, (10)_______ girl alone on the streets at this hour.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 7.

Option 1: suddenly

Option 2: clearly

Option 3: nearly

Option 4: extremely

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

The rain was coming down relentlessly. Even (1)______ a fast windscreen wiper, the road was (2)____ visible in the dark. Away from the noisy station we had just left, I (3)_____ the empty roads. Indeed, who would be walking (4)____ at such a late hour in the pouring rain? Shekhar was (5)____ steady driver as a rule, but we (6)____ both worried by now and he was already driving (7)______ fast. The road conditions were (8)____ from good. It was a bad ride, but we barely noticed it as we were so (9)______. The only thing I was worried about was finding my daughter, a young, (10)_______ girl alone on the streets at this hour.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 3.

Option 1: noticed

Option 2: am noticing

Option 3: noticing

Option 4: notices

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Ambition is a vital ingredient for success. Without ambition to push us, we will not be (1)_____of great achievements. We all need that special something (2)_____ourselves to give us the willpower to reach a higher goal (3)_____we imagine ourselves capable (4)_____Yet, ambition, (5)_____money and fire, is a good servant, but a bad master.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.

Option 1: then

Option 2: than

Option 3: that

Option 4: what