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Q1: Below is a text with blanks. Fill the appropriate answer choice from the given options for each blank.
Tennis is the only major sport in which women and men are in the same zip code regarding earnings. The debate about equal pay for women in other comparable sports continues. The U.S. Open was the first Slam to offer _____(1)_____ pay-outs for the men's and women's events, and now _____(2)_____ of the four Slams has equal pay. Thirty-four years after the US Open paid equally, the All England Club that organizes Wimbledon finally came around. While Serena Williams was the only woman to _____(3)_____ Forbes' 100 highest-paid athletes list during a year, the top ten earners in tennis are _____(4)_____ evenly between men and women.
Given below are the answer choices for the blanks in the passage. Choose one option for each blank.
1. delayed/ less/ more/ equal
2. each/ any/ many/ few
3. serve/ hold/ crack/ find
4. split/ broken/ made/ sized
View AnswerAns:
1. equal
2. each
3. crack
4. split
Tennis is the only major sport in which women and men are in the same zip code regarding earnings. The debate about equal pay for women in other comparable sports continues. The U.S. Open was the first Slam to offer equal pay-outs for the men's and women's events, and now each of the four Slams has equal pay. Thirty-four years after the US Open paid equally, the All England Club that organizes Wimbledon finally came around. While Serena Williams was the only woman to crack Forbes' 100 highest-paid athletes list during a year, the top ten earners in tennis are split evenly between men and women.
Q2: Below is a text with blanks. Fill the appropriate answer choice from the given options for each blank.
A happy customer is a repeat customer, or so the saying goes. But how can a business keep clients _____(1)_____? The answer, according to a recent study, is to treat employees well. Glassdoor, a website that lets workers assess employers, looked back over the _____(2)_____ of 293 companies across 13 industries between 2008 and 2018. It then studied the link between employee satisfaction, based on its own ratings, and a benchmark gauge of shoppers' sentiment. A one-point improvement in Glassdoor's rating (on a five-point scale) translated into a statistically _____(3)_____ 1.3-point increase in customer satisfaction (rated from zero to 100). As might be expected, the link was strongest in industries where workers have the most direct contact with customers, such as retail, restaurants and tourism. The link is less strong among manufacturing and energy _____(4)_____.
Given below are the answer choices for the blanks in the passage. Choose one option for each blank.
1. occupied/ verified/ subscribed/ satisfied
2. time/ records/ documents/ benefits
3. increment/ significant/ varied/ numbered
4. firms/ supplies/ statistics/ customers
View AnswerAns:
1. satisfied
2. records
3. significant
4.firms
A happy customer is a repeat customer, or so the saying goes. But how can a business keep clients satisfied? The answer, according to a recent study, is to treat employees well. Glassdoor, a website that lets workers assess employers, looked back over the records of 293 companies across 13 industries between 2008 and 2018. It then studied the link between employee satisfaction, based on its own ratings, and a benchmark gauge of shoppers' sentiment. A one-point improvement in Glassdoor's rating (on a five-point scale) translated into a statistically significant 1.3-point increase in customer satisfaction (rated from zero to 100). As might be expected, the link was strongest in industries where workers have the most direct contact with customers, such as retail, restaurants, and tourism. The link is less strong among manufacturing and energy firms.
Q3: Below is a text with blanks. Fill the appropriate answer choice from the given options for each blank.
As wondrous as space is, it's rather inconvenient. Astronauts can't just pop to the _____(1)_____ store when they get a hankering for tortillas. Their food needs to last and be easy to eat in zero gravity. For a prolonged stay on the International Space Station (ISS), a _____(2)_____ supply of food, batteries, and other goods must be planned in great detail. Regular resupply missions are critical, a _____(3)_____ for those who live and work onboard the station, which has been continuously occupied since 2000. In late September, the latest delivery including water, food, clothing, and scientific experimental equipment arrived via Japan's _________(4) spacecraft. For the unmanned vehicle, it was the eighth mission since its first outing in 2009.
Given below are the answer choices for the blanks in the passage. Choose one option for each blank.
1. rich/ corner/ near/ home
2. finite/ reusable/ steady/ healthy
3. lifeline/ festivity/ miracle/ wish
4. rescue/ native/ advanced/ resupply
View AnswerAns:
1. corner
2. steady
3. lifeline
4. resupply
As wondrous as space is, it's rather inconvenient. Astronauts can't just pop to the corner store when they get a hankering for tortillas. Their food needs to last and be easy to eat in zero gravity. For a prolonged stay on the International Space Station (ISS), a steady supply of food, batteries and other goods must be planned in great detail. Regular resupply missions are critical, a lifeline for those who live and work onboard the station, which has been continuously occupied since 2000. In late September, the latest delivery including water, food, clothing and scientific experimental equipment arrived via Japan's resupply spacecraft. For the unmanned vehicle, it was the eighth mission since its first outing in 2009.
Q4: Below is a text with blanks. Fill the appropriate answer choice from the given options for each blank.
In a world of digital distraction and information _____(1)_____, we are constantly pulled away from the present moment. For many of us, it feels as though we are multitasking 24x7. As they _____(2)_____ with the digital world, teachers can find a great _____(3)_____ in mindfulness meditation. They can use it to promote connection, expand cognitive capacity, and gently challenge relational patterns, with the self and others. Mindfulness meditation has been shown to decrease stress and anxiety, _____(4)_____working memory, focus attention, reduce emotional reactivity, and increase relationship satisfaction.
Given below are the answer choices for the blanks in the passage. Choose one option for each blank.
1. interference/ overload/ currents/ availability
2. contend/ proceed/ master/ ace
3. ally/ person/ substitute/ measure
4. hinder/ protect/ forget/ boost
View AnswerAns:
1. overload
2. contend
3. ally
4. boost
"In a world of digital distraction and information overload, we are constantly pulled away from the present moment. For many of us, it feels as though we are multitasking 24x7. As they contend with the digital world, teachers can find a great ally in mindfulness meditation. They can use it to promote connection, expand cognitive capacity, and gently challenge relational patterns, with the self and others. Mindfulness meditation has been shown to decrease stress and anxiety, boost working memory, focus attention, reduce emotional reactivity, and increase relationship satisfaction."
Q5: Below is a text with blanks. Fill the appropriate answer choice from the given options for each blank.
Of the many memorable things about Stephen Hawking, perhaps the most memorable of all was his conversation. The disease that _____(1)_____ him to a wheelchair also stopped him from talking, so instead a computer-synthesized what became a world-famous voice. It was, though, a laborious process. Hawking had to _____(2)_____ a muscle in his cheek to control a computer that helped him build up sentences, word by word. Others who have lost the ability to speak because of disease, or a stroke, can similarly use head or eye movements to _____(3)_____ computer cursors to select letters and spell out words. But, at their best, users of these methods struggle to produce more than ten words a _____(4)_____. That is far slower than the average rate of natural speech, around 150 words a minute.
Given below are the answer choices for the blanks in the passage. Choose one option for each blank.
1. confined/ reserved/ caused/ braced
2. stay/ build/ twitch/ point
3. control/ hold/ monitor/ indicate
4. time/ second/ sentence/ minute
View AnswerAns:
1. confined
2. twitch
3. control
4. minute
"Of the many memorable things about Stephen Hawking, perhaps the most memorable of all was his conversation. The disease that confined him to a wheelchair also stopped him from talking, so instead a computer synthesized what became a world-famous voice. It was, though, a laborious process. Hawking had to twitch a muscle in his cheek to control a computer that helped him build up sentences, word by word. Others who have lost the ability to speak because of disease, or a stroke, can similarly use head or eye movements to control computer cursors to select letters and spell out words. But, at their best, users of these methods struggle to produce more than ten words a minute. That is far slower than the average rate of natural speech, around 150 words a minute."
Q6: Below is a text with blanks. Fill the appropriate answer choice from the given options for each blank.
Some 8% ($7.6 trillion) of the world's _____(1)_____ is squirreled away in offshore accounts. After the release of the Panama papers, a huge cache of _____(2)_____ documents leaked from a law firm in Panama, the world learned more about the global industry of selling financial secrecy to those who can afford it. The main tools for doing so are anonymous shell companies (which exist only on paper) and offshore accounts in tax _____(3)_____ which often come with perks such as banking secrecy and low to no taxes. These structures are used to hide the _____(4)_____ of the true owner of money parked in jurisdictions like Panama.
Given below are the answer choices for the blanks in the passage. Choose one option for each blank.
1. wealth/ resources/ profits/ currency
2. contract/ public/ confidential/ illegal
3. havens/ bonds/ accounts/ villas
4. face/ wealth/ building/ identity
View AnswerAns:
1. wealth
2. confidential
3. havens
4. identity
"Some 8% ($7.6 trillion) of the world's wealth is squirreled away in offshore accounts. After the release of the Panama Papers, a huge cache of confidential documents leaked from a law firm in Panama, the world learned more about the global industry of selling financial secrecy to those who can afford it. The main tools for doing so are anonymous shell companies (which exist only on paper) and offshore accounts in tax havens which often come with perks such as banking secrecy and low to no taxes. These structures are used to hide the identity of the true owner of money parked in jurisdictions like Panama."
Reading: Multiple Choice, Choose Multiple Answers
Which of the following statements cannot be directly inferred from the passage about the Goseck Observatory of Germany?
Passage
A vast shadowy circle sits in a flat wheat field near Goseck, Germany. The circle represents the remains of the world's oldest observatory, dating back to 7000 years. It consisted of a set of concentric ditches 75 meters wide, and two palisade rings containing gates in defined places. The observatory was made public in August 2003. Since then, a large number of scientists, archaeologists, and students have visited the observatory which is considered to be the oldest in Europe. Interpretations of the ring suggest that European Neolithic and Bronze Age people measured the heavens far earlier and more accurately than scientists had imagined. German archaeologists are greatly excited and they have called the site German "Stonehenge". The two southern openings marked the beginning of the summer and winter solstices. Originally, it consisted of four concrete circles – a mound, a ditch, and two wooden palisades about the height of a person with three sets of gates facing southeast, southwest, and north, respectively. On the winter solstices, anyone at the centre could see the sun rise and set through the southern gates.
Perhaps the observatory's most curious aspect is that the roughly 100-degree span between the solstice gates corresponds with an angle on a bronze disk unearthed on a hilltop 25 kilometres away, near the town of Nebra. The Nebra disk, measuring 32 centimetres in diameter, dates from 1600 B.C. and is the oldest realistic representation of the cosmos yet found. It depicts a crescent moon, a circle that was probably the full moon, a cluster of seven stars interpreted to represent the Pleiades, scattered other stars, and three arcs.
Options:
1. Its significance is recognized by famous archaeologists of Europe.
2. It is well-preserved and extensively investigated.
3. It was used by Neolithic people to predict the movement of heavenly bodies.
4. It throws a flood of light on Neolithic cultural life.
5. It belongs to the transitional Neolithic culture when people left hunting and nomadic life and started settled village life.
6. The famous Nebra sky disc was excavated from the site of Goseck Observatory.
View AnswerOptions (1) and (3) cannot be directly inferred from the passage.
1. "Interpretations of the ring suggest that European Neolithic and Bronze age people measured the heavens far earlier and more accurately than scientists had imagined. German archaeologists are greatly excited and they have called the site German 'Stonehenge.'"
3. "The Nebra disc was excavated 25 km away."
Reading: Re-order Paragraphs
Options:
1. After that came the limbic brain, and lastly the neo-cortex.
2. The tendencies and instincts of the reptilian brain are the strongest and most primitive; they are, survival and reproduction.
3. If we study evolution, we find that the reptilian brain has been around for millions of years.
4. This is how these brains fall in evolutionary succession.
View Answer3. If we study evolution, we find that the reptilian brain has been around for millions of years.
Options:
1. But Polish forces could not defend a long border.
2. The German invasion of Poland officially triggered the Second World War.
3. Meanwhile, the world had woken up to the potential of atomic energy and countries were conducting tests to exploit the same.
4. They lacked compact defence lines and additionally their supply lines were also poorly protected.
5. In the beginning, Britain and France were hopeful that Poland would be able to defend its borders.
View Answer5. In the beginning, Britain and France were hopeful that Poland would be able to defend its borders.
1. But Polish forces could not defend a long border.
4. They lacked compact defence lines and additionally their supply lines were also poorly protected.
3. Meanwhile, the world had woken up to the potential of atomic energy and countries were conducting tests to exploit the same.
(5) 'Poland defending her borders' in (5) refers to 'German invasion of Poland' in (2) (2-5 link). We could ask ourselves "Poland would 'defend her borders' from what?" The obvious answer is 'German invasion,' which is in (2). 'They' in (4) refers to 'Polish forces' in (1) (1-4 link). (3) does not connect directly with any other, and the 'Meanwhile' in its beginning indicates that it cannot begin the text. Hence, it comes at the end.
Reading: Fill In The Blanks
Americans like to work hard whereas Europeans prefer a more _____(1)_____ life. That is the widely held perception. But it has not always been the _____(2)_____; 40 years ago, there was precious little difference between the two. In his new book, an economist examines how work and leisure _____(3)_____ in America differ from those in the rest of the developed world. In the first half of the 20th century, the American working week _____(4)_____ sharply from nearly 60 hours to around 40.
Options: (private / rose / case / fell / institutions / leisurely / patterns)
View Answer1. leisurely
2. case
3. patterns
4. fell
"Americans like to work hard whereas Europeans prefer a more leisurely life. That is the widely held perception. But it has not always been the case; 40 years ago, there was precious little difference between the two. In his new book, an economist examines how work and leisure patterns in America differ from those in the rest of the developed world. In the first half of the 20th century, the American working week fell sharply from nearly 60 hours to around 40."
Populists may be militarists, pacifists, admirers of communists and socialists; they may be tree-hugging pipeline opponents or climate-change deniers. Widespread use of the_____(1)_____ 'populism' dates to the 1890s, when America's Populist movement pitted rural populations and the Democratic Party _____(2)_____ the more urban Republicans. In the 1950s academics and journalists began applying it more _____(3)_____ to describe everything from fascist and communist movements in Europe to America's anti-communist movement. It is agreed amongst most social scientists that the term is too mushy to be tied _____(4)_____ to a single description.
Options: (theory / down / with / against / literally / broadly / term)
View Answer1. term
2. against
3. broadly
4. down
"Populists may be militarists, pacifists, admirers of communists and socialists; they may be tree-hugging pipeline opponents or climate-change deniers. Widespread use of the term 'populism' dates to the 1890s, when America's Populist movement pitted rural populations and the Democratic Party against the more urban Republicans. In the 1950s, academics and journalists began applying it more broadly to describe everything from fascist and communist movements in Europe to America's anti-communist movement. It is agreed amongst most social scientists that the term is too mushy to be tied down to a single description."
The report was devastating. The working environment at the organisation was described as 'toxic.' There was widespread bullying of _____(1)_____ and a bunker mentality among senior management; 39% of employees _____(2)_____ mental or physical health issues as a result of their work. Was this an investment bank or a technology firm? No. This was a human-rights charity. Five managers have just left the organisation following the report's _____(3)_____. Workplaces create their hierarchies, regardless of whether the operation aims to help people or make money. Even school staff rooms and universities are beset by _____(4)_____ rivalries.
Options: (staff / bitter / developed / findings / classic / organisation / inherited)
View Answer1. staff
2. developed
3.findings
4. bitter
"The report was devastating. The working environment at the organisation was described as 'toxic.' There was widespread bullying of staff and a bunker mentality among senior management; 39% of employees developed mental or physical health issues as a result of their work. Was this an investment bank or a technology firm? No. This was a human-rights charity. Five managers have just left the organisation following the report's findings. Workplaces create their hierarchies, regardless of whether the operation aims to help people or make money. Even school staff rooms and universities are beset by bitter rivalries."
Last week a paper was--briefly and presumably accidentally--published online. The underlying _____(1)_____ had already been accepted by a top-tier scientific journal but was still _____(2)_____ wraps. The leak revealed that Google has achieved what is dubbed by a theoretical physicist as 'quantum supremacy.' Using a quantum computer, researchers at the information technology _____(3)_____ had carried out in a smidgen over three minutes a calculation that would take Summit, the world's current-best classical supercomputer, 10,000 years to _____(4)_____.
Options: (under / in / execute / research / mission / surmise / giant)
View Answer1. research
2. under
3. giant
4. execute
"Last week a paper was—briefly and presumably accidentally—published online. The underlying research had already been accepted by a top-tier scientific journal but was still under wraps. The leak revealed that Google has achieved what is dubbed by a theoretical physicist as 'quantum supremacy.' Using a quantum computer, researchers at the information technology giant had carried out in a smidgen over three minutes a calculation that would take Summit, the world's current-best classical supercomputer, 10,000 years to execute."
Reading: Multiple Choice, Choose Single Answer
Q14: Read the text and answer the question by choosing correct options. Only one option is correct.
Which of the following words represent Kemp's stress on the genius of Leonardo?
Question Passage
"Leonardo" is a biography of the famous artist-scientist, Leonardo da Vinci. Therefore, it has emphasized a single genius. Kemp's 'Seen/Unseen', however, investigates the characteristics of nature thematically, studying works of various artists as far back as the 15th century. Kemp, it seems, is infatuated by visual works that bring together the skills of artists and scientists. He even calls himself a "historian of the visual." Seen/Unseen contains references to the works of many other artists and scientists, but Leonardo seems to be the touchstone for Kemp's thought process.
The readers of Nature are aware of Kemp's ideas as he writes columns for science and culture in it. He is currently working as a professor of Art History at the University of Oxford. He has to his credit innumerable books about the works of Leonardo. Apart from this, he also organizes exhibitions. At the most recent one that was organized at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, he also released a coffee table book – "Leonardo da Vinci: Experience, Experiment and Design". Kemp's text fits seamlessly with the reproductions of Leonardo's drawings, sketches, jottings and notes, and helps the readers to get an insight into the artist's philosophy, mastery of science and compassionate personality,
Options:
1. Infatuated
2. Mastery
3. Touchstone
4. Reproduction
5. Insight
6. Compassion
View Answer(2 and 3) Only mastery and touchstone are references to class. Infatuation may show his fascination or attraction, but not the stress on genius. Insight is used for the reader, not for the artist.
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