PASSAGE COMPLETION

Directions: 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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. He was a charismatic leader, an entrepreneur and a highly effective manager all rolled into one. As a leader, he …(1)… the company’s growth plan in a dedicated manner and he never …(2)… focus. The cement industry in those days was doing badly. …(3)… to everyone’s expectations he sanctioned an additional plant in …(4)… time. He was …(5)… that since the cement industry was cyclic in nature, by the time the plant was …(6)… the market would have improved. It did happen and the decision brought rich …(7)… when the plant was commissioned. Not only was he a great entrepreneur but he also …(8)… all his senior people to be ‘practising entrepreneurs’. I have seen a similar example at the Asian Institute of Management, which allows its professors to …(9)… their own business. This made their lectures more practical and less theoretical. It is the …(10)… of the Institute’s success.   1. (A) achieved (B) implemented (C) visualised (D) persevered (E) aimed Ans. B   2. (A) moved (B) shifts (C) missed (D) changes (E) lost Ans. C   3. (A) Contrary (B) Opposite (C) Yet (D) Obedient (E) Different Ans. A   4. (A) any (B) mean (C) short (D) no (E) less Ans. D   5. (A) known (B) calculating (C) certain (D) dreamt (E) surely Ans. B   6. (A) operational (B) install (C) use (D) produced (E) new Ans. A   7. (A) supply (B) diversity (C) rewards (D) pay (E) knowledge Ans. C   8. (A) thought (B) tried (C) wished (D) encourage (E) wanted Ans. E   9. (A) expand (B) function (C) chose (D) run (E) risk Ans. D   10. (A) responsibility (B) secret (C) guarantee (D) prize (E) value Ans. B  

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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.   Long time ago, there lived a group of rats under a tree …(1)…. One day a group of tigers in search of water passed that way and …(2)… the homes of the rats. As a result, many of them were crushed to …(3)… The king of rats decided to …(4)… the tiger king and requested him to use another route.   The tiger king …(5)… to this and took another route to the water, so the lives of the rats were …(6)…. One day, a group of …(7)… came to the forest and trapped the tigers in huge nets. Then, the tiger king suddenly remembered the king of …(8)…. He summoned one of the tigers of his herd which had not been trapped to go and …(9)… the king of rats. On listening to the tiger, the king of the rats took his entire group of mice and they cut open the nets which …(10)… the tiger herd. In this way the tigers were set free by the rats.   1. (A) Silently (B) Mildly (C) Destructively (D) Coldly (E) Peacefully Ans : (E)   2. (A) Infested (B) Destroyed (C) Built (D) Contaminated (E) Entered Ans : (B)   3. (A) Fall (B) Powder (C) Sleep (D) Death (E) Torture Ans : (D)   4. (A) Approach (B) Teach (C) Serve (D) Lure (E) Said Ans : (A)   5. (A) Rejoiced (B) Agreed (C) Convinced (D) Ignorant (E) Tempted Ans : (B)   6. (A) Saved (B) Ruined (C) Harmed (D) Numbered (E) Troubled Ans : (A)   7. (A) Friends (B) Fishermen (C) Animals (D) Hunters (E) Kings Ans : (D)   8. (A) Elephants (B) Tigers (C) Rats (D) Forest (E) City Ans : (C)   9. (A) Address (B) Glorify (C) Banish (D) Rescue (E) Contact Ans : (E)   10. (A) Touched (B) Housed (C) Fascinated (D) Exposed (E) Trapped Ans : (E)    

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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.   Once upon a time, there lived a pair of geese and a tortoise and the three were the best of friends. One day they were faced by a huge drought and the lake in which they lived was …(1)… up. They …(2)… to leave the lake and look for new lake, but the tortoise could not …(3)… So, the geese thought of a …(4)…, whereby, the tortoise would have to hold a piece of stick by its mouth which would be …(5)… by the two geese. The only condition was that the tortoise should not. speak or it would …(6) …from the stick to his death.The tortoise agreed to be …(7) ….But on seeing this strange …(8)…, people on the way started laughing at the tortoise. Unable to control his …(9)…, he spoke aloud “What are they …(10)… about ?” and so he fell to his death.   1. (A) rising (B) vaporising (C) soaring (D) soaking (E) drying Ans : (E)   2. (A) advised (B) confided (C) decided (D) thought (E) suggested Ans : (C)   3. (A) understand (B) swim (C) fly (D) talk (E) think Ans : (C)   4. (A) magic (B) plan (C) game (D) plot (E) trick Ans : (E)   5. (A) agreed (B) manufactured (C) designed (D) carried (E) produced Ans : (D)   6. (A) balance (B) choke (C) fall (D) slipped (E) hang Ans : (C)   7. (A) disciplined (B) rescued (C) flew (D) good (E) silent Ans : (B)   8. (A) bargain (B) arrangement (C) friendship (D) matrix (E) object Ans : (B)   9. (A) excitement (B) grip (C) curiosity (D) destiny (E) devotion Ans : (C)   10. (A) looking (B) talking (C) thinking (D) pointing (E) laughing Ans : (E)