New Pattern English Questions | BOB & DENA BANK PO 2017 | 27.04.2017

Directions (1-8): Fill in the blanks choosing the word that is most appropriate in the context of the passage.

Several years ago, citing brain-drain and patriotism as reasons, the president of one of the IITs ——(1)—-undergraduates from accepting academic or business internships overseas.

There are other _____(2)_____ to global mobility, too, not always explicitly _____(3)_____, but all having the effect of limiting _____(4)_____ to universities around the world. In the years following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, for example, legitimate _____(5)_____ concerns led to enormous student-visa delays and bureaucratic hassles for _____(6)_____ aspiring to study in the United States. Student numbers have since _____(7)_____, despite intermittent problems, but there remain severe limits on work and residency visas, which should serve as a/n _____(8)_____ for the best and brightest to study in the United States.

Q1.

(a) decided

(b) banned

(c) provisions

(d) allowed

(e) provided

Q2.

(a) subterfuges

(b) boosts

(c) provisions

(d) impediments

(e) circumventions

Q3.

(a) diplomatic

(b) adverse

(c) protectionist

(d) dispassionate

(e) illegal

Q4.

(a) sanctions

(b) supply

(c) applications

(d) access

(e) admissions

Q5.

(a) security

(b) religious

(c) dogmatic

(d) jingoistic

(e) anabatic

Q6.

(a) natives

(b) foreigners

(c) aliens

(d) alumni

(e) strangers

Q7.

(a) rebounded

(b) declined

(c) multiplied

(d) ascended

(e) stagnated

Q8.

(a) embellishment

(b) condition

(c) assessment

(d) application

(e) enticement