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Q1-10. 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 have been suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
A student looking for personal attention ends up in a tutoring class that is no less crowded. With no regulation, the (1) could go up to a hundred. Many coaching institutions hesitate to include “average” students. Like a shadow, private tuitions go on in tandem from KG to overseas degrees. Private coaching institutions (2) the prevailing demand for education. Their success comes from the government’s “inability to provide education to everyone who desires it, provide education of quality perceived to be (3).” These centres promise students the limited seats in credible higher institutions and social support for them is pledged by parents (4) to meet the high cost Many parents are unable to help children with home work at specialised levels. Added to these, are the lengthy curriculum, scarcity of efficient teachers, communication gap between teachers and students, disturbed academic schedules, co-curricular activities that takes the students away from classrooms, tuitions that are seen as a status symbol, (5) of some subjects over others, faulty school administration in allotting classes and faulty government policies. Private coaching seems the only (6) Teaching is bad in general and, coaching ensures (7) the exams. Private tutors keep students busy during off hours and, (8) unruly ones. If such centres are bad, why haven’t the authorities taken (9) steps? Compared to a lot of schools, aren’t coaching institutes better in terms of teaching, dedication of instructors, student-teacher relationship and norms of conducting mock tests? In the current academic environment, private tuitions are a practical (1). Though there seems to be varied reasons for students to seek private tutoring, the predominant one is the need (or craze) to score better.
Q1. Choose the correct option for (1).
1. strength
2. reach
3. crowd
4. intelligence
5. expertise
Q2. Choose the correct option for (2).
1. maneuver
2. impose
3. ditch
4. exploit
5. debilitate
Q3. Choose the correct option for (3).
1. economical
2. pleasing
3. questionable
4. detrimental
5. worthwhile
Q4. Choose the correct option for (4).
1. incline
2. willing
3. leave
4. opt
5. hesitant
Q5. Choose the correct option for (5).
1. partially
2. improvement
3. preference
4. alternative
5. blessing
Q6. Choose the correct option for (6).
1. solution
2. way
3. clarification
4. feedback
5. complication
Q7. Choose the correct option for (7).
1. preparing
2. passing
3. through
4. developing
5. excelling
Q8. Choose the correct option for (8).
1. cherish
2. submissive
3. temper
4. terminate
5. tame
Q9. Choose the correct option for (9).
1. valid
2. agile
3. effective
4. restless
5. haste
Q10. Choose the correct option for (10).
1. essence
2. excuses
3. constraint
4. necessity
5. obsessed
ANSWERS
Q.1. (1)
Q.2. (4)
Q.3. (5)
Q.4. (2)
Q.5. (3)
Q.6. (1)
Q.7. (2)
Q.8. (5)
Q.9. (3)
Q.10. (4)
