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Q1-5. Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions.
Oil shaped the 20th century. In war, the French leader said, petroleum was “as vital as blood”. In peace the oil business ____ (1) stock markets, bankrolled despots and propped up the economies of entire countries. But the 21st century will see oil’s influence ____ (2). Cheap natural gas, renewable energy, electric vehicles and coordinated efforts to tackle global warming together mean that the power source of choice will be electricity.
That is welcome. The electricity era will diminish the ____ (3) of the $2trn oil trade, reduce the choke points that have made oil a source of global tension, put energy production into local hands and make power more ____ (4) to the poor. It will also make the world cleaner and safer—reassuringly dull, even. The trouble is getting from here to there. Not just oil producers, but everyone else, too, may find the transition perilous.
Oil and electricity are a study in contrasts (see our special report). Oil is a wonder fuel, packed with more energy by weight than coal and by volume than natural gas (both still the main sources of electricity). It is easy to ship, store and turn into myriad refined products, from petrol to plastics to pharmaceuticals. But it is found only in specific places favoured by geology. Its production is concentrated in a few hands, and its oligopolistic suppliers—from the Seven Sisters to OPEC and Russia—have consistently attempted to drip-feed it on to the market to ____ (5) prices high. Concentration and cartelisation make oil prone to crises and the governments of oil-rich states prone to corruption and abuse.
Q1. Choose the correct option for (1)
A. misfits
B. dominated
C. hamper
D. troll
Q2. Choose the correct option for (2)
A. wane
B. put
C. seek
D. cover
Q3. Choose the correct option for (3)
A. clout
B. pattern
C. focus
D. track
Q4. Choose the correct option for (4)
A. palpable
B. amenable
C. accessible
D. rustic
Q5. Choose the correct option for (5)
A. made
B. urge
C. keep
D. renew
Q6-10. In questions below out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence and mark it as your answer.
Q6. A word no longer in use.
A. Primitive
B. Exotic
C. Obsolete
D. Ancient
Q7. In questions below out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence and mark it as your answer.
The normal abode of any animal or plant.
A. Environment
B. Niche
C. Settlement
D. Habitat
Q8. In questions below out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence and mark it as your answer.
An assembly of hearers.
A. Congregation
B. Assemblage
C. Crowd
D. Audience
Q9. In questions given below, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D).
Icy patches are like on untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.
A. is likely on
B. are likely on
C. are likely in
D. no improvement
Q10. In questions given below, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D).
People will be surprised into almost all bottled water appears to be contaminated.
A. will be surprise that
B. will surprised that
C. will be surprised that
D. no improvement
Answers:
Q1. (2)
Q2. (1)
Q3. (1)
Q4. (3)
Q5. (3)
Q6. (3)
Q7. (4)
Q8. (4)
Q9. (2)
Q10. (3)
