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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.
The Prime Minister said that the nerve agent was identified by military scientists at Porton Down, which formerly developed nerve agents ___ (A) VX itself. No details of the chemical analysis have been provided publicly but samples are being sent to the Organisation for the ____ (B) of Chemical Weapons for verification. A research director for International Security at Chatham House, said that Novichoks could be identified because they have distinct chemical formulae. “There could be contaminants that would give away where it has come from,” she told adding that high-resolution trace analysis could ____ (C) pollen and other clues. There are also different processes for manufacturing the chemical precursors of Novichoks that can be used to establish their origin or ____ (D) additional information. Unlike other most other nerve agents, which are most commonly administered as liquids, the group can also be used in powder form. Briefing the UN Security Council British ambassador said that Novichok was “not a weapon which can be ___ (E) by non-state actors”.
Q.1. Choose the correct option for (A).
(1) knowing
(2) including
(3) petrifying
(4) lingering
(5) grinding
Q.2. Choose the correct option for (B).
(1) dieting
(2) prohibition
(3) putting
(4) enhancing
(5) writing
3-Choose the correct option for (C).
(1) lie
(2) detect
(3) has
(4) tracks
(5) aplomb
Q.4. Choose the correct option for (D).
(1) preen
(2) quell
(3) regale
(4) glean
(5) ricochet
Q.5. Choose the correct option for (E).
(1) completed
(2) make
(3) creation
(4) manufactured
(5) curative
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Certain words have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some questions. Spring break is a luxury that many students can’t afford. In a sense, though, it is one that many colleges make them buy anyway. With no access to a kitchen in which to cook or store food, a student told me, “I just go to Family Dollar to buy things that I can microwave.” Many students I spoke to rationed food they took from the cafeteria, oftentimes with the help of sympathetic cafeteria workers. Colleges are not unaware of what cafeteria closings can do to students. Some make special concessions for athletes, international students and those with certain campus jobs. Lowerincome students are often not one of these protected classes. This institutional oversight brings about real pain. Worse, the strategies students adopt in response amplify their sense of isolation and difference. At the 2016 1vyG conference, where firstgeneration college students from the Ivy League came together, Molly, a woman with a pixie haircut, stood up in a room of 200 people to discuss the realities of being a poor college student. At elite colleges like Harvard, food insecurity — not knowing where your next meal is coming from — is more episodic, happening mostly around breaks. That is not the case at many other colleges around the country. At the University of Hawaii, public health researchers found in 2009 that 21 percent students there experienced this reality firsthand. A more recent George Washington University survey revealed that one in five first-generation college students reported being “food insecure” three or more times a week. In a study done by California State University, college officials estimated that 21 percent of their students struggled with food insecurity. The reality is that students at state and community colleges bear this burden most acutely. Food insecurity undercuts academic performance. But its effects go beyond lowering grades. Hunger in the midst of plenty weakens students’ sense of belonging and undercuts their social, emotional and physical well-being. Knowing one’s peers are away relaxing while you scrounge for food makes poor students not only keenly aware of their own economic disadvantage but also of what their colleges make them endure because of it. Some colleges are reversing their decision to close cafeterias. Through valiant efforts by student activists, other colleges have opened food banks. Virginia Commonwealth University and George Washington University opened pantries to provide students with healthy food options. Columbia opened a food bank last year. We need more changes like these on individual campuses. But for systemic change, more robust interventions are needed. Battling food insecurity in college calls for national policy changes. Increases to federal Pell Grants would provide students with resources for expenses associated with being in college, those covered by tuition and the many incidentals thatare not. Expanding college students’ eligibility for SNAP is equally important. These changes would allow students to focus energy and time on academics instead of strategizing about ways to secure food. Given the present presidential administration, however, I am not optimistic that reducing such inequalities will become a priority anytime soon.
6-What is required for systemic change, as per the passage mentioned above?
(1) more strict and strong interference of the colleges.
(2) more time on academics.
(3) more focus on energy and time for students.
(4) strategy about ways to secure food.
(5) All except (3)
Q.7. Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning to the word given in bold as used in the passage.
Scrounge
(1) Seize
(2) Put
(3) Scram
(4) Hunt
(5) Inundate
Q.8. As per the passage, what is the real pain for the poor students?
(1) The valiant efforts by student activists.
(2) The inavailability of proper and adequate food.
(3) The extra care for ‘A’ class students.
(4) The negligence of topics which are covered in tuition.
(5) Both (3) and (4)
Q.9. Which of the following universities opened pantries to provide students with healthy food options?
(1) Virginia Commonwealth University
(2) George Washington University
(3) Harvard University
(4) Both (1) and (2)
(5) Both (1) and (3)
Q.10 Battling food insecurity in college calls for –
(1) changes in the international policy
(2) modifications in the national policy
(3) changes in the rural policy
(4) changes in the students’ food choices.
(5) the change in the present presidential administration.
Q.11. What is the after-effect of the strategies students adopt in response to the negligence from the institution?
(A) It amplifies their sense of isolation and difference.
(B) It amplifies their sense of vanity and selfconceit.
(C) It amplifies their sense of loneliness and despondency.
(1) Only (B)
(2) Both (A) and (C)
(3) Only (A)
(4) Only (A) and (B)
(5) All (A), (B) and (C)
Q.12. Choose the word which is most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning to the word given in bold as used in the passage.
Firsthand
(1) vicarious
(2) primary
(3) vital
(4) sumptuous
(5) precarious
Q.13. How, according to the university survey one in five first-generation college students is
reported?
(1) being “accommodation less ” three or more times a week.
(2) being “indifferent” three or more times a week.
(3) being unsure about getting food.
(4) Both (1) and (2)
(5) Both (2) and (3)
Answers-
Q.1 (2)
Q.2 (2)
Q.3 (2)
Q.4 (4)
Q.5 (4)
Q.6 (1)
Q.7 (1)
Q.8 (2)
Q.9 (4)
Q.10 (2)
Q.11 (2)
Q.12 (1)
Q.13 (3)
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