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Directions (Q. 1-10): 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/ phrases are suggested, one of which fits
the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/ phrase in each case and
mark your answer.
blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the
passage and against each, five words/ phrases are suggested, one of which fits
the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/ phrase in each case and
mark your answer.
Scientists have created the world’s smallest light bulb from a one
atom-thick layer of graphene, the ____ (1) material that promises to transform
everything from smart phones and computers to cars, buildings and satellites.
The ultrathin graphene was ____ (2) into a superheated filament – just like the
thin wire of an incandescent light bulb – which ____ (3) at a temperature of
about 2500C. The light was so ____ (4) it could be seen with the naked eye even
though it was on the atomic scale, which meant the high temperatures were ____
(5) to a tiny “hot spot” and did not damage the silicon chip on which
it was mounted, scientists said. The ____ (6) could be used as the basis of a
new kind of switching device for future optical computers that use pulses of
light rather than electricity to process and transmit digital information far
faster than conventional silicon chips, they said. It is the first time that
scientists ____ (7) able to create a computer chip which has its own visible
light source, said James Hone, professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia
University in New York, co-author of the study published in the journal Nature
Nanotechnology. Graphene, which was discovered by two Russian emigre scientists
working at the University of Manchester, is composed of layers of carbon laid
down in a lattice structure just one atom thick. It is ____ (8) strong yet
lightweight, and a near-perfect conductor of electricity. The Columbia
scientists, working with researchers in South Korea, attached small strips of
graphene to microscopic metal electrodes which passed an electric current ____
(9) the suspended strips causing them to heat up and bright, visible light.
Creating such small light sources on the surface of a computer chip is
considered ____ (10) for developing the fully integrated “photonic”
circuits of optical computers, which will in theory outperform the processing
and speed of conventional silicon chips in today’s computers, the researchers
said. The researchers also found that it was possible to vary the wavelengths
of the light by altering the distance of the graphene wafers suspended over the
silicon substrate of the chip – a potentially useful way of tuning the light
source and expanding its “bandwidth”.
atom-thick layer of graphene, the ____ (1) material that promises to transform
everything from smart phones and computers to cars, buildings and satellites.
The ultrathin graphene was ____ (2) into a superheated filament – just like the
thin wire of an incandescent light bulb – which ____ (3) at a temperature of
about 2500C. The light was so ____ (4) it could be seen with the naked eye even
though it was on the atomic scale, which meant the high temperatures were ____
(5) to a tiny “hot spot” and did not damage the silicon chip on which
it was mounted, scientists said. The ____ (6) could be used as the basis of a
new kind of switching device for future optical computers that use pulses of
light rather than electricity to process and transmit digital information far
faster than conventional silicon chips, they said. It is the first time that
scientists ____ (7) able to create a computer chip which has its own visible
light source, said James Hone, professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia
University in New York, co-author of the study published in the journal Nature
Nanotechnology. Graphene, which was discovered by two Russian emigre scientists
working at the University of Manchester, is composed of layers of carbon laid
down in a lattice structure just one atom thick. It is ____ (8) strong yet
lightweight, and a near-perfect conductor of electricity. The Columbia
scientists, working with researchers in South Korea, attached small strips of
graphene to microscopic metal electrodes which passed an electric current ____
(9) the suspended strips causing them to heat up and bright, visible light.
Creating such small light sources on the surface of a computer chip is
considered ____ (10) for developing the fully integrated “photonic”
circuits of optical computers, which will in theory outperform the processing
and speed of conventional silicon chips in today’s computers, the researchers
said. The researchers also found that it was possible to vary the wavelengths
of the light by altering the distance of the graphene wafers suspended over the
silicon substrate of the chip – a potentially useful way of tuning the light
source and expanding its “bandwidth”.
1. (a) miracle (b) wonder (c)
sensation (d) vision (e) speculate
sensation (d) vision (e) speculate
2. (a) transfer (b) turned (c)
twist (d) transport (e) transmit
twist (d) transport (e) transmit
3. (a) flamed (b) radiant (c)
glowed (d) shined (e) blazed
glowed (d) shined (e) blazed
4. (a) smart (b) powerful (c)
visible (d) intense (e) forced
visible (d) intense (e) forced
5. (a) confirmed (b) confident (c)
console (d) confuse (e) confined
console (d) confuse (e) confined
6. (a) discovery (b) detection (c)
defection (d) reveal (e) exposure
defection (d) reveal (e) exposure
7. (a) has been (b) have been (c)
was being (d) were been (e) is being
was being (d) were been (e) is being
8. (a) conform (b) pleasantly (c)
extremely (d) purposefully (e) presently
extremely (d) purposefully (e) presently
9. (a) threw (b) throw (c)
thorough (d) through (e) throwing
thorough (d) through (e) throwing
10. (a) essential (b) credential (c)
permission (d) favourable (e) expanding
permission (d) favourable (e) expanding
Directions (Questions 11 to 15): Which
of the phrases (a), (b), (c), and (d) given below each sentence should replace
the phrase underlined in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If
there is no error mark ((e) No correction required as your answer.
of the phrases (a), (b), (c), and (d) given below each sentence should replace
the phrase underlined in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If
there is no error mark ((e) No correction required as your answer.
11. A large rise in the number of
housing starts in the coming year should boost new construction by several
billion rupees making the construction
industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago.
housing starts in the coming year should boost new construction by several
billion rupees making the construction
industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago.
(a) and make the construction industry’s
economic health much more robust than five years ago
economic health much more robust than five years ago
(b) making the construction
industry’s economic health much more robust than it was five years ago
industry’s economic health much more robust than it was five years ago
(c) to make the construction
industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
(d) in making the construction industry’s
economic health much more robust than it as five years ago
economic health much more robust than it as five years ago
(e) no correction required
12. A 1972 agreement between Canada
and the United States reduced the
amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into
the Great Lakes.
and the United States reduced the
amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into
the Great Lakes.
(a) reduced the phosphate amount that
municipalities had been dumping
municipalities had been dumping
(b) reduces the phosphate amount municipalities
have been allowed to dump
have been allowed to dump
(c) reduced the amount of
phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump
phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump
(d) reduces the amount of
phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities
phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities
(e) no correction required
13. A majority of the
international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at
present but that they will, or could,
be made sufficiently safe in the future.
international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at
present but that they will, or could,
be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(a) that they would, or could,
(b) they will be or could
(c) think that they will be or
could
could
(d) think the power stations
would or could
would or could
(e) no correction required
14. A peculiar feature of the
embryonic mammalian circulatory system is that in the area of the heart the cells adhering to one another.
embryonic mammalian circulatory system is that in the area of the heart the cells adhering to one another.
(a) the cells adhere
(b) the cells is adhering
(c) the cells are adhering
(d) the cells were adhering
(e) no correction required
15. A recent national study of
the public schools shows that there
are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than
there were four years ago.
the public schools shows that there
are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than
there were four years ago.
(a) there is now one
microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
(b) there is now one
microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were
microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were
(c) every thirty-two pupils now
have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were
have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were
(d) every thirty-two pupils now
has one microcomputer, four times as many as
has one microcomputer, four times as many as
(e) no correction required
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