Hello and welcome to exampundit . Here is a set of English Quiz for the upcoming IPPB Scale I Prelims Exam 2016-17.
Directions (1 – 10) :- In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word form the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
From the US to South Korea, people __1__ the world twined their attention to the daytime sky in Asia, to catch the rare transit of Venus. The next one won’t be for __2__ 105 years. For astronomers, the transit was also an event they hoped would spark curiosity about __3__ universe and our place in it. Sul Ah Chim, a researcher at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute in South Korea, said he hoped people see life from a __4__ perspective, and ‘not get caught up in their small, everyday problems”. When you think about it from the __5__ of the universe, 105 years is __6__ very short period of time and the Earth is only __7__ small, pale, blue spot, Those in __8__ areas of North and Central America saw the start of the transit __9__ sunset while those in western Asia, the eastern half of Africa and most of Europe could catch the transit’s end once the sun __10__.
1. 1) around 2) above 3) alike 4) ahead 5) all
2. 1) another 2) other 3) second 4) further 5) next
3. 1) whole 2) the 3) complete 4) its 5) a
4. 1) larger 2) greater 3) more 4) big 5) broad
5. 1) view 2) reference 3) respect 4) context 5) contact
6. 1) a 2) an 3) the 4) often 5) on
7. 1) an 2) the 3) a 4) and 5) that
8. 1) most 2) wide 3) big 4) all 5) the
9. 1) till 2) still 3) its 4) of 5) until
10. 1) came up 2) went 3) risen 4) got up 5) shown
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