Directions (Q. 1-15):
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 are
suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Nicolas Sarkozy being
unceremoniously __ (1) __ off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat
du jour has been __ (2) __ as the neo French revolution. But I found myself
updating words worth’s stirring __ (3) __ to the original as I travelled on
9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally __ (4) __ by the
__ (5) __ events which rolled __ (6) __ the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and Wordsworth
penned ‘Bliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very __ (7)
__.
unceremoniously __ (1) __ off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat
du jour has been __ (2) __ as the neo French revolution. But I found myself
updating words worth’s stirring __ (3) __ to the original as I travelled on
9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally __ (4) __ by the
__ (5) __ events which rolled __ (6) __ the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and Wordsworth
penned ‘Bliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very __ (7)
__.
Sitting next to me on
10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink __ (8) __. We got talking, and as she __ (9)
__ off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster
age to be young is again the closest thing to __ (10) __. Virgins or no
virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but that’s one name and three jobs later. Her parents
had called her Shweta, “but I detested it”, not even being happy with the cool
‘Shweta’. To me ‘Pearl’ seemed a __ (11) __, __ (12) __, but I presumed that it
had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane
entertainment. Wrong among the many __ (13) __ revelations she tossed off, it
was chose __ (14) __ the friend who had helped her with __ (15) __ healing.
10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink __ (8) __. We got talking, and as she __ (9)
__ off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster
age to be young is again the closest thing to __ (10) __. Virgins or no
virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but that’s one name and three jobs later. Her parents
had called her Shweta, “but I detested it”, not even being happy with the cool
‘Shweta’. To me ‘Pearl’ seemed a __ (11) __, __ (12) __, but I presumed that it
had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane
entertainment. Wrong among the many __ (13) __ revelations she tossed off, it
was chose __ (14) __ the friend who had helped her with __ (15) __ healing.
1. (a) well off (b)
wiped (c) well kept (d) wimp (e) call on
wiped (c) well kept (d) wimp (e) call on
2. (a) touted (b)
stint (c) snood (d) pastor (e) shouted
stint (c) snood (d) pastor (e) shouted
3. (a) contribute (b)
match (c) honor (d) tribute (e) triumph
match (c) honor (d) tribute (e) triumph
4. (a) besotted (b)
plotted (c) resolved (d) presumed (e) shouted
plotted (c) resolved (d) presumed (e) shouted
5. (a) pleasant (b)
before (c) trendy (d) heady (e) wild
before (c) trendy (d) heady (e) wild
6. (a) of (b) in (c)
on (d) at (e) off
on (d) at (e) off
7. (a) hell (b) good (c)
wonder (d) heaven (e) late
wonder (d) heaven (e) late
8. (a) tee (b) drink (c)
water (d) placate (e) molar
water (d) placate (e) molar
9. (a) shut (b) reveal
(c) peeled (d) used (e) cleared
(c) peeled (d) used (e) cleared
10. (a) paradise (b)
place (c) area (d) city (e) space
place (c) area (d) city (e) space
11. (a) speechless (b)
countless (c) useless (d) stateless (e) lumpish
countless (c) useless (d) stateless (e) lumpish
12. (a) substitute (b)
reason (c) occasion (d) spare (e) place
reason (c) occasion (d) spare (e) place
13. (a) off (b)
offhand (c) over (d) logic (e) off and on
offhand (c) over (d) logic (e) off and on
14. (a) with (b) on (c)
by (d) it (e) along
by (d) it (e) along
15. (a) panic (b) pranic (c) high (d) moderate (e) extra
Answers:
1.b 2.a 3.c 4.a 5.d
6.e 7.d 8.a 9.c 10.a
11.d 12.a 13.b 14.c 15.b
