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05. Which of the following TRUE in the context 08. Which of the following difficulties do
of the passage ? unregistered businesses face ?
(a) Additional UN projects will exacerbate (A) Banks do not give loans in the absence
the plight of slum-dwellers. of security.
(b) Although the government allocates land (B) They are unable to earn the loyalty of
for them the poor choose nct to invest any customer.
in building house. (C) They cannot enforce contracts.
(c) With the spread of slums populations are (a) Only (A) (b) Both (A) & (C)
drifting back to rural areas. (c) Both (A) & (B) (d) Only (B)
(d) In order to accumulate profit slum- (e) None of these
dwellers avoid legally registering their 09. What does the growth of illegal settlements
business. indicate ?
(a) The Government needs to implement
more restrictions on property transfer.
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32. In order to put an end to the ____ that exist (D) The modern reasoning is that money coming
regarding the implementation of the policy in should cover our basic needs.
the company should issue_____ guidelines. (E) The real culprit, however, is a living thing
(a) ambiguities....clear-cut called desire, which although it is difficult
to, can be controlled.
(b) difference ....cautious
(c) burden....stringent (F) However, from the basics of food, clothing
(d) inhibition....appropriate and shelter we gradually seek luxury cars
and holidays.
(e) reservations .... fundamental
36. Which of the following is the FIRST
sentence after rearrangement ?
33. The government has ____ that the (a) (1) (b) (2)
infrastructure for the new project must be (c) (3) (d) (4)
completed____ the next six month. (e) (5)
(a) stipulated .... for 37. Which of the following is the SIXTH
(b) sanction ....by (LAST) sentence after rearrangement ?
(c) assurance ....in (a) (1) (b) (2)
(d) envisage .... during (c) (3) (d) (4)
34. The official not only ____ the renewal of (e) (5)
the contract but also ____ the information 38. Which of the following is the FIFTH
about its status. sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) revealed .... classified (a) (1) (b) (2)
(b) withdrawn .... leaked (c) (3) (d) (4)
(e) (5)
(c) delayed .... with help
39. Which of the following is the SECOND
(d) interfere .... refused
sentence after rearrangement ?
(e) impeded .... excluding
(a) (1) (b) (2)
35. To _____ any tension in the minds of the (c) (3) (d) (4)
employees and investors alike the company (e) (5)
has promised to consider job cuts as a last
40. Which of the following is the THIRD
_____.
sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) erase ....effort
(a) (1) (b) (2)
(b) rid .... hurdle (c) (3) (d) (4)
(c) overcome ....decision (e) (5)
(d) address .... phase Direction (Q. 41-50) : In the following
(e) ease .... resort passage there are blanks each of which has
been numbered. These numbers are printed
Direction (Q. 36-40) : Rearrange the
below the passage and against each five
following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
words are printed below the passage and
and (F) into a meaningful paragraph and then
against each five words have been
answer the questions given below it.
suggested, one of which fills the blanks
(A) According to conventional wisdom, no appropriately. Find out the appropriate word
amount can suffice. in each case.
(B) In the process of seeking it is money which At just (41) midnight on July 1, 1997 in a
unfortunately gets a bad name.
glittering and poignant ceremony, Hong Kong
(C) How much money is enough? passed from being a jewel of the British empire
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to a (42) of a new global power. Hong Kong (c) mixed (d) changed
people (43) their city’s handover from the UK to (e) negative
China with (44) feelings : apprehension over the
45. (a) plunged (b) rose
future, joy at a fresh start, sadness at seeing the
British go, pride over returning to their (c) valued (d) climbed
motherland. On the eve of the handover the stock (e) stood
market index, a key barometer of Hong Kong’s 46. (a) follows (b) pauses
wealth, (45) at a record 15,200 points and today (c) fell (d) hovers
it (46) near the 21,000 mark. Being a part of a
(e) measure
booming China almost guarantees that Hong Kong
will remain (47). But mainland China is a (48) as 47. (a) marginatlised (b) prosperous
well as a partner. China’s new ports, for example, (c) orderly (d) friendly
will siphon trade (49) from Hong Kong and its (e) poor
lower labour costs will impact the jobs. However,
48. (a) competitor
there is little doubt that Hong Kong is fortunate
to have become a part of china at a time when (b) representative
mainland China can provide (50) opportunity. (c) illegally
41. (a) recorded (b) near (d) colleague
(c) close (d) past (e) member
(e) quite 49. (a) against (b) away
42. (a) component (b) premise (c) illegally (d) moving
(c) captive (d) merger (e) through
(e) list 50. (a) full (b) risky
ANSWERS
01. c 02. d 03. c 04. e 05. b 06. a 07. d 08. b
09. c 10. e 11. a 12. b 13. c 14. a 15. a 16. c
17. a 18. a 19. c 20. c 21. e 22. c 23. d 24. d
25. c 26. d 27. b 28. a 29. c 30. c 31. b 32. a
33. d 34. c 35. e 36. c 37. e 38. b 39. a 40. d
41. d 42. a 43. c 44. c 45. e 46. d 47. b 48. a
49. b 50. e
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