Directions (Q. 1-5) : Each question below has two blanks , each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words/phrases for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1. ……… is China the world’s most populous country, with nearly 1.3 billion people, it is also the world’s fastest-growing economy, ………. More than fourfold every year. (1)
(1) not only, expanding
(2) Merely, developing
(3) Hardly, growing
(4) Surprisingly, flourishing
(5) An example, evolving
2. Bangalore has ………. Beyond recognition into an IT-propelled metropolis from a laidback city that it ………… (5)
(1) changed, is
(2) developed, should be
(3) constructed, used to be
(4) progressed, claims to be
(5) morphed, once was
3. While the agricultural revolution …… the earth’s surface, the Industrial Revolution is changing the earth’s ……… (4)
(1) changed, as well
(2) suffered, air
(3) benefitted, atmosphere
(4) transformed, atmosphere
(5) predicted, circumstances
4. The finding of a recent study to …..… the factors which influence successful primary school completion ……. that extreme poverty is responsible for ninety recent of the school dropout cases. (4)
(1) Study, proves
(2) establish, examine
(3) construct, show
(4) explore, reveal
(5) reveal, object to
5. …….. the concept of environmentally sustainable development ………. A quarter-country ago, there is not a single country today which has a strategy to build an eco-economy. (2)
(1) Eventhough, built
(2) Although, evolved
(3) Besides, took shape
(4) After, still
(5) Though, created
