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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank
appropriately. Find out the
appropriate word in each case.
In economics, the term recession
generally describes the reduction of a country’s Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) for at least
two quarters. A recession is (1) by rising unemployment,
increase in government borrowing, (2)
of share and stock prices, and falling investment. All Of these
characteristics have effects on
people. Some recessions have been anticipated by stock market
The real-estate market also usually (3)
before a recession. However real-estate declines can last
much longer than recessions. During an
economic decline, high (4) stocks such as financial services,
pharmaceuticals, and tobacco (5) to
hold up better. However when the economy .starts to recover
growth, stocks tend to recover faster.
There is significant disagreement about how health care and
utilities tend to (6).
In 2008, an economic recession was
suggested by several important indicators of economic
downturn. These (7) high oil
prices, which led to (8) high food prices due to a dependence of food
production on petroleum, as well as
using food crop products such as ethanol and biodiesel as an
(9) to petroleum; and
global inflation; a substantial credit crisis leading to the drastic bankruptcy
of
large and well (10) investment
banks as well as commercial banks in various, diverse nations
around the world; increased
unemployment; and signs of. contemporaneous economic downturns in
major economies of the world, a globalrecession.
Q.1. (1) visualized (2)
characterized (3) imagined
(4) depict (5) shown
Q.2. (1) decrease (2)
abundance (3) increase
(4) variance (5) more
Q.3. (1) strengthens (2)
volatile (3) weakens (4) initiates (5) awakens
Q.4. (1) result (2)
payment (3) maintained (4) yield (5) heavy
Q.5. (1) yearn (2) made
(3) are (4) want (5) tend
Q.6. (1) increased (2)
fight (3) distribute (4) recover (5) wait
Q.7. (1) included (2)
encompass (3) meant (4) show (5) numbered
Q.8. (1) healthy (2)
nutritious (3) fearful (4) dangerous (5) abnormally
Q.9. (1) element (2)
integral (3) alternative (4) variant (5) substitute
Q.10. (1) created (2) established
(3) wealthy (4) costly (5) stand
Answres:
Answres:
A.1.(2) characterized
means
represented
for other options -
visualized- seen
imagined - thought of
depict - explain
shown – exhibited
A.2.(1) decrease - to reduce / decline
When there is a recession the prices
of
shares decrease, they don't increase.
for other options
abundance means in enough
quantity
increase - rise (opposite)
variance - variety/difference
more- is used for number
A.3.(3) Weakens - declines/becomes
less strong
for other options -
strengthens - empowers (opposite)
volatile - likely to change
suddenly
initiates - to start (the
market doesn't
start before a recession)
awakens - alarms.
A.4.(4) yield - profit
for other options
result - consequence
(payment- act of paying)
maintained - continued at the
same level.
eg.We don't have highmaintained stocks
heavy - weighing a lot
high heavy cannot be used.
A.5.(5) tend - likely to happen
for other options
yearn- to wish for
something that is
difficult to get (used for persons).
A.6.(4) recover - to regain (a
position)
increased - rose
fight - struggle
distribute - to give things to
several persons
the health care and utilities tend to
recover
(gain their position back).
A.7.(1) included - had it as a part of
for other options -
encompass - to include a large
number
or range of things
meant - had as a meaning
show - to make something
clear
numbered - made a series.
A.8.(5) abnormally - different from normal.
for other options
healthy - (used in a good
sense)
(successful & working well)
here the rise of prices is not healthy
nutritious is used for food
(having
nutrients)
dangerous - likely to injure or
harm
fearful - causing fear.
A.9.(3) alternative - choice other than)
(biodiesel
can be used as an alternative to
petrol. It
can be used in place of petrol.
for other optionselement
- Part of something
integral - an essential part
variant - different
substitute - a person/thing that
is used
instead of the one you normally use or
have (can be used with article ‘an’)
A.10.(2) established - doing well
The banks are well established (well
settled)
created - set up/invented
wealthy - having a lot of
money (used for
persons)
costly - costing a lot
ofmoney; expensive
stand - cannot be used.
Difficult words and
their meaning
(taken from the
passage).
(1) heat - trapping -
absorbing heat
(2) permafrost - ice or frozen water
(3) aspects - features
(4) emission - something that is
let out
(like gas etc.)
(5) stabilize - to make stable
(6) threat - danger
(7) threshold - the place or point
of
beginning, the outset
(8) impact - effect
(9) track - path/way
(10) modeling -
changing
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