TS 10th Class English Grammar Cloze Test Question Number 19 to 22

These TS 10th Class English Important Questions Grammar Cloze Test Question Number 19 to 22 will help the students to improve their time and approach.

TS 10th Class English Grammar Cloze Test Question Number 19 to 22

(1) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

Eshwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a great social reformer. He fought hard against many evil practices ________ (19) blind beliefs which affected the Indian society of his time. He strongly felt that people ________ (20) India should develop love for their country. He taught them self-respect. It ________ (21) his habit surprising people with his good acts. Vidyasagar was born in a poor family ________ (22) Bengal in 1820.

Question 19.
(A) and
(B) but
(C) or
(D) yet
Answer:
(A) and

Question 20.
(A) by
(B) to
(C) for
(D) of
Answer:
(D) of

Question 21.
(A) are
(B) is
(C) was
(D) am
Answer:
(C) was

Question 22.
(A) in
(B) at
(C) on
(D) for
Answer:
(A) in

(2) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

To the north of the Himalayas lies a land called Tibet. Here are some ________ (19) mountains, highland lakes, thick forests, rare birds and special animals. Tibet is our neighbouring country. Its people are called Tibetans. They are nomads and they live ________ (20) tents. The tents are made of the belly – wool of the yak. It is very strong and ________ (21) for many years. The yak is the ________ (22) precious animal for Tibetans.

Question 19.
(A) snow-covering
(B) snow-covers
(C) snow-cover
(D) snow-covered
Answer:
(D) snow-covered

Question 20.
(A) in
(B) on
(C) under
(D) beside
Answer:
(A) in

Question 21.
(A) lasted
(B) lasts
(C) last
(D) will last
Answer:
(B) lasts

Question 22.
(A) more
(B) many
(C) most
(D) much
Answer:
(C) most

(3) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

________ (19) olden days the crow was white. It was as white as a swan. She thouht she was not as beautiful as a peacock. She wanted to appear more beautiful than the peacock. She went to ________ (20) owl who is the painter of the birds. Se requested the owl paint his wings peacock blue. The crow sat on a pot and ________ (21) her wings for the owl to paint. While the owl ________ (22) her wings the crow slipped and fell in the pot.

Question 19.
(A) At
(B) On
(C) In
(D) By
Answer:
(C) In

Question 20.
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) this
Answer:
(B) an

Question 21.
(A) stretch
(B) stretched
(C) stretches
(D) will stretch
Answer:
(B) stretched

Question 22.
(A) am painting
(B) are painting
(C) is painting
(D) was painting
Answer:
(D) was painting

(4) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

It is a fact that cleanliness ensures some check, ________ (19) mosquitoes breeding. Mosquitoes ________ (20) if there is no water logging. We must use mosquito nets and ________ (21) our houses sprayed with DDT. There is no need of ________ (22) that we must wear shirts with full sleeves and full pants.

Question 19.
(A) on
(B) in
(C) for
(D) by
Answer:
(A) on

Question 20.
(A) will breeding
(B) breed
(C) will not breed
(D) will be bred
Answer:
(C) will not breed

Question 21.
(A) got
(B) get
(C) getting
(D) have got
Answer:
(B) get

Question 22.
(A) saying
(B) say
(C) says
(D) will say
Answer:
(A) saying

(5) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

James Simpson was born in 1811 in Scotland in a baker’s family. Right ________ (19) his childhood he was good at studies. His father ________ (20) him to pursue higher studies. He joined ________ (21) University of Edinburgh at the age of fourteen. He choose to study medicine and by the time he was twenty one years of age he was ________ (22) as a doctor.

Question 19.
(A) of
(B) about
(C) for
(D) from
Answer:
(D) from

Question 20.
(A) encourage
(B) encourages
(C) encouraged
(D) encouraging
Answer:
(C) encouraged

Question 21.
(A) a
(B) the
(C) an
(D) one
Answer:
(B) the

Question 22.
(A) qualify
(B) qualifying
(C) qualified
(D) qualifies
Answer:
(C) qualified

(6) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

Small pox, the most devastating and feared pestilence in human history, is making its last stand in two remote areas of Ethiopia, one in the desert and one in the mountains. As of the end of the August ________ (19) five villages had experienced cases ________ (20) the preceding eight weeks. The last known case was on 9th August. Because man is the only known ________ (21) of the small pox virus, the disease should be ________ (22) forever when the last infected person recovers.

Question 19.
(A) much
(B) the
(C) only
(D) many
Answer:
(C) only

Question 20.
(A) about
(B) in
(C) of
(D) for
Answer:
(B) in

Question 21.
(A) culprit
(B) reservoir
(C) producer
(D) generator
Answer:
(A) culprit

Question 22.
(A) existed
(B) eliminated
(C) elaborated
(D) estimated
Answer:
(B) eliminated

(7) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

Laughter brings people together whereas keeping to oneself distances people. It has ________ (19) been rightly said that laughter is the shortest distance between two persons. Once two persons ________ (20) together, the circle of acquaintance and consequently friendship ________ (21), thus making the world a happy place to live ________ (22).

Question 19.
(A) hence
(B) so
(C) however
(D) therefore
Answer:
(D) therefore

Question 20.
(A) get
(B) come
(C) sit
(D) are
Answer:
(B) come

Question 21.
(A) widens
(B) broadens
(C) increases
(D) grows
Answer:
(D) grows

Question 22.
(A) in
(B) on
(C) at
(D) upon
Answer:
(A) in

(8) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

One of the major problems we have to face is that of unemployment. It is a big problem, a human problem, which we shouldn’t ________ (19). Yet in looking ________ (20) it, it has to be remembered that merely giving some kind of occupation to a large number ________ (21) people does not ultimately increase employment or lessen unemployment. Employment comes by newer and more effective means of wealth production. The whole experience and history of the past 200 years shows that it comes ________ (22) the growth of technological methods.

Question 19.
(A) Ignore
(B) avoid
(C) overlook
(D) neglect
Answer:
(A) Ignore

Question 20.
(A) into
(B) after
(C) at
(D) on
Answer:
(A) into

Question 21.
(A) in
(B) out
(C) of
(D) into
Answer:
(C) of

Question 22.
(A) by
(B) through
(C) for
(D) from
Answer:
(B) through

(9) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

Do not imagine that we can effectively deal with the problem of unemployment without ________ (19) We cannot. Every country which boasts of ________ (20) employment is a country which is technologically advanced. Every country which is not technologically advanced has unemployment or under-employment. Therefore, if India is to advance, she must advance in science and technology. The fact is that our poverty is ________ (21) our backwardness in science and technology. If we ________ (22) that backwardness we create not only wealth but also employment.

Question 19.
(A) technological progress
(B) technical progress
(C) technological temper
(D) technical temper
Answer:
(A) technological progress

Question 20.
(A) complete
(B) total
(C) full
(D) ultimate
Answer:
(C) full

Question 21.
(A) due to
(B) owing
(C) because of
(D) on account of
Answer:
(A) due to

Question 22.
(A) treat
(B) remedy
(C) remove
(D) eradicate
Answer:
(D) eradicate

(10) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

When she appeared on the screen without ________ (19) cosmetic sales declined. When she played the role of a nun,convent enrolments ________ (20). Letters were delivered to her addressed simply “Ingrid Bergman”. Industrialist Howard Hughes once ________ (21) every available air ticket ________ (22) New York to Los Angeles to be sure she would accept a seat in his private plane. An admirer walked with a sheep all the way from Sweden to Rome as a gift for her.

Question 19.
(A) shoes
(B) hat
(C) jacket
(D) make-up
Answer:
(D) make-up

Question 20.
(A) increased
(B) decreased
(C) lessened
(D) remained steady
Answer:
(A) increased

Question 21.
(A) brought
(B) bought
(C) sold
(D) boarded
Answer:
(B) bought

Question 22.
(A) from
(B) far
(C) at
(D) among
Answer:
(A) from

(11) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

One of the most ________ (19) women of her time, Ava Gardner never did anything ________ (20) supremely simple self. At the peak of her stardom, Ingrid insisted on taking screen tests and refused leads in favour of lesser but more ________ (21) roles. When the director told his prospective star that they would have to change her name, cap her ________ (22) and pluck her eyebrows, Ingrid threatened to return to Sweden. And so the famous natural look was born.

Question 19.
(A) non-descript
(B) average
(C) self-effacing
(D) glamorous
Answer:
(D) glamorous

Question 20.
(A) and
(B) still
(C) yet
(D) but
Answer:
(D) but

Question 21.
(A) monotonous
(B) humdrum
(C) challenging
(D) similar
Answer:
(C) challenging

Question 22.
(A) nose
(B) cheeks
(C) teeth
(D) elbows
Answer:
(C) teeth

(12) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

There are quite a few people in the world who are fat and are ________ (19). These people are suspectible to several kinds of illness. Medical advice to these people is to reduce their weight. But it is found difficult to follow this ________ (20) in its totality ________ (21) who want to reduce must drink about a glass full of water, of maximum bearable warmth, before ________ (22)

Question 19.
(A) underweight
(B) overweight
(C) physically fit
(D) thin
Answer:
(B) overweight

Question 20.
(A) command
(B) order
(C) advice
(D) vice
Answer:
(C) advice

Question 21.
(A) dogs
(B) cats
(C) pigs
(D) people
Answer:
(D) people

Question 22.
(A) dancing
(B) swimming
(C) singing
(D) eating
Answer:
(D) eating

(13) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

The gulping should be done ________ (19). Very soon these people will find their weight coming down by four or five kilograms. Warm water ________ (20) all the glands and secretions in the stomach, and they in turn let the food eaten be digested well. The person gets the ________ (21) out of the nourishment. It also reduces the intake of ________ (22) because it eliminates incomplete assimilation of food.

Question 19.
(A) slowly
(B) gradually
(C) rarely
(D) quickly
Answer:
(D) quickly

Question 20.
(A) endangers
(B) activates
(C) revitalises
(D) discourages
Answer:
(B) activates

Question 21.
(A) least
(B) nothing
(C) nominal
(D) most
Answer:
(D) most

Question 22.
(A) oxygen
(B) bear
(C) food
(D) gin
Answer:
(C) food

(14) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

The joint family gave way to the nuclear family. Despite the privacy the nuclear family offers, children feel ________ (19), lonely and frustrated leading to phychiatric problems, pressures and ________ (20). A cross-section of children were interviewed, and the matter-of-factly pin pointed problems, at the same time ________ (21) showing the way to ________ (22) solutions.

Question 19.
(A) neglected
(B) avoided
(C) disregarded
(D) segarated
Answer:
(A) neglected

Question 20.
(A) burdens
(B) complexities
(C) complications
(D) disadvantages
Answer:
(B) complexities

Question 21.
(A) inadvertently
(B) unknowingly
(C) obviously
(D) clearly
Answer:
(A) inadvertently

Question 22.
(A) unreasonable
(B) plausible
(C) remarkable
(D) referred
Answer:
(B) plausible

(15) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

At a time when it has become so important ________ (19) in school, we shouldn’t be ________ (20) to learn that more students are cheating than ever before. With so many of them anxious ________ (21) failing. Students also now seem to believe that those who cheat are unlikely ________ (22).

Question 19.
(A) succeed
(B) succeeding
(C) success
(D) to succed
Answer:
(D) to succed

Question 20.
(A) surprise
(B) surprised
(C) surprises
(D) surprising
Answer:
(B) surprised

Question 21.
(A) about
(B) with
(C) of
(D) over
Answer:
(A) about

Question 22.
(A) to catch
(B) to be catching
(C) to be caught
(D) to have caught
Answer:
(C) to be caught

(16) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

Radium is a white powder that ________ (19) like table salt. A pound of it would be worth a thousand kilos of gold. Radium is very ________ (20) because it is so scarce. There are only a few spoonfuls of it in all the world. But radium is so powerful that so much of it would be ________ (21). If half-a-kilo could be gathered at one spot, it ________ (22) kill people who came near it.

Question 19.
(A) is looking
(B) looked
(C) look
(D) looks
Answer:
(D) looks

Question 20.
(A) cheap
(B) cheaply
(C) cost
(D) costly
Answer:
(D) costly

Question 21.
(A) danger
(B) endangered
(C) dangerously
(D) dangerous
Answer:
(D) dangerous

Question 22.
(A) would have been
(B) would be
(C) will
(D) would
Answer:
(D) would

(17) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

David Livingstone, the great Scottish explorer of Africa, spent three years in the beautiful valley of’the Mabotsa ________ (19) it was called in his days. He lived there in a house that he built ________ (20) his own hands. The valley was the homeland of a tribe called ________ (21) Bakatila, and of lions. On one occasion the explorer found himself in the jaws of one those kingly beasts. Where you read what he says about his experience during those few minutes, you will feel ________ (22) that he lived to tell his story. The Bakatila’s wealth consisted mainly of cattle.

Question 19.
(A) as
(B) though
(C) if
(D) which
Answer:
(A) as

Question 20.
(A) for
(B) with
(C) in
(D) on
Answer:
(B) with

Question 21.
(A) a
(B) an
(C) these
(D) the
Answer:
(A) a

Question 22.
(A) grateful
(B) grate
(C) gratitude
(D) gratefulness
Answer:
(A) grateful

(18) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

In India, chess was called chaturanga, meaning “four parts.” The name refers to the four army divisions which were standard at the time: foot soldiers, cavalry, chariots, and elephants. Such terminology confirms ________ (19) any doubt that chess was ________ (20) an abstract representation of war ________ (21) the outset. Over the following centuries, like a true conqueror, chess spread across the globe, becoming ever more popular even as earthly empires rose ________ (22) fell.

Question 19.
(A) above
(B) without
(C) beyond
(D) in
Answer:
(C) beyond

Question 20.
(A) designed
(B) thought
(C) considered
(D) known
Answer:
(C) considered

Question 21.
(A) over
(B) about
(C) to
(D) from
Answer:
(D) from

Question 22.
(A) is
(B) was
(C) and
(D) from
Answer:
(C) and

(19) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

Researchers have developed a vaccine to stop the damaging protein, beta-amyloid, ________ (19) piling up as plaque in the brain. The vaccine, ________ (20) sprayed into the nose, instructs the immune system to produce antibodies ________ (21) attach to the rogue proteins and neutralize them. When the researchers tested the vaccine on mice that had been genetically altered to simulate the onset of Alzheimer’s, the rate of plaque formation ________ (22) by 75 percent.

Question 19.
(A) when
(B) that
(C) which
(D) from
Answer:
(D) from

Question 20.
(A) which
(B) was
(C) when
(D) that
Answer:
(C) when

Question 21.
(A) and
(B) that
(C) to
(D) or
Answer:
(B) that

Question 22.
(A) plunged
(B) rose
(C) down
(D) falling
Answer:
(A) plunged

(20) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

It may be years before a nasal vaccine passes through clinical trials, but another study points to a more immediate, and appetizing, potential therapy. A second group of researchers found ________ (19) diets rich in curcumin, a compound in the curry spice turmeric, reduced the accumulations of beta amyloid protein in rat brains. Rats ________ (20) with curcumin also performed ________ (21) on memory-dependent maze tests than rats on normal diets. The finding may explain why ________ (22) India, where foods are loaded with turmeric, just 10 percent of people over 65 years contract Alzheimer’s – the lowest incidence of the disease worldwide.

Question 19.
(A) their
(B) which
(C) when
(D) that
Answer:
(D) that

Question 20.
(A) cured
(B) treated
(C) healed
(D) dealing
Answer:
(B) treated

Question 21.
(A) well
(B) worse
(C) better
(D) less
Answer:
(C) better

Question 22.
(A) and
(B) in
(C) to
(D) or
Answer:
(B) in

(21) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

Almost everyone has heard of Las Vegas, Nevada. But as famous as the town is, few people know ________ (19) at all about the town’s early history. The Las Vegas Valley was ________ (20) in December 1829 by Rafael Rivera, a Mexican scout who was looking for a new trade route ________ (21) Santa Fe and Los Angles. The valley’s importance was immediately appreciated, and he became one of the critical links in the “Old Spanish Trail,” which was used ________ (22) by pioneers and traders until 1849.

Question 19.
(A) that
(B) If
(C) it
(D) anything
Answer:
(D) anything

Question 20.
(A) invented
(B) discovered
(C) conceived
(D) built
Answer:
(B) discovered

Question 21.
(A) between
(B) for
(C) over
(D) from
Answer:
(A) between

Question 22.
(A) extremely
(B) extensively
(C) expansively
(D) excessively
Answer:
(B) extensively

(22) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

Despite the wealth of information campaigns telling the people ________ (19) global warming and its causes, most people have yet to realize how severe the problem is. Climatic changes could alter as ________ (20) as one third of plant and animal habitats ________ (21) the end of the 22nd century. These changes could in turn cause widespread extinctions among plant and animal ________ (22) around the globe.

Question 19.
(A) despite
(B) just
(C) about
(D) now
Answer:
(C) about

Question 20.
(A) well
(B) long
(C) much
(D) far
Answer:
(C) much

Question 21.
(A) at
(B) by
(C) until
(D) since
Answer:
(B) by

Question 22.
(A) types
(B) genres
(C) categories
(D) species
Answer:
(D) species

(23) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

Coastal and island habitats are perhaps in the greatest danger ________ (19) they face the combined threats of warming oceans and rising sea ________ (20). As habitats change, many animals will come under intense pressure to find more suitable homes for themselves. Mass ________ (21) of at least some animals are certainly to be expected, but the fact remains that many animals will simply not be able to move fast ________ (22).

Question 19.
(A) although
(B) since
(C) providing
(D) therefore
Answer:
(B) since

Question 20.
(A) heights
(B) altitudes
(C) levels
(D) tides
Answer:
(C) levels

Question 21.
(A) migrations
(B) emigration
(C) immigration
(D) extinctions
Answer:
(A) migrations

Question 22.
(A) at
(B) enough
(C) until
(D) since
Answer:
(D) since

(24) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

Somehow, more than two thousand years ago, ancient humans in Mesoamerica figured out the secret of cacao beans. If you scoop them from the pod with their pulp, let them ferment and dry in the sun, then roast them over a gentle fire, ________ (19) extraordinary happens. They become chocolaty. And if you then grind and press the beans, you ________ (20) a rich, crumbly, chocolate-brown paste: chocolate in its most pure and simple ________ (21). The Mayas and Aztecs revered this chocolate, but they combined it with water and spices to create tasty concoctions. Long after Spanish explorers ________ (22) the beverage to Europe in the 16th century, chocolate retained an Aura of aristocratic luxury.

Question 19.
(A) and
(B) something
(C) then
(D) an
Answer:
(B) something

Question 20.
(A) possess
(B) construct
(C) obtain
(D) require
Answer:
(C) obtain

Question 21.
(A) formation
(B) format
(C) form
(D) formula
Answer:
(C) form

Question 22.
(A) introduced
(B) announced
(C) revealed
(D) discovered
Answer:
(A) introduced

(25) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

In the last two hundred years, an eye blink in chocolate’s history, the bean has been totally democratized, ________ (19) from an elitist drink into familiar candy bars, cocoa powders, candies, and baked goods. Indeed, chocolate is becoming ________ (20) more popular worldwide, with new markets opening up in Eastern Europe and Asia. But that’s both good news and bad. While farmers are producing record numbers of cacao beans, some experts believe that that’s just not enough to keep pace with global ________ (21). What’s worse is that cacao faces ________ (22) dwindling habitats but also the threat of devastating diseases. Has chocolate become a victim of its own success? Is it in trouble?

Question 19.
(A) transported
(B) transformed
(C) transferred
(D) transmitted
Answer:
(B) transformed

Question 20.
(A) ever
(B) always
(C) quite
(D) so
Answer:
(A) ever

Question 21.
(A) warming
(B) marketing
(C) supply
(D) demand
Answer:
(D) demand

Question 22.
(A) Not only
(B) while
(C) so
(D) but
Answer:
(A) Not only

(26) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

Adult tigers will meet socially only during courtship, when a male and female stay together for several days. After successful mating, the tigress will ________ (19) away the male to near the cubs by herself. Cubs are born blind after a gestation period of ________ (20) 96 and 104 days ________ (21) their eyes open after two weeks, they do not begin to ________ (22) well until the second month.

Question 19.
(A) run
(B) throw
(C) give
(D) drive
Answer:
(D) drive

Question 20.
(A) from
(B) Just
(C) between
(D) roughly
Answer:
(C) between

Question 21.
(A) When
(B) Although
(C) If
(D) Because
Answer:
(B) Although

Question 22.
(A) walk
(B) see
(C) eat
(D) sleep
Answer:
(B) see

(27) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

At this stage, they are most ________ (19) to predators like jackals and hyenas ________ (20) they are left alone for long periods when the tigress is away hunting. Infant mortality is therefore high; a tigress ________ (21) raises more than one cub per litter successfully. She will keep her ________ (22) with her for almost two years, teaching them everything necessary to perfect their survival skills. At the end of this time, she will gently push them away so that she is free to search out a new mate and begin the breeding cycle anew.

Question 19.
(A) averse
(B) subject
(C) vulnerable
(D) inclined
Answer:
(C) vulnerable

Question 20.
(A) and
(B) so
(C) however
(D) as
Answer:
(D) as

Question 21.
(A) seldom
(B) that
(C) usually
(D) only
Answer:
(A) seldom

Question 22.
(A) newborn
(B) descendant
(C) offspring
(D) cub
Answer:
(C) offspring

(28) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

Warmer weather and abnormally mild winters may bode well for orange growers, but they also encourage the proliferation of mosquitoes that carry diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. The incidence of infectious diseases is already on the ________ (19) in the United States, and ________ (20) are occurring in areas previously too cold for mosquitoes to inhabit. In recent years, cases of malaria have been ________ (21) as far north as Michigan, New Jersey, and New York, and a recent study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention ________ (22) that the proliferation of disease-carrying mosquitoes could increase the percentage of the world’s population at risk from malaria from 42 percent to 60 percent.

Question 19.
(A) go
(B) way
(C) air
(D) rise
Answer:
(D) rise

Question 20.
(A) outbursts
(B) outcomes
(C) outbreaks
(D) outgrowths
Answer:
(C) outbreaks

Question 21.
(A) observing
(B) opened
(C) reported
(D) suffering
Answer:
(C) reported

Question 22.
(A) recommends
(B) suggests
(C) believes
(D) prefers
Answer:
(B) suggests

(29) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

In ________ (19), lethal heat waves, such as the 1995 event that ________ (20) over 700 people in Chicago alone, will be another deadly consequence of global warming. As temperatures rise, major cities around the world could ________ (21) thousands ________ (22) heat-related deaths annually.

(30) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

One day, he invited me to his home ________ (19) a meal. His wife was horrified at the idea of a Muslim boy ________ (20) invited to dine in her ritually pure kitchen. She ________ (21) to serve me in her kitchen. Sivasubramania Iyer was not perturbed, ________ (22) did he get angry with his wife, but instead, served me with his own hands and sat down beside me to eat his meal.

Question 19.
(A) to
(B) for
(C) with
(D) in
Answer:
(A) to

Question 20.
(A) be
(B) been
(C) being
(D) has been
Answer:
(B) been

Question 21.
(A) refused
(B) refuses
(C) refuse
(D) refusing
Answer:
(A) refused

Question 22.
(A) either
(B) neither
(C) or
(D) nor
Answer:
(D) nor

(31) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

Many wars that are fought in the world are fought ________ (19) natural resources. Some wars are fought because the environment is ________ (20) degraded that it is not able to support communities and so they fight over the little that is left. Others are fought because some people want to ________ (21) a lot of the resources, to control them, and to keep many other people out. Now whether this happens at the national level or at the regional level, or even at the global level, sooner or ________ (22) there is discontent.

Question 19.
(A) with
(B) over
(C) against
(D) to
Answer:
(B) over

Question 20.
(A) too
(B) very
(C) so
(D) utterly
Answer:
(C) so

Question 21.
(A) has taken
(B) takes
(C) took
(D) take
Answer:
(D) take

Question 22.
(A) later
(B) latter
(C) after
(D) then
Answer:
(A) later

(32) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

Even the early Indian history unmistakably ________ (19) that the political consciousness of the people has from the very early times, grasped the whole of India as ________ (20) unit and assimilated the entire area as the theatre of its activities. India is not a mere geographical expression, nor is it a mere ________ (21) of separate people, traditions and conventions. India is much ________ (22) than this.

Question 19.
(A) show
(B) shows
(C) shown
(D) showing
Answer:
(B) shows

Question 20.
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) those
Answer:
(A) a

Question 21.
(A) collected
(B) collect
(C) collection
(D) collects
Answer:
(C) collection

Question 22.
(A) more
(B) most
(C) many
(D) full
Answer:
(A) more

(33) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

Homework has been given to students to reinforce what they learn at school, and to help them learn the material ________ (19) ________ (20), too much homework is not helpful and ________ (21) be counter-productive. Excessive amounts of time spent on completing homework can ________ (22) the kid’s social life, family time and it limits their participation in sports and other activities.

Question 19.
(A) good
(B) better
(C) more better
(D) best
Answer:
(B) better

Question 20.
(A) tough
(B) however
(C) in addition
(D) therefore
Answer:
(B) however

Question 21.
(A) should
(B) must
(C) can
(D) would
Answer:
(C) can

Question 22.
(A) take away
(B) take back
(C) take down
(D) take off
Answer:
(A) take away

(34) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (March 2018)

Thimmakka and Chikkanna were a selfless couple. The sincere efforts and hard work that they put in to ________ (19) the trees along the highway benefited all the people. Many people criticised and discouraged ________ (20) dream of growing trees for such a long stretch. ________ (21), they believed in themselves and carried on with their plan. Though their efforts ________ (22) recognised many years later, their thoughtful action will be remembered forever.

Question 19.
(A) grew
(B) growing
(C) grow
(D) grown
Answer:
(C) grow

Question 20.
(A) there
(B) their
(C) his
(D) her
Answer:
(B) their

Question 21.
(A) But
(B) And
(C) Hence
(D) From
Answer:
(A) But

Question 22.
(A) is
(B) was
(C) were
(D) has
Answer:
(C) were

(35) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) or (D) given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (June 2018)

Plants grow almost everywhere on our planet. Plants need the same things ________ (19) live. The four things plants need are light, water, air and soil. The roots are underground. This is the part of the plant that takes in water ________ (20) nutrients from the soil. The stem ________ (21) the roots with leaves. The trunk of a tree is a good example of this part of a plant. This part carries water and nutrients from the roots to other parts of the plant ________ (22) leaves are the parts of the plant that grow out of the stem. They take in nutrients and light.

Question 19.
(A) in
(B) to
(C) on
(D) of
Answer:
(B) to

Question 20.
(A) so
(B) as
(C) but
(D) and
Answer:
(D) and

Question 21.
(A) connect
(B) connecting
(C) connects
(D) connected
Answer:
(C) connects

Question 22.
(A) A
(B) An
(C) The
(D) A little
Answer:
(C) The