English Reading Comprehension

Which of the following could replace 'cohesive' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

The importance of developing a highly cohesive and effective team can be gauged from some of the strangest methods adopted by organisations across the world for this purpose. Corporations could still be exploring new things and one day might ask their employees to perform strange tasks like swimming with dolphins to inculcate team spirit or even ask them to go for parachuting as a strategy to create a winning team out of a group of quarrelling individuals. Of late, the so-called team building activities have become so absurd and nonsensical to employees as well as employers that I developed a kind of scepticism towards all types of team building exercises. Here comes the most pertinent question; if games and group activities cannot transform a group of employees into a cohesive team, then what else can achieve this?

Which of the following could replace 'inculcate' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

The importance of developing a highly cohesive and effective team can be gauged from some of the strangest methods adopted by organisations across the world for this purpose. Corporations could still be exploring new things and one day might ask their employees to perform strange tasks like swimming with dolphins to inculcate team spirit or even ask them to go for parachuting as a strategy to create a winning team out of a group of quarrelling individuals. Of late, the so-called team building activities have become so absurd and nonsensical to employees as well as employers that I developed a kind of scepticism towards all types of team building exercises. Here comes the most pertinent question; if games and group activities cannot transform a group of employees into a cohesive team, then what else can achieve this?

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (ii).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

Quality of working life largely depends upon _____(i)______ wages and salary, _____(ii)_______ benefits, job security, job satisfaction, though any one of these alone is not enough. Employees feel _______(iii)______ after performing the same routine job over a period of time. ________(iv)______ in work schedules, worker’s participation in management, free lunch schemes can be some of the factors leading towards quality of working life. 

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (iii).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

Quality of working life largely depends upon _____(i)______ wages and salary, _____(ii)_______ benefits, job security, job satisfaction, though any one of these alone is not enough. Employees feel _______(iii)______ after performing the same routine job over a period of time. ________(iv)______ in work schedules, worker’s participation in management, free lunch schemes can be some of the factors leading towards quality of working life. 

Which of the following could replace 'subordinates' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

Globalisation has affected almost every aspect of human life in this century, but the most obvious and observable effect is in the corporate environment. Here comes the importance of the modern business executive who has the requisite manners, decency and propriety to project a positive image of self and that of his company. An executive should not feel out of place in any way. Then there are work place etiquettes, letter writing and telephone manners which are very essential to create a good impression.
The unwritten rule is that seniors should be considerate, accommodative and should delegate work fairly while subordinates should treat their superiors with respect.

Which of the following could replace 'vector' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

Communicable diseases: These diseases are caused by pathogens, which include bacteria, viruses, protozoa etc. and are readily transmitted from person to person by direct or indirect contact or through a vector. The infection may also spread through air, water, milk, food or pass across the placenta from the mother into foetus.
Non-communicable diseases: Also called non-infectious or degenerative diseases, the non-communicable diseases are not transmitted by contact with the person suffering from the disease or any other agency.
Allergy: Allergy is any condition in which a person reacts in a hypersensitive manner to any substance.
Alcoholism: Addiction to alcohol or its repeated use is called alcoholism.
When a person drinks an excess of alcoholic beverage at one time, he is likely to become intoxicated.
Drug Abuse: LSD is an example of hallucinogenic drugs, so called because it gives rise to dramatic hallucinations.

Which of the following could replace 'foetus' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

Communicable diseases: These diseases are caused by pathogens, which include bacteria, viruses, protozoa etc. and are readily transmitted from person to person by direct or indirect contact or through a vector. The infection may also spread through air, water, milk, food or pass across the placenta from the mother into foetus.
Non-communicable diseases: Also called non-infectious or degenerative diseases, the non-communicable diseases are not transmitted by contact with the person suffering from the disease or any other agency.
Allergy: Allergy is any condition in which a person reacts in a hypersensitive manner to any substance.
Alcoholism: Addiction to alcohol or its repeated use is called alcoholism.
When a person drinks an excess of alcoholic beverage at one time, he is likely to become intoxicated.
Drug Abuse: LSD is an example of hallucinogenic drugs, so called because it gives rise to dramatic hallucinations.

Which of the following could replace 'intoxicated' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

Communicable diseases: These diseases are caused by pathogens, which include bacteria, viruses, protozoa etc. and are readily transmitted from person to person by direct or indirect contact or through a vector. The infection may also spread through air, water, milk, food or pass across the placenta from the mother into foetus.
Non-communicable diseases: Also called non-infectious or degenerative diseases, the non-communicable diseases are not transmitted by contact with the person suffering from the disease or any other agency.
Allergy: Allergy is any condition in which a person reacts in a hypersensitive manner to any substance.
Alcoholism: Addiction to alcohol or its repeated use is called alcoholism.
When a person drinks an excess of alcoholic beverage at one time, he is likely to become intoxicated.
Drug Abuse: LSD is an example of hallucinogenic drugs, so called because it gives rise to dramatic hallucinations.

Which of the following could replace 'degenerative' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

Communicable diseases: These diseases are caused by pathogens, which include bacteria, viruses, protozoa etc. and are readily transmitted from person to person by direct or indirect contact or through a vector. The infection may also spread through air, water, milk, food or pass across the placenta from the mother into foetus.
Non-communicable diseases: Also called non-infectious or degenerative diseases, the non-communicable diseases are not transmitted by contact with the person suffering from the disease or any other agency.
Allergy: Allergy is any condition in which a person reacts in a hypersensitive manner to any substance.
Alcoholism: Addiction to alcohol or its repeated use is called alcoholism.
When a person drinks an excess of alcoholic beverage at one time, he is likely to become intoxicated.
Drug Abuse: LSD is an example of hallucinogenic drugs, so called because it gives rise to dramatic hallucinations.

Which of the following could replace 'agency' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

Communicable diseases: These diseases are caused by pathogens, which include bacteria, viruses, protozoa etc. and are readily transmitted from person to person by direct or indirect contact or through a vector. The infection may also spread through air, water, milk, food or pass across the placenta from the mother into foetus.
Non-communicable diseases: Also called non-infectious or degenerative diseases, the non-communicable diseases are not transmitted by contact with the person suffering from the disease or any other agency.
Allergy: Allergy is any condition in which a person reacts in a hypersensitive manner to any substance.
Alcoholism: Addiction to alcohol or its repeated use is called alcoholism.
When a person drinks an excess of alcoholic beverage at one time, he is likely to become intoxicated.
Drug Abuse: LSD is an example of hallucinogenic drugs, so called because it gives rise to dramatic hallucinations.

Which of the following could replace ‘pathogens’ as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

Communicable diseases: These diseases are caused by pathogens, which include bacteria, viruses, protozoa etc. and are readily transmitted from person to person by direct or indirect contact or through a vector. The infection may also spread through air, water, milk, food or pass across the placenta from the mother into foetus.
Non-communicable diseases: Also called non-infectious or degenerative diseases, the non-communicable diseases are not transmitted by contact with the person suffering from the disease or any other agency.
Allergy: Allergy is any condition in which a person reacts in a hypersensitive manner to any substance.
Alcoholism: Addiction to alcohol or its repeated use is called alcoholism.
When a person drinks an excess of alcoholic beverage at one time, he is likely to become intoxicated.
Drug Abuse: LSD is an example of hallucinogenic drugs, so called because it gives rise to dramatic hallucinations.

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (i).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

Dietary fibre is a carbohydrate that is incompletely absorbed in humans and some animals. Like all carbohydrates, when _____(i)______,it produces energy. However, it does not contribute much energy due to limitations on its _____(ii)_____ and digestion. Fibre provides bulk to intestinal contents and stimulates the ______(iii)______ muscular contractions of the intestines. For these reasons, fibre is important for digestive health. It helps ______(iv)_____ constipation and diarrhoea and is said to reduce colon cancer.

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (iii).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

Dietary fibre is a carbohydrate that is incompletely absorbed in humans and some animals. Like all carbohydrates, when _____(i)______,it produces energy. However, it does not contribute much energy due to limitations on its _____(ii)_____ and digestion. Fibre provides bulk to intestinal contents and stimulates the ______(iii)______ muscular contractions of the intestines. For these reasons, fibre is important for digestive health. It helps ______(iv)_____ constipation and diarrhoea and is said to reduce colon cancer.

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (iv).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

Dietary fibre is a carbohydrate that is incompletely absorbed in humans and some animals. Like all carbohydrates, when _____(i)______,it produces energy. However, it does not contribute much energy due to limitations on its _____(ii)_____ and digestion. Fibre provides bulk to intestinal contents and stimulates the ______(iii)______ muscular contractions of the intestines. For these reasons, fibre is important for digestive health. It helps ______(iv)_____ constipation and diarrhoea and is said to reduce colon cancer.

Which of the following could replace 'intended' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

Vaccines
A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease. Vaccines were first used by Edward Jenner (England) in the 1770s to inoculate small pox using the cow microbe. Vaccines have resulted in the eradication of small pox, one of the most contagious and deadly diseases known to man.
A vaccine is usually made from a weakened or attenuated form of the microbe that it is intended to fight. When the body recognizes the virulent microbe attack, it neutralises the target microbe before it can enter body cells.