English Reading Comprehension

Find blank (vi).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

The Internet was started as a/an (i) ______ to test networks to try and develop a network that could survive a nuclear attack. While the net has never (ii) ______ to survive a nuclear blast its design has proven again and again how robust it is. It has withstood (iii) ______ an attack from construction, people digging up cables, to lightning blowing up a router. The network has always recovered (iv) ______ bypassed the problem. The Internet (v) ______ as the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) during the cold war in 1969. It was (vi) ______ by the US Department of Defense's (DOD) research people in (vii) ______ with a number of military contractors and universities to explore the possibility of a communication network (viii) ______ could survive a nuclear attack. It continued simply because the DOD, DOD's contractors, and the universities found that it provided a very (ix) ______ way to communicate. (x) ______ originally designed to allow scientists to share data and access remote computers, e-mail quickly became its most popular application.

Which of the following alternatives best expresses the meaning of ‘embolden them to visit your website’ from the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the given question.

Content marketing since the dawn of the World Wide Web have been in the glare of publicity as a result of its available attributes about promoting a website and thus exceeding the expectations of a marketer in the end. As usual, webmasters tend to create a weblog and loading it with fine quality and informative content with the aim to enhance the customer's base and that without costing a fortune. This strategy is typically proven to show constructive results for the entire satisfaction and pleasure of webmasters.
The idea of content marketing has been extensively espoused by both online marketers as well as users. One of the biggest benefits to implement this idea is to reflect everything your website has to showcase across your readers to embolden them to visit your website and take interest in the products or services. As webmasters publish new content daily or periodically in their weblogs, it is an observable fact that target readers in abounding numbers tend to visit them, gain information and visit the website linked to it.

Which of the following alternatives best explains the meaning of ‘extensively espoused’ from the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the given question.

Content marketing since the dawn of the World Wide Web have been in the glare of publicity as a result of its available attributes about promoting a website and thus exceeding the expectations of a marketer in the end. As usual, webmasters tend to create a weblog and loading it with fine quality and informative content with the aim to enhance the customer's base and that without costing a fortune. This strategy is typically proven to show constructive results for the entire satisfaction and pleasure of webmasters.
The idea of content marketing has been extensively espoused by both online marketers as well as users. One of the biggest benefits to implement this idea is to reflect everything your website has to showcase across your readers to embolden them to visit your website and take interest in the products or services. As webmasters publish new content daily or periodically in their weblogs, it is an observable fact that target readers in abounding numbers tend to visit them, gain information and visit the website linked to it.

Fill blank (viii).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

With the exhilarating arrival of Mars Orbiter Mission today, India has joined the ___ (i) ___ of interplanetary nations. Actually, you ___ (ii) ___ argue that India's been interplanetary ever since Mars Orbiter Mission departed Earth's gravitational influence. Mars Orbiter Mission ___ (iii) ___ homegrown in India, built ___ (iv) ___ a successful and skilled Indian aerospace establishment, carrying Indian-built instruments and operated ___ (v) ___ Bangalore; the main foreign contribution to this mission's success has been the ___ (vi) ___ communications services of NASA's Deep Space Network, delivering Mars Orbiter Mission's ___ (vii) ___ to Earth. India has dared to do something ___ (viii) ___ was previously beyond its reach - and by daring, and then achieving it, India has ___ (ix) ___ its own possibilities. India created history today, becoming the first country to successfully get a spacecraft into the Martian orbit in its ___ (x) ___ attempt.

Fill blank (i).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

With the exhilarating arrival of Mars Orbiter Mission today, India has joined the ___ (i) ___ of interplanetary nations. Actually, you ___ (ii) ___ argue that India's been interplanetary ever since Mars Orbiter Mission departed Earth's gravitational influence. Mars Orbiter Mission ___ (iii) ___ homegrown in India, built ___ (iv) ___ a successful and skilled Indian aerospace establishment, carrying Indian-built instruments and operated ___ (v) ___ Bangalore; the main foreign contribution to this mission's success has been the ___ (vi) ___ communications services of NASA's Deep Space Network, delivering Mars Orbiter Mission's ___ (vii) ___ to Earth. India has dared to do something ___ (viii) ___ was previously beyond its reach - and by daring, and then achieving it, India has ___ (ix) ___ its own possibilities. India created history today, becoming the first country to successfully get a spacecraft into the Martian orbit in its ___ (x) ___ attempt.

Fill blank (ii).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

With the exhilarating arrival of Mars Orbiter Mission today, India has joined the ___ (i) ___ of interplanetary nations. Actually, you ___ (ii) ___ argue that India's been interplanetary ever since Mars Orbiter Mission departed Earth's gravitational influence. Mars Orbiter Mission ___ (iii) ___ homegrown in India, built ___ (iv) ___ a successful and skilled Indian aerospace establishment, carrying Indian-built instruments and operated ___ (v) ___ Bangalore; the main foreign contribution to this mission's success has been the ___ (vi) ___ communications services of NASA's Deep Space Network, delivering Mars Orbiter Mission's ___ (vii) ___ to Earth. India has dared to do something ___ (viii) ___ was previously beyond its reach - and by daring, and then achieving it, India has ___ (ix) ___ its own possibilities. India created history today, becoming the first country to successfully get a spacecraft into the Martian orbit in its ___ (x) ___ attempt.

Fill blank (vii).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

With the exhilarating arrival of Mars Orbiter Mission today, India has joined the ___ (i) ___ of interplanetary nations. Actually, you ___ (ii) ___ argue that India's been interplanetary ever since Mars Orbiter Mission departed Earth's gravitational influence. Mars Orbiter Mission ___ (iii) ___ homegrown in India, built ___ (iv) ___ a successful and skilled Indian aerospace establishment, carrying Indian-built instruments and operated ___ (v) ___ Bangalore; the main foreign contribution to this mission's success has been the ___ (vi) ___ communications services of NASA's Deep Space Network, delivering Mars Orbiter Mission's ___ (vii) ___ to Earth. India has dared to do something ___ (viii) ___ was previously beyond its reach - and by daring, and then achieving it, India has ___ (ix) ___ its own possibilities. India created history today, becoming the first country to successfully get a spacecraft into the Martian orbit in its ___ (x) ___ attempt.

Fill blank (vi).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

With the exhilarating arrival of Mars Orbiter Mission today, India has joined the ___ (i) ___ of interplanetary nations. Actually, you ___ (ii) ___ argue that India's been interplanetary ever since Mars Orbiter Mission departed Earth's gravitational influence. Mars Orbiter Mission ___ (iii) ___ homegrown in India, built ___ (iv) ___ a successful and skilled Indian aerospace establishment, carrying Indian-built instruments and operated ___ (v) ___ Bangalore; the main foreign contribution to this mission's success has been the ___ (vi) ___ communications services of NASA's Deep Space Network, delivering Mars Orbiter Mission's ___ (vii) ___ to Earth. India has dared to do something ___ (viii) ___ was previously beyond its reach - and by daring, and then achieving it, India has ___ (ix) ___ its own possibilities. India created history today, becoming the first country to successfully get a spacecraft into the Martian orbit in its ___ (x) ___ attempt.

Fill blank (iv).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

With the exhilarating arrival of Mars Orbiter Mission today, India has joined the ___ (i) ___ of interplanetary nations. Actually, you ___ (ii) ___ argue that India's been interplanetary ever since Mars Orbiter Mission departed Earth's gravitational influence. Mars Orbiter Mission ___ (iii) ___ homegrown in India, built ___ (iv) ___ a successful and skilled Indian aerospace establishment, carrying Indian-built instruments and operated ___ (v) ___ Bangalore; the main foreign contribution to this mission's success has been the ___ (vi) ___ communications services of NASA's Deep Space Network, delivering Mars Orbiter Mission's ___ (vii) ___ to Earth. India has dared to do something ___ (viii) ___ was previously beyond its reach - and by daring, and then achieving it, India has ___ (ix) ___ its own possibilities. India created history today, becoming the first country to successfully get a spacecraft into the Martian orbit in its ___ (x) ___ attempt.

Fill blank (v).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

With the exhilarating arrival of Mars Orbiter Mission today, India has joined the ___ (i) ___ of interplanetary nations. Actually, you ___ (ii) ___ argue that India's been interplanetary ever since Mars Orbiter Mission departed Earth's gravitational influence. Mars Orbiter Mission ___ (iii) ___ homegrown in India, built ___ (iv) ___ a successful and skilled Indian aerospace establishment, carrying Indian-built instruments and operated ___ (v) ___ Bangalore; the main foreign contribution to this mission's success has been the ___ (vi) ___ communications services of NASA's Deep Space Network, delivering Mars Orbiter Mission's ___ (vii) ___ to Earth. India has dared to do something ___ (viii) ___ was previously beyond its reach - and by daring, and then achieving it, India has ___ (ix) ___ its own possibilities. India created history today, becoming the first country to successfully get a spacecraft into the Martian orbit in its ___ (x) ___ attempt.

Fill blank (ix).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

With the exhilarating arrival of Mars Orbiter Mission today, India has joined the ___ (i) ___ of interplanetary nations. Actually, you ___ (ii) ___ argue that India's been interplanetary ever since Mars Orbiter Mission departed Earth's gravitational influence. Mars Orbiter Mission ___ (iii) ___ homegrown in India, built ___ (iv) ___ a successful and skilled Indian aerospace establishment, carrying Indian-built instruments and operated ___ (v) ___ Bangalore; the main foreign contribution to this mission's success has been the ___ (vi) ___ communications services of NASA's Deep Space Network, delivering Mars Orbiter Mission's ___ (vii) ___ to Earth. India has dared to do something ___ (viii) ___ was previously beyond its reach - and by daring, and then achieving it, India has ___ (ix) ___ its own possibilities. India created history today, becoming the first country to successfully get a spacecraft into the Martian orbit in its ___ (x) ___ attempt.

Fill blank (x).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

With the exhilarating arrival of Mars Orbiter Mission today, India has joined the ___ (i) ___ of interplanetary nations. Actually, you ___ (ii) ___ argue that India's been interplanetary ever since Mars Orbiter Mission departed Earth's gravitational influence. Mars Orbiter Mission ___ (iii) ___ homegrown in India, built ___ (iv) ___ a successful and skilled Indian aerospace establishment, carrying Indian-built instruments and operated ___ (v) ___ Bangalore; the main foreign contribution to this mission's success has been the ___ (vi) ___ communications services of NASA's Deep Space Network, delivering Mars Orbiter Mission's ___ (vii) ___ to Earth. India has dared to do something ___ (viii) ___ was previously beyond its reach - and by daring, and then achieving it, India has ___ (ix) ___ its own possibilities. India created history today, becoming the first country to successfully get a spacecraft into the Martian orbit in its ___ (x) ___ attempt.

‘Whistleblowers are invaluable in exposing corruption.’ What does ‘invaluable’ mean in this context?

Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows.

Corruption often goes unchallenged when people do not speak out about it. Witness accounts offer invaluable insights into corruption, and are powerful tools in the fight against it. From exposing multi-million dollar financial scams to dangerous medical practices, whistleblowers play a crucial role in saving resources and even lives.
But in some countries, blowing the whistle can carry high personal risk – particularly when there is little legal protection against dismissal, humiliation or even physical abuse. Controls on information, libel and defamation laws, and inadequate investigation of whistleblowers’ claims can all deter people from speaking out.
Whistleblowers are less likely to report workplace misconduct when their employers do not provide clear internal reporting channels. And in some settings, whistle-blowing carries connotations of betrayal rather than being seen as a benefit to the public. Ultimately, societies, institutions and citizens lose out when there is no one willing to cry foul in the face of corruption

Fill blank (i).

Directions: Read the passage and fill in the blank with the appropriate word out of the given.

A great part of Arabia is desert. Here there is nothing       (i)      sand and rock. The sand is so hot that you cannot walk over it with your       (ii)      feet in the daytime. Here and there in the desert are springs of water that come from deep down under the ground, so deep that sun cannot dry them up. These springs are _(iii)_ and far apart, but wherever there is one, green grass very soon covers the ground all around it. Soon fig trees and palm trees grow tall and graceful, making a cool, green,       (iv)      place around the spring. Such a place is called an      (v)     . The Arabs who are not in the cities live in the desert all the year round. They live in tents that can be put up and       (vi)     ­­ very easily and quickly so that they can move from one oasis to another, seeking grass and water for their sheep, goats, camels and horses. These desert Arabs eat ripe sweet figs, and also the dates that grow      (vii)      the palm trees; they dry them too and use them as food all the year round. The Arabs have the finest horses in the world. An Arab is very      (viii)      of his riding horse and loves his wife and children. He      (ix)      puts heavy loads upon his horse and often lets him stay in the tent with his family. The camel is much more      (x)      to the Arab than his beautiful horse, however, for he is much larger and stronger. The Arab loads the camel with goods and rides him too, for miles and miles across the desert, just as if he were really the ''Ship of the Desert'', which he is often called.

Fill blank (vii).

Directions: Read the passage and fill in the blank with the appropriate word out of the given.

A great part of Arabia is desert. Here there is nothing       (i)      sand and rock. The sand is so hot that you cannot walk over it with your       (ii)      feet in the daytime. Here and there in the desert are springs of water that come from deep down under the ground, so deep that sun cannot dry them up. These springs are _(iii)_ and far apart, but wherever there is one, green grass very soon covers the ground all around it. Soon fig trees and palm trees grow tall and graceful, making a cool, green,       (iv)      place around the spring. Such a place is called an      (v)     . The Arabs who are not in the cities live in the desert all the year round. They live in tents that can be put up and       (vi)     ­­ very easily and quickly so that they can move from one oasis to another, seeking grass and water for their sheep, goats, camels and horses. These desert Arabs eat ripe sweet figs, and also the dates that grow      (vii)      the palm trees; they dry them too and use them as food all the year round. The Arabs have the finest horses in the world. An Arab is very      (viii)      of his riding horse and loves his wife and children. He      (ix)      puts heavy loads upon his horse and often lets him stay in the tent with his family. The camel is much more      (x)      to the Arab than his beautiful horse, however, for he is much larger and stronger. The Arab loads the camel with goods and rides him too, for miles and miles across the desert, just as if he were really the ''Ship of the Desert'', which he is often called.