Reading Comprehension – Fill in the blanks SSC CGL 2017 Tier 1 previous year questions

Here is the compilation of all previous year question of Reading Comprehension – with answers.

Question 1 to Question 5

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.[08-AUG-2017 Shift-1]

Job performance is ______ by a number of factors. Motivation alone does not lead to increased performance. Ability and technology moderates the relationship between motivation and performance. The higher the levels of ability and motivation the ______ the level of performance will be. However, increasing motivation beyond an ______ level tends to ______ a dysfunctional result because it is ______ by an increased level of anxiety.

Question 1 ) Job performance is ______ by a number of factors. Motivation alone

Options:
1) affected
2) effected
3) influenced
4) measured

Correct Answer: affected

Question 2 ) motivation and performance. The higher the levels of ability and motivation the ______ the level of performance will be.

Options:
1) higher
2) larger
3) lower
4) smaller

Correct Answer: higher

Question 3 ) However, increasing motivation beyond an ______ level

Options:
1) certain
2) desired
3) increased
4) optimal

Correct Answer: optimal

Question 4 ) tends to ______ a dysfunctional result

Options:
1) deduce
2) introduce
3) produce
4) reduce

Correct Answer: produce

Question 5 ) because it is ______ by an increased level of anxiety.

Options:
1) abandoned
2) accompanied
3) affiliated
4) amalgamated

Correct Answer: accompanied

Question 6 to Question 10

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.[08-AUG-2017 Shift-2]

The _____ of energy in India are met from both commercial and non commercial sources. The most _____ sources of energy today are coal and natural gas, hydro electricity and nuclear power. On the other hand, firewood, cow-dung cakes and vegetable waste etc. _____ non commercial forms of energy. While non commercial forms of energy _____ demand, coal is the _____ source of commercial energy in India.

Question:6 ) The _____ of energy in India are met from both commercial

Options:
1) requirements
2) sources
3) availability
4) lessen

Correct Answer: requirements

Question:7 ) and non commercial sources. The most _____ sources of energy today are coal and natural gas

Options:
1) vital
2) insignificant
3) important
4) expensive

Correct Answer: important

Question:8 ) On the other hand, firewood, cow-dung cakes and vegetable waste etc. _____ non commercial forms of energy.

Options:
1) constitutes
2) combines
3) mixes
4) collaborates

Correct Answer: constitutes

Question:9 ) While non commercial forms of energy _____ demand,

Options:
1) need
2) meet
3) shed
4) rests

Correct Answer: meet

Question:10 )coal is the _____ source of commercial energy in India.

Options:
1) smallest
2) hardest
3) largest
4) heaviest

Correct Answer: largest

Question 11 to Question 15

In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.[08-AUG-2017 Shift-3]

Literature is a _____ through which a person conveys his ideas towards or protest _____ different norms of society. The words that deal with a _____ issue are of particular importance in literature. They are _____ with a particular purpose in _____

Question 11) Literature is a _____ through which a person
Options:
1) base
2) medium
3) source
4) subject
Correct Answer: medium

Question:12) conveys his ideas towards or protest _____ different norms
Options:
1) against
2) for
3) in
4) off
Correct Answer: against

Question:13) of society. The words that deal with a _____ issue
Options:
1) broad
2) insensitive
3) moral
4) economical
Correct Answer: moral

Question:14) are of particular importance in literature. They are _____ with
Options:
1) brought
2) founded
3) represented
4) written

Correct Answer: written

Question:15) a particular purpose in _____.
Options:
1) all
2) hand
3) mind
4) total
Correct Answer: mind

Question 16 to Question 20

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. [09-AUG-2017 Shift-1]

Democracy should _____ dignity of the individual. It should also aim at the _____ good of the greatest _____. The opposition party should _____ the wrong plans, policies and decisions of the government in power. The government should cater to the _____ needs of the people to make its position solid.

Question 16) Democracy should _____ dignity of the individual.
Options:
1) built
2) ensure
3) keep
4) support

Correct Answer: ensure

Question:17) It should also aim at the _____ good
Options:
1) greatest
2) smallest
3) largest
4) heaviest

Correct Answer: greatest

Question:18) of the greatest _____. The opposition party
Options:
1) people
2) digit
3) number
4) individual

Correct Answer: number

Question:19) should _____ the wrong plans, policies and decisions of the government in power.
Options:
1) rely on
2) against
3) support
4) oppose

Correct Answer: oppose

Question:20) The government should cater to the _____ needs of the people to make its position solid.
Options:
1) genuine
2) mere
3) emotional
4) luxurious

Correct Answer: genuine

Question 21 – Question 25

In the following passage some of the words have been left
out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given
blank out of the four alternatives.[08-AUG-2017 Shift-2]

The _____ of energy in India are met from both commercial
and non commercial sources. The most _____ sources of energy today are coal and
natural gas, hydro electricity and nuclear power. On the other hand, firewood,
cow-dung cakes and vegetable waste etc. _____ non commercial forms of energy. While
non commercial forms of energy _____ demand, coal is the _____ source of
commercial energy in India.

Question 21 ) The _____ of energy in India are met from both commercial
Options:
1) requirements
2) sources
3) availability
4) lessen

Correct Answer: requirements

Question 22 ) and non commercial sources. The most _____ sources of energy today are coal and natural gas
Options:
1) vital
2) insignificant
3) important
4) expensive

Correct Answer: important

Question 23 ) On the other hand, firewood, cow-dung cakes and vegetable waste etc. _____ non commercial forms of energy.
Options:
1) constitutes
2) combines
3) mixes
4) collaborates

Correct Answer: constitutes

Question 24 ) While non commercial forms of energy _____ demand,
Options:
1) need
2) meet
3) shed
4) rests

Correct Answer: meet

Question 25 ) coal is the _____ source of commercial energy in India.
Options:
1) smallest
2) hardest
3) largest
4) heaviest

Correct Answer: largest

Question 26 – Question 30

Question 26 ) Literature
is a _____ through which a person
Options:
1) base
2) medium
3) source
4) subject

Correct Answer: medium

Question 27 ) conveys
his ideas towards or protest _____ different norms
Options:
1) against
2) for
3) in
4) off

Correct Answer: against

Question 28 ) of
society. The words that deal with a _____ issue
Options:
1) broad
2) insensitive
3) moral
4) economical

Correct Answer: moral

Question 29 ) are
of particular importance in literature. They are _____ with
Options:
1) brought
2) founded
3) represented
4) written

Correct Answer:
written

Question 30 ) a
particular purpose in _____.
Options:
1) all
2) hand
3) mind
4) total

Correct Answer: mind

Question 31 – Question 35

In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to
be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of
the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option. [09-AUG-2017 Shift-2]

Language, they say, is the _____ through
which human beings perceive the world. If so, English is perhaps the most _____
lens through which to see animals. It has _____ a cross eyed view of birds,
beasts, fish and fowl. The very word “animal” can _____ the brutish and the
sensual. Animal _____ imply baseness and vulgarity.

Question 31 ) Language, they say, is the _____ through which human beings perceive the
world.

Options:
1) lens
2) resource
3) source
4) telescope

Correct Answer: lens

Question 32 ) If so, English is perhaps the most _____ lens through which to see
animals.

Options:
1) distorting
2) disturbing
3) popular
4) useful

Correct
Answer: distorting

Question 33 ) It has _____ a cross eyed view of birds, beasts, fish and fowl.

Options:
1) accompanied
2) exercised
3) perpetuated
4) undeterred

Correct Answer: perpetuated

Question 34 ) The very word “animal” can _____ the brutish and the sensual.

Options:
1) connote
2) rectify
3) trouble
4) understand

Correct Answer: connote

Question 35 ) Animal _____ imply baseness and vulgarity.

Options:
1) breeding
2) gestures
3) instincts
4) species

Correct Answer: instincts

Question 36 – Question 40

In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to
be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of
the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.[09-AUG-2017 Shift-3]

An independent, able and upright
judiciary is the hallmark of a free _____ country therefore, the process of
judicial appointment is of _____ importance. At present on account of the
Supreme Court’s last advisory opinion, the _____ of the executive and its
interference in the appointment of judges is _____ which in light of previous
is most _____.

Question:36) An independent, able and upright judiciary is the hallmark of a free
_____ country

Options:
1) autocratic
2) democratic
3) liberal
4) participative

Correct Answer: democratic

Question:37) therefore, the process of judicial appointment is of _____ importance.

Options:
1) mere
2) mourn
3) social
4) vital

Correct Answer: vital

Question:38) At present on account of the Supreme Court’s last advisory opinion, the
_____ of the executive

Options:
1) career
2) future
3) role
4) plight

Correct
Answer: role

Question:39) and its interference in the appointment of judges is _____

Options:
1) maximum
2) minimal
3) negotiable
4) reasonable

Correct Answer: minimal

Question:40) which in light of previous is most _____.

Options:
1) adhered
2) neglected
3) rejected
4) welcomed

Correct Answer: welcomed

Question 41 – Question 45

In the following passage some of the words have been left
out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given
blank out of the four alternatives.[10-AUG-2017 Shift-1]

Morality is _____ with ethics and
symbolises the doctrine of actions right or wrong. Politics is the _____ of
expediency and need not always be _____. If something is wrong and _____
expedient, it cannot be _____.

Question:41) Morality is _____ with ethics and symbolises the doctrine of actions
right or wrong.

Options:
1) discussed
2) identified
3) recognised
4) rectified

Correct Answer: identified

Question:42) Politics is the _____ of expediency

Options:
1) source
2) collection
3) requirement
4) notion

Correct Answer: notion

Question:42) and need not always be _____.

Options:
1) wrong
2) right
3) neutral
4) different

Correct Answer: right

Question:43) If something is wrong and _____ expedient,

Options:
1) merely
2) essentially
3) surely
4) hardly

Correct Answer: merely

Question:44) it cannot be _____.

Options:
1) justifiable
2) relevant
3) acquired
4) immoral

Correct Answer: immoral

Question
46 – Question 50

In the following passage some of the words have been left
out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given
blank out of the four alternatives.[10-AUG-2017 Shift-2]

The modes of action are _____ in science
and religion. Science relies on experiment, whereas religion is based on
experience. Any religious _____ whether it is Christ’s or Ramakrishna’s is
personal and _____ . Science, on the other hand is marked by objectivity.
Theory has to be corroborated by _____ proof providing material comforts. The
frontiers of science do not end in knowledge but are _____ to the formation of
appliances for actual use.

Question:46) The modes of action are _____ in science and religion.

Options:
1) similar
2) different
3) equal
4) relevant

Correct Answer: different

Question:47)whereas religion is based on experience. Any religious _____ whether

Options:
1) experience
2) thought
3) festival
4) activity

Correct
Answer: experience

Question:48) it is Christ’s or Ramakrishna’s is personal and _____ .

Options:
1) significant
2) irrelevant
3) subjective
4) objective

Correct Answer: subjective

Question:49)Theory has to be corroborated by _____ proof providing material
comforts.

Options:
1) intangible
2) transparent
3) tangible
4) unique

Correct Answer: tangible

Question:50)The frontiers of science do not end in knowledge but are _____ to the
formation of appliances for actual use.

Options:
1) implied
2) associated
3) designated
4) extended

Correct Answer: extended

Question
51 – Question 55

In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to
be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of
the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.[10-AUG-2017 Shift-3]

Corruption is a _____ which has been
spread in the mind of wrong people of the society, community and _____. It is
the mistreatment of public resources just for getting some _____ advantage to
fulfil little wish. It is concerned with the unnecessary and wrong use of both
power and _____ by anyone whether the government or non government organization.
It affects the growth and development of the nation in all aspects like
socially, _____ and politically.

Question:51) Corruption is a _____ which has been
spread in the mind of wrong people

Options:
1) havoc
2) poison
3) pollutant
4) grassroot

Correct Answer: poison

Question:52)of the society, community and _____. It
is the mistreatment

Options:
1) country
2) world
3) universe
4) company

Correct Answer: country

Question:53)public resources just for getting some
_____ advantage to fulfil little wish.

Options:
1) fruitful
2) wishful
3) favourite
4) unfair

Correct Answer: unfair

Question:54)wrong use of both power and _____ by
anyone whether

Options:
1) position
2) growth
3) status
4) symbol

Correct Answer: position

Question:55)nation in all aspects like socially,
_____ and politically.

Options:
1) emotionally
2) scientifically
3) manually
4) economically

Correct Answer: economically

Question 55 – Question 60

In the following passage some of the words have been left
out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given
blank out of the four alternatives.[11-AUG-2017 Shift-1]

It is not _____ to ignore all allegations
of booth capturing and rigging as murmurs of _____ losers. _____ have come to
light of intimidation of whole villages and communities to make them vote for a
particular candidate or party. At times election officials have been _____ by
unscrupulous politicians into turning a blind eye to _____ practices.

Question:56)It is not _____ to ignore all allegations
of booth capturing
Options:
1) realistic
2) reliable
3) required
4) essential

Correct Answer: realistic

Question:57) and rigging as murmurs of _____ losers.

Options:
1) rational
2) disgruntled
3) huge
4) idealist

Correct Answer: disgruntled

Question:58)_____ have come to light of intimidation
of whole villages and communities

Options:
1) instances
2) sources
3) reasons
4) Ideas

Correct Answer: instances

Question:59)At times election officials have been
_____ by unscrupulous politicians

Options:
1) decided
2) safeguarded
3) rejuvenated
4) threatened

Correct Answer: threatened

Question:60)into turning a blind eye to _____
practices.

Options:
1) significant
2) rare
3) unjust
4) usual

Correct Answer: unjust

Question 61 – Question 65

Education is for life, not merely for a livelihood. As long as we are unmindful of this _____, the _____ of our educational curriculum as well as that of our _____ and students is likely to remain _____. It is not enough for a society to have experts. It needs human beings who can think, feel and act generously, the kind of people who cannot be replaced by computers and _____.

Question:61) As long as we are unmindful of this _____,

Options:
1) measure
2) resource
3) story
4) truth

Correct Answer: truth

Question:62) the _____ of our educational curriculum as well as

Options:
1) efficiency
2) effectiveness
3) quality
4) quantity

Correct Answer: quality

Question:63) that of our _____ and students

Options:
1) friends
2) ideals
3) parents
4) teachers

Correct Answer: teachers

Question:64).is likely to remain _____. It is not enough for a society to have experts.

Options:
1) inadequate
2) indifferent
3) represented
4) unmeasurable

Correct Answer: inadequate

Question:65)the kind of people who cannot be replaced by computers and _____

Options:
1) mechanics
2) monitors
3) robots
4) televisions

Correct Answer: robots

Question 66 – Question 70

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.[11-AUG-2017 Shift-3]

The quest for a _____ life engrosses every human being on this earth. Everyman tends to define a happy life in a _____ individualistic fashion. _____have attempted to define a happy life in various terms. Hedonists have a _____ notion that happiness lies in the _____ of physical appetites.

Question:66) The quest for a _____ life engrosses every human being

Options:
1) simple
2) sad
3) happy
4) real

Correct Answer: happy

Question:67) on this earth. Everyman tends to define a happy life in a _____ individualistic fashion.

Options:
1) distinctly
2) identically
3) similar
4) serious

Correct Answer: distinctly

Question:68) _____have attempted to define a happy life

Options:
1) Professors
2) Thinkers
3) Researchers
4) Scientists

Correct Answer: Thinkers

Question:69) in various terms. Hedonists have a _____ notion

Options:
1) complex
2) distinct
3) varied
4) simple

Correct Answer: simple

Question:70) that happiness lies in the _____ of physical appetites.

Options:
1) gratification
2) simplification
3) purification
4) identification

Correct Answer: gratification

Question 70 – Question 75

Children need to be taught the importance of hygiene early on so that it becomes a _____. Children are the most _____ to hygiene-related disorders like skin issues, rashes, infections, wounds, etc. Teach them early on about what to _____. Teach them that taking a few _____ measures to prevent infections and diseases is _____.

Question:71) importance of hygiene early on so that it becomes a _____

Options:
1) kind
2) habit
3) regular
4) need

Correct Answer: habit

Question:72)Children are the most _____ to hygiene-related disorders like skin issues, rashes,

Options:
1) innocent
2) responsible
3) pliable
4) susceptible

Correct Answer: susceptible

Question:73) Teach them early on about what to _____.

Options:
1) avoid
2) read
3) right
4) learn

Correct Answer: avoid

Question:74) Teach them that taking a few _____ measures

Options:
1) scientific
2) precautionary
3) unimportant
4) insignificant

Correct Answer: precautionary

Question:75) to prevent infections and diseases is _____.

Options:
1) optional
2) secondary
3) voluntary
4) imperative

Correct Answer: imperative

Question 76 – Question 80

Management is a set of _____ that can keep a complicated system of people and technology running _____. The most _____ aspects of management include planning, budgeting, organizing, staffing, controlling and problem solving. Leadership is a set of process that creates organization in the first place or adapts, them to _____ changing circumstances. Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that _____ and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

Question:76) Management is a set of _____ that can keep a complicated system

Options:
1) instructions
2) resources
3) processes
4) proposals

Correct Answer: processes

Question:77) of people and technology running _____.

Options:
1) fastly
2) reliably
3) smoothly
4) sharply

Correct Answer: smoothly

Question:78)The most _____ aspects of management include planning budgeting, organizing, staffing, controlling and problem solving.

Options:
1) dangerous
2) difficult
3) important
4) terrible

Correct Answer: important

Question:79) that creates organization in the first place or adapts, them to _____ changing circumstances.

Options:
1) normally
2) run
3) show
4) significantly

Correct Answer: significantly

Question:80) Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that _____ and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

Options:
1) look
2) role
3) source
4) vision

Correct Answer: vision

Question 81 – Question 85

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.[12-AUG-2017 Shift-3]

India’s motto has been Vasudeva Kutumbakam or that the whole world is _____ community. There are a _____ of pillars upon which India’s policy of living in peace with and _____ peace among nations of the world rests. Policies of non-alignment, peaceful co-existence, economic and cultural cooperation disarmament and peaceful _____ of nuclear energy, _____ of International disputes through negotiations and peaceful means are some of the salient features that give credence to India’s commitment to world peace.

Question:81) India’s motto has been Vasudeva Kutumbakam or that the whole world is _____ community.

Options:
1) one
2) distinct
3) essential
4) significant

Correct Answer: one

Question:82) There are a _____ of pillars upon which India’s policy

Options:
1) numerous
2) number
3) many
4) loop

Correct Answer: number

Question:83) of living in peace with and _____ peace among nations of the world rests.

Options:
1) disturbing
2) allowing
3) generating
4) promoting

Correct Answer: promoting

Question:84) economic and cultural cooperation disarmament and peaceful _____ of nuclear energy

Options:
1) uses
2) disruption
3) sources
4) negotiation

Correct Answer: uses

Question:85)_____ of International disputes through negotiations and peaceful means are some of the salient features

Options:
1) urge
2) requirement
3) settlement
4) enactment

Correct Answer: settlement

Question 86 – Question 90

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.[16-AUG-2017 Shift-1]

National integration means _____ all the people of the nation into a single whole. It is a _____ that bends together all people in one _____ bond no matter what their religion, caste, language or history may be. It is a _____ cementing force whereby all kinds of people live _____ peacefully and can identify themselves as a part and parcel of a nation.

Question:86) National integration means _____ all the people of the nation into a single whole.

Options:
1) segregating
2) combining
3) residing
4) complying

Correct Answer: combining

Question:87) It is a _____ that binds together

Options:
1) sentiment
2) resources
3) essentials
4) finances

Correct Answer: sentiment

Question:88) all people in one _____ bond no matter what their religion, caste, language or history

Options:
1) real
2) common
3) nominal
4) similar

Correct Answer: common

Question:89) It is a _____ cementing force whereby all kinds of people

Options:
1) weakening
2) natural
3) strong
4) settled

Correct Answer: strong

Question:90) live _____ peacefully and can identify themselves as a part and parcel of a nation.

Options:
1) separately
2) jointly
3) happily
4) together

Correct Answer: together

Question 91 – Question 95

Organization are institutions in which members compete for status and _____. They _____ for the resources of the organization, for example, _____ to expand their own departments, for _____ advancement and for power to _____ the activities of others.

Question:91) Organization are institutions in which members compete for status and _____.

Options:
1) growth
2) money
3) power
4) success

Correct Answer: power

Question:92) They _____ for the resources

Options:
1) compete
2) expand
3) rely
4) run

Correct Answer: compete

Question:93) of the organization, for example, _____ to expand

Options:
1) finance
2) infrastructure
3) resources
4) source

Correct Answer: finance

Question:94) their own departments, for _____ advancement and

Options:
1) career
2) financial
3) regional
4) technological

Correct Answer: career

Question:95) for power to _____ the activities of others.

Options:
1) affect
2) control
3) curb
4) pursue

Correct Answer: control

Question 95 – Question 100

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.[16-AUG-2017 Shift-3]

Modern man is imprisoned by his time-table and his routine. His life is all care and _____. He does not have _____ for anything but his duties and occupation for _____ money. Men, in all _____ may have been prone to this disease and; indeed, we in India may not have been _____ by it to the extent that people in western countries have been.

Question 96 ) His life is all care and _____.

Options:
1) wisdom
2) success
3) worry
4) anxiety

Correct Answer: worry

Question 97 ) He does not have _____ for anything

Options:
1) resources
2) time
3) material
4) money

Correct Answer: time

Question 98 ) but his duties and occupation for _____ money.

Options:
1) making
2) minting
3) collecting
4) spending

Correct Answer: making

Question 99 ) Men, in all _____ may have been prone to this disease and; indeed,

Options:
1) spheres
2) streams
3) areas
4) ages

Correct Answer: ages

Question 100 ) we in India may not have been _____ by it to the extent that people in western countries have been.

Options:
1) infected
2) inflicted
3) accompanied
4) associate

Correct Answer: inflicted

Question 101 – Question 105

A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.[17-AUG-2017 Shift-1]

Prebiotics are the lesser-known gut-health promoters which serve as food for good bacteria inside the gut. “We found that dietary prebiotics can improve non-REM (random eye movement) sleep, as well as REM sleep after a stressful event,” said Robert Thompson, a PhD researcher at University of Colorado Boulder in the U.S. Prebiotics are dietary fibres found naturally in foods like artichokes, raw garlic, leeks and onions.

When beneficial bacteria digest prebiotic fibre, they not only multiply, improving overall gut health, but they also release metabolic by-products. Researchers fed three-week-old male rats a diet of either standard chow or chow that included prebiotics. They then monitored the rats’ body temperature, gut bacteria and sleep-wake cycles — using electroencephalogram (EEG), or brain activity testing over time. Findings revealed that the rats on the prebiotic diet spent more time in non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) sleep, which is restful and restorative, than those on the non-prebiotic diet.

Question 101 ) What are prebiotics?

Options:
1) Dietary fibres
2) Bacteria
3) Foods like artichokes
4) Gut microbiota

Correct Answer: Dietary fibres

Question 102 )What type of sleep is restorative?

Options:
1) NREM
2) REM
3) EEG
4) ECG

Correct Answer: NREM

Question 103 )How are metabolic by-products released?

Options:
1) When good bacteria help sleep
2) When good bacteria digest dietary fibres
3) When gut becomes rich in nutrients
4) After recovery from stress due to sleep

Correct Answer: When good bacteria digest dietary fibres

Question 104 )How can sleep wake cycles be monitored?

Options:
1) By testing brain power
2) By allowing REM and NREM sleep
3) By using EEG
4) By recording body temperature

Correct Answer: By using EEG

Question 105 )What is chow?

Options:
1) Type of dietary fibre
2) A class of nutrients
3) Rat food
4) Sleep enhancer

Correct Answer: Rat food

Question 106 – Question 110

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.[17-AUG-2017 Shift-2]

The Trikonasana, or triangle pose, stimulates the function of the entire body and _____________ a lateral (side) stretch to the spine. It helps reduce blood pressure, stress, and anxiety. Practise this asana every day and you’ll _________ strength in the ankles, thighs, knees, hips, calves and hamstrings. All standing poses __________the cardiovascular system, so the more you do it, the ________ your stamina will become. The aim is never to overdo it, but to engage regularly, __________ that you get stronger and more stable over time.

Question 106) function of the entire body and _____________ a lateral (side) stretch

Options:
1) given
2) gave
3) to give
4) gives

Correct Answer: gives

Question 107) you’ll _________ strength in the ankles, thighs, knees, hips

Options:
1) gaining
2) gain
3) gained
4) to gain

Correct Answer: gain

Question 108) All standing poses __________the cardiovascular system

Options:
1) built
2) build
3) building
4) to build

Correct Answer: build

Question 109) so the more you do it, the ________ your stamina.

Options:
1) best
2) better
3) good
4) too good

Correct Answer: better

Question 110) to engage regularly, __________ that you get stronger and more stable

Options:
1) if
2) of
3) so
4) to

Correct Answer: so

Question 111 – Question 115

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.[17-AUG-2017 Shift-3]

And then, a few glorious minutes ______________, it was time to reluctantly head ashore. ____________ time, the strokes were more fluid, the movements more relaxed. I turned back one last time ____________ hello to a clown fish, the reason why I came to the Andamans. As I watched, it played hide-and-seek _________ a sea anemone, before frisking away. Suddenly, I realised a kinship with the blue waters ___________ the Bay of Bengal.

Question 111) a few glorious minutes ______________, it was time to reluctantly head ashore.

Options:
1) late
2) later
3) lately
4) latest

Correct Answer: later

Question 112) ____________ time, the strokes were more fluid

Options:
1) These
2) Those
3) At
4) This

Correct Answer: This

Question 113) I turned back one last time ____________ hello to a clown fish, the reason

Options:
1) to say
2) said
3) saying
4) says

Correct Answer: to say

Question 114) hide-and-seek _________ a sea anemone, before frisking away.

Options:
1) to
2) for
3) from
4) with

Correct Answer: with

Question 115) kinship with the blue waters ___________ the Bay of Bengal.

Options:
1) for
2) from
3) to
4) of

Correct Answer: of

Question 115 – Question 120

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.[18-AUG-2017 Shift-1]

“Jim Crow” shuns the mountains for reasons satisfactory to himself; not so the magpie, the raven, and __________ mischief-maker, Clark’s nutcracker. All of which keeps the bird-lover from the East in an ecstasy of surprises until he has _____________ accustomed to his changed environment. One cannot help ___________ into the speculative mood in view of the sharp contrasts ______________ the birds of the East and _________ of the West.

Question 116) magpie, the raven, and __________ mischief-maker, Clark’s nutcracker.

Options:
1) what
2) it
3) that
4) there

Correct Answer: that

Question 117) until he has _____________ accustomed to his changed environment.

Options:
1) became
2) becomes
3) to be
4) become

Correct Answer: become

Question 118) One cannot help ___________ into the speculative mood

Options:
1) to fall
2) fallen
3) falling
4) fell

Correct Answer: falling

Question 119) in view of the sharp contrasts ______________

Options:
1) beside
2) beneath
3) between
4) below

Correct Answer: between

Question 120) the birds of the East and _________ of the West.

Options:
1) whose
2) this
3) those
4) whom

Correct Answer: those

Question 121 – Question 125

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.[18-AUG-2017 Shift-2]

Most __________________ of all to the rambler on avian lore intent is the fact that there are many species and genera that are peculiar to the West, and ______________ new to him, keeping him constantly on the ‘qui vive’. _____________ Colorado you will look in vain for the common blue jay, so abundant in all parts of the East; but you will be more _______________ compensated by the presence of seven other species _____________ the jay household.

Question 121) Most __________________ of all to the rambler

Options:
1) interesting
2) interest
3) interested
4) interests

Correct Answer: interesting

Question 122) West, and ______________ new to him, keeping him constantly on the ‘qui vive’.

Options:
1) therefore
2) because
3) if
4) for

Correct Answer: therefore

Question 123) _____________ Colorado you will look in vain for the common blue jay

Options:
1) On
2) In
3) Into
4) Onto

Correct Answer: In

Question 124) but you will be more _______________ compensated

Options:
1) then
2) that
3) than
4) this

Correct Answer: than

Question 125) presence of seven other species _____________ the jay household.

Options:
1) for
2) to
3) of
4) off

Correct Answer: of

Question 126 – Question 130

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.[18-AUG-2017 Shift-3]

As one of the most misunderstood practices, yoga has often borne the brunt of being __________ in extremes: of yogis in pretzel-like contortions at __________ end of the spectrum, and young Instagram-led, erstwhile-overweight beach posers ____________ the other. The truth is that yoga is what you want it to be — the ultimate customisable exercise form. For a runner, it may mean lengthening muscles to gain _______________, while for someone who is hyper-flexible, it could be a way of __________core strength.

Question 126) yoga has often borne the brunt of being __________ in extremes

Options:
1) see
2) seen
3) saw
4) to see

Correct Answer: seen

Question 127) yogis in pretzel-like contortions at __________ end of the spectrum

Options:
1) first
2) one
3) once
4) that

Correct Answer: one

Question 128) erstwhile-overweight beach posers ____________ the other.

Options:
1) in
2) on
3) of
4) at

Correct Answer: at

Question 129) may mean lengthening muscles to gain _______________, while for someone

Options:
1) flexible
2) flexibleness
3) flexibilities
4) flexibility

Correct Answer: flexibility

Question 130) it could be a way of __________core strength.

Options:
1) enhance
2) enhancing
3) enhances
4) to enhance

Correct Answer: enhancing

Question 131 – Question 135

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.[19-AUG-2017 Shift-2]

For a minute, dispel all the mental images and stereotypes; ______________ the jargon of ‘opening up,’ ‘flow,’ ‘nidra,’ and ‘balance’. Focus _______ what you need for your body. ___________ you aren’t sure, begin here — with just one asana. It’s one of the basic ones ___________ I lead every class with. You can do it as a stand-alone piece ____________ begin with it when you’re at the gym.

Question 131 ) mental images and stereotypes; ______________ the jargon of ‘opening up

Options:
1) forgetful
2) forget
3) forgot
4) forgotten

Correct Answer: forget

Question 132 )Focus _______ what you need for your body.

Options:
1) of
2) for
3) off
4) on

Correct Answer: on

Question 133)___________ you aren’t sure, begin here — with just one asana.

Options:
1) Fo
2) But
3) If
4) Whether

Correct Answer: If

Question 134)It’s one of the basic ones ___________ I lead every class with.

Options:
1) this
2) these
3) that
4) those

Correct Answer: that

Question 135)stand-alone piece ____________ begin with it when you’re at the gym.

Options:
1) or
2) nor
3) either
4) neither

Correct Answer: or

Question 136 – Question 140

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.[19-AUG-2017 Shift-3]

This was enough ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to asses its valuable contents. “The preface of the book read: ‘painters __________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece,” points out Husain, adding, “All I ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library ___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge.”

Question 136) This was enough ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian

Options:

1) for
2) of
3) to
4) from

Correct Answer: for

Question 137) painters __________ technical knowledge to paint

Options:
1) has
2) has had
3) have
4) to have

Correct Answer: have

Question 138)to understand nature, ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece

Options:
1) if
2) that
3) hence
4) this

Correct Answer: hence

Question 139) All I ______________ in my life is about books and from books.

Options:
1) learning
2) learned
3) to learn
4) learns

Correct Answer: learned

Question 140)The grand library ___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge.

Options:
1) from
2) at
3) to
4) off

Correct Answer: at

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