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Test:1
As the country embarks on planning (1) the 12th Plan
(2012-17) period, a key question mark (2) hangs over the process is on
the energy requirements. Growth is energy-hungry and the aspirations of growing
at 9-10% will (3) huge demands on the energy resources of the country.
In this energy jigsaw, renewable energy will (4) like never before in
the 12th Plan and the (5). By the rule of the thumb, India
will (6) about 100 gigawatts (Gw)-100,000 megawatts of capacity addition
in the next five years. Encouraging trends on energy efficiency and sustained (7)
by some parts of the government—the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, in particular, needs to be complimented for this–have led to
substantially lesser energy intensity of economic growth. However, even the
tempered demand numbers are (8) to be below 80Gw. As against this need,
the coal supply from domestic sources is unlikely to support more than 25 Gw
equivalent capacity. Imported coal can add some more, but at a much (9) cost.
Gas-based electricity generation is unlikely to contribute anything substantial
in view of the unprecedented gas supply challenges. Nuclear will be (10) in
the foreseeable future. Among imported coal, gas, large hydro and nuclear, no
more than 15-20Gw equivalent can be (11) to be added in the five-year time
block. (12) (13) this, capacity addition in the renewable energy based
power generation has touched about 3Gw a year. In the coming five years, the
overall capacity addition in the electricity grid (14) renewable energy is
likely to range between 20Gw and 25Gw. Additionally, over and above the
grid-based capacity, off-grid electricity applications are reaching remote places
and (15) lives where grid-based electricity supply has miserably failed.
1. 1) against 2) for 3) onwards 4) at 5) on
2. 1) that 2) inside 3) always 4) who 5) where
3. 1) forward 2) subject 3) place 4) demand 5) replace
4. 1) pass 2) publish 3) feature 4) find 5) light
5. 1) likewise 2) publicity 3) next 4) after 5) earlier
6. 1) waste 2) require 3) highlight 4) generate 5) consumed
7. 1) structures 2) efforts 3) projections 4) practices 5)
developmental
8. 1) sure 2) unsure 3) unexpected 4) unlikely 5) likely
9. 1) nominal 2) excelled 3) higher 4) lower 5) expected
10. 1) failure 2) success 3) dangerous 4) maximum 5) marginal
11. 1) certain 2) linked 3) remarked 4) expected 5) sure
12. 1) When 2) But 3) However 4) If 5) As
13. 1) for 2) with 3) is 4) ever 5) against
14. 1) through 2) project 3) versus 4) against 5) capacity
15. 1) lightening 2) making 3) touching 4) saving 5) generating
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Test:2
Bret Bonson loved animals (1) on a family owned Zoo. He had
grown up caring for antelope, deer and wildcats. He was (2), at times
stubbornly, protective. Once, when a tiger cub was born with a deformed leg, the
local veterinarian and Bret’s parents (3) the animal would never live a
full life. Even so, the boy bottle-fed the cub and cared for it. (4) Bret’s
mothering, the cub died, but Bret’s mothering (5) lived on. He worked at
a Safari park where, in 1980, he trained his first African elephant and found
his true (6). From the beginning Bonson was (7) by elephants. They
have the (8) force to uproot trees and can outrun the fastest human
sprinter. But they also have (9) fine motor skills. The same trunk that
could (10) the front end of an automobile or fracture a predator’s skull
could gently (11) a peanut from the fingers of a small child.
1. 1) created 2) constructed 3) built 4) erected 5) raised
2. 1) methodically 2) carefully 3) fiercely 4) suitably 5) actually
3. 1) believed 2) valued 3) expressed 4) imagined 5) exhibited
4. 1) Until 2) Unless 3) Instead 4) Despite 5) Although
5. 1) belief 2) instinct 3) love 4) passion 5) care
6. 1) companion 2) attitude 3) calling 4) friend 5) abode
7. 1) absorbed 2) alarmed 3) attacked 4) attached 5) awed
8. 1) empowered 2) brute 3) tall 4) high 5) exhibited
9. 1) domestic 2) durable 3) devastating 4) delicate 5) dubious
10. 1) hoist 2) puncture 3) disturb 4) attack 5) deflate
11. 1) protect 2) tender 3) abandon 4) pluck 5) touch
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Test:3
11
Gandhiji once said, “I would say that if the village perishes,
India will perish too. India will be (1) more India. Her own mission in
the world will get (2). The (3) of the village is possible only when
it is no more (4). Industrialisation on a mass scale will (5) lead
to passive or active exploitation of the villagers as the problem (6) competition
and marketing come in. Therefore, we have to (7) on the village being
selfcontained, manufacturing mainly for use. Provided this character of the
village industry is (8) there would be no objection to villagers using
even the modern machines and tools that they can make and (9) to use.
Only, they (10) not be used as a means of exploitation of others.”
1. 1) certainly 2) scarcely 3) much 4) no 5) any
2. 1) lost 2) extension 3) elevated 4) flourished 5) jeopardy
3. 1) rehabilitation 2) pruning 3) revival 4) devastation 5)
atonement
4. 1) denuded 2) exploited 3) contaminated 4) populated 5) ruined
5. 1) passionately 2) surprisingly 3) scarcely 4) never 5)
necessarily
6. 1) forming 2) enhancing 3) between 4) of 5) with
7. 1) concentrate 2) ponder 3) imagine 4) ensure 5) decide
8. 1) regained 2) neglected 3) maintained 4) thwarted 5) abolished
9. 1) prepare 2) afford 3) hesitate 4) propose 5) plan
10. 1) can 2) could 3) need 4) would 5) should
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Test:4
Passage 12
(1) stringent anti-pollution laws, mass awareness levels in India
about the need to (2) the environment are low. Which is (3) many people
insist that mere laws won’t do; what we (4) need are “environment conscious”
citizens. It is in this context that the University’s (5) to introduce
environment studies as a compulsory paper at the undergraduate level (6)
significance. There was some (7) initially about who would teach the
paper because financial (8) make it impossible for colleges to (9) approval
for new teaching posts. In fact, in August 1999, the University Grants Commission
(UGC) imposed a ban on the creation of new teaching posts in colleges. (10) with
this problem, authorities at the university have decided that serving teachers
belonging to various disciplines will teach the paper.
1. 1) Despite 2) Having 3) Enacting 4) Adopting 5) Although
2. 1) contaminate 2) clean 3) filter 4) protect 5) pollute
3. 1) resulting 2) why 3) obvious 4) as 5) because
4. 1) seldom 2) don’t 3) hardly 4) perfectly 5) actually
5. 1) inability 2) deferral 3) decision 4) failure 5) reluctance
6. 1) extracts 2) accord 3) expects 4) loses 5) assumes
7. 1) displeasure 2) antagonism 3) hurdles 4) confusion 5) priority
8. 1) losses 2) constraints 3) apathy 4) soundness 5) independence
9. 1) receive 2) establish 3) emphasize 4) expect 5) sanction
10. 1) Down 2) Familiarity 3) Faced 4) Convinced 5) Solution
ANSWERS:
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Test:1
1. 2 2. 1 3. 3 4. 3 5. 3 6. 2 7. 2 8. 4 9. 3 10. 5 11.
4 12. 5 13. 5 14. 1 15. 3
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Test:2
1. 5 2. 5 3. 1 4. 4 5. 4 6. 3 7. 5 8. 2 9. 4 10. 1 11.
4
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Test:3
1. 4 2. 1 3. 3 4. 2 5. 5 6. 4 7. 1 8. 3 9. 2 10. 5
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Test:4
1. 1 2. 4 3. 2 4. 5 5. 3 6. 5 7. 4 8. 2 9. 1 10. 3
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