Q. 1-10. In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has
been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against
each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank
approximately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Seed quality is an (1) aspects of crop production. For ages, farmers have traditionally been selecting and (2)
good quality seed, since it was in their interest to do so. They knew
and understood the importance of quality seed in production.
However, with the advent of green revolution technology, bases (3)
on the high-yielding dwarf varieties of wheat and rice, mainstream
thinking changed. Agriculture scientists, for reasons that remain (4) , began to doubt, the ability of farmers to maintain seed quality (5).
Aided by the World Bank, the Ministry of Agriculture launched a
National Seed Project in 1967. Under the project, spread into three
phases, seed processing plants were (6) up in nine states. Six states were converted under phase three. All that the huge processing plants were (7) to do was to provide 'certified' seeds of food crops, mainly self-pollinating crops, to farmers.
In mid - 1980s, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines concluded a study which (8) that there was hardly any difference in the crop yields from transplanted rice and from the crop sown by broadcasted seeds. One would wonder why, in the first instance, were the, farmers, asked to (9) over to transplanting paddy?. The answer is simple - probably, to help the mechanical industries grow. Since rice, is the staple food in Asia, tractor sales could only grow if there was a way to move the machine in the rice fields. No wonder, the sales of tractors, puddlers, reapers and other associated (10) soared in the rice growing areas.
In mid - 1980s, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines concluded a study which (8) that there was hardly any difference in the crop yields from transplanted rice and from the crop sown by broadcasted seeds. One would wonder why, in the first instance, were the, farmers, asked to (9) over to transplanting paddy?. The answer is simple - probably, to help the mechanical industries grow. Since rice, is the staple food in Asia, tractor sales could only grow if there was a way to move the machine in the rice fields. No wonder, the sales of tractors, puddlers, reapers and other associated (10) soared in the rice growing areas.
Q. 1. Fill in the (1)..?
A. Irrational
B. Main
C. Brilliant
D. Important
E. Empathetic
Q. 2. Fill in the (2)..?
A. Maintaining
B. Trusting
C. Selling
D. Processing
E. Creating
Q. 3. Fill in the (3)..?
A. Necessarily
B. Exceptionally
C. Primarily
D. Regularly
E. Truly
Q. 4. Fill in the (4)..?
A. Unexplained
B. Doubt
C. Some
D. True
E. Sad
Q. 5. Fill in the (5)..?
A. Himself
B. Sometimes
C. Proper
D. Improve
E. Themselves
Q. 6. Fill in the (6)..?
A. Established
B. Created
C. Set
D. Wound
E. Thought
Q. 7. Fill in the (7)..?
A. Tried
B. Mattered
C. Meaning
D. Supposed
E. Expect
Q. 8. Fill in the (8)..?
A. Renounced
B. Showed
C. Passed
D. Negated
E. Directed
Q. 9. Fill in the (9)..?
A. Shift
B. Make
C. Turn
D. Mull
E. Switch
Q. 10. Fill in the (10)..?
A. Sell
B. Equipment
C. People
D. Techniques
E. Creatures
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