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 have been suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
The Indian Space
Research Organisation’s (Isro) _(1)_launch of eight satellites into two orbits
using a single rocket, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, puts India in a unique
league of nations. Quietly and surely, India’s scientists have _(2)_a
successful story of innovation, technical expertise and excellence. The Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle has had 37 successful flights, it has launched 121
satellites. The question now is _(3)_India is ready to take the next step: can
it take this expertise and innovative spirit to apply it beyond the confines of
the space programme. Not at the cost of its strategic interests — that focus
must continue and be funded. Simultaneously, India must aim to be more than a
major competitor in the multibillion-dollar space market on the back of
low-cost innovation. A successful satellite launch requires and brings together
different technological innovations and solutions. The focus should be on _(4)_these
technological innovations and solutions for commercial applications.
A good example
of this is the manner in which Nasa’s moon landing programme helped boost what
was at the time a relatively new technology, the integrated circuit on a
semiconductor chip. The inordinate time it took for our rocket scientists to
master cryogenic technology because they worked on Russian blueprints rather
than continuing with their own original research should _(5)_them and our
policymakers of the imperative to step up _(6)_research and development. Isro
should _(7)_economy-wide technological innovations and solutions. This calls
for increased funding that would _(8)_ the space programme to set new goals and
challenges. It will require outreach programmes to excite and fire up the
imagination, to _(9)_at space research as _(10)_ than just that.
Q.1- (1) creatively (2) successful (3)
beautiful
(4) successfully
(5) firstly
Q.2- (1) printed (2) maintained (3) supply
(4) embittered (5)
scripted
Q.3- (1) otherwise (2) because (3)
so
(4) whether (5) as if
Q.4- (1) developing (2)
improvement (3)
declining
(4) elude (5)
surrender
Q.5- (1) confuse (2) improve (3) tackle
(4) assured (5)
convince
Q.6- (1) creating (2) indigenous (3)
supreme
(4) demolition (5)
derelict
Q.7- (1) help (2)
provoke (3)
diminish
(4) trigger (5) hamper
Q.8. (1) allow (2)
maintained (3)
demolish
(4) done (5) switch
Q.9- (1) look (2)
make (3)
turn
(4) put (5)
switch
Q.10. (1) many (2)
more (3) best
(4) cancel (5)
huge
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