Directions (Q. 1-10): Fill up the blanks with appropriate words from the options given against each number to make the paragraph meaningful.

____(1)____ stringent anti-pollution laws, awareness levels in India about the need to ____(2)____ the environment is very less ____(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 the problem, authorities at the university have decided that serving teachers belonging to various disciplines will teach the paper.

1. a) Despite
   b) Having
   c) After
   d) Making
   e) Although
   
   2. 
   a) cover
   b) clean
   c) filter
   d) protect
   e) pollute
   
   3.
   a) proving
   b) why
   c) obvious
   d) resulting
   e) because
   
   4.
   a) merely
   b) don’t
   c) hardly
   d) perfectly
   e) actually
   
   5. 
   a) inability
   b) deferral
   c) decision
   d) failure
   e) reluctance
   
   6. 
   a) extracts
   b) accord
   c) expects
   d) loses
   e) assumes
   
   7. 
   a) displeasure
   b) antagonism
   c) hurdles
   d) confusion
   e) priority
   
   8. 
   a) losses
   b) constraints
   c) apathy
   d) soundness
   e) independence
   
   9. 
   a) send
   b) establish
   c) receive
   d) expect
   e) sanction
   
   10. 
   a) Learning
   b) Getting
   c) Faced
   d) Convinced
   e) Solution

Directions (Q.11 – 15): SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

11. For being skilfuland experience, he is a valuable employee.
    a) Because he is skill
    b) On account he is skilled
    c) With his skill
    d) Beside having skill
    e) No correction required12. Today there are few countries whose growth rate is equally that of America.
    a) equalize on
    b) equivalent to
    c) equals with
    d) on equality with
    e) No correction required13. The World Bank is willing for finance whole of the project.
    a) willingly finance to
    b) financially willing
    c) willing to finance
    d) willingness in financing
    e) No correction required14. We must keep in pace changing environment to succeed.
    a) keep pace with
    b) kept pace on
    c) in keeping pace
    d) keep pacing
    e) No correction required15. The organization does not have many choice, except to pay the fine.
    a) any choice of
    b) Much choice
    c) more choices
    d) other choice
    e) No correction required

Solutions: 1-15

1. (a)
2. (d)
3. (e)
4. (e)
5. (c)
6. (e)
7. (d)
8. (b)
9. (c)
10. (d)
11. (c)
12. (b)
13. (c)
14. (a)
15. (c)

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