Directions (Q. 1-5): 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 blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Jamshedji Tata is ...(1)... to be the path-finder of modern industrious builders. He is known as the Grandfather of the Indian industry for his acumen and enthusiasm. Nobody else could have ...(2)... of the new industries started by Jamshedji at the time when industrial ...(3)... and revolution was yet to come to India. Jamshedji’s father Nasarvanji Tata used to trade in jute with China and Britain. He started ...(4)... from India. Jamshedji started a cloth mill in Nagpur more than hundred years ago. At that time almost all the ...(5)... used to come from Lancashire in England. What Jamshedji did was praiseworthy.
1.
1) agreed
2) empowered
3) determined
4) considered
5) rewarded
2.
1) thought
2) ventured
3) set
4) planned
5) absolved
3.
1) acts
2) machinery
3) awakening
4) factories
5) imports
4.
1) industries
2) import
3) trade
4) dispatch
5) export
5.
1) imports
2) cloth
3) machines
4) industries
5) goods
Answers:
1. 4
2. 1
3. 3
4. 5
5. 2
