Find out the most effective word from the given options to fill in the blanks of the following question.
1. He was a _______ when he entered the competition, but he played like a professional.
2. He was educated at the Dominican gymnasium of his native town, and in 1790 entered, as a _________, the Benedictine abbey of Marienmiinster, in the bishopric of Paderborn.
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the five alternatives.
Randomized experiments ___(A)___ on children by exposing them to violence in televisions and video games had a shocking revelation. It suggested that there was a great chance of the child’s behaviour becoming ___(B)___ in the short run. Many psychological experts and neuroscientists have given the underlying reasons for the same. They explain that children’s exposure to violent electronic media including violent games leads to long-term increment in their risk for behaving aggressively and ___(C)___. These long-term effects are a ___(D)___ of the powerful observational learning and ___(E)___ processes that occur automatically in the human child. These acts of violence shown on television have long-lasting effects on children as they find it very thrilling and different from their regular life. They like to ponder on these scripts and start connecting to the acts in their real lives.
However, if the same is not monitored, it can also change the ___(F)___ behaviour of the child. Sometimes, this threat is large enough to be considered as a public health threat. Therefore, it is very important that parents monitor what their kids are watching on television and how they are ___(G)___ their free time. This is because children learn from both ___(H)___ and social learning or role modelling. When children watch violent acts, it is difficult for them to decipher which ones are real and which ones are not and to what extent. This is where the parental or adult guidance can come to their help and prevent them from getting ___(I)___. It is sad to note that even cartoon channels show a lot of violence these days. Also, medical science says that if violence is viewed for a long time, there are chemical changes which take place in the brain which are very similar to those that happen post-traumatic stress disorder. Now, since the brains of young children are still developing, this can impact them badly.
Hence, it is very important that children get good guidance in choosing which television programs to watch and which video games to play. They should be ___(J)___ to watch the inspirational or the humorous part of television programmes. Developing interest in knowledge imparting channels like Discovery channel, History channel can be wonderful for their development.
Two sentences are given below, each with a missing blank. Out of the given options, pick one word that fits both the blanks.
(i) Nevertheless, in the previous century, it was decided with amazing ______ that empires belonged to the past, and the future would belong to the nation-states.
(ii) The kid jumped with ______ when his mother told him that he could buy anything from the toy store.
Below, a passage is given with ten blanks labelled (A)-(J). Below the passage, four options are given for each blank. Choose the word that fits each blank appropriately in the context of the passage, and mark the corresponding answer.
As the world becomes more and more interconnected, technology has begun to be considered as a convenient and useful tool for communication between individuals, a situation that has ___(A)___ participation in some of the engagements that were challenging sometimes. In fact, technology has, among other things, provided the type of social interaction that has, indeed, ___(B)___ the gap between different cultures and ideologies. Today’s world is an era of technology, and this technology is constantly changing. Over one hundred and fifty years ago, the ___(C)___ of business operations was quite different from the current ones. Currently, ___(D)___ less time is being spent on data processing, information retrieval, and evaluating the business statistics. Additionally, enquiries related to cataloguing items and processing of purchase transactions have been ___(E)___, reducing or eliminating human ___(F)___. This has helped save resources for a strategic use. Technology is, actually, transforming every ___(G)___ of our lives including medicine, art, and education. Some aspects of technology have become so common that they are taken for ___(H)___. For instance, before the technology behind electricity had ___(I)___, it was challenging to engage in various activities after nightfall. Moreover, the lack of electricity was a great ___(J)___ to other practices that require machines, some of which wouldn’t have been powered by fossil fuels.
In the following sentence, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part, which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, choose the alternative that indicates 'No improvement.'
Central government should immediately get its act together with all state education ministers and make suitable policy.
A. conduct insurrection
B. make conjectures
C. convene a meeting