Close Test 11.

Direction: In the following passages 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 appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Gandhiji once said, “I would say that if the village perishes, India will perish too. India will be (1) more India. Her own mission in the world will get (2). The (3) of the village is possible only when it is no more (4). Industrialisation on a mass scale will (5) lead to passive or active exploitation of the villagers as the problem (6) competition and marketing come in. Therefore, we have to (7) on the village being selfcontained, manufacturing mainly for use. Provided this character of the village industry is (8) there would be no objection to villagers using even the modern machines and tools that they can make and (9) to use. Only, they (10) not be used as a means of exploitation of others.”

1. 1) certainly 2) scarcely 3) much 4) no 5) any

2. 1) lost 2) extension 3) elevated 4) flourished 5) jeopardy

3. 1) rehabilitation 2) pruning 3) revival 4) devastation 5) atonement

4. 1) denuded 2) exploited 3) contaminated 4) populated 5) ruined

5. 1) passionately 2) surprisingly 3) scarcely 4) never 5) necessarily

6. 1) forming 2) enhancing 3) between 4) of 5) with

7. 1) concentrate 2) ponder 3) imagine 4) ensure 5) decide

8. 1) regained 2) neglected 3) maintained 4) thwarted 5) abolished

9. 1) prepare 2) afford 3) hesitate 4) propose 5) plan

10. 1) can 2) could 3) need 4) would 5) should

Perish = to be destroyed; to die

Revival = a recovery; the process of bringing something back

Jeopardy = at risk

Rehabilitate = to restore somebody/something to their/its former higher status or position

Prune = to reduce the extent of something by cutting unnecessary parts.

Atone = to act in a way that compensates for a previous wrong or error.

Denude = to make something bare

Ponder = to think about something carefully and for a long time especially in trying to reach a decision; to consider

Thwart = to prevent somebody doing what they intended to; to oppose a plan etc successfully.

Passionate = caused by or showing strong feelings