Comprehension


Direction: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.
PASSAGE
The Dalmatian of the sole surviving semi- speaker, Tuone Udaina, was surveyed in the late 1870s and again towards the end of his life in the late 1890s. These fairly extensive records curiously suggest that a systematic (......) change took place in those two decades such that by the 1890s the distinction between present and imperfect indicative had largely been neutralized (a development unique among Romance languages) in favour of the imperfect tense is forms. I argue that the data is authentic and that the change, whether it occurred just in Udaina’s head or was already underway in the last years of Dalmatian as a spoken language, is purely ‘internal’ and not (......) by contact with other languages. I explore its internal mechanisms and show that what is involved is a kind of analogical formmeaning levelling whose signatum is an ‘empty’ element of (......) structure. Reinforcement of this essentially ‘nonsensical’ (......) of paradigmatic structure constitutes further evidence for my general view that intraparadigmatic coherence may be no less important than extramorphological transparency. It also suggests that such a development can as easily (......) in a dying language as anyhwere else.(......)
SOME IMPORTANT WORDS
(1) Dalmatian (N.) : a Romance language of Dalmatia (Australian Province) (extinct since 19th century)
(2) signatum (N.) : that which is indicated/designated by something; signified
(3) paradigmatic (Adj.) : that is a typical example/ pattern of something
(4) coherence (N.) : the situation in which all the parts of something fit together well
(5) morpho logical (Adj.) : connected with the forms of words
(6) aberration (N.) : a fact, an action/a way of behaving that is not usual, and that may be unacceptable
(7) oddity (N.) : the quality of being strange/unusual

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    oddity

    Correct Option: D

    oddity


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    paradigmatic

    Correct Option: B

    paradigmatic



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    motivated

    Correct Option: B

    motivated


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    morphological

    Correct Option: A

    morphological



Direction: In the following questions, you have a brief passage with 5 questions following the passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
Fat comes in two types; Omega-3 which is found in marine life and Omega-6 which is concentrated in vegetable oils. The first is good, the other is plain rotten. The best source of Omega-3 is preferably sea-fish. But frying it in Omega-6 rich vegetable oil kills all its goodness. Ageing brains have low levels of thiamin, which is concentrated in wheat germ and bran, nuts, meat and cereals. More good brain-food comes from liver, milk and almonds, which are rich in riboflavin and extremely good for memory. Carotene, available in deep green leafy vegetables and fruits, is also good for geriatric brains. So is a high iron diet; it can make old brains gallop hyperactively like young ones. Iron comes from greens; liver, shell-fish, red meat and soyabeans. Sea-food, very ligh in iron, is an excellent diet supplement. The New England Journal of Medicine reported in its May 1985 issue that 30 grams of fish a day could result in a dramatic drop in the chances of acquiring a cardiovascular disease. Sea fish, particularly shell-fish, crabs, mackerel and sardines, are more effective than riverine fish because the latter is more vulnerable to chemical effluents.

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    heart and blood vessels cardio vascular (N.) : connected with the heart and the blood vessels (the tubes that carry blood around the body).

    Correct Option: D

    heart and blood vessels cardio vascular (N.) : connected with the heart and the blood vessels (the tubes that carry blood around the body).