Quiz on cloze test(new pattern) and vocabulary

Direction: In the passage given below, there are blanks, each preceded by a word given in bold. Every blank has four alternative words given in options (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find the word which best suits the place. If the given word suits the blank, mark 'no correction/change required' as the answer.

The resume reflected a master’s degree, but the professional status still read the same — educated but unemployed. This is a story common to a number of students in the country. With an expurgated (1) bent towards theoretical education with little or no exposure to practical know-how, this scenario has long been in the making.With 15 million youngsters entering the workforce each year, more than 75 percent are not job-ready. India will need 700 million skilled workers by 2022 to meet the demands of a growing economy. This pertinent (2) imbalance, due to lack of technical and soft skills, points towards the urgent and growing need to make young Indians job-ready, focusing on young graduates to augment their employability.
The young nation that we are with 62 percent of our population in the working age group and more than 54 percent of the total population below 25 years, there is a need to make drastic amends to solve the great Indian talent conundrum (3). To make the most of this demographic dividend that we, as a country possess, the maiden step towards this is to celebrate skills and accept their need and importance with an open mind, just like China.
For instance, the country currently faces a huge shortage of sales associates, computer operators, beauticians, hair stylists, medical sales representatives, mobile repair engineers, recumbents (4), electricians, sewing machine operators, masons, bartenders, painter-decorators. Yet, the scant regard we have for vocational training and skill development has led to decades of regard (5) of these skills.

Direction: In the passage given below, there are blanks, each preceded by a word given in bold. Every blank has four alternative words given in options (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find the word which best suits the place. If the given word suits the blank, mark 'no correction/change required' as the answer.

The resume reflected a master’s degree, but the professional status still read the same — educated but unemployed. This is a story common to a number of students in the country. With an expurgated (1) bent towards theoretical education with little or no exposure to practical know-how, this scenario has long been in the making.With 15 million youngsters entering the workforce each year, more than 75 percent are not job-ready. India will need 700 million skilled workers by 2022 to meet the demands of a growing economy. This pertinent (2) imbalance, due to lack of technical and soft skills, points towards the urgent and growing need to make young Indians job-ready, focusing on young graduates to augment their employability.
The young nation that we are with 62 percent of our population in the working age group and more than 54 percent of the total population below 25 years, there is a need to make drastic amends to solve the great Indian talent conundrum (3). To make the most of this demographic dividend that we, as a country possess, the maiden step towards this is to celebrate skills and accept their need and importance with an open mind, just like China.
For instance, the country currently faces a huge shortage of sales associates, computer operators, beauticians, hair stylists, medical sales representatives, mobile repair engineers, recumbents (4), electricians, sewing machine operators, masons, bartenders, painter-decorators. Yet, the scant regard we have for vocational training and skill development has led to decades of regard (5) of these skills.

Direction: In the passage given below, there are blanks, each preceded by a word given in bold. Every blank has four alternative words given in options (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find the word which best suits the place. If the given word suits the blank, mark 'no correction/change required' as the answer.
The resume reflected a master’s degree, but the professional status still read the same — educated but unemployed. This is a story common to a number of students in the country. With an expurgated (1) bent towards theoretical education with little or no exposure to practical know-how, this scenario has long been in the making.With 15 million youngsters entering the workforce each year, more than 75 percent are not job-ready. India will need 700 million skilled workers by 2022 to meet the demands of a growing economy. This pertinent (2) imbalance, due to lack of technical and soft skills, points towards the urgent and growing need to make young Indians job-ready, focusing on young graduates to augment their employability.
The young nation that we are with 62 percent of our population in the working age group and more than 54 percent of the total population below 25 years, there is a need to make drastic amends to solve the great Indian talent conundrum (3). To make the most of this demographic dividend that we, as a country possess, the maiden step towards this is to celebrate skills and accept their need and importance with an open mind, just like China.
For instance, the country currently faces a huge shortage of sales associates, computer operators, beauticians, hair stylists, medical sales representatives, mobile repair engineers, recumbents (4), electricians, sewing machine operators, masons, bartenders, painter-decorators. Yet, the scant regard we have for vocational training and skill development has led to decades of regard (5) of these skills.

Direction: In the passage given below, there are blanks, each preceded by a word given in bold. Every blank has four alternative words given in options (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find the word which best suits the place. If the given word suits the blank, mark 'no correction/change required' as the answer.
The resume reflected a master’s degree, but the professional status still read the same — educated but unemployed. This is a story common to a number of students in the country. With an expurgated (1) bent towards theoretical education with little or no exposure to practical know-how, this scenario has long been in the making.With 15 million youngsters entering the workforce each year, more than 75 percent are not job-ready. India will need 700 million skilled workers by 2022 to meet the demands of a growing economy. This pertinent (2) imbalance, due to lack of technical and soft skills, points towards the urgent and growing need to make young Indians job-ready, focusing on young graduates to augment their employability.
The young nation that we are with 62 percent of our population in the working age group and more than 54 percent of the total population below 25 years, there is a need to make drastic amends to solve the great Indian talent conundrum (3). To make the most of this demographic dividend that we, as a country possess, the maiden step towards this is to celebrate skills and accept their need and importance with an open mind, just like China.
For instance, the country currently faces a huge shortage of sales associates, computer operators, beauticians, hair stylists, medical sales representatives, mobile repair engineers, recumbents (4), electricians, sewing machine operators, masons, bartenders, painter-decorators. Yet, the scant regard we have for vocational training and skill development has led to decades of regard (5) of these skills.

Direction: In the passage given below, there are blanks, each preceded by a word given in bold. Every blank has four alternative words given in options (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find the word which best suits the place. If the given word suits the blank, mark 'no correction/change required' as the answer.
The resume reflected a master’s degree, but the professional status still read the same — educated but unemployed. This is a story common to a number of students in the country. With an expurgated (1) bent towards theoretical education with little or no exposure to practical know-how, this scenario has long been in the making.With 15 million youngsters entering the workforce each year, more than 75 percent are not job-ready. India will need 700 million skilled workers by 2022 to meet the demands of a growing economy. This pertinent (2) imbalance, due to lack of technical and soft skills, points towards the urgent and growing need to make young Indians job-ready, focusing on young graduates to augment their employability.
The young nation that we are with 62 percent of our population in the working age group and more than 54 percent of the total population below 25 years, there is a need to make drastic amends to solve the great Indian talent conundrum (3). To make the most of this demographic dividend that we, as a country possess, the maiden step towards this is to celebrate skills and accept their need and importance with an open mind, just like China.
For instance, the country currently faces a huge shortage of sales associates, computer operators, beauticians, hair stylists, medical sales representatives, mobile repair engineers, recumbents (4), electricians, sewing machine operators, masons, bartenders, painter-decorators. Yet, the scant regard we have for vocational training and skill development has led to decades of regard (5) of these skills.

In the following question, out of the five alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the given word.