Cloze Test & Parajumbles || VARC || MH-CET 2021 II 21 July

Direction: 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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.

People are not educated in order to become well-programmed automata, fungible drones who can be plugged and (1) anywhere with equal facility. That was true only of the colonial (2), when the three Rs were taught to children destined to become administrators and clerks, who could be sent anywhere in the world, from Bombay to Boston, and function equally well. Apart from this colonial interregnum, the (3) of education has always been to nurture creative, sceptical minds which add to the sum of human knowledge by questioning received wisdom. The identification of (4) with education is therefore counterproductive, and it would be impossible for children to be creative and individualistic in a classroom where they are constantly aware of the eye of the camera, through which a parent may be (5).

Direction: 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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.

People are not educated in order to become well-programmed automata, fungible drones who can be plugged and (1) anywhere with equal facility. That was true only of the colonial (2), when the three Rs were taught to children destined to become administrators and clerks, who could be sent anywhere in the world, from Bombay to Boston, and function equally well. Apart from this colonial interregnum, the (3) of education has always been to nurture creative, sceptical minds which add to the sum of human knowledge by questioning received wisdom. The identification of (4) with education is therefore counterproductive, and it would be impossible for children to be creative and individualistic in a classroom where they are constantly aware of the eye of the camera, through which a parent may be (5).

Direction: 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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.

People are not educated in order to become well-programmed automata, fungible drones who can be plugged and (1) anywhere with equal facility. That was true only of the colonial (2), when the three Rs were taught to children destined to become administrators and clerks, who could be sent anywhere in the world, from Bombay to Boston, and function equally well. Apart from this colonial interregnum, the (3) of education has always been to nurture creative, sceptical minds which add to the sum of human knowledge by questioning received wisdom. The identification of (4) with education is therefore counterproductive, and it would be impossible for children to be creative and individualistic in a classroom where they are constantly aware of the eye of the camera, through which a parent may be (5).

Direction: 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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.

People are not educated in order to become well-programmed automata, fungible drones who can be plugged and (1) anywhere with equal facility. That was true only of the colonial (2), when the three Rs were taught to children destined to become administrators and clerks, who could be sent anywhere in the world, from Bombay to Boston, and function equally well. Apart from this colonial interregnum, the (3) of education has always been to nurture creative, sceptical minds which add to the sum of human knowledge by questioning received wisdom. The identification of (4) with education is therefore counterproductive, and it would be impossible for children to be creative and individualistic in a classroom where they are constantly aware of the eye of the camera, through which a parent may be (5).

Direction: 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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.

People are not educated in order to become well-programmed automata, fungible drones who can be plugged and (1) anywhere with equal facility. That was true only of the colonial (2), when the three Rs were taught to children destined to become administrators and clerks, who could be sent anywhere in the world, from Bombay to Boston, and function equally well. Apart from this colonial interregnum, the (3) of education has always been to nurture creative, sceptical minds which add to the sum of human knowledge by questioning received wisdom. The identification of (4) with education is therefore counterproductive, and it would be impossible for children to be creative and individualistic in a classroom where they are constantly aware of the eye of the camera, through which a parent may be (5).

Direction: Given below are six statements A, B, C, D, E and F, which when arranged in the correct order, form a coherent and meaningful paragraph. The sentence marked D is fixed and would fit in the fourth position. Rearrange the other statements in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions that follow.

A) The designer, who won the Young Fashion Entrepreneur of the Year award, believes that coral is flattering for the Indian skin.
B) Another one says that coral has always been one of the best colours for the day time and couture in India.
C) Pantone has chosen coral to be the Colour of the Year, but how will we see it in Indian fashion is a question.
D) “It’s going to be the perfect spring-summer colour for us”, he adds.
E) It combines the beauty of orange and red and makes it fresh.
F) He says that coral is a warm colour that complements the Indian skin tone perfectly.

Direction: Given below are six statements A, B, C, D, E and F, which when arranged in the correct order, form a coherent and meaningful paragraph. The sentence marked D is fixed and would fit in the fourth position. Rearrange the other statements in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions that follow.

A) The designer, who won the Young Fashion Entrepreneur of the Year award, believes that coral is flattering for the Indian skin.
B) Another one says that coral has always been one of the best colours for the day time and couture in India.
C) Pantone has chosen coral to be the Colour of the Year, but how will we see it in Indian fashion is a question.
D) “It’s going to be the perfect spring-summer colour for us”, he adds.
E) It combines the beauty of orange and red and makes it fresh.
F) He says that coral is a warm colour that complements the Indian skin tone perfectly.

Direction: Given below are six statements A, B, C, D, E and F, which when arranged in the correct order, form a coherent and meaningful paragraph. The sentence marked D is fixed and would fit in the fourth position. Rearrange the other statements in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions that follow.

A) The designer, who won the Young Fashion Entrepreneur of the Year award, believes that coral is flattering for the Indian skin.
B) Another one says that coral has always been one of the best colours for the day time and couture in India.
C) Pantone has chosen coral to be the Colour of the Year, but how will we see it in Indian fashion is a question.
D) “It’s going to be the perfect spring-summer colour for us”, he adds.
E) It combines the beauty of orange and red and makes it fresh.
F) He says that coral is a warm colour that complements the Indian skin tone perfectly.

Direction: Given below are six statements A, B, C, D, E and F, which when arranged in the correct order, form a coherent and meaningful paragraph. The sentence marked D is fixed and would fit in the fourth position. Rearrange the other statements in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions that follow.

A) The designer, who won the Young Fashion Entrepreneur of the Year award, believes that coral is flattering for the Indian skin.
B) Another one says that coral has always been one of the best colours for the day time and couture in India.
C) Pantone has chosen coral to be the Colour of the Year, but how will we see it in Indian fashion is a question.
D) “It’s going to be the perfect spring-summer colour for us”, he adds.
E) It combines the beauty of orange and red and makes it fresh.
F) He says that coral is a warm colour that complements the Indian skin tone perfectly.

Direction: Given below are six statements A, B, C, D, E and F, which when arranged in the correct order, form a coherent and meaningful paragraph. The sentence marked D is fixed and would fit in the fourth position. Rearrange the other statements in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions that follow.

A) The designer, who won the Young Fashion Entrepreneur of the Year award, believes that coral is flattering for the Indian skin.
B) Another one says that coral has always been one of the best colours for the day time and couture in India.
C) Pantone has chosen coral to be the Colour of the Year, but how will we see it in Indian fashion is a question.
D) “It’s going to be the perfect spring-summer colour for us”, he adds.
E) It combines the beauty of orange and red and makes it fresh.
F) He says that coral is a warm colour that complements the Indian skin tone perfectly.