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Directions (Q. Nos. 1 to 10) 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/phrases are suggested, one of
which fits the blank appropriately.  Find
out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

The world is going (1) a deep recession.  At
such a time, one thing we need in abundance is jobs for the semi-skilled and
unskilled.  This is the only way through
which equal (2) of wealth can take
place.  The healthcare industry is (3) poised to occupy this
position.  The IT industry hires people
from the upper-middle strata and rich families, usually engineers, (4) the healthcare industry hires
nurses, to the tune of eighty per cent of the jobs created, from the lower
economic strata.

Global healthcare is a $4.5 trillion industry, (5) only to the agro industry.  Even then healthcare (6) only eight per cent of world’s population.  Policymakers should (7) at healthcare industry as not only an industry which addresses
pain but also as one which can (8)
the economy.  The last century was driven
by machines that addressed human toil and it is strongly (9) that this century will be driven by healthcare.  This however, will only happen if policymakers
make a conscious effort to (10) the
right policies in place soon.

1.

(a) past

(b) against

(c) through

(d) across

(e) on

2.

(a) earning

(b) share

(c) venture

(d) profit

(e) distribution

3.

(a) commonly

(b) ideally

(c) indefinitely

(d) purposely

(e) invariably

4.

(a) whereas

(b) and

(c) so

(d) besides

(e) despite

5.

(a) encouraging

(b) second

(c) lesser

(d) beating

(e) greater

6.

(a) affords

(b) cures

(c) visits

(d) reaches

(e) provides

7.

(a) look

(b) plan

(c) weigh

(d) admire

(e) consider

8.

(a) persuade

(b) ascertain

(c) influence

(d) impede

(e) estimate

9.

(a) thought

(b) credited

(c) identified

(d) believed

(e) supposed

10.

(a) derive

(b) frame

(c) figure

(d) consider

(e) put

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Answers 

1(c)    2(e)    3(b)   
4(a)    5(b)      6(d)    
7(a)      8(c)     9(d)     
10(e)