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Directions (Q. 1-10):  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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank
appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

     India with its
600 universities and 35,000 colleges is the third (1) education system in the
world. But 68 percent of these universities and 73 per cent of college are (2)
to be medium or low quality by Indian standard itself. With a severe shortage
of quality higher education institutions, India faces the challenge of
educating nearly 30 per cent of its 1 .1 billion people. Certainly, India
requires many more institutions of higher (3) since nearly 100 million students
are going to the higher education market in the next 10 years. In such a
scenario improving the standards of (4) universities and establishing quality
institutions should be our priority.

     Steps should
be (5) to reduce the disconnect between higher education institutions and
industry requirements. The possibilities of private sector contributions in
higher education should be fully exploited. The practice of big business houses
and philanthropists promoting quality universities in the west could be (6) in India.
But before initiating such private sector participation in higher education the
government should ensure that there are proper checks and controls on the
activities of such entities. Also it is our recent experience that the
mushrooming of substandard schools and (7) universities (8) resulted in the
deterioration of educational standards in India.

    
Upgrading the higher education sector especially in terms of patents
filed and cutting edge research output is essential in improving India’s global
ranking. Our sustainable economic development depends on human resources. A
quality higher education base is essential (9) reap full benefits of our
demographic dividend. In its mission to redress inefficiencies in higher
education, the strategies of the 12th plan focus on technical education,
distance learning, quality research, infrastructure, faculty and curriculum content.
Wholehearted, coordinated efforts of the government departments and the private
sector are needed to (10) the plan’s educational goals.

1. 

1. Largest

2. Large

3. Larger

4. Bigger

5. Affluent

2. 

1. Founded

2. Found

3. Finding

4. Being found

5. Been founded

3. 

1. 
Learn

2. 
Learning

3. 
Played

4. 
Paid

5. 
Paying

4. 

1.  Existing

2.  Existed

3.  Perished

4.  Excellent

5. 
Exciting

5.

1. 
Take

2. 
Took

3.  Taken

4.  Stopped

5. 
Forwarded

6. 

1.  Repeated

2. 
Replicated

3. 
Copying

4.  Repeating

5. 
Replicating

7. 

1. 
Deemed

2.  Deeming

3. 
Dreaming

4. 
Dreamt

5. 
Deemful

8. 

1.  Have

2.  Has

3.  Has
been

4.  Have
been

5. 
Would be

9. 

1.  For

2. 
In

3. 
With

4. 
To

5.  By

10. 

1.  Realise

2. 
Realising

3. 
Understand

4.  Achieving

5. 
Realised

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