Baroda Rajasthan Gramin Bank - Model English Paper - Part 4

Directions-(Q. 35-44) 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 best fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

When we sit down for a meal of market-bought products, we like to think we're getting a reasonable …(35)… of the body's nutrient requirements, but studies show that because of our chemical intensive farming, the food that we have, does not …(36)… the vital nutrients that our ancestors enjoyed.

Plants …(37)… with the help of soluble chemical fertilisers get lazy and do not develop the deep, healthy roots systems that pull additional elements out of the …(38)… In addition, the micro-organisms that break down organic matter and minerals to be taken up by plant root are …(39)… by chemical bombardment and violent mechanised manipulation of their environment. Essentially, we're getting robbed, and having to pay for it in …(40)… health, energy, longevity, and advancing medical bills.

Unfortunately, agriculture's single-minded focus on increasing …(41)… at any cost over the last half-century created a blind spot where rapid …(42)… of the nutritional quality of our food has occurred. This decline has been observed to be quite …(43)… in some crops but has sadly gone largely …(44)… by scientists, farmers, government and consumers.

35. (A) yield
(B) number
(C) amount
(D) deficiency
(E) strength
yield  number  amount  deficiency  strength
 

36. (A) grow
(B) specify
(C) inhabit
(D) cultivate
(E) contain
grow  specify  inhabit  cultivate  contain
 

37. (A) growing
(B) eaten
(C) suffering
(D) arising
(E) rising
growing  eaten  suffering  arising  rising
 

38. (A) pesticides
(B) plants
(C) food
(D) soil
(E) crop
pesticides  plants  food  soil  crop
 

39. (A) increased
(B) absorbed
(C) added
(D) wounded
(E) killed
increased  absorbed  added  wounded  killed
 

40. (A) improving
(B) declining
(C) better
(D) simplifying
(E) defective
improving  declining  better  simplifying  defective
 

41. (A) yields
(B) fertilisers
(C) chemicals
(D) quality
(E) soil
yields  fertilisers  chemicals  quality  soil
 

42. (A) immigration
(B) improvement
(C) return
(D) progression
(E) deterioration
immigration  improvement  return  progression  deterioration
 

43. (A) more
(B) inadequate
(C) significant
(D) inferior
(E) resistant
more  inadequate  significant  inferior  resistant
 

44. (A) improved
(B) unnoticed
(C) eradicated
(D) alarming
(E) unaware
improved  unnoticed  eradicated  alarming  unaware
 

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