Directions (1 – 10): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Land problems in India continue to attract equal attention from policy-makers and academics. The renewed interest in land issues ...(1)... from the ...(2)... impact of liberalisation and ...(3)... the economy. Tenancy, land ceiling and land administration are being ...(4)... with a new perspective. Among the issues under renewed focus, legalizing tenancy, revising the ceiling limits, quality of land, meeting the challenge of miniscule holdings that are ...(5)... of marginalisation and land administration are ...(6)... the debate. It sets a background to the emergence of land policy in India from pre-Independence and, after ...(7)... it through various phases, maps out the impacts and emerging challenges. After an analysis of the development of land policy over various planning periods, the issues at stake during the 1990s are reviewed. Finally a case is made for a new land-policy framework that ...(8)... reforms to the maintenance of land records, deals with ...(9)... tenancy and non-viable land holdings, and the problem of land quality. These issues have ...(10)... greater importance in the current economic transition in rural areas.
1.
1) clears
2) finds
3) tools
4) stems
5) fires
2.
1) commenced
2) perceived
3) migrated
4) less
5) pioneer
3.
1) agitate
2) materialise
3) opening up
4) suffer
5) slope
4.
1) revisited
2) renowned
3) used
4) termed
5) havocked
5.
1) start
2) level
3) status
4) inception
5) consequences
6.
1) creating
2) dominating
3) affecting
4) waving
5) sequencing
7.
1) passing
2) turning
3) casting
4) ignoring
5) tracing
8.
1) includes
2) discerns
3) likes
4) detects
5) makes
9.
1) cleared
2) made
3) concealed
4) revealed
5) entered
10.
1) planted
2) tucked
3) reacted
4) assumed
5) screened
Answers:
1. 4
2. 2
3. 3
4. 1
5. 5
6. 2
7. 5
8. 1
9. 3
10. 4
