SELECTING WORDS

SELECTING WORDS

Directions. Q.101-120: In the following passage at certain points you are given a choice of three words marked (A), (B) and (C), one of which fits the meaning of the passage. Choose the best word out of the three. Mark the letter. viz.. (A), (B) or (C), relating to this word on your Answer Sheet.

PASSAGE

        We all like listening to

101. (A)  lectures      (B)   theories      (C)   stories

         and the person who is good

102. (A)   on        (B)   at      (C)   by

         telling stories will always be a

103. (A)   popular      (B)   good     (C)   necessary

         member of any company. The art

104. (A)   on      (B)   of      (C)   at

         good story-telling covers much more than

105. (A)   describing      (B)   making      (C)   showing

         up fabulous adventures; it includes telling

106. (A)   about      (B)   by      (C)   famous

         the doings of living people or

107. (A)   insignificant      (B)   Dead      (C)   famous

        men and women of the past,

108. (A)   in      (B)   about      (C)   through

         your own travels and adventures and

109. (A)   experiences,      (B)   desires      (C)   worries

         about the books you have read

110. (A)   either      (B)   all      (C)     and

         the films you have seen. Practising

111. (A)   an      (B)   a      (C)    the

         art of story-telling can be very

112. (A)   useful      (B)   dangerous      (C)   contagious

         too. It will help you to

113. (A)   listen      (B)   remember      (C)   thing

         clearly and logically, to sort out

114. (A)   her      (B)   their      (C)   your

         ideas to express yourself clearly and

115. (A)   timidly,      (B)   effectively       (C)   bluntly

         to gain and hold the attention

116. (A)   at      (B)   on      (C)   of

         others. It will help you to

117. (A)   shake      (B)   lay      (C)   hit

         off shyness and self-consciousness, and give

118. (A)   she      (B)   you      (C)   I

         that feeling of freedom

119. (A)   then      (B)   what      (C)   which

         is so important to

120. (A)   success      (B)   victory      (C)   gain

         in life.

      101. (C)       102. (B)       103. (A)       104. (B)       105. (B)       106. (A)      

107. (C)       108. (B)       109. (A)       110. (C)       111. (C)      112. (A)       113. (C)     

114. (C)      115. (B)       116. (C)      117. (A)       118. (B)       119. (C)       120. (C)