Question (1-10): In the following passage, there are blanks each of which is numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each, five words are suggested out of which only one fits the bland perfectly. Find that word in each case.
Sales of paperback books are up. Independent bookstores are ..1… again. The threat of a digital apocalypse has …2… , as e-book sales have tumbled. So why did publishers have a wobbly first quarter of 2016? Revenue was …3… 2.7 per cent in the first three months of 2016, compared with the same period in 2015, according to a recent report from the Association of American Publishers, which …4… sales data from more than 1,200 publishers. Sales of adult books fell ..5.. 10.3 per cent in the first three months of 2016, and children’s books dropped by 2.1 per cent. E-book sales decreased by 21.8 per cent, and hardcover sales were down 8.5 per cent. The …6… categories were digital audio-books, which rose by 35.3 per cent, and paperback sales, which were up by 6.1 per cent. …7… the numbers look bad, they’re not all that surprising. For many publishers, the first quarter is often the ..8… period of the year. Publishers ..9.. save their biggest books for the summer, ..10… for vacation reading, and the fall, for the holiday shopping period.
1. Find out the right word
- Stressing
- Straining
- Thriving
- Teaching
- Retracing
2. Find out the right word
- Consumed
- Subsided
- Strengthened
- Strained
- Called up
3. Find out the right word
- Up
- Down
- Same
- Equal
- Other than those given in options
4. Find out the right word
- Tracks
- Tallies
- Distributes
- Straightens
- Other than those given in options
5. Find out the right word
- Off
- Of
- By
- Under
- About
6. Find out the right word
- Farthest
- Strongest
- Mentioned
- Worthy
- Other than those given in options
7. Find out the right word
- Despite
- Though
- Yet
- Still
- Other than those given in options
8. Find out the right word
- Thinnest
- Weakest
- Nearest
- Darkest
- Other than those given in options
9. Find out the right word
- Casually
- Often
- Honestly
- Diligently
- Other than those given in options
10. Find out the right word
- Framed
- Faced
- Timed
- Eligible
- Capable
