Q1 to 10: Directions: In the passage given below there are 10 blanks, each followed by a word given in bold. Even blank has four alternative words given in options (A),(B),(C) and (D). You have to tell which word will best suit the respective blank. Mark (E) as your answer if the work given in bold/in the brackets after the blank is your answer i.e “No change required”.
IN 2011 Google spent over €100m ($130m) on grand 19th-century digs in Paris which look a little like the Elysée Palace, the official home of the president. That may have been a mistake. The firm’s deep (1)____ [casket] have now attracted the attention of Xavier Niel, an entrepreneur who (2)______ [hates] in making pots of money at the expense of the establishment. On January 3rd Mr Niel’s company, Free, which is France’s second-biggest internet- service provider (ISP), upgraded the software on the modems it supplies to customers. Online ads were blocked by default. The move, which was aimed chiefly at Google, caused a massive (3)_____ [picket]. The American firm had reportedly been in (4)______ [approval] with Free over whether to pay the ISP directly for the connection to its subscribers. On the internet, the (5)______ [delegation] is that ISPs such as Free cover the cost of their networks by charging their subscribers rather than providers of content. Google is accustomed to (6)______ [compliment] by ISPs that it does
not contribute directly to the cost of their networks. It is also used to governments, such as China’s, blocking its services for political reasons. But never has it faced an attack of this type from a private company. Free was showing its (7)_____ [clout] by threatening to damage Google’s advertising-driven business model in France. Mr Niel’s calculation was that few of his 5m-odd customers would leave just because the default settings (8)______ [broke] them of Google’s ads. Default settings are quite easy to change, after all. Free is also suspected of deliberately (9)______ [advancing] its subscribers’ connection to YouTube, Google’s video-streaming service, during peak hours. YouTube takes up lots of bandwidth on the internet, especially as more people choose to watch “Gangnam Style” and “Dumb Ways to Die” in high definition. The telecoms regulator is investigating. Mr Niel responded to the accusations last
year by pointing out that many YouTube videos can in any case be watched on Dailymotion, a video-sharing website that happens to be French and partly owned by the government. Advertisers and newspaper websites immediately cried foul and got the government to lean on Free to remove the ad block, which it did on January 8th. Supporters
of network neutrality, the idea that the internet’s tubes should treat all packets of data in exactly the same way regardless of origin, denounced Free for (10)________[trampling] on web freedom.
Q1. A) union
B) coffers
C) pack
D) crate
E) No Change Required
Answer: Option B(coffers)
Explanation : coffers- the funds or financial reserves of an organization.
Q2. A) honors
B) grins
C) possess
D) delights
E) No Change Required
Answer: Option D( delights)
Explanation : delights- please (someone) greatly.
Q3. A) nocturne
B) holster
C) rumpus
D) lumbar
E) No Change Required
Answer: Option C( rumpus)
Explanation : rumpus – disturbance no other word fits the blank
Q4. A) negotiations
B) protocol
C) poise
D) vending
E) No Change Required
Answer: Option A( negotiations)
Explanation : negotiations – discussion aimed at reaching an agreement.
Q5. A) promise
B) etiquette
C) convention
D) warrant
E) No Change Required
Answer: Option C(convention)
Explanation : convention- a way in which something is usually done.
Q6. A) grumbles
B) dedication
C) roar
D) trouble
E) No Change Required
Answer: Option A(grumbles)
Explanation : grumbles- complain about something in a bad-tempered way
Q7. A) charge
B) thump
C) whack
D) scrap
E) No Change Required
Answer: Option E(No Change Required)
Explanation : clout – influence or power, especially in politics or business.
Q8. A) distressed
B) deprived
C) unfilled
D) proclaimed
E) No Change Required
Answer: Option B(deprived)
Explanation : deprived ; As Free was threatening to damage Google’s advertising-driven business model; hence it will do something to deprive the customers of the services of Google
Q9. A) expediting
B) shushing
C) choking off
D) focusing
E) No Change Required
Answer: Option C( choking off)
Explanation : choking off – to stop or obstruct
Q10. A) healing
B) naffing
C) wounded
D) lean
E) No Change Required
Answer: Option E
Explanation : trampling – crushing(No Change Required)
Thus, complete paragraph is:
IN 2011 Google spent over €100m ($130m) on grand 19th-century digs in Paris which look a little like the Elysée Palace, the official home of the president. That may have been a mistake. The firm’s deep *coffers* have now attracted the attention of Xavier Niel, an entrepreneur who *delights* in making pots of money at the expense of the establishment. On January 3rd Mr Niel’s company, Free, which is France’s second-biggest internet- service provider (ISP), upgraded the software on the modems it supplies to customers. Online ads were blocked by default. The move, which was aimed chiefly at Google, caused a massive *rumpus*. The American firm had reportedly been in *negotiations* with Free over whether to pay the ISP directly for the connection to its subscribers. On the internet, the *convention* is that ISPs such as Free cover the cost of their networks by charging their subscribers rather than providers of content. Google is accustomed to *grumbles* by ISPs that it does
not contribute directly to the cost of their networks. It is also used to governments, such as China’s, blocking its services for political reasons. But never has it faced an attack of this type from a private company. Free was showing its *clout* by threatening to damage Google’s advertising-driven business model in France. Mr Niel’s calculation was that few of his 5m-odd customers would leave just because the default settings *deprived* them of Google’s ads. Default settings are quite easy to change, after all. Free is also suspected of deliberately *choking off* its subscribers’ connection to YouTube, Google’s video-streaming service, during peak hours. YouTube takes up lots of bandwidth on the internet, especially as more people choose to watch “Gangnam Style” and “Dumb Ways to Die” in high definition. The telecoms regulator is investigating. Mr Niel responded to the accusations last
year by pointing out that many YouTube videos can in any case be watched on Dailymotion, a video-sharing website that happens to be French and partly owned by the government. Advertisers and newspaper websites immediately cried foul and got the government to lean on Free to remove the ad block, which it did on January 8th. Supporters
of network neutrality, the idea that the internet’s tubes should treat all packets of data in exactly the same way regardless of origin, denounced Free for *trampling* on web freedom.
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