English Quiz

In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word for each blank 

New industries supported by foreign interests......(1)........offer......(2)........salaries to their employees at all levels of responsibility than......(3)........locally-owned industries. They need......(4)........people and are ......(5)........to pay high wages to ......(6)........them. Local industries often......(7)........the high salaries offered by foreign-supported industries, arguing that this will......(8)........raise all wages to an excessive level. Workers in local industries, seeing the sharp......(9)........in job-pay will agitate for an improvement in their salaries. This eventually will drain the resources and......(10)........their profitability.

Q1)-.

hardly

reluctantly

sledom

usually

Q2)-

disproportionate

better

proportionate

comparable

Q3)-

did

could

do

their

Q4)-

local

several

more

talented

Q5)-

willing

bound

forced

reluctant

Q6)-

entertain

retain

enrich

hire

Q7)-

uphold

imitate

protest

pay

Q8)-

hardly

considerably

not

unreasonably

Q9)-

difference

cut

hike

decrease

Q10)-

agument

fulfil

enhance

lower

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Answers:

1-Ans.- D-usually

2-Ans.- B-better

3-Ans.- C-do

4-Ans.- D-talented

5-Ans.- A-willing

6-Ans.- B-retain

7-Ans.- C-protest

8-Ans.- D-unreasonably

9-Ans.- A-difference

10-Ans.- D-lower