Dear Readers, we have given here the English Practice Questions for upcoming Exams 2017. Candidates can use this material for their preparations.
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Directions (Q.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 meaningful.
Infosys’s decision to hire 10,000 local workers in the U.S. has caused (1)_________ (distress) over the impact of President Donald Trump’s restrictive visa policy for skilled workers. Explaining the move, Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka said it is purely a business decision (2)_________ (focused) on building the company’s capabilities in fields such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing. Indian IT companies have been under pressure to (3)_________ (modify) nimbly to the restrictive visa regimes being put in place not just in the U.S. but also in key markets such as the U.K. and Australia. As a matter of fact, these companies had been gearing up to become visa-independent even before Mr. Trump’s (4)_________ (increase) to power. In 2015-16, for instance, Infosys hired 2,144 people in the Americas, increasing its workforce in the region by over a quarter. In 2016, Tata Consultancy Services, another IT giant, made only about 4,000 U.S. visa applications, compared to about 14,000 a year before. The trend is likely to only (5)__________ (support). Not surprisingly, there is now increasing (6)_________ (speculation) that many Indian IT giants will refrain from sponsoring H-1B visas for junior engineers. The (7)__________ (faithful) impact of Mr. Trump’s immigration stance on overseas hiring is difficult to (8)________ (resolve). Going by the numbers, the plan to hire 10,000 local employees looks (9)__________ (major) compared to Infosys’s current foreign workforce in the U.S., which is (10)_________ (anticipated) to be in the range of 20,000 to 30,000.
a) burden
b) concerns
c) interests
d) involvement
e) No change required
a) implemented
b) directed
c) dispersed
d) separated
e) No change required
a) change
b) revise
c) adapt
d) acclimate
e) No change required
a) rise
b) swell
c) bulge
d) prominence
e) No change required
a) fortify
b) reinforce
c) secure
d) strengthen
e) No change required
a) hearsay
b) rumor
c) conjecture
d) inference
e) No change required
a) literal
b) precise
c) exact
d) fixed
e) No change required
a) gauge
b) conclude
c) decide
d) choose
e) No change required
a) large
b) important
c) small
d) significant
e) No change required
a) projected
b) estimated
c) predicted
d) forecast
e) No change required
Explanation With Answer Key:
Concerns - “importance to someone”. Here the sentence is about the Infosys’s response over Trump’s visa policy. So ‘concerns’ will suit for the blank.
Focused - activity towards a particular aim. By reading the next line in the sentence, we can see that building the company’s capabilities should be done with particular plan; so the word ‘focused’ is best suited to fill the blank.
Adapt - become adjusted to new conditions. The sentence is about Indian company’s pressure to adjust for visa regimes in U.S. and other countries; so the word ‘adapt’ is suited for the blank.
Rise - move from a lower position to a higher one. Considering the meaning of ‘rise’, it is best suited for blank since the sentence is talking about Trump’s higher position.
Strengthen - make or become stronger. The word ‘strengthen’ is best suited for the blank as the sentence is explains about the reason behind the trend.
Speculation – guessing; The sentence is about Indian IT giants and its refrain for H1B visa which is highly assumed after Trump’s rule; so ‘speculation’ best suits for blank.
Exact - accurate or correct in all details. ‘Exact’ is the correct answer and makes better sense of the sentence, i.e. “The exact impact of Mr. Trump’s immigration stance on overseas hiring”.
Gauge - a means of estimating something. The sentence is about immigration stance and its assessment about overseas hiring; so ‘gauge’ suits best for the blank.
Significant - sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; This sentence comparing the no. of local employees with no. of foreign workforce and deciding which will be noteworthy; so ‘significant’ suits for the blank.
Estimated - roughly calculate; This sentence talks about the rough calculation of no. of foreign workforce; so the word ‘estimated’ opt for the blank.
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