SBI PO – SBI PO TEST-7

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.

In our country, talking about depression is more of a taboo than talking about sex: We simply don't (1) mental health, particularly its emotional aspect. Not just because of the (2) attached to it, but also because people don't understand the subject properly. Why don't we understand it? because emotional (3) isn't taught in schools or homes. No one has ever tried to tell us about emotions in a manner that (4) seem like an academic exercise or in a way that could make us relate to the issue and evoke genuine interest.<br><br> Depression and suicides resulting from it is the second leading cause of morbidity amongst 15 to 29­year­ olds globally. Every year, more than 8,00,000 people die having committed suicide; (5) more attempt it, as the World Health Organization, 2014, writes in Preventing suicide: a global imperative. It was this (6) chasm, between reality and the realisation of the seriousness of the issue, that prompted me to think it's high time we (7) the subject in a manner that struck home there is perhaps no better way to do this than through cinema. Interest and motivation are in the domain of emotion, (8) cognition. Formal education helps the development of cognitive intelligence, not (9) because it focuses on learning through reading and writing, language, words, (10) images and sound. Films combine the two that is the advantage of films; that makes cinema a richer medium of instruction.

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.

In our country, talking about depression is more of a taboo than talking about sex: We simply don't (1) mental health, particularly its emotional aspect. Not just because of the (2) attached to it, but also because people don't understand the subject properly. Why don't we understand it? because emotional (3) isn't taught in schools or homes. No one has ever tried to tell us about emotions in a manner that (4) seem like an academic exercise or in a way that could make us relate to the issue and evoke genuine interest.<br><br> Depression and suicides resulting from it is the second leading cause of morbidity amongst 15 to 29­year­ olds globally. Every year, more than 8,00,000 people die having committed suicide; (5) more attempt it, as the World Health Organization, 2014, writes in Preventing suicide: a global imperative. It was this (6) chasm, between reality and the realisation of the seriousness of the issue, that prompted me to think it's high time we (7) the subject in a manner that struck home there is perhaps no better way to do this than through cinema. Interest and motivation are in the domain of emotion, (8) cognition. Formal education helps the development of cognitive intelligence, not (9) because it focuses on learning through reading and writing, language, words, (10) images and sound. Films combine the two that is the advantage of films; that makes cinema a richer medium of instruction.

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.

In our country, talking about depression is more of a taboo than talking about sex: We simply don't (1) mental health, particularly its emotional aspect. Not just because of the (2) attached to it, but also because people don't understand the subject properly. Why don't we understand it? because emotional (3) isn't taught in schools or homes. No one has ever tried to tell us about emotions in a manner that (4) seem like an academic exercise or in a way that could make us relate to the issue and evoke genuine interest.<br><br> Depression and suicides resulting from it is the second leading cause of morbidity amongst 15 to 29­year­ olds globally. Every year, more than 8,00,000 people die having committed suicide; (5) more attempt it, as the World Health Organization, 2014, writes in Preventing suicide: a global imperative. It was this (6) chasm, between reality and the realisation of the seriousness of the issue, that prompted me to think it's high time we (7) the subject in a manner that struck home there is perhaps no better way to do this than through cinema. Interest and motivation are in the domain of emotion, (8) cognition. Formal education helps the development of cognitive intelligence, not (9) because it focuses on learning through reading and writing, language, words, (10) images and sound. Films combine the two that is the advantage of films; that makes cinema a richer medium of instruction.