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1. Cloze Test

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

Even half-hearted suggestions of a stake (21) in Air India (AI) have invariably been followed by virulent protests. This has (22) the government to repeatedly (23) the existence of any such plan. As a result, AI continues to be in a turnaround mode for over two decades with every incumbent aviation minister and AI chairman and managing director periodically making (24) of having achieved success, even if discernible signs of a meaningful turnaround have been non-existent. The (25) in the series of stake sale, after AI was first referred to the Disinvestment Commission of India in 1988, has been the recommendation from Niti Aayog.

2. Cloze Test

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

Even half-hearted suggestions of a stake (21) in Air India (AI) have invariably been followed by virulent protests. This has (22) the government to repeatedly (23) the existence of any such plan. As a result, AI continues to be in a turnaround mode for over two decades with every incumbent aviation minister and AI chairman and managing director periodically making (24) of having achieved success, even if discernible signs of a meaningful turnaround have been non-existent. The (25) in the series of stake sale, after AI was first referred to the Disinvestment Commission of India in 1988, has been the recommendation from Niti Aayog.

3. Cloze Test

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

Even half-hearted suggestions of a stake (21) in Air India (AI) have invariably been followed by virulent protests. This has (22) the government to repeatedly (23) the existence of any such plan. As a result, AI continues to be in a turnaround mode for over two decades with every incumbent aviation minister and AI chairman and managing director periodically making (24) of having achieved success, even if discernible signs of a meaningful turnaround have been non-existent. The (25) in the series of stake sale, after AI was first referred to the Disinvestment Commission of India in 1988, has been the recommendation from Niti Aayog.

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