In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand that it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
Experts are beginning to suspect that one of the major (1) of crime in modern cities in the actual design of the city. Oscar Newman, a professor of architecture, in his book titled “Defensible Space” has (2) the result of his research on this question. The effect of environment (3) crime is two-fold. Prof. Newman’s research shows that some buildings may encourage people not only to interfere but to allow crimes to (4) Crowded apartments in a huge block bring people physically together but isolate them (5) . People living in what is (6) one building with a common entry felt isolated within their own apartments.
They are unconcerned (7) their neighbours. Some years ago, a girl was stabbed to death (8) a period of half an hour while hundreds of people living in the block (9) without interfering, without even calling the police.
The other obvious effect of the design of buildings is that it affords room for crimes. Hidden nooks and corners, spaces between buildings out of (10) are convenient spots where crimes can be committed without the fear of detection.
QUESTION:
1.
(A) exposition
(B) causes
(C) theories
(D) results
2.
(A) published
(B) printed
(C) predicted
(D) pasted
3.
(A) on
(B) in
(C) over
(D) about
4.
(A) witness
(B) show
(C) appear
(D) happen
5.
(A) spiritually
(B) congnitively
(C) intellectually
(D) mentally
6.
(A) essentially
(B) deliberately
(C) accidentally
(D) ideologically
7.
(A) for
(B) with
(C) about
(D) at
8.
(A) between
(B) through
(C) over
(D) across
9.
(A) viewed
(B) studied
(C) observed
(D) watched
10.
(A) sight
(B) vision
(C) visual
(D) observation
(Source: SSC Data Entry Operator Exam – Held on – 02-08-2009)
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