Indian Bank Probationary Officer Exam, 2010 - English Language - Part 5

Directions—(Q. 41–50) In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. The World Diabetes Congress has determined that India has the largest number of diabetics in the world. Apart from the loss of productivity, the …(41)… burden is alarming – $ 2.8 billion annually. Sedentary jobs, …(42)… of electronic entertainment, changing diet patterns and …(43)… dependence on automobiles have driven the activity …(44)… of Indians’ lives especially in cities. The …(45)… is, therefore, to make people physically …(46)… and requires interventions which imapct
a large …(47)… of the population. Admittedly physical activity is a …(48)… of choice and is strongly driven by …(49)… preferences. But policymaking needs to shift to …(50)… moderate levels of physical activity in the daily lives of people. One way to accomplish this is to create walkable communities that give residents a variety of destinations within walking distance.

41. Fill in the blank:
economic  finance  subsidy  physical  health
 

42. Fill in the blank:
broadcast  spread  prevalent  expand  widespread
 

43. Fill in the blank:
totally  entirely  grown  mutual  increasing
 

44. Fill in the blank:
most  out  from  through  outside
 

45. Fill in the blank:
ultimatum  hazard  sensitivity  challenge  dispute
 

46. Fill in the blank:
equip  built  active  trained  qualified
 

47. Fill in the blank:
section  scale  degree  per cent  piece
 

48. Fill in the blank:
want  matter  scarcity  right  lack
 

49. Fill in the blank:
showing  given  special  personal  individually
 

50. Fill in the blank:
pursuit  indulge  introduce  insist  attract
 

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