Cloze test #07

SBI MAINS

Lately , the media seems to have gone berserk in  (1) everything that pertains to the New Economy . Behind the great bulk of the articles on the subjects are  (2)  assumptions . First, that the New Economy businesses are likely to push Old Economy industries all the way into oblivion. Second, that (3) about the new Economy is far superior to that of the Old Economy. Both those emphatic assumptions could be (4) flawed. Physical products the cornerstone of the old Economy are hardly likely to (5) out in important even in the age of the internet. After all, the consumption of physical goods is hardly going down . In everything from steel to automobiles (6) is only going up. But above and beyond all this the New Economy also needs Old Economy products to survive . You can sell goods on the internet after all, only if (7) is producing those goods. Besides which, people still want all those Old Economy goods.

As far as the second point is concerned, the on big weakness abut the New Economy is that it is (8) more volatile than the Old economy . The rate of evolution of products the crux of the Old Economy will (9) always be slower than the rate of the growth and proliferation of new ideas on any given subjects. And hence , the Old economy ( bossed on products) will always be relatively more (10) than the new economy ‘bossed largely on ideas’.

OPTIONS 

1. listening सुनना   advocating वकालत  ignoring अनदेखी adopting गॉड लेना   veiwing देखने के 
2. bold साहसिक  emphasizing पर बल  underlying आधारभूत overriding अधिभावी 
3. glitter चमक  everything सब कुछ  each-thing प्रत्येक चीज़   proceed बढ़ना  highlight मुख्य आकर्षण 
4. thinking विचारधारा  delibertely जान बूझकर  casually संयोग से  carelessly लापरवाही  seriously गम्भीरता से 
5. lose खोना  charm आकर्षण  iron लोहा  stand खड़ा  
6. trend प्रव्रत्ति movement आंदोलन  consumption सेवन  cost लागत  production उत्पादन 
7. mass सामूहिक  someone कोई व्यक्ति  none कोई नही  person व्यक्ति  marketing विपणन  
8. obviously जाहिर है  reportedly कथित तोर पर  naturally सहज रूप से  intrinsicallly आंतरिक रूप से  abysmally काफी 
9. subjectively आत्मगत  deliberatley जान बूझकर  according अनुसार   necessarily अनिवार्य रूप से 
10. stable स्थिर  dogmatic कट्टर  fragile नाज़ुक  volatile परिवर्तनशील  specific विशष्ट 

ANSWERS 

1. Advocating
2. Underlying
3. Everything
4. Seriously
5. Lose
6. Consumption
7. Someone
8. Obviously
9. Necessarily
10. Stable