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Directions:

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.

PASSAGE

Now-a-days, under the (11) system of education, however good it may be, when a young man comes out of the university, there seems to be this (12) in him that the higher the standard of living rises, the less should a man work. Thus, mathematically, higher the standard of living, according to this misconceived notion, the less the (13) ultimately, what? should be the highest standard of living then? (14) work ! This leads to an unhealthy (15) among the workers . A typist who types over twenty letters a day asks his (16) how many letters he had typed that day. The latter (17) " fifteen". The former thinks , " Tomorrow I should type only fifteen or even (18). This tendency is quite (19) and may ultimately lead to (20) even one's family life may be affected adversely due to such tendency