Read the passage given below and complete it by selecting the right words from…
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Read the passage given below and complete it by selecting the right words from the choices given to match them to the numbered blanks.
While a certain 101 attitude can be detected in the 102 of fast food in the narratives of the established 103 , the popular writings which appear in cookbooks and dailies 104 the virtues of fast food. A quick 105 through some of the recipes published in ‘Metro Plus’ in The Hindu, a 106 Indian newspaper, will show the importance given to the time 107 to cook as well as the appliances which are 108 in cooking. On the cover of a popular ‘Readymade Paneer’, I have come across the 109 ‘no cooking required’. All that is required is heating the food in a microwave oven. This is probably the other end of the 110 of food writing in India where minimalism has become the buzzword. More importantly, their entry into the group of Indian English writers also signals a significant shift in the way we look at Indian writing in English.
Choose the word that best completes blank 109.
Answer: B. instruction — CONCEPTIn a cloze passage, the missing word must fit both the grammar of the sentence and the meaning created by the nearby words. A noun placed before quoted…
- A.
order
- B.
instruction
- C.
paragraph
- D.
More than one of the above
- E.
None of the above
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Correct answer: B
CONCEPT
In a cloze passage, the missing word must fit both the grammar of the sentence and the meaning created by the nearby words. A noun placed before quoted wording usually names the function of that wording.
APPLICATION
Read the immediate frame: “I have come across the ___ ‘no cooking required’.”
The quoted words tell the consumer what preparation is or is not required, so the blank needs a noun for directive or procedural wording.
“Instruction” has that function, producing the natural expression “the instruction ‘no cooking required’.”
CROSS-CHECK
The next sentence explains the same directive: the food only needs heating in a microwave oven. This confirms that the quoted words function as an instruction rather than as a unit of prose or a commercial request.
CONTRAST
“Order” denotes a command or a request for goods or services.
“Instruction” denotes a direction about an action or procedure.
“Paragraph” denotes a unit of connected prose.
“More than one of the above” would require at least two listed words to fit equally well.
“None of the above” would require every listed word to be unsuitable.
RESULT
The word that completes blank 109 is “instruction.”