Question

Complete the passage by choosing the correct options from those given below.

The idiot box is (a) ______ pushing the bookshelf out of the (b) ______ even in regions that have a high literacy rate and a long tradition of libraries. According to the findings of a sample survey (c) ______ average Keralite now spends 90 minutes (d) ______ cable television and 80 minutes reading books. However, TV is not the only culprit; the survey, (e) ______ by the Kerala Library Council to mark the 50th anniversary of the library movement in the state (f) ______ that lack of interest and high price of books (g) ______ equally responsible for people running away from serious reading.

1. (i) increasing (ii) increasingly (iii) increased (iv) to increase
2. (i) home (ii) house (iii) houses (iv) homes
3. (i) a (ii) an (iii) the (iv) by
4. (i) watches (ii) watched (iii) is watching (iv) watching
5. (i) was conducted (ii) conduct (iii) conducted (iv) being conducted
6. (i) indicates (ii) is indicated (iii) indicating (iv) indicated
7. (i) is (ii) are (iii) was (iv) were

Answer 1

The idiot box is increasingly pushing the bookshelf out of the houses even in regions that have a high literacy rate and a long tradition of libraries. According to the findings of a sample survey an average Keralite now spends 90 minutes watching cable television and 80 minutes reading books. However, TV is not the only culprit; the survey, conducted by the Kerala Library Council to mark the 50th anniversary of the library movement in the state indicates that lack of interest and high price of books are equally responsible for people running away from serious reading.