Closet Test - English (MCQ) for Bank, MBA, CAT, MAT, GMAT, SSC for Q. 12193

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Many of us wish to escape to the Himalayas to find peace but this too is a...(a).... Change of dress or change of address does not make you spiritual. The dis-ease is within you and you carry it wherever you go (that is why there is ...(b)...and scandal even at ashrams).

You can find peace right here, in the midst of ..(c). By using your intellect, creating strength of character and choosing to be a ‘better human being’. Not that you are superior but maybe you are..(d).... People say you are different or even odd.

You help others without doing elaborate calculations about what you get in return.
You take up work which you find interesting and not for money alone. Money is important to you but nobody can buy your soul.

You enjoy good things in life but you are not ...(e)..... If those things are taken away you can still see yourself being happy.

Q.  In the above passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. For each blank there are five suggestions. Choose the one that fills the blank numbered 'e' most appropriately.
- Published on 29 Sep 15

a. Afflicted
b. Addicted
c. Accustomed
d. Disinclined
e. Devoted

ANSWER: Addicted
 
Disinclined gives the opposite meaning. A person who enjoys good things in life is accustomed to them. But since he can give them up and still be happy he is not addicted.

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