Directions:
(1 - 10): Read the following passage carefully and answers the
questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you
locate them while answering some of the questions.
Simple
definition of On Line Shopping or Shopping on the Web is enabling you
to buy and sell through your computer on –line using Web or
Internet environment. One reason people like without a
salesperson because you can browse inside the shop for number of
hours at your leisure time without a salesperson peering over
the shoulder and making unwanted recommendations. As a customer, we
may find this approach convenient and less time consuming, but how
does this affect the economy as a whole? Is it safe to pay credit
card online? Is buying and selling products over the internet
considered as a risky business for merchants? Is the Web going to
replace old-fashioned stores? Is virtual shopping really is
better than the real thing? Cyberspace is a vast territory where
computers meet and exchange information. In this 21st century,
cyberspace has already to your computer will look you into wealth of
goods and services.
In your home, modern box
attached to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and
services. Not only does it allow you to talk to your friends on the
other side of the world, but also allows you to watch a movie, buy
airline tickets, pay bills and even get cash, People in
developed countries like U.S. and Canada have already started using
On Line Shopping as a routine mode of their purchasing
goods and services. Internet shoppers still believe that there is no
secure and convenient way of paying on the Internet. Consumers are
concerned with two main security fears. They are worried that their
credit card information is jeopardizing while travelling over the
net. They also express concern over data privacy whereby the vendors
and blanking institutions can tamper with the data and easily record
their purchasing habits. These fears over privacy and security have
kept E- Commerce from taking off.
1. What does the passage imply by the word ‘Virtual
shopping’?
(1) shopping widely
(2) shopping spree
(3)
literal shopping
(4) net shopping
(5) a wider
perspective of e-com.
2. Why is it risky to pay
online?
(1) It reveals the identity of the buyer
(2) It
intrudes upon the privacy of the buyer
(3) The buyer is
apprehensive of his credit card details going over the net
(4)
The merchants may record the buyer’s purchasing habits.
(5)
None of these
3. Which of the following statement is/are
TRUE______?
(A) Cyberspace has opened an immense wealth of
services but has affected the economy too.
(B) Data privacy is
no longer a thing of the past.
(C) People in developing
countries use online shopping as a routine mode
(1) Only a
(2) Only b and c
(3) a, b and c
(4) Only c
(5) None of these
4. What is the authors view
regarding shopping on the web?
(1) shopping on the net makes the
buyers wary of financial transactions.
(2) shopping in the
stores is on obsolete idea.
(3) Net shopping has affected our
economy on the whole
(4) Payment by credit card easily
outnumbers cash transactions.
(5) All of the above
5.
Why has online shopping caught on so much in the U.S.A. and
Canada?
(1) The developed countries can well afford to indulge
in such luxuries
(2) The pace of life is superfast in these
countries
(3) Virtual shoppers need not hide their credit card
information.
(4) Banks etc do not tamper with the financial
details of the net-shoppers
(5) None of these
For
Qs (6-8): Choose the word that is most nearly the SAME in meaning to
the word as used in passage.
6. Environment
(1)
provision
(2) conditions
(3)
circumstantial
(4) department
(5) enclave
7.
Browse
(1) look through
(2) enjoy
(3)
examine leisurely
(4) nibble
(5) spend
8.
Modern
(1) gadget
(2) appliance
(3)
device
(4) apparatus
(5) equipment
For Qs
(9-10): Choose the word that is most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning
to the word as used in passage.
9. Jeopardized
(1)
safe
(2) risked
(3) benefit
(4) secure
(5)
endangered
10. Peering
(1) leaning
(2)
looking
(3) staring
(4) peeking
(5)
peeping
Solution
1. 4
2. 3
3. 1
4.
3
5. 2
6. 1
7. 3
8. 2
9. 4
10. 5
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