Cloze:Test-1

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• DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 10: 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.

India can be truly; proud of having made at ( 1 ) costs some very demanding biomedical products: blood bags, heart valves and Kalam-Raju stents, to name a few. However, the ( 2 ) in biomedical R & D or industry has ( 3 ) fully kept pace with the ever-growing demands. Therefore, several industries will be set up in the country with ( 4 ) technology for the ( 5 ) of medical devices. Polymers, ceramics and metal alloy industries would ( 6 ) themselves to produce the required biomaterials.

Medical and health care sectors will undergo a major transformation with increased ( 7 ) of artificial organs, blood and improved diagnostic devices. For example, ( 8 ) of artificial human parts will be possible-the heart, the pancreas, the lungs, and kidneys. Artificial blood will be available for transfusion to leukemia patients. Bone, hip and tissue replacements will be possible for accident victims, and tissue replacements will be possible for-accident victims. Heart patients can ( 9 ) heart valves, artificial hearts and other implants. The requirement of biomaterials would accordingly go up. Tissue engineering will ( 10) at replacing the affected tissue in a natural way.