Directions: (1 - 10): Read the following passage carefully web?

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