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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

English Quiz

Directions (Q. 1 to 5): Each question below has two blanks. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Question.1. After having been friends for more than a decade, they had a/an ___________ last year and have not ___________ each other ever since.
1) trouble, talked
2) argument, liked
3) fight, seen
4) quarrel, admired
5) difference, introduced

Question.2. The workers, several of ___________ had complained about their low wages earlier, have now ___________ to move to the court for the labour rights.
1) who, indicated
2) whom, decided
3) which, threatened
4) them, resolved
5) number, warned

Question.3. The hutment dwellers were jubilant when the government ___________ an apartment to each of them at ___________ rates
1) demolished, fast
2) announced, less
3) provided, high
4) acquired, low
5) promised, subsidized

Question.4. The organization was deeply ___________ by difficulties a decade ago but the new CEO brought many ___________ changes in it and took it to a new high.
1) indebted, necessary
2) plagued, vital
3) coping, more
4) hurt, critical
5) shaken, inevitable

Question.5. The prime minister who is ___________ in his holiday home at the moment said that he was very ___________ by the news of India winning the world cup.
1) visiting, happy
2) residing, obliged
3) intruding, dejected
4) staying, pleased
5) resting, cheerful

Directions (Q. 6 to 10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which have been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

Increasing fuel consumption, the resultant pollution and inefficient urban sprawl __(6)__ by incessantly expanding private motorized transport are all compelling reasons for prioritizing public transport. Investing in public transport is now imperative. In this context, the recently announced Metro Railway Policy by the Ministry of Urban Development __(7)__ cities with more than two million population to plan and implement high-capacity and high-speed metro rail systems is a welcome directive. Since these large cities would accommodate the bulk of the __(8)__ urbanizing population in future, planning for their growth and mobility is necessary. The metro rail, which takes on an average about 10 years to plan and fully implement, could play a significant role in__(9)__ their future. The successful Delhi experience has also strengthened the case of metro rail as an important urban transportation option and places such as Kochi and Jaipur have already commenced implementation. However, planners should not make the mistake of __(10)__ the metro rail as a panacea for all their urban ills. There are a few notes of caution they need to consider before taking the plunge.

Question.6.
1) result
2) cause
3) caused
4) form
5) forming

Question.7.
1) produce
2) producing
3) produced
4) encourage
5) encouraging

Question.8.
1) burgeon
2) burgeons
3) bludgeon
4) burgeoning
5) bludgeoning

Question.9.
1) shaping
2) shaped
3) shape
4) made
5) shapes

Question.10.
1) treat
2) treated
3) treats
4) threaten
5) treating

Explanations ▼

Answer.1. 3; Fight’ is appropriate for the first blank because the sentence implies that there was an argument between the two friends. ‘Seen’ fits in the second blank because the latter part of the sentence suggests that after the dispute, the two friends didn’t call or meet each other.

Answer.2. 2; ‘Whom’ is appropriate for the first blank because it refer to workers in the given context and is used as a subject of a following preposition, i.e. ‘of’. ‘Decided’ is the correct answer for the second blank because it brings out the workers decision to move to the court.

Answer.3. 5; ‘Promised’ is appropriate for the first blank because the government assured the hutment dwellers that an apartment will be provided to each of them.
‘Announced’ is incorrect because it means ‘to declare publicly’. ‘Subsidized’ fits in the second blank because the government helped them to buy the apartment at low rates. ‘Less’ is incorrect because it necessarily does not mean ‘at subsidized rates’.

Answer.4. 2; ‘Plagued’ is appropriate for the first blank because it means ‘to cause worry or distress to someone’. ‘Indebted’ is incorrect because it means to owe gratitude or recognition to another. ‘Vital’ fits in the second blank because the sentence refers to the important changes. ‘Inevitable’ is incorrect because it refers to something that can’t be avoided.

Answer.5. 4; ‘Staying’ fits in the first blank because the sentence implies that the prime minister was living in his holiday home and he was happy to hear that India had won the world cup. Therefore, ‘pleased’ is the correct answer for the second blank.

Answer.6. 3; The word required here has to be in simple past tense. Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.

Answer.7. 5; ‘To plan’ in the latter part of the sentence suggests that the blank will take a word in ‘ing’ form. Option (2) is incorrect because ‘producing cities to plan’ will be logically incorrect.

Answer.8. 4; ‘Bludgeon’ means to beat badly. This will make the sentence logically incorrect. Therefore, option (5) is incorrect. Option (4) will make the sentence grammatically correct.

Answer.9. 1; Only ‘shaping’ makes the sentence grammatically correct.

Answer.10. 5; Only ‘treating’ makes the sentence grammatically correct

English Quiz

Directions for questions (Q. 1 to 5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)

Question.1. 1) Krishna was just an infant, when he kicked at chakatasura,/ 2) the demon who came as a wheel and killed him. /3) indicating to us, that our problems can also be kicked out existence by him, /4) if we only approach him./5) No error.

Question.2. 1) We are not advocating death penalty/2) but we want those convicted by the highest court. /3) of carry out a heinous act to undergo/ 4) the punishment meted out by the court./ 5) No error.

Question.3. 1) The erosion of public support/ 2) for the abolition of capital punishment, /3) as society may tend to view life terms cynically, /4) an oblique means of releasing convicts after some years./5) No error.

Question.4. 1) Preserve her public sector character,/ 2) she has been asked not to dilute the government shareholding to below 50 percent, /3) of her paid-up capital, /4) so for all practical purposes she has to turn to her majority owner, the government, for additional capital./5) No error.

Question.5. 1) He shows how the forgotten people/ 2) oppressed and the women whose voices were silenced, /3) under an overarching control by male priests, /4) and their translations were in fact crucial to the formation of modern Hinduism. /5) No error.

Directions (Q. 6 to 15): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given 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.

The ___(6)___ of India as an econonmic superpower is not reflected in the ___(7)___ of life enjoyed by its 1.2 billion citizens, according to the Human Development Index, which ___(8)___ India very low among 182 countries. In our performance oriented world, measurement issues have taken on ___(9)___ importance as what we measure affects what we do. In fact the French President has established an international commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress owing to his ___(10)___ and that of others with the current state of statistical information about the economy and society.

Q.6
1) title
2) pursuit
3) perception
4) conversion
5) tribute

Q.7
1) joy
2) quality
3) spirit
4) span
5) loss

Q.8
1) ranked
2) scored
3) qualified
4) regard
5) counted

Q.9
1) considerably
2) great
3) unduly
4) trivial
5) negligible

Q.10
1) compliance
2) confidence
3) belief
4) dissatisfaction
5) obedience

Solutions▼ :

Ans.1. 3; Add ‘of ’ before kicked out.
Ans.2. 3; Replace ‘carry’ with ‘carrying’
Ans.3. 4; Add ‘as’ before an oblique
Ans.4. 1; Add ‘to’ before preserve
Ans.5. 2; Add ‘the’ before oppressed

Ans.6. 3; Perception, it is the most appropriate option among the given options. It means the process of perceiving; view, idea or understanding about something.

Ans.7. 2; Quality is the most appropriate word is here because it is our perception that India is emerging as a super power but on the contrary, in the reality the common people are still not leading a good quality of life.

Ans.8. 1; It can be clearly seen that “Ranked” is the only option which can be filled at the given blank space.

Ans.9. 2; If we see here, two options can be filled, the one is “Considerably” and the other one is “Great” at the some extent both words have the same meaning but, when we come to Grammar, only “Great” is the suitable option. Since “Importance” is a noun and as per the rules “Noun” should be defined by an Adjective and here “Great” is the Adjective, while, “Considerably” is an “Adverb”.

Ans.10. 3; Belief; The reason is, if we go for the first option which also seems suitable here but when we come to the context of the meaning according to the passage “Compliance” does not suit here. The meaning of compliance is: Compliance is what you do when you try to fit standards set down by someone else.

Monday, May 7, 2018

English Quiz - Reading Comprehension

Directions (Q1 – Q15): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Democracy was invented as a device for reconciling government with liberty. It is clear that government is necessary if anything worthy to be called civilization is to exist, but all history shows that any set of men entrusted with power over another set will abuse their power if they can do so with impunity. Democracy is intended to make men’s tenure of power temporary and dependent upon popular approval. Insofar as it achieves this it prevents the worst abuses of power. The Second Triumvirate in Rome, when they wanted money with a view to fighting Brutus and Cassius, made a list of rich men and declared them public enemies, cut off their heads, and seized their property. This sort of procedure is not possible in America and England at present. We owe the fact that it is not possible not only to democracy, but also to the doctrine of personal liberty. This doctrine, in practice, consists of two parts on the one hand that a man shall not be punished except by due process of law, and on the other hand that there shall be sphere within which a man’s actions are not to be subject to governmental control. This sphere includes free speech, free press and religious freedom. All these doctrines, of course, are held in practice with certain limitations. The British formerly did not adhere to them in their dealings with India. Freedom of the press is not respected in the case of doctrines which are thought dangerously subversive. Free speech would not be held to exonerate public advocacy of assassination of an unpopular politician. But in spite of these limitations the doctrine of personal liberty has been of great value throughout the English-speaking world, as anyone who lives in it will quickly realise when he finds himself in a Police State. Democracy should ensure dignity of the individual. It should also aim at the greatest good of the greatest number. The opposition party should oppose the wrong plans, policies and decisions of the government in power. The government should cater to the genuine needs of the people to make its position solid.

Q1. What is the government necessary?
1) To restrict the authority of a few over the rest
2) Because it is a prerequisite for the survival of civilisation
3) To bring the wayward to book
4) To keep a tab on libertarian tendencies
5) None of these

Q2. What do we expect from democracy?
1) The rule of a few be made conditional to the will of the majority
2) To evolve a rule of law
3) All rich and powerful men be annihilated
4) To work against the powerful sections of society
5) None of these

Q3. What did the Britishers not adhere to in their dealings with India?
1) The doctrine of the due process of law
2) The doctrine of non-interference of government in personal matters of people
3) The freedom of speech and religious practice
4) Both 1 and 2
5) None of these

Q4. Which of the following cannot be seen as a likely benefit of democracy, according to the passage?
1) Dignity of individual
2) Greatest good of the greatest number
3) Right to criticise the government
4) Elimination of unpopular leader
5) None of these

Q5. Which of the following is true in context of the passage?
1) Democracy is the greatest pillar of civilisation.
2) Democracy has been devised to subordinate personal liberty to communal liberty.
3) Democratic principles are practised with certain riders.
4) Democracy caters to the genuine expectations of the people even if at the cost of a few.
5) None of these

Q6. What is the implied meaning of “police state” in the passage?
1) The state or country which is ruled by police or military
2) The state which even resorts to wrong means in achieving welfare of the people
3) The state which permits no freedom of speech, press or religion
4) The state which permits no personal liberty to its citizens
5) None of these

Q7. In which of the following countries, in ancient times, the authorities used to physically liquidate the propertied persons to confiscate their riches?
1) India
2) America
3) Britain
4) Italy
5) None of these

Q8. What message does the author want to convey through the passage?
1) Democracy is a bulwark against the authoritarian regimes.
2) Unrestricted liberty is the essence of a democratic set-up.
3) Personal liberty is an essential component of democracy. But it is not without certain limitations.
4) Police state and welfare state are not anti-thesis of each other.
5) None of these

Q9. Which of following, according to the passage, is not true?
1) In a democracy, certain actions of man are outside the purview of law.
2) Democracy keeps a tab on unrestricted control of government over the individual.
3) Our past experience is replete with the abuse of authority by those in power.
4) Personal liberty is not necessarily an alien concept for a police state.
5) None of these

Directions (Q10 – Q12): Choose the word which is the same in meaning as the word given in bold as used in the passage.

Q10. Subversive
1) destructive
2) explosive
3) destabilising
4) heinous
5) malicious

Q11. Reconcile
1) harmonise
2) balance
3) recognise
4) rearrange
5) recast

Q12. Doctrine
1) treatise
2) principle
3) theory
4) policy
5) dogma

Directions (Q13 – Q15): Choose the word which is opposite in meaning of the word given in bold as used in the passage.

Q13. Exonerate
1) claim
2) accuse
3) revile
4) victimise
5) forgive

Q14. Entrust
1) assign
2) defrock
3) discharge
4) entertain
5) dispossess

Q15. Genuine
1) unreal
2) subordinate
3) sham
4) actual
5) sincere

Answers:

Q1 – 2
Q2 – 1
Q3 – 4
Q4 – 4
Q5 – 3
Q6 – 4
Q7 – 4
Q8 – 3
Q9 – 4
Q10 – 3
Q11 – 1
Q12 – 2
Q13 – 2
Q14 – 5
Q15 – 1

Thursday, April 12, 2018

English Quiz

Directions for questions 1 to 5: In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence, there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningfully complete.

Q.1. The new scheme……..all persons with disabilities defined……..the Disabilities Act.
1 discriminates………according
2 recognises……..beneath
3 profits……..within
4 covers……..under
5 promises …….by

Q.2. Although …….. is not a very desirable feeling, we need a certain amount of it to ……. well.
1 anxiety ……… exist
2 grief …….. enjoy
3 impatience …….. preach
4 anger …….. define
5 jealousy ……. bad

Q.3. Although he is a……..person, he occasionally loses his …..
1 quiet ……. power
2 cheerful ……… grief
3 balanced ……… temper
4 thoughtful ……… anxiety
5 generous ……… wealth

Q.4. In a ………. tone, the leader made a powerful ………. to the mob.
1 realistic …………. zeal
2 lower ………. conviction
3 loud ……. argument
4 soft ……… appeal
5 pitch ………. statement

Q.5. The tunnel was so ……….. and congested, that we became …………
1 long ……..enthusiastic
2 deep …….. happy
3 dark ……… frightened
4 crowded ……….. isolated
5 sharp ………. worried

Directions (Q. 6 to 10): Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required, mark (5) as the answer.

Q.6. Russia has deployed attack and transport helicopters to reinforce its military base in Armenia, RIA news agency quoted Russian Defence Ministry is saying on Tuesday.
1) as saying
2) was saying
3) would be saying
4) will saying
5) No correction required

Q.7. After a dismal 2015 of mass refugee flows, war and catastrophe, leading U.N. agencies and their partners announced last week that they are seeking over $20 billion in funding next year.
1) their partners have announced
2) their partners was announced
3) their partners have had announced
4) their partners has announced
5) No correction required

Q.8. Ola, which competed with the likes of Uber and Meru in India, connects drivers to prospective riders using its technology platform.
1) which competes with the likes of Uber and Meru
2) which had competed with the likes of Uber and Meru
3) which had been competing with the likes of Uber and Meru
4) which would have been competing with the likes of Uber and Meru
5) No correction required

Q.9. Among the heart-warming stories to has emerged from the Chennai floods is a cleaning drive undertaken by a Muslim organization.
1) that was emerged
2) that can emerge
3) that may emerge
4) to have emerged
5) No correction required

Q.10. The voice had to be listened to, not only in account of its form but for the matter which it delivered.
1) not only by account of its form
2) not only for account of its form
3) not only on account of its form
4) not only within account of its form
5) No correction required

Solutions:

Q.1. 4; ‘Covers’ is the correct answer for the first blank as the sentence implies that the new scheme includes all people with disabilities.
Q.2. 2; Although all the words contesting for the first blank fit into it, only ‘enjoy’ fits into the second blank.
Q.3. 3; Although all the words contesting for the first blank fit into it, only ‘temper’ fits into the second blank because it is logically apt in the given context. The idiom ‘to lose one’s temper’ means ‘to become angry’.
Q.4. 4;Correct Option is: “4”. When someone will talk in amicable way “Soft tone” here then he will be able to reach effectively among scores of people.
Q.5. 3; Both ‘dark’ and ‘frightened’ fit into the context logically. If the tunnel is dark and congested, it is reason enough to make one feel frightened.
Q.6. 1; RIA is reporting the Russian Defence Ministry. Hence, ‘as saying’ is correct.
Q.7. 5; The given sentence is grammatically correct.
Q.8. 1; The present tense is to be used.
Q.9. 4; ‘to have emerged’ is the correct usage.
Q.10. 3; ‘Not only on account’ is the correct usage. ‘Account’ is always preceded by the preposition ‘on’.

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