LIC AAO English Language Quiz 30th April 2019 | Day 50

Life Insurance Corporation of India has released the notification for various posts for the Recruitment in 2019-20. This is a great opportunity for all those who aspire to get a Government Job this year. Now the next step is to start practicing for the exam from now itself. Thus, the English Language can be an impetus for your success as it helps you save crucial time and score good points in lesser time and effort. So, instead of boiling the ocean, try building up a strong vocabulary, an effective knowledge of grammar, and efficient comprehension skills so as to be on the ball to face this particular section. Here is a quiz on English Language being provided by Adda247 to let you practice the best of latest pattern English Questions for LIC AAO 2019. 

Directions (1-5): In the passage given below there are blanks which are numbered from 1 to 5. They are to be filled with the options given below the passage against each of the respective numbers. Find out the appropriate word in each case which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering its meaning. 

Q1. The first reaction of disbelief after receiving news of the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, with more than 350 now confirmed dead, has not dissipated. The emotions are (1)................ to what most of us felt when we first heard news of the 2004 tsunami. Sri Lankans are not unused to (2).............. or shocks — we, after all, have lived with an ethnic conflict, two insurrections, riots, assassinations and constitutional coups. Nor is the disbelief simply because the war had ended 10 years ago and we were somehow (3)................. into a state of peace and non-violence. Rather, like when the tsunami happened, it is simply impossible to make sense of what is happening. This is (4)......................., nothing like this has happened before and nothing that has happened before has prepared us for this. As I obsessively search for and read the numerous live updates, reports, op-ed pieces and media analyses on the attack and talk to friends and colleagues, I am no closer to understanding what happened than I was on Sunday morning. And in this age of the 24-hour news cycle, status updates and instant sharing of feelings, information and thoughts, I long for the time to pause, to reflect, and to (5)................., without interruption.

Q2. The first reaction of disbelief after receiving news of the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, with more than 350 now confirmed dead, has not dissipated. The emotions are (1)................ to what most of us felt when we first heard news of the 2004 tsunami. Sri Lankans are not unused to (2).............. or shocks — we, after all, have lived with an ethnic conflict, two insurrections, riots, assassinations and constitutional coups. Nor is the disbelief simply because the war had ended 10 years ago and we were somehow (3)................. into a state of peace and non-violence. Rather, like when the tsunami happened, it is simply impossible to make sense of what is happening. This is (4)......................., nothing like this has happened before and nothing that has happened before has prepared us for this. As I obsessively search for and read the numerous live updates, reports, op-ed pieces and media analyses on the attack and talk to friends and colleagues, I am no closer to understanding what happened than I was on Sunday morning. And in this age of the 24-hour news cycle, status updates and instant sharing of feelings, information and thoughts, I long for the time to pause, to reflect, and to (5)................., without interruption.

Q3. The first reaction of disbelief after receiving news of the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, with more than 350 now confirmed dead, has not dissipated. The emotions are (1)................ to what most of us felt when we first heard news of the 2004 tsunami. Sri Lankans are not unused to (2).............. or shocks — we, after all, have lived with an ethnic conflict, two insurrections, riots, assassinations and constitutional coups. Nor is the disbelief simply because the war had ended 10 years ago and we were somehow (3)................. into a state of peace and non-violence. Rather, like when the tsunami happened, it is simply impossible to make sense of what is happening. This is (4)......................., nothing like this has happened before and nothing that has happened before has prepared us for this. As I obsessively search for and read the numerous live updates, reports, op-ed pieces and media analyses on the attack and talk to friends and colleagues, I am no closer to understanding what happened than I was on Sunday morning. And in this age of the 24-hour news cycle, status updates and instant sharing of feelings, information and thoughts, I long for the time to pause, to reflect, and to (5)................., without interruption.

Q4. The first reaction of disbelief after receiving news of the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, with more than 350 now confirmed dead, has not dissipated. The emotions are (1)................ to what most of us felt when we first heard news of the 2004 tsunami. Sri Lankans are not unused to (2).............. or shocks — we, after all, have lived with an ethnic conflict, two insurrections, riots, assassinations and constitutional coups. Nor is the disbelief simply because the war had ended 10 years ago and we were somehow (3)................. into a state of peace and non-violence. Rather, like when the tsunami happened, it is simply impossible to make sense of what is happening. This is (4)......................., nothing like this has happened before and nothing that has happened before has prepared us for this. As I obsessively search for and read the numerous live updates, reports, op-ed pieces and media analyses on the attack and talk to friends and colleagues, I am no closer to understanding what happened than I was on Sunday morning. And in this age of the 24-hour news cycle, status updates and instant sharing of feelings, information and thoughts, I long for the time to pause, to reflect, and to (5)................., without interruption.

Q5. The first reaction of disbelief after receiving news of the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, with more than 350 now confirmed dead, has not dissipated. The emotions are (1)................ to what most of us felt when we first heard news of the 2004 tsunami. Sri Lankans are not unused to (2).............. or shocks — we, after all, have lived with an ethnic conflict, two insurrections, riots, assassinations and constitutional coups. Nor is the disbelief simply because the war had ended 10 years ago and we were somehow (3)................. into a state of peace and non-violence. Rather, like when the tsunami happened, it is simply impossible to make sense of what is happening. This is (4)......................., nothing like this has happened before and nothing that has happened before has prepared us for this. As I obsessively search for and read the numerous live updates, reports, op-ed pieces and media analyses on the attack and talk to friends and colleagues, I am no closer to understanding what happened than I was on Sunday morning. And in this age of the 24-hour news cycle, status updates and instant sharing of feelings, information and thoughts, I long for the time to pause, to reflect, and to (5)................., without interruption.

Directions (6- 10): Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below. 

(A) The report shows that aggregate revenues across 13 major Pay TV networks in Asia Pacific grew by just 1% in 2018, while the combined Ebitda fell by 5% in the same year.

(B) In its latest edition of Pay TV Networks Channel Database, MPA talks of a decline in earnings and profits in 2018 of Pay TV Networks outside India.

(C) The report adds that India stands alone as the last major buffer against the secular weakness in Pay TV in Asia “although new regulations threaten Pay TV subscription and advertising growth in India, too", at least in the near term.

(D) A couple of recent reports by Hong Kong-based research and consulting firm Media Partners Asia (MPA) highlighted the state of Pay TV market in the Asia-Pacific and the strides that over-the-top (OTT) video streaming platforms have made in the region.

(E) It says that the Pay TV market in Asia Pacific is entering a phase of “accelerated consolidation as subscriber growth and spend deteriorates across key territories".

Q7. Which of the following is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

Q8. Which of the following is the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

Q9. Which of the following is the LAST sentence after rearrangement?

Q10. Which of the following is the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

Directions (11-15): In each of the following questions four words are given in bold. Which of the following words must replace each other so that the sentence becomes contextually correct and meaningful. If the sentence is correct as it is, choose option (e) as your answer. 

Q11. Importantly for India, (1)/ envisage relations with Israel has the rare and unstated (2)/acceptance by both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, who do not (3)/deepening any (4)/conflict of interest.

Q12. Change in the political (1)/dispensation of the neighbouring countries and some other (2)/important countries has an (3)/ equation impact on the existing (4)/ inevitable with India.

Q13. India has (1)/emerged as the biggest buyer of (2)/ purchasing Israeli weaponry and Israel is amongst the top (3)/sources for the world’s largest arms (4)/ advanced country, i.e. India.

Q14. It may sound (1)/incredible but (2)/nonetheless is true that no fewer than 200 wild animals, (3)/including the rare jungle cats, were killed this month in a forest that (4)/straddles West Midnapore and Jhargram districts.

Q15. (1)/Rising pendency with a backlog touching 3.3 crore cases and the (2)/ persistent of judicial appointments (3)/generating new tensions between the judiciary and the executive were two important and (4)/ procedure issues before the Supreme Court in the last two decades.