English Language Quiz for ECGC PO 2021- 1st March

Directions (1-5) : Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B),
(C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
then answer the questions given below them.

(A) Infact he believed that customers are the
origin, the source of the money we have.

(B) The customer thus has the power to fire
everybody in the company from the chairman on down.

(C) Management can ensure this doesn’t happen
by motivating employees to cultivate meaningful relationships with customers.

(D) Sam Walton built his Walmart business
empire knowing there was only one boss – the customer.

(E) So it is not the company which pays us but
the customer.

(F) He can achieve this by simply spending his
money elsewhere.

Q1. Which of the following will be the FIRST
sentence after rearrangement?

(a) B

(b) C

(d) E

(e) F

Q2. Which of the following will be the SECOND
sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q3. Which of the following will be THIRD
sentence after rearrangement?

(a) B

(b) C

(d) E

(e) F

Q4. Which of the following will be the FIFTH
sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) F

Q5. Which of the following will be the SIXTH
(LAST) sentence after rearrangement?

(a) B

(b) C

(d) E

(e) F

Directions (6-10) : Each question below has two blanks, each blank
indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each
has been blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Q6. Governments do not want to take a decision
and resort to soft-pedaling, delay tactics and collusion, hoping that the
judiciary will ________ in to relieve them of the ________ of decision-making.

(a) come – enlightenment

(b)
vouch – trouble

(d) Step – burden

(e) vote – task

Q7. The most important factor is the _______ of
a wealthy Indian middle class which can now _________ to send their children
abroad for education.

(a) emergence – afford

(b)
advent – focus

(d) rise – wish

(e)
perception – go

Q8. Crores of public money is _______ on parks
in the city and yet most of them are out of ________ for the public.

(a) invested – limits

(b) spent – bounds

(d) put – areas

(e)
made – boundaries

Q9. Rules are for those who cannot ________
them and not for the rich and influential who can _______ to ignore them.

(a) follow – demand

(b) set – opt

(d) find – ask

(e) challenge – choose

Q10. Experts cannot _______ enough on the
benefits of _________ more fruit and vegetables in your daily diet.

(a) pressure – involving

(b)
strain – adding

(d) stress – including

(e) state – mixing

Directions (11-15) : 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/phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank
appropriately. Find out the appropriately word/phrase in each case.

Many times throughout history, humanity has
changed its modes of communication as society itself has (11). As
people bagan to spread out geographically, verbal communication turned to
writing to make it more (12). Then, people invented ways of
carrying both conversation and written communication between their communities
to keep in (13) with one another as travel became simpler. With the
advent of the telephone, people began to wonder if picking up the receiver to
call one another would eventually (14) out other forms of
communication. So far, as families and friends have moved away from one
another, the telephone, even its cellular form, has allowed humanity to (15)
the necessary links among its members.

Q11. (a) evolved

(b) destroyed

(d) extinguished

(e) waited

Q12. (a) expensive

(b) subjective

(d) loud

(e) portable

Q13. (a) lines

(b) faith

(d) touch

(e) check

Q14. (a) pushed

(b) cancel

(d) try

(e) turn

Q15. (a) maintain

(b) teleport

(d) curb

(e) regulation

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