English Quizzes For ESIC- UDC, Steno, MTS Prelims 2022: 20th February – Practice set

TOPIC: Practice set

Directions
(1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical 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 (e).
(Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

 

Q1. Despite
of light rainfall in the (A)/national capital, the air (B)/quality remained in
the ‘very poor’ category with (C)/an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 318.
(D)/ No Error (E)

(a)
C

(b)
B

(c)
A

(d)
D

(e)
No Error

 

Q2. The
program helps people (A)/recent released from prison (B)/figure out how they
can play(C)/ a constructive role in society. (D)/ No Error (E)

(a)
A

(b) B

(c)
C

(d)
D

(e)
No Error

 

Q3. I
will be leaving on vacation in (A)/two days and will not be (B)/able to do much
else accept put down (C)/ideas in my traveling notebook. (D)/ No Error (E)

(a)
D

(b)
C

(c)
B

(d)
A

(e)
No Error

 

Q4. The
issue of making the Internet (A)/safety for kids has become(B)/ a bigger one as
the Web (C)/ becomes ever more ubiquitous. (D)/ No Error (E)

(a)
A

(b)
D

(c)
C

(d)
B

(e)
No Error

 

Q5. Chile
happen to be one of the most (A)/highly vaccinated countries in the (B)/world,
with more than 90% of its (C)/population fully vaccinated as of January.
(D)/  No Error (E)

(a)
D

(b)
C

(c)
B

(d)
A

(e)
No Error

 

Directions
(6-10): In each of the questions given below a sentence is given with three
words in bold. Choose the option which gives the correct sequence of these
words to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.

 

Q6. The
changes relating (A) in the Central GST Act sections proposed (B)
to input tax credits aim to restrict such credits unless suppliers have remitted
(C) their share of taxes.

(a)
ACB

(b)
BAC

(c)
CAB

(d)
BCA

(e)
No rearrangement required

 

 

Q7. With
coal stocks running (A) ‘critically low’, the aluminium industry has precarious
(B) urgent government intervention to address the sought (C)
situation.

(a)
ACB

(b)
BAC

(c)
CAB

(d)
BCA

(e)
No rearrangement required

 

Q8. Ms.
Sitharaman said to proliferation (A) affordable broadband and mobile
service remote (B) in rural and enable (C) areas.

(a)
ACB

(b)
BAC

(c)
CAB

(d)
CBA

(e)
No rearrangement required

 

Q9. The
government seems to have prioritised (A) meeting its fiscal deficit
targets rather than using this inclusive (B) to signal a path of
employment-centred and opportunity (C) growth.

(a)
ACB

(b)
BAC

(c)
CAB

(d)
BCA

(e)
No rearrangement required

 

Q10.
With the country yet again unemployment (A) with another wave of the
COVID-19 pandemic, there are concerns about grappling (B) growth and
increasing faltering (C).

(a)
ACB

(b)
BAC

(c)
CAB

(d)
BCA

(e)
No rearrangement required

 

Directions
(11-18): Given below is a paragraph that has blank spaces. Corresponding to
each blank, five options are given, out of which only one is appropriate.
Choose the option that fits most suitably in the given blank making sentence
grammatically and contextually correct.

 

The
Budget proposals seek to ___________ (11) the economy by stepping up
public investments, which will create demand for industrial inputs like cement,
steel and capital goods, and generate jobs, Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay
Seth said. Finance Minister Nirmala Sithaharaman in her Budget 2022-23 ___________
(12) public investment by as much as 35.4 per cent to Rs 7.5 lakh crore or
2.9 per cent of the GDP. Observing that direct support measures have only
limited multiplier effect, Seth said steps which can have long to medium term
impact are needed to ___________ (13) the economy in a sustained manner.
“When we are looking at economic management, it is not a one-year affair. One
has to look at short, medium or long term. In the short term, what was needed
has been ___________ (14). “When we come to the medium and long term, we
find that a direct income support that simulates consumption demand has a very
limited ___________ (15) effect, whereas capital investment has a much
larger, very strong multiplier effect, which lasts more than one year.

 

Q11.

(a)
Obliterate

(b)
Quash

(c)
Annihilate

(d)
Apprehend

(e)
Stimulate

 

Q12.

(a)
Accepted

(b)
Hiked

(c)
Egressed

(d)
Confronted

(e)
Exacerbated

 

Q13.

(a)
Dawdle

(b)
Pillage 

(c)
Boost

(d)
Supervene

(e)
Flout

 

Q14.

(a)
Provided

(b)
Deploy

(c)
Waned

(d)
Fainted

(e) Transcribed

 

 

Q15.

(a)
Myriad

(b)
Plausible

(c)
Multiplier

(d)
Multiplicity

(e)
Exclusion

  

Solutions:

S1.
Ans.  (c)

Sol.
The correct choice is option (c). In part (A), ‘despite of’ is incorrect as
‘despite’ is never followed by ‘of’. Hence, option (c) is the right answer
choice.

 

S2.
Ans. (b)

Sol.
The error lies in part (B) of the sentence. Here ‘recently’ should be ‘recent’
as we need adjective here while ‘recently’ is adverb. Hence, option (b) is the
right answer choice.

 

S3.
Ans. (b)

Sol.
The error lies in part (C). Here ‘accept’ should be ‘except’. Accept is
contextually incorrect in the given sentence.

accept
means to agree to take something that somebody offers you

except
means not including somebody/something; apart from the fact that

hence,
option (b) is the right answer choice.

 

S4.
Ans. (d)

Sol.
The error lies in part (B). Here ‘safety’ should be ‘safe’ as we need an
adjective here for the noun ‘place’. Hence, option (d) is the right answer
choice.

 

S5.
Ans. (d)

Sol.
The error lies in part (A). Here ‘happen’ should be replaced by ‘happens’ as to
comply with the rule of subject verb agreement, we need singular verb for the singular
subject (Chile).

 

S6.
Ans. (b)

Sol.
The correct sequence of words is BAC. Therefore, the correct sentence will be

“The
changes proposed (B) in the Central GST Act sections relating (A)
to input tax credits aim to restrict such credits unless suppliers have remitted
(C) their share of taxes.”

Hence,
option (b) is the right answer choice.

 

S7.
Ans. (a)

Sol.
The correct sequence is ACB. Therefore, the correct sentence will be,

“With
coal stocks running (A) ‘critically low’, the aluminium industry has sought
(C) urgent government intervention to address the precarious (B)
situation.”

Hence,
option (a) is the right answer choice.

 

S8.
Ans. (c)

Sol.
The correct sequence is CAB.  Therefore,
the sentence will be,

Ms.
Sitharaman said to enable (C) affordable broadband and mobile service proliferation
(A) in rural and remote (B) areas.

Hence,
option (c) is the right answer choice.

 

S9.
Ans. (a)

Sol.
The correct sequence is ACB. Therefore, the sentence will be,

“The
government seems to have prioritised (A) meeting its fiscal deficit
targets rather than using this opportunity (C) to signal a path of
employment-centred and inclusive (B) growth.”

Hence,
option (a) is the right answer choice.

 

S10.
Ans. (d)

Sol.
The correct sequence is BCA. Therefore, the correct sentence will be,

“With
the country yet again grappling (B) with another wave of the COVID-19
pandemic, there are concerns about faltering (C) growth and increasing unemployment
(A).”

Hence,
option (d) is the right answer choice.

 

S11.
Ans. (e)

Sol.
‘stimulate’ fits most suitably in the given blank making sentence grammatically
and contextually correct. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.

Obliterate:
destroy utterly; wipe out.

Quash:
reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure.

Annihilate:
 Destroy utterly, obliterate

Apprehend:
arrest someone for a crime

Stimulate:
raise levels of physiological or nervous activity in (the body or any
biological system).

 

S12.
Ans. (b)

Sol.
‘Hiked’ fits most suitably in the given blank making sentence grammatically and
contextually correct. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

Accepted:
generally believed or recognized to be valid or correct.

Hiked:
increased (something, especially a price) sharply.

Egressed:
gone out of or leave (a place).

Confronted:
came face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent.

Exacerbated:
made (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.

 

S13.
Ans. (c)

Sol.
‘Boost’ fits most suitably in the given blank making sentence grammatically and
contextually correct. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

Dawdle:
waste time; be slow.

Pillage:
rob a (place) using violence, especially in wartime.

Boost:
help or encourage (something) to increase or improve.

Supervene:
occur as an interruption or change to an existing situation.

Flout:
openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention).

 

S14.
Ans. (a)

Sol.
‘Provided’ fits most suitably in the given blank making sentence grammatically
and contextually correct. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

Provided:
 made available for use; supply.

Deployed:
brought into effective action.

Waned:
(of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated,
so that it appears to decrease in size.

Fainted:
lost consciousness for a short time because of a temporarily insufficient
supply of oxygen to the brain.

 

S15.
Ans. (c)

Sol.
‘Multiplier’ fits most suitably in the given blank making sentence grammatically
and contextually correct. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

Myriad:
Innumerable

Plausible:
Credible

Multiplier:
a person or thing that multiplies.

Multiplicity:
Abundance, scores, mass

Exclusive:
Complete