English Language Quiz For LIC AAO/ADO Prelims 2023 -12th February

Directions (1-15): In the questions given below a statement is given with two blanks in it. For each blank three alternatives are provided in the corresponding columns. Choose the alternative from the corresponding column that would fit the respective blank to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful.

Q1. With the ___________ in oil demand, oil producers and refiners are coming under ___________financial pressure.
(A) Collapse (D)Quantifiable
(B) Probability (E)Amounted
(C) Magnitude (F) Intense
(a) B-E
(b) A-D
(c) A-F
(d) C-F
(e) A-E

Q2. Most workers are waiting for the ___________to open, but older workers don’t get re-hired as quickly and some are forced into early ___________.
(A) Economy (D) Retirement
(B) Perceptions (E)Perforated
(C) Division (F) Patients
(a) B-E
(b) A-D
(c) A-F
(d) C-F
(e) A-E

Q3. One of the most important aspects of ___________allyship is speaking out when you witness ___________taking place.
(A)Classification (D)Sufferers
(B) Differentiate (E) Diminishing
(C)Effective (F) Injustice
(a) B-E
(b) A-D
(c) A-F
(d) C-F
(e) A-E

Q4. Swonk’s gift is her ability to translate the ___________, complex language of economics into words that are ___________for people to understand.
(A)Arcane (D) Willing
(B)Controlled (E) Easy
(C)Confusing (F)Knowing
(a) B-E
(b) A-D
(c) A-F
(d) C-F
(e) A-E

Q5. Since the ___________of boomers are now older workers and recent retirees, the scale of this new elder poverty will be ___________to the nation.
(A) Majority (D) Prevention
(B)Bulge (E) Devastating
(C) Eminently (F) Emanated
(a) B-E
(b) A-D
(c) A-F
(d) C-F
(e) A-E
Q6. One might ___________that the companies making deep cuts to capital spending are companies that are at the greatest risk of making ___________cuts.
(A) Surmise (D) Provided
(B) Discourage (E) Avoidable
(C) Exhorted (F)Distribution
(a) B-E
(b) A-D
(c) A-F
(d) C-F
(e) A-E

Q7. Germany wants to ___________the right to work from home in labor law, and is an interesting way of ___________from an exceptional situation.
(A)Inevitable (D) Projected
(B)Predilection (E) Resolute
(C)Enshrine (F) Learning
(a) B-E
(b) A-D
(c) A-F
(d) C-F
(e) A-E

Q8. Questions to ___________include how long it will take to bounce back from the crisis and how businesses will have to ___________in light of social distancing orders.
(A)Ponder (D) Protracted
(B) Danger (E) Pivot
(C) Vulnerable (F) Smear
(a) B-E
(b) A-D
(c) A-F
(d) C-F
(e) A-E

Q9. Managers are ___________the benefits of knowing their employees ‘outside of work’ because they already have a sense of how to help their employees through ___________times.
(A)Reaping (D) Difficult
(B) Monologue (E) Resolution
(C) Oath (F) Protract
(a) B-E
(b) A-D
(c) A-F
(d) C-F
(e) A-E

Q10. The CDC-issued guidelines clearly lay out how ___________can increase among disease outbreaks and its ___________on mental health.
(A)Indolence (D)Ardour
(B)Stigmatization (E) Impact
(C) Deleverage (F) Anomaly
(a) B-E
(b) A-D
(c) A-F
(d) C-F
(e) A-E

Q11. There are surveys that claim that half of Americans would ___________to continue working from ___________ for the rest of their lives.
(A)Prefer (D) Office
(B) Resilient (E) Asymmetry
(C) Despot (F) Home
(a) B-E
(b) A-D
(c) A-F
(d) C-F
(e) A-E

Q12. When a ___________is the result of exceptional circumstances, we tend to think that once the ___________ is over, things will return to normal.
(A)Archaic (D) Jettison
(B)Rosette (E)Craven
(C) Situation (F) Crisis
(a) B-E
(b) A-D
(c) A-F
(d) C-F
(e) A-E

Q13. The availability of ___________ electricity is a necessity for the continued functioning of supply chains, teleworking, and for ___________ the healthcare sector.
(A)Uninterrupted (D) Powering
(B) Concurred (E) Statutory
(C) Mercurial (F) Ingratiate
(a) B-E
(b) A-D
(c) A-F
(d) C-F
(e) A-E

Q14. The design of ___________ packages will shape how our nations link the economic recovery with a ___________ towards cleaner and cheaper energy sources.
(A) Stimulus (D) Indigenously
(B) Clement (E) Pathway
(C) Sequel (F) Throughout
(a) B-E
(b) A-D
(c) A-F
(d) C-F
(e) A-E

Q15. A major ___________ will be how soon those in hospitality and retail resume work, because these sectors are ___________impacted.
(A) Yardstick (D) Babble
(B)Hinder (E) Euphemism
(C) Concealment (F)Disproportionately
(a) B-E
(b) A-D
(c) A-F
(d) C-F
(e) A-E

Solutions

S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. A-F “Collapse-Intense” could fit in the respective blanks to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. A-D “Economy-Retirement” could fit in the respective blanks to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. C-F “Effective-Injustice” could fit in the respective blanks to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S4. Ans. (e)
Sol. A-E “Arcane-Easy” could fit in the respective blanks to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.

S5. Ans. (a)
Sol. B-E “Bulge-Devastating” could fit in the respective blanks to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. A-F “Surmise-Distribution” could fit in the respective blanks to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S7. Ans. (d)
Sol. C-F “Enshrine-Learning” could fit in the respective blanks to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S8. Ans. (e)
Sol. A-E “Ponder-Pivot” could fit in the respective blanks to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.

S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. A-D “Reaping-Difficult” could fit in the respective blanks to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S10. Ans. (a)
Sol. B-E “Stigmatization-Impact” could fit in the respective blanks to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S11. Ans. (c)
Sol. A-F “Prefer-Home” could fit in the respective blanks to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S12. Ans. (d)
Sol. C-F “Situation-Crisis” could fit in the respective blanks to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S13. Ans. (b)
Sol. A-D “Uninterrupted-Powering” could fit in the respective blanks to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S14. Ans. (e)
Sol. A-E “Stimulus-Pathway” could fit in the respective blanks to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.

S15. Ans. (c)
Sol. A-F “Yardstick-Disproportionately” could fit in the respective blanks to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.