English Language Quiz For LIC AAO/ADO Prelims 2023 -15th February

Directions (1- 8): The Following questions have two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Q1. India and China have agreed to ____________ from three friction points in Ladakh and ____________ from their current positions.
(a) Agreeable, Unwelcome
(b) Nasty, Pull up
(c) Disengage, Pull back
(d) Clear, Pick up
(e) Absolution, Unpleasant

Q2. The Maharashtra government has told the Bombay High Court that it cannot ____________ the ICSE examinations to be ____________ because of the COVID-19 situation.
(a) Permit, Conducted
(b) Conviction, Belief
(c) Submit, Realistic
(d) Allow, Quick
(e) Prompt, Disgraceful

Q3. Mr. Kejriwal ____________ again, saying the virus spread is still not severe in Delhi and the Central government’s order for mandatory clinical assessment is ____________ .
(a) Waited around, Messy
(b) Wake up, Slow
(c) Warmed up, Swift
(d) Waded in, Chaotic
(e) Representative, Admirable

Q4. Live proceedings of Parliament sessions will ____________ to be telecast but the manpower and technical resources will be ____________ .
(a) Acquit, Undermine
(b) Continue, Integrated
(c) Reinforce, Order
(d) Decreed, Commanded
(e) Charged, Lightly

Q5. A group of nearly 90 people has ____________ to the Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC) ____________ it to reject the proposal for a new Parliament building.
(a) Supreme, Attentiveness
(b) Sustained, Called for
(c) Clueless, Called in
(d) Persistent, Relenting
(e) Written, Calling upon

Q6. The allegation was ____________ by Delhi government’s standing counsel Rahul Mehra who said that there was a connectivity issue which was being ____________ .
(a) Aware, Likely
(b) Innocent, Unbelievable
(c) Indicative, Obedient
(d) Conceal, Intrusion
(e) Refuted, Resolved

Q7. Delhi ____________ 3,788 new COVID-19 cases yesterday and ____________ Mumbai to become the city with the highest number of total cases.
(a) Recorded, Overtook
(b)Emerged, Acclaimed
(c) Glorified, Dullness
(d) Uncertain, Came
(e) Despised, Conquered

Q8. The experience in managing the ____________ helped the State realize the weaknesses in its public health system and build a more ____________ and alert disease surveillance mechanism.
(a)Spread, Agitation
(b) Conspiracy, Careful
(c) Outbreak, Sensitive
(d) Composure, Praise
(e) Gleam, Considerate

Directions (9-15): There are two different sentences with a blank space in each question. Choose the word from the given options which fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences.

Q9.
(I) I said that I thought he was a nice guy, even though it seemed that he had ____________ friends.
(II) Walkouts, natural disasters, or any number of other tragic scenarios could shut down a business overnight or force ____________ choices.

(a) Hasten
(b) Satisfaction
(c) Undesirable
(d) Contention
(e) Native

Q10.
(I) The band released the song six months after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, which stemmed from the ____________ of the four white police officers.
(II) With all the evidence against him and only a handful of character witnesses his lawyers say he has little chance of ____________ .

(a)Cooperation
(b) Aboriginal
(c) Absolute
(d) Humility
(e) Acquittal

Q11.
(I) Interestingly enough, knowing how the book will end doesn’t stop readers from suspending ____________ and investing in the teenage heroes.
(II) The guy is an artist and he inspires his audience not only to suspend ____________ but also, like all great showmen, to believe.

(a) Disbelief
(b) Disturbing
(c) Rebellion
(d) incursion
(e) Receive

Q12.
(I) New rule has sharply narrowed the situations in which police can be held liable—even for truly ____________ rights violations
(II) The pressure on companies to make money for their shareholders has led to some truly ____________ acts, in my view.

(a)Harmony
(b) Heighten
(c) Decrease
(d) Heinous
(e) Reopened

Q13.
(I) Horowitz outlines leadership and culture to illustrate how these models of power are ____________ in defining the modern-day elements of the corporate culture.
(II) Their grapefruit–rosemary tonic is ____________ of the subtle complexity of when a fruit meets an herb, without crowding the stage.

(a) Tolerance
(b) Intended
(c) Emblematic
(d) Impairment
(e) Amending

Q14.
(I) Almost all of our current ICU patients suffer ____________ from the novel coronavirus with bleak prospects for recovery.
(II) Cummings stayed with the ____________ wounded man holding up his head to slow the rate of bleeding.

(a) Carefully
(b) Grievously
(c) Securely
(d) Wisely
(e) Meticulously

Q15.
(I) Lori Loughlin’s attorney says notes written by alleged college admissions scam mastermind ____________ her.
(II) You could be the best minister in terms of performance, that doesn’t ____________ you from being part of a team.

(a) Loneliness
(b) Advantage
(c) Convenient
(d) Recompensed
(e) Exonerate

Solutions

S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. “Disengage, Pull back” best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
Disengage- remove (troops) from an area of conflict.
Pull back- retreat or cause troops to retreat from an area.

S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. “Permit, Conducted” best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. “Waded in, Chaotic” best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
Wade in- If someone wades in or wades into something, they get involved in a very determined and forceful way, often without thinking enough about the consequences of their actions. OR to enter a discussion, argument etc in a forceful and annoying way, often without thinking about the possible results.
Chaotic- in a state of complete confusion and disorder.

S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. “Continue, Integrated” best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S5. Ans. (e)
Sol. “Written, Calling upon” best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
Call upon- demand that (someone) do something.

S6. Ans. (e)
Sol. “Refuted, Resolved” best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
Refuted- prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove. OR deny or contradict (a statement or accusation).

S7. Ans. (a)
Sol. “Recorded, Overtook” best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S8. Ans. (c)
Sol. “Outbreak, Sensitive” best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. Undesirable fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S10. Ans. (e)
Sol. Acquittal fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
Acquittal- a judgement or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged.

S11. Ans. (a)
Sol. Disbelief fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S12. Ans. (d)
Sol. Heinous fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
Heinous- (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.

S13. Ans. (c)
Sol. Emblematic fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
Emblematic- serving as a symbol of a particular quality or concept; symbolic.

S14. Ans. (b)
Sol. “Grievously” fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
Grievously- to a very severe or serious degree.

S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. “Exonerate” fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
Exonerate- (of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.
OR release someone from (a duty or obligation).