English Language Quiz For LIC AAO/ADO Prelims 2023 – 7th February

Directions (1-8): In each of the questions given below four words are given in bold. These words may or may not be in their correct position. Following each sentence four sequences are provided. Select the sequence of the words which will make the given sentence contextually meaningful.

Q1. The financial poses (A) that climate change possibilities (B) to the economy are not vague, distant risks (C) as they are already showing up in the valuations (D) of a big part of the economy.
(a)ABCD
(b) BACD
(c)CABD
(d) DABC
(e) None of the above

Q2. Massive testing makes it peak (A) to know when the country has hit harder (B) coronavirus at this matters (C) therefore what point (D) are hospitalizations.
(a)ABDC
(b)BADC
(c)CADB
(d)DACB
(e) None of the above

Q3. Deuterium can be numerous (A)extracted from seawater and the infrastructure (B) already exists to do so, as deuterium is used in settings (C) scientific and industrial readily (D).
(a)ACBD
(b)BCAD
(c)CBAD
(d)DBAC
(e) None of the above

Q4. General Electric announced that it named (A) a new independent auditor for the accounting (B) fiscal year and would be upcoming (C) ways with KPMG, the major parting (D) firm that has filled the role for more than a century.
(a)ACDB
(b)BCDA
(c) CBDA
(d)DBCA
(e) None of the above

Q5. The DNA business (A) they produce are millions of times longer and copies (B) more accurate than what any synthesis (C)can currently obtain through chemical considerably (D).
(a)ADBC
(b)BDAC
(c)CDAB
(d)DCAB
(e) None of the above

Q6. Even if central banks construed (A) their decisions solely on the financial discriminating (B) of a given sector, there is still a risk that base (C) against or in favor of it could be performance (D) as political.
(a) ABDC
(b) BDCA
(c) CDBA
(d) DCBA
(e) None of the above

Q7. As your savings (A) expenses increase, your accommodate (B) rate must as well to income (C) additional living (D) needs in retirement.
(a)ABCD
(b) BACD
(c)CABD
(d) DABC
(e) None of the above

Q8. Shares of companies that would jumped (A) from the economy reopening benefit (B) again, while bank board (C) also rose across the stocks (D).
(a)ABDC
(b)BADC
(c)CADB
(d)DACB
(e) None of the above

Q9. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently.
(a)On the other hand, France on took its biggest step back to normality by allowing millions of children to return to school.
(b)But many parts of the world, including Latin America and South Asia, are only beginning to feel the full force of the pandemic, while other regions are being hit with second waves.
(c)Europe has steadily eased its travel lockdowns in recent weeks.
(d)Global coronavirus infections topped nine million as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned the pandemic was accelerating.
(e)At the margin, people have curtailed their discretionary spending as they’re not sure of their permanent income.

Q10. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently.
(a)For instance, Mr. Bolton calls the Paris Agreement a ‘charade’ that has given ‘leeway’ to countries like China and India, leaving them “essentially unfettered”.
(b)Currency in circulation, which measures money with the public and in banks, has also surged.
(c)India finds a few mentions in the book, none of them positive, many neutral, and several as a country that has not fallen in line in the context of international treaties.
(d)But much has been written about it in the press already.
(e)Former U.S. National Security Adviser (NSA) John Bolton’s book, The Room Where It Happened, was officially released in the U.S.

Q11. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently.
(a)This was because of their low bargaining power with large corporates to have payment released for materials supplied or services provided
(b)Saudi Arabia said only around 1,000 pilgrims of various nationalities already in the kingdom will be allowed to perform a dramatically scaled-down Haj, as it battles a coronavirus surge.
(c)Also, it remains unclear what the selection process will be for this year’s Haj, scheduled for the end of July.
(d)The reduced number is a far cry from the 2.5 million who attended the five-day ritual last year.
(e)The decision to exclude pilgrims outside Saudi Arabia, a first in the Kingdom’s modern history, sparked disappointment among Muslims worldwide.

Q12. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently.
(a) Man has always pondered on nature and made endeavours to learn from its principles.
(b) Due to the ambiguous nature of the question, it was difficult to choose the right answer. (c) Aeroplanes were inspired by birds, bullet trains by the kingfisher, sonar by dolphins, and robots were designed to mimic humans themselves.
(d) One such example that has been inspired by microbes and is proving to be a solution for numerous problems is the distributed ledger technology (DLT), popularly known as blockchain
(e) We often tend to look up to nature to find solutions for simple yet complex problems.

Q13. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently.
(a) Economies with a developed agrarian structure, such as the US and China, have recently established private extension services for farmers who produce on a commercially-viable and enduring scale.
(b) Although agriculture contributes only around 17% to the country’s GDP, nearly half of India’s labour force (47%) works in the agrarian sector.
(c) And amongst those living in rural areas, nearly 69% of the workforce operates in the agricultural sector (according to Census 2011).
(d) With a predominantly rural backbone of the agrarian economy, efforts to improve agricultural labour productivity are needed to raise the living conditions of the majority of the population.
(e) A working paper by ICRIER demonstrates this specific requirement, and analyses the importance of agricultural research and education, along with extension and training

Q14. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently.
(a)Rivers have been the lifeline of all civilisations; no wonder they are considered sacred across cultures.
(b) When a seeker can honor the sanctity of the environment, then he can experience the same sanctity in his own mind.
(c) Sanskrit has a beautiful word for water, apa and the word aptha means ‘that which is born out of water’. Aptha also means ‘the dearest one’. So, it’s the same word for both ‘the dear one’ and ‘water’.
(d) 60-70% of our body is made up of the water element. You need water vapour in the atmosphere; you need certain amount of humidity in the atmosphere. And you need water to drink as a fluid.
(e) In India, the Ganga symbolises knowledge, Yamuna was known for love stories, Narmada stood for bhakti, knowledge and logic, Saraswati for brilliance and architecture, and India got its name from the Sindhu.

Q15. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently.
(a) Over the years though, the challenge also assumed physical proportions.
(b) He played all four Majors and raised hopes of winning two of them, the other being the British Open, where he eventually finished in a tied sixth place.
(c) In a relative sense, 2018 has been a decent year for Woods.
(d) When personal issues led to his form dropping a decade ago, it seemed as if what prevented him from returning to his winning ways lay entirely in the mind.
(e) A recent trend is to produce woods and hybrids that can be adjusted by the player to provide different lofts and other settings.

Solutions

S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence is CABD. The sentence after rearrangement is,
The financial risks that climate change poses to the economy are not vague, distant possibilities as they are already showing up in the valuations of a big part of the economy.
Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is BADC. The sentence after rearrangement is,
Massive testing makes it harder to know when the country has hit peak coronavirus at this point therefore what matters are hospitalizations.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct sequence is DBAC. The sentence after rearrangement is,
Deuterium can be readily extracted from seawater and the infrastructure already exists to do so, as deuterium is used in numerous scientific and industrial settings.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S4. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence is ACDB. The sentence after rearrangement is,
General Electric announced that it named a new independent auditor for the upcoming fiscal year and would be parting ways with KPMG, the major accounting firm that has filled the role for more than a century.
Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is BDAC. The sentence after rearrangement is,
The DNA copies they produce are millions of times longer and considerably more accurate than what any business can currently obtain through chemical synthesis.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence is CDBA. The sentence after rearrangement is,
Even if central banks base their decisions solely on the financial performance of a given sector, there is still a risk that discriminating against or in favor of it could be construed as political.
Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S7. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct sequence is DABC. The sentence after rearrangement is,
As your living expenses increase, your savings rate must as well to accommodate additional income needs in retirement.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is BADC. The sentence after rearrangement is,
Shares of companies that would benefit from the economy reopening jumped again, while bank stocks also rose across the board.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S9. Ans. (e)
Sol. The correct sequence is dcab. Statement (e) fails to become the part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
(d)Global coronavirus infections topped nine million as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned the pandemic was accelerating.
(c)Europe has steadily eased its travel lockdowns in recent weeks.
(a)On the other hand, France on took its biggest step back to normality by allowing millions of children to return to school.
(b)But many parts of the world, including Latin America and South Asia, are only beginning to feel the full force of the pandemic, while other regions are being hit with second waves.

S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is edca. Statement (b) fails to become the part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
(e)Former U.S. National Security Adviser (NSA) John Bolton’s book, The Room Where It Happened, was officially released in the U.S.
(d)But much has been written about it in the press already.
(c)India finds a few mentions in the book, none of them positive, many neutral, and several as a country that has not fallen in line in the context of international treaties.
(a)For instance, Mr. Bolton calls the Paris Agreement a ‘charade’ that has given ‘leeway’ to countries like China and India, leaving them “essentially unfettered”.

S11. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence is bedc. Statement (a) fails to become the part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
(b)Saudi Arabia said only around 1,000 pilgrims of various nationalities already in the kingdom will be allowed to perform a dramatically scaled-down Haj, as it battles a coronavirus surge.
(e)The decision to exclude pilgrims outside Saudi Arabia, a first in the Kingdom’s modern history, sparked disappointment among Muslims worldwide.
(d)The reduced number is a far cry from the 2.5 million who attended the five-day ritual last year.
(c)Also, it remains unclear what the selection process will be for this year’s Haj, scheduled for the end of July.

S12. Ans. (b)
Sol. All the sentences except for sentence (b) are providing information on how man seeks for answers from nature for all his problems. The sentences form a coherent paragraph in the sequence of aced. However, sentence (b) is providing information on blockchain. Since, option (b) fails to relate coherently with the other sentences, it becomes the most suitable answer choice.
(a) Man has always pondered on nature and made endeavours to learn from its principles.
(c) Aeroplanes were inspired by birds, bullet trains by the kingfisher, sonar by dolphins, and robots were designed to mimic humans themselves.
(e) We often tend to look up to nature to find solutions for simple yet complex problems.
(d) One such example that has been inspired by microbes and is proving to be a solution for numerous problems is the distributed ledger technology (DLT), popularly known as blockchain

S13. Ans. (a)
Sol. After carefully reading the sentences it should be noted that all the sentences except sentence (a) are describing about the position of agriculture sector in Indian economy. However, sentence (a) is mentioning about the impact of agriculture on economies of different developed countries. The sequence of the coherent sentences is thus formed as bcde. Hence, option (a) becomes the most viable answer choice.
(b) Although agriculture contributes only around 17% to the country’s GDP, nearly half of India’s labour force (47%) works in the agrarian sector.
(c) And amongst those living in rural areas, nearly 69% of the workforce operates in the agricultural sector (according to Census 2011).
(d) With a predominantly rural backbone of the agrarian economy, efforts to improve agricultural labour productivity are needed to raise the living conditions of the majority of the population.
(e) A working paper by ICRIER demonstrates this specific requirement, and analyses the importance of agricultural research and education, along with extension and training

S14. Ans. (b)
Sol. All the given sentences except sentence (b) are providing information on the importance of water in the past and present scenario of the world. However, only sentence (b) is describing about the honor and sanctity towards environment as a whole. Therefore, it fails to adhere with the theme of the paragraph. Hence, option (b) becomes the most suitable answer choice.

S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. the proper logical order of the above given sentences should be ‘cbda’ and clearly the given option (e) doesn’t fits well in the paragraph. Sentence (e) is describing about the improvements made in the game for the benefits of the player and hence fails to find relevance with other sentences.
(c) In a relative sense, 2018 has been a decent year for Woods.
(b) He played all four Majors and raised hopes of winning two of them, the other being the British Open, where he eventually finished in a tied sixth place.
(d) When personal issues led to his form dropping a decade ago, it seemed as if what prevented him from returning to his winning ways lay entirely in the mind.
(a) Over the years though, the challenge also assumed physical proportions.