English Quizzes For ESIC- UDC, Steno, MTS Prelims 2022: 17th January – Miscellaneous

TOPIC: Miscellaneous

Directions
(1-10): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given
below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you to locate them
while answering some of the questions.

We
have just heard that the State Literacy Mission in Kerala has won this year’s
UNESCO award for ‘Continuing education’. Yet we need to do some close introspection of how the programme of
eradicating illiteracy is going, particularly in Kerala, which was a forerunner
in completely wiping out illiteracy
in the districts of Ernakulam and Kottayam.

As
part of the Total Literacy Programme, the Kerala People’s Science Movement
(KSSP) organised a mass campaign to reach 100 per cent literacy in Ernakulam
district. They were able to do this with a lot of volunteers through songs,
street plays, public meetings, wall posters and a massive procession to converge at Ernakulam on January 26,
1989. The volunteers came from among teachers, mostly, and they used
participatory methods for rousing people and creating an exciting movement. They handled 135,000 of Ernakulam’s 174,000
illiterate people to read and write and do simple arithmetic and understand
elements of health, sanitation and inoculation.
Kottayam was the first town in India which achieved total literacy because of
the efforts of the young collector who pursued several to take part in the thrilling campaign to make the effort
successful. ‘Total literacy’ came to Kerala in 1991. Alas! today, we have lost
ground to Mizoram, which ranks as the number one State.

In
view of the commission appointed by the UNESCO, whose report “LEARNING TO
BE” was published in 1996, “while education is an ongoing process of
improving knowledge and skills, it is also perhaps primarily an exceptional
means of bringing about personal development and building relationships among
individuals, groups and nations.” It was not said in jest when, some years
ago, our programme in Kerala was at its peak, that many mothers-in-law and
daughters-in-law had patched up
their differences after attending the classes such a difference can learning
make!

In
Kerala, we have had a historical heritage whereby education was encouraged by
the royal family, particularly women’s education. Successive governments of
different hues kept this tradition intact and allotted a third of the budget to
education, along with investments in other spheres of human development such as
access to health and social services. Over the years, the ‘physical quality of
life’ index in Kerala has been the highest in the country despite our being at
the bottom of the heap in terms of per capita income and nutritional levels. In
Kerala, the KSSP and the Kerala Association for Non-Formal Education (Kanfed)
have had a large role to play in promoting
awareness, literacy, education and the reading habit among people through a
system of mobile libraries, all without much fanfare or money. In a sense, education was taken to the remotest
corners, and literally to the people’s doorstep. In spite of this, there are
still pockets of illiteracy which need to be concentrated on if we must reach
the goal of cent per cent literacy.

Q1. What method did the
KSSP employ to achieve cent per cent literacy in Ernakulam?

(a) Their volunteers
organised mass campaign through songs, plays, public meetings and various other
means to create awareness among people.

(b) Their volunteers
went door-to-door and told the people about the advantage of literacy.

(d) Volunteers of KSSP
organised several workshops in each and every locality of Ernakulam on the
“necessity of literacy.”

(e) None of these

Q2. The Kerala State
Literacy Mission has been chosen for this year’s UNESCO award for

(a) adult education

(b) continuing education

(d) correspondence education

(e) women education

Q3. What was the result
of the awareness campaign organised by the volunteers of KSSP in Ernakulam
district?

(a) Many people knew
the importance of awareness camp and thus decided to enrol themselves as
permanent volunteer of KSSP to make others aware

(b) Once the awareness
camp became successful, many more such camps were organised in different parts
of the district spreading the light of awareness.

(c) After the awareness
camp, most of the illiterate people were able to read, write, do simple sums
and understand the necessity of primary health and sanitation.

(d) Media highlighted
the awareness camp and then the Govt also took serious concern regarding the
camp’s approach by funding it suitably.

(e) The physical
quality of life of the people developed due to their awareness regarding
health, nutrition and education.

Q4. How did the young
collector make his effort successful in bringing hundred per cent literacy in
Kottayam?

(a) He made it
necessary for all to attend the “literacy workshop” under Adult
Education Scheme of Govt.

(b) He brought the awareness
of literacy through songs, street plays, posters and public meetings.

(c) He took the help of
local teachers, who went door-to-door to bring mass awareness regarding
illiteracy and organised evening schools for the downtrodden.

(d) Due to his tireless
effort he was able to convince people to take part in the campaign against
illiteracy.

(e) He lured the poor
to attend the awarness camp by giving them attractive gifts, money and food
items.

Q5.
According to the passage, what difference can learning make?

(a) It makes the people conscious of
their rights.

(b) It ends up the differences and
tensions between/ among people.

(d) It teaches people the art of earning
bread and butter.

(e) None of these

Directions
(6-8): Choose the alternative which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the
word in capitals below, as used in the passage.

Q6.
INTROSPECTION

(a) Confession

(b) Scrutiny

(d) Discrimination

(e) Inspection

Q7.
CONVERGE

(a) Diverge

(b) Concentrate

(d) Meet

(e) Focus

Q8.
INOCULATION

(a) Infection

(b) Vaccination

(d) Implantation

(e) Immunization

Directions
(9-10): Choose the alternative which is most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning to
the word in capitals below, as used in the passage.

Q9.
THRILLING

(a) Dull

(b) Enjoyable

(d) Sensation

(e) Shivering

Q10.
PROMOTING

(a) Deteriorating

(b) Improving

(d) Raising

(e) Aiding

Directions
(11-15): Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful paragraph and
answer the questions given below:

(A) We must explore new
methods of boosting agricultural development and grow more food.

(B) The
scientists should be encouraged to contribute.

(D) The most important
factor in any planning for India’s development and economic uplift is that of
turning a hungry, discontented people into a happy well-fed one.

(E)
Whatever be the way and means, India must feed its hungry millions.

(F) They
should be given due scope for carrying on experiments and researches.

(G) The
problem, therefore, reduces itself to one of agricultural development.

Q11.
Which of the following is the fourth
sentence in the paragraph?

(a) A

(b) D

(d) G

(e) F

Q12.
Which of the following is fifth
sentence in the paragraph?

(a) G

(b) A

(d) C

(e) E

Q13.
Which of the following is the third
sentence in the paragraph?

(a) F

(b) A

(d) D

(e) E

Q14.
Which of the following is the last
sentence in the paragraph?

(a) F

(b) C

(d) B

(e) G

Q15.
Which of the following is the second
sentence in the paragraph?

(a) B

(b) E

(d) G

(e) F

SOLUTIONS:

S1.
Ans. (a)

Sol.
Read the first sentence of the second paragraph- “As part of the Total Literacy
Programme, the Kerala People’s Science Movement (KSSP) organised a mass
campaign to reach 100 per cent literacy in Ernakulam district.”

S2.
Ans. (b)

Sol.
Read the first sentence of the first paragraph-“We have just heard that the
State Literacy Mission in Kerala has won this year’s UNESCO award for
‘Continuing education’ .”

S3.
Ans. (c)

Sol.
Read the second paragraph of the passage-“They handled 135,000 of Ernakulam’s
174,000 illiterate people to read and write and do simple arithmetic and
understand elements of health, sanitation and inoculation.”

S4.
Ans. (d)

Sol.
Read the second paragraph of the passage- “Kottayam was the first town in India
which achieved total literacy because of the efforts of the young collector who
pursued several to take part in the thrilling
campaign to make the effort successful.”

S5.
Ans. (b)

Sol.
Read the third paragraph of the passage- “It was not said in jest when, some
years ago, our programme in Kerala was at its peak, that many mothers-in-law
and daughters-in-law had patched up
their differences after attending the classes such a difference can learning
make!.”

S6.
Ans. (c)

Sol.
The word INTROSPECTION means the examination or observation of one’s own mental
and emotional processes; self-analysis. So Self-examination is the word most
similar in the meaning.

S7.
Ans. (d)

Sol.
The word CONVERGE means, (of lines) tend to meet at a point. So Meet is the
word most similar in the meaning

S8.
Ans. (b)

Sol.
The word INOCULATION means immunization, vaccination, vaccine, injection.

S9.
Ans. (a)

Sol. The word THRILLING means causing excitement
and pleasure; exhilarating. So the word
DULL is most nearly the opposite in meaning.

S10.
Ans. (a)

Sol.
The word PROMOTING means support or actively encourage (a cause, venture,
etc.); further the progress of. So the word DETERIORATING is most nearly the
opposite in meaning.

S11.
Ans. (a)