English Quizzes For ESIC- UDC, Steno, MTS Prelims 2022: 15th January – Miscellaneous

TOPIC: Miscellaneous

Directions (1-5) : Rearrange the following five
sentence (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence so as to form a
meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(A) Though forests have lately been regulated
by Governments, for a long time, they were also treated as free goods.

(B) Now it seems less and less possible for it
to regenerate itself from destruction caused by human beings.

(C) When this number was rather small, these
natural resources could regenerate themselves and continue the ecological
balance.

(D) Natural resources such as air and water
from rivers have been treated as free goods.

(E) Thus, human beings and their organizations
made extensive use of these commodities.

Q1. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q2. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q3. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q4. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q5. Which of the following should be the LAST sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Directions (6-10) : In each of the following
sentence there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are two blank
spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words can be filled up in
the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully
complete.

Q6. Punishment is ______ and ______ a lot of
wrong doings.

(a) a deterrent, prevents

(b) inevitable, encourages

(d) an evil, prohibits

(e) essential, nullifies

Q7. The account of the crime given by the
accused was ______ and was ______ .

(a) dependable, uncognizable

(b) fictitious, unreliable

(d) complete, imaginary

(e) exaggerated, unpardonable

Q8. Problems of the country can only be
aggravated by ______ and ______ citizens.

(a) careful, unscrupulous

(b) extraordinary, uncompromising

(d) selfish, irresponsible

(e) independent, practical

Q9. The _____ with which he is able to wield
the paint brush is really _____ .

(a) practice, good

(b) majesty, royal

(d) energy, unnecessary

(e) ease, remarkable

Q10. If you kindly bear ______ me for some
time, I shall ______ the whole issue.

(a) out, understand

(b) on, solve

(d) with, clarify

(e) at, inform

Directions (11-15) : Which of the phrases (1),
(2), (3) and (4) given below should replace the phrases given in bold in the
following sentences to make the sentence grammatically correct?If the sentence
is correct as it is, mark (e) as the answer.

Q11. It is only in the 1980s that a new kind of unity appeared among the
capitalist powers.

(a) a kind of new unity appeared among

(b) the kind of new unity appeared among

(d) a new kind of unity was appeared among

(e) No correction required

Q12. Change in agricultural growth and rural
prices are determinations of important
change in rural poverty.

(a) important changes of determinations

(b) changes of important determinations

(d) important determinants of changes

(e) No correction required

Q13. It is easy to prove the guilt but not innocent of a person.

(a) guilty but not innocent

(b) guilt but not innocence

(d) guilt and not innocent

(e) No correction required

Q14. As a professional economist he had throughout preoccupied with the
basic problems of Indian society.

(a) was throughout pre-occupied by

(b) is pre-occupied throughout by

(d) had been pre-occupied throughout

(e) No correction required

Q15. Census reports in India have voice concerned over the declining
trends in the sex ratio.

(a) voiced concern over the declining

(b) voiced concerned over the declining

(d) voiced concern by the declined

(e) No correction required

SOLUTIONS:

S1. Ans.(d)