FCI Phase 1 English Quiz 2022 : 14th September – Miscellaneous

TOPIC: Miscellaneous

Direction. (1-5): Read each sentence
to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it.
The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part
is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore errors of
punctuation, if any.)

Q1. He was asked (a)/ to complete (b)/ this assignment (c)/
before arriving on leave. (d)/ No error. (e)

Q2. Mr. Sen was (a)/ educated (b)/ with the presidency
college (c)/ in Calcutta. (d)/ No error. (e)

Q3. Almost ten years (a)/ experience (b)/ as a manager is
essential (c)/ for the post. (d)/ No error. (e)

Q4. The fact, as brought out by all the newspapers are (a)/
that global (b)/ tele- communication (c)/

market is not very global. (d)/ No error. (e)

Q5. This (a)/ train takes perfectly (b)/ ten hours (c)/ to
reach Calcutta (d)/ All correct.

Directions
(6-10): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B),
(C), (D) and (E) and in the proper sequence to form ameaningful paragraph, then
answer the questions given below them.

A.
The upsurge of public activism against the setting up of Special Economic
Zones, which eventually forced the State Government to announce the scrapping
of all 15 such projects, is an impressive case in point.

B.
Early last year, a similar agitation coerced the government in to calling for a
revision of the Goa Regional Plan 2011, a controversial document that opened up
large swathes of land, including green belts and coastal stretches, for
construction.

C.
The broad–based agitation against SEZs has demonstrated the power of popular
protest in the State.

D.
Those opposed to the projects had questioned the propriety of the government
acquiring large tracts of land and then
selling them to promoters at low prices.

E.
A coastal State with an area of 3,700 square kilometers and a population of
about 1.4 million, Goa has always been extremely sensitive to the impact of
unrestrained economic development.

Q6.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence?

(a) A (b)
B (c) C (d) D (e)
E

Q7.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence?

(a) A (b)
B (c) C (d) D (e)
E

Q8. Which
of the following should be the THIRD sentence?

(a) A (b)
B (c) C (d) D (e)
E

Q9. Which
of the following should be the FOURTH sentence?

(a) A (b)
B (c) C (d) D (e)
E

Q10. Which
of the following shouldbe the FIFTH
(LAST)sentence?

(a) A (b)
B (c) C (d) D (e)
E

Directions (11-15): 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.

Q11. We have never been ones to draw attention to ourselves;
that, however, doesn’t mean we are a nation of _______________ because we’ve
always welcomed the world, not just with a smile but making our island home as
_______________ as possible through well connected transport systems.

(a) recluses, accessible

(b) diffident, hospitable

(d) regressives, relaxed

(e) Xenophobics, wonderful

Q12. When you are leading an organisation through a recession,
you’re undoubtedly introducing major changes and _______________ encountering
resistance to them, but, your biggest critic can be turned into your ardent
______________ if you have the courage to listen carefully.(a) Undeniably, friend

(b) Rigorously, confidant

(d) Inevitably, advocate

(e) Inarguably, partisan

Q13.
Textbook publishers are scrambling to position themselves for a revolution in
the way they do business, as they rethink their decades-old model of___________
, printed tomes sold at premium prices, consequent to the ______________ of new
technology like the e-reader.

(a) outdated, trend

(b) massive, proliferation

(d) elaborate, predominance

(e) antiquated, advancement

Q14. Even the vaccinated have no defense; flu shots shield
against influenza variants that health experts have anticipated, not against
other, ______________ kinds, and, finding rio deterrent, the new strains
spread, ______________ causing illness and death all over.

(a) new, pervasively

(b) mutated, globally

(d) adverse, irrefutably

(e) unhackneyed ,inescapably

Q15. __________ advances
in crop improvement, agro techniques, plant protection and storage are
___________ of rural prosperity.

(a) Scientific, pioneers

(b) Economic, facilitators

(d)Infrastructural, initiators

(e) Massive, vital

SOLUTIONS:

S1. Ans. (d)

Sol. Use ‘going’ in place of ‘arriving’ as ‘go on leave’ is
idiomatic.

S2. Ans. (c)

Sol. Use ‘at’ in place of ‘with’.

S3. Ans. (a)

Sol. Use years’
(with apostrophe {‘}) in place of years.

S4. Ans. (a)

Sol. Use ‘is’ in place of ‘are’ as the subject ‘the fact’
is in third person, singular number.

S5. Ans. (b)

Sol. Use ‘completely’, ‘totally’ or ‘exactly’ but not
perfectly in this sentence.

S6. Ans. (e)