English Quiz For NIACL AO Prelims
Directions (1-10): In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are five options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Q1. The investigation concluded that the murder was due to an ------------------------ brother who believed that he had not received enough inheritance money.
Q2. It is always ----------------- to agree on the ends than on the means.
Q3. Digging for gold ----------------------- its complexity when no one was becoming wealthy.
Q4. Her room was in such a disordered state that she had to dig ----------------- mounds of dirty clothes and textbooks to find her cellphone.
Q5. Mike could not help but fume when his partner got all the ---------------- on their project when he did all the work.
Q6. Because he was so bored and had nothing to do, Jeff ended up --------------------- asleep on the couch.
Q7. The football coach ignored the fact that his star player was illiterate and had never read --------------------other than a picture book.
Q8. After a week of ----------------- efforts, the rescuers gave up the search for the missing woman.
Q9. People argue with each other all the time, generally because they -------------------- on some important matter.
Q10. The children ---------------- to waste food and never eat half of what they order.
Directions (11-15): In each of the following sentences, there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence, there are five options and each blank is to be filled with the pair of words given below to make the sentence correct. Fill up the sentences with the correct words.
Q11. There is total -------------------- of an understanding that the current form and goal of economic growth is -------------------- unsustainable.
Q12. Deciphering how the fruit fly brain works has ----------- a significant branch of study in the biological sciences for -------------- decades now.
Q13. The -------------------- of fruit fly to bitter and sweet tasting material ---------------- significantly.
Q14. The scandal will ------------- plague the politician’s career for -------------- to come.
Q15. Mice really -------------- me, so I will scream and cry with ---------------- if one comes near me.