English Quiz For LIC AAO 2019
Life Insurance Corporation of India has released the notification for various posts for the Recruitment in 2019-20. This is a great opportunity for all those who aspire to get a Government Job this year. Now the next step is to start practicing for the exam from now itself. Thus, the English Language can be an impetus for your success as it helps you save crucial time and score good points in lesser time and effort. So, instead of boiling the ocean, try building up a strong vocabulary, an effective knowledge of grammar, and efficient comprehension skills so as to be on the ball to face this particular section. Here is a quiz on English Language being provided by Adda247 to let you practice the best of latest pattern English Questions for LIC AAO 2019.
Directions (1-5): Read the following paragraph and answer the questions based on it.
Going under the knife to get your wisdom teeth taken out has become something of a rite of passage. It means you’ve reached the ripe old age of 17-25 and you’re transitioning from adolescence into the world of young adulthood. Adulting is stressful enough as it is, so here’s some good news: You probably don’t really have to go through the added pain and discomfort of getting teeth pulled out at the same time. There is mounting evidence that wisdom teeth extraction is unnecessary.
According to a 2007 study in the American Journal of Public Health, at least two-thirds of wisdom teeth extractions are unnecessary. That’s not an insignificant chunk. What’s more, new research suggests that wisdom tooth removal may be linked to an increased risk of opioid abuse.
To be clear, there are cases when the procedure is necessary—if the new teeth gets trapped below the gum line or collide with other teeth, it could result in infection, cysts, tooth decay, and constant pain. But assuming your teeth grow in place the way they’re supposed to, they generally don’t cause any problems. And of course, if they do end up causing problems, you can just remove them later.
Why do we even have wisdom teeth at all? The answer lies in evolution. Wisdom teeth were very useful tools before human beings discovered fire and began cooking their food. If your diet consisted entirely of raw meat, nuts, and tough, fibrous plants, you’d want as many molars as you can get.
That may be why they grow in after puberty: In case you lose teeth growing up, you’d have a backup set when you needed them. Having a spare set of tough molars pop up in the back of the jaw offered an evolutionary advantage. In the meantime, we started eating softer foods and, eventually, taking better care of our teeth, so we no longer need the extra help.
So if we don’t actually need our wisdom teeth anymore, and evolution put them there in the first place, can’t evolution just take them away again? Well, for some people, that seems to be the case: They don’t form fully in roughly 35 percent of the population. For the rest of us, evolution has just caused problems. Our jaws have shrunk in size since the discovery of fire, but the genes that determine human jaw size are completely different from the ones that determine how many teeth humans get. The result is that our now-smaller jaws still have to fit 32 teeth, and wisdom teeth get the boot because they’re the last ones to show up.
Q1. What are the reasons for the removal of a type of molar teeth?
(I) Misinformation about the necessity to remove wisdom teeth
(II) New teeth get trapped below the gum line.
(III) New teeth colliding with other teeth
(IV) Opioid abuse
(I), (II) and (III)
(II), (III) and (IV)
All of (I), (II), (III) and (IV)
(II) and (III)
None of (I), (II), (III) and (IV)
Solution:
The answer to the question can be derived from last sentence of the first paragraph, last sentence of the second paragraph and the first sentence of the third paragraph.
The information about wisdom teeth extraction being unnecessary implies that there is a misinformation about the necessity for the removal of wisdom teeth.
The second paragraph informs that the there is an increased risk of opioid abuse which causes the removal of wisdom teeth.
The third paragraph informs that new teeth getting trapped below gum line or colliding with other teeth being other reasons for the removal of wisdom teeth.
So, all of (I), (II), (III) and (IV) are the correct reasons.
Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.
Q2. Which of the following statements can be logically linked with the sentence ‘That’s not an insignificant chunk’?
Wisdom teeth were necessary for humans before the discovery of fire.
Necessity of wisdom teeth extraction is a misrepresentation.
Not removing new teeth which gets trapped below gum line or collide with other teeth could result in infection, cysts, tooth decay and constant pain.
Both (b) and (c)
Each of (a), (b) and (c)
Solution:
The given sentence is present as the second sentence of the second paragraph. The answer to the question can be derived from the first sentence of the second paragraph which provides a conclusion of a study published in the American Journal of Public Heath that at least two-thirds of wisdom teeth extractions are unnecessary. So, it can be understood that the necessity of wisdom teeth extraction is a misrepresentation.
Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.
Q3. What is/are the evolutionary reason(s) given for the occurrence of wisdom teeth in the jaws of humans?
They are required to consume softer foods or cooked foods.
They are required to eat raw meat, nuts, and tough, fibrous plants.
They are additional pair of molar teeth, serve as backup set and grown in after puberty.
Options (b) and (c)
All of options (a), (b) and (c)
Solution:
The answer to the question can be derived from the fifth paragraph where evolutionary advantage of having wisdom teeth is highlighted. They are additional pair of molar teeth which serve as a backup set in the event of losing teeth growing up and grow in after puberty.
Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.
Q4. Why the author says that ‘For the rest of us, evolution has just caused problems’?
Wisdom teeth don’t form fully in roughly 35 percent of the population.
The size of Jaws has shrunk in size since the discovery of fire, and more teeth are required to be fit in in small size of jaw.
Wisdom teeth are no longer required esp. since the discovery of fire.
None of (a), (b) and (c)
Options (a), (b) and (c)
Solution:
The answer to the question can be derived from the last paragraph. Also, the given sentence is present in the last paragraph. Upon reading the paragraph, one can understand that each of the options (a), (b) and (c) provide the correct explanation to the question.
Hence, option (e) is the correct answer.
Q5. For which of the following purposes, wisdom teeth are not required?
(I) To consume softer food, fruits and vegetables.
(II) To consume cooked food.
(III) To consume raw meat.
(IV) To consume nuts, and tough, fibrous plants.
All of (I), (II), (III) and (IV)
Both (III) and (IV)
(I), (II) and (III)
Both (I) and (II)
None of (I), (II), (III) and (IV)
Solution:
The answer to the question can be derived from the fourth paragraph where it is mentioned that the need for wisdom teeth vanishes since the discovery of fire and since when human began cooking their food. The paragraph also mentions that wisdom teeth were required to consume raw meat, nuts, and tough, fibrous plants.
So, wisdom teeth are required for reasons mentioned in (I) and (II).
Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.
Directions (6-10): In each of the following sentence(s), there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are five options and the blanks are to be filled with the pair of words given below to make the sentences correct. Fill up the sentences with the correct words.
Q6. For years now, Facebook has been facing …………………for privacy violations. The most notorious of these was the Cambridge Analytica……………………..
criticize, shameful
flak, scandal
hostile, wrong
flak, criminal
hostile, defamation
Solution:
Flak: (Noun) strong criticism.
Q7. The sixth edition of the Global Environment Outlook from the UN Environment Programme has come as another …………………… warning: the world is unsustainably extracting resources and producing ………………………..quantities of waste.
pleasant, trouble
disguise, controllable
stark, unmanageable
basic, unmanaged
harsh, trouble
Solution:
Stark: (Adjective) severe or bare in appearance or outline.
Q8. As India’s population grows, it must ……………….that agricultural yields are coming under stress due to increase in average temperature and …………………… monsoons.
disturbing, predictable
worrying, variable
disturb, change
worry, erratic
Both (c) and (d)
Solution:
Erratic: (Adjective) not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.
Q9. Ordinarily economic variables such as jobs do not often enter into the election ………………… at the national level as …………………….identities like caste, religion and nationalism play a significant role in India.
erratic, firstly
theatre, fundamentally
stadium, basically
circus, naturally
arena, primordial
Solution:
Arena: (Noun) a place or scene of activity, debate, or conflict.
Primordial: (Adjective) existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval.
Q10. In an economy where labour …………………. is more than demand, people cannot remain unemployed, but how ………………… they are employed is the question to ask.
supply, decently
surplus, rarely
generate, properly
capable, decently
Both (a) and (b)
Solution:
"supply, decently" are grammatically and contextually fit for the blanks.
Directions (11-15): In each Question below, a sentence is given with four words given in Bold in the sentence. Among these bold words one may be wrongly spelt. The option of that word is the answer. If all four words are correctly spelt mark e. i.e. 'All Correct' as the answer.
Q11. In the normal course, John will graduate college and enter a Post Graduate course in two years.
course
graduate
college
years
All Correct
Solution:
All Correct
Q12. With the exception of Dipanjan and me, everyone in the class had finished the asignment before the teacher came.
exception
everyone
finished
asignment
All Correct
Solution:
Assignment
Q13. Familiar with the terrain from previous visits, the explorer suceeded in finding the Big Monkey’s abode.
Familiar
previous
suceeded
abode
All Correct
Solution:
Succeeded
Q14. Liberalisation has gone hand in hand with economic growth and has offered inceentives for things such as personal initiative and ambition, loyalty, hard work, and resourcefulness.
Liberalisation
inceentives
initiative
resourcefulness
All Correct
Solution:
Incentives
Q15. May I venture to say that I think this batting performance is the most superior that I have ever seen.
venture
batting
performance
superior
All Correct
Solution:
All Correct
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