English Language Quiz For NIACL AO Prelims 2023 -10th August

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

A. What is important is sincerity and good faith.
B. One is sure that people in general are fed up with strife and want an end to this.
C. The Centre will have to be prepared to take harsh steps too.
D. The steps the Centre is taking to try to bring peace to the troubled Kashmir Valley are to be welcomed.
E. There have to be attempts to create a cordial atmosphere among different factions, political or otherwise, in Jammu and Kashmir and between the Centre and the State.
F. The ball must be kept rolling and there are bound to be positive results if efforts are made in right earnest.

Q1. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (last) sentence?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) F
(e) E

Q2. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence?
(a) A
(b) E
(c) C
(d) D
(e) F

Q3. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence?
(a) A
(b)E
(c) C
(d) D
(e) F

Q4. Which of the following should be THIRD sentence?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) F

Q5. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) F

Directions (6-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical 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.)

Q6. He is so lazy (A)/ that he takes a (B)/ large number of time (C)/ to complete such a small piece of work. (D)/ No error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q7. Dileep has spend (A)/ six years in Calcutta (B)/ but still he does not know (C)/ many parts of the city. (D)/ No error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q8. Last week when (A)/ I reach Viru’shouse (B)/ he had already (C)/ left for Mumbai. (D)/ No error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q9. The number of foreign tourists (A)/ visiting India are increasing (B)/ day by day during (C)/ this tourist season. (D)/ No error. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q10. He came very close to me (A) / and asked me that if (B) / I would lend (C) / him some money. (D) / No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Solutions

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. The correct sequence is DEFACB.
D. The steps the Centre is taking to try to bring peace to the troubled Kashmir Valley are to be welcomed.
E. There have to be attempts to create a cordial atmosphere among different factions, political or otherwise, in Jammu and Kashmir and between the Centre and the State.
F. The ball must be kept rolling and there are bound to be positive results if efforts are made in right earnest.
A. What is important is sincerity and good faith.
C. The Centre will have to be prepared to take harsh steps too.
B. One is sure that people in general are fed up with strife and want an end to this.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. The correct sequence is DEFACB.
D. The steps the Centre is taking to try to bring peace to the troubled Kashmir Valley are to be welcomed.
E. There have to be attempts to create a cordial atmosphere among different factions, political or otherwise, in Jammu and Kashmir and between the Centre and the State.
F. The ball must be kept rolling and there are bound to be positive results if efforts are made in right earnest.
A. What is important is sincerity and good faith.
C. The Centre will have to be prepared to take harsh steps too.
B. One is sure that people in general are fed up with strife and want an end to this.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. The correct sequence is DEFACB.
D. The steps the Centre is taking to try to bring peace to the troubled Kashmir Valley are to be welcomed.
E. There have to be attempts to create a cordial atmosphere among different factions, political or otherwise, in Jammu and Kashmir and between the Centre and the State.
F. The ball must be kept rolling and there are bound to be positive results if efforts are made in right earnest.
A. What is important is sincerity and good faith.
C. The Centre will have to be prepared to take harsh steps too.
B. One is sure that people in general are fed up with strife and want an end to this.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. The correct sequence is DEFACB.
D. The steps the Centre is taking to try to bring peace to the troubled Kashmir Valley are to be welcomed.
E. There have to be attempts to create a cordial atmosphere among different factions, political or otherwise, in Jammu and Kashmir and between the Centre and the State.
F. The ball must be kept rolling and there are bound to be positive results if efforts are made in right earnest.
A. What is important is sincerity and good faith.
C. The Centre will have to be prepared to take harsh steps too.
B. One is sure that people in general are fed up with strife and want an end to this.
Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. The correct sequence is DEFACB.
D. The steps the Centre is taking to try to bring peace to the troubled Kashmir Valley are to be welcomed.
E. There have to be attempts to create a cordial atmosphere among different factions, political or otherwise, in Jammu and Kashmir and between the Centre and the State.
F. The ball must be kept rolling and there are bound to be positive results if efforts are made in right earnest.
A. What is important is sincerity and good faith.
C. The Centre will have to be prepared to take harsh steps too.
B. One is sure that people in general are fed up with strife and want an end to this.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. Use ‘lot’ in place of ‘large number’ as ‘a large number of/ a number of’ is not used with uncountable noun ‘time’.

S7. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘spent’ will be used in place of ‘spend’ as ‘have/ has/ had/ having+ V3’ is used.

S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘reached’ will be used in place of ‘reach’ as the sentence is in past tense.

S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘is’ will be used in place of ‘are’ as singular verb is used after ‘The number of’.

S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘asked me if’ will be used in place of ‘asked me that if’ because in Indirect question, ‘that’ or ‘as to’ is not used after ‘if/ whether/ who/ which/ what/ where/ whose/ whom’.
Ex. She asked me why I was angry.