English Language Quiz For NIACL AO Prelims 2023 -22nd August

Directions (1-10): Given below the sentences each of which has been divided into four parts Each of the questions is then followed by the five options which give the sequence of the rearranged parts. You must choose the option which gives the correct sequence of the parts. If the sentence is already arranged in the correct sequence or the correct sequence doesn’t match with any of the given sequence, mark option (e). i.e., ” No arrangement required ” as your answer.

Q1. the Delhi government has sought a report from (A)/ drives conducted recently and the use of (B)/ bulldozers during them, from April 1 till now (C)/the municipal corporations on the anti-encroachment (D)/

(a) DCBA
(b) DABC
(c) DBAC
(d) ADBC
(e) No arrangement required

Q2. 10 times what they did then (A)/ the largest now weigh almost (B)/ bigger since the 1960s, and (C)/ tractors have been getting ever (D)/

(a) DCBA
(b) CDAB
(c) BDCA
(d) ACBD
(e) No arrangement required

Q3. rising cost of gas and electricity pushed (A)/ level for more than 40 years – as the (B)/ UK inflation soared to 9% in April – its highest (C)/ household energy bills to record levels (D)/

(a) CDBA
(b) DBAC
(c) CBAD
(d) CBDA
(e) No arrangement required

Q4. to organic farming and food processing (A)/ every week, small groups of women (B)/ discussing everything from micro-credit schemes (C)/ assemble in homes across Kerala, (D)/

(a) BDCA
(b) BACD
(c) DCBA
(d) CDBA
(e) No arrangement required

Q5. a foreign substance, its cells (A)/ any time an organism absorbs (B)/ using various metabolic processes (C)/try to get rid of the substance (D)/
(a) BDCA
(b) BADC
(c) CBDA
(d) ADBC
(e) No arrangement required

Q6. ‘State of the World’s Birds’ report found (A)/ that the birds we always thought (B)/ were common in the Indian subcontinent (C)/ are actually steadily becoming less common (D)/

(a) ABDC
(b) BDCA
(c) CDBA
(d) DBCA
(e) No arrangement required

Q7. collections of servers that store (A)/ and process data underlying (B)/ the modern information economy (C)/ data centres are giant industrial (D)/
(a) DBCA
(b) ABDC
(c) DABC
(d) CDBA
(e) No arrangement required

Q8. spur demand from the world’s No. 3 oil consumer (A)/ and importer, tanker tracking data showed (B)/ Russia became the fourth-largest oil supplier to India in April, (C)/ with volumes set to rise further in coming months as low prices (D)/

(a) CDAB
(b) BDCA
(c) CBDA
(d) ABDC
(e) No arrangement required

Q9. to an unnerving ₹100-plus on Saturday (A)/ the price tag of tomatoes, which was ₹60 a kg (B)/ last week at the vegetable markets in (C)/ Rayalaseema districts, all of a sudden jumped (D)/

(a) CBDA
(b) BDCA
(c) ABDC
(d) BCDA
(e) No arrangement required

Q10. the Supreme Court last week asked the Enforcement (A)/ Directorate to file by July 15 a status report on the over 50 cases of (B)/ money laundering it is probing in connection (C)/ with the coal blocks allocation scam (D)/

(a) CBDA
(b) ABDC
(c) CBAD
(d) BDCA
(e) No arrangement required

Solutions

S1. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is ADBC.
The sentence thus formed is: The Delhi government has sought a report from (A)/ the municipal corporations on the anti-encroachment (D)/ drives conducted recently and the use of (B)/ bulldozers during them, from April 1 till now. (C)/

S2. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is DCBA.
The sentence thus formed is: Tractors have been getting ever (D)/ bigger since the 1960s, and (C)/ the largest now weigh almost (B)/ 10 times what they did then. (A)/

S3. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is CBAD.
The sentence thus formed is: UK inflation soared to 9% in April – its highest (C)/ level for more than 40 years – as the (B)/ rising cost of gas and electricity pushed (A)/ household energy bills to record levels. (D)/

S4. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is BDCA.
The sentence thus formed is: Every week, small groups of women (B)/ assemble in homes across Kerala, (D)/ discussing everything from micro-credit schemes (C)/ to organic farming and food processing. (A)/

S5. Ans (b)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is BADC.
The sentence thus formed is: Any time an organism absorbs (B)/ a foreign substance, its cells (A)/ try to get rid of the substance (D)/ using various metabolic processes. (C)/

S6. Ans (e)
Sol. The sentence is correct as it is.

S7. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is DABC.
The sentence thus formed is: Data centres are giant industrial (D)/ collections of servers that store (A)/ and process data underlying (B)/ the modern information economy. (C)/

S8. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is CDAB.
The sentence thus formed is: Russia became the fourth-largest oil supplier to India in April, (C)/ with volumes set to rise further in coming months as low prices (D)/ spur demand from the world’s No. 3 oil consumer (A)/ and importer, tanker tracking data showed. (B)/

S9. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is BCDA.
The sentence thus formed is: The price tag of tomatoes, which was ₹60 a kg (B)/ last week at the vegetable markets in (C)/ Rayalaseema districts, all of a sudden jumped (D)/ to an unnerving ₹100-plus on Saturday. (A)/

S10. Ans (e)
Sol. The sentence is correct as it is.