English Language Quiz For NIACL AO Prelims 2023 -27th July

Directions (1-10): In each of the following questions four words are given in bold. Which of the following words must replace each other so that the sentence becomes contextually correct and meaningful. If the sentence is correct as it is, choose option (e) as your answer.

Q1. New (1)/ diversity of snakes are being (2)/discovered worldwide too and Central and South America are (3)/considered the regions with the highest snake (4)/species.

(a) 1-2

(b) 2-3

(c) 3-4

(d) 1-4

(e) No change required

Q2. Teaching input can be partly (1)/ assessment by the number of courses (2)/taught, but research (3)/ measured should avoid the quantitative (4)/metric.

(a) 1-4

(b) 2-3

(c) 1-3

(d) 2-4

(e) No change required

Q3. Parliament’s recent (1)/approval of the redrawn electoral constituencies has (2)/reinforced allegations of gerrymandering and (3)/unequal sizing of electoral districts to (4)/benefit the National Front.

(a) 1-2

(b) 2-3

(c) 3-4

(d) 2-4

(e) No change required

Q4. Meanwhile, in an effort to (1)/ herded its flock together, the party (2)/ keep its elected party men and two independent legislators to a (3)/resort on the (4)/outskirts of the city.

(a) 1-2

(b) 2-3

(c) 3-4

(d) 2-4

(e) No change required

Q5.  It was a long (1)/grief for the tribals from the morning for their near and dear. They even (2)/refused to take breakfast and water as all of them were (3)/stricken with (4)/wait.

(a) 1-2

(b) 1-4

(c) 3-4

(d) 2-4

(e) No change required

Q6. Rich mineral (1)/resources and the present government’s (2)/willingness to (3)/attract infrastructure will (4)/build plenty of foreign investment.

(a) 1-2

(b) 2-3

(c) 3-4

(d) 1-4

(e) No change required

Q7.  Some of the city’s (1)/advantages include a good education system, (2)/attractive quality of life and a good transport system which can (3)/cope with its (4)/rising population.

(a) 1-2

(b) 2-3

(c) 3-4

(d) 1-4

(e) No change required

Q8. (1)/Regulators in America have plans to (2)/comply the amount of capital that its eight largest banks can (3)/hold and banks will have until 2018 to (4)/increase.

(a) 2-4

(b) 2-3

(c) 3-4

(d) 1-4

(e) No change required

Q9. If we (1)/ quality the school curriculum, colleges will not only (2)/get better (3)/revise students but companies will also get (4)/skilled employees.

(a) 1-2

(b) 2-3

(c) 3-4

(d) 1-3

(e) No change required

Q10. By (1)/selling small dairy farms and (2)/running milk to factories, women of the village take (3)/care of the (4)/needs of their families.

(a) 1-2

(b) 2-3

(c) 3-4

(d) 1-4

(e) No change required

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. Replace “diversity-species” with each other to make a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence.

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. Replace “assessment-measured” with each other to make a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence.

S3. Ans.(e)

Sol. No change required

S4. Ans.(a)

Sol. Replace “herded-keep” with each other to make a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence.

S5. Ans.(b)

Sol. Replace “grief-wait” with each other to make a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence.

S6. Ans.(c)

Sol. Replace “attract-build” with to make the sentence correct and meaningful.

S7. Ans.(e)

Sol. No change required

S8. Ans.(a)

Sol. Replace “comply-increase” with to make the sentence correct and meaningful.

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. Replace “quality-revise” with to make the sentence correct and meaningful.

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol. Replace “selling-running” with to make the sentence correct and meaningful.