English Language Quiz For NIACL AO Prelims 2023 -30th July

Directions (1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)

Q1. By so early as next year (A)/ the leading investment bank (B)/ has plans to open (C)/ an office in New Delhi. (D)/ No error (E).

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q2. There is lots of (A)/ supports from the employees for (B)/ the proposal to (C)/ merge with the parent company. (D)/ No error (E).

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q3. Experts have recommended that (A)/ the government reconsidered (B)/ restrictions imposed on foreign (C)/ investment in real estate. (D)/ No error (E).

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q4. Because of the pace at (A)/ which the company is growing (B)/ I believe it will easily (C)/ achieve their target. (D)/ No error (E).

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q5. Accidents usually (A)/ result into (B)/ negligence, ignorance (C)/ recklessness or carelessness. (D)/ No error (E).

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Directions (6-10): There are two gaps in each of the following sentences. From the pairs of words given, choose the one that fills the gaps most appropriately. The first word in the pair should fill the first gap.

Q6. The best punctuation is that of which the reader is least conscious; for when punctuation, or lack of it, ____________ itself, it is usually because it ____________.

(a) obtrudes, offends
(b) enjoins, fails
(c) conceals, recedes
(d) effaces, counts
(e) revealed, succeeds

Q7. The argument that the need for a looser fiscal policy to ____________ demand outweighs the need to ____________ budget deficits is persuasive.

(a) assess, minimize
(b) outstrip, eliminate
(c) stimulate, control
(d) restrain, conceal
(e) confine, regulate

Q8. The Athenians on the whole were peaceful and prosperous; they had ____________ to sit at home and think about the universe and dispute with Socrates, or to travel abroad and ____________ the world.

(a) leisure, explore
(b) time, ignore
(c) ability, suffer
(d) temerity, understand
(e) pleasure, conclude

Q9. Their achievement in the field of literature is described as ____________; sometimes it is even called ____________.

(a) magnificent, irresponsible
(b) insignificant, influential
(c) significant, paltry
(d) unimportant, trivial
(e) splendid, petty

Q10. From the time she had put her hair up, every man she had met had groveled before her and she had acquired a mental attitude toward the other sex which was a blend of ____________ and ____________.

(a) admiration, tolerance
(b) indifference, contempt
(c) impertinence, temperance
(d) arrogance, fidelity
(e) stubbornness, spirituality

Solutions:

S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. Replace ‘so’ with ‘as’ because correct expression is As+Adverb+As.

S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. Use ‘support’ in place of ‘supports’ because it has been used as an uncountable noun here.

S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. Since the sentence is in the present tense, use ‘reconsiders’ in place of ‘reconsidered’

S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. Replace ‘their’ with ‘its’ because ‘company’ is a singular noun and this pronoun has been used for it.

S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. Replace ‘into’ with ‘from’ because ‘result from’ means ‘to be the outcome of or consequence of’.

S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. obtrudes, offends

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. stimulate, control

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. leisure, explore

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. unimportant, trivial

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. indifference, contempt