English - Online Test
Q1.
Direction: Each passage is followed by a set of five statements. Answer according to the directions given for each question.
The average American voter does not care about Libya. That may sound harsh, but it’s generally true. The average American does however care a great deal about gas prices. So perhaps it is no surprise that as the regime of Moammar Gadhafi falls, American news outlets are trying to explain the news out of Libya within the frame of prices at the pump. Heck, it was the first idea that came to my mind as I thumbed through the morning news.
Adding insult to injury is the amount of fuel being used to conduct these fuel-based military operations in the Middle East. A CNN.com article pointed out recently that, “One out of eight U.S. Army casualties in Iraq was the result of protecting fuel convoys. A post on Scaling Green contained a video of FTI Consulting’s Adam Siegel recalling a chat with Gen. Richard Zilmer. In that conversation, the former commander of troops in the Anbar province of Iraq told Seigel, “I need renewable energy because getting fuel to my base is putting people's lives at risk.”
Which of the above statements may be used to counteract the author's claim that it is "harsh" that the general American does not care about Libya?
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
This is a very valid argument against the author's judgement.
Q2. Direction: Rearrange the following six sentences A, B, C, D, E and F in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
A. While the reference point for the former is the state, for the latter it’s society.
B. India’s strategic community’ comprises two distinct circles with little overlap.
C. Consequently, mainstream strategists have an external orientation to their discourse, concentrating on high politics; the latter is more internal oriented.
D. Their prescriptions too are understandably poles apart and thus, the state, to which both their commentary is directed, has to play balancer, and ends up being at the receiving end of criticism from both sides.
E. Out of the two, one can be termed the ‘mainstream’ and the other ‘alternate’.
F. To further elaborate on the external and internal concept−while one is enamored of India’s rise and place in the global order, the other is more sensitive to its vulnerabilities and inadequacies.
Which of the following should be the SIXTH sentence after rearrangement ?
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q3. “India is a country of rich heritage and cultural diversity.” Which one of the following facts
best supports the claim made in the above sentence?
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
Diversity is shown in terms of difference language
Q4. Directions: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical 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 ‘No error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
we had extensively discussions / with the participants and / obtained their feedback / regarding our new services.
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
Replace 'we had extensively discussions' by 'we had extensive (Adjectiev) discussions', as an Adjective qualifies a Noun (discussions).
Q5. Modern warfare has changed from large scale clashes of armies to suppression of
civilian populations. Chemical agents that do their work silently appear to be
suited to such warfare; and regretfully, there exist people in military establishments
who think that chemical agents are useful tools for their cause.
Which of the following statements best sums up the meaning of the above passage:
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q6. In a world filled with uncertainty, he was glad to have many good
friends. He had always assisted them in times of need and was
confident that they would reciprocate. However, the events of the last
week proved him wrong. Which of the following inference(s) is/are
logically valid and can be inferred from the above passage?
(i) His friends were always asking him to help them.
(ii) He felt that when in need of help, his friends would let him down.
(iii) He was sure that his friends would help him when in need.
(iv) His friends did not help him last week
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
The paragraph states that the subject was very
confident about his good friends helping him in his times of need
because he had always helped them before in their time. Thus,
inference iii follows.
Since the events of the last week proved him wrong, this means that
his confidence was broken and his friends had not helped him. Thus
inference iv also follows.
Q7. If ‘relftaga’ means carefree, ‘otaga’ means careful and ‘fertaga’ means careless, which of the
following could mean ‘aftercare’?
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q8.
Direction: Each passage is followed by a set of five statements. Answer according to the directions given for each question.
The average American voter does not care about Libya. That may sound harsh, but it’s generally true. The average American does however care a great deal about gas prices. So perhaps it is no surprise that as the regime of Moammar Gadhafi falls, American news outlets are trying to explain the news out of Libya within the frame of prices at the pump. Heck, it was the first idea that came to my mind as I thumbed through the morning news.
Adding insult to injury is the amount of fuel being used to conduct these fuel-based military operations in the Middle East. A CNN.com article pointed out recently that, “One out of eight U.S. Army casualties in Iraq was the result of protecting fuel convoys. A post on Scaling Green contained a video of FTI Consulting’s Adam Siegel recalling a chat with Gen. Richard Zilmer. In that conversation, the former commander of troops in the Anbar province of Iraq told Seigel, “I need renewable energy because getting fuel to my base is putting people's lives at risk.”
Which of the above statements may be used by American authorities to justify the war on Libya and other middle eastern countries?
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
This is the opportunistic view that the US administration might have taken to boost its oil supplies, if it were true.
Q9. Direction: Rearrange the following six sentences A, B, C, D, E and F in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
A. While the reference point for the former is the state, for the latter it’s society.
B. India’s strategic community’ comprises two distinct circles with little overlap.
C. Consequently, mainstream strategists have an external orientation to their discourse, concentrating on high politics; the latter is more internal oriented.
D. Their prescriptions too are understandably poles apart and thus, the state, to which both their commentary is directed, has to play balancer, and ends up being at the receiving end of criticism from both sides.
E. Out of the two, one can be termed the ‘mainstream’ and the other ‘alternate’.
F. To further elaborate on the external and internal concept−while one is enamored of India’s rise and place in the global order, the other is more sensitive to its vulnerabilities and inadequacies.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q10. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence:
It was her view that the country’s problems had been_________ by foreign technocrats, so that to invite them to come back would be counter-productive.
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
The sentence implies that technocrats are counterproductive (negative). Only (C) can bring the same meaning.
