English - Online Test
Q1. Direction: 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. If the given sentence is correct as it is, the answer is (E), i.e no error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
It is a sign of either its inability /nor unwillingness to tackle the /deadly outbreak of chikungunya that / the government is trying to politicize the whole issue./ No error
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
The correct forms of correlative are 'either....or' and 'neither......nor'. In the given context, the correct form of correlative is 'either......or'.
Q2. Consider the following statements:
P: Good mobile phones are not cheap
Q: Cheap mobile phones are not good
L: P implies Q
M: Q implies P
N: P is equivalent to Q
Which one of the following about L, M, and N is CORRECT?
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q3.
Directions :Questions in the form of inference/conclusions are based on the passages given below. Each passage is followed by five inferences. You are required to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity.
Passage:
There is no disputing the fact that one part of globalization is the information revolution. But like all revolutions, this one has its winners and losers. Even on the Pacific Rim, home of so many economic “miracles”, the vast majority of people live on less than two dollars a day. That is what nearly half the world’s population subsists on, while the poorest 1.2 billion get by on less than one dollar. In the face of these grim realities, talk of a global information age takes on a perverse, ‘let them eat cake’ quality. What possible benefit could this “other half” derive from expanded web-based technology?
The notion that the internet will mainstream the world’s underprivileged fits a pattern of technological fantasy that reaches back at least to the mid-nineteenth century. A more immediate effect, unfortunately, has been an expanding communications gap between the rich and poor. With 90% of internet traffic in English, and native language skills eroding among non-Western internet addicts, 95% of the world’s Web users reside in developed countries. Only 0.08% of Latin Americans had Web access in 1999, which is double that of South Asia. In so far as rapid information flow translates into power, this great divide is integral to the knowledge-based and culturally driven geopolitics that Joseph S. Nye terms “soft power”.
With English as the main language in use over the internet, there is a concerted attempt by the English speaking Western powers to shape societies across the world according to themselves.
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q4. Which of the following word is similar to the word “Remediation”?
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
Remediation - the correction of something bad or defective
Torment - to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain
Distress - a state of extreme necessity or misfortune
Outrage - anything that strongly offends, insults, or affronts the feelings
Curative- serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
Q5. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to the complete the following sentence:
His rather casual remarks on ___________ his lack of seriousness about the politics subject.
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q6. Directions: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error 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 (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
Sediment deposit along the coast (1)/ may be the primary reason for (2)/ the change in conditions, (3)/ but a lot more remains to be understand (4)/ No error (5)
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
The error is in the fourth part. As the statement clearly talks about something that remains to be done which means it has not been done in the past. So, 'understand' needs to be replaced with 'understood'.
Q7. Choose the word from the options given below that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:
Frequency
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
Periodicity is almost similar to frequency. Gradualness means something happening with time. Persistency is endurance. Rarity is opposite to frequency
Q8. The horse has played a little known but very important role in the field of medicine. Horses were injected with toxins of diseases until their blood built up immunities. Then a serum was made from their blood. Serums to fight with diphtheria and tetanus were developed this way.
It can be inferred from the passage that horses were
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
Option B fits the sentence, as they built up immunities which helped humans create serums from their blood.
Q9. Based on the given statements, select the most appropriate option to solve the given
question What will be the total weight of 10 poles each of same weight?
Statements
(I) One fourth of the weight of a pole is 15kg.
(II) The total weight of these poles is 160 kg more than the total weight of two poles
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q10.
Directions :Questions in the form of inference/conclusions are based on the passages given below. Each passage is followed by five inferences. You are required to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity.
Passage:
There is no disputing the fact that one part of globalization is the information revolution. But like all revolutions, this one has its winners and losers. Even on the Pacific Rim, home of so many economic “miracles”, the vast majority of people live on less than two dollars a day. That is what nearly half the world’s population subsists on, while the poorest 1.2 billion get by on less than one dollar. In the face of these grim realities, talk of a global information age takes on a perverse, ‘let them eat cake’ quality. What possible benefit could this “other half” derive from expanded web-based technology?
The notion that the internet will mainstream the world’s underprivileged fits a pattern of technological fantasy that reaches back at least to the mid-nineteenth century. A more immediate effect, unfortunately, has been an expanding communications gap between the rich and poor. With 90% of internet traffic in English, and native language skills eroding among non-Western internet addicts, 95% of the world’s Web users reside in developed countries. Only 0.08% of Latin Americans had Web access in 1999, which is double that of South Asia. In so far as rapid information flow translates into power, this great divide is integral to the knowledge-based and culturally driven geopolitics that Joseph S. Nye terms “soft power”.
The majority of people who live in areas around the Pacific Rim are well to do, enjoying the choicest worldly luxuries and comforts.
Answer : Option E
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
