ENGLISH QUIZ
Q.1-5. Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them
(A) Public attitude towards proper use of antibiotics is thus a major concern—a 2011 WHO
study showed that 53% of Indians were taking antibiotics without a prescription.
(B) For some diseases resistance has galloped—fluoroquinolone resistance in Salmonella typhii, the bacteria that causes typhoid rose from 8% in 2008 to 24% in 2014
(C) Prime minister using his Mann ki Baat radio address to warn against faulty and unnecessary intake of antibiotics is pertinent for a country
(D) Meanwhile, the same PLOS study finds that Indians remain one of the largest consumer of antibiotics—in 2010, the country’s per capita antibiotic consumption was 10.7 units versus China’s 7.5 units.
(E) While carbapenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae, the pathogen behind one of the most common hospital- acquired infections, increased from 2% to 52% between 2002 and 2009.
(F) Where, annually, some 58,000 neonatal deaths—as per a PLOS Medicine study—can be attributed to sepsis resistant to first-generation antibiotics.
Q.1. Which of the following is the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(1) D
(2) C
(3) E
(4) F
(5) A
Q.2. Which of the following is the LAST sentence after rearrangement?
(1) D
(2) C
(3) E
(4) B
(5) A
Q.3. Which of the following is the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(1) E
(2) C
(3) B
(4) F
(5) A
Q.4. Which of the following is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(1) B
(2) C
(3) E
(4) F
(5) A
Q.5. Which of the following is the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(1) D
(2) C
(3) E
(4) F
(5) A
Q.6-10.Read each part of the sentence to find out if there is any 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, mark your answer as (5).
Q.6. Lok Sabha has cleared amendments
(1)/ to the three-decade- old legislation on benami property
(2)/ as such property is an obvious instrument
(3)/ to generation and hide black money.
(4)/ No error
(5)
Q.7. President Barack Obama was spot on
(1)/ when he said this year’s election for US president
(2)/ is not just another election and that its vital
(3)/ to get Hillary Clinton elected.
(4)/ No error
(5)
Q.8. The Reserve Bank of India said large industrial companies
(1)/ will only be allow to invest up to 10 percent in banks,
(2)/and thus, will not be allowed to set up lenders
(3)/ according to final guidelines for banking licenses.
(4)/ No error
(5)
Q.9. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) took much years
(1)/ to issue its first guidelines for e-commerce
(2)/ in a circular in 2010,
(3)/ limiting transactions to $500 via a Nostro account.
(4)/ No error
(5)
Q.10. In a drive to give every citizen
(1)/ the unique identification number (UID) Aadhaar,
(2)/ government has asked the states to assign Aadhaar to newborns
(3)/ at the time of his birth registration.
(4)/ No error
(5)
FILL IN THE BLANKS
Direction- In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentences there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentences in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningful.
Q.11- The amendments to the Income Tax law __________by the Lok Sabha now offer those with unaccounted ____________a last shot at amnesty.
(1) passed, cash
(2) catch, money
(3) cross, currency
(4) developed, problem
(5) ceased, billing
Q.12- The singing of the national anthem on special occasions, __________in schools and colleges, is sufficient to help citizen’s ___________the anthem with something larger than their daily concerns.
(1) special, know
(2) mainly, describe
(3) especially, identify
(4) preferably, establish
(5) exclusively, confess
Q.13- US President Barack Obama was heckled _________the second consecutive day prompting him to say that the pro-Trump ___________was paid.
(1) of, attack
(2) to, slay
(3) from, enjoy
(4) since, protect
(5) for, protester
For Other Options – slay- kill, attack-physical assault
Q.14- India termed as “concocted and baseless” a _________in Pak media that Foreign Secy S Jaishankar in a meeting with German Ambassador had _________there was no surgical strike.
(1) retreat, cite
(2) report, admitted
(3) support, play
(4) cut, assist
(5) protection, egoist
For Other Options – cite- note, egoist- self-centered person
Q.15- When US hit the subprime crisis, it was _________of the lenient lending norms and baks had _________number of loan defaulters.
(1) country, great
(2) divine, smart
(3) because, huge
(4) amazing, large
(5) due to, less
For Other Options – amazing- astonishing, divine- perfect
Q.16. The Reliance Retirement Fund offers two_____, a Wealth plan with a 65-35 equity-debt allocation and an Income _____plan with a 70-30 debt-equity mix.
(1) clues, creation
(2) idea, demand
(3) plans, generation
(4) system, wasting
(5) layout, consistence
Q.17. While NPS scores high _____returns, costs, and transparency, the restrictive _____on the use of final proceeds are a dampener.
(1) to, area
(2) on, path
(3) of, premises
(4) on, rules
(5) in, rule
Q.18. The report notes that India has made significant leaps in cleaning up its public _____, increasing transparency in its financial system and _____up its economy to foreign investors/trade in the past year.
(1) hospitals, denying
(2) institutions, opening
(3) asylum, discover
(4) places, finishing
(5) house, joint
Q.19. Chief Economic Advisor has rightly identified procurement as a major _____to ensure that producer prices do not crash towards the _____of 2016, leading to a contraction in acreage in 2017-18.
(1) game, starting
(2) problem, loss
(3) chance, cajole
(4) point, opening
(5) challenge, end
Q.20. The depressed oil prices have created stress in the oil-_____ countries in the Middle East which has a _____population of migrant Indians.
(1) demanding, important
(2) creating, aura
(3) exporting, significant
(4) wasting, auspicious
(5) refining, grace
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