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English Usage Test 26

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following question consists of certain statements. You have to select the option representing the most logical sequencing of the given statements.

A. Stars radiate heat and light. B. Sun lies in the galaxy.
C. Galaxy lies in the universe.
D. Universe is a pulsating entity.
E. Sun radiates heat and light.
F. Sun is a star.

  1. ABF
  2. BCF
  3. AEF
  4. BEF
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the following question, five statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.

A. In India, Marxist theory did influence some scholars but as a whole failed to develop a scientific tradition of thinking and research.
B. From its early Marxist form, the dialectical approach in sociology has undergone further refinements in concepts and propositions, its speculative elations of categories.
C. Marxist sensibility, however, remains diffused in the thought patterns of modern Indian intellectuals.
D. It dominates the minds of the leaders in the Communist Party, and a large membership of the Congress and other liberal parties is also influenced by its ideology.
E. Among the early studies based on this model there were many studies of caste based on economic interpretation, interpretation of Indian history from a classical view-point in the 'chronological order of successive developments in the means and relations of production' and evolutionary formulation of the stages of social development in India, guided by economic institutions.

  1. ABCDE
  2. ABCED
  3. BAECD
  4. EBCDA
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following question consists of certain statements. You have to select the option representing the most logical sequencing of the given statements.

A. One can see through glass.
B. Some glasses are shaded.
C. Shaded glasses are translucent.
D. Some glasses are opaque.
E. One can see through transparent surfaces.
F. Glass is transparent.

  1. ABC
  2. ACF
  3. ACD
  4. AEF
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the following question, five statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.

A. The different phases merely represent differences in emphasis at different historical periods.
B. For example, truth is dharma in Satyayuga, yajna (sacrifice) in Tratayuga, jnana (knowledge) in Dvaparayuga, and dana (alms) in Kaliyuga.
C. It seeks to achieve homogeneity and harmony of thought.D. The Hindu's respect for tradition has a purpose.
E. The Hindu philosophy believes in the continuity of the present with the past in which it is rooted, and its projection into the future.

  1. EDCAB
  2. DEACB
  3. ABEDC
  4. ABDEC
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Directions: The following question consists of certain statements. You have to select the option representing the most logical sequencing of the given statements.
A. Flowers have attractive colours.
B. Colours of flowers attract insects.
C. Insects pollinate the flowers.
D. Flowers have pollen.
E. Colour of flower helps in pollination. F. Pollination is done by insects.
  1. ABC
  2. BCE
  3. AEF
  4. DEF
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the question below, a capitalized word is followed by four words under options (1), (2), (3) and (4). Select the word that has most nearly the same meaning as the capitalized word.

AGILE

  1. Nimble
  2. Elephantine
  3. Heavy
  4. Accord
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Directions: In the following question, five statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.
A. A sense of life is a pre-conceptual equivalent of metaphysics, an emotional, subconsciously integrated appraisal of man and of existence. It sets the nature of a man's emotional responses and the essence of his character. B. That myth is true, not existentially, but psychologically. C. One of such allegories, which men find particularly terrifying, is the myth of a supernatural recorder from whom nothing can be hidden, who lists all of a man's deeds - the good and the evil, the noble and the vile - and who confronts a man with that record on judgement day. D. Since religion is a primitive form of philosophy, an attempt to offer a comprehensive view of reality, many of its myths are distorted, dramatized allegories based on some element of truth, some actual, if profoundly elusive, aspect of man's existence. E. The merciless recorder is the integrating mechanism of a man's subconscious, the record is his sense of life.
  1. ECDBA
  2. ABCDE
  3. DCBEA
  4. AEBDC
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The question given below contains four options expressing the same idea in a different manner. Choose the most concise and correct statement.

  1. On the whole, on food front, one may say that we can enjoy festivals in the consciousness that, though some things are dear, the basic foods are better in quality and still low in price.
  2. We can enjoy festivals knowing that though some things are dear, the basic foods are of better quality and still low price.
  3. Although we know that some things are dear, we can still enjoy festivals because the basic foods are better in quality and low in price.
  4. On the whole food front, although some things are dear, we can still enjoy festivals as basic foods are of better quality and quite cheap.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following question consists of certain statements. You have to select the option representing the most logical sequencing of the given statements.

A. Ram is Mahesh's son.
B. Kavita is Ram's wife.
C. Ravi is Mahesh's father.
D. Maya is Ravi's daughter.
E. Ravi is Ram's grandfather.
F. Maya is Mahesh's sister.

  1. ADF
  2. DEF
  3. ACE
  4. AEF
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The question given below contains four options expressing the same idea in a different manner. Choose the most concise and correct statement.

  1. His definition of reality has first to be made coincident with the point of view adopted by the author whom he is discussing.
  2. His definition of reality has first to be made coincident with the point of view adopted by the author who he is discussing.
  3. His definition of reality has to first agree with the point of view adopted by the author he is discussing.
  4. His definition of reality has first to coincide with the point of view of the author he is discussing.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the question below, a capitalized word is followed by four words/phrases under options (1), (2), (3) and (4). Select the word/phrase that has most nearly the same meaning as the capitalized word.

INFRINGE

  1. Transgress
  2. Keep within bounds
  3. adept
  4. candid
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the question below a capitalized word is followed by four words under options (1), (2), (3) and (4). Select the word that has most nearly the same meaning as the capitalized word.

BANQUET

  1. Abstinence
  2. Festivity
  3. Mockery
  4. Beaming
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the question below, a capitalized word is followed by four words under options (1), (2), (3) and (4). Select the word that has most nearly the same meaning as the capitalized word.

CUFF

  1. Thrash
  2. Punch
  3. Strap
  4. Whip
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the question below, a related pair of words is followed by four pairs of words. Choose the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

Commensurate: Barter

  1. Anomalous : Tower over
  2. Tenable : Raid
  3. Flamboyant : Squander
  4. Twin : Reciprocate
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the question below, a related pair of words is followed by four pairs of words. Choose the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

Cavil : Solecism

  1. Perjury : Testimony
  2. Eminence : Opprobrium
  3. Caprice : Inkling
  4. Quirk : Dereliction
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following question consists of certain statements. You have to select the option representing the most logical sequencing of the given statements.

A. Humans need energy.
B. Energy is provided by food.
C. Food needs to be digest.
D. Enzymes help in digestion.
E. Food is digested by enzymes.
F. Enzymes are released in intestines.

  1. ABE
  2. BCD
  3. CDE
  4. DEF
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the question below, a related pair of words is followed by four pairs of words. Choose the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

Pry: Inquiry

  1. Importune : Implore
  2. Thwart : Obstacle
  3. Upbraid : Tacit
  4. Disconcert : Overture
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The question given below contains four options expressing the same idea in a different manner. Choose the most concise and correct statement.

  1. I request you to kindly deliver to me a tin of milk power.
  2. Could you please send me a tin of milk powder?
  3. May I request you to please send me a tin of milk powder?
  4. Can I have milk powder sent to me please?
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the question below, a related pair of words is followed by four pair of words. Choose the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

Maunder: Talk

  1. Flaccid : Walk
  2. Scrawl : Write
  3. Lug : Yank
  4. Quill : Swim
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the question below, a related pair of words is followed by four pairs of words. Choose the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

Mill: Cereal

  1. Jacquard : Cloth
  2. Mart : Stocks
  3. Manufactory : Furniture
  4. Forge : Metal
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.
Would you believe that the first outstanding deaf teacher in America was a Frenchman? His name was Laurent Clerc. He became a friend of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and together they founded America's first school for the deaf.
At the age of 12, Laurent entered the Royal Institution for the Deaf in Paris where he excelled in his studies. After he graduated, the school asked him to stay on as an assistant teacher. He was a dedicated teacher; and consequently, was promoted to teach the highest class.
Meanwhile, in America, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was studying to be a minister when he met a young deaf girl, Alice Cogswell. He was upset to learn that there were no schools for the deaf in America. He was very concerned about the lack of educational opportunities for the deaf. Therefore, in 1815, Gallaudet sailed to London, England to seek ideas on how to teach deaf people. However, he was unable to get help and he became frustrated. While he was there, he met a French educator of the deaf who invited him to go to Paris to spend three months learning at the Royal Institution for the Deaf, the school where Laurent Clerc was teaching.
Gallaudet accepted the offer, and went to the Royal Institution for the Deaf, where Clerc became his Sign Language teacher. At the school, Clerc led a busy life. He taught signs to Principal Gallaudet; he taught the pupils; and he taught hearing men who came to the school to study deaf education. At that time, the state would only pay for each student to stay at the school for five years. Therefore, Clerc had to teach his pupils as much as he could as quickly as possible.

How could the main idea of this passage be best stated?

  1. Clerc managed his time well, and he was able to teach a lot of information in a short period of time.
  2. Thomas Gallaudet was indebted to Clerc for all that he taught him.
  3. Clerc preferred teaching deaf students to hearing students.
  4. Clerc, an educated Frenchman, had a great impact on American Deaf Education.
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the question below, a related pair of words is followed by four pairs of words. Choose the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

Neutralization: Acid

  1. Billow : Current
  2. Pabulum : Reduction
  3. Purification : Ore
  4. Detoxification : Poison
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the question below, a capitalized word is followed by four words under options (1), (2), (3) and (4). Select the word that has most nearly the same meaning as the capitalized word.

FINICAL

  1. Affected
  2. Pristine
  3. Slender
  4. Emblem
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows. There are two distinct vantage points from which a piece of work may be evaluated: according to the aesthetics of its medium, or according to its popularity in the market... That these distinctions are rarely made explicit causes no small mischief. As the economy grows more fiercely competitive, commercial evaluation (“Two thumbs up!”) can all but silence aesthetic criticism. Several decades ago, before competition began to intensify, there were arbiters of taste — art critics, reviewers, essayists, educators, and graybeards — within the professions who continually passed judgement on the quality of work being done. They presided over a continuing discussion about standards, which reminded society about the difference between the good and the popular. But in a world of intensifying competition in which consumers can get exactly what they want — where software can even analyse their past purchases and advise them on what else they will enjoy or find interesting — such standard-bearers seem increasingly irrelevant.
According to you, what is the theme of the passage?
  1. Consumers face so many choices that they place ever - greater value on advice about what they will enjoy or find satisfying.
  2. Aesthetic criticism means what consumers should or would like, were their tastes more finely honed.
  3. When it is all marketing, there is less space for professional or artistic integrity.
  4. None of these
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Imagine for a moment that each of us is entrusted at birth with a hope diamond in the rough, a precious and sacred particle of the Divine Will. Through us, the will of the creator can enter the material world. We bear the seed, we are the seed, the growing tip of the universal will. In a vast and incomprehensible process, the unconditioned will gradually spiritualises the material universe, drawing it more directly into its service. We may recognise this difficult and uncertain process in ourselves, if we endeavor to cooperate with this great work of the spirit. We cut and polish our diamond will, returning it to the service of the divine will from which it originates…

What does service to the divine will consist of? In partial response we envision an immense ecology of energies. Within the Earth’s living ecosystem we witness the exchange, transformation, and recycling of the energies of heat, light, and molecular bonds in the food chain.
Similarly, the sacred, universal ecosystem harmonises the exchange and transformation of the energies of sensation, consciousness, and the rest, within the great chain of being. Human beings naturally use, convert, and store energies.

According to you, what is the theme of the passage?

  1. The Will of the Creator experiences the material world in form of human beings.
  2. Serving the universal will means not only conducting our lives creatively in accordance with conscience and kindness, but also transforming energies as well.
  3. Through spiritual practices, we directly and powerfully transform energies, raising the quality and quantity of energies at work in us.
  4. None of these
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