Tuesday, September 30, 2014

English Quiz

Directions (1-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

If an aspirant really and ...(1)...desires to attain supreme peace and ...(2)...he must be resolutely prepared to do the preliminary breaking process, absolutely ...(3)... before he can be free to rise up from the old personality and soar into the ...(4)... realm of ...(5)... consciousness, full of bliss and peace. The individual finds that he cannot fight and ...(6)... the enemies of the higher self through his own ...(7)... individual efforts. Therefore comes the necessity and meaning of mother worship. He ...(8).... that aspect of this supreme divine power. Therefore he turns to the mother and lovingly addresses her: O Mother! Come to me capable of ...(9)... in me that which is unspiritual, unholy and that which is ...(10)... and base and undivine.


1.
(1) earnestly 
(2) conspicuously 
(3) eagerly
(4) voluntarily 
(5)  Vehemently

2.
(1) love 
(2) bliss 
(3) respite
(4) goal 
(5) blip

3.
(1) untenable 
(2) unparalleled 
(3) essential
(4) inviolable 
(5) unavoidable

4.
(1) ineffable 
(2) Utopian                   
(3) nonchalant
(4) heavenly 
(5) arable

5.
(1) unimpeachable
(2) vicious 
(3) pragmatic
(4) spiritual 
(5) compatible

6.
(1) overcome 
(2) allay 
(3) ward
(4) explicate 
(5) in exhaust

7.
(1)  evangelical  
(2) puny 
(3) gigantic
(4) rigorous 
(5)  fluffy

8.
(1) appreciates 
(2) conceives 
(3) invokes
(4) commemorates
(5) enjoins

9.
(1) nurturing 
(2) enriching       
(3) destroying
(4) ratifying 
(5) ramify

10.
(1) munificent 
(2) unrealistic       
(3) alarming
(4) savage 
(5) magnificent

Directions (10- 15): 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) made most of the cancer specialists go up in arms. 

(B) For a proper living among other things a limit on intake of food having high fat content and on the consumption of alcohol beverages. Increase physical activity and maintenance of a healthy weight is advised.

(C) There is no concrete evidence to prove that consumption of artificial food, vitamins and minerals 

(D) Emphasis should be laid on the prevention of heart disease compared to cancer prevention as the latter increased life expectancy only by 3 years whereas prevention of heart disease it by 10 years was the remark not wholly accepted. 

(E) The consumption of variety of seasonal, locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables was what could really help reduce the incidence of such disorders. 

11. Which should be the FOURTH sentence?
(1) E
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) A

12. Which should be the FIRST sentence?
(1) C
(2) B
(3) D
(4) A
(5) E

13. Which should be the LAST sentence?
(1) E
(2) B
(3) A
(4) D
(5) C

14. Which should be the THIRD sentence?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E

15. Which should be the SECOND sentence?
(1) A
(2) C
(3) E
(4) D
(5) B



ANSWERS
1. (1)
2. (2)
3. (3)
4. (4)
5. (4)
6. (1)
7. (5)
8. (3)
9. (3)
10. (4)
11. (1)
12. (1)
13. (4)
14. (2)
15. (1)

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