English Quiz - Reading Comprehension

English Quiz - Reading Comprehension

 Directions (Q. 1-14): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Man does not live by bread alone: he needs intellectual stimulus as well as spiritual ballast. Religions form the basis of ethical life. Without a sense of morality, social life becomes tenuous instead of being cohesive: political life crumbles under the weight of dishonesty, deceit, and corruption. Dr Carl Jung, the famous Zurich psychologist, wrote: “During the past 30 years, people from all civilized countries have consulted me. Among all my patients over thirty- five, there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life, and none of them has been really healed who did not regain his religious outlook.” Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) went one step further and declared: “The mainspring of strength of every race lies in its spirituality and the death of the race begins the day that spirituality wanes and materialism gains ground.”


\The question, however, arises: What kind of religion do we require? A religion that fosters love and lets peace and goodwill prevail on earth or a religion that is intolerant and puts back the clock of progress? Do we require a universal Religion or do we need harmony of all religions ? It would be unrealistic to think of a universal Religion, which is a Synthetic product of elements taken from all the world’s great religions. what the world needs today is the ‘soothing comfort ’ of religion, the different religions retaining their identity and their followers pursuing their different paths with an absolute sense of freedom. Inter-faith harmony and the consciousness of the essential unity of all religions are the sine qua non for a better world order.

1. Having a sense of morality
(1) makes one more intellectual
(2) makes one more acceptable in the society
(3) makes one unsuitable in the political field
(4) makes one dishonest in public life
(5) gives one an edge over others

2. What do you understand by the statement “Man does not live by bread alone: he needs intellectual stimulus as well as spiritual ballast”?
(1) Man cannot survive without intellectual stimulus.
(2) Spiritualism is essential for physical for the survival of man.
(3) Bread may be essential for physical development of man but the dose of intellect and spiritualism is necessary for the growth of his soul.
(4) Man can survive without bread also.
(5) None of these

3. What does the observation of Dr Carl Jung suggest?
(1) People below the age of thirty- five have little sense of religion.
(2) Religion finds little acceptance in the civilized countries.
(3) All religions lead to a single path.
(4) Having a religious outlook on life makes one mentally sound.
(5) None of these.

4. Why does the author not support the idea of universal religion?
(1) It will look like an artificial combination of different religions.
(2) It will spread intolerance among different religious sects.
(3) It will need a redefining of various religions.
(4) In such a case people will get confused.
(5) None of these.

5. How can inter-faith harmony be created in the world?
(1) by merging all the religions into a single body
(2) by delivering lectures on the finer aspects of every religion
(3) by making the world free of religions
(4) by having universal religion
(5) None of these

6. Which of the following is true in context of the passage?
(1) An idea of world religion can bear positive fruit.
(2) Immorality breeds corruption.
(3) In the present context religions are mixed with politics.
(4) Various religions are based on contradictory thinking
(5) None of these

7. According to Swami Vivekananda, Which of the following is true?
(1) Spiritualism is the lifeblood of any race.
(2) Materialism is not acceptable in any society.
(3) Man cannot live by materialism.
(4) Spiritualism is opposed to materialism
(5) None of these.

8. What is the central theme of this passage?
(1) No place for materialism in our society
(2) Man and culture
(3) Religion for harmony
(4) Adherence to morality
(5) Duties of a man

Directions (Q.9-11): Choose the word which is same in meaning as the word given in bold as used in the passage.

9. BALLAST
(1) foundation
(2) lesson
(3) awakening
(4) blending
(5) devotion

10. DECEIT
(1) anarchy
(2) plunder
(3) corruption
(4) disbelief
(5) emotional

11. SYNTHETIC
(1) sentimental
(2) artificial
(3) philosophical
(4) natural
(5) emotional

For (Q. 12-14): Choose the word which is opposite in meaning as the word given in bold as used in the passage.

12. COHESIVE
(1) weak
(2) distinct
(3) depart
(4) fragmented
(5) boring

13. WANES
(1) increases
(2) fades
(3) gains
(4) appears
(5) emerges

14. FOSTERS
(1) empowers
(2) bans
(3) discourages
(4) risks
(5) ignores



Answers:
1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 2
5. 2
6. 2 
7. 1
8. 3
9. 1
10. 4
11. 2
12. 1
13. 1
14. 3

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English Quiz - Fill in the Blanks

English Quiz - Fill in the Blanks

Directions (Q. 1-6): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence 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 sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.

1. It is _____ that in the present system there is neither justice nor ________ to law.
(1) Disgusting, practice
(2) Shameful, respect
(3) unethical, subject
(4) unfortunate, adherence
(5) strange, concept


2. The war will have far-reaching_______ for the  ___region.
(1) Implications, distant
(2) Consequences, entire
(3) Spell, diverse
(4) Objective, across
(5) destruction, disturbed

3. The police has not demonstrated any measure of ______ in ________ with street protests.
(1) Sympathy, tackle
(2) Mercy, fighting
(3) Case, confronting
(4) Atrocity, curbing
(5) Restraint, dealing

4. Proper ______ needs to be taken to protect the green cover _____rocks and hillocks.
(1) presentation, amidst
(2) planning, covering
(3) attention, across
(4) action, around
(5) consideration, across

5. In the last few years the ______ of administration has taken a_______
(1) quality, nosedive
(2) stature, u-turn
(3) infrastructure, backseat
(4) area, vastness
(5) shape, twist

6. We have to _______ at a ________ because the issue may destroy inter- state amity.
(1) point, platform
(2) arrive, solution
(3) stand, ground
(4) look, direction
(5) enter, judgment

Directions (Q.7-110): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F),(G),(H) in the proper sequences so as to make a meaningful paragraph then answer the questions given below them.

(A) But I always felt somewhere in my mind that I loved acting.
(B) He never wanted me to be an actor, as he didn’t look upon theatre or acting as respectable vocation.
(C) Firstly, there was no tradition of theatre in my family.
(D) I am talking specifically of acting, not theatre in general.
(E) My parents were old- fashioned.
(F) I will answer all your queries a little elaborately.
(G) Let alone theatre, arts in general had no place of respect in my family.
(H) My father was a government servant.

7. Which of the following will be the LAST sentence?
(1) G
(2) C
(3) H
(4) D
(5) E

8. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) D
(4) C
(5) F

9. Which of the following will be the SIXTH sentence?
(1) B
(2) C
(3) A
(4) D
(5) E

10. Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence?
(1) D
(2) E
(3) A
(4) B
(5) G

11. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence?
(1) H
(2) K
(3) G
(4) C
(5) A

ANSWERS
1. 4
2. 2
3. 5
4. 4
5. 1
6. 2
7. 4
8. 5
9. 1
10. 2
11. 3

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English Quiz - Bank Exams Special

English Quiz

Directions (1-): In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent.

1. The new game is the competition for control of the world’s few remaining big oil fields. Global oil production will probably peak in 2010-15 and for the last 40 years new annual discoveries of oil have been far short of the increase in annual demand. The end of ‘big oil’ is in sight, and with it the oil-powered civilization we have all grown accustomed to (………………………)

(1) Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan together hold oil reserves three times the size of America’s.
(2) The BTC project costs around 2.4 billion, with B.P. leading a consortium of 11 companies.
(3) Almost three-quarters of the funding comes from back loans with public bodies such as the World Bank providing 350 million.
(4) The struggle to dominate the remaining supplies is intense, nowhere more so than in the Caspian basin.
(5) None of these

2. Few would deny that one thing that Africa needs is investment.(………….)  The history of corporate involvement in Africa is one of forced labour, evictions, murder, wars, the under-costing of resources, tax evasion and collusion with dictators.
(1) Mr. Gordon Brown’s moral crusade encourages us to forget the armed crusade he financed.
(2) But investment by many of our multinationals has not enriched its people but impoverished them.
(3) Debt, unfair terms of trade and poverty are not causes of Africa’s problems but symptoms.
(4) The G8 leaders and the business interests their summit promotes can absorb our demands for aid, debt, and fairer terms of trade and lose nothing.
(5) None of these

3. (…………….) nowhere else is this in greater evidence than in the Indian passenger car industry. Late to mature in India, the fast growing automobile industry has, since the mid-1990s, been giving Indian consumers a meaningful choice of cars across different price points and models.
(1) The traditional conservative mindset has been broken and borrowing against future income is now a widespread phenomenon in India, releasing the pent up demand for various types of consumer goods.
(2) No one disputes the fact that an exponential growth in the availability of car loans has made it more likely for a middle class consumer to graduate from a scooter to a car.
(3) The widespread need for means of personal transportation has long been felt in India.
(4) Retail lending has become the most spectacular innovation in the commercial banking sector in recent years.
(5) None of these

4. The main purpose of an Employment Guarantee Act is to enable people to claim from the state a basic aspect of their constitutional right to work. (……………….) it should aim at empowering the disadvantaged, and include extensive safeguards against any dereliction of duty by the authorities.
(1) This is the spirit in which a draft has been prepared by concerned citizens and revised by the National Advisory Council.
(2) An essential feature of the National Advisory Council draft is that it is based on the twin principles of university and self selection.
(3) For this to happen, the act must give them effective and durable entitlements.
(4) A benign state could certainly use this legislation with good effect to provide massive work opportunities to the rural poor
(5) None of these

5. A seemingly attractive proposal to boost infrastructure development in the country by utilizing a portion of the forex reserves has become controversial. The proposal, mooted by the planning commission has, however, not found favor with the Reserve Bank of India. Its proponents claim an additional benefit besides the obvious one of providing money for infrastructure projects on relatively soft terms and where needed, in foreign currencies. (…………….)
(1) One needs to ask whether infrastructure funding is in such dire straits that unconventional, if not desperate, methods of raising resources are called for.
(2) While not dismissing the proposal outright, the RBI and other skeptics advocate caution in pursuing a course of action that is not only unprecedented but involves a re-examination of the beliefs that have guided external sector management in this country
(3) There is also a fear that a long term commitment in rupees will magnify the exchange risks that are always present in the use of foreign currency resources for funding projects in India.
(4) Drawing down a portion of the reserves is one way of putting the stockpile to productive use.
(5) More than one of above

Directions (6- ): 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) It 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. 

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

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

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

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

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


ANSWERS
1. 4
2. 3
3. 1
4. 4
5. 2
6. 4
7. 2
8. 4
9. 3
10. 3

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General English - Cloze Test

General English - Cloze Test

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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

The UN General Assembly session ...(1)... in the third week of coming September is particularly important for India this year. It is well ...(2)... that Pakistan has been ...(3)... very hard to ...(4)... the Kashmir issue in a big way at the world forum. In the past, it has never failed to attempt to raise the question in the general assembly even if it is ...(5)... under the Shimla agreement to seek a negotiated ...(6)... of Kashmir with India. Pakistan can be said to have ....(7)... some leeway this time owing to the changed political ...(8)... in the world after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, India can now hardly ...(9)... on any power for support. Some powers like the US while ...(10)....  to play a role in finding a solution to the problem might take a stance that could be a strain on India’s capacity to contain the situation.


1.
(1) held  
(2) beginning 
(3) notifying
(4) inaugurated 
(5) concluded

2.
(1)  defined 
(2)  prepared   
(3) considered
(4) received
(5)  known

3.
(1) campaigning  
(2) alleging  
(3) emphasizing 
(4) grudging  
(5) denying

4.
(1) hush-up 
(2) settle 
(3) raise
(4) undermine 
(5) demonstrate

5.
(1) settled  
(2) forced 
(3) ascertained
(4) committed 
(5)planed

6.
(1) detachment
(2) annexation  
(3) impeachment
(4) provocation 
(5) attainment

7.
(1) undertaken 
(2) decided 
(3) undergone
(4) attempted 
(5) attained

8.
(1) struggle 
(2) climate
(3) leadership
(4) wisdom  
(5) power

9.
(1) switch 
(2) carry
(3) dot
(4) count
(5) step

10.
(1) attempting 
(2) deciding  
(3) appearing
(4) arguing 
(5) attacking

ANSWERS
1. (2)
2. (5)
3. (1)
4. (3)
5. (1)
6. (2)
7. (3)
8. (2)
9. (4)
10. (1)

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General English - Para Jumble Test

General English - Para Jumble Test

Directions (1-5): 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) Had it been not for them, Indian banks would have had their hands tied down.

(B) Today, almost all the countries are facing the heat of recession.  

(C) One of these is the strict RBI and SEBI rules which regulated banking sector very efficiently.


(D) This could have led to massive losses to them, which could have percolated to other sectors as well.

(E) However there are few things which help India in bouncing back from the state of recession.

(F) Like others, India too has not remained immune to the epidemic.

1. Which of the following sentences should be the THIRD after rearrangement?
(1) A
(2) E
(3) D
(4) F
(5) C

2. Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST after rearrangement?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E

3. Which of the following sentences should be the SECOND after rearrangement?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) D
(4) E
(5) F

4. Which of the following sentences should be the SIXTH (Last) after rearrangement?
(1) A
(2) E
(3) D
(4) B
(5) F

5. Which of the following sentences should be the FIFTH after rearrangement?
(1) B
(2) C
(3) A
(4) E
(5) F

Directions: (6-9): Below is given a single word with options to its meaning in different contexts. You have to select all those options which are synonyms of the word when the context is changed. Select the correct alternative from (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) which represents all those synonyms

6. SPLEEN
(a) Bad Tempered
(b) Blood Part
(c) Solid
(d) Bone Marrow

(1) Only a
(2) Only b
(3) a & b
(4) b & c
(5) c & d

7. COHORT
(a) A companion
(b) A band
(c) Friend
(d) Co accused

(1) a, b & c
(2) b & d
(3) b & c
(4) a & d
(5) a & b

8. YUMMY
(a) Delicious
(b) Eatable
(c) Beautiful
(d) Tasty

(1) a, b & c
(2) b, c & d
(3) a & d
(4) b & c
(5) All a, b, c & d

9. EXIST
(a) To be
(b) Live
(c) Survive
(d) Subsist

(1) a, b & c
(2) b, c & d
(3) c & d
(4) b & d
(5) All a, b, c & d



ANSWERS
1.2
2.2
3.5
4.3
5.3
6.3
7.1
8.3
9.5

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