Mixed English Questions for upcoming exams — Set 98

Which of the words/phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below should replace the words/phrases given in bold in the following sentences to make it meaningful and grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No improvement required’, mark (E) as the answer.

  1. However recent statements by the nation’s policy-makers indicate that the perception of this issue is changing. ‘Brain bank’ and not ‘brain drain’ is the more appropriate idea, they suggest since the expertise of Indians abroad is only deposited in other places and not lost.
    (A) Announcement, opinion, graduates, put
    (B) Declaration, acuity, students, placed
    (C) Report, belief, scholars, dropped
    (D) Assertion, discernment, learner, lifted
    (E) No correction required
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    Option E
    Explanation :
    Statements – a definite or clear expression of something in speech or writing.
    Perception – the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses.
    Expertise – expert skill or knowledge in a particular field.
    Deposited – put or set down (something or someon(E) in a specific place.
  2. Fort Ticonderoga was a small, decrepit British fort preserved by the British at the southern tip of Lake Champlain in upstate New York. It was a strategically essential fort in the French and Indian War, and was recognized as Fort Carillon.
    (A) Decaying, destroyed, significant, notorious
    (B) Feeble, retained, vital, identified
    (C) Dilapidated, maintained, important, known
    (D) Infirm, sustained, main, well – known
    (E) No correction required
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    Option C
    Explanation : Dilapidated – (of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.
    Maintained – provide with necessities for life or existence.
    Important – of great significance or value; likely to have a profound effect on success, survival, or well-being.
    Known – recognized, familiar, or within the scope of knowledge.
  3. Before the team was named the Cowboys, they were known as the Steers and then the Rangers. When the Cowboys’ first holder, Clint Murchison Jr., finally established on the “Cowboys,” he engaged Tom Landry as the team’s first coach.
    (A) Described, vendor, developed, employed
    (B) Called, owner, settled, hired
    (C) Identified, possessor, completed, appointed
    (D) Entitled, carrier, recognized, selected
    (E) No correction required
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    Option B
    Explanation : Called – give (an infant or animal) a specified name.
    Owner – a person who owns something.
    Settled – accept or agree to (something that one considers to be less than satisfactory).
    Hired – employ (someone) for wages.
  4. Then, sacred dances representing the harvest would be presented for several hours within the sacred circle, a large pit that also integrated a fire lit with a sacred branch that was strike by lightning. The ceremony would end with various other dances and services including one in which the entire village danced around the sacred fire.
    (A) Executed, incorporated, smack, rites
    (B) Achieved, indulged, spank, habits
    (C) Made, involved, cuff, practices
    (D) Performed, included, struck, rituals
    (E) No correction required
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    Option D
    Explanation : Performed – carry out, accomplish, or fulfill (an action, task, or function).
    Included – contained as part of a whole being considered.
    Struck – (of a disaster, disease, or other unwelcome phenomenon) occur suddenly and have harmful or damaging effects on.
    Rituals – a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.
  5. The turning point in the war, however, aroused on July 1, 1863, when Associate and Union armies met at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle that resulted was one of the bloodiest battles in American history. Eventually, Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia was driven away from Pennsylvania by Union general George Meade and his Army of the Potomac.
    (A) Transpired, accomplice, followed, driven in
    (B) Occurred, confederate, ensued, driven away
    (C) Happened, ally, developed, driven off
    (D) Taken place, co – conspirator, proceeded, driven through
    (E) No correction required
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    Option B
    Explanation : Occurred – happen; take place.
    Confederate – joined by an agreement or treaty.
    Ensued – happen or occur afterward or as a result.
    Driven away – force to go away.
  6. It was expected that banks would take advantage of the changing operational environment and improve their performance. Towards this end, the Reserve Bank of India initiated a host of measures for the creation on a competitive environment.
    (A) Anticipated, receive, started, formation
    (B) Estimated, acquire, begun, conception
    (C) Described, obtain, instigated, development
    (D) Projected, accept, established, configuration
    (E) No correction required
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    Option E
    Explanation : Expected – regard (something) as likely to happen.
    Take – carry or bring with one; convey.
    Initiated – cause (a process or action) to begin.
    Creation – the action or process of bringing something into existence.
  7. The King was soon joined by his troops and the children were still deepen in their game. The King ordered, “Cane them hard.” The children’s parents came running from the nearby village and said, “They are green, it was just a game, please grant them forgive.”
    (A) Absorbed, swayed, immature, excuse

    (B) Immersed, commanded, naive, pardon
    (C) Engrossed, grasped, adolescent, reprieve
    (D) Wrapped up, controlled, youthful, amnesty
    (E) No correction required
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    Option B
    Explanation : Immersed – involve oneself deeply in a particular activity or interest.
    Commanded – give an authoritative order.
    Naïve – (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.
    Pardon – the action of forgiving or being forgiven for an error or offense.
  8. While the strategy appears to improve GDP growth and, thereby, reduce fiscal deficit for revenue resilience, such a strategy is burdened with risks.
    (A) Seems, through, buoyancy, fraught
    (B) Looks, during, rigidity, filled
    (C) Employs, throughout, firmness, laden
    (D) Utilizes, from, insistence, loaded
    (E) No correction required
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    Option A
    Explanation : Seems – give the impression or sensation of being something or having a particular quality.
    Through – by means of (a process or intermediate stage).
    Buoyancy – a high level of activity in an economy or stock market.
    Fraught – causing or affected by great anxiety or stress.
  9. The railroad was not the first organization to force regularity on society, or to illustrate attention to the importance of particular timekeeping.
    (A) Association, strength, show, perfect
    (B) Society, entail, give, accurate
    (C) Institution, impose, draw, precise
    (D) Foundation, bring, provide, correct
    (E) No correction required
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    Option C
    Explanation : Institution – a society or organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose.
    Impose – force (something unwelcome or unfamiliar) to be accepted or put in place.
    Draw – direct or attract (someone’s attention) to something.
    Precise – marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail.
  10. Academic writing is the skilful elucidation and explanation of the dispute, which the writer has carefully examined and developed over a protracted period of time.
    (A) Description, agreement, inspected, expanded
    (B) Clarification, harmony, observed, extended
    (C) Illumination, accord, studied, prolonged
    (D) Exposition, argument, researched, sustained
    (E) No correction required
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    Option D
    Explanation : Exposition – a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
    Argument – a summary of the subject matter of a book.
    Researched – investigate systematically.
    Sustained – continuing for an extended period or without interruption.

Direction: Pick out the most effective word from the choices.

  1. Please___ the lights before going to bed.
    (A) put off
    (B) put out
    (C) put on
    (D) put in
    View Answer
    Option A
  2. If the work men had not been tired, they_____ the work.
    (A) would have completed
    (B) would complete
    (C) will complete
    (D) will have completed
    View Answer
    Option A
  3. He ____ his father rather than his mother.
    (A) takes in
    (B) takes down
    (C) takes off
    (D) takes after
    View Answer
    Option D
  4. Sydney Carton , proposed to Lucio , but she ____ the offer of marriage .
    (A) turned down
    (B) turned off
    (C) turned on
    (D) turned out
    View Answer
    Option A
  5. A daily is a paper that _______ every day.
    (A) comes out
    (B) comes by
    (C) comes up
    (D) comes of
    View Answer
    Option A

 

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40 Thoughts to “Mixed English Questions for upcoming exams — Set 98”

  1. Sachin Shukla

    How many such pairs of digits are there in the number 421579368 each of which has as many digits between them in the number as when they are arranged in ascending order?
    A) None B) One
    C) Two D) Three

    1. Sachin Shukla

      isko kaise karte the mai bhul gaya hu koi yaad dilawo…:))

      1. Ambika

        4.2.1.5.7.9.3.6.8
        1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9
        see 4 and 9 ; 4 digits in between both the orders
        1 and 6…….5 digits
        1 and 2 ..>.3 pairs total

        1. Sachin Shukla

          nai smjha mam?

          1. Ambika

            we have to see that when we arrange the digits in ascending order

            how many pairs are there ..which have same no. of digits in between them in both the orders
            like we have given 4.2.1.5.7.9.3.6.8 we ll arrange it in ascending order 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9
            ab check kro ki in dono orders me se …u ll see 4 and 9 ka one pair
            in both the arrangements there are 4 digits in between
            likewise for 1 and 2 no digit in between and third is 1 and 6 ..5 digits in between

          2. Sachin Shukla

            got it mamji thankuuu soo much:))

          3. Sachin Shukla

            mam new type coding decoding..qsn post kariye and sbi po pre type puzzle :if possible daily basis…)

          4. Ambika

            yes we ll post 🙂

          5. Sachin Shukla

            i will wait….ur post( ‘ . ‘)

          6. PHENOMENAL

            maam for high level quant as coming in sbi/ibps which book is gud quantum cat or arun sharma

          7. Ambika

            Arun sharma is indeed the best !! but sarvesh verma is also good 🙂

          8. PHENOMENAL

            means both lgana hoga to get command in new pattern questions?

          9. Ambika

            koi bhi ek lelo….itna bhi kuch tough nhi hai…bus concept ko samjho achhe se..or practice karte rho daily ..3-4 months me it ll be like a cakewalk 🙂

          10. Ab Cd

            Mam ques solve kr do maine post kiya hai..

          11. Ambika

            yes see pradeep solved above

          12. PHENOMENAL

            ok thank you maam

        2. Divaker

          Nhi smj aaya Ambika explain kr do yr again

    2. Destiny : Ultimate

      Just count no.from acending order start frm 4 …and do same frm reverse from 8 jaha jaha same no.mil jaye counting me wo pair.
      Like 4——9
      1——6
      In reverse…1—–2
      So total 3 pairs

      1. $~$PrAdeEP$K$~$~$

        yaaaa sister…O-O..:)

        1. Destiny : Ultimate

          Heheehe :))

      2. Divaker

        Nhi smj aaya mere

        1. Destiny : Ultimate

          Ambika mam ne niche explain Kiya..wo dekh lo

  2. $~$PrAdeEP$K$~$~$

    mam…..thanks a lottttt…:))

  3. Destiny : Ultimate

    Thanku mam :)))

  4. Sachin Shukla

    13/15 thankuuu:)))

  5. Player

    However recent statements by the nation’s policy-makers indicate that the perception of this issue is changing. ‘Brain bank’ and not ‘brain drain’ is the more appropriate idea, they suggest since the expertise of Indians abroad is only deposited in other places and not lost.
    (A) Announcement, opinion, graduates, put
    (B) Declaration, acuity, students, placed
    (C) Report, belief, scholars, dropped
    (D) Assertion, discernment, learner, lifted
    (E) No correction required
    View Answer

    C option is not appropriate here ???
    since the expertise of Indians abroad is only deposited in other places and not lost…………….deposited ???

    1. Ambika

      if we take C then for report there should be the word indicates ..not indicate so it is not correct one

      1. Player

        hmm thanku 🙂

  6. Ab Cd

    A,B,C do the work in 10,20,30 days respectively.they started work together.after ‘h’ days A leave the work.A’s work delivered to B. B leave the work 12 days before completing the work remaining work is done by C.What is the value of ‘h’ and who worked more.???
    a.1
    b.2
    c.3
    d.5
    e.None.

    1. $~$PrAdeEP$K$~$~$

      h(a+b+c) +(h-12)(b+c) +12c =1
      h(11/60)+(h-12)5/60 +12/30 =1
      16h/60-1+12/30=1
      16h/60=2-2/5
      =>16h/60 =8/5=>h =6
      so ans is e

  7. PHENOMENAL

    thanx for the new pattern 🙂

  8. Jeetesh Chandra

    13/15..

  9. MAYANK BHARADWAJ100%

    thks

  10. NAZRIYA

    thanq mam

  11. Soumyadip.

    11 correct.4 wrong

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