English Test for LIC AAO Prelims Exam Set – 6

Directions(1-5): In each question, a sentence is given followed by a blank. Each blank is followed by three options and you have to determine which option can be used in place of blank to make it a meaningful sentence and mark it as your answer.

1. Twelve miles up the A404 in High Wycombe, the picture was even starker: housing developments __________ at speed around a town centre in which any civic pride seemed to have all but evaporated. There were as many vacant shops as I have seen in places that are outwardly much more deprived. The local MP is Steve Baker, the self-styled “Brexit hard man”, who seems happy to chase his revolutionary dreams and immerse himself in Tory infighting, even as his political backyard decays.
   a. clambering up
   b. going up
   c. hitting the dirt
   Both a & b
   Both b & c
   Both c & a
   Only a
   All are Correct
   Option A
   

    

2. With Brexit eating the Tories up, any notion of how to address such modern issues as the state of local public services, the migration of consumer spending online or our awful public transport now seems to be beyond their collective grasp; by way of ideas, all they have to cling on to is the old ideal of the property-owning democracy, which has long since __________ people under 40, and thus proved to be not very democratic at all.
   a. chew the cud
   b. keep out
   c. shut out
   Both a & b
   Both b & c
   Both c & a
   Only b
   All are Correct
   Option B
   

    

3. In both towns, many people I spoke to on either side of the Brexit divide were weary and exasperated by the parliamentary pantomime, and so keen for it all to quieten down that many of them seemed open to settling for whatever compromise the politicians could __________ with. What they were most comfortable talking about was what might happen to their immediate surroundings – and, by extension, the future of the country as seen from the perspective of everyday life.
   a. come up
   b. go forth
   c. crop up
   Both a & b
   Both b & c
   Both c & a
   Only c
   All are Correct
   Option C
   

    

4. This has never been a big deal, given his famous agreeableness, his easygoing manner, and his much-touted common touch. For a guy who sometimes comes across more like an overgrown puppy than a potential commander-in-chief, it might even have seemed an asset to __________ and show a little spine. But over the last week, after eight women have accused Biden of inappropriate touching, aka handsiness, his no-apology stance has turned into a very big deal.
   a. not retreat
   b. stand his ground
   c. stand up against the insult
   Both a & b
   Both b & c
   Both c & a
   Only a
   All are Correct
   Option E
   

    

5. A good way for Biden to start making a more favourable impression would be to reconsider that no-apology thing. It’s not impossible, as can be seen in Bernie Sanders’s recent apology for a hostile environment toward women in his 2016 campaign. All Biden has to say is that he’s sorry for making women uncomfortable. This is not a guilty plea or even a reversal of what he’s previously said; rather, it’s an acknowledgment that regardless of what he meant to do, women __________ feeling badly and he regrets that he caused this to happen.
   a. wind up
   b. turn out to be
   c. ended up
   Both a & b
   Both b & c
   Both c & a
   Only b
   All are Correct
   Option B
   

    

Directions(6-10): 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.

A. Two of the MGP’s three MLAs in the Assembly joined the BJP. One of them, Manohar Ajgaonkar, was appointed Deputy Chief Minister hours later, replacing Sudin Dhavalikar, the third MGP lawmaker.
B. The split of the MGP and the merger of the splinter group with the BJP were all carried out in the dead of night, with Speaker Michael Lobo working his office through odd hours as if it were a national emergency.
C. The drama of government-formation and Cabinet shuffle amid shifts in political allegiance in Goa serves as a reminder of the dark shadows of manoeuvre and intrigue that lurk within Indian democracy.
D. In this post-2014 phase, the BJP has been unabashed about targeting its allies, as its partner in Goa, the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, found out last week.
E. The breakaway faction constituted a two-thirds majority in the MGP legislature party, which just might safeguard the manoeuvre from the anti-defection provisions of the law.
F. Goa politics has for long been an arena of overnight desertion and defection. But the death of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar earlier last month, and the midnight swearing-in of Pramod Sawant, came against the backdrop of the ruling BJP’s aggressively expansionary phase.

6. Which of the following sentences should be the SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement?
   A
   B
   C
   E
   F
   Option B
   C-F-D-A-E-B

    

7. Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST after rearrangement?
   A
   B
   C
   E
   F
   Option C
   C-F-D-A-E-B

    

8. Which of the following sentences should be the FIFTH after rearrangement?
   A
   B
   C
   D
   E
   Option E
   C-F-D-A-E-B

    

9. Which of the following sentences should be the SECOND after rearrangement?
   A
   B
   C
   E
   F
   Option E
   C-F-D-A-E-B

    

10. Which of the following sentences should be the THIRD after rearrangement?
    B
    C
    E
    D
    F
    Option D
    C-F-D-A-E-B