English Test for NIACL 2018 Prelim Exam Set – 10

Directions(1-5): Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C), (D) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) ie ‘No correction required’ as the answer.

1. We have similarly come against problems during the course of our work and have solved them.
   similarly come forward
   come across similar
   similarly come round
   to come along similar
   No correction required
   Option B
   

    

2. Before leaving, without you forgetting to compliment them for their good work.
   not forgetting
   you have forgot
   do not forget
   not to forget
   No correction required
   Option C
   

    

3. Thankful to a combined effort we were able to achieve the target.
   Thankful for our
   Thanking the
   Thanks to a
   Thanks through which
   No correction required
   Option C
   

    

4. He is not a paid employee of the school or the government but works for an NGO.
   is a paying
   has been a paying
   is neither a paid
   is not being paid
   No correction required
   Option E
   

    

5. Without a copy of our ration card your application is not been in process.
   has not been process
   is not able to process
   will unlikely be processed
   cannot be processed
   No correction required
   Option D
   

    

Directions (Q.6-10) In the passage given below there are 5 blanks, each followed by a word given in bold. Even blank has four alternative words given in options (1),(2),(3) and (4). You have to tell which word will not suit the respective blank. Mark (5) as your answer if all words are suitable.

Next week marks the 10th anniversary of the Lehman Brothers’ crash, the biggest ever bankruptcy, with demonstrations outside the Bank of England to remind us how little has changed, and no one to blame after a decade of extreme ___6___ , with another such decade threatened. With no reckoning, no ___7___ , onward march the untouchable 1%, leaving a defeated sense that nothing will ever stop this pulling away of the top, as the bottom ___8___ down further. It fosters a bitter, directionless social grudge with a familiar tendency to turn on foreigners, erupting in the self-harm of Brexit. Unrestrained mega-wealth may be a fascinator for gossip, Hello! or gawping at royalty, but it ___9___ support for collective endeavours to repair the social ___10___.

6. prudence
   severity
   austerity
   indulgence
   All are Correct
   Option D
   

    

7. regret
   brazenness
   remorse
   compunction
   All are Correct
   Option B
   

    

8. dives
   rises
   tumbles
   plunges
   All are Correct
   Option B
   

    

9. sours
   sullens
   enhances
   tarts
   All are Correct
   Option C
   

    

10. caprice
    structure
    frame
    fabric
    All are Correct
    Option A