English Test for NIACL AO Prelims Exam Set – 4

Directions(1-5): In the passage given below there are 5 blanks. Every blank has four alternative words given in options (A),(B),(C), and (D). You have to tell which word is APPROPRIATE according to the context. If all are appropriate then mark your answer as ā€œEā€.

The sentencing of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to five years of ___1___ imprisonment by a special judgeā€™s court in Dhaka on charges of corruption has upended politics in an election year. Her arrest and possible disqualification from contesting ā€” unless higher courts decide otherwise ā€” has ___2___ a political crisis for her Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and equally a challenging opportunity for the ruling Awami League. The BNP is entirely dependent for leadership on the Zia family. With Ms. Ziaā€™s son Tarique Rahman, who has been named the acting chairperson of the party, in exile in London after being ___3___ in another corruption case in 2016, the BNP is caught in a bind. Elections are scheduled for December 2018, and even before Ms. Ziaā€™s conviction the party was struggling. The BNP had boycotted the previous elections in 2014, practically allowing the Awami League a walkover. It was, in ___4___, a questionable strategy. Since 2014 the BNP has suffered significant erosion in its organisation. Besides Ms. Zia being ___5___ in dozens of corruption cases, party activists have also been hauled up in several cases. Ms. Zia is expected to appeal the judgment, and could be eligible to contest elections after release on bail ā€” but the conviction will weigh heavily on her partyā€™s fortunes.

  1. lenient
    rigorous
    compensate
    pliant
    All are Correct
    Option B

     

  2. expunged
    terminated
    created
    shattered
    All are Correct
    Option C

     

  3. acquitted
    exonerated
    pardoned
    convicted
    All are Correct
    Option D

     

  4. hindsight
    attention
    circumspection
    foretoken
    All are Correct
    Option A

     

  5. simplified
    embroiled
    extricated
    queued
    All are Correct
    Option B

     

  6. Directions(6-10): In each of the following questions a passage is given in which there is a blank. Choose the most logical and appropriate option from the five options given that can be filled in the blank.

  7. The current queen of gracious divorcees is Anna Faris, who __________ her happiness about ex-husband Chris Prattā€™s engagement to Katherine Schwarzenegger on Instagram this week, saying, ā€œIā€™m so happy for you both!!ā€ before offering to perform the wedding ceremony herself (ostensibly a genuine proposition, given that she is an ordained minister).
    a. poured out
    b. sent out
    c. spilled over

    Both a & b
    Both b & c
    Both c & a
    Only a
    None of these
    Option C

     

  8. I was 11 when my parents separated. A ā€œbad ageā€, people sometimes say, in that sagacious tone, when the topic __________. It rarely does any more, because to have divorced parents is unexceptional these days.
    a. crops up
    b. comes up
    c. go forth

    Both a & b
    Both b & c
    Both c & a
    Only b
    None of these
    Option A

     

  9. On some level, this is difficult to admit. A part of me feels that itā€™s somehow babyish to lay your mental health problems at the door of your parentsā€™ divorce: ā€œI am this way because my parents separated 20 years ago.ā€ Perhaps Iā€™ve internalised the snowflake narrative, the emphasis on ā€œresilienceā€. You just __________ with it, donā€™t you? Each person has his or her sadnesses to bear.
    a. get off
    b. move on
    c. get on

    Both a & b
    Both b & c
    Both c & a
    Only c
    None of these
    Option B

     

  10. I first came out in my early 40s, following a destructive affair with a colleague. __________ was not nearly as stressful as recovering from the affair, or the period surrounding it during which I questioned and eventually began to understand my sexuality. I had been married for 15 years to the father of my children, and the changes these realisations brought about were complicated and challenging to navigate.
    a. Shifting away
    b. Coming out
    c. Melting off

    Both a & b
    Both b & c
    Both c & a
    Only b
    None of these
    Option D

     

  11. I remember meeting for lunch at a mateā€™s work, arriving in tears and making him sit with me while I tried (unsuccessfully) for a couple of hours to workshop whether I had always been gay but had been hiding it from myself, or whether something had suddenly changed. I had no memories of __________ to women in my earlier life.
    a. being attracted
    b. likely to attract
    c. is attracting

    Both a & b
    Both b & c
    Both c & a
    Only a
    None of these
    Option D

     


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