Test English-21

Instructions
1. The test comprises of 15 questions. You should complete the test within 20 minutes.
2. There is only one correct answer to each question.
3. All questions carry four marks each.
4. Each wrong answer will attract a penalty of one mark.

Direction for question number 1 to 5:
Select the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

1.

A. He turned the tournament into a week of healing, talking his father, Rich, into joining him and bringing along his 10-year-old son, Cristian, who watched his father stand on Hoylake’s final green during the trophy ceremony
B. In January, DiMarco won the European Tour’s Abu Dhabi Golf Championship.
C. Last year, he made a 15-foot birdie putt to clinch the Presidents Cup for the United States.
D. DiMarco came to the British Open while still grieving the death of his mother, Norma, who died of a heart attack July 4.

a.BDCA
b.BDAC
c.ACBD
d.CBDA
Ans: d

2.

A. They can capture it with a built-in FM tuner or record audio through a tiny embedded microphone.
B. Sounds can be played back through headphones or transferred to a computer.
C. The one-button recording option is ideal for a lecture or for taking case notes without the need to fumble with an external microphone.
D. Sandisk’s new Sansa e200 MP3 players do more than play music.

a. DACB
b. CBDA
c. CDAB
d. CABD
Ans: a

3.

A. Some of the changes will be phased in over three years.
B. Hospitals will instead see much smaller cuts or even small increases for many of those procedures.
C. The proposals would have cut payments by 20 percent to 30 percent for many complex treatments and new technologies.
D. Doctors, hospitals, consumer groups and members of Congress had said the proposed cuts would be devastating

a.ABCD
b. CBAD
c.DABC
d. BCDA
Ans: b


4.

A. Prosecutors charged Gibson Wednesday with driving under the influence of alcohol.
B. The Associated Press reports he could face up to six months in prison if convicted though it notes first time offenders are often given suspended sentences.
C. Hollywood actor and producer Mel Gibson has been officially charged with drunk driving, nearly a week after he was arrested in California.
D. Gibson was arrested on Friday in Malibu, outside the California city of Los Angeles after being stopped for speeding.

a. CABD
b. ABDC
c. ACBD
d. BDAC
Ans: a

5.

A. Blues boss Jose Mourinho gave Gallas’s No 13 shirt to new signing Michael Ballack.
B. That has escalated the row between Gallas and Chelsea and showdown talks will now take place today but Mourinho insists they will not be bullied into selling him.
C. Gallas’s agent Pierre Frelot was quoted as saying: It’s not possible for them to give Ballack the No 13 shirt without talking to William first.
D. He has been wearing that number for five years and it is the shirt that he expects to be in.

a. CDAB
b. ABCD
c. ABDC
d. CDBA
Ans: b

Direction for question number 6 to 10:
Few numbered paragraphs are given below. If matched properly they will form a coherent article. Read all the paragraphs carefully and arrange them to form that meaningful article.

Paragraph1 It’s tempting to believe that government regulation of the Internet would be more consumer-friendly; history and economics suggest otherwise. The reason is simple: a regulated industry has a far larger stake in regulatory decisions than any other group in society. As a result, regulated companies spend lavishly on lobbyists and lawyers and, over time, turn the regulatory process to their advantage.

Paragraph2 That might sound like a happy ending for the current debate on “network neutrality,” in which Congress is being encouraged to restrain the appetites of the biggest Internet service providers. But it actually describes a similar drama from 1887, when Congress created the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate railroads, the high-tech industry of the day.

Paragraph3 With several promising new technologies on the drawing board, the market for broadband will grow only more competitive. Congress should let the marketplace develop rather than constrain it with regulation. Lawmakers should certainly be mindful of unintended consequences. The Interstate Commerce Commission’s regulations on transportation lingered for decades after their usefulness expired. Any neutrality regulations passed by Congress this year are likely to have a similarly dismal future. Choice and competition will do a better job of protecting Internet consumers than government bureaucrats ever have

Paragraph4 Unfortunately, the story is a cautionary tale. After President Grover Cleveland appointed Thomas M. Cooley, a railroad ally, as its first chairman, the commission quickly fell under the control of the railroads, gradually transforming the American transportation industry into a cartel. By 1935, when it was given oversight of the trucking industry, the commission was restricting competition and enabling price increases throughout virtually the entire surface transportation industry. Decades later, in 1970, a report released by a Ralph Nader group described the commission as “a forum at which transportation interests divide up the national transportation market.”

Paragraph5 AFTER a decade of explosive growth, a revolutionary new technology transforms the American economy. It allows people to communicate and do business across great distances faster than ever before. Critics, however, contend that access is controlled by a few large corporations eager to abuse monopoly power in order to gouge consumers and crush competition. Congress responds by enacting anti-monopoly rules and authorizing regulators to enforce them.

Paragraph6 Of course, incumbent broadband providers do have some limited monopoly powers, and there is cause for concern that they might abuse them. Last fall, the chief executive of AT&T, Ed Whitacre, argued that Internet giants like Google and Microsoft should begin paying for access to his “pipes”— never mind that consumers already pay AT&T for the bandwidth they use to gain access to these services. If broadband providers like AT&T were to begin blocking or degrading the content and services of companies that didn’t pay up, both consumers and the Internet would suffer.

Paragraph7 But enforcing such a “pay to play” scheme might be more challenging than Mr. Whitacre suspects. As every music-downloading student knows, there are myriad ways to evade Internet filtering software. Moreover, an Internet service provider that denies customers access to content risks a serious consumer revolt. Unlike a one-railroad Western town, most broadband customers can choose between cable and D.S.L., and a growing number have access to wireless options as well.

Paragraph8 Economists have dubbed this process “regulatory capture,” and they can point to plenty of examples. The airline industry was a cozy cartel before being deregulated in the 1970’s. Today, government regulation of cable television is the primary obstacle to competition.
Answer the following questions based on above article after rearranging them to form a meaningful article.

6. In the meaningful article the paragraph that will follow paragraph 2 is

a. 1
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
Ans: c

7.The paragraph that precedes paragraph 7 is

a.6
b.8
c.5
d.4
Ans: a

8. Choose a suitable title for the paragraph

a. Entangling the Web
b. Reiterating the Past
c. NO, not again please.
d. Lets stop it
Ans: a

9. Which is the first paragraph of the article?

a. 1
b. 3
c. 5
d. None
Ans: c

10. Which of the following is not true according to the author?

a. AT & T is following the steps of Microsoft.
b. Cartel is as bad as monopoly to the society.
c. The market of broadband will grow at diminishing rate.
d. None of the above.
Ans: c

Select the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

11. Its not easy to believe that government regulation would ever be consumer-friendly. Because

a. After taking the decision, government never follow it properly for the interest of general consumer
b. Regulated companies always find out ways to cheat the consumer.
c. Regulations are always against the competition and so helps only few companies.
d. Regulated companies always find out ways to cheat the policy makers.
Ans: d

Direction for question number 12 to 15:
Given below is a word followed by a set of four sentences If the word fits logically into
One sentence, mark (a) as your answer,
Two sentences, mark (b) as your answer,
Three sentences, mark(c) as your answer,
Four sentences, mark (d) as your answer,

12.

MELT Watch how quickly the material sinks as it ___ its way downward.
These delicious pastries just _____ in your mouth.
The vision of the ship __________ away.
The heart _______ when I heard about his selfless effort.

a. One sentence
b.Two sentences
c. Three sentences
d.Four sentences
Ans: d

13.

POCKET He ______ his pride and accepted help.
I felt ashamed to tell my friends how much ____ money I was getting.
The imposter ______ the diamond ring and walked out.
He _____ us with drinks the whole evening.

a.One sentence
b.Two sentences
c. Three sentences
d. Four sentences
Ans: c

14.

CURRENT A ________ check is not enough, go through it carefully.
The heat made the leaves ______ up.
I want the _______ issue of femina.
The firm has a _______ account in Grindlays

a. One sentence
b.Two sentences
c. Three sentences
d. Four sentences
Ans: b

15.

LINE She tottered on the dividing _____ between sanity and madness.
You will have to toe the ______ or pack up and try another school.
We stared in surprise when she smiled and produced a purse ____ with money.
Her father draws the ______ on her coming in after midnight.

a. One sentence
b. Two sentences
c. Three sentences
d. Four sentences
Ans: d