Test English-24

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:
For each of the words below a contextual usage is provided from the lternatives given, pick the word or phrase that is closed in meaning in the given context.

1. MAVERICK: The maverick police officer got into trouble with the department for using unconventional and disagreeable to track down criminals

a. honest
b. rebellious
c. pragmatic
d. workaholic
Ans: b

Direction for question number 2 to 7:
Select the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

2.

A. Cuban dissidents kept a low profile while watching for signs of Castro's condition.
B. Businesses remained open and workers rallied in support of their ailing leader, who temporarily handed power to his brother after surgery.
C. Raul Castro, the island's acting president, was nowhere to be seen as Cubans began to worry about what comes next and exiles in Miami celebrated a development they hoped signaled the death of a dictator.
D. Cuba's Communist government tried to impose a sense of normalcy Tuesday, its first day in 47 years without Fidel Castro in charge

a. DBCA
b. CADB
c. DBAC
d. BCAD
Ans: a

3.

A. Bear Stearns analyst Joseph Buckley said the same-store sales in the United States and Canada were at the low end of the 2 percent to 3 percent growth he had anticipated.
B.Burger King's same-store sales have been up 2.3 percent or less in four of the last five quarters, which "raises concerns about how much traction the turnaround effort has," Buckley wrote in a research note. He rates the shares "peer perform." C. Shares of Burger King were down $2.15 at $13.10 in afternoon trade after sliding as low as $12.41.
D. Burger King sold 25 million shares at $17.00 per share in its initial public offering in May, raising $425 million. Now, that stake is worth just $327.5 million, down 23 percent.

a. BACD
b. ABCD
c. DCBA
d. DCAB
Ans: b

4.

A. Ten years ago, the founders of the company, an HR consulting firm and insurance provider, decided that heavyweight titles would lend credibility to their new venture and help land customers.
B. And with cash tight, doling out a few lofty titles served as a low-cost way to attract smart employees -- and keep them around.
C. In the early days, Employco played fast and loose with job titles.
D. A company isn't a company without a CIO, they figured.

a. BDAC
b. ACBD
c. ACDB
d. CADB
Ans: d

5.

A. You will be expected to provide more supporting details for each point of analysis than are required in informal journal entries.
B. Reread the literary work, or relevant portions of it if it is long, and make notes on all details relating to your topic that you might add to your paper.
C. Or use the worksheet given below to get feedback on your topic before writing the paper.
D. It may be helpful first to submit a journal entry with a short discussion of your potential topic, or a "brainstorming" list of ideas and details that could be used in a paper on a topic you are exploring.

a. ACDB
b. DCBA
c. DCAB
d. DBAC
Ans: b

6.

A. But it soon became apparent that what seemed like a cost-saving move came with a price tag.
B. Not only did many vice presidents and senior managers prove to be unqualified for their jobs, employees began to comb the Internet to find out what people with similar titles were being paid.
C. HR pros call it "overtitling," and Employco is far from the only company that's been stung by it.
D. The practice became widespread when the economy floundered in 2000 and cash-strapped companies began handing out flashy titles in lieu of raises or bonuses.

a. CDAB
b. ADBC
c. DABC
d. ACBD
Ans: a

7.

A. Avoid empty sentences such as, "In this essay I intend to discuss the differences and similarities in two poems."
B. The reader knows this is your essay and these are your ideas; repeated references to your own process of thinking and writing are awkward
C. You may begin with general background on the subject, but don't be too general or vague or obvious.
D. and unnecessary, so instead state your precise ideas directly and support them well.

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

Direction for question number 8 to 9:
The passage given below is followed by a set of four questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question

GOES satellites provide the kind of continuous monitoring necessary for intensive data analysis. They circle the Earth in a geosynchronous orbit, which means they orbit the equatorial plane of the Earth at a speed matching the Earth's rotation. This allows them to hover continuously over one position on the surface. The geosynchronous plane is about 35,800 km (22,300 miles) above the Earth, high enough to allow the satellites a full-disc view of the Earth. Because they stay above a fixed spot on the surface, they provide a constant vigil for the atmospheric "triggers" for severe weather conditions such as tornadoes, flash floods, hail storms, and hurricanes. When these conditions develop the GOES satellites are able to monitor storm development and track their movements. GOES satellite imagery is also used to estimate rainfall during the understorms and hurricanes for flash flood warnings, as well as estimates snowfall accumulations and overall extent of snow cover. Such data help meteorologists issue winter storm warnings and spring snow melt advisories. Satellite sensors also detect ice fields and map the movements of sea and lake ice.

8. Which of the following is not stated in the passage?

a. GOES satellites moves at a speed matching the Earth's rotation
b. GOES satellites stay above a fixed spot on the surface.
c. GOES satellites can monitor storm development.
d. GOES are used by meteorologist.
Ans: b

9.Choose a suitable title for the above passage.

a. Geostationary Satellites
b. GOES and its usage
c. Satellites
d. Natural Calamities
Ans: a

Direction for question number 10 to 15:
In each of the following questions, a part of a sentence is left blank. You are to choose from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill the blanks.

10. I am an entertainer ___________ I have to keep smiling because in my heart laughter and sorrow has an affinity.

a. even if I have tears in me
b. even though I am depressed inside
c. while entertaining people
d. in the entertainment business
Ans: b

11. Political power is just as permanent as today's newspaper. Ten years down the line ____________ who the most powerful man in any state was today.

a. who cares
b. nobody will remember what was written in today's newspaper or
c. few will know, or care about
d. when a lot of water will have passed under the bridge, who will care
Ans: b

12. When we call others dogmatic, what we really object to is ______________________

a. their giving the dog a bad name.
b. their holding dogmas that are different from our town.
c. the extremism that goes along with it.
d. the subversion of whatever they actually believe in concomitantly
Ans: b

13. Although it has been more than 50 years since Satyajit Ray made Pather Panchali __________ refuse to go away from the mind.

a. the haunting images
b. its haunting images
c. its haunted images
d. the haunt of its images
Ans: b

14 _______________ the more they remain the same.

a. People all over the world change
b.The more people change
c. The more they are different
d. The less people change
Ans: b

15. The stock markets ___________ The state they are in right now speaks volumes about his fact

a. is the barometer of public confidence.
b. are the best indicators of public sentiment
c. are used to trade in expensive shares
d. are not used to taking stock of all markets
Ans: b