Test English-25

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 & 2:
Choose the correct words, which completes the sentences correctly.

People from poorer backgrounds are more unhealthy and die earlier than the rich, according a study measuring the link between health and wealth. Poorer people in their fifties were 10 times more likely to die ___Q1___ than those who are richer, the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) said. That was despite an "even distribution in the quality of healthcare between different wealth groups", the IFS said. The poor often have to stop work early due to ill health, the group added. For two years, researchers at the IFS and the University of London followed the lives of nearly 9,000 people in England born before 1952. The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) focused on areas including health, work, spending, receipt of healthcare, social participation and ___Q2___ ability. The study examined how each of these areas varies according to an individual's level of wealth.

1.

a. earlier
b. prior
c. later
d. before
Ans: a

2.

a. Punitive
b. cognitive
c. sanative
d. emptive
Ans: b

Direction for question number 3 to 6:
The passage given below is followed by a set of four questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question

Should some of these invisibility techniques ultimately succeed, even in a limited way, they're likely to have practical applications.

If they lead to invisibility across a broad band of visible wavelengths for substantial objects, such as people or vehicles, the consequences could be enormous. Humankind could realize dreams dating back millennia: the ultimate level of spying, hiding, invading, and so on. That's assuming that the rigid, metamaterial shells or other needed equipment aren't too cumbersome to tote around.

These dreams may, in part, explain the funding for Pendry's and Engheta's teams from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a part of the Defense Department that promotes research into cutting-edge technologies that sometimes prove to be more fiction than fact. Also of considerable interest to the military—and much closer to fruition—are proposed invisibility shields against longer wavelengths, such as the microwaves used in radar. While the shield that Smith's group expects to construct within 6 months will hide only small objects, Pendry says that shields big enough to hide aircraft hangars from radar are possible.

Because of the greater challenges of rerouting visible light, however, Pendry cautions that shells for that portion of the electromagnetic spectrum are unlikely any sooner than 5 years from now. The prospects for plasmonic coatings and superlens cloaking depend ultimately on whether the approaches will work for large objects. A use of superlens cloaking could be to reveal areas inside an object by putting part of it in an invisibility zone. "Our [approach] presents the possibility that an object can be half cloaked," Milton says, although that wouldn't apply to living matter because its parts move.

Even if the techniques don't extend to large objects, plasmonic coatings might still have practical value in several areas. In near-field scanning optical microscopy, for instance, an observer views a detailed image of a nanoscale object by positioning a minuscule probe beside it. Plasmonic coatings might render the intrusive probe invisible, Engheta suggests. Plasmonic particles might also serve as ingredients of antiglare coatings, he adds. Moreover, both those coatings and superlenses might offer new ways to shield electronic or optical devices from disruptive radiation or from eavesdropping.

Whether scientists have something to teach the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft remains to be seen. However, there's little doubt, says Leonhardt, that the recent theorizing will open "a new box of tools for optical and electrical engineering." "When you do that," he asserts, "it will have an impact."

3. According to the above passage which of the following is not true

a. Should some of these invisibility techniques ultimately succeed , then Humankind could realize dreams dating back millennia
b.Even if the techniques don't extend to large objects, plasmatic coatings shall have practical value in several areas.
c. The prospects for plasmonic coatings and superlens cloaking depend ultimately on whether the approaches will work for large objects
d. Plasmonic particles might also serve as ingredients of antiglare coatings
Ans: b


4. which of the following can be the best title for the paragraph

a. Get real
b. Plasmonic & its effect
c. Visualizing invisibility
d. way ahead
Ans: a

5. what is the meaning of the word plasmonic

a. Autolab SPR Instruments Measuring Biomolecular Interactions
b. an ingredients of antiglare coatings used for superlenses
c. The aggregate of cytoplasmic or extranuclear genetic material in an organism.
d. none of the above
Ans: c

6. The above passage is taken from

a. a research paper
b. a news paper
c. a technical journal
d. cant be said
Ans: c

Direction for question number 7 to 11:
Choose the correct answer from the given 4 options

7. Which is NOT CORRECT?

a. You really ought to call your wife. She must be worried.
b. Let's leave at seven. The traffic ought to be better by then.
c. You should wear a jacket and tie to the interview. And you should shave.
d. The policeman says I may pay a fine because I was driving too fast.
Ans: d

8. Which is CORRECT?

a. Now were getting back to the point
b. The terrorists got away the police.
c. Your cousin stay at home too much; she should get out once in a while.
d. The noisy group of school children got on the bus.
Ans: d

9. Which is CORRECT?

a. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em
b. If you didn't know, why you said that?
c. If I were rich, I'll open a business.
d. If at first you don't succeed, to try, to try again.
Ans: a

10. Which is CORRECT?

a. Money makes the world go 'round.
b. It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, but how you are playing the game.
c. Money does talk
d. Money aren't everything
Ans: a

11. Fill in the blank: When you bought the book, ______

a. did you know it was wrote by Thomas Kuhn?
b. did you already see the movie?
c. had already you read that author's other books?
d. did you already know the author?
Ans: d

Direction for question number 12 to 15:
For each of the words below a contextual usage is provided from the alternatives given, pick the word or phrase that is closed in meaning in the given context.

12.

A. Following an introduction to diabetes and a discussion of the burgeoning diabetes epidemic, the paper profiles the types, complications, causes, treatments and prevention strategies.
B. This paper provides an overview and analysis of diabetes, a serious, chronic metabolic disorder, which causes significant morbidity and mortality.
C. It is argued that diabetes is one of the most significant and challenging health problems of the early 21st century and that one of the biggest barriers to addressing this problem is people’s lack of understanding of the disease and its management.
D. Includes a FREE annotated bibliography. KEYWORDS: diabetes prevention diabetes causes etiology diabetes treatment diabetes epidemic disease management

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

13.

A. But the company said it expected to see a recovery across its businesses in the final six months of the year.
B. Under the terms of the joint venture, Samsung will make LCD panels for 50 inch flat screen TVs following a "significant" increase in demand.
C. It also unveiled a $1.9bn deal to make LCD display screens for Sony of Japan.
D. Samsung said it made 1.51 trillion won ($1.59bn; £864m) in the three months to the end of June, compared with 1.69 trillion won last year.

a. DACB
b. DCBA
c. CBDA
d. BADC
Ans: a

14.

A. Smoking is to blame for half of the difference in male death rates between men in the top and bottom social classes, say international researchers.
B. In England, Wales, the US, Canada and Poland, men of lower social class, income or education have a two-fold increased risk of dying earlier.
C. More than half of this involved differences in smoking-related death risk, they found.
D. Experts said the Lancet study showed the impact stopping smoking could have.

a. ABCD
b. BCDA
c. CDAB
d. DABC
Ans: a

15.

A .The findings are disturbing for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the link between pesticide exposure and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a malignancy whose incidence has exploded during recent years
B. However, many of those herbicides can pose substantial health risks to people, pets, and wildlife, which is why laws prescribe how some of these chemicals are handled in fields.
C. A study now finds that trace quantities of such agricultural chemicals nonetheless find their way into consumers' homes—not on the fruits and vegetables they buy but probably by hitchhiking on dust.
D. U.S. agriculture has developed a heavy reliance on chemicals to safeguard crops from yield-robbing weeds.

a. CADB
b. ACBD
c. DBCA
d. CBAD
Ans: c