Test English-26

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 2:
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.

1.

A. The material, which during the Cold War was spread across northern latitudes by high-altitude winds, is still being redistributed far and wide by forest fires, researchers say.
B. Scientists use a worldwide network of sensors to ensure compliance with the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
C. A sensitive instrument installed in the Canadian Arctic to monitor fallout from modern nuclear tests has detected small amounts of radioactive cesium produced by bomb tests decades ago.
D. While some devices are on the lookout for the telltale seismic vibrations generated by nuclear tests, others sniff the air for radioactive fallout

a. CABD
b. ABCD
c. BDCA
d. BDAC
Ans: a

2.

A. contends theoretical physicist Ulf Leonhardt of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland,
B. "In principle, it's possible to make cloaking devices,"
C. In recent studies, several teams have proposed rigid shells or walls—invisibility shields—that would interact with electromagnetic radiation in new ways
D. speaking for a growing number of researchers.

a. DCBA
b. BADC
c. BACD
d. CDAB
Ans: d

Direction for question number 3 & 4:
The passage given below is followed by a set of four questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was a seminal genomic technology discovered, developed, and patented in an industry setting. Since the first of its core patents expired in March, 2005 we can view the entire lifespan of the patent, examining how the intellectual property rights have impacted its use in the biomedical community. Given its essential role in the world of molecular biology and its commercial success, the technology serves as a case study for evaluating if patenting biological research tools impedes biomedical research. Case description Following its discovery, the technique was subjected to two years of in-house development, during which issues of inventorship and publishing/patenting strategies caused friction between members of the development team. Some have feared that this delay impeded subsequent research and may have been due to trade secrecy or the desire for obtaining lucrative intellectual property rights. However, our analysis of the history indicates that the main reasons for the delay were benign and were primarily due to difficulties in perfecting the PCR technique. Following this initial development period, the technology was made widely available, but was subject to strict licensing terms and patent protection, leading to an extensive litigation history. Discussion and evaluation PCR has earned approximately $2 billion in royalties for the various rights-holders while also becoming an essential research tool. However, using citation trend analysis, we are able to see that PCRs patented status did not preclude it from being adopted in a similar manner as other non-patented genomic research tools (specifically, pBR322 cloning vector and Maxam-Gilbert sequencing).

3. From the above passage it can be said that

a. patenting of genomic research tools need not impede its dissemination
b. patenting of genomic research tools need impede its dissemination
c. patenting of genomic research tools can not impede its dissemination
d. patenting of genomic research tools can impede its dissemination
Ans: a

4. Despite the heavy patent protection and rigid licensing schemes, PCR seems to have disseminated so widely because

a. Of the practices of the corporate entities, which have controlled that patents
b. Of the researchers, who had continued working on the project after the initial setbacks
c. Of the Demand of the time
d. Cant be determined
Ans: a

Direction for question number 5 and 7 For each of the words below a context is provided. From the alternatives given pick the word or phrase that is closet in meaning in the given context

5. OPPROBRIUM : The police officer appears oblivious to the opprobrium generated by his blatantly partisan conduct

a. harsh criticism
b. acute distrust
c. bitter enmity
d. stark oppressiveness
Ans: a

6. PROTEND : It appears to many the US ‘war on terrorism’ portends trouble in the Gulf.

a. introduces
b. evokes
c. spells
d. bodes
Ans: d

7. PERVARICATE : When a videotape of her meeting was played back to her and she was asked to explain her presence there , she started prevaricating .

a. Speaking evasively
b. speaking violently
c. Lying furiously
d. Throwing a tatrum
Ans: a

Direction for question number 8 to 9:
Choose the word, which is most similar to the capitalized word among the given four options

8. RESTIVE : The crowd became restive when the minister failed to appear even by 10 pm.

a. Violent
b. angry
c. restless
d. distressed
Ans: c

9. OSTENSIBLE : Manohar's ostensible job was to guard the building at night

a. Apparent
b. Blatant
c. Ostentatious
d. Insidious
Ans: a

Direction for question number 10 to 15:
Choose the correct answer from the given 4 options

10. Hours of driving laid ahead of us

a. Laid
b. have lain
c. lay
d. has lay
Ans: c

11. By the time we get to the picnic area, the rain will stop

a. will stop
b. shall stop
c. will have stopped
d. shall have stopped
Ans: c

12. If Judy would not have missed the deadline, the yearbook delivery would have been on time

a. had not missed
b. wouldn't have missed
c. would have not missed
d. the subversion of whatever they actually believe in concomitantly
Ans: a

13. Only after I went home did I remember my dental appointment

a. went home
b. had went home
c. had gone home
d. gone home
Ans: c

14 The book lay open at page 77.

a. lay open
b. laid open
c. lied open
d. lain open
Ans: d

15. I wish I read the chapter before I tried to answer the questions.

a. read the chapter
b. would read the chapter
c. could have read the chapter
d. had read the chapter
Ans: d