Test 2
English Language
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Instructions
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The test consists of multiple-choice questions (MCQs).
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Each question has four options, out of which only one is correct.
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For each correct answer, one mark will be awarded.
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For each incorrect answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted.
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No marks will be given for unanswered questions.
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The test has a timer. If the time is up, your answers will be automatically submitted.
Q. 1
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P : But the scenario has quite changed now-a-days by allocating a special budget of funds for security.
Q : In the last ten years, budget towards the development of military forces is higher when compared to others.
R : India earlier days gave more importance to the development of industry and less importance to other departments.
S : This is because of the frightening increase in terrorism all around the world especially emerging after the 9/11 terror attack in U.S.
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Q. 2
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P : Yet making loans to poor people is hardly a Poverty cure.
Q : Segmenting the industry, might be worth while if it allows more of the poor to get access to credit.
R : Multinational corporations could take the top microfinance institutions to the next level, and the remainder could take the responsibility of development groups and regional banks.
S : Property rights and the role of law matter too.
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Q. 3
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P : The recent reduction in interest rates in the US and the injection of liquidity have resulted in investors seeking new avenues such as commodity markets, in view of the turbulence in financial markets and the low returns in treasuries.
Q : The relatively easy liquidity and low interest rates, by themselves, make holding of inventories attractive and thus induce volatility in commodity markets.
R : The financialisation of commodity trade and current extraordinary conditions in global financial markets could have influenced the spurt in prices.
S : The weakening of the US dollar is also advanced as a reason for the recent volatility in commodity markets, including food items.
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Q. 4
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P : While the Soviet Government bought grain and other foreign consumer goods to be sold in domestic markets at heavily subsidized rates, Russia rejected socialism.
Q : The oil industry was the prime target of a sweeping privatization drive launched after the break-up of the Soviet Union.
R : The Russian government has failed to do for its people even a fraction of what the Soviet Union, with twice the population, did with the revenue generated from oil.
S : However, not all Russian have been rolling in oil wealth.
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Q. 5
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P- For however elusively, it still knew of harbours and anchors, of homes to which to return, and of barns in which to store the harvest.
Q- The works of the early Renaissance and the poetry of Shakespeare vibrate with the compassion for live experience in danger of dying from exposure and neglect.
R-Yes, it was a genius of courage, not of desperate audacity.
S- In this compassion was the creative genius of the age.
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Q. 6
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P- On the earth, liquid forms and solid forms (ice/snow) predominate.
Q- The water cycle has two distinct branches the atmospheric branch and the terrestrial branch.
R- Water plays a versatile role in the functioning of the biosphere.
S- In the atmospheric, water exists mainly in gaseous form.
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Q. 7
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P : Most of them are combinations of hydrogen and carbon in varying proportions.
Q : Crude mineral oil comes out of the earth as a thick brown or black liquid with a strong smell.
R : It is a complex mixture of many different substances, each with it's own individual qualities.
S : Such hydrocarbons are also found in other forms such as bitumen, asphalt and natural gas.
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Q. 8
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P : It isn't bragging about how great you are.
Q : It's not about thinking you're perfect beca use nobody is but knowing that you're worthy of being love and accepted.
R : Self esteem is how much you value yourself and how important you think you are.
S : It's how you see yourself and feel about your achievements.
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Q. 9
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P- When the robber was near her bed, she stood up suddenly, 'brandishing the knife.
Q- One night the robber did enter her room but Lakshmi did not make any sound.
R- She just kept a tight hold of the knife and pretended to be sound asleep.
S- The robber was taken aback and with a loud cry, he ran out.
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Q. 10
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P- They never desert us even when all fair weather friends have deserted us.
Q- Books are never failing friends.
R- They dispel the dark clouds of gloom from our minds and increase our happiness if we are already happy.
S- Through the ages, the scriptures and other great books have provided, immeasurable solace to the wounded and strife torn humanity.
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Q. 11
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P- The magnitude of the interdependence depends on the technique of production causing the shifts in the food supply curve.
Q- Interdependence of food and labour market is important for the development process.
R- Similarly, an upward shift in the food supply curve shifts up the food demand curve.
S-An upward shift in the food supply curve would simultaneously result in an upward shift in the labour demand curve.
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Q. 12
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P- And if I think about something which didn't happen I start thinking about all the other things which didn't happen.
Q- But there is only ever one thing which happened at a particular time and a particular place.
R-And there are an infinite number of things which didn't happen at that time and that place.
S-A lie is when you say something happened which didn't happen.
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Q. 13
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P : This is despite the fact that there is a rampant migration of rural families to urban centres.
Q : Generally the gains of being a unit of the urban population are less than the disadvantages and risks that are inbuilt in the urban life.
R : Rural population still dominates the urban population as far as the number is considered.
S : India is a country of villages.
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Q. 14
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P : It has been the handmaid of the ruling class.
Q : Therefore, ever since the dawn of civilization , persons in power have always tried to supervise or control education.
R : Education is an instrument which imparts knowledge and therefore, indirectly controls power.
S : It is an old saying that knowledge is power.
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Q. 15
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P- When the game of life is finally over there is no second chance to correct our errors.
Q- Time is the greater equalizer of all mankind.
R- Time offers opportunity but demands a sense of regard.
S- It has taken away the best and the worst of us without regard of either.
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Q. 16
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P- It would be better to speak of uniformities of nature.
Q- Law of nature are not commands but statements off acts.
R This would do away with elementary fallacy that a law imp lies a law given.
S- The use of the word law in this context is rather unfortunate.
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Q. 17
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P : For one, very few entrepreneurs are willing to take on a new outsource, unless it comes with a guarantee of a certain level of sales.
Q : This invariably acts as an incentive for outsources to be lax in developing the business.
R : Despite being the dominant partner in the relationship, the outsourcer doesn't always have all the advantages.
S : The trade refers to it as the minimum guarantee clause, which means that if a outsourcee is unable to reach an anticipated sales level, he will be compensated for the balance amount.
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Q. 18
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P : And the victims are likely to be the poorest of the poor as well as the very sources of water- rivers, wetlands and aquifers.
Q : In India, water conflicts are likely to worsen before they begin to be resolved.
R : Till then they pose a significant threat to economic growth, security and health of the ecosystem.
S : Water is radically altering and affecting political boundaries all over world, between as well as within countries.
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Q. 19
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P : When all the credit worthy people were given loans to a logical limit, they ceased to be a part of the market.
Q : Even this would have been understandable if it could work as an eye opener.
R : Owing to the materialistic culture elsewhere, it was possible to keep selling newer products to the consumers despite having existing ones which served equally well.
S : They were lured through advertising and marketing techniques of 'dustbinisation' of the customer; and then finally, once they became ready customers, they were given loans and credits to help them by more and more.
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Q. 20
The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P : He was a funny looking man with a high, bald, done shaped head, a face very small in comparison and a long wavy beard.
Q : He didn't work at his trade-a stonecutter, more than what was necessary to keep his wife and three boys alive.
R : His unusual features were standing a joke among his friends.
S : He was a poor man-an idler.
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