ENGLISH QUIZ (25 SEP 2014)
English Quiz
1) Contrary to popular opinion, bats are not generally_________ and rabid; most of them are shy and _____.
(1) dangerous …. harmless (2) pernicious …. diffident
(3) aggressive …. innocuous (4) contumacious …. nascent
(5) violent …. retiring
2) Anyone who is absolutely _____ and sensible is _____; so too is anyone who is completely confident and too certain about everything, at every occasion, everywhere.
(1) untainted . . . . irrational
(2) carefree . . . . charming
(3) ethical . . . . exalted
(4) scrupulous . . . . winsome
(5) calm . . . . unusual
3) By persuading ourselves that we can achieve _____ through unrestrained consumption and luxury, we are deceived into ____ our bejewelled freedom for the glass beads of conformity.
(1) success . . . . bartering (2) contentment . . . . renouncing
(3) happiness . . . . sacrificing (4) freedom . . . . surrendering
(5) satisfaction . . . . befriending
4) Social circumstances that _____ the individuals’ impulses and deny them expressions are those conditions which also injure them and ____ their efforts.
(1) stifle . . . undermine (2) tarnish . . . destroy
(3) discourage . . . endanger (4) silence . . . harm (5) thwart . . . accommodate
5) Far from living as _____ in the world as the leaf that moves with the ripples of a stream, the _____ is dedicated to an appalling life-long war against inner spirit and life, with destruction and misery guaranteed.
(1) harmoniously . . . hedonist (2) flexibly . . . provincial
(3) progressively . . . saviour (4) cohesively . . . sceptic
(5) flippantly . . . misogamist
6) Modern men and women who insist that they feel completely _____ in their work, are in fact, acknowledging the triumph of _____, which lies in the crushing of all experience of conflict.
(1) bound . . . eccentricity (2) secure . . . conformity
(3) sedulous . . . conventionality (4) engrossed . . . rebellion
(5) committed . . . routine
7) The telecom minister had been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam,which resulted in a loss of about $1.7 trillion to the exchequer.
1) had been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam, which resulted
2) has been indicted in the 2G spectrum scam by the Supreme court, which resulted
3) has been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam, which resulted
4) is indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam that resulted
5) has been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam, resulting
8) Public companies will be required to raise their governance game if they want to be able to compete against private firms.
1) Public companies will be required to raise their governance game if they want to be able to compete against private firms
2) Public companies should raise their governance game if they wish to compete with private firms
3) Public companies would need to raise their governance game if they wish to compete against private firms
4) Public companies have to need to raise their governance game if they are to be in competition with private firms
5) Public companies will need to raise their governance game if they are to compete with private firms
9) It’s very important for CEOs, board members, and other nonfinancial executives to internalize the principles of value creation because doing it allows them to make independent, courageous, and even unpopular business decisions.
1) because doing it allows them to make independent, courageous, and even unpopular business decisions
2) because doing that allows them to make independent, courageous, but even unpopular business decisions
3) because doing so allows them to make independent, courageous, and even unpopular business decisions
4) because doing so allow him to make independent, courageous, and even unpopular business decisions
5) because doing these allows them to make independent, courageous, as well as unpopular business decisions
10) Though the concert had been enjoyable, it was protracted overly.
1) it was overly protracted 2) it overly protracted
3) it protracted overly 4) it got protracted overly
5) it has got protracted overly
ANSWERS
1. 3 2. 5 3. 3 4. 1 5. 1 6. 2 7. 3 8. 5 9. 3 10. 1
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