English - Online Test
Q1. Below in each question are given two statements (A) and (B). The statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or a common cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
(A) Majority of the employees of the manufacturing company received a hefty bonus at the end of the current financial year.
(B) The manufacturing company has made considerable profit in the current financial year.
(B) The manufacturing company has made considerable profit in the current financial year.
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
As the manufacturing company has made considerable profit in the current financial year hence Majority of the employees of the company received a hefty bonus at the end of the current financial year.
Therefore statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is its effect.
Q2. Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, ‘No error’ as the answer.
The individualist feminist tradition (1)/emphasizes individual human rights (2)/ and celebrate women’s quest (3)/ for personal autonomy. (4)/ No error. (5)
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
The sentence talks about individualistic feminist tradition and thus uses all the verbs in singular form except 'celebrate' in the third part. It should be replaced with 'celebrates'.
Q3. “The hold of the nationalist imagination on our colonial past is such that anything inadequately or improperly nationalist is just not history.”
Which of the following statements best reflects the author‟s opinion?
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q4. Few school curricula include a unit on how to deal with bereavement and
grief, and yet all students at some point in their lives suffer from losses
through death and parting.
Based on the above passage which topic would not be included in a unit on
bereavement?
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
The given passage clearly deals with how to deal with bereavement and grief and
so after the tragedy occurs and not about precautions. Therefore, irrespective of
the causes of death, a school student rarely gets into details of causes—which is
beyond the scope of the context. Rest all are important in dealing with grief.
Q5. Choose the grammatically INCORRECT sentence:
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q6. We ____________ our friend’s birthday and we ___________ how to make it up to him.
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q7. The man who is now Municipal Commissioner worked as ____________________.
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q8. Choose the grammatically INCORRECT sentence:
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q9. Below in each question are given two statements (A) and (B). The statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or a common cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
(A) There is a significant drop in the number of people travelling by air during the last quarter.
(B) There is a significant drop in the number of people travelling by long-distance trains during the last quarter.
(B) There is a significant drop in the number of people travelling by long-distance trains during the last quarter.
Answer : Option E
Explaination / Solution:
There is a significant drop in the number of people travelling by air as well as long-distance trains during the last quarter hence both statements are effects of same common cause (unknown).
Q10. Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark ‘No error’ as the answer.
I think sustainability / agenda, energy efficiency/ mobile banking and infrastructure / sharing are important issues. / No Error
Answer : Option E
Explaination / Solution:
The sentence is grammatically and systematically correct.
