IB ACIO English Exam Pattern 2021:
We can easily see the weightage of the English portion in Tier 1 and Tier 2 of IB ACIO Exam. In Tier-1, it carries 20 marks, Tier-2 is entirely based on the English section. All in all, it weighs a total of 70 marks out of 250 marks, which is 28 percent.
Aspirants need not worry, since we're here to help you plan. Bearing in mind the relevance of the English portion of the IB ACIO Exam, we provide you with a PDF of 50+ English questions and answers for the IB ACIO 2021 exam. All these questions are drawn from some of the most relevant topics from which a maximum number of questions were asked in previous years papers.
50+ English Questions For IB ACIO Exam PDF
Here are a few questions from the PDF to give you a glimpse of the content:
Q.1 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
An urgent need or demand
A. vindication
B. satiety
C. redress
D. exigency
Ans. D
Sol.
- Vindication = prove something was correct
- Satiety = a satisfying feeling
- Redress = a remedy
- Exigency = urgency
- Hence the correct option is D.
Q.2 Complete the given sentence in the most appropriate way (grammatically as well as structurally).
He talked to the nurse for few minutes and _______
A. Told a few words of warning to Colin.
B. Said a few words of warning to Colin.
C. Had told some words of warning to Colin.
D. Had told little words of warning to Colin.
Ans. B
Sol.
- When the verb ‘told’ is used it should be immediately followed by a pronoun or the name of the person and ‘to’ is not used in such cases. Thus, clearly, B is the correct answer.
- The correct tense to be used here is simple past and not past perfect so (iii) and (iv) get eliminated.
- The correct adjective to be used here is ‘a few’ which means ‘some’ and ‘little’ is incorrect here as words are countable nouns.
- Thus, B satisfies all the conditions.
Q.3 Direction: Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
A. There is currently no official statistics of the number of street children in India.
B. Various studies have formulated estimates of certain cities.
C. The primary reason for this is that it is difficult to obtain accurate datas.
D. There are cases of children running from home.
Ans. B
Sol.
- Only sentence B is grammatically correct.
- The error in A is the usage of the word ‘statistics’ in plural form (where it means the study of the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data). It must be used in the singular form ‘statistic’ to make the sentence correct.
- The error in C is the usage of the word ‘datas’ which does not exist. Certain words are used in the same form in singular and plural form like data, furniture etc.
- The error in D is the absence of the preposition ‘away’ after the verb ‘running’. Only the verb ‘running’ does not make any sense but ‘running away’ which means ‘escape from a place, person, or situation’ conveys the correct meaning.
Q.4 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
A style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge
A. Pedantic
B. Ornate
C. Verbose
D. Pompous
Ans. A
Sol.
- Pompous = too serious and full of importance
- Verbose, Ornate and Pedantic are all different styles of writing.
- Verbose is an excessively expressive style of writing. More words are used in this style of writing.
- Ornate, as in ornamental, is a decorative style of writing and uses more complex words.
- While in the pedantic style of writing, the writer uses exact, precise words to write. It is generally used in technical writing.
- Pedantic means giving too much attention to formal rules or small details and displaying one's knowledge. So, the correct answer is "pedantic".
Q.5 In the sentence ‘I turned a deaf ear to the old man’ the word ‘ear’ is:
A. Verb
B. Idiom
C. Conjunction
D. Noun
Ans. D
Sol. The word ‘ear’ is a noun here. ‘Deaf’ is an adjective which defines the noun ‘ear’. Thus, option D is the correct answer.
Understanding the types of asked questions:
So far as the English section of IB ACIO is concerned, there are majorly four types of questions are prominent:
- Grammar Based Questions: questions are asked in the form of error spotting/ phrase replacement/ direct and indirect speech/ passive and active voice.
- Vocabulary Based Questions: Questions are asked in the form of phrase replacement/ error spotting/ cloze test/ spellings/ antonym and synonym/ fill in the blanks/ one-word substitution/ phrase - idiom meaning
- Reading Comprehension Based: Fact-based questions/ direct questions/ inference based questions/ vocabulary based questions
- Verbal Ability Based Questions: Para jumbles and sentence jumbles
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