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Mega English Revision Quiz - Score 20/20
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Question 1
Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the idiom/phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.
ICICI Securities said in a research report that industry-wide improvement in collection efficiency will play out for SBI too in near future.
Question 2
Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the idiom/phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.
The players have a couple of minutes to knock up before the match starts.
Question 3
Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the idiom/phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.
The president ordered the round-up and imprisonment of all opposition politicians.
Question 4
Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the idiom/phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.
Hanley's team, the underdogs, pulled off a surprise victory in the semi-final.
Question 5
Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the idiom/phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.
The shoe company has had a knock-down blow after the pandemic.
Question 6
Direction: In the following question, a sentence with four words printed in bold is given. These words are numbered as (A), (B), (C) and (D). One or more of these four words may either be misspelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word(s) that is wrongly spelt or inappropriate and mark the relevant option as your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correct, mark option (E), i.e. ‘All are correct’, as the answer.
Tactics (1) consist of locally achieving (2) victory through a series of actions that, taken globally, (3) participate directly or indirectly in the accomplishment (4) of strategy.
Question 7
Direction:In the following question, a sentence with four words printed in bold is given. These words are numbered as (A), (B), (C) and (D). One or more of these four words may either be misspelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word(s) that is wrongly spelt or inappropriate and mark the relevant option as your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correct, mark option (E), i.e. ‘All are correct’, as the answer.
People went crazy (1) when the musician along with his Friend (2), took to the staging (3) and belted out popular (4) tracks.
Question 8
Direction: In the following question, a sentence with four words printed in bold is given. These words are numbered as (A), (B), (C) and (D). One or more of these four words may either be misspelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word(s) that is wrongly spelt or inappropriate and mark the relevant option as your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correct, mark option (E), i.e. ‘All are correct’, as the answer.
On two consecutive nights (A) the two greatest icones (B) of show business were honored (C) with unprecedented affection (D).
Question 9
Direction: A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
Not long ago the idea of repairing the brain’s wiring to fight addiction would have ____________________. But advances in neuroscience have upended conventional notions about addiction—what it is, what can trigger it, and why quitting is so tough.
I. Seeming far–fetched
II. Seemed far–fetched
III. Seemingly far-fetched
Question 10
Direction: A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
Judge Hand emphasized that "unconscious plagiarism is actionable ______________ deliberate"
I. quite as much as
II. just as infringing
III. for all intent and purposes
I. quite as much as
II. just as infringing
III. for all intent and purposes
Question 11
Direction: The given question has a statement with two highlighted words/ phrases. Choose the most appropriate option from the given alternatives which can help replace the highlighted words to make the statement grammatically and logically correct. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark 'no correction required' as the answer.
For 34 years, the Narmada Bachao Andolan has been calling on all probable doors in an attempt to seek justice for the people of the Valley.
Question 12
Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e., 'No correction required'.
To make accurate predictions, machine – learning algorithms need many amount of training data.
Question 13
Direction: The given question has a statement with two highlighted words/ phrases. Choose the most appropriate option from the given alternatives which can help replace the highlighted words to make the statement grammatically and logically correct. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark 'no correction required' as the answer.
Growing up with a famed geneticist for a father and a creative and socially responsible mother, Soumya Swaminathan essentially had a set career path as a child.
Question 14
Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as given, mark option E, i.e. "No error" as the answer. Ignore the errors of punctuation.
Indian entrepreneurs are making waves (1)/ throughout the world; their ideas (2)/ and technical awareness are yielded (3)/ unprecedented growth in income and employment. (4)
Question 15
Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If the given sentence is correct, the answer is E, i.e., "No error". Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.
We have (1)/ standard accounting procedures (2)/ that are on the line (3)/ with the internationally accepted norms. (4)
Question 16
Direction: Rearrange the following six sentences A, B, C, D, E and F in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and answer the questions that follow.
A) While it is true that this experimental banking licence would allow licensees limited scope to earn attractive interest spreads since they are prohibited from lending loans, the constraints of the business model were already known.
B) Similarly, given the banking regulator’s focus on extending a remittances and payments network to unbanked and far-flung rural areas, it was understood that this new breed of niche banks would take more than a few years to establish standalone profitability.
C) Barely nine months since the Reserve Bank of India announced the names of the 11 applicants who had won “in-principle” approval to start payments banks, three have backed out.
D) Tech Mahindra this week became the latest to drop its plans and joined Cholamandalam Investment in citing ‘competition’ and a ‘long gestation period’ as key considerations in reaching the decision.
E) So, the argument of a long gestation period also wears thin.
F) That a corporate entity, which initially evaluated the business to be attractive enough to apply and was prepared to compete with other players to win a ‘coveted’ licence, could have cited competition as a reason to withdraw is intriguing.
A) While it is true that this experimental banking licence would allow licensees limited scope to earn attractive interest spreads since they are prohibited from lending loans, the constraints of the business model were already known.
B) Similarly, given the banking regulator’s focus on extending a remittances and payments network to unbanked and far-flung rural areas, it was understood that this new breed of niche banks would take more than a few years to establish standalone profitability.
C) Barely nine months since the Reserve Bank of India announced the names of the 11 applicants who had won “in-principle” approval to start payments banks, three have backed out.
D) Tech Mahindra this week became the latest to drop its plans and joined Cholamandalam Investment in citing ‘competition’ and a ‘long gestation period’ as key considerations in reaching the decision.
E) So, the argument of a long gestation period also wears thin.
F) That a corporate entity, which initially evaluated the business to be attractive enough to apply and was prepared to compete with other players to win a ‘coveted’ licence, could have cited competition as a reason to withdraw is intriguing.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
Question 17
Direction: Rearrange the following six sentences A, B, C, D, E and F in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and answer the questions that follow.
A) While it is true that this experimental banking licence would allow licensees limited scope to earn attractive interest spreads since they are prohibited from lending loans, the constraints of the business model were already known.
B) Similarly, given the banking regulator’s focus on extending a remittances and payments network to unbanked and far-flung rural areas, it was understood that this new breed of niche banks would take more than a few years to establish standalone profitability.
C) Barely nine months since the Reserve Bank of India announced the names of the 11 applicants who had won “in-principle” approval to start payments banks, three have backed out.
D) Tech Mahindra this week became the latest to drop its plans and joined Cholamandalam Investment in citing ‘competition’ and a ‘long gestation period’ as key considerations in reaching the decision.
E) So, the argument of a long gestation period also wears thin.
F) That a corporate entity, which initially evaluated the business to be attractive enough to apply and was prepared to compete with other players to win a ‘coveted’ licence, could have cited competition as a reason to withdraw is intriguing.
A) While it is true that this experimental banking licence would allow licensees limited scope to earn attractive interest spreads since they are prohibited from lending loans, the constraints of the business model were already known.
B) Similarly, given the banking regulator’s focus on extending a remittances and payments network to unbanked and far-flung rural areas, it was understood that this new breed of niche banks would take more than a few years to establish standalone profitability.
C) Barely nine months since the Reserve Bank of India announced the names of the 11 applicants who had won “in-principle” approval to start payments banks, three have backed out.
D) Tech Mahindra this week became the latest to drop its plans and joined Cholamandalam Investment in citing ‘competition’ and a ‘long gestation period’ as key considerations in reaching the decision.
E) So, the argument of a long gestation period also wears thin.
F) That a corporate entity, which initially evaluated the business to be attractive enough to apply and was prepared to compete with other players to win a ‘coveted’ licence, could have cited competition as a reason to withdraw is intriguing.
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement ?
Question 18
Direction: Rearrange the following six sentences A, B, C, D, E and F in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and answer the questions that follow.
A) While it is true that this experimental banking licence would allow licensees limited scope to earn attractive interest spreads since they are prohibited from lending loans, the constraints of the business model were already known.
B) Similarly, given the banking regulator’s focus on extending a remittances and payments network to unbanked and far-flung rural areas, it was understood that this new breed of niche banks would take more than a few years to establish standalone profitability.
C) Barely nine months since the Reserve Bank of India announced the names of the 11 applicants who had won “in-principle” approval to start payments banks, three have backed out.
D) Tech Mahindra this week became the latest to drop its plans and joined Cholamandalam Investment in citing ‘competition’ and a ‘long gestation period’ as key considerations in reaching the decision.
E) So, the argument of a long gestation period also wears thin.
F) That a corporate entity, which initially evaluated the business to be attractive enough to apply and was prepared to compete with other players to win a ‘coveted’ licence, could have cited competition as a reason to withdraw is intriguing.
A) While it is true that this experimental banking licence would allow licensees limited scope to earn attractive interest spreads since they are prohibited from lending loans, the constraints of the business model were already known.
B) Similarly, given the banking regulator’s focus on extending a remittances and payments network to unbanked and far-flung rural areas, it was understood that this new breed of niche banks would take more than a few years to establish standalone profitability.
C) Barely nine months since the Reserve Bank of India announced the names of the 11 applicants who had won “in-principle” approval to start payments banks, three have backed out.
D) Tech Mahindra this week became the latest to drop its plans and joined Cholamandalam Investment in citing ‘competition’ and a ‘long gestation period’ as key considerations in reaching the decision.
E) So, the argument of a long gestation period also wears thin.
F) That a corporate entity, which initially evaluated the business to be attractive enough to apply and was prepared to compete with other players to win a ‘coveted’ licence, could have cited competition as a reason to withdraw is intriguing.
Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement ?
Question 19
Direction: Rearrange the following six sentences A, B, C, D, E and F in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and answer the questions that follow.
A) While it is true that this experimental banking licence would allow licensees limited scope to earn attractive interest spreads since they are prohibited from lending loans, the constraints of the business model were already known.
B) Similarly, given the banking regulator’s focus on extending a remittances and payments network to unbanked and far-flung rural areas, it was understood that this new breed of niche banks would take more than a few years to establish standalone profitability.
C) Barely nine months since the Reserve Bank of India announced the names of the 11 applicants who had won “in-principle” approval to start payments banks, three have backed out.
D) Tech Mahindra this week became the latest to drop its plans and joined Cholamandalam Investment in citing ‘competition’ and a ‘long gestation period’ as key considerations in reaching the decision.
E) So, the argument of a long gestation period also wears thin.
F) That a corporate entity, which initially evaluated the business to be attractive enough to apply and was prepared to compete with other players to win a ‘coveted’ licence, could have cited competition as a reason to withdraw is intriguing.
A) While it is true that this experimental banking licence would allow licensees limited scope to earn attractive interest spreads since they are prohibited from lending loans, the constraints of the business model were already known.
B) Similarly, given the banking regulator’s focus on extending a remittances and payments network to unbanked and far-flung rural areas, it was understood that this new breed of niche banks would take more than a few years to establish standalone profitability.
C) Barely nine months since the Reserve Bank of India announced the names of the 11 applicants who had won “in-principle” approval to start payments banks, three have backed out.
D) Tech Mahindra this week became the latest to drop its plans and joined Cholamandalam Investment in citing ‘competition’ and a ‘long gestation period’ as key considerations in reaching the decision.
E) So, the argument of a long gestation period also wears thin.
F) That a corporate entity, which initially evaluated the business to be attractive enough to apply and was prepared to compete with other players to win a ‘coveted’ licence, could have cited competition as a reason to withdraw is intriguing.
Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement ?
Question 20
Direction: Rearrange the following six sentences A, B, C, D, E and F in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and answer the questions that follow.
A) While it is true that this experimental banking licence would allow licensees limited scope to earn attractive interest spreads since they are prohibited from lending loans, the constraints of the business model were already known.
B) Similarly, given the banking regulator’s focus on extending a remittances and payments network to unbanked and far-flung rural areas, it was understood that this new breed of niche banks would take more than a few years to establish standalone profitability.
C) Barely nine months since the Reserve Bank of India announced the names of the 11 applicants who had won “in-principle” approval to start payments banks, three have backed out.
D) Tech Mahindra this week became the latest to drop its plans and joined Cholamandalam Investment in citing ‘competition’ and a ‘long gestation period’ as key considerations in reaching the decision.
E) So, the argument of a long gestation period also wears thin.
F) That a corporate entity, which initially evaluated the business to be attractive enough to apply and was prepared to compete with other players to win a ‘coveted’ licence, could have cited competition as a reason to withdraw is intriguing.
A) While it is true that this experimental banking licence would allow licensees limited scope to earn attractive interest spreads since they are prohibited from lending loans, the constraints of the business model were already known.
B) Similarly, given the banking regulator’s focus on extending a remittances and payments network to unbanked and far-flung rural areas, it was understood that this new breed of niche banks would take more than a few years to establish standalone profitability.
C) Barely nine months since the Reserve Bank of India announced the names of the 11 applicants who had won “in-principle” approval to start payments banks, three have backed out.
D) Tech Mahindra this week became the latest to drop its plans and joined Cholamandalam Investment in citing ‘competition’ and a ‘long gestation period’ as key considerations in reaching the decision.
E) So, the argument of a long gestation period also wears thin.
F) That a corporate entity, which initially evaluated the business to be attractive enough to apply and was prepared to compete with other players to win a ‘coveted’ licence, could have cited competition as a reason to withdraw is intriguing.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement ?
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