Friday 11 December 2015

ENGLISH QUIZ SET-2




                                 English Quiz


        Directions (Q. 1–5) : Rearrange the following eight sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G) and (H) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath.
(B) Two friends were walking through the desert, during some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend
slapped the other one in the face.
(C) The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.
(D) The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand “Today my best friend slapped
me in the face”.
(E) But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”
(F) The other friend replied “When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can
erase it away.
(G) The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now,
you write on a stone, why?”
(H) After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone “Today my best friend saved my life”.
1.Which of the following would be the 'LAST (EIGHTH)' sentence after rearrangement?
1) E
2) G
3) F
4) H
5) C
2. Which of the following would be the 'SECOND' sentence after rearrangement?
1) A
2) D
3) H
4) C
5) B
3. Which of the following would be the 'FIFTH' sentence after rearrangement?
1) G
2) A
3) C
4) H
5) D
4. Which of the following would be the 'SEVENTH' sentence after rearrangement?
1) D
2) B
3) F
4) A
5) G
5. Which of the following would be the 'THIRD' sentence after rearrangement?
1) D 2) H 3) B 4) C 5) A
        Directions (Q. 6–10): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs denoted by numbers 1), 2), 3), 4) and 5). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.

6. The US can hardly deny its own _____ role in the _____ of erasing trading quotas.
1) effective, subject 2) stunning, margin 3) dubious, matter 4) diplomat, remark 5) sprouting, practices

7. IT would ____ better and more scientific decision making ____ banks.
1) exaggerate, to 2) pattern, in 3) concern, for 4) facilitate, within 5) crop, inside

8. The ____ of the rural economy is agriculture, which also provides ____ to over half the country's population.
1) opportunity, materials 2) strength, income 3) success, grains 4) weakness, food 5) backbone, sustenance

9. Most nonprofits ____ with lending simply because local laws prohibited nonbanks from ____ deposit accounts.
1) sustained, attracting 2) started, offering 3) analysed, boosting 4) discussed, contracting 5) issued, expanding

10. While the reaction to major disasters is ______ the response to emergencies like accident is ____ sad.
1) dismal, equally 2) hesitant, likely 3) prior, hesitantly 4) needed, unlikely 5) fuller, doomed


Answers: 1-5) 1-2-4-3-5
             6-10) 3-4-5-2-1

Regards,

Classroom Team

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