Practice Section 1 question answer - general english mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams

Q-1)   Let’s simply decode the first verse of the Rig Veda. Language experts have concluded that there are older verses in the Rig Veda, _____________ when the books were re-organized, this verse was located as the first one. A traditionalist will try to exclude general public people from the decoding exercise using various _____________ reasons. These isolationist rules were created to protect the _____________ of hymns, but _____________ breeding corruption in the priestly class, much like the License Raj. Again it is a burden we do not bear in the 21st century. The hymn is identified as Rig Veda 1.1.1, meaning it is the first hymn (rig) of the first poem (sukta) of the first of the ten books (mandala).

(a) So - devout - sanctity - ended up

(b) So - devout - sanctity - ended with

(c) but - orthodox - sanctity - ended up

(d) but - orthodox - religiousness - closed

(e) but - orthodox - religiousness - closed

Q-2)   Will they succeed? No harm trying. Does India weaken its case by aligning with the G4? Nonsense. China’s argument that it would support India _____________ were to break ranks with Japan; and the US argument that it has no problem with India’s candidature but remains conflicted on Germany over Italy and Brazil over Mexico, are all divide-and-rule _____________ and have to be exposed as such. None of the P5 countries _____________ cast-iron guarantees to India that it would get India into the UNSC if it abandons the G4. So, the argument that the G4 route weakens India’s case is a _____________

(a) if - tactics - has given - red herring.

(b) if it – planning - has given - red herring.

(c) if it - tactics – had been given - red herring.

(d) if it - tactics - has given - red tape.

(e) if it - tactics - has given - red herring.

Q-3)   The worst market sell-off in _____________ history may be around the corner. Just don’t blame China alone for it. Since 2007, the aggregate size of central banks’ balance sheets has tripled to $22 trillion; _____________ by asset repurchases to stave off a deeper crisis. After Lehman Brothers’ collapse _____________ a rout, the biggest central banks around the world _____________ ‘quantitative easing’, or huge wads of cheap money, to encourage investment and bolster confidence.

(a) Recent - bloated - triggered - unleashed

(b) Current - bloated - triggered - unleashed

(c) Recent - compressed - triggered - unleashed

(d) Recent - bloated – influenced by - unleashed

(e) Recent - bloated - triggered – enlarged

Q-4)   Ecommerce marketplaces such as Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon _____________ revolutionised selling by simply connecting “sellers of goods” (earlier called traders) and “the consumer” _____________ their platforms. In the recent past, we have seen the rise of hyper local commerce with companies connecting neighbourhood stores and service providers to consumers, to deliver anything from food and groceries to laundry and medicines. What’s _____________ important is that everyone seems to finally _____________ with spending their rupees online.

(a) Had been - across - more - be comfortable

(b) have - through - more - be comfortable

(c) Had been - across - more - be comfortable

(d) have - through - most - comfortable with

(e) have - through - more - most - comfortable with

Q-5)   The Americans remain officially optimistic, even if a little impatient, at India’s pace of economic reforms. But when two countries as _____________ as India and the US get together to face complex _____________the world, there will be things that don’t work. The focus, say US officials, is and should be on implementation. Both Barack Obama and Modi are sensitive that past _____________ about the world’s most powerful and the largest democracies walking into the sunset together has begun sounding _____________. When they last met, they agreed to focus on getting things done.

(a) mix - restrictions of - rhetoric - hollow

(b) mix - restrictions for - rhetoric - hollow

(c) diverse - challenges of - oratory – hollowness

(d) diverse - challenges of - rhetoric - hollow

(e) diverse - challenges of - oratory – hollowness

Q-6)   Though there’s a lot of buzz on rehabilitating the refugees, the world _____________ needs to focus all its energies on ways to consummate the 4-year long civil war. The world is _____________ over the Syrian crisis. Russia and Iran backing the Assad regime whereas US, Europe alongside few Gulf countries want Assad to vacate power. The _____________ want Assad to continue to prevent Syria from falling into further chaos, thus allowing subsequent strengthening of IS’s foothold. The latter want to dislodge Assad’s regime _____________ all the atrocities conducted by him; the reason behind the break of civil war.

(a) Along with – division - former - in face of

(b) Along with – division - former - in face of

(c) simultaneously - divided - first - in lieu of

(d) simultaneously - divided - first - in lieu of

(e) simultaneously - divided - former - in face of

Q-7)   Consider this target: “By 2030 ensure all learners _____________ knowledge and skills _____________ promote sustainable development, including among others through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s _____________ to sustainable development”. It is hard to know what is promised, _____________ how it will be implemented, monitored or evaluated.

(a) acquire - needed to - contribution - recent

(b) Has been acquired – require to - contribution - recent

(c) Has been acquired – require to - contribution - recent

(d) acquire - needed to - support - recently

(e) acquire - needed to - support – at present

Q-8)   The macro-policy stance and climate are, however, not _____________ to growth. The US Federal Reserve has _____________ the record of greater success. It achieved this with a dual mandate and not a monetarist perspective — of which inflation targeting is a collateral product. The dual mandate underscores the sovereignty of employment — i.e. growth — as an independent policy objective and _____________treat inflation as a monetary _____________.

(a) conducive - arguably - does not - phenomenon

(b) productive – argue - does not - phenomenon

(c) productive – argue - does not - phenomenon

(d) conducive - arguably - has not been - occurrence

(e) conducive - arguably – has not been - occurrence

Q-9)   Despite its fears of migrants, India has been home to _____________ Nepalis and Bangladeshis. Many moons ago, persecuted refugees such as the Parsi community and Jews _____________ India their home. Countries with totalitarian and authoritarian systems have to also find ways in which they can _____________ migrants. Demographic shifts, with ageing societies losing their global competitiveness, _____________ this more compelling.

(a) Many of – have made - accommodate - have made

(b) thousands of - made - accommodate - have made

(c) Many of – have made - accommodate - have made

(d) thousands of - made - accommodation – have been made

(e) thousands of - made - accommodation – have been made

Q-10)   Recent plunges in China’s stock markets, currency value and economic growth have _____________ global fears. After a long spell of gravity defying rise, the sudden spectacle of China stumbling and panicking _____________ confidence in President Xi Jinping’s ‘dream of national _____________ has upset calculations of not just Chinese consumers and producers, but _____________ international stakeholders.

(a) promoted - sustained - rejuvenation - also of

(b) promoted - sustained - rejuvenation - also of

(c) triggered - to sustain - reformation - including

(d) triggered - to sustain - rejuvenation’ - also of

(e) triggered - to sustain - reformation – including