Practice Section 2 question answer - general english mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
PASSAGE
All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very ____(1)____ of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long ____(2)____ of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not ____(3)____ by some demon whom one can neither ____(4)____ nor understand. For all one knows that demon. is simply the same ____(5)____ that makes a baby ____(6)____ for attention. And yet it is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to ____(7)____ one's own personality. Good prose is like a window pane. I cannot say with certainty which of my motives are the strongest, but I know which of them deserve to be followed. And ____(8)____ through my work, I see that it is ____(9)____ where I lacked a political purpose that I wrote lifeless books and was ____(10)____ into purple passages, sentences without meaning, decorative adjectives and humbug generally.
Q-1) Choose the correct answer from the given options to fill the blank with number (2)?
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PASSAGE
All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very ____(1)____ of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long ____(2)____ of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not ____(3)____ by some demon whom one can neither ____(4)____ nor understand. For all one knows that demon. is simply the same ____(5)____ that makes a baby ____(6)____ for attention. And yet it is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to ____(7)____ one's own personality. Good prose is like a window pane. I cannot say with certainty which of my motives are the strongest, but I know which of them deserve to be followed. And ____(8)____ through my work, I see that it is ____(9)____ where I lacked a political purpose that I wrote lifeless books and was ____(10)____ into purple passages, sentences without meaning, decorative adjectives and humbug generally.
Q-2) Choose the correct answer from the given options to fill the blank with number (4)?
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Faced with an ____(1)____ number and variety of products on the market, managers are finding it more difficult to ____(2)____ demand and plan production and orders ____(3)____ As a result ____(4)____ forecasts are increasing and , along with them , the costs of those errors Many managers today, ____(5)____ speed is the ____(6)____, have turned to one or another popular production scheduling system. But these tools tackle only part of the problem ____(7)____ really needed is a way to ____(8)____ forecasts and simultaneously redesign planning processes to ____(9)____ the impact of ____(10)____ forecasts.
Q-3) Identify the exact answer for the blank (1)?
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Faced with an ____(1)____ number and variety of products on the market, managers are finding it more difficult to ____(2)____ demand and plan production and orders ____(3)____ As a result ____(4)____ forecasts are increasing and , along with them , the costs of those errors Many managers today, ____(5)____ speed is the ____(6)____, have turned to one or another popular production scheduling system. But these tools tackle only part of the problem ____(7)____ really needed is a way to ____(8)____ forecasts and simultaneously redesign planning processes to ____(9)____ the impact of ____(10)____ forecasts.
Q-4) Identify the exact answer for the blank (6)?
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Faced with an ____(1)____ number and variety of products on the market, managers are finding it more difficult to ____(2)____ demand and plan production and orders ____(3)____ As a result ____(4)____ forecasts are increasing and , along with them , the costs of those errors Many managers today, ____(5)____ speed is the ____(6)____, have turned to one or another popular production scheduling system. But these tools tackle only part of the problem ____(7)____ really needed is a way to ____(8)____ forecasts and simultaneously redesign planning processes to ____(9)____ the impact of ____(10)____ forecasts.
Q-5) Identify the exact answer for the blank (7)?
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Direction:
The following questions, you have several passages where some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blanks with its particular number, out of the five alternatives.
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When the European Central Bank's Governing Council met on December 14, there was little to surprise financial markets, because no policy changes could be _____(1)_____ from public remarks. The previous meeting, in late October, had already set the stage for the normalization of monetary policy, with the announcement that the ECB would halve its monthly asset purchases, from €60 billion ($71 billion) to €30 billion, beginning in January 2018.The motivation behind normalization does not appear to be the eurozone's inflation performance, which continues to _____(2)_____ the target of roughly 2% by an uncomfortable margin. Inflation expectations, while inching up recently, also appear anchored well below target, despite recent _____(3)_____ confidence readings. And the ECB's own forecast suggests that it does not _____(4)_____ that price growth will breach 2% anytime soon. What about the output gap? In step with the US Federal Reserve, the ECB _____(5)_____ its growth forecasts higher.
In that setting, R-star (the natural rate of interest) may be perceived as _____(6)_____ up, in line with output moving closer to _____(7)_____ across a broad swath of eurozone economies.Still, OECD estimates of the 2017 and 2018 output gap for most of the eurozone countries (Germany and Ireland are notable exceptions) suggest that there is slack, and in _____(8)_____ cases considerable slack. While German unemployment, now below 4%, is at its lowest level since _____(9)_____ , EU unemployment still hovers around 9%. Given this, it appears premature to view fears of eurozone overheating as the main driver of monetarypolicy normalization. Perhaps there are other motives for normalization that the ECB doesn't discuss publicly. Financial stability comes to mind. After all, the Fed does not forecast recessions, and the International Monetary Fund usually does not issue public _____(10)_____ on a country's odds of default. The silence reflects an understandable desire to avoid fueling a self-fulfilling process.
Q-6) Choose the correct answer from the given options to fill the blank with number (3)?
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soaring – fly or rise high in the air.
Direction:
The following questions, you have several passages where some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blanks with its particular number, out of the five alternatives.
PASSAGE
When the European Central Bank's Governing Council met on December 14, there was little to surprise financial markets, because no policy changes could be _____(1)_____ from public remarks. The previous meeting, in late October, had already set the stage for the normalization of monetary policy, with the announcement that the ECB would halve its monthly asset purchases, from €60 billion ($71 billion) to €30 billion, beginning in January 2018.The motivation behind normalization does not appear to be the eurozone's inflation performance, which continues to _____(2)_____ the target of roughly 2% by an uncomfortable margin. Inflation expectations, while inching up recently, also appear anchored well below target, despite recent _____(3)_____ confidence readings. And the ECB's own forecast suggests that it does not _____(4)_____ that price growth will breach 2% anytime soon. What about the output gap? In step with the US Federal Reserve, the ECB _____(5)_____ its growth forecasts higher.
In that setting, R-star (the natural rate of interest) may be perceived as _____(6)_____ up, in line with output moving closer to _____(7)_____ across a broad swath of eurozone economies.Still, OECD estimates of the 2017 and 2018 output gap for most of the eurozone countries (Germany and Ireland are notable exceptions) suggest that there is slack, and in _____(8)_____ cases considerable slack. While German unemployment, now below 4%, is at its lowest level since _____(9)_____ , EU unemployment still hovers around 9%. Given this, it appears premature to view fears of eurozone overheating as the main driver of monetarypolicy normalization. Perhaps there are other motives for normalization that the ECB doesn't discuss publicly. Financial stability comes to mind. After all, the Fed does not forecast recessions, and the International Monetary Fund usually does not issue public _____(10)_____ on a country's odds of default. The silence reflects an understandable desire to avoid fueling a self-fulfilling process.
Q-7) Choose the correct answer from the given options to fill the blank with number (5)?
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nudged – prod (someone) gently with one’s elbow in order to attract attention.
Direction:
The following questions, you have several passages where some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blanks with its particular number, out of the five alternatives.
PASSAGE
When the European Central Bank's Governing Council met on December 14, there was little to surprise financial markets, because no policy changes could be _____(1)_____ from public remarks. The previous meeting, in late October, had already set the stage for the normalization of monetary policy, with the announcement that the ECB would halve its monthly asset purchases, from €60 billion ($71 billion) to €30 billion, beginning in January 2018.The motivation behind normalization does not appear to be the eurozone's inflation performance, which continues to _____(2)_____ the target of roughly 2% by an uncomfortable margin. Inflation expectations, while inching up recently, also appear anchored well below target, despite recent _____(3)_____ confidence readings. And the ECB's own forecast suggests that it does not _____(4)_____ that price growth will breach 2% anytime soon. What about the output gap? In step with the US Federal Reserve, the ECB _____(5)_____ its growth forecasts higher.
In that setting, R-star (the natural rate of interest) may be perceived as _____(6)_____ up, in line with output moving closer to _____(7)_____ across a broad swath of eurozone economies.Still, OECD estimates of the 2017 and 2018 output gap for most of the eurozone countries (Germany and Ireland are notable exceptions) suggest that there is slack, and in _____(8)_____ cases considerable slack. While German unemployment, now below 4%, is at its lowest level since _____(9)_____ , EU unemployment still hovers around 9%. Given this, it appears premature to view fears of eurozone overheating as the main driver of monetarypolicy normalization. Perhaps there are other motives for normalization that the ECB doesn't discuss publicly. Financial stability comes to mind. After all, the Fed does not forecast recessions, and the International Monetary Fund usually does not issue public _____(10)_____ on a country's odds of default. The silence reflects an understandable desire to avoid fueling a self-fulfilling process.
Q-8) Choose the correct answer from the given options to fill the blank with number (9)?
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reunification – restoration of political unity to a place or group, especially a divided territory.
Direction:
The following questions, you have several passages where some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blanks with its particular number, out of the five alternatives.
PASSAGE
Trust is the basis of human relationship. As trust between people grows, ____(1)____ change and interpersonal dynamics are transformed. Diverse skills and abilities become ____(2)____ and appreciated as strengths. People begin to ____(3)____ one another's attitudes and feelings. They learn to be ____(4)____ instead of playing roles. As trust grows the ____(5)____ that prevent ____(6)____ and openness lessen. People become more expressive, impulsive, frank and ____(7)____. Their communication is efficient and clear. They risk ____(8)____ and confrontation, opening the doors to deeper communication, involvement and commitment. Congestion and ____(9)____ lessen. The flow of data is open and ____(10)____.
Q-9) Identify the exact answer for the blank (3)?
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All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very ____(1)____ of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long ____(2)____ of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not ____(3)____ by some demon whom one can neither ____(4)____ nor understand. For all one knows that demon. is simply the same ____(5)____ that makes a baby ____(6)____ for attention. And yet it is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to ____(7)____ one's own personality. Good prose is like a window pane. I cannot say with certainty which of my motives are the strongest, but I know which of them deserve to be followed. And ____(8)____ through my work, I see that it is ____(9)____ where I lacked a political purpose that I wrote lifeless books and was ____(10)____ into purple passages, sentences without meaning, decorative adjectives and humbug generally.
Q-10) Choose the correct answer from the given options to fill the blank with number (6)?
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