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English — Set 18

10 Questions with Answers & Explanations

Set 18 of 38

1

VERVE : ENTHUSIASM in the same way

Options

A

loyalty : duplicity

B

devotion : reverence

C

intensity : color

D

eminence : anonymity

Correct Answer

devotion : reverence

Explanation

Verve and enthusiasm are synonyms representing vigor and spirit. Similarly, devotion and reverence are synonyms representing deep respect and dedication.

2

A healthy man should be concerned with

Context: In the world today we make health and end in itself. We have forgotten that health is really means to enable a person to do his work and do it well. a lot of modern medicine and this includes many patients as well as many physicians pays very little attention to health but very much attention to those who imagine that they are ill. Our great concern with health is shown by the medical columns in newspapers. the health articles in popular magazines and the popularity of television programmes and all those books on medicine. We talk about health all the time. Yet for the most part the only result is more people with imaginary illness. The healthy man should not be wasting time talking about health: he should be using health for work. The work does the work that good health possible.

Questions

A

his work which good health makes possible

B

looking after his health

C

his health which makes work possible

D

talking about health

Correct Answer

his work which good health makes possible

Explanation

The final sentences of the passage emphasize that a healthy man should use his health to get work done.

3

People with physical courage of ten lack

Context: Question No. (4-8) based on the following passage: Courage is not only the basis of virtue; it is its expression. faith, hope, charity and all the rest don't become virtues until it takes courage to exercise them. There are roughly two types of courage. the first an emotional state which urges a man to risk injury or death, is physical courage. The second, more reasoning attitude which enables him to take coolly his career, happiness, his whole future or his judgement of what he thinks either right or worthwhile, is moral courage. I have known many men, who had marked physical courage, but lacked moral courage. Some of them were in high places, but they failed to be great in themselves because they lacked moral courage. On the other hand I have seen men who undoubtedly possessed moral courage but were very cautious about taking physical risks. But I have never met a man with moral courage who couldn't, when it was really necessary, face a situation boldly.

Questions

A

mental balance

B

capacity for reasoning

C

emotional stability

D

will to fight

Correct Answer

capacity for reasoning

Explanation

The passage contrasts physical courage (emotional state) with moral courage (reasoning attitude). Those who lack moral courage are implied to lack that reasoning capacity.

4

From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Direct speech.

Context: She said that her brother was getting married.

Options

A

She said, "Her brother is getting married."

B

She told, "Her brother is getting married."

C

She said, "My brother is getting married."

D

She said, "My brother was getting married."

Correct Answer

She said, "My brother is getting married."

Explanation

In indirect speech, 'her brother' refers to the speaker's own brother, so in direct speech it must be 'My brother'. Also, the tense shifts back from past continuous ('was getting') to present continuous ('is getting').

5

The main theme of this passage is

Context: Read the following passage and answer the following questions. Not only does the lace of education among women make the dissemination of nutrition education The strength of the electronics industry in Japan is the Japanese ability to organise production and marketing rather than their achievements in original research. The British are generally recognised as a far more inventive collection of individuals, but never seem able to exploit what they invent. There are many examples, from the TSR Z hovercraft, high speed train and Sinclair scooter to the Triumph, BSA and Norton Motorcycle which all prove this sad rule. The Japanese were able to exploits their strengths in marketing and development many years ago, and their success was at first either not understood in the West or was dismissed as something which could have been produced only at their low price. They were sold because they were cheap copies of other people's ideas churned out of a workhouse which was dedicated to hard grind above all else.

Questions

A

electronic industry in Japan

B

industrial comparison between Japan and Britain

C

the role of marketing efficiency in industrial prosperity

D

the importance of original research in industry

Correct Answer

the role of marketing efficiency in industrial prosperity

Explanation

The passage primarily argues that organizational efficiency and marketing, rather than just invention, are the keys to industrial success.

6

The lingerers found in Piccadilly circus are mainly

Context: Piccadilly Circus was full of loneliness. It seethes and echoes with it. To live near it. Looking down on it is a discomforting exercise. You can't feel the pulse of London here, though people expect to. To Londoners it is a maddening obstruction between one place and another, and few voluntarily linger there. The only locals are those who live off the lingerers; the lingerers are primarily sightseers, with a fair sprinkling of people hoping to draw attention to themselves - both typically from the provinces. They have come to see the heart of London and expect to see spectacle, glamour and vice.

Questions

A

the citizens of London

B

sightseers from provincial areas of Britain

C

people who want to show off

D

local idlers

Correct Answer

sightseers from provincial areas of Britain

Explanation

The text explicitly states that 'the lingerers are primarily sightseers... both typically from the provinces.'

7

The distinction conferred by wealth

Context: The enjoyment of physical possession of things would seem to be one of the prerogatives of wealth which has been little impaired. Presumably nothing has happened to keep the man who can afford them from enjoying his Rembrandt and his homegrown orchids. But enjoyment of things has always been associated with the third prerogative of wealth which is the distinct it confers. In a world where nearly everyone was poor, the distinction was very great. It was the natural consequence of rarity. In England it is widely agreed, the ducal families are not uniformly superior. There is a roughly normal incidence of intelligence and stupidity, good taste and bad taste, morality, immorality. But very few people are dukes and duchesses, although the later have become rather more frequent with modern easing of divorce laws. As a result, even though they may be intrinsically unexceptional they are regarded with some awe. So it has long have been with the rich. Were dukes numerous their position would deteriorate. As the rich have become more numerous, they have inevitably becomes a debased currency.

Questions

A

was unfair to the poor

B

was unlikely to spread throughout the world

C

was very great when there were many rich people

D

was very great when there were few rich people

Correct Answer

was very great when there were few rich people

Explanation

The passage mentions that in a world where nearly everyone was poor, the distinction was very great as a natural consequence of rarity.

8

Man does not live by ...... alone.

Options

A

food

B

bread

C

meals

D

diet

Correct Answer

bread

Explanation

"Man does not live by bread alone" is a well-known biblical proverb/idiom meaning people need more than just material things to survive.

9

He was accused ...... stealing his aunt's necklace.

Options

A

for

B

with

C

of

D

on

Correct Answer

of

Explanation

In English grammar, the verb 'accuse' is followed by the fixed preposition 'of' when indicating the crime or wrongdoing.

10

Success in this examination depends ...... hard work alone.

Options

A

at

B

over

C

for

D

on

Correct Answer

on

Explanation

The verb 'depend' takes the fixed preposition 'on'.

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