LIC AAO English Language Quiz 1st May 2019 | Day 51

English Quiz For LIC AAO 2019

Life Insurance Corporation of India has released the notification for various posts for the Recruitment in 2019-20. This is a great opportunity for all those who aspire to get a Government Job this year. Now the next step is to start practicing for the exam from now itself. Thus, the English Language can be an impetus for your success as it helps you save crucial time and score good points in lesser time and effort. So, instead of boiling the ocean, try building up a strong vocabulary, an effective knowledge of grammar, and efficient comprehension skills so as to be on the ball to face this particular section. Here is a quiz on English Language being provided by Adda247 to let you practice the best of latest pattern English Questions for LIC AAO 2019.

Directions (1-5)- Read the following passage and answer the questions as directed. T

The Indian Forest Act, 1927 was a remarkable piece of expropriation in the name of conservation. The British government carried out one of the largest land expropriations in history, where the rights to occupy and use forests were transferred from communities with customary and historical property rights to the colonial Central government. The act offered a fig leaf that those who could establish their rights were excepted from this expropriation (of course, few could establish their rights, given that their rights were not property rights as per the British government’s conception of property). These expropriations were ameliorated in some small measure in the Forest Rights Act of 2006, but they have remained the edifice of the relationship between the government and the Adivasis. It is the forest department that Adivasis must deal with as their primary government agency. That a democratic government almost a century later seeks to expand and strengthen the tools of the Indian Forest Act (A) ..................................................................

The ostensible inspiration for the amendments proposed by the Central government is the same as that of the colonial regime: the protection of forests. However, the government goes a step further than the colonial government and seeks to criminalise the communities, primarily the Adivasis, who (B)............ in these forests. Forest rights activists have expressed concern that forests could turn into a ‘police state’. A better description would be that they would become a more draconian police state.

Q1. In the passage above a line is given in bold "The act offered a fig leaf that those who could establish their rights were excepted from this expropriation". What does "fig leaf" mean in context of the passage above?

a thing intended to kill someone

a thing intended to snatch someone's property by deceit.

a thing intended to help someone in bad time.

a thing intended to do justice to poor people.

a thing intended to conceal a difficulty or embarrassment.

Solution:

"Fig Leaf" means a thing intended to conceal a difficulty or embarrassment.

Q2. Which of the following statements is/are correct in context of the passage above?

The Indian Forest Act, 1927 was enacted under the British Government.

Forest Rights Act of 2006 made some improvements in land expropriations.

The ostensible inspiration for the amendments proposed by the Central government is the protection of forests.

Both (a) and (c)

All are correct

Solution:

All are correct in context of the passage.

Q3. Which of the following phrases will fill in the blank given in A in the passage above?

is remarkable and shock at the same time.

are remarkable and shock at the same time.

is remarkable and shocking at the same time.

is remarkably and shocking at the same time.

were remarkable and shocking at the same time.

Solution:

"is remarkable and shocking at the same time." is grammatically and contextually correct.

Q4. Which of the following words should fill the blank given in (B) to make it contextually correct and meaningful?

persuade

diversity

enforced

dwell

departure

Solution:

Dwell: live in or at a specified place.

Q5. Which of the following is SIMILAR in meaning to the word " ameliorate" given in BOLD in the above passage?

aggravate

alleviate

intensify

worsen

relegate

Solution:

Ameliorate: make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.

Directions (6-10): In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are four options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the four words is your answer, choose option (e) as your answer choice.

Q6. Trisha is a nagging customer who is always reviewing her receipts so she can ................. over a few cents.

agreed

tangling

concurring

hassled

wrangle

Solution:

Wrangle: a dispute or argument, typically one that is long and complicated.

Q7. Right before the game’s results were announced, the fans got into a .................... over whose team was the greatest.

harmony

skirmish

retreating

clashed

tussled

Solution:

Skirmish: a short argument.

Q8. Because John sustained a brain injury during the accident, he is unable to share a ..................... about the details of the wreck.

recollecting

revoke

reminiscence

billow

Both (c) and (d)

Solution:

Reminiscence: a story told about a past event remembered by the narrator.

Q9. The monk had attained a peaceful ...................., completely unaffected by the troubles around him.

calm

serenity

tranquil

agitation

disruption

Solution:

Serenity: the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled.

Q10. In an effort to ..................... angry customers, the store issued everyone a full refund.

aggravate

assuage

pacified

intensity

mollified

Solution:

Assuage: make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

Directions (11-15): In each Question below, a sentence is given with four words given in Bold in the sentence. Among these bold words one may be wrongly spelt. The option of that word is the answer. If all four words are correctly spelt mark (e). i.e. 'All Correct' as the answer.

Q11. I grew up in Chennai, a city that has a year-round summerr — the heat a sort of clingy companion you cannot evade.

summerr

clingy

companion

evade

All Correct

Solution:

The correct spelling is 'summer'.

Q12. On the warmer days in Germany, I carried sets of handkerchiefs with me to soak up the sweat while I saw other people sauntaring about, dry as a bone.

warmer

handkerchiefs

sweat

sauntaring

All Correct

Solution:

The correct spelling is 'sauntering'.

Q13. Convincing yourself that you’re having a good time indoors while the entire world seems to be living it up without you, can feel like a useless endeavor sometimes.

Convincing

indoors

endeavor

sometimes

All Correct

Solution:

The correct spelling is 'endeavour'.

Q14. In Quantum Mechanics, the uncertainty principle developed by W. Heisenberg states that it is impossible to specify precicely and simultaneously the values of both members of particular pairs of physical variables that describe the behaviour of an atomic system, the variables happen to be position and momentum.

uncertainty

precicely

variables

momentum

All Correct

Solution:

The correct spelling is 'precisely'.

Q15. The impregnable desire of a graduate to achieve something in his life is thwarted by the feckless policies of the government.

impregnable

graduate

thwarted

feckless

All Correct

Solution:

All Correct

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