English Language Quiz For LIC ADO Mains 2023 -21st April

Directions (1-15): In the question given below two statements are given which are grammatically correct and meaningful. Connect them by choosing the word given below the statements in the best possible way without changing the intended meaning. Choose the best possible word as your answer accordingly from the options to form a correct, coherent sentence.

Q1. (l) The basic minimum salary of Rs. 20,000 had been protected, by increasing the number of categories of hospitals.
(ll) The nurses had been cheated out of the salary structure that had been promised to them in the draft notification.
(a) but
(b) while
(c) although
(d) and
(e) in spite of

Q2. (l) Some of them manage to wriggle past the security cover.
(ll) The rest are stopped by a tough-looking police officer.
(a) and
(b) since
(c) but
(d) meanwhile
(e) unless

Q3. (l) It was the same thing I have been hearing for an hour now
(ll) from some ten years earlier.
(a) since
(b) meanwhile
(c) while
(d) and
(e) but

Q4. (l) Ten years ago, when I came to India after leaving the United States for good.
(ll) My parents told me Indian citizens were the most responsible people in the whole world.
(a) until
(b) and
(c) although
(d) since
(e) None

Q5. (l) A government undertaking.
(ll) The railways balance a structural way of working with instant response in case of need.
(a) Although
(b) despite
(c) in spite of
(d) since
(e) meanwhile

Q6. (l) However, these are reforms that can be adopted.
(ll) Simultaneous elections are not held.
(a) although
(b) as if
(c) so that
(d) when
(e) even if

Q7. (l) The sudden snowfall.
(ll) This winter has been warmer than the previous ones.
(a) instead of
(b) even if
(c) and
(d) despite
(e) although

Q8. (l) Such a law comes into force.
(ll) No State law should be used to give an impression that there is an eviction drive against a particular community.
(a) although
(b) even if
(c) until
(d) since
(e) none

Q9. (l) Working with that group gave me a theoretical and ideological base.
(ll) It did not provide me the feeling of associating with a party that has a national presence.
(a) despite
(b) though
(c) in spite of
(d) since
(e) none

Q10. (l) The reality could be more complex than each of the scenarios depicted here.
(ll) They are a good starting point.
(a) and
(b) since
(c) despite
(d) but
(e) meanwhile

Q11. (l) These lineages are spread far and wide across India today.
(ll) They vary significantly in their distribution.
(a) even if
(b) and
(c) since
(d) though
(e) despite

Q12. (l) There is no more food left.
(ll) There is plenty of drinks.
(a) nevertheless
(b) but
(c) however
(d) and
(e) none

Q13. (l) I was the college-topper all through my undergraduate course in Ayurveda.
(ll) I discovered towards the end that I had not quite understood the fundamentals of ayurveda’s theoretical framework.
(a) meanwhile
(b) since
(c) although
(d) but
(e) and

Q14. (l) I love this work and shall continue with it.
(ll) The career-smothering academic ambience I’m surrounded with.
(a) unless
(b) although
(c) since
(d) in spite of
(e) nevertheless

Q15. (l) My mother gave me the world.
(ll) I took away hers.
(a) since
(b) although
(c) while
(d) in spite of
(e) even if

Solutions

S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘while’ will connect the sentences. While the basic minimum salary of Rs. 20,000 had been protected, by increasing the number of categories of hospitals, the nurses had been cheated out of the salary structure that had been promised to them in the draft notification.

S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘but’ will connect the sentences. Some of them manage to wriggle past the security cover, but the rest are stopped by a tough-looking police officer.

S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘and’ will connect the sentences. It was the same thing I have been hearing for an hour now and from some ten years earlier.

S4. Ans. (e)
Sol. Ten years ago, when I came to India after leaving the United States for good, my parents told me Indian citizens were the most responsible people in the whole world.

S5. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘although’ will connect the sentences. Although a government undertaking, the railways balance a structural way of working with instant response in case of need.

S6. Ans. (e)
Sol. ‘even if’ will connect the sentences. However, these are reforms that can be adopted even if simultaneous elections are not held.
S7. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘despite’ will connect the sentences. Despite the sudden snowfall, this winter has been warmer than the previous ones.

S8. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘until’ will connect the sentences. Until such a law comes into force, no State law should be used to give an impression that there is an eviction drive against a particular community.

S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘though’ will connect the sentences. Though working with that group gave me a theoretical and ideological base, it did not provide me the feeling of associating with a party that has a national presence.

S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘but’ will connect the sentences. The reality could be more complex than each of the scenarios depicted here, but they are a good starting point.

S11. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘though’ will connect the sentences. These lineages are spread far and wide across India today, though they vary significantly in their distribution.

S12. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘however’ will connect the sentences. There is no more food left. However there is plenty of drinks.

S13. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘although’ will connect the sentences. Although I was the college-topper all through my undergraduate course in ayurveda, I discovered towards the end that I had not quite understood the fundamentals of ayurveda’s theoretical framework.

S14. Ans. (d)
Sol. Use ‘in spite of’ to connect the two sentences. I love this work and shall continue with it in spite of the career-smothering academic ambience I’m surrounded with.

S15. Ans. (c)
Sol. Use ‘while’. While my mother gave me the world, I took away hers.