English Language Quiz For NIACL AO Prelims 2023 -28th July

Directions (1-5): Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) Who can trace to its first beginnings the love of Damon for Pythias, of David for Jonathan, of Swan for Edgar?

(B) Similarly with men.

(C) There is about great friendships between man and man a certain inevitability that can only be compared with the age-old association of ham and eggs.

(D) One simply feels that it is one of the things that must be so.

(E) No one can say what was the mutual magnetism that brought the deathless partnership of these wholesome and palatable foodstuffs about.

Q1. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q2. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q3. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q4. Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q5. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Directions (6-10): Rearrange the following statements (A), (B), (C), (D) & (E) in the correct sequence and answer the following questions given below.

(A) Strategy proposed by the Chinese government that focuses on connectivity and cooperation between Eurasian countries

(B) The initiative was known in English as the One Belt and One Road Initiative (OBOR) until 2016

(C) And the ocean-going Maritime Silk Road (MSR)

(D) Primarily the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the land-based Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB)

(E) The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road or The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a development

Q6. Which is the FIRST sentence of the sequence after the rearrangement of the above sentences?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q7. Which is the SECOND sentence of the sequence after the rearrangement of the above sentences?

(a) A

(b) D

(c) C

(d) B

(e) E

Q8. Which is the THIRD sentence of the sequence after the rearrangement of the above sentences?

(a) D

(b) C

(c) E

(d) A

(e) B

Q9. Which is the FOURTH sentence of the sequence after the rearrangement of the above sentences?

(a) E

(b) D

(c) C

(d) B

(e) A

Q10. Which is the LAST (FIFTH) sentence of the sequence after the rearrangement of the above sentences?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Solutions

S1. Ans.(e)

Sol. The correct sequence is CEDBA; E

S2. Ans.(a)

Sol. A

S3. Ans.(c)

Sol. C

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol. B

S5. Ans.(d)

Sol. D

S6. Ans.(e)

Sol. (The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road or The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a development strategy proposed by the Chinese government that focuses on connectivity and cooperation between Eurasian countries, primarily the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the land-based Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) and the ocean-going Maritime Silk Road (MSR). The initiative was known in English as the One Belt and One Road Initiative (OBOR) until 2016)

The correct sequence is EADCB; E

S7. Ans.(a)

Sol. A

S8. Ans.(a)

Sol. D

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. C

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. B