English Quiz for LIC Assistant Mains 14th December

LIC Assistant Mains English Quiz

LIC Assistant Prelims 2019 result is out and LIC Assistant Mains examination date will be announced soon. The Prelims exam was conducted on the 30^th and 31^st of October 2019. Those who have made it should boost their preparation and put some extra effort to clear mains. Those who couldn’t qualify the Prelims stage, should look for the loopholes and try to fill them with doubled hard work. The English Language is a subject that you can master with lots of practice. Here, Adda 247 is providing English Quiz for LIC Mains 2019 that will help you to boost your score in the examination.

Directions (1-5): In the given passage several blanks are given and for each blank four alternatives are provided. Choose the option from which can fill in the blanks to make a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. If none of the given options can fit the blank then choose option (e) ‘None of these’ as your answer.

Industrial activity _______________ (1) for the third consecutive month in October by 3.8%, driven by a fall in activity across sectors, according to official data released on Thursday.
Separate data showed that retail inflation had surged to a 40-month high of 5.54% in November, driven by rising food inflation. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) had contracted by 4.3% in September and 1.1% in August. Growth in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) _______________ (2) in November for the fourth consecutive month. It stood at 4.62% in October. This combination of contraction in industrial activity and rising _______________ (3) has led experts to fear that India is entering a phase of stagflation (a situation in which there is persistent high inflation combined with stagnant or declining demand).
“The momentum of IIP remaining in the negative zone has continued while CPI inflation, led by food and vegetable inflation, has crossed 5.5%,” D.K. Srivastava, chief policy adviser at EY India, said. “This is _______________ (4) into a classic situation of stagflation.”
Within the IIP, the mining sector shrunk by 8% in October compared with a contraction of 8.5% in the previous month. The manufacturing sector contracted for the third _______________ (5) month in October, by 2.1%, compared with a contraction of 3.9% in September.

Q1.
(a) Defined
(b) Contracted
(c) Estimation
(d) Assessment
(e) None of these

Q2.
(a) Faster
(b) Augmentation
(c) Accelerated
(d) Enhancing
(e) None of these

Q3.
(a) Increased
(b) Increment
(c) Divisive
(d) Inflation
(e) None of these

Q4.
(a) Developing
(b) Emerged
(c) Evolved
(d) Advancement
(e) None of these

Q5.
(a) Interruption
(b) Repeat
(c) Consecutive
(d) Duplication
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with a blank. There are five idioms given below each sentence, one out of which can be used in the blank to form a meaningful sentence. Choose the most appropriate idiom among the five options that makes the sentence contextually meaningful.

Q6. The projects team was undergoing a major restructuring, recruitment executives were the first to ______________.
(a) Once in a blue moon
(b) Get the axe
(c) Speak of the devil’s
(d) Cutting Corners
(e) Get your act together

Q7. The boss examined my report with a ___________ before submitting it to the senior management.
(a) Fine-tooth comb
(b) Cut the ground from under feet
(c) A taste of his own medicine
(d) Cutting Corners
(e) Pull yourself together

Q8. As soon as he finished all the registration formalities, he put the house on sale because he ____________
(a) Think on your feet
(b) Get ducks in a row
(c) Tricks of the trade
(d) Doesn’t let grass grow under his feet
(e) Keep your fingers on the pulse

Q9. The senior manager is going to retire in next 2 months therefore two of his juniors who are _______________ will have a fierce competition.
(a) Once in a blue moon
(b) Cut the ground from under feet
(c) A taste of his own medicine
(d) Dead wood
(e) Waiting in the wings

Q10. The management of various PSUs wanted to cut down on the man power so they offered a _______________to many of their aged employees.
(a) Work like a charm
(b) Cut the ground from under feet
(c) Golden handshake
(d) Cutting Corners
(e) Pull yourself together

Directions (11-15): In the sentences given below, four words have been highlighted and may be placed incorrectly in a sentence. Choose among the options having the correct interchange of the words. If all the words are placed correctly, mark your answer as option (e); No interchange required.

Q11. Mr. Asaduzzaman Khan was assisted (A) to attend an event in Shillong on Friday to pay tribute (B) to the sacrifice of the guerrillas (C) of Mukti Bahini who expected (D) India in the war against Pakistan in 1971.
(a) A-D
(b) B-C
(c) A-C
(d) A-B
(e) No interchange required

Q12. As the cadre (A) spiraled, the Centre repatriated (B) senior IPS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya protests (C) G.P. Singh, posted (D) at the National Investigation Agency.
(a) A-D
(b) B-C
(c) A-C
(d) A-B
(e) No interchange required

Q13. Hundreds of students (A) of Delhi University held passing (B) demonstration against the protest (C) of the controversial (D) Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and “State repression” in Assam and Tripura.
(a) A-D
(b) B-C
(c) A-C
(d) A-B
(e) No interchange required

Q14. The air quality (A) will improve rapidly (B) and significantly by night and the impact (C) will be seen with AQI falling (D) from severe to poor category.
(a) A-D
(b) B-C
(c) A-C
(d) A-B
(e) No interchange required

Q15. As thousands of streets (A) took to the protesters (B), crowds attacked the offices (C) of the BJP, and the houses of MLAs belonging to the ruling coalition (D).
(a) A-D
(b) B-C
(c) A-C
(d) A-B
(e) No interchange required

Solutions

S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. Contracted will fit in the blank (1) to make a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. Accelerated will fit in the blank (2) to make a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. Inflation will fit in the blank (3) to make a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S4. Ans. (a)
Sol. Developing will fit in the blank (4) to make a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. Consecutive will fit in the blank (5) to make a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S6. Ans. (b)
Sol. Get the axe means Lose the job.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S7. Ans. (a)
Sol. Fine tooth comb means Examining something carefully to not miss out any details.
Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S8. Ans. (d)
Sol. Not let grass grow under feet means Don’t delay in getting something done.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S9. Ans. (e)
Sol. Waiting in the wings means Waiting for an opportunity to take action, mostly to replace someone else in their job.
Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.

S10. Ans. (c)
Sol. Golden handshake means Big sum of money given to a person when they leave a company or retire.
Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S11. Ans. (a)
Sol. A-D ‘assisted-expected’ will be interchanged. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S12. Ans. (c)
Sol. A-C ‘cadre-protests’ will be interchanged. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S13. Ans. (b)
Sol. B-C ‘passing-protest’ will be interchanged. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S14. Ans. (e)
Sol. The highlighted words in the given sentence are correctly placed. Hence, option (e); no interchange required is the right answer choice.

S15. Ans. (d)
Sol. A-B ‘streets-protesters’ will be interchanged. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.