English Quiz

Directions: In the following passage some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

Brands are about relationships. Until now, the brand owner controlled most of the messaging on the brand in this owner consumer relationship. The consumer participated in the relationship through ...(1)... the messaging and parting with his/her hard earned money for the promise of the brand. But now, in the social media world, all that is changing. The very fabric of the relationship has altered because the control of the messaging is no longer the monopoly of the firm. Social media is voluntary communication with people, community and society that ...(2)... to all. People have always had a basic hunger to connect and reconnect. The Internet gave them a great opportunity and social media, combined with omnipresent mobile phones, has ...(3)... this hunger. Social media helps people reconnect the dots in their life. It enables them to ...(4)... in touch with what’s happening in the lives of people who matter to them. It allows them to voluntarily express their views on what they like, what they dislikeand what they want. It helps them create, control and contribute to a body of ...(5)....

1. 

1) achieving 

2) implementing 

3) emphasizing 

4) misinterpreting 

5) comprehending

2. 

1) matters 

2) overlooks 

3) abstracts 

4) realises 

5) connect

3. 

1) stuffed 

2) objected 

3) fuelled 

4) killed 

5) enticed

4. 

1) assist 

2) abet 

3) hold 

4) stay 

5) leave

5. 

1) continuation 

2) knowledge 

3) ineptness 

4) conception 

5) extensive

Directions (Q. 6–10) : Rearrange the following five sentence (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) It has emerged as the number one killer in both urban and rural areas of the country.

(B) The results are also surprising because about 25 per cent of deaths in the age group of 25- 69 years occur because of heart diseases.

(C) Preliminary results from the largest study, yet to find out the exact causes of mortality in India, have revealed that heart ailments take most lives in both urban and rural areas.

(D) Largest-ever study of deaths shows heart ailments have replaced communicable diseases as the biggest killer in rural and urban India.

(E) These results indicate a reversal in disease patterns in the country from communicable diseases to non- communicable or lifestyle diseases.

6. Which of the following would be the 'SECOND' sentence after rearrangement?

1) C 

2) A 

3) E 

4) D 

5) B

7. Which of the following would be the 'FOURTH' sentence after rearrangement?

1) A 

2) B 

3) C 

4) D 

5) E

8. Which of the following would be the 'FIRST' sentence after rearrangement?

1) D 

2) B 

3) E 

4) A 

5) C

9. Which of the following would be the 'THIRD' sentence after rearrangement?

1) E 

2) A 

3) C 

4) B 

5) D

10. Which of the following would be the 'LAST (FIFTH)' sentence after rearrangement?

1) C 

2) A 

3) D 

4) B 

5) E

Answers:

1. 5

2. 1

3. 3

4. 4

5. 2

(6–10): D A C E B

6. 2

7. 5

8. 1

9. 3

10. 4