LIC AAO Pre English Language Quiz – 2

LIC AAO Pre English Language Quiz

English Language is a part of almost all major competitive exams in the country and is perhaps the most scoring section also. Aspirants who regularly practice questions have a good chance of scoring well in the English Language Section. So here we are providing you with LIC AAO Pre English Language Quiz to help you prepare better. This LIC AAO Pre English Language Quiz includes all of the most recent pattern-based questions, as well as Previous Year Questions. This LIC AAO Pre English Language Quiz is available to you at no cost. Candidates will be provided with a detailed explanation of each question in this LIC AAO Pre English Language Quiz. Candidates must practice this LIC AAO Pre English Language Quiz to achieve a good score in the English Language Section.

Directions (1-5): In each of the following sentence there is a blank space. Below each sentence there are four words given. Choose the most appropriate word (s) that must fill the blank and make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. If none of the given words fill the blank correctly choose (e) i.e., none of these as your answer choice.

 

  1. In the old society, owing to cruel exploitation and successive years of tangled warfare among warloads, the labouring people led a _______________ life.

(A) practical

(B) vagrant

(C) itinerant

(D) frivolous

(a) only (A)

(b) only (B)

(c) only (C) and (D)

(d) only (B) and (C)

(e) None of these

Answer & Explanation
Ans. d

Exp. ‘vagrant’ means a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging while itinerant means travelling from place to place. Therefore, both the words provide an absolute meaning in the context of the sentence. Hence, option (d) is the correct choice.

Frivolous means not having any serious purpose or value.

 

  1. The student’s _______________ actions towards the teacher got him suspended from school.

(A) flippant

(B) fanciful

(C) jaunty

(D) sedate

(a) only (A)

(b) only (B)

(c) only (C) and (D)

(d) only (B) and (C)

(e) None of these

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. ‘Flippant’ is an adjective which means not showing a serious or respectful attitude. Therefore, the sentence can be made contextually comprehensible only with ‘flippant’. All the words fail to aptly fit in the blank. Hence, option (a) is the mist suitable answer choice.

Fanciful means over-imaginative and unrealistic.

Jaunty means having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner.

Sedate means calm, dignified, and unhurried.

 

  1. Not even the leading experts in criminology could understand the killer’s _______________ motives.

(A) enigmatic

(B) impenetrable

(C) untrodden

(D) inscrutable

(a) only (A)

(b) only (B)

(c) only (C) and (D)

(d) only (A), (B) and (D)

(e) None of these

Answer & Explanation
Ans. d

Exp. ‘Inscrutable’ is an adjective which means impossible to understand or interpret. ‘impenetrable’ and ‘enigmatic’ are synonyms of inscrutable. As, all three words completely satisfies the context of the sentence option (d) becomes the most viable answer choice.

Untrodden means (of a surface) not having been walked on

 

  1. As soon as the citizens learned their brutal leader was dead, they burned a / an _______________of his image.

(A) elegy

(B) alloy

(C) effigy

(D) convex

(a) only (A)

(b) only (B)

(c) only (C)

(d) only (A), (B) and (D)

(e) None of these

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. ‘Effigy’ is a noun which means a sculpture or model of a person. Therefore, the sentence can be made contextually comprehensible only with ‘effigy’. All the words fail to aptly fit in the blank. Hence, option (c) is the most suitable answer choice.

Elegy means (in modern literature) a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

Alloy means a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion.

Convex means having an outline or surface curved like the exterior of a circle or sphere.

 

  1. Everyone is excited about the idea of the handsome athlete playing a _______________ spy in the new movie.

(A) vagabond

(B) aweless

(C) scrupulous

(D) meticulous

(a) only (A)

(b) only (B)

(c) only (C) and (D)

(d) only (A), (B) and (C)

(e) None of these

Answer & Explanation
Ans. e

Exp.  None of the given words can be used to fill the blank coherently. Hence, option (e) becomes the correct answer choice.

Vagabond means a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job.

Serene means calm, peaceful, and untroubled; tranquil.

Scrupulous means (of a person or process) careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details.

Meticulous means showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.

 

Directions (6 – 10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

 

  1. The blind’s life (a)/ is really very miserable (b)/ because they can’t see (c)/ what happens around them. (d)/ No Error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. Use “the life of the blind” in place of “The blind’s life” because in the case of the+ Adjective in plural Noun scenario we don’t use s’ as we use the preposition ‘of’ to denote the relationship.

E.g.- The hobbies of the rich.

 

  1. Each of the students (a)/ whom I have chosen to take part (b)/ in the cultural programmers to be performed (c)/ in the City Hall, are up to the mark (d)/ No Error (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Answer & Explanation
Ans. d

Exp. Use ‘is’ in place of ‘are’ as after ‘each of’ we always use a singular verb.

 

  1. The teachers face the (a)/ same problems in their day to day lives (b)/ as do an ordinary man (c)/ of our society. (d)/ No error (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. Use ‘does’ in place of ‘do’ as the subject ‘an ordinary man’ is a 3rd person singular number.

 

  1. He not only comes (a)/ here for shopping but also for (b)/ having a glimpse of (c)/ the extremely beautiful sales girl (d)/ No error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. ‘Not only’ should be used before shopping as ‘but also’ is used before ‘for having’.

 

  1. It was almost (a)/ ten years ago since he wrote (b)/ a letter to me to (c)/ remind me of my lapses. (d)/ No error. (e)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Answer & Explanation
Ans. b

Exp. Use ‘that’ in place of ‘since’ as after ‘ago’ that is used as a conjunction.

 

 

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