Thursday 19 March 2015

English Quiz (Cloze test and Error correction)



English Quiz:

Directions (1-10): In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
A Kolkata-based company recently said it's (1) to repay a loan of around Rs. 2000 crore to a consortium of public sector banks, claiming it (2) a loss of around Rs. 1000 crore because its vendors took it for a (3) . The banks promptly (4) a corporate investigator to get to the bottom of the matter and it (5) out to be a (6) of fraud. "The forensics report clearly (7) that the vendors were all the owner's relatives and the money was (8) off. This was a clear case of fraud," said one of the bankers on condition of (9) . Indian banks are increasingly hiring consultancies to do corporate investigations and forensic audit of their non-performing loans, after a (10) on their wrist by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Ministry of Finance (MoF).


1. 1) ready
2) thinking
3) unable
4) eager
5) useless

2. 1) earned
2) suffered
3) affected
4) relieved
5) met

3. 1) business
2) pleasure
3) journey
4) run
5) ride

4. 1) hired
2) drafted
3) placed
4) promised
5) obtained

5. 1) left
2) brought
3) came
4) turned
5) seemed

6. 1) story
2) result
3) case
4) reason
5) medium

7. 1) examined
2) expressed
3) claimed
4) believed
5) revealed

8. 1) siphoned
2) taken
3) jumped
4) pumped
5) put
      
9. 1) prosperity
2) obscurity
3) invisibility
4) anonymity
5) clarity

10. 1) beat
2) rap
3) pat
4) whack
5) blow

Directions (11-15): Correction of Sentences:
11. 1) Can the poor, illiterate, and those unfamiliar with technology / 2) and multiple passwords, remember and key in the 4-digit PIN / 3) to withdrawal money from ATMs / 4) that the Modi Government wants bank to offer? / 5) No error

12. 1) Modi government has launched / 2) a front attack on Indian bureaucracy's / 3) greatest power the power / 4) not to do anything. / 5) No error

13. 1) Four followers of the Hindu sect Anand Marg were / 2) sentenced to life imprisonment / 3) against criminal conspiracy and murder of/ 4) the then railway minister LN Mishra in 1975. / 5) No error

14. 1) India has opposed Chinese protests against / 2) Delhi's presence in the oil blocks in the region / 3) and has called for safeguarding freedom / 4) of navigation in international water. / 5) No error

15. 1) At the end of the day, no substantial business / 2) was conducted in the House / 3) but both government and Opposition parties / 4) claimed they prevailed at others. / 5) No error






Answers:


1.             3
2.             2
3.             5
4.             1
5.             4
6.             3
7.             5
8.             1
9.             4
10.          2
11.          3
12.          2
13.          3
14.          4
15.          4

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