English Usage Test 3
Description: English Usage Test - Free english verbal ability test for entrance examinations like mba entrance, gre, sat, gmat, toefl and practice tests | |
Number of Questions: 25 | |
Created by: Aliensbrain Bot | |
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Directions: Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows.
"The Antarctic is the vast source of cold on our planet, just as the sun is the source of our heat and it exerts tremendous control on our climate", [Jacques] Cousteau told the camera. The cold ocean water around Antarctica flows North to mix with warmer water from the tropics and its upwellings help to cool both the surface water and our atmosphere. Yet, the fragility of this regulating system is now threatened by human activity.
Directions: Choose the appropriate option and complete the sentence.
While it is important to fathom the complexities involved in the space project, one must __________.
Directions: In the following question, an incomplete statement is provided. Select the option which most logically completes the idea in the question statement.
When you look for intimacy and true love in a person, you tend to ignore _________________.
Directions: Find the statement where the given word hasn't been used correctly.
Directions: In the following question, an incomplete statement is provided. Select the option which most logically completes the idea in the question statement.
The realm of infinity has been explored by physicists and mathematicians alike but ________________.
Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.
(A) Coming as it does on the eve of his long awaited visit to the embattled state, the announcement will help to dispel the notion that the UPA has in some way squandered the legacy of dialogue and confidence building left behind by the NDA. (B) This will give a huge boost to both the now stalled official talks with the All Parties Hurriyat Conference and the ongoing composite dialogue process with Pakistan. (C) The Manmohan Singh government has decided to reduce the level of troops deployed in J&K. (D) The precise nature of the force reduction is still not known but the warm response from Islamabad and the separatist conglomerate suggests that the PM has struck a key political chord with this conciliatory gesture.
Directions: Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably (in the same order).
The use of laser technology is not as simple as it sounds, it has proved very ________ to use satellites to position equipment in space that can destroy the ________ controls of enemy aircraft.
Directions: Select the option that fills in the blank most suitably.
Even detractors who warn of its potential for abuse by powerful despots agree that genetic engineering, if used ________, can reduce the incidence of the sort of physical and mental deformities that any society would want to eliminate.
Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.
(A) It is hard to say, at first glance, whether this question is absurdly easy or absurdly difficult. (B) Perhaps, in different ways, it is both. (C) Most people would probably reply that they know perfectly well what they mean, but that they find it hard or impossible to express their meaning precisely. (D) What does it mean to say about anything that it is good?
Directions: Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably (in the same order).
The international art market is ________ with forged works of art, some of which are so convincing that even the experts can be ________.
Directions: Find the statement where the given word hasn't been used correctly.