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Language Conventions - IV

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In line 8, the word ‘radiates’ could best be replaced with

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from each list according to the corresponding number in the passage.

1. Shakespeare’s heroines are endowed with
2. wit, humanised sense, humane feelings
3. and noble qualities of head and heart.
4. They are exceptionally winning and charming.
5. It is characteristic of nearly all Shakespeare’s
6. comedies that the heroines should escape his satire.
7. Shakespeare’s heroes maybe fine and handsome but when real business has got to be done, it’s the woman who does it.
8. His comedy radiates the spirit of humanity.
9. He enriches our experience of life.
10. His comedy exhibits his vision of life.

  1. affords

  2. emits

  3. diffuses

  4. sheds


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The word means ‘to give out’. Like the sun radiates light and heat.

In line 2, the word ‘humane’ could best be replaced with

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from each list according to the corresponding number in the passage.

1. Shakespeare’s heroines are endowed with
2. wit, humanised sense, humane feelings
3. and noble qualities of head and heart.
4. They are exceptionally winning and charming.
5. It is characteristic of nearly all Shakespeare’s
6. comedies that the heroines should escape his satire.
7. Shakespeare’s heroes maybe fine and handsome but when real business has got to be done, it’s the woman who does it.
8. His comedy radiates the spirit of humanity.
9. He enriches our experience of life.
10. His comedy exhibits his vision of life.

  1. good natured

  2. friendly

  3. happy

  4. manly


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The word means to possess qualities of a good nature or humanitarian emotions. Other options are just adjectives.

Which of the options best fits gap 14?

Directions: Complete the gaps with a suitable option from the given ones to form meaningful sentences.

Communication is----11--- important as food and clothing. They are needs not wants. Not only human beings but also animals and birds communicate in their own language. Animals communicate -------------12----------gestures, cry and fondling which --------13----non verbal. The nature of communication can be approached ---------14------ huge variety of functional and structural perspectives. A communication channel must have -----15------encoder and a decoder. The medium ---------16---------the code.

  1. from

  2. of

  3. by

  4. to


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

We need a word which means that an option is selected ‘from’ a set of options.

In line 4, the word ‘exceptionally’ could best be replaced with

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from each list according to the corresponding number in the passage.

1. Shakespeare’s heroines are endowed with
2. wit, humanised sense, humane feelings
3. and noble qualities of head and heart.
4. They are exceptionally winning and charming.
5. It is characteristic of nearly all Shakespeare’s
6. comedies that the heroines should escape his satire.
7. Shakespeare’s heroes maybe fine and handsome but when real business has got to be done, it’s the woman who does it.
8. His comedy radiates the spirit of humanity.
9. He enriches our experience of life.
10. His comedy exhibits his vision of life.

  1. abnormally

  2. particularly

  3. usually

  4. ordinarily


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The word means rare and unusual .The other options are not appropriate. 

In line 3, the word ‘noble’ could best be replaced with

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from each list according to the corresponding number in the passage.

1. Shakespeare’s heroines are endowed with
2. wit, humanised sense, humane feelings
3. and noble qualities of head and heart.
4. They are exceptionally winning and charming.
5. It is characteristic of nearly all Shakespeare’s
6. comedies that the heroines should escape his satire.
7. Shakespeare’s heroes maybe fine and handsome but when real business has got to be done, it’s the woman who does it.
8. His comedy radiates the spirit of humanity.
9. He enriches our experience of life.
10. His comedy exhibits his vision of life.

  1. gentle

  2. high class

  3. of the kings

  4. aristocratic


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The word means very kind and considerate. Other options are related with status and money.

In line 6, the word ‘escape’ could best be replaced with

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from each list according to the corresponding number in the passage.

1. Shakespeare’s heroines are endowed with
2. wit, humanised sense, humane feelings
3. and noble qualities of head and heart.
4. They are exceptionally winning and charming.
5. It is characteristic of nearly all Shakespeare’s
6. comedies that the heroines should escape his satire.
7. Shakespeare’s heroes maybe fine and handsome but when real business has got to be done, it’s the woman who does it.
8. His comedy radiates the spirit of humanity.
9. He enriches our experience of life.
10. His comedy exhibits his vision of life.

  1. avoid

  2. beat

  3. get away with

  4. break


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The word means ‘to get away or to get a respite from’.

Which of the options best fits gap 16?

Directions: Complete the gaps with a suitable option from the given ones to form meaningful sentences.

Communication is----11--- important as food and clothing. They are needs not wants. Not only human beings but also animals and birds communicate in their own language. Animals communicate -------------12----------gestures, cry and fondling which --------13----non verbal. The nature of communication can be approached ---------14------ huge variety of functional and structural perspectives. A communication channel must have -----15------encoder and a decoder. The medium ---------16---------the code.

  1. is

  2. are

  3. am

  4. will be


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The passage is in the present tense and medium is singular.

In line 9, the word ‘enriches’ could best be replaced with

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from each list according to the corresponding number in the passage.

1. Shakespeare’s heroines are endowed with
2. wit, humanised sense, humane feelings
3. and noble qualities of head and heart.
4. They are exceptionally winning and charming.
5. It is characteristic of nearly all Shakespeare’s
6. comedies that the heroines should escape his satire.
7. Shakespeare’s heroes maybe fine and handsome but when real business has got to be done, it’s the woman who does it.
8. His comedy radiates the spirit of humanity.
9. He enriches our experience of life.
10. His comedy exhibits his vision of life.

  1. adorns

  2. garnishes

  3. develops

  4. decorates


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The word means ‘to improve in quality’; other options mean to add beauty.

In line 10, the word ‘exhibits’ could best be replaced with

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from each list according to the corresponding number in the passage.

1. Shakespeare’s heroines are endowed with
2. wit, humanised sense, humane feelings
3. and noble qualities of head and heart.
4. They are exceptionally winning and charming.
5. It is characteristic of nearly all Shakespeare’s
6. comedies that the heroines should escape his satire.
7. Shakespeare’s heroes maybe fine and handsome but when real business has got to be done, it’s the woman who does it.
8. His comedy radiates the spirit of humanity.
9. He enriches our experience of life.
10. His comedy exhibits his vision of life.

  1. performs

  2. views

  3. sees

  4. shows


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The word means ‘to show’. Other options are not appropriate.

Which of the options best fits gap 13?

Directions: Complete the gaps with a suitable option from the given ones to form meaningful sentences.

Communication is----11--- important as food and clothing. They are needs not wants. Not only human beings but also animals and birds communicate in their own language. Animals communicate -------------12----------gestures, cry and fondling which --------13----non verbal. The nature of communication can be approached ---------14------ huge variety of functional and structural perspectives. A communication channel must have -----15------encoder and a decoder. The medium ---------16---------the code.

  1. will be

  2. are

  3. is

  4. can be


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The ways to communicate are plural.

Which of the options best fits gap 12?

Directions: Complete the gaps with a suitable option from the given ones to form meaningful sentences.

Communication is----11--- important as food and clothing. They are needs not wants. Not only human beings but also animals and birds communicate in their own language. Animals communicate -------------12----------gestures, cry and fondling which --------13----non verbal. The nature of communication can be approached ---------14------ huge variety of functional and structural perspectives. A communication channel must have -----15------encoder and a decoder. The medium ---------16---------the code.

  1. with

  2. through

  3. in

  4. by


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Here we need a preposition to explain the medium of communication. ‘With’ is used for gadgets. ‘In’ is used in expressions, not two-way communications.

Which of the options best fits gap 11?

Directions: Complete the gaps with a suitable option from the given ones to form meaningful sentences.

Communication is----11--- important as food and clothing. They are needs not wants. Not only human beings but also animals and birds communicate in their own language. Animals communicate -------------12----------gestures, cry and fondling which --------13----non verbal. The nature of communication can be approached ---------14------ huge variety of functional and structural perspectives. A communication channel must have -----15------encoder and a decoder. The medium ---------16---------the code.

  1. really

  2. as

  3. also

  4. too


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Here we need a word that compares the importance of communication to food and clothing, and also completes the correlative ‘as important as’.

In line 1, the word ‘endowed’ could best be replaced with

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from each list according to the corresponding number in the passage.

1. Shakespeare’s heroines are endowed with
2. wit, humanised sense, humane feelings
3. and noble qualities of head and heart.
4. They are exceptionally winning and charming.
5. It is characteristic of nearly all Shakespeare’s
6. comedies that the heroines should escape his satire.
7. Shakespeare’s heroes maybe fine and handsome but when real business has got to be done, it’s the woman who does it.
8. His comedy radiates the spirit of humanity.
9. He enriches our experience of life.
10. His comedy exhibits his vision of life.

  1. talented

  2. blessed

  3. supplied

  4. equipped


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The word means ‘to be blessed with’. The words 3and 4 go better with machines.

What is the best way to correct the error in line 2?

Directions: Each of the numbered lines given below contains an error. Choose the correct option from those listed to correct the corresponding error.

I am looking my pen (Line 1)
because I have much pages to write today.  (Line 2)
I have picked that piece of paper on the floor (Line 3)
which the boy throws because he did not need it. (Line 4)

  1. few

  2. many

  3. little

  4. more


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The sentence means to say that the speaker has to write many pages. ‘Much’ is used for uncountable nouns and many for countable nouns.

What is the best way to correct the error in line 4?

Directions: Each of the numbered lines given below contains an error. Choose the correct option from those listed to correct the corresponding error.

I am looking my pen (Line 1)
because I have much pages to write today.  (Line 2)
I have picked that piece of paper on the floor (Line 3)
which the boy throws because he did not need it. (Line 4)

  1. threw

  2. had thrown

  3. did throw

  4. throw


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Past Perfect tense form of the verb ‘throw’ should be used here because this tense is used to express something that happened before another action in the past. The action of not needing the paper had happened before the action of throwing the paper.

In line 5, the word ‘characteristic’ could best be replaced with

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from each list according to the corresponding number in the passage.

1. Shakespeare’s heroines are endowed with
2. wit, humanised sense, humane feelings
3. and noble qualities of head and heart.
4. They are exceptionally winning and charming.
5. It is characteristic of nearly all Shakespeare’s
6. comedies that the heroines should escape his satire.
7. Shakespeare’s heroes maybe fine and handsome but when real business has got to be done, it’s the woman who does it.
8. His comedy radiates the spirit of humanity.
9. He enriches our experience of life.
10. His comedy exhibits his vision of life.

  1. appropriate feature

  2. essential thing

  3. distinguishing item

  4. new option


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The word means special and this is the only option that means it.

In line 7, the word 'handsome' could best be replaced with

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from each list according to the corresponding number in the passage.

1. Shakespeare’s heroines are endowed with
2. wit, humanised sense, humane feelings
3. and noble qualities of head and heart.
4. They are exceptionally winning and charming.
5. It is characteristic of nearly all Shakespeare’s
6. comedies that the heroines should escape his satire.
7. Shakespeare’s heroes maybe fine and handsome but when real business has got to be done, it’s the woman who does it.
8. His comedy radiates the spirit of humanity.
9. He enriches our experience of life.
10. His comedy exhibits his vision of life.

  1. attractive

  2. fair

  3. brave

  4. sharp


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The word means physically attractive; other options are intellectual qualities.

Which of the options best fits gap 15?

Directions: Complete the gaps with a suitable option from the given ones to form meaningful sentences.

Communication is----11--- important as food and clothing. They are needs not wants. Not only human beings but also animals and birds communicate in their own language. Animals communicate -------------12----------gestures, cry and fondling which --------13----non verbal. The nature of communication can be approached ---------14------ huge variety of functional and structural perspectives. A communication channel must have -----15------encoder and a decoder. The medium ---------16---------the code.

  1. a

  2. the

  3. an

  4. many


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

‘An encoder and a decoder’ Encoder begins with a vowel sound and we always use ‘an’ before vowels.

What is the best way to correct the error in line 1?

Directions: Each of the numbered lines given below contains an error. Choose the correct option from those listed to correct the corresponding error.

I am looking my pen (Line 1)
because I have much pages to write today.  (Line 2)
I have picked that piece of paper on the floor (Line 3)
which the boy throws because he did not need it. (Line 4)

  1. looking in

  2. looking at

  3. looking over

  4. looking for


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The preposition ‘for’ is correct here as it means ‘with the purpose of finding’

Which is the correct meaning of the word ‘turbulence’ at (22)?

Directions: Read the paragraph and answer the questions.

One might think of an ocean as a bottomless sink but its capacity as (21) receptacle for wastes is limited. Oceanic pollution is caused by ship generated discharges of oil and petroleum products, noxious liquids, packaged dangerous goods, garbage etc.

The fate of the pollutant is determined by oceanic currents and the (22) turbulence of the sea. Migrating birds caught in the oil slicks --------23--------their power of flight. Employment of detergents to clean the oil slicks ---------24-----to be harmful to marine life. Paper wastes and cellulose are non- biodegradable in the oceans and their presence affects light penetration as a result of which marine phytocomposition takes place.

  1. convergence of water currents

  2. flow of water in opposite directions

  3. violent movement of water

  4. disturbance


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In this context the ocean’s turbulence means violent movement of water.

Which is the best option that fits gap 23?

Directions: Read the paragraph and answer the questions.

One might think of an ocean as a bottomless sink but its capacity as (21) receptacle for wastes is limited. Oceanic pollution is caused by ship generated discharges of oil and petroleum products, noxious liquids, packaged dangerous goods, garbage etc.

The fate of the pollutant is determined by oceanic currents and the (22) turbulence of the sea. Migrating birds caught in the oil slicks --------23--------their power of flight. Employment of detergents to clean the oil slicks ---------24-----to be harmful to marine life. Paper wastes and cellulose are non- biodegradable in the oceans and their presence affects light penetration as a result of which marine phytocomposition takes place.

  1. losing

  2. lost

  3. have lost

  4. lose


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The tense is present indefinite.

Which is correct meaning of the word ‘receptacle’ at (21)?

Directions: Read the paragraph and answer the questions.

One might think of an ocean as a bottomless sink but its capacity as (21) receptacle for wastes is limited. Oceanic pollution is caused by ship generated discharges of oil and petroleum products, noxious liquids, packaged dangerous goods, garbage etc.

The fate of the pollutant is determined by oceanic currents and the (22) turbulence of the sea. Migrating birds caught in the oil slicks --------23--------their power of flight. Employment of detergents to clean the oil slicks ---------24-----to be harmful to marine life. Paper wastes and cellulose are non- biodegradable in the oceans and their presence affects light penetration as a result of which marine phytocomposition takes place.

  1. a container

  2. space to hold something

  3. object to deliver

  4. structure to receive secretion


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The meaning in context is the space in the ocean which contains/holds the wastes.

What is the best way to correct the error in line 3?

Directions: Each of the numbered lines given below contains an error. Choose the correct option from those listed to correct the corresponding error.

I am looking my pen (Line 1)
because I have much pages to write today.  (Line 2)
I have picked that piece of paper on the floor (Line 3)
which the boy throws because he did not need it. (Line 4)

  1. for

  2. from

  3. at

  4. off


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The preposition ‘from’ is used here to indicate the place from where the paper was picked up.

Which is the best option that fits gap 24?

Directions: Read the paragraph and answer the questions.

One might think of an ocean as a bottomless sink but its capacity as (21) receptacle for wastes is limited. Oceanic pollution is caused by ship generated discharges of oil and petroleum products, noxious liquids, packaged dangerous goods, garbage etc.

The fate of the pollutant is determined by oceanic currents and the (22) turbulence of the sea. Migrating birds caught in the oil slicks --------23--------their power of flight. Employment of detergents to clean the oil slicks ---------24-----to be harmful to marine life. Paper wastes and cellulose are non- biodegradable in the oceans and their presence affects light penetration as a result of which marine phytocomposition takes place.

  1. have been found

  2. has been found

  3. will be found

  4. might have been found


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The word ‘employment’ is singular and the other options are talking of future tense.

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