English Language Questions | NICL AO 2017 | 27.04.2017

Directions (1-10) Each questions has 5 parts labeled (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). Read each sentence to find out which on can be filled and indicate your answer in the answer sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (1) or (2) or (3) or (4) or (5). 

1. India should recognise Balochistan as a_________ country if Pakistan went ahead with the _________of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav.

1. Separate, implementation

2. execution, separation

3. separate, execution

4. distinct, execution

5. segregate, completion

Ans- 3

2. _________for choosing municipal councillors is _________across the national capital with Lt Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia casting their votes.

1. asking, underway

2. creating, overshadow

3. counting, advancing

4. polling, underway

5. moving, polling

Ans-4

3. India continues to be the fastest growing major economy in the world and its growth will _________further due to factors like _________of GST, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said.

1. accelerate, implementation

2. advance, dissatisfaction 

3. cease, application

4. impede, implementation

5. accelerate, utilization

Ans-1

4. The Prime Minister''s Office (PMO) has asked all the ministries and departments to _________enabling framework and regulations in tune with the _________FDI policy with a view to attracting more foreign investment.

1. spoil, adorned

2. modify, humane

3. order, liberalised

4. remain, relaxation

5. modify, liberalised

Ans-5

5. The amount of alimony awarded to a woman must be _________the status of parties and capacity of the spouse to pay _________, the Supreme Court has said.

1. decentstar, destruction

2. befitting, maintenance

3. decorous, entertainment

4. decentstar, desertion

5. decorous, maintenance

Ans-2

6. A PIL has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking a ban on 66 pesticides used in India, _________these are banned or _________in several countries.

1. restricted, stopped

2. restricted, claiming

3. clamed, restricted

4. claiming, restricted

5. lien, impeded

Ans-4

7. The US has accused top Indian IT firms TCS and Infosys of _________cornering the lion''s share of H-1B visas by putting extra tickets in the lottery system, which the Trump administration wants to replace with a more merit-based _________policy.

1. unfairly, immigration

2. fairly, immigration

3. clearly, migration

4. unclearly , crossing

5. tolerably, voyage

Ans-1

8. An American judge has _________the US citizenship of an Al-Qaeda member who ran a communications hub with the terror group from his California home and was personally _________by Osama bin Laden for his work.

1. Separate, commentated

2. execution, congratulated

3. separate, commentated

4. distinct, Adulated

5. revoked, congratulated

Ans-5

9. _________its winning streak in Maharashtra, the ruling BJP today won Latur and Chandrapur municipal corporations, out of three civic _________that went to polls on April 19.

1. enduring, frames

2. Continuing, chassis

3. perssting, execution

4. Continuing, bodies

5. enduring, completion

Ans-4

10. The Congress today _________Barkha Shukla Singh from the party for six years, a day after she _________its vice president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi unit chief Ajay Maken and quit as local women''s wing chief.

1. banned, encountered

2. expelled, attacked

3. barred, pushed

4. attacked, expelled

5. attacked, rushed

Ans-2