SSC CGL & MTS Quiz : English Language | 09-06-2021

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As SSC CGL & MTS notification is out and candidates have started their preparation for this exam. Mahendras also has started special quizzes for this examination. This series of quizzes are based on the latest pattern of the SSC CGL & MTS examination. Regular practice of the questions included in the quizzes will boost up your preparations and it will be very helpful in scoring good marks in the examination.

1-5. Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions.

Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will never recover from the impact of unseasonably warm waters, scientists said, as more of the World Heritage Site comes under renewed threat from a recent spike in sea temperatures.

Warm seas around the reef killed some two-thirds of a 700-kilometre (496.4 miles) stretch of coral last year after warm water caused the coral to expel living algae, triggering it to calcify and turn white, a process known as bleaching. That was the worst die-off of coral ever recorded at the reef.

Even the areas that survived will not recover to full health, scientists from said, as unseasonable hot water becomes more frequent causing more incidents of bleaching.

Bleaching can be tackled, but...

"Given time", coral can recover from bleaching but the problem comes when you get repeated events. With less time between them, capacity for the coral reef community to recover diminishes rapidly, senior principal research scientist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

The conclusion is a major blow for Australia’s tourism industry, with the reef attracting Australian $5.2 billion ($3.9 billion) in spending each year, a 2013 Deloitte Access Economics report estimated.

Repeated damage to the Great Barrier Reef may also see UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee reconsider its decision in 2015 not to put the Great Barrier Reef on its "in danger" list.

1.What did the scientists say about the Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef?

A. That the reef will never recover from the impact of unseasonably warm waters.

B. That the reef will never recover from damage to the Great Barrier.

C. That the reef will never recover from the heat of the sunlight.

D. That the reef will never recover from the impact of the cold water valley expansion.

2.Which of the following process is known as bleaching?

A. When warm water causes the coral to bound to the level surface triggering it to calcify and turn white.

B. When warm water causes the coral to expand the edges triggering it to calcify and turn white.

C. When warm water causes the coral to expel living algae triggering it to calcify and turn white.

D. When warm water causes the coral to cleanse and smooth the nearby surface and area triggering it to calcify and turn white.

3.What causes more incidents of bleaching?

A. When the unseasonable downpour takes place.

B. When the immature and the worst die-off of coral takes place.

C. Both (A) and (B)

D. When unseasonable hot water becomes more frequent.

4.With less time between repeated events, what happens to the capacity for the coral reef community to recover bleaching?

A. The capacity for the coral reef community to recover bleaching increases rapidly.

B. The capacity for the coral reef community to recover bleaching dies off.

C. The capacity for the coral reef community to recover bleaching diminishes rapidly.

D. The capacity for the coral reef community to recover bleaching is threatened.

5.What did a 2013 Deloitte Access Economics report estimate?

A. the reef attracted Bulgarian $4.4 billion in spending each year.

B. the reef attracted Armenian $3.2 billion in spending each year.

C. the reef attracted American $2.5 billion in spending each year.

D. the reef attracted Australian $5.2 billion in spending each year.

6-8. In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word and mark your answer.

6.Annihilate

A. suggest

B. stab

C. thick

D. destroy

7.Beneficial

A. help

B. advantageous

C. charity

D. wise

8.Perplex

A. ramble

B. confuse

C. wander

D. wonder

9-10. In the questions given below, choose the word most opposite in meaning to the given word and mark your answer.

9.Inability

A. ungrateful

B. silent

C. show

D. talent

10.Common

A. strange

B. uneasy

C. quick

D. fast

Answers:-

Q.1 (A)

Q.2 (C)

Q.3 (D)

Q.4 (C)

Q.5 (D)

Q.6 (D)

Q.7 (B)

Q.8 (B)

Q.9 (D)

Q.10 (A)