English Language Quiz For IBPS | RBI | SBI | NABARD | 02-08-2022

 

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Q1-7 In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

How does ticking clock work? Carbon appears widely in nature—in coal, vegetables, animals and all kinds of other (1) material. Importantly, it appears in a few different “isotopes”, or avatars. The everyday isotope—accounting for the great majority of carbon—is called Carbon 12, because each of its atoms contain six protons and six neutrons. But(2) amid all that C12 are tiny deposits of a mutant variety called Carbon 14, whose atoms have two extra neutrons.

Never mind what protons and neutrons are. What’s important is that because of the extra neutrons, the C14 atom (strictly, its nucleus, but never mind) is unstable and thus decays. That is, it steadily loses matter and energy by (3) certain kinds of sub-atomic particles. This decay process is called radioactivity.

C14 is formed high up in our atmosphere by cosmic rays. These are themselves atomic particles, zooming through the universe at great speed. Many enter the Earth’s atmosphere and it’s (4) that about half a million of them hit each of us humans each hour. But cosmic rays also (5) into high-flying nitrogen atoms and turn them into C14 atoms. (It’s a little more complicated, but, again, never mind). These atoms team up with oxygen and form carbon dioxide (CO2).

Plants absorb CO2, and that’s how they come to contain C14. Humans and other animals eat plants, which is how C14 turns up in our bodies. In fact, it’s in our bodies at about the same concentration—one part in a trillion (6) carbon, I did say “tiny deposits”—as it appears elsewhere.

When plants die, they suddenly stop absorbing C14. When we die, we suddenly stop eating plants, and therefore (7) C14. So, since C14 is radioactive and decays, the amount of C14 in any organic matter this drop in level of radioactive isotopes is the very foundation of radiocarbon dating. If we know the speed at which radioactive substances decay, we can use that to determine the age of an artefact that contains such substances.In the case of C14, we know that a given amount of it will reduce by half in about 5,700 years. This is called C14’s “half-life.

Q1 Choose the correct option for (1)

01. compound

02. mixed

03. pure

04. organic

05. chemically

Q2 Choose the correct option for (2)

01. stir

02. sprinkled

03. wafer

04. drizzle

05. pour

Q3 Choose the correct option for (3)

01. radiate

02. sparkling

03. thrown

04. emitting

05. emigrating

Q4 Choose the correct option for (4)

01. calculation

02. imitate

03. estimated

04. expressing

05. finding

Q5 Choose the correct option for (5)

01. thwack

02. hit

03. smash

04. slur

05. slack

Q6 Choose the correct option for (6)

01. over

02. above

03. in

04. of

05. off

Q7 Choose the correct option for (7)

01. ingesting

02. imbibe

03. incurred

04. assimilate

05. inculcating

Q8-10 Read each part of the sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, mark your answer as (5).

Q-8 With deals over USD 12 billion in kitty(1)/ including leasing of a second nuclear submarine, Russia hopes(2)/ to bag more projects as it termed itself as not just(3)/ a business partner and an "ally" who stood by India in its "darkest hours".(4)/No Error (5)

01. With deals over USD 12 billion in kitty

02. including leasing of a second nuclear submarine, Russia hopes

03. to bag more projects as it termed itself as not just

04. a business partner and an "ally" who stood by India in its "darkest hours"

05. No Error

Q-9 The US defence chief said(1)/ that an operation to isolate the Islamic State group(2)/ in Syria's Raqa should begin in conjunction with the assault(3)/ on the jihadists' Iraqi bastion Mosul.(4)/No Error (5)

01. The US defence chief said

02. that an operation to isolate the Islamic State group

03. in Syria's Raqa should begin in conjunction with the assault

04. on the jihadists' Iraqi bastion Mosul

05. No Error

Q10 Amid reports that Muslim youths from Kerala(1)/ were being radicalised, Kerala Muslim Jamaat has decided(2)/ to launch an anti-terrorism campaign(3)/ across the state.(4)/No Error (5)

01. Amid reports that Muslim youths from Kerala

02. were being radicalised, Kerala Muslim Jamaat has decided

03. to launch an anti-terrorism campaign

04. across the state

05. No Error

Answers:-

Q.1 (4)

Q.2 (2)

Q.3 (4)

Q.4 (3)

Q.5 (3)

Q.6 (4)

Q.7 (1)

Q.8 (4)

Q.9 (5)

Q.10 (5)