UPTET / NVS 2019 Exam Mock Test – Practice English Questions Now | 13th August 2019

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Directions(1-5): Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.

Finally, there arises the question as to our leadership potential. Although the entire younger generation by the very definition is a potential storehouse of leadership, I feel that our universities provide the richest reservoir from which the future leaders of this country will be forthcoming. I have had occasion to travel fairly extensively and to visit a number of travel fairly extensively and to visit a number of university centres in the country. It is deeply encouraging to see that despite the economic and other difficulties which these young men and women have to face they are full of energy and idealism. The re3al question is whether we have the ability and imagination to tap this reservoir, to fan the sparks of youthful idealism into bright flames that would illumine the future of India ­– the India of our dreams for the building of which countless generations have for the building of which countless generations have struggled and scarified; an India socially emancipated, economically prosperous, politically integrated, militarily strong and spiritually dynamic.

Q1. Which one of the following is correct? The write believes that India is

(a) socially emancipated

(b) economically prosperous

(c) spiritually dynamic

(d) None of the above

Q2. What is the author’s tone in the passage?

(a) Optimistic

(b) Autocratic

(c) Pessimistic

(d) Partisan

Q3. Where will the future leaders of the country mainly come from?

(a) The families of present political leaders 

(b) The community of social scientists

(c) The universities

(d) The entire younger generation?

Q4. Which one of the following is correct? For realizing the India of our dreams,

(a)we should have the imagination to exploit our budding leadership potential 

(b) we should admire the sacrifices made by several generations

(c) we should bring about more technological advancements

(d) we should provide better facilities for sports

Q5. Which one of the following is correct? What is deeply encouraging about educated young men and women of India is that

(a) they come from the richest reservoirs of potential leaders

(b) they are full of energy and idealism because of quality education

(c) they are full of youthful idealism and imagination

(d) they are full of energy and idealism in spite of economic and other difficulties they face as students

Directions (6-10): Each of the following sentences has a black space and four words are given below it. Select the word you consider most appropriate for the blank space.

Q6. To ease unrest in our company, the boss made a speech to ___________ policy changes were coming.

(a) repudiate

(b) aver

(c) confute

(d) arraign

Q7. Even though I was nervous during my presentation, I tried to project a ___________ of calmness while speaking. 

(a) surmise 

(b) semblance

(c) veracity

(d) fence

Q8. At that time he ___________ a novel for two months.

(a) had been writing 

(b) was writing 

(c) had been written

(d) should written

Q9. He did not go because he was busy yesterday. I wish he __________with you.

(a) would go 

(b) could go 

(c) were gone

(d) has had gone

Q10. The force of the storm caused the chairs to __________ on the deck of the cruise ship.

(a) unbend

(b) straighten

(c) ascend

(d) careen

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. 

S2. Ans.(a)

Sol. 

S3. Ans.(c)

Sol. 

S4. Ans.(a)

Sol. 

S5. Ans.(d)

Sol. 

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol. Aver: to verify or prove to be true in pleading a cause.

Repudiate: to reject as untrue or unjust.

Confute: to overwhelm in argument.

Arraign: to find fault with; censure.

Hence option B is the correct choice.

S7. Ans.(b)

Sol. Semblance: an outward appearance of something; an assumed appearance.

Surmise: suspect.

Hence option B is the correct choice.

S8. Ans.(a)

Sol. An action that began before a certain point of time in the past and was continuing at the given point of time in the sentence. Time expressions like since last year, for last year/few days are generally put after perfect continuous tense.

Hence option A is the correct choice.

S9. Ans.(b)

Sol. With the word ‘wish’, ‘could’ is used when we wish that something that has happened already should have happened otherwise. Hence option B is the correct usage.

Hence option B is the correct choice.

S10. Ans.(d)

Sol. Careen: to move swiftly in an uncontrollable manner, sometimes from one side to another side.

Hence option D is the correct choice.