General English Test - 2

'Supersonic' means involving or denoting a speed greater than that of sound.

For example: There was a huge bang; it sounded like a supersonic jet.

From the given sentence, the third part of the sentence contains an error.

'Seemed' makes the tense verb as simple past, the whole sentence is in the present tense.

So as per the context of the sentence 'Seemed' must be replaced with 'seems' ( singular verb with the singular subject).

In grammar, parallelism, also known as parallel structure or parallel construction, is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure. The application of parallelism affects readability and may make texts easier to process.

Correct sentence: Most people like to rest after a day's hard work but he seems to have an inexhaustive supply of energy.

From the given sentence, the first part of the sentence contains an error.

The use of the singular noun 'student' in the sentence is incorrect.

The indefinite pronoun 'None of the' is just as likely to mean not any, implying a plural.

We should use the plural noun 'students' in place of the singular noun 'student' as per the context of the sentence.

Hence, the correct answer is "None of the student". 

Correct sentence: None of the students in the class scored below the given cut-off marks.

4 is the first sentence because it introduces the subject 'women's empowerment' and says what it is in brief.

2 defines women's empowerment in detail. So, 2 must follow 4.

1 and 3 explain the trauma women have to undergo throughout their life and either of the sentences can be placed in third place but from the above explanation, we have only one such option that satisfies order 42.​

The correct arrangement is: Women's empowerment is the process of empowering women. Empowerment can be defined in many ways, however, when talking about women's empowerment, empowerment means accepting and allowing people (women) who are on the outside of the decision-making process into it. Many people think that the days of a woman fighting for rights are over but those people are wrong because 1 out of every 3 women has been sexually harassed or catcalled in public by random men they don’t know. Every day women are put down and told how to act and that they were asking for it if you wear that making a woman feel that it is their fault, but it is not.

Therefore, the correct order should be 4213.

Omnipotent: One who is all powerful. It is used for the one having unlimited power or authority.

For example, “The Almighty is the omnipotent.”

Monarchy: It is a form of government in which sovereignty is embodied in a monarch, such as a king or queen.

For example, “The monarchy has to create a balance between their personal and public lives.”

Chronograph: It is a device used for measuring and recording short intervals of time.

​For example, “A chronograph is the first choice of today’s man-on-the-go."

Glutton: This word is used for a person who eats too much; voraciously and obsessively.

For example, “His brother is a glutton.”

Indirect form: 'The librarian told her that she could borrow only two books at a time.'

The basic rules for changing or converting direct speech into indirect speech:​

• 'Said to' will be changed into 'told'.
• 'That' conjunction will be added.
• 'You' will be changed into 'She'. (Second-person -> Third-person)
• 'Can' will be changed into 'could'. (Direct to Indirect form)

The most appropriate meaning of the given idiom/phrase 'Gordian knot' is 'A difficult problem'.

Gordian knot: A complicated problem that can only be solved with creative or unorthodox thinking.

For example: The coding problem looked like a Gordian knot until we realized we could bypass it altogether with a different approach.​

By the given meaning and example we can say that 'A difficult problem' is the appropriate meaning.

Foresight: Foresight is the ability to see what might or will happen in the future.

For example, “His choices in life show a lack of foresight.”

Automobile: It is a four-wheeled vehicle designed primarily for passenger transportation; car.

For example, “Henry was killed in an automobile accident while he was travelling for a wedding.”

Autobiography: An autobiography is a self-written account of a person’s life. It covers the events of the entire life of its author.

For example, “The Story of My Life is the autobiography of Helen Keller.”

Biography: Biography is a detailed narrative of a person’s life written by some other person. It is considered a non-fictional form of literature.

For example, "Shilpa is an avid reader of biographies.”

Weep - shed tears.

Laugh - make the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement and sometimes also of derision.

Rejoice - feel or show great joy or delight.

Happy - feeling or showing pleasure, pleased.

You weep for an ill fortune that you yourself have wrought: That is a shameful sorrow: it were better you said nought !"

The correct word suitable for fill in the blank space is certain.

Certain - able to be firmly relied on to happen or be the case.

Unthinkable - (of a situation or event) too unlikely or undesirable to be considered a possibility.

Unlikely - (of a situation or event) too unlikely or undesirable to be considered a possibility.

Unreliable - not able to be relied upon.

Once she was certain cade and his guests were comfortable, she retreated to her room with a book.

The phenomenal increase in the growth of the telecommunication market was owing to low mobile call rates and strong consumer demand.

Refer to the lines from the passage:

• 'Strong consumer demand and favorable policies of the Indian government played an instrumental role in the growth of this industry. The first commercial mobile phone service in India was launched by Modi Group along with the Australian giant, Telstra. Because of the high call rates per minute, only the top income earners were able to use mobile phones back then. However, since the 1990s mobile communication has become more and more popular, and services provided went beyond just texting and calling.'
• 'With a variety of smartphones and Internet packages flooding the market mobile communication become an integral part of everyday life.'
• Upon the perusal of the above lines, it can be concluded that the phenomenal increase in the growth of the telecommunication market was due to low mobile call rates as previously these call rates per minute are quite high that only the top income earners were able to use mobile phones but since 1990s mobile communication has become more and more popular, it provides the services that went beyond just texting and calling.
• Also, it is given that the subscriber base was 1.1 billion at the end of 2020.
• Strong consumer demand played a crucial role in the growth of this industry.
• All the other options are eliminated as they are not mentioned in the passage.

Refer to the lines from the passage:

'The first commercial mobile phone service in India was launched by Modi Group along with the Australian giant, Telstra. Because of the high call rates per minute, only the top income earners were able to use mobile phones back then. However, since the 1990s mobile communication has become more and more popular, and services provided went beyond just texting and calling.'

'With a variety of smartphones and Internet packages flooding the market mobile communication become an integral part of everyday life.'

Upon the perusal of the above lines, it can be concluded that options (A), (B), and (C) are correct as mentioned in the above lines but the term 'traditional services' refers to texting and calling is wrong as previously before the 1990s there is a high rate of calling per minute but since the 1990s which is not the traditional services the evolution of the mobile communication has provided the services that went beyond texting and calling.

So, we consider this option the wrong option.

Refer to the line from the passage:

• 'The first commercial mobile phone service in India was launched by Modi Group along with the Australian giant, Telstra.'
• 'However, since the 1990s mobile communication has become more and more popular, and services provided went beyond just texting and calling.'
• ​'With a variety of smartphones and Internet packages flooding the market mobile communication become an integral part of everyday life.'

Upon the perusal of the above lines, it can be concluded that a variety of smartphones and internet packages are flooding the market is correct as we can see from the above lines.

The term 'gigabytes' refers to storage capacity.

Refer to the lines from the passage:

'The leading private players such as Vodaphone, Reliance Jio, and Airtel continuously strive for customer satisfaction and offer increasing gigabytes of data per day in addition to unlimited free calls.'

"Gigabytes" means a data measurement unit for digital computer or media storage equal to one thousand million (10⁹).

​Example: I have a laptop with 3 Gigabyte Ram and a hard disk of 650 GB which is sold in 2010.

In the above lines, the "data" is given which completely refers to the "gigabytes" as "storage capacity".

The option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word 'vivid' is ' lively'.

Vivid means intensely deep or bright.

Lively means full of life and energy; active and outgoing.