English Test - 3

Slums

Main Concept :
Reading Comprehension Reading comprehension means the ability to answer question on the basis of what you read Some areas that are important for reading comprehension are:
a. A good reading speed and an ability to do close reading whenever required in a bid to penetrate and understand the subject matter of the passage.
b. Knowledge of a wide variety of topics.
c. Vocabulary with stress on Usage.

Deterioration in human values

Main Concept :
Reading Comprehension Reading comprehension means the ability to answer question on the basis of what you read Some areas that are important for reading comprehension are:
a. A good reading speed and an ability to do close reading whenever required in a bid to penetrate and understand the subject matter of the passage.
b. Knowledge of a wide variety of topics.
c. Vocabulary with stress on Usage.

Nadir

Main Concept :

Antonyms and Synonyms There are three categories of antonyms as known by the characteristics relationship between the opposed meanings.

• Gradable Antonyms: When we have words which have definitions that lie on a continuous spectrum of meaning. Temperature is such a continuous spectrum so hot and cold, two meanings on opposite ends of the spectrum, are gradable antonyms. Examples: heavy, light; fat, skinny; dark, light; young, old; early, late; empty, full; dull,interesting.

• Complementary antonyms: When we have words whose meanings do not lie on a continuous spectrum and the words have no other lexical relationship. There is no continuous spectrum between push and pull but they are opposite in meaning and are therefore complementary antonyms. Examples: dead, alive; off, on; day, night; exit, entrance; exhale, inhale; occupied, vacant; identical,different.

• Relational antonyms: When we have words where the two meanings are opposite only within the context of their relationship. There is no lexical opposite of teacher, but teacher and pupil are opposite within the context of their relationship. This makes them relational antonyms. Examples: husband, wife; doctor, patient;predator, prey; teach, learn; servant, master; come, go; parent,child.

Bordered

Main Concept :

Reading Comprehension Reading comprehension means the ability to answer question on the basis of what you read Some areas that are important for reading comprehension are:
a. A good reading speed and an ability to do close reading whenever required in a bid to penetrate and understand the subject matter of the passage.
b. Knowledge of a wide variety of topics.
c. Vocabulary with stress on Usage.

(iii) (ii) (i) (v) (iv)

Main Concept :

Reading Comprehension Reading comprehension means the ability to answer question on the basis of what you read Some areas that are important for reading comprehension are:
a. A good reading speed and an ability to do close reading whenever required in a bid to penetrate and understand the subject matter of the passage.
b. Knowledge of a wide variety of topics.
c. Vocabulary with stress on Usage.

The action 'saw' happened in the past and is thus written in simple past tense. The second action 'stopping of the clock' was already complete when the first action (seeing) happened so the second action will be written in the Past Perfect Tense. Hence, the answer is 'had stopped'.

Let’s first learn the meaning of the words:

Change = an act or process through which something becomes different.

Substitution = the action of replacing someone or something with another person or thing.

Switch = change the position, direction, or focus of.

Conversion = the process of changing or causing something to change from one form to another.

The sleep cycle is interrupted when we change the routine time of our sleep. So, option A is the best fit for the blank.

Note: We don’t convert our routine. We only change it.

In this question, we will use past perfect tense to find the omitted word in the sentence, because the sentence is in the past tense. Past perfect tense expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past. Examples: I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to Andaman Island.

Let us look into the given options:

Option A) Waste had become - is the correct answer because it is the most appropriate answer. 'Had become' is the past perfect tense. So, this is the correct answer.

Option B) Waste has become - is an incorrect answer because 'has become' is in the perfect present tense. Present perfect tense usually refers to actions begun in the past and continuing until the present, or just finished. And our sentence is in the past form. So, we cannot use this option. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option C) Waste had been - is an incorrect answer because 'had been' is the past perfect continuous tense and these tenses are constructed by using had been + the verb present participle (do + ing). However, we will not consider this as the correct answer, we need an answer to be in the past perfect tense. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) Waste would have - is an incorrect answer because 'would have' would is past tense of will and we use would have in conditionals to talk about something that did not happen in the past. But the sentence seems to have happened in the past. However, this is an incorrect answer. 

During the Industrial Revolution, the disposal of waste had become more complicated as factories produced new types of wastes.

Let’s first learn the meaning of the words:

Synchronized: adjust (a clock or watch) to show the same time as another.

Assessed: evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of.

Exchanged: give something and receive something of the same kind in return.

Restored: bring back or re-establish (a previous right, practice, or situation).

The soldiers adjusted their watch to match their timings.

A relative pronoun functions as a pronoun as well as a conjunction. As a pronoun, it refers or relates to a noun that's common between two sentences, and as a conjunction it combines those sentences. The noun which the relative pronoun refers to, is called its 'antecedent'. Usually the subject is the antecedent. The pronoun should be as close to its antecedent as possible, following immediately after it. In the given sentence, the subject is "The tiger', a word is required to relate it to the rest of the sentence. Hence, "the tiger" is the antecedent. The most suitable pronoun from the given options is 'which', it refers to the tiger, 'which' is usually used for things and animals, hence option C is correct. Option A has the opposite answers, they're not correct because the tiger is not the relative pronoun, which 'follows' the antecedent, not vice versa, hence option A is incorrect. "The tiger" is an antecedent, "no antecedent" is the case where the statement is a general truth, and the antecedent is implied through that statement and can be omitted. For example, '(He) who works hard gets rewarded'. The given statement is not a general truth, making option B incorrect. "Gave out a loud roar" is an action carried out by the tiger, there's no object here, as it's not mentioned toward what or whom did the tiger roar. It's not the pronoun, hence option D is incorrect.