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All 45 English Language previous-year questions from LIC AAO 2019, each with the correct answer and a full explanation. Practise them as a free, timed mock test with instant scoring.
Practice English Language as a timed test →- Q1.Error Spotting
Find the part that contains the error. If there is no error, choose 'No error'. The resignation of (1)/ one of our directors (2)/ have caused the price (3)/ of shares to fall. (4)
- a)The resignation of
- b)one of our directors
- c)have caused the price
- d)of shares to fall
- e)No error
- Q2.Error Spotting
Find the part that contains the error. If there is no error, choose 'No error'. There are many (1)/ ways of which (2)/ inflation can (3)/ be measured. (4)
- a)There are many
- b)ways of which
- c)inflation can
- d)be measured
- e)No error
- Q3.Error Spotting
Find the part that contains the error. If there is no error, choose 'No error'. Ashok has managed to (1)/ achieve his sales target (2)/ for the quarter very easily (3)/ than we expected. (4)
- a)Ashok has managed to
- b)achieve his sales target
- c)for the quarter very easily
- d)than we expected
- e)No error
- Q4.Error Spotting
Find the part that contains the error. If there is no error, choose 'No error'. Today, the success of (1)/ companies depend upon the (2)/ quality of their products and (3)/ efficient managing staff. (4)
- a)Today, the success of
- b)companies depend upon the
- c)quality of their products and
- d)efficient managing staff
- e)No error
- Q5.Error Spotting
Find the part that contains the error. If there is no error, choose 'No error'. The manager's belief that (1)/ Ramesh is (2)/ incompetent is not (3)/ necessary true. (4)
- a)The manager's belief that
- b)Ramesh is
- c)incompetent is not
- d)necessary true
- e)No error
- Q6.Error Spotting
Find the part that contains the error. If there is no error, choose 'No error'. The house where the dead man was found (1)/ is being guarded by the police (2)/ to prevent it from being entered into (3)/ and the evidence interfered with. (4)
- a)The house where the dead man was found
- b)is being guarded by the police
- c)to prevent it from being entered into
- d)and the evidence interfered with
- e)No error
- Q7.Error Spotting
Find the part that contains the error. If there is no error, choose 'No error'. To promote India as (1)/ a tourist destination (2)/ the government is organized (3)/ many cultural programmes. (4)
- a)To promote India as
- b)a tourist destination
- c)the government is organized
- d)many cultural programmes
- e)No error
- Q8.Error Spotting
Find the part that contains the error. If there is no error, choose 'No error'. I will give (1)/ you the advance (2)/ if you repay it as (3)/ soon as possibly. (4)
- a)I will give
- b)you the advance
- c)if you repay it as
- d)soon as possibly
- e)No error
- Q9.Error Spotting
Find the part that contains the error. If there is no error, choose 'No error'. A majority of banks (1)/ today uses technology (2)/ to reach out to those (3)/ living in rural areas. (4)
- a)A majority of banks
- b)today uses technology
- c)to reach out to those
- d)living in rural areas
- e)No error
- Q10.English Language
PASSAGE (Renewable Energy): Global investment in renewable energy shot up last year, far outstripping investment in fossil fuels, according to a UN report. As the price of clean energy technology plummets, it has become an increasingly attractive prospect for world governments. China was by far the world's largest investor in renewable energy in 2017, accounting for nearly half of the new infrastructure commissioned, mainly due to its massive support for solar power. A record 157 gigawatts was commissioned last year, far outstripping fossil fuel generating capacity (estimated 70 gigawatts). In a decade, renewables rose from 5% to 12% of world electricity generation. Electricity accounts for only a fifth of global energy consumption, and the role of renewables in transportation and heating remains ___(A)___ to the energy transition. The global replacement of traditional fuels led to around 1.8 gigatonnes of CO2 emissions being avoided. Egypt is considering financing options to conduct feasibility studies for building the world's largest solar power plant. The UK saw a 65% drop in renewables investment in 2017. As renewable energy prices fall, government subsidies are likely to become less important. QUESTION: Which of the following facts are correct as per the passage? (I) The decrease in the cost of renewable energy resulted in its wide use. (II) China massively supported solar power and became largest investor in renewable energy. (III) Egypt is conducting feasibility studies for building largest solar power plant.
- a)Only (I)
- b)Only (II)
- c)Only (III)
- d)Both (II) and (III)
- e)All (I), (II) and (III)
- Q11.English Language
[Refer to the Renewable Energy passage in Q71] What did the author mean by 'The electricity sector remains the brightest spot for renewables with the exponential growth of solar photovoltaics and wind in recent years, and building on the significant contribution of hydropower generation.'? (I) The growth of renewable energy in electricity sector is not that impressive. (II) Electric sector has performed the best for renewables. (III) Hydropower generation has a significant contribution in the electricity sector.
- a)Only (I)
- b)Only (II)
- c)None
- d)Both (II) and (III)
- e)All (I), (II) and (III)
- Q12.English Language
[Refer to the Renewable Energy passage in Q71] Which of the following is/are the positive effect(s) of renewable energy? (I) Overall increase in the global temperature. (II) Carbon dioxide emissions were reduced to a considerable amount. (III) Nile being converted into a biodiversity hotspot.
- a)Only (I)
- b)Only (II)
- c)Only (III)
- d)Both (II) and (III)
- e)All (I), (II) and (III)
- Q13.English Language
[Refer to the Renewable Energy passage in Q71] Why are government subsidies likely to become less important?
- a)As China is increasing the investment in this sector.
- b)As the price of clean energy technology continues to plummet.
- c)As Fossil fuels is the better alternative
- d)As there are opportunities and potential for Wind and Solar plants in the East and West Nile areas
- e)None of these
- Q14.English Language
[Refer to the Renewable Energy passage in Q71] Which of the following words will come in place of (A): '...the role of renewables in the transportation and heating sectors remains ___(A)___ to the energy transition.'?
- a)Elevate
- b)Existence
- c)Erratic
- d)Diabolic
- e)Critical
- Q15.English Language
[Refer to the Renewable Energy passage in Q71] Which of the following word is most similar in meaning to 'accounting for' as given in the passage?
- a)contradict
- b)contribute
- c)Devious
- d)Retrieve
- e)Categorical
- Q16.English Language
[Refer to the Renewable Energy passage in Q71] Which of the following word is most similar in meaning to 'plummets' as given in the passage?
- a)Intensify
- b)Escalate
- c)Callous
- d)Slump
- e)reminiscent
- Q17.English Language
CLOZE PASSAGE (Black Tuesday): On October 29, 1929, Black Tuesday hit Wall Street as investors ___(8)___ some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, ___(9)___ out thousands of investors. In the aftermath of Black Tuesday, America and the rest of the industrialized world ___(10)___ downward into the Great Depression (1929-39), the deepest and longest-lasting economic ___(11)___ in the history of the Western industrialized world up to that time. Among the other causes of the eventual market collapse were low wages, the ___(12)___ of debt, a struggling agricultural sector and an excess of large bank loans that could not be liquidated. Investment companies and leading bankers attempted to ___(13)___ the market by buying up great blocks of stock, producing a moderate rally on Friday. Choose the option for blank (8).
- a)Traded
- b)Invaded
- c)Segregated
- d)Daunted
- e)Halted
- Q18.English Language
[Refer to the Black Tuesday cloze passage in Q78] Choose the option for blank (9).
- a)Affording
- b)Wiping
- c)Wanting
- d)Vacating
- e)Artificial
- Q19.English Language
[Refer to the Black Tuesday cloze passage in Q78] Choose the option for blank (10).
- a)Reprimanded
- b)Embedded
- c)Spiraled
- d)Mounted
- e)Disregarded
- Q20.English Language
[Refer to the Black Tuesday cloze passage in Q78] Choose the option for blank (11).
- a)provided
- b)Infiltration
- c)Dismantle
- d)Downturn
- e)Diversification
- Q21.English Language
[Refer to the Black Tuesday cloze passage in Q78] Choose the option for blank (12).
- a)Commotion
- b)impair
- c)significant
- d)Proliferation
- e)renovate
- Q22.English Language
[Refer to the Black Tuesday cloze passage in Q78] Choose the option for blank (13).
- a)Infirmity
- b)Credibility
- c)Stabilize
- d)Burdened
- e)Rationalize
- Q23.English Language
Choose the best alternative to replace the bold part. If already correct, choose option (e). The plastic ban introduced by the municipality has been a total failure as there has been no reducing in the usage of polybags.
- a)is no reduce
- b)has been no reduction
- c)have been no reduced
- d)is not any reduced
- e)No correction required
- Q24.English Language
Choose the best alternative to replace the bold part. If already correct, choose option (e). As per the directives, the retail prices of both petrol and diesel is revising on a daily basis.
- a)have been revising
- b)are revising
- c)will be revised
- d)is revise
- e)No correction required
- Q25.English Language
Choose the best alternative to replace the bold part. If already correct, choose option (e). We got everything ready for all of them long before they arrived.
- a)We had got
- b)We have got
- c)We have been got
- d)We are getting
- e)No correction required
- Q26.English Language
Choose the best alternative to replace the bold part. If already correct, choose option (e). We still have some farm equipment that hasn't been used since my grandfather died.
- a)Hasn't been using
- b)was using
- c)are using
- d)should not have been use
- e)No correction required
- Q27.English Language
Choose the best alternative to replace the bold part. If already correct, choose option (e). Every officer and every resident of this village is determined to do their best to get better ranking in sanitation index.
- a)to do there best
- b)to do its best
- c)to do his best
- d)to do ones best
- e)No replacement required
- Q28.English Language
Choose the alternative that fits the blank most appropriately. Administration has taken positive steps to ______ the education system.
- a)Increase
- b)Devised
- c)renovated
- d)revamp
- e)dispel
- Q29.English Language
Choose the alternative that fits the blank most appropriately. Health and education sectors are one of the most ______ sectors in the global market.
- a)benefit
- b)necessity
- c)profit
- d)lucrative
- e)Importance
- Q30.English Language
Choose the alternative that fits the blank most appropriately. She is an aware citizen who has always ______ to contribute to the progress of the country.
- a)wished
- b)admiring
- c)prepare
- d)motivating
- e)stimulate
- Q31.English Language
Choose the alternative that fits the blank most appropriately. In the beginning I looked ______ and could not find quite the car I dreamed of.
- a)after
- b)around
- c)above
- d)out
- e)down
- Q32.English Language
Choose the alternative that fits the blank most appropriately. The RBI has played conservative in ______ a rate cut of just 25 basis points.
- a)introduce
- b)proposed
- c)improving
- d)decrease
- e)announcing
- Q33.English Language
Choose the pair(s) which make(s) a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. Column 1: (A) The rumors of petrol shortage; (B) The body of camera makes it; (C) There were no surprises. Column 2: (D) Highly resistant for outdoor use; (E) Turned out to be false; (F) The key stakeholders in the economy.
- a)C-F and A-D
- b)B-F
- c)A-F
- d)C-E
- e)B-D and A-E
- Q34.English Language
Choose the pair(s) which make(s) a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. Column 1: (A) As the rain water began to collect in pools on the highway; (B) For years, Argentina would dominate in World Cup qualifying matches; (C) Many have accused him of being a quiet misogynist. Column 2: (D) One of the European countries during the late stages of the tournament; (E) Recently unearthed letters argue against this belief; (F) It began to hamper the flow of traffic.
- a)C-F
- b)B-F
- c)A-F
- d)C-E
- e)None of these
- Q35.English Language
Find the part with a grammatical or idiomatic error. If no error, answer is (e). People have the freedom (a)/ of speech but at the (b)/ same time each of them (c)/ have to remember their fundamental duties (d)/ No error (e)
- a)People have the freedom
- b)of speech but at the
- c)same time each of them
- d)have to remember their fundamental duties
- e)No error
- Q36.English Language
Find the part with a grammatical or idiomatic error. If no error, answer is (e). The number of students (a)/ competing in the event (b)/ has been fallen (c)/ because of the prize money. (d)/ No error. (e)
- a)The number of students
- b)competing in the event
- c)has been fallen
- d)because of the prize money.
- e)No error
- Q37.English Language
Find the part with a grammatical or idiomatic error. If no error, answer is (e). While he used to walk (a)/ along the road, (b)/ a wild and ferocious dog (c)/ knocked him down. (d)/ No error. (e)
- a)While he used to walk
- b)along the road,
- c)a wild and ferocious dog
- d)knocked him down.
- e)No error
- Q38.English Language
Find the part with a grammatical or idiomatic error. If no error, answer is (e). Anaya is even willing (a)/ to make Mexico (b)/ one of the first countries to (c)/ introduces a universal basic income. (d)/ No error. (e)
- a)Anaya is even willing
- b)to make Mexico
- c)one of the first countries to
- d)introduces a universal basic income.
- e)No error
- Q39.English Language
Find the part with a grammatical or idiomatic error. If no error, answer is (e). There were no surprises (a)/ in the second bimonthly monetary policy (b)/ announcement by the (c)/ Reserve Bank of India. (d)/ No error. (e)
- a)There were no surprises
- b)in the second bimonthly monetary policy
- c)announcement by the
- d)Reserve Bank of India.
- e)No error
- Q40.Error Spotting
Find the part with the error. If there is no error, choose 'No error'. 'Love and Poems' were the (1) / name of the book (2) / recently published by (3) / our publishing house. (4)
- a)'Love and Poems' were the
- b)name of the book
- c)recently published by
- d)our publishing house
- e)No error
- Q41.Error Spotting
Find the part with the error. If there is no error, choose 'No error'. In addition of being truant, (1) / your son - when he does attend class - (2) / is very untidy and rude! (3) / Mr. Anderson exclaimed. (4)
- a)In addition of being truant
- b)your son - when he does attend class -
- c)is very untidy and rude!
- d)Mr. Anderson exclaimed.
- e)No error
- Q42.Error Spotting
Find the part with the error. If there is no error, choose 'No error'. The litter of puppies (1) / are too sick (2) / to just give away (3) / to the pound. (4)
- a)The litter of puppies
- b)are too sick
- c)to just give away
- d)to the pound
- e)No error
- Q43.Error Spotting
Find the part with the error. If there is no error, choose 'No error'. Community health workers (1) / function to mediate between modern (2) / allopathic medicine and traditional (3) / indigenous forms of heal. (4)
- a)Community health workers
- b)function to mediate between modern
- c)allopathic medicine and traditional
- d)indigenous forms of heal.
- e)No error
- Q44.Error Spotting
Find the part with the error. If there is no error, choose 'No error'. The British historian Antony Beevor views (1) / the beginning of World War II as the Battles of Khalkhin Gol (2) / fought between Japan and the force of Mongolia (3) / and the Soviet Union from May to September 1939. (4)
- a)The British historian Antony Beevor views
- b)the beginning of World War II as the Battles of Khalkhin Gol
- c)fought between Japan and the force of Mongolia
- d)and the Soviet Union from May to September 1939.
- e)No error
- Q45.Reading Comprehension
Read the passage and answer. Passage: The excellent optical and electronic properties of graphene make it attractive for sensors that use electromagnetic waves known as plasmons that propagate along the surface of a conducting material in response to light exposure. Scientists have designed a graphene-based sensor that could make it easier to detect pathogens in products before they hit the supermarket. A substance can be detected by measuring how the refractive index of the sensor changes when a substance of interest is close to the graphene's surface. Compared to metals like gold and silver, graphene exhibits stronger plasmon waves with longer propagation distances. The wavelength at which graphene is responsive can be changed by applying a polarisation voltage instead of recreating the whole device. The researchers designed an array of nanoscale graphene disks that each contain an off-centre hole; the interaction between the disks and their holes creates the plasmon hybridisation effect, which increases sensitivity. The hole and the disk also create different wavelength peaks that can each be used to detect the presence of different substances simultaneously. How can substances be detected using the graphene-based technology? 1) By measuring the changes in the refractive index of the sensor when the substance is close to the surface. 2) The different wavelength peaks created by the hole and the disk can be used to detect different substances. 3) By changing the frequency of the waves generated by the plasmon hybridisation effect.
- a)Only 1
- b)Only 2
- c)Only 3
- d)1 and 2
- e)1 and 3
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