CPO Mini Mock English (07 June 2024)

Question 1:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions

By hook or by crook

• By default

• By any means

• By a narrow margin

• By mistake

Question 2:

Direction:- Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'no improvement required'.

The banker warned me not to be careless from my ATM card.

• careless with

• careless beside

• careless across

• careless on

Question 3:

Direction :- Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words,

Lacking interest or excitement

• Hostile

• Miserly

• Despot

• Mundane

Question 4:

Direction :- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Digital India can be the prime (1) ________ behind making a reality of the government's promise of minimum government, maximum governance. Such a transformation requires technology to be firmly (2) __________ into government, something that the Digital India project lists as one of its foremost objectives. Embedding technology into government (3) __________ will do three things; transform the government and make it more transparent and efficient, transform the lives of citizens especially those at the bottom of the (4) ___________ pyramid and make our economy more efficient and competitive. A 2014 McKinsey Global Institute report predicts that the large-scale (5) __________ of technology through Digital India positions India with the biggest opportunity yet to accelerate economic growth.

4.

• hypothetical

• classified

• mythical

• proverbial

Question 5:

Direction :- Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words,

A sentimental longing for a period in the past

• Memory

• Nostalgia

• Emotion

• Craving

Question 6:

Direction :- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Digital India can be the prime (1) ________ behind making a reality of the government's promise of minimum government, maximum governance. Such a transformation requires technology to be firmly (2) __________ into government, something that the Digital India project lists as one of its foremost objectives. Embedding technology into government (3) __________ will do three things; transform the government and make it more transparent and efficient, transform the lives of citizens especially those at the bottom of the (4) ___________ pyramid and make our economy more efficient and competitive. A 2014 McKinsey Global Institute report predicts that the large-scale (5) __________ of technology through Digital India positions India with the biggest opportunity yet to accelerate economic growth.

1.

• impact

• force

• might

• factor

Question 7:

Direction:- Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the word given in Bold/Underline.

GRACEFUL

• elegant

• dangerous

• pleasant

• friendly

Question 8:

Direction :- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Digital India can be the prime (1) ________ behind making a reality of the government's promise of minimum government, maximum governance. Such a transformation requires technology to be firmly (2) __________ into government, something that the Digital India project lists as one of its foremost objectives. Embedding technology into government (3) __________ will do three things; transform the government and make it more transparent and efficient, transform the lives of citizens especially those at the bottom of the (4) ___________ pyramid and make our economy more efficient and competitive. A 2014 McKinsey Global Institute report predicts that the large-scale (5) __________ of technology through Digital India positions India with the biggest opportunity yet to accelerate economic growth.

2.

• embedded

• planted

• stuck

• inserted

Question 9:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The advanced nations face no population problem since they were already settling down to zero growth __________ in population.

• scale

• frequency

• rate

• degree

Question 10:

Direction :- Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words,

Soft, inner part of a nut or fruit-stone

• Kernel

• seeds

• Caramel

• Bean