CPO Mini Mock English(11 June 2024)

Question 1:

Direction : Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the question of where and when the Black Death, the deadliest pandemic ever, originated is one of the biggest mysteries in human history. After all, the Black Death was the first wave of the second plague pandemic of the 14th to early 19th centuries. It killed some 50-60% of the population in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa and an unaccountable number of people in Central Asia.

Different proposals, based on competing theories, have been put forward. But in 2017, I came across some records describing an intriguing medieval cemetery in Kara-Djigach, Chuy Valley, northern Kyrgyzstan, which I suspected may hold the key. As part of a multidisciplinary team co-led by Maria Spyrou at University of Tubingen, we have now investigated several specimens from individuals buried at that site and come up with an answer.

The idea that the Black Death originated in the east - territories overlapping, roughly speaking, Central Asia, Mongolia and China - dates back to the contemporaries of the pandemic in Europe and the Islamic world. The modern, academic Chinese origin theory dates back to at least to in 1756-8 and a publication about the history of Central Asia by French scholar Joseph de Guignes.

Which of the following may be the probable origin of Black Death, according to the passage?

• Mongolia

• India

• Kyrgyzstan

• China

Question 2:

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

Indifferent to pleasure and pain

• Lusty

• Prudent

• Stoic

• Cynic

Question 3:

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

Clandestine

• Blatant

• Open

• Undercover

• Ornate

Question 4:

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

Escalate

• Plunge

• Employ

• Pretend

• Attack

Question 5:

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

Escalate

• Plunge

• Attack

• Pretend

• Employ

Question 6:

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

Indifferent to pleasure and pain

• Lusty

• Stoic

• Prudent

• Cynic

Question 7:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The fan was directly _______________ my head.

• Below

• on

• at

• over

Question 8:

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

Does my name ring a bell for you?

• To be very frightened

• To mock someone

• To take advantage

• To sound familiar

Question 9:

Direction :- The following sentence has been divided into parts that contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.

Did you baked / the chocolate cake / yourself this time?

• Did you baked

• the chocolate cake

• No error

• yourself this time

Question 10:

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

Kick someone when they are down

• To create a disturbance deliberately

• To cause further trouble to someone already in a difficult situation

• To be angry with or disappointed in someone

• To reject or disown friends