Grammar Quiz (15 June 2024)

Question 1:

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given.

The Assembly election in Bihar will be taking place in (1) _____________ circumstances over three phases, in the last week of October and the first week of November. This will be the first Assembly election since COVID-19 (2) ___________ normal life, and the performance of the governments on the health and economic fronts will become an issue in the election campaign. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's record of 15 years is mixed. After initial improvements in (3) ____________ after he took over in 2005, there was an evident downslide, (4) _________ in the bungled handling of the pandemic. He deserted the BJP in 2013 and won the 2015 Assembly election in alliance with the RJD, only to return to the BJP's embrace soon. His popularity is (5) ___________ while the BJP is on the defensive on questions of border security, economic stagnation, and farmer backlash.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 1.

  • Tiring

  • Prodigious

  • Extra ordinary

  • Unprecedented

Question 2:

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given.

The Assembly election in Bihar will be taking place in (1) _____________ circumstances over three phases, in the last week of October and the first week of November. This will be the first Assembly election since COVID-19 (2) ___________ normal life, and the performance of the governments on the health and economic fronts will become an issue in the election campaign. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's record of 15 years is mixed. After initial improvements in (3) ____________ after he took over in 2005, there was an evident downslide, (4) _________ in the bungled handling of the pandemic. He deserted the BJP in 2013 and won the 2015 Assembly election in alliance with the RJD, only to return to the BJP's embrace soon. His popularity is (5) ___________ while the BJP is on the defensive on questions of border security, economic stagnation, and farmer backlash.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 2.

  • Disruption

  • Disrupted

  • Disrupting

  • Orchestrated

Question 3:

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given.

The Assembly election in Bihar will be taking place in (1) _____________ circumstances over three phases, in the last week of October and the first week of November. This will be the first Assembly election since COVID-19 (2) ___________ normal life, and the performance of the governments on the health and economic fronts will become an issue in the election campaign. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's record of 15 years is mixed. After initial improvements in (3) ____________ after he took over in 2005, there was an evident downslide, (4) _________ in the bungled handling of the pandemic. He deserted the BJP in 2013 and won the 2015 Assembly election in alliance with the RJD, only to return to the BJP's embrace soon. His popularity is (5) ___________ while the BJP is on the defensive on questions of border security, economic stagnation, and farmer backlash.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 3.

  • Patronage

  • Governance

  • Technology

  • Government

Question 4:

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given.

The Assembly election in Bihar will be taking place in (1) _____________ circumstances over three phases, in the last week of October and the first week of November. This will be the first Assembly election since COVID-19 (2) ___________ normal life, and the performance of the governments on the health and economic fronts will become an issue in the election campaign. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's record of 15 years is mixed. After initial improvements in (3) ____________ after he took over in 2005, there was an evident downslide, (4) _________ in the bungled handling of the  pandemic. He deserted the BJP in 2013 and won the 2015 Assembly election in alliance with the RJD, only to return to the BJP's embrace soon. His popularity is (5) ___________ while the BJP is on the defensive on questions of border security, economic stagnation, and farmer backlash.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 4.

  • Culmination 

  • Culminating

  • Percolating

  • Culminated

Question 5:

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given.

The Assembly election in Bihar will be taking place in (1) _____________ circumstances over three phases, in the last week of October and the first week of November. This will be the first Assembly election since COVID-19 (2) ___________ normal life, and the performance of the governments on the health and economic fronts will become an issue in the election campaign. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's record of 15 years is mixed. After initial improvements in (3) ____________ after he took over in 2005, there was an evident downslide, (4) _________ in the bungled handling of the pandemic. He deserted the BJP in 2013 and won the 2015 Assembly election in alliance with the RJD, only to return to the BJP's embrace soon. His popularity is (5) ___________ while the BJP is on the defensive on questions of border security, economic stagnation, and farmer backlash.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 5.

  • Waned

  • Waning

  • Waining

  • Wained

Question 6:

Direction: Read the following text and answer questions.

Television was, towards the end of the war in Vietnam, the main source of information for most Americans, and the images on the screen, in black and white, changed war reporting forever. Morley Safer's expose of American soldiers burning a village had a huge impact on viewers at home and added to the military's distrust of reporters. In Vietnam, correspondents were made honorary majors (World War II reporters had the momentary rank of captain) and could travel anywhere on military transport if space were available. The only condition: that they could not betray troop movements, a request that was respected. The press battles were over misleading briefings which ran contrary to what the reporters could see for themselves in the field. To this day, some military men glumly insist that television and the press lost the war in Vietnam by demoralizing the home front. The U.S. military would never again allow such access to its operations as it did in Vietnam.

The tension between the military and the press will never cease because both need each other but cannot grant the other what it really wants.

The tension between the military and the press will continue because:

  • the press oppose the military

  • both of them want to emerge superior

  • the press serves the people and the military is faithful to the state

  • the press pursues truth in all situations

Question 7:

Direction: Read the following text and answer questions

Television was, towards the end of the war in Vietnam, the main source of information for most Americans, and the images on the screen, in black and white, changed war reporting forever. Morley Safer's expose of American soldiers burning a village had a huge impact on viewers at home and added to the military's distrust of reporters. In Vietnam, correspondents were made honorary majors (World War II reporters had the momentary rank of captain) and could travel anywhere on military transport if space were available. The only condition: that they could not betray troop movements, a request that was respected. The press battles were over misleading briefings which ran contrary to what the reporters could see for themselves in the field. To this day, some military men glumly insist that television and the press lost the war in Vietnam by demoralizing the home front. The U.S. military would never again allow such access to its operations as it did in Vietnam.

The tension between the military and the press will never cease because both need each other but cannot grant the other what it really wants.

Some military men still believe that America lost the Vietnam war because:

  • the press reporters betrayed the cause  

  • the television images on war were improper

  • the civilians became demoralised

  • the mass media made people cry against the war

Question 8:

Direction: Read the following text and answer questions

Television was, towards the end of the war in Vietnam, the main source of information for most Americans, and the images on the screen, in black and white, changed war reporting forever. Morley Safer's expose of American soldiers burning a village had a huge impact on viewers at home and added to the military's distrust of reporters. In Vietnam, correspondents were made honorary majors (World War II reporters had the momentary rank of captain) and could travel anywhere on military transport if space were available. The only condition: that they could not betray troop movements, a request that was respected. The press battles were over misleading briefings which ran contrary to what the reporters could see for themselves in the field. To this day, some military men glumly insist that television and the press lost the war in Vietnam by demoralizing the home front. The U.S. military would never again allow such access to its operations as it did in Vietnam.

The tension between the military and the press will never cease because both need each other but cannot grant the other what it really wants.

The press battles were the result of:

  • the different thinking and reporting of different reporters

  • the press reporters' different views on troop movement

  • the difference between the versions of military authority and the war reporters

  • the different press reports of various newspapers

Question 9:

Direction: Read the following text and answer questions.

Television was, towards the end of the war in Vietnam, the main source of information for most Americans, and the images on the screen, in black and white, changed war reporting forever. Morley Safer's expose of American soldiers burning a village had a huge impact on viewers at home and added to the military's distrust of reporters. In Vietnam, correspondents were made honorary majors (World War II reporters had the momentary rank of captain) and could travel anywhere on military transport if space were available. The only condition: that they could not betray troop movements, a request that was respected. The press battles were over misleading briefings which ran contrary to what the reporters could see for themselves in the field. To this day, some military men glumly insist that television and the press lost the war in Vietnam by demoralizing the home front. The U.S. military would never again allow such access to its operations as it did in Vietnam.

The tension between the military and the press will never cease because both need each other but cannot grant the other what it really wants.

What was the major difference between war reporters of World War II and those of the Vietnam war?

The Vietnam war reporters:

  • had a higher rank and more facilities

  • respected their promise

  • had more disagreements with military authorities

  • could go to all war fronts

Question 10:

Direction: Read the following text and answer questions.

Television was, towards the end of the war in Vietnam, the main source of information for most Americans, and the images on the screen, in black and white, changed war reporting forever. Morley Safer's expose of American soldiers burning a village had a huge impact on viewers at home and added to the military's distrust of reporters. In Vietnam, correspondents were made honorary majors (World War II reporters had the momentary rank of captain) and could travel anywhere on military transport if space were available. The only condition: that they could not betray troop movements, a request that was respected. The press battles were over misleading briefings which ran contrary to what the reporters could see for themselves in the field. To this day, some military men glumly insist that television and the press lost the war in Vietnam by demoralizing the home front. The U.S. military would never again allow such access to its operations as it did in Vietnam.

The tension between the military and the press will never cease because both need each other but cannot grant the other what it really wants.

During the Vietnam war, the military started doubting the press because of:

  • the video-cassettes on the war

  • the war images telecast by American television companies

  • the television images being black and white

  • the availability of TV for covering war

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