Grammar Quiz (19 June 2024)
Question 1:
Direction :- Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
New Delhi -India is set to surpass China as the world's most populous country in 2023, with each counting more than 1.4 billion residents this year, a United Nations report said on Monday, warning that high fertility would challenge economic growth.
The world's population, estimated to reach 8 billion by November 15 this year, could grow to 8.5 billion in 2030, and 10.4 billion in 2100, as the pace of mortality slows, said the report released on World Population Day.
India's population was 1.21 billion in 2011, according to the domestic census, which is conducted once a decade. The government had deferred the 2021 census due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The world's population was growing at its slowest pace since 1950, having fallen below 1% in 2020, UN estimates showed.
In 2021, the average fertility of the world's population stood at 2.3 births per woman over a lifetime, having fallen from about 5 births in 1950. Global fertility is projected to decline further to 2.1 births per woman by 2050.
Referring to an earlier World Health Organization report estimating about 14.9 million deaths relating to the Covid-19 pandemic between January 2020 and December 2021, the UN report said global life expectancy at birth fell to 71 years in 2021 from 72.8 years in 2019, mostly due to the pandemic. The United Nations said more than half of the projected increase in the global population up to 2050 will be concentrated in eight countries - Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania.
Countries of sub-Saharan Africa are expected to contribute more than half of the increase anticipated through 2050.
However, the population of 61 countries is projected to decrease by 1% or more between 2022 and 2050, driven by a fall in fertility.
What will be the consequence of high fertility?
Question 2:
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.
Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. At an (1) _______ age, she displayed a brilliant mind and a (2) _________ personality. Her great exuberance for learning (3) _________ her to study further. However, she became (4) __________ when she learned that the university was closed (5) ___________women. Determined to receive a
higher education, she joined a French university.
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Question 3:
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.
Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. At an (1) _______ age, she displayed a brilliant mind and a (2) _________ personality. Her great exuberance for learning (3) _________ her to study further. However, she became (4) __________ when she learned that the university was closed (5) ___________women. Determined to receive a
higher education, she joined a French university.
3.
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.
Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. At an (1) _______ age, she displayed a brilliant mind and a (2) _________ personality. Her great exuberance for learning (3) _________ her to study further. However, she became (4) __________ when she learned that the university was closed (5) ___________women. Determined to receive a
higher education, she joined a French university.
5.
Question 5:
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.
Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. At an (1) _______ age, she displayed a brilliant mind and a (2) _________ personality. Her great exuberance for learning (3) _________ her to study further. However, she became (4) __________ when she learned that the university was closed (5) ___________women. Determined to receive a
higher education, she joined a French university.
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Question 6:
Direction- In the following question, sentences of a paragraph have been jumbled and labelled as A, B, C and D. You are required to rearrange the jumbled sentences of the paragraph and mark your response accordingly by selecting the correct option.
A. Using matches however came much later.
B. The first great discovery that man probably made was that of fire.
C. In olden times fires were made by rubbing two flints against each other till a spark was produced.
D. And this spark set fire to dry straw, leaves or wood.
Question 7:
Direction- In the following question, sentences of a paragraph have been jumbled and labelled as A, B, C and D. You are required to rearrange the jumbled sentences of the paragraph and mark your response accordingly by selecting the correct option.
A: A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology.
B: and fancies that have moulded them.
C: and culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts
D: It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race
Question 8:
Direction- In the following question, sentences of a paragraph have been jumbled and labelled as A, B, C and D. You are required to rearrange the jumbled sentences of the paragraph and mark your response accordingly by selecting the correct option.
A. They used thin twigs called chew sticks as tooth cleaners.
B. The fuzzy end was rubbed against the teeth to keep them clean.
C. These sticks were fuzzy at one end.
D. How did people clean their teeth before the toothbrush was invented?
Question 9:
Direction- In the following question, sentences of a paragraph have been jumbled and labelled as A, B, C and D. You are required to rearrange the jumbled sentences of the paragraph and mark your response accordingly by selecting the correct option.
A. They used thin twigs called chew sticks as tooth cleaners.
B. The fuzzy end was rubbed against the teeth to keep them clean.
C. These sticks were fuzzy at one end.
D. How did people clean their teeth before the toothbrush was invented?
Question 10:
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.
Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. At an (1) _______ age, she displayed a brilliant mind and a (2) _________ personality. Her great exuberance for learning (3) _________ her to study further. However, she became (4) __________ when she learned that the university was closed (5) ___________women. Determined to receive a
higher education, she joined a French university.
5.