English Language Quiz - April, 2015 - Set 1

Directions (Q. 1-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

When we talk about wages in India then most workers earn Rs. 50-100 a day, __(1)__ below the minimum wage and that __(2)__ after a hard day __(3)__ under the harsh sun. Workers suffer from the ailments usually associated with poverty and health problems. Moreover, several occupational hazards have been __(4)__ in these workers, the most common __(5)__ skin ulcers caused by constant exposure of their body. Exposure to bright, reflected light and dust leads to __(6)__ loss of vision and growths in the cornea a of the eyes. Sometimes workers are also at higher risk for hypertension, __(7)__ because of the impurity in their blood. It's also found that all the workers also have body pain in the back and shoulder region, which they attributed to __(8)__ raw material all day. In fact many young women, children and other adults are not able to eat __(9)__ meal because of the lack of __(10)__ shelter around the pans. Therefore Indian government need to give their pay attention towards the workers to improve their livelihood.

1. (a) Writ (b) apparent (c) drove (d) far (e) away

2. (a) to (b) is (c) too (d) continue (e) makes

3. (a) suffering (b) crusader (c) dampen (d) trajected (e) toiling

4. (a) documented (b) malafide (c) asserting (d) misconstrued (e) vitiated

5. (a) efficacy (b) being (c) agilent (d) duo (e) amputate

6. (a) acquitted (b) harbour (c) premature (d) clamour (e) nought

7. (a) availing (b) strangulating (c) dumping (d) injecting (e) presumably

8. (a) brazenly (b) repealed (c) maligned (d) hauling (e) substantially

9. (a) a (b) these (c) their (d) that (e) the

10. (a) opioid (b) stigma (c) any (d) reinstate (e) portraying