SBI CLERK PRE 2022
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ENGLISH MOCK - 1
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TARGET 30/30
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3 NOV 2022
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NIMISHA BANSAL
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Directions (1-3): In the following question, a sentence is given with THREE words marked as
(A), (B), and (C). These words may or may not be placed at their correct places. Four options
with different arrangements of these words have been provided. Mark the option with the
correct arrangement as the answer. If no rearrangement is required, mark option (5) as your
answer.
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1.A rescue operation - begun after a collapsed (A) suspension bridge scaled down (B) in India's
western state of GujAarat - has been pedestrian (C) as hopes fade of more survivors being found.
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B. BAC
C. ACB BA
D. CBA
E. no rearrangement is required
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2.Shanghai Disney has become the latest high-profile venue allowed (A) its gates thanks to China's
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strict zero-Covid policy, to shut (B) visitors inside. People have been told they will not be trapping
(C) out of the theme park until they can show a negative test.
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A. CAB
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B. BAC
C. ACB
D. BCA
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E. no rearrangement is required
3.Conspiracy theorists, who claim UK terror attacks have been staged (A), are lying (B) down
survivors to their homes and workplaces to see if they are tracking (C) about their injuries, a BBC
investigation has found.
A. CAB
B. BAC
C. CBA
D. ACB
E. no rearrangement is required
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Directions (4-6): You are required to match statements from columns 1 and 2 and find which of
the following pairs of statements make sense meaningfully and grammatically.
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a. The US space agency Nasa has issued a second image of the famous
b. This week we get a rendering of the active star-forming region
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c. Last week, it was the observatory's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) that was highlighting
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d. as seen by Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI).
e. this remarkable location some 6,500 light-years from Earth.
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f. Pillars of Creation taken by the new super space telescope, James Webb.
A. All ad, bf, and ce
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B. All ae, bd, and cf
C. All af, bd, and ce
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D. All af, be and cd
E. None of the above.
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a. "Bhadla is almost unliveable," says Keshav Prasad,
b. He is talking about part of the Thar desert
c. Temperatures there can top 50C and frequent sandstorms
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d. add to the inhospitable conditions.
e. located in Rajasthan in the northwest of India.
f. the chief executive of Saurya Urja, a renewable energy company.
A. All ad, bf, and ce
B. All ae, bd, and cf
C. All af, bd, and ce
D. All af, be and cd
E. None of the above.
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a. UK battery start-up Britishvolt could run out of money and go into
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b. The firm wants to build a factory in Blyth in Northumberland
c. The government, which had championed the development,
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d. which would build batteries for electric vehicles.
e. had committed a total of £100 million to Britishvolt for the project.
f. administration after the government rejected a £30 million advance in funding.
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A. All ad, bf, and ce
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B. All ae, bd, and cf
C. All af, bd, and ce
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D. All af, be and cd
E. None of the above.
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Directions (7-8):The given sentence has been broken up into four different parts. The error, if
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any, will be in one or more parts of the sentence. Select the option which contains the
part/parts of the sentence which has/have an error (spelling, grammatical or contextual). If
there is no error, choose option 5.
7.North and South Korea have fired a number (A)/ of missile into waters near (B)/ each other's coasts
in a (C)/ marked escalation of hostilities (D)/ No error (E).
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. No error in any part
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8.Questions are been asked in India (A)/ after a popular foot bridge (B)/ collapsed, plunging scores of
pedestrians (C)/ into a river in the western state of Gujarat (D)/ No error (E).
A. A
B. B
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C. C
D. D
E. No error in any part
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Directions (9-13): FIVE statements are given below, which are jumbled in any random order.
When arranged in the correct sequence, these statements will form a coherent and meaningful
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paragraph. Arrange the sentences in the right order and answer the questions that follow.
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A) Still, an increasing number of companies are experimenting with shaking up things, especially in
an era where worker attrition is a concern.
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B) Now, workers who previously had five-day-a-week, nine-to-five jobs are in some cases finding
themselves with new options for ordering their workdays and workweeks.
C) Of course, not every employer is jumping on these emerging trends; plenty of sectors are strictly
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adhering to pre-pandemic structures.
D) Overall, these approaches aim to give workers the kind of flexibility that feeds into greater
wellbeing, whether that’s more accommodations for personal commitments, or shorter time on the
clock entirely.
E) Since the pandemic, where people do their jobs has changed but so, too, has when.
9.Which of the following statements is the THIRD statement, after the correct rearrangement?
A. A
B. B
C. C
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D. D
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E. E
10.Which of the following statements is the SECOND statement, after the correct rearrangement?
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A. A
B.
C.
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D. D
E. E
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11.Which of the following statements is the FIRST statement, after the correct rearrangement?
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A. A
B. B
C. C
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D. D
E. E
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12.Which of the following statements is the LAST statement, after the correct rearrangement?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E
13.Which of the following statements is the FOURTH statement, after the correct rearrangement?
A. A
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B. B
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C. C
D. D
E. E
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Directions (14-15):In each of the questions given below, four words are given in bold. These
four words may or may not be in their correct position. The sentence is then followed by
options with the correct combination of words that should replace each other in order to make
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the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of words
that replace each other. If the sentence is correct as it is, select ‘5’ as your option.
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14.When Del Currie decided (A) to give up (B) single-use plastic he had one "naughty secret" - he
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couldn't quit his love of crisps. He says his environmentally-minded daughter was not cheating (C)
when she found out that he was pleased (D).
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A. Both A-D and B-C
B. Only C-D
C. Only B-D
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D. Both A-C and B-D
E. No swapping is required.
15.Indian vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) has said it had to producing (A) 100 million
doses of their Covid-19 vaccine after they stopped (B). The firm expired (C) dump (D) Covishield in
December last year due to low demand, CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Thursday.
A. Both A-D and B-C
B. Only A-D
C. Only B-D
D. Both A-C and B-D
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E. No swapping is required.
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Directions (16-17): Identify the simpler phrase(s) that is/are similar in meaning to the IDIOM in
bold. If none of the options convey the correct meaning, mark (5) as your answer. The options
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do not necessarily need to be grammatically correct.
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16.There's no silver bullet that will solve the homelessness crisis in this country. The way to make
progress is through deliberate, logical discussions around the issue.
A. immediate solution
B. effective solution
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C. simple solution
D. All of the above
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E. None of the above.
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17.Jenny finally remembered to bring the right books home to do her homework. I'm glad she's finally
using her loaf.
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A. To think logically
B. To use common sense
C. To be a philistine
D. Both 1 and 2
E. All of the above
Directions (18-24): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Each of
the blanks is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable choice for each blank.
18.The Covid-19 pandemic has ____(A)_____ our personal relationships in ____(B)____ ways,
forcing us to live closer together with some people and further apart from others. Life in lockdown has
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____(C)____ close, constant contact with our families and partners, but social distancing measures
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have isolated us from our friends and wider communities. Both in China, which was the first country in
the world to go into full lockdown when the virus ____(D)_____ there, and in Hong Kong – where
schools closed, shops were _____(E)____, and employees sent home – the virus has been brought
under control and life has returned to some ____(F)____ of normality.
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But the pandemic has left some cracks in family relationships. Most notably the high-pressure
environment of _____(G)_____, combined with the financial stress brought about by a Covid-19
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burdened economy, has led to a rise in marital conflict, according to Susanne Choi, a sociologist at
the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has ____(A)_____ our personal relationships in ____(B)____ ways, forcing
us to live closer together with some people and further apart from others.
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18.Which of the following Words can appropriately fit in position A?
1. reshaped
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2. altered
3. retained
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A. Both 1 and 2
B. Both 2 and 3
C. Only 2
D. Both 1 and 3
E. All 1, 2, and 3
The Covid-19 pandemic has ____(A)_____ our personal relationships in ____(B)____ ways, forcing
us to live closer together with some people and further apart from others.
19.Which of the following Words can appropriately fit in position B?
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1. anticipated
2. unprecedented
3. strange
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A. Both 1 and 2
B. Both 2 and 3
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D.
Only 2
Both 1 and 3
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E. All 1, 2, and 3
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Life in lockdown has ____(C)____ close, constant contact with our families and partners, but social
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distancing measures have isolated us from our friends and wider communities.
20.Which of the following Words can appropriately fit in position C?
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1. necessitated
2. excluded
3. entailed
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A. Both 1 and 2
B. Both 2 and 3
C. Only 2
D. Both 1 and 3
E. All 1, 2, and 3
Both in China, which was the first country in the world to go into full lockdown when the virus
____(D)_____ there, and in Hong Kong – where schools closed, shops were _____(E)____, and
employees sent home – the virus has been brought under control and life has returned to some
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____(F)____ of normality.
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21.Which of the following Words can appropriately fit in position D?
1. emerged
2. cropped up
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3. come forth
A. Both 1 and 2
B.
C.
Both 2 and 3
Only 2
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D. Both 1 and 3
E. All 1, 2, and 3
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Both in China, which was the first country in the world to go into full lockdown when the virus
____(D)_____ there, and in Hong Kong – where schools closed, shops were _____(E)____, and
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employees sent home – the virus has been brought under control and life has returned to some
____(F)____ of normality.
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22.Which of the following Words can appropriately fit in position E?
1. shuttered
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2. closed
3. shut down
A. Both 1 and 2
B. Both 2 and 3
C. Only 2
D. Both 1 and 3
E. All 1, 2, and 3
Both in China, which was the first country in the world to go into full lockdown when the virus
____(D)_____ there, and in Hong Kong – where schools closed, shops were _____(E)____, and
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employees sent home – the virus has been brought under control and life has returned to some
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____(F)____ of normality.
23.Which of the following Words can appropriately fit in position F?
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1. jolt
2. semblance
3. appearance
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A. Both 1 and 2
B. Both 2 and 3
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C. Only 3
D. Both 1 and 3
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E. All 1, 2, and 3
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Most notably the high-pressure environment of _____(G)_____, combined with the financial stress
brought about by a Covid-19 burdened economy,has led to a rise in marital conflict, according to
Susanne Choi, a sociologist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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24.Which of the following Words can appropriately fit in position G?
1. quarantine
2. confinement
3. restraint
A. Both 1 and 2
B. Both 2 and 3
C. Only 2
D. Both 1 and 3
E. All 1, 2, and 3
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Direction (25-30): Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
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It’s sometimes said that the eyes are windows into the soul, revealing deep emotions that we might
otherwise want to hide. Although modern science precludes the existence of the soul, it does suggest
that there is a kernel of truth in this old saying: it turns out the eyes not only reflect what is happening
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in the brain but may also influence how we remember things and make decisions.
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Our eyes are constantly moving, and while some of those movements are under conscious control,
many of them occur subconsciously. When we read, for instance, we make a series of very quick eye
movements called saccades that fixate rapidly on one word after another. When we enter a room, we
make larger sweeping saccades as we gaze around.Then there are the small,
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involuntary eye movements we make as we walk, to compensate for the movement of our head and
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stabilise our view of the world. And, of course, our eyes dart around during the ‘rapid eye movement’
(REM) phase of sleep.
What is now becoming clear is that some of our eye movements may actually reveal our thought
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process.
Research published last year shows that pupil dilation is linked to the degree of uncertainty during
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decision-making: if somebody is less sure about their decision, they feel heightened arousal, which
causes the pupils to dilate.
This change in the eye may also reveal what a decision-maker is about to say: one group of
researchers, for example, found that watching for dilation made it possible to predict when a cautious
person used to saying ‘no’ was about to make the tricky decision to say ‘yes’.
Watching the eyes can even help predict what number a person has in mind.
Tobias Loetscher and his colleagues at the University of Zurich recruited 12 volunteers and tracked
their eye movements while they _____________ a list of 40 numbers.
They found that the direction and size of the participants’ eye movements accurately predicted
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whether the number they were about to say was bigger or smaller than the previous one – and by
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how much. Each volunteer’s gaze shifted up and to the right just before they said a bigger number,
and down and to the left before a smaller one. The bigger the shift from one side to the other, the
bigger the difference between the numbers.
This suggests that we somehow link abstract number representations in the brain with movement in
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space.
But the study does not tell us which comes first: whether thinking of a particular number causes
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changes in eye position, or whether the eye position influences our mental activity. In 2013,
researchers in Sweden published evidence that it’s the latter that may be at work: eye movements
may actually facilitate memory retrieval.
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25.Which of the following statements is/are false, according to the given passage?
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1. Eye movements can predict what number a person is thinking about at the time.
2. When we think of a specific number, the position of our eyes changes.
3. Scientists anticipate the existence of the soul.
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A. Only 1 and 3
B. Only 3
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C. Only 2 and 3
D. All 1, 2, and 3
E. Only 1 and 2
26.Which of the following phrasal verbs can contextually fill the above blank?
1. brassed off
2. laid off
3. reeled off
A. Only 1
B. Only 3
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C. Only 2
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D. All 1, 2, and 3
E. None of 1, 2, or 3
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In 2013, researchers in Sweden published evidence that it’s the latter that may be at work: eye
movements may actually facilitate memory retrieval.
27.Which of the following words is/are the synonym (s) of the highlighted word "retrieval"?
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1. reclamation
2. repossession
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3. recovery
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A. Only 1 and 3
B. Only 3
C. Only 2 and 3
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D. All 1, 2, and 3
E. None of 1, 2, or 3
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28.What are saccades, according to the above passage?
1. a string of rapid eye movements
2. very quick, conscious eye moments.
3. changes in pupil size
A. Only 1
B. Both 1 and 2
C. Only 2
D. Only 3
E. None of 1, 2, or 3
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29.What does the author want to convey from the first paragraph?
1. Our eyes betray the emotions that we want to conceal.
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2. Modern science disproves the adage "eyes are windows into the soul."
3. Our eyes have an impact on memory and judgement.
A. Only 1 and 2
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B. Only 1 and 3
C. Only 2 and 3
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D. All 1, 2, and 3
E. None of 1, 2, or 3
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30.Which of the following statements can be made from the above passage?
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1. Look closer at eye movements and you can find out what’s happening inside somebody’s head.
2. We're not always conscious of how our eyes move.
3. If somebody is unsure about a decision, their pupils dilate.
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A. Only 1 and 3
B. Only 3
C. Only 2 and 3
D. All 1, 2, and 3
E. None of 1, 2, or 3
ANSWER
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SOL A rescue operation - begun after a pedestrian suspension bridge collapsed in India's western
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state of Gujarat - has been scaled down as hopes fade of more survivors being found.
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SOL Shanghai Disney has become the latest high-profile venue to shut its gates thanks to China's
strict zero-Covid policy, trapping visitors inside. People have been told they will not be allowed out of
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the theme park until they can show a negative test.
3. 4
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SOL Conspiracy theorists, who claim UK terror attacks have been staged, are tracking down
survivors to their homes and workplaces to see if they are lying about their injuries, a BBC
investigation has found.
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4. 3
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SOL af: The US space agency Nasa has issued a second image of the famous Pillars of Creation
taken by the new super space telescope, James Webb.
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bd: This week we get a rendering of the active star-forming region as seen by Webb's Mid-Infrared
Instrument (MIRI).
ce: Last week, it was the observatory's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) that was highlighting this
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remarkable location some 6,500 light-years from Earth.
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SOLaf: "Bhadla is almost unliveable," says Keshav Prasad, the chief executive of Saurya Urja, a
renewable energy company.
be: He is talking about part of the Thar desert located in Rajasthan in the northwest of India.
cd: Temperatures there can top 50C and frequent sandstorms add to the inhospitable conditions.
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SOL af: UK battery start-up Britishvolt could run out of money and go into administration after the
government rejected a £30 million advance in funding.
bd: The firm wants to build a factory in Blyth in Northumberland which would build batteries for
electric vehicles.
ce: The government, which had championed the development, had committed a total of £100 million
to Britishvolt for the project.
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SOL The correct structure: a number of+ plural noun+ plural verb.
“Missile” must be replaced with “missiles”.
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8. 1
SOL Been must be replaced with “being”.
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SOLThe correct sequence: EBDCA
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SOL The correct sequence: EBDCA
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SOL The correct sequence: EBDCA
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SOL The correct sequence: EBDCA
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SOL The correct sequence: EBDCA
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SOL When Del Currie decided to give up single-use plastic he had one "naughty secret" - he
couldn't quit his love of crisps. He says his environmentally-minded daughter was not pleased when
she found out that he was cheating.
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SOL Indian vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) has said it had to dump 100 million doses of
their Covid-19 vaccine after they expired. The firm stopped producing Covishield in December last
year due to low demand, CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Thursday.
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SOL Silver bullet: Something that provides an immediate and extremely effective solution to a
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given problem or difficulty, especially one that is normally very complex or hard to resolve.
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SOL Use (one's) loaf: to think logically, rationally, or with common sense; to use one's head
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philistine: a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts (out of context)
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SOL Reshaped: to change its structure; altered
Retained: to keep or continue to have something; not to lose (opposite in meaning)
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19. 2
SOLUnprecedented: having no precedent; very unusual, strange, or unexpected;
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strange: different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion (contextually fits)
anticipated: expected (opposite)
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SOLNecessitated: to make something necessary; entailed
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Excluded: to leave out; not include (contextually incorrect)
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SOL Emerged: to appear or come out from somewhere; crop up; come forth
But "come forth" is grammatically incorrect as the sentence is in the past tense.
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SOL Shuttered: close the shutters of; closed; shut down.
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SOL Semblance: the appearance of being something or of having a certain quality
Jolt: a sudden movement (contextually incorrect)
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SOL Confinement: being kept in a small space; restraint; quarantine
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SOL Statements 2 and 3 are false.
Refer to: But the study does not tell us which comes first: whether thinking of a particular number
causes changes in eye position, or whether the eye position influences our mental activity. In 2013,
researchers in Sweden published evidence that it’s the latter that may be at work (making
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sentence 2 false).
Although modern science precludes the existence of the soul (making sentence 3 false). Preclude
means to make impossible.
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Sentence 1 is true. Refer to: They found that the direction and size of the participants’ eye
movements accurately predicted whether the number they were about to say was bigger or smaller
than the previous one – and by how much.
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SOL laid off: to make members of staff redundant. (contextually incorrect)
brassed off: to irritate or exasperate. (grammatically incorrect as the phrase functions as an
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adjective)
reeled off: to tell or recite readily and usually at length (contextually fits)
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SOL Retrieval: to get back again : repossession, recovery, reclamation
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SOL Refer to: Our eyes are constantly moving, and while some of those movements are under
conscious control, many of them occur subconsciously. When we read, for instance, we make a
series of very quick eye movements called saccades that fixate rapidly on one word after another. We
can infer from this paragraph that saccades are quick, involuntary eye movements.
Statement 2 is incorrect as it refers to saccades as conscious movements.
Statement 3 is incorrect as it refers to pupil size, which is out of context
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SOL Sentences 1 and 3 are correct.
Refer to: It’s sometimes said that the eyes are windows into the soul, revealing deep emotions that
we might otherwise want to hide. (Sentence 1 correct)
it turns out the eyes not only reflect what is happening in the brain but may also influence how we
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remember things and make decisions. (Sentence 3 correct)
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Sentence 2 is incorrect. Refer to: Although modern science precludes the existence of the soul, it
does suggest that there is a kernel of truth in this old saying (making sentence 2 incorrect)
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SOL Refer to:
Statement 1: What is now becoming clear is that some of our eye movements may actually reveal
our thought process.
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Statement 2: Our eyes are constantly moving, and while some of those movements are under
conscious control, many of them occur subconsciously.
Statement 3: Research published last year shows that pupil dilation is linked to the degree of
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uncertainty during decision-making.
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