English Quiz

Directions (Q. 1-10): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicatedby a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete .

Gujarat is one of the largest salt-producing states in India, which is the world’s third-largest salt-producing country. Kharaghoda, 110 km from Ahmedabad, lies in the desert area of the arid Little Rann of Kutch. Here, the earth is so saline that salt is (1) by using solar (2) on subsoil brine. In other words, groundwater is laid out under the sun, evaporates, and (3) behind little piles of the white powder.

Kolis (indigenous coastal fisherfolk), Dalits and Muslims from nearby villages mine salt in this manner here.
Work (4) begins after Navratri, when the rains are gone. Locals head to the salt fields deep within the desert, (5) small huts made of a few bamboo poles and some sacking, and get to work.
For the next eight or nine months, they will (6) here with their families, digging 45 metres to 50 metres into the hard soil to (7) the groundwater, then building small bunds to hold the water while it evaporates.
In these barren flatlands, there are no provisions, no sweet water and no electricity. (8) settlements get one government tanker of sweet water a week. Men travel to nearby villages (9) every fortnight and bring back pulses, since they are non-perishable.
With no fruit, vegetables or milk, malnourishment is rife. With their skin overexposed to saline (10) and harsh sunlight, skin diseases are rife too.

1. 1) yield
2) harvested
3) produced
4) breeded
5) manufactured

2. 1) evaporation
2) distillation
3) hydration
4) transformation
5) solidification

3. 1) delivers
2) abandons
3) gives
4) leaves
5) quits

4. 1) habitually
2) usually
3) sometime
4) although
5) whenever

5. 1) come up
2) held up
3) sum up
4) give up
5) prop up

6. 1) approach
2) come
3) stay
4) stand
5) wait

7. 1) reach
2) gain
3) attain
4) stretch
5) pass

8. 1) Any
2) Most
3) No
4) Every
5) Few

9. 1) by
 2) since
3) always
4) once
5) hence

10. 1) physical
2) nominal
3) rays
4) solid
5) chemicals

Answers
1. 3
2. 1
3. 4
4. 2
5. 5
6. 3
7. 1
8. 2
9. 4
10. 5

Directions (Q. 1-10): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicatedby a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete .

Gujarat is one of the largest salt-producing states in India, which is the world’s third-largest salt-producing country. Kharaghoda, 110 km from Ahmedabad, lies in the desert area of the arid Little Rann of Kutch. Here, the earth is so saline that salt is (1) by using solar (2) on subsoil brine. In other words, groundwater is laid out under the sun, evaporates, and (3) behind little piles of the white powder.

Kolis (indigenous coastal fisherfolk), Dalits and Muslims from nearby villages mine salt in this manner here.
Work (4) begins after Navratri, when the rains are gone. Locals head to the salt fields deep within the desert, (5) small huts made of a few bamboo poles and some sacking, and get to work.
For the next eight or nine months, they will (6) here with their families, digging 45 metres to 50 metres into the hard soil to (7) the groundwater, then building small bunds to hold the water while it evaporates.
In these barren flatlands, there are no provisions, no sweet water and no electricity. (8) settlements get one government tanker of sweet water a week. Men travel to nearby villages (9) every fortnight and bring back pulses, since they are non-perishable.
With no fruit, vegetables or milk, malnourishment is rife. With their skin overexposed to saline (10) and harsh sunlight, skin diseases are rife too.

1. 1) yield
2) harvested
3) produced
4) breeded
5) manufactured

2. 1) evaporation
2) distillation
3) hydration
4) transformation
5) solidification

3. 1) delivers
2) abandons
3) gives
4) leaves
5) quits

4. 1) habitually
2) usually
3) sometime
4) although
5) whenever

5. 1) come up
2) held up
3) sum up
4) give up
5) prop up

6. 1) approach
2) come
3) stay
4) stand
5) wait

7. 1) reach
2) gain
3) attain
4) stretch
5) pass

8. 1) Any
2) Most
3) No
4) Every
5) Few

9. 1) by
 2) since
3) always
4) once
5) hence

10. 1) physical
2) nominal
3) rays
4) solid
5) chemicals

Answers
1. 3
2. 1
3. 4
4. 2
5. 5
6. 3
7. 1
8. 2
9. 4
10. 5