UG-CLAT entrance exam Question Bank Solutions for English Language

Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option.

During the recession many companies will _______ lay off workers. 

Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option.

She has good ______ over the famous foreign languages. 

Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option.

The chairman pointed out in favour of the manager that the profitability of the industrial plant had _____ since he took over the administration. 

Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option.

When the examinations were over, _______ went to Paris.

Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option.

Let’s go for a walk, _____?

Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option.

Had Anil been on time, he _____ missed the train. 

Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option.

The most alarming fact is that infection is spreading ______ the state and reaching villages and small towns.

Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option.

In big cities, people are cut _____ from nature. 

Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option.

The dissidents _______ a great problem in every political party. 

Fill in the blanks with the best alternative among the four options:

Around the world, forests are being destroyed at a rate of about thirteen million hectares a year and deforestation accounts for an estimated 17% -20% of all global emissions. In addition, forests and other terrestrial carbon sinks play a ___(1)___ role in preventing runaway climate change, soaking up a full 2.6 Gt of atmospheric carbon every year. The destruction of forests, therefore, not only emits carbon -a staggering 1.6 Gt a year, which severely ___(2)___ forests' capacity to absorb emissions from other sources-but also drastically ___(3)___ the amount of forested land available to act as carbon on a sink in the future. However, the effects of deforestation extend beyond carbon. Rainforests ____(4)___ a wide variety of ecosystems services, from regulating rainfall to purifying groundwater and keeping fertile soil from ____(5)____; deforestation in one area can seriously damage food production and ____(6)____ to clean water in an entire region. The value of global ecosystem services has been estimated at 33 trillion USD each year (almost half of global GDP), but these services have been taken for granted without a mechanism to make the market reflect their value. Rain forests are also a home and _____(7)____ of income for a huge number of people in Africa, Asia, and South America. ___(8)____ this, economic pressures frequently drive both local communities and national governments in the developing world to ____(9)____ these forests in ways that are unsustainable, clear-cutting vast areas for fuel, timber, mining, or agricultural land.

1.
(a) tough
(b) Important
(c) vital
(d) biggest

2.
(a) affect
(b) diminish
(c) increases
(d) impairs

3.
(a) plagues
(b) develops
(c) reduces
(d) shortens

4.
(a) sell
(b) offer
(c) give
(d) provide

5.
(a) transforming
(b) decoding
c) erupting
(d) eroding

6.
(a) handiness
(b) excess
(c) availability
(d) access

7.
(a) beginning
(b) source
(c) ways
(d) reference

8.
(a) despite
(b) also
(c) in spite
(d) apart

9.
(a) exploit
(b) encompass
(c) nurture
(d) work

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word:

The quality of ___________ between individuals and the organisation for which they work can be ___________ to the benefit of both parties.

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word:

Genetic engineering in humans should be used to ___________ diseases, not to ___________ genetic uniformity.

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word:

Stating that the ATM operations are ___________ losses, the nation’s largest bank, the State Bank plans to ___________ the management of some of its ATMs.

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word:

Most journalistic writing could do with ___________ of paragraphs to make the prose more ___________.

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word:

Angered by bureaucrat’s ___________ comments, the reporter insisted for a more ___________ response.

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word:

One of the most productive researches ___________ in contemporary neurosciences is devoted to ___________ maps of human consciousness.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

Under a zero-hour contract, a party described as a' casual worker' has a contract with an employer, but the contract may be of little benefit as its provisions do not (1) ________ any obligation upon the employer to offer work, and similarly, there is no obligation for the worker to accept it. A 'casual worker, is the correct term to define workers who do not have (2) ________ hours of work but instead supply services on an irregular, flexible basis when the employer needs them. A' worker' is not, therefore, an 'employee'. This is an important distinction, as employees enjoy significantly better protection under the law. Although workers do have basic rights, for example, the right to a national minimum (3) ________, the right not to be unlawfully discriminated against and the right to sick pay, but they are denied other important rights. For example, casual workers do not have the same rights when it comes to issues such as maternity or paternity pay, (4) ________, pay in the event that there is not enough work available and the right not to be unfairly (5) ________. These contracts are very unpopular with trade unions, who argue that employers are using this type of contract as a way of denying workers the benefits which they would otherwise be entitled to under current employment (6)________. As a result of public criticism, the Eurona government held an independent review to analyse the use of these contracts. In June 2016, Eurona Business Secretary, Zoro, concluded that zero-hour contracts were not to be declared (7) ________, as he considered that many groups of people benefited from them. However, he did change the law in order to prevent employers from banning casual workers from working elsewhere when bound by a zero-hour contract. This is not the end of the story, however. The use of zero-hour contracts is extremely popular in the food and retail (8)________ of the Eurona economy. For example, McDonald's and Burger King have recently disclosed that they use this type of contract for over 80% of their workers in the Eurona and another high-street giant, Sports Direct, has admitted that 90% of its workers are under this type of contract. However, the latter (9) _____ a legal challenge in November 2016 when Tera Phera filed a claim against the company in a Eurona Employment Tribunal. Tera Phera claimed that although she was contracted as a casual worker for Sports Direct, she had the same responsibilities and duties as an employee but without receiving the benefits of an employee. A (10) _____was reached according to which Sports Direct is now required at the time of advertising for future zero-hours staff to expressly state that the role does not (11) _____ work. The company must also produce clear written policies setting out what sick pay and paid holiday their zero-hours staff are entitled to.

1.
(a) impose
(b) compel
(c) force
(d) impress

2.
(a) fixed
(b) secure
(c) firm
(d) stable

3.
(a) salary
(b) wage
(c) earnings
(d) remuneration

4.
(a) let go
(b) redundancy
(c) termination
(d) release

5.
(a) dismissed
(b) discharged
(c) terminated
(d) laid off

6.
(a) statutes
(b) codes
(c) legislations
(d) acts

7.
(a) unlawful
(b) illegal
(c) illegitimate
(d) felonious

8.
(a) zones
(b) regions
(c) sectors
(d) areas

9.
(a) suffered
(b) bore
(c) endured
(d) faced

10.
(a) agreement
(b) settlement
(c) Deal
(d) Decision

11.
(a) provide
(b) entitle
(c) guarantee
(d) offer

In the following sentence, there is a blank space. Below the sentence, there are four words Choose the correct word to fill in the blank.

Everybody was drunk_______

In the following sentence, there is a blank space. Below the sentence, there are four words Choose the correct word to fill in the blank.

In his address to the senior managers, the managing director________certain measures being taken for improving the office discipline.

In the following sentence, there is a blank space. Below the sentence, there are four words Choose the correct word to fill in the blank.

Leadership defines what the future should be like and________people with that vision.