AFCAT EXPECTED ENGLISH SET 1
1. Choose the best one which expresses the meaning of the given word.
Sanguine
A. Optimistic
B. Parsimonious
C. Profligate
D. Oplluent
2. What is the synonym of Ersatz
A Liveliness B Imitation
C Genuine D Pretend
Comprehension:
3. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.
The fact that superior service can generate a competitive advantage for a
company does not mean that every attempt at improving service will create
such an advantage. Investments in service, like those in production and
distribution, must be balanced against other types of investments on the basis
of direct, tangible benefits such as cost reduction and increased revenues. If a
company is already effectively on a par with its competitors because it provides
service that avoids a damaging reputation and keeps customers from leaving at
an unacceptable rate, then investment in higher service levels may be wasted,
since service is a deciding factor for customers only in extreme situations. This
truth was not apparent to managers of one regional bank, which failed to
improve its competitive position despite its investment in reducing the time a
customer had to wait for a teller. The bank managers did not recognize the
level of customer inertia in the consumer banking industry that arises from the
inconvenience of switching banks. Nor did they analyze their service
improvement to determine whether it would attract new customers by
producing a new standard of service that would excite customers or by proving
difficult for competitors to copy. The only merit of the improvement was that it
could easily be described to customers
Q.3 The primary purpose of the passage is to
(a) contrast possible outcomes of a type of business investment
(b) suggest more careful evaluation of a type of business investment
(c) illustrate various ways in which a type of business investment could fail to
enhance revenues
(d) trace the general problems of a company to a certain type of business
Investment
Q.4 According to the passage, investments in service are comparable to
investments in production and distribution in terms of the
(a) tangibility of the benefits that they tend to confer
(b) increased revenues that they ultimately produce
(c) basis on which they need to be weighed
(d) insufficient analysis that managers devote to them
Q5. The passage suggests which of the following about service provided by
the regional bank prior to its investment in enhancing that service?
(a) It enabled the bank to retain customers at an acceptable rate.
(b) It threatened to weaken the bank’s competitive position with respect to
other regional banks.
(c) It had already been improved after having caused damage to the bank’s
reputation in the past.
(d) It was slightly superior to that of the bank’s regional competitors
Q6. The passage suggests that bank managers failed to consider whether or
not the service improvement
(a) was too complicated to be easily described to prospective customers
(b) made a measurable change in the experiences of customers in the bank’s
offices
(c) could be sustained if the number of customers increased significantly
(d) was an innovation that competing banks could have imitated
Q7. The discussion of the regional bank serves which of the following
functions within the passage as a whole?
(a) It describes an exceptional case in which investment in service actually
failed to produce a competitive advantage.
(b) It illustrates the pitfalls of choosing to invest in service at a time when
investment is needed more urgently in another area.
(c) It demonstrates the kind of analysis that managers apply when they choose
one kind of service investment over another.
(d) It provides an example of the point about investment in service made in the
first paragraph.
Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.
8. The lowest balcony in a theatre
A). Portico
B). Pantry
C). Amphitheatre
D). Mezzanine
Q.9 Choose the idiom/phrase that can substitute the highlighted group of
words meaningfully.
I was completely unaware of the company’s diversification plans.
A). In seventh heaven
B). Break a leg
C). Spilled the beans
D). In the dark
Q.10 Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.
Something that causes great destruction, violence, etc.
A). Godsend
B). Catharsis
C). Cataclysm
D). Cataract
Q.11 Choose the idiom/phrase that can substitute the highlighted group of
words meaningfully.
Grandmother is so near death, yet she has not lost her zeal for life.
A). One foot in the grave
B). Through thick and thin
C). Run out of steam
D). Eats like a bird
Q.12 Choose the idiom/phrase that can substitute the highlighted group of
words meaningfully
To go pear-shaped
a. To become fat
b. To go wrong
c. To lose the track
d. To get disappointed
Q13. To put one’s shoulder to the wheel
a. To start something vigorously
b. To display a wrong act
c. To learn the procedures
d. To try every possible way
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the
segment that contains a grammatical error.
Q14. Despite of technological innovations and powerfill analytical tools,
nothing is happening.
1. and powerfill analytical tools,
2. Despite of technological innovations
3. nothing is happening.
4. No error
Q15. In humans, consumption of alcohol, stimulate brain cells to release
moodaltering dopamine.
1. release mood-altering dopamine.
2. In humans, consumption of alcohol,
3. stimulate brain cells to
4. No error
Q.16 Hardly had she / thrown the basketball / than it fell / on the ground.
(a) than it fell
(b) on the ground
(c) thrown the basketball
(d) Hardly had she
Q17. The artist believes that this new collection of paintings / have been/ a
masterpiece that / will redefine contemporary art.
(a) The artist believes that this new collection of paintings
(b) a masterpiece that
(c) have been
(d) will redefine contemporary art
CLOZE TEST
All elephants (18)--------------- several distinctive features, the most notable of
which is a long trunk or proboscis, used for many (19)-------------, particularly
breathing, lifting water and grasping objects. Their incisors grow (20)--------------
- tusks, which can serve as weapons and as tools for moving objects and
digging. Elephants' large ear flaps help to control their body temperature. Their
pillar-like legs (21)---------------- carry their great weight. African elephants have
larger ears and concave backs while Asian elephants have smaller ears and
convex or level backs. One of the biggest threats to elephant populations is the
ivory trade, as the animals are poached for their ivory tusks. Other threats to
(22)---------------- elephants include habitat destruction and conflicts with local
people. Elephants are used as working animals in Asia. In the past they were
used in war; today, they are often put on display in zoos and circuses.
18. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no 18.
1. have 2. will have 3. had 4. has
19. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no 19.
1. schemes 2. me 3. capacities 4. purposes
20. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no 20.
1. for 2. too 3. into 4. towards
21. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no 21.
1. can 2. should 3. Would 4. could
22. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no 22.
1. wild 2. tame 3. dangerous 4. Elegant
Q23. Do not trespass ____ government land.
a. over b. upon
c. for d. in
Q24. He died ____ over work because hard work had affected his health
adversely.
a. from b. of
c. on d. for
Q25. Regular exercise is conducive ............. health.
(a) for (b) of
(c) in (d) to
Q26.Hindus believe in many rituals to ward the evils ____.
a. over b. upon
c. for d. off
Q 27. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Embellish
1. Perish
2. Disarm
3. Adorn
4. Disfigure
Q 28. SARDONIC, pick the antonym:
A) Gracious
B) Lengthy
C) Podgy
D) Eternal
Q29. Choose the correct spelling :
A.Amatuer B.Amature
C.Amateur D.Ameteur
Q30. Choose the correct spelling
A.Adulation B.Adlation
C.Aduletion D.Addulation
