English Language Mock Test - 2 - CUET MCQ

The correct answer is option (3) i.e. 'a'.

Key Points

• The use of "a" before "letter" is appropriate because it signifies a single, unspecified letter.
• This indefinite article is used because the letter is being mentioned for the first time, and its specific identity is not known to the listeners/readers.

Therefore, So, the complete sentence is: "Vikram wrote a letter to his university yesterday but he forgot to post it."

Additional Information

• Option 1 ("many") would not fit since the sentence suggests only one letter was written.
• Option 2 ("an") is grammatically incorrect before "letter" because "letter" begins with a consonant sound.
• Option 4 ("the") would suggest a specific letter that has been previously mentioned or known, which is not implied by the context provided.

The correct answer is 'Option 3'.

Key Points

• The structure places 'nothing' as the subject, 'ever happens' as the verb phrase, and 'by chance' as the adverbial phrase indicating the manner in which things do not happen.
• This sentence follows a logical sequence, stating a philosophical or existential viewpoint that events do not occur randomly or without cause.

Therefore, the correct answer is- 'Nothing ever happens by chance.'

The correct answer is 'Option 4' i.e. 'B, D, A, C'.

Key Points

• When rearranged in this order, the sentence reads:
  • ​The sentence structure follows a logical order that introduces the subject (Wilhelm Rontgen), the action (discovered), and the object of the discovery (a new type of ray) along with the ray's capabilities.

Therefore, the correct answer is- 'In 1895, Wilhelm Rontgen discovered a new type of ray that could penetrate objects, including human tissue.'

The correct answer is 'Option 2'.

Key Points

• Superlative degree comparisons are used to compare one entity with all others in the same category.
• The sentence "Iron is the most useful of all the metals" correctly places the superlative phrase 'the most useful' adjacent to 'Iron'(subject) to clearly indicate that Iron is being compared to all other metals in terms of usefulness.

Therefore, the correct answer is- 'Iron is the most useful of all the metals.'

Additional Information

• Options 1, 3, and 4 either rearrange the words in a way that makes the sentence less clear or grammatically awkward compared to Option 2, which succinctly and clearly communicates the intended meaning.

The correct answer is Option (2) "Rakesh ordered Mahesh to go away".

Key Points

• The reported speech has a sense of order and not question or inquiry.
• It is so because Rakesh is ordering Mahesh that he should leave.
• Therefore, asked and inquired cannot be used in the case of ordering.
• In the case of imperative sentences we use 'to' instead of 'that' as a linker.
• 'Say to' cannot be used because the reported verb should be in past tense and not in present tense.

Therefore, the correct indirect speech of the given sentence is Rakesh ordered Mahesh to go away.

• The correct word to use in this context is "too," which means to a higher degree than is desirable, permissible, or possible; excessively.
• Therefore, the sentence should read, "The water from the river was too cold for me to drink directly."
• This makes Option 3 (too) the correct choice to fill the blank.

• "very" - This means to a high degree but doesn't imply exceed.
• "most" - This superlative quantifier isn't suitable in this context.
• "many" - This word is even less suitable here because it's used with countable nouns.

The correct answer is 'The formal letter has a subject, while the informal letter does not have a subject'.

Key Points

• A formal letter is an official letter.
• It is written in the formal or official language.
• It is short and only the necessary information is given.
• The format of a formal letter is as follows:
  • Sender's address
  • Date
  • Receiver's address
  • The subject of the letter
  • Salutation
  • Body of the letter
  • Conclusion
  • Signature
• An informal letter is an unofficial letter.
• It is written in an informal or personal language.
• It is lengthy and personal information is given.
• The format of an informal letter is as follows:
  • Sender's address
  • Date
  • Salutation
  • Body of the letter
  • Conclusion
  • Signature

Therefore the correct answer is option 4.

The correct answer is "ours".

Key Points

• In the given sentence, we need to use the correct form of the possessive pronoun which is "ours".
• The possessive pronoun indicates the ownership of a noun in the sentence.
• The possessive pronoun replaces the possessive adjective + noun in a sentence.
  • Example: I have bought a house next to your house. (possessive adjective + noun)
    • I have bought a house next to yours. (possessive pronoun)
• In the given sentence, the possessive pronoun "ours" should replace the possessive adjective "our" and the noun "car".
• The implied meaning of the given sentence is that the parking spot next to the other person's car is owned by the speaker.

The correct sentence is: The parking spot next to your car is ours.

Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

The correct answer is '​as soon as I boarded the bus.'

Key Points

• The clause is somewhere in the middle of sentences and phrases.
• The clause has a definite subject, meaning, predicate, and verb.
• There are Two Different Types of Clauses:
  • Independent Clause: It is also called a principal clause. It has both a subject and a verb, it can also act as a sentence. These cannot be simply used as nouns, adverbs or adjectives as they act as a sentence.
    • Example: She is intelligent.
  • Dependent Clause: It is also known as a subordinate clause, it requires an independent clause to provide the complete meaning of the sentence. This dependent clause consists of a verb, subject and a predicate but they cannot act as a sentence instead they need the support of an independent clause.
    • Example: He cried because he fell down the stairs.
• ​Let us check the given options:
  • Asked me to call her: Structure has Verb + Object
  • To call her: Structure has Preposition + Verb
  • Asked me to call her as soon as: Structure has Verb + as soon as
  • As soon as I boarded the bus.: Structure has As soon as + Subject + Verb + Object
• So, the option 4 is a dependent clause because it needs the independent clause "My mom asked me to call her" to the provide the complete meaning.
• Therefore, the correct answer is Option 4.

The correct answer is option 3) i.e. 'Circulate'.

Key Points

• Let's look at the meaning of the given word:
  • Disseminate- to spread or give out something, especially news, information, ideas, etc., to a lot of people. ( फैलाना, प्रसारित करना)
• Let's look at the meaning of the correct answer:
  • Circulate- to send something such as information, ideas, or documents from one person to another. (प्रसारित करना)
• Clearly, the word 'Circulate' is closest in meaning to the given word 'Disseminate'.
• Therefore, the correct synonym of the given word is 'Circulate'.

Additional Information

• Let's know the meaning of other options
  

Option (c) is the right answer as it is mentioned in the passage, in line numbers 13 and 14.

Option (a) is the right answer as lineage means pedigree.

Option (d) is the right answer as it is mentioned in the passage, in line number 2

Option d is the right answer as it is mentioned in the passage, in line numbers 10 and 11.

Option (b) is the right answer as it is mentioned in the passage, in line number 10.

The passage states that the current earl, John Edward Hollister Montagu, "needed money to maintain the old family estate" because "carrying a fancy title today doesn’t pay nearly as much as it did 300 years ago, and a previous earl gave away much of the family wealth." It then describes his decision to "cash in on the family name" by opening a sandwich shop called Earl of Sandwich. This indicates that the primary motivation was financial, rather than honoring a legacy, promoting history, or competing with fast-food chains.

The third paragraph explains the procedure that brokers follow in order to help their clients to show black money as earnings or to evade tax. The paragraph clearly mentions that brokers keep conducting “buy” and “sell” trades in their own fictitious accounts. They then use these accounts when the clients approach them. The paragraph also states that clients approach brokers in order to purchase a profit or a loss deal. Option (a) is correct. Option (b) is eliminated as it is clear from the information in the passage that brokers themselves create the fictitious accounts for potential clients. Option (c) can also be ruled out on this basis. Option (d) is incorrect because it suggests that the clients sell (vend) a “profit” or “loss” deal. However, from the information in the passage, this is untrue.

The answer can be inferred from the first and the last paragraph of the passage. A punching error happens when something ordered by client X is mistakenly placed in client Y's account. According to the passage, many stockbrokers use the excuse of "punching errors" to transfer funds to fictitious accounts. So, a punching error by definition is not a transfer of funds to a fictitious account. It is simply used as an excuse by tax evaders in some cases.
This eliminates options (a), (b) and (d). Option (c) is the correct answer.

Only option (c) is true as per the given passage. It is given in the last sentence of the last paragraph.
Options (a) and (b) are distorted information given in the first paragraph. Option (d) is also a distorted piece of information given in the second sentence of the fourth paragraph.

The passage states that SEBI has asked stock exchanges to levy a penalty of 2% of the trade value in the wrong account if such transactions exceed 5% of the broker’s total non-institutional turnover in a month. This is explicitly mentioned in the last paragraph of the passage.

The passage begins by stating that SEBI’s decision to impose hefty penalties on brokers is aimed at checking "the flow of black money and evasion of taxes through stock market." It further explains that SEBI identified a loophole in its regulations being abused by brokers to facilitate tax evasion and black money flow through fictitious trades, often disguised as ‘punching’ errors. The penalties, effective from August 1, are designed to address this issue by penalizing brokers who transfer trades between accounts for such purposes. While the other options may relate to incidental effects or misinterpretations, the primary intent, as explicitly mentioned, is to tackle tax evasion and black money, making option C the correct answer.

This is a direct question and an easy one as well.
The answer can be found in the first sentence of the second paragraph. Options (a), (b) and (d) are not mentioned in the passage.

According to the information given in the passage, statements 1, 3, 4 and 5 can all be inferred to not have been the reasons for the prosperity of British colonies in America. Thus, option (c) is the correct answer.

The passage clearly mentions 'shipment of v ast sums of specie' both as pay for soldiers and others and also 'for the purchase at good prices of enormous quantities of food, supplies and other things needed for carrying on the war.' Thus it can be inferred that 'specie' here means money, to be used for payments of salaries and for the purchase of supplies. Thus, option (c) is the correct answer.

The passage states that at the end of the war Britain 'was ceded some first rate real estate, namely Canada.' From this it can be inferred that Britain acquired political control over Canada.
Thus, option (d) is the correct answer.

The passage clearly refers to the reimbursement of £1,072, 783 by Britain to its colonies, on account of their contribution to the war effort, as 'this British largesse'. Thus, option (d) is the correct answer.

The passage states that Britain reimbursed the colonies £1,072,783 after the war, and a third of this amount went to Massachusetts due to its proportionately greater contribution. This is explicitly mentioned in the text when discussing the financial support provided to the colonies.

Option (a) is incorrect since, though the passage says that the war was fought on a global scale, there is no mention that it was the first war to be so fought. Option (c) is incorrect since Britain too benefited from the war as it was 'ceded some first rate real estate, namely Canada.' The passage clearly states that Britain's reimbursement of part of the war expenses to its colonies was viewed as 'unprecedented'. Thus it is not possible that such a practice was a 'well-established rule'. Thus, option (d) is also incorrect. The passage states that the explanations of the origins of the War are exceptionally intricate and unmemorable. In light of this statement, option (b) is the correct answer.

This question can be answered if you know the meaning of the word precipice - "a dangerous situation".
If you not aware of its meaning, you can infer the meaning from the context in which it is used in the passage. The passage says that the Indian economy seems poised on a precipice which should be even more alarming for policymakers. Since it should more alarming, it can be inferred that the situation is not very bright. The only answer choice that has that tone is (b).
Incorrect Answers
(a), (c) and (d) does not say the situation is negative.
In fact, each of these answer choices has a positive connotation which goes against the tone in which the sentence in the passage is framed.

You are asked to identify the statement which cannot be inferred from the passage. The passage says that West Asia contributes to more than 50% of the total remittance to India. It is not necessary that more than 50% of Indians work in that region.

There is no data which can help us arrive at that claim.

[Consider this example: Say there are two countries A and B. Remittance from A is 100 and remittance from B is 50. If there are 20 people in A and 50 people in B (each person in A sends 5 and each person in B sends 1), it is possible that there can be less number of Indians working in A than in B even though the remittance from A is higher]

Since answer choice (d) cannot be inferred, it is the correct answer.

Incorrect Answers

(a) - Refer to this sentence: "Kerala has already begun coming to terms with the idea that many more will return.". "many more will return" suggests that there have been people who have returned in the past. Answer choice (a) can be inferred.

(b) - The author states that "A sudden jolt would put pressure on the places Indians return to..." The author states that the places Indians return to will be under pressure if there is a sudden jolt. Answer choice (b) can be inferred.

(c) The author states that more than 50% of all remittances to India is from West Asia. So, all the other region put together would be less than 50% and therefore it would be less than the remittance from West Asia. Answer choice (c) can be inferred.