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Question 21

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• English

Select the correct spelling of the highlighted incorrectly spelt word in the given sentence. If there is no error, select 'No correction required'.

Anderson has (unfairly) earned a reputation as a maker of fidgety little cinematic dioramas, meticulously designed but heremetically sealed off from reality.

  1. AOption (a)

    No correction required

  2. BOption (b)

    hermetically

  3. COption (c)

    hearmetically

  4. DOption (d)

    harmetically

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Answer: (a)A.

No correction required

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Question 22

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• English

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Liaison

  2. BOption (b)

    Fluorescents

  3. COption (c)

    Leiutenant

  4. DOption (d)

    Entrepreneur

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Answer: (a)A.

Liaison

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Question 23

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• English

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined phrase in the following sentence.

The typical way of talking to a baby - high pitched, exaggerated and repetitious - is a source of fascination for people studying the structure and development of languages, who hope to understand how 'baby talk' impacts learning.

  1. AOption (a)

    monolinguists

  2. BOption (b)

    historians

  3. COption (c)

    archeologists

  4. DOption (d)

    linguists

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Answer: (a)A.

monolinguists

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Question 24

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• English

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The artist painted the scenery ______________, capturing every detail with precision.

  1. AOption (a)

    indifferently

  2. BOption (b)

    meticulously

  3. COption (c)

    hurriedly

  4. DOption (d)

    carelessly

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Answer: (a)A.

indifferently

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Question 25

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• English

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

He walked ______________ through the bazaar, strong in the legs.

  1. AOption (a)

    damply

  2. BOption (b)

    explosively

  3. COption (c)

    gigantically

  4. DOption (d)

    confidently

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Answer: (a)A.

damply

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Question 26

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• English

Select the most appropriate article to fill in the blank. If no article is needed, select 'No article required'.

______________ man standing over there looks suspicious.

  1. AOption (a)

    A

  2. BOption (b)

    The

  3. COption (c)

    No article required

  4. DOption (d)

    An

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Answer: (a)A.

A

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Question 27

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• English

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. He had no formal education beyond the fifth Gujarati standard, yet his practical wisdom helped him manage complex affairs which impressed his chiefs.

B. My father served as Prime Minister in several princely states and was known for his integrity even without a decent educational background.

C. His loyalty to his chiefs was unwavering, once even leading to a brief detention when he refused to apologise to a British agent.

D. Though he was strict, he commanded deep respect within the family and in court circles.

  1. AOption (a)

    BADC

  2. BOption (b)

    CDAB

  3. COption (c)

    BCAD

  4. DOption (d)

    ADBC

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Answer: (a)A.

BADC

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Question 28

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• English

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined phrase in the following passage.

People who thought that the person who wrote the music was a computer tended to dislike the piece more than those who believed it was human. This was true even among the experts, who might have been expected to be more objective in their analyses.

  1. AOption (a)

    composer

  2. BOption (b)

    quixotic

  3. COption (c)

    vocalist

  4. DOption (d)

    ventriloquist

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Answer: (a)A.

composer

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Question 29

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• English

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined word in the given sentence.

He remained placid even when provoked by his opponents.

  1. AOption (a)

    Talkative

  2. BOption (b)

    Suspicious

  3. COption (c)

    Calm

  4. DOption (d)

    Arrogant

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Answer: (a)A.

Talkative

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Question 30

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• English

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

(A) Automation and robotics are transforming industrial production.

(B) With AI-driven machines, efficiency has drastically improved in manufacturing.

(C) However, concerns over job displacement continue to grow.

(D) Companies are balancing innovation with workforce reskilling to mitigate unemployment.

  1. AOption (a)

    BCDA

  2. BOption (b)

    ABCD

  3. COption (c)

    ACBD

  4. DOption (d)

    CBAD

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Answer: (a)A.

BCDA

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