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Question 31

NABARD Development Assistant 2022• Test of English Language

Given below is a sentence that may or may not be grammatically viable, choose the most suitable alternative that reflects the grammatically correct sentence. 

If he has done his homework, he could have gone to the party. The fact was that the assignment had priority over the party.

  1. AOption (a)

    were doing

  2. BOption (b)

    was done

  3. COption (c)

    did

  4. DOption (d)

    would had done

  5. EOption (e)

    had done

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

were doing

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Question 32

NABARD Development Assistant 2022• Test of English Language

Directions

The given question has one blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word for the given options that could fit in the blank correctly.

A taxi was _____ and Venu was taken to Lifeline hospital.

  1. AOption (a)

    assembled

  2. BOption (b)

    summoned

  3. COption (c)

    signaled

  4. DOption (d)

    convinced

  5. EOption (e)

    sent

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Answer: (a)A.

assembled

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Question 33

NABARD Development Assistant 2022• Test of English Language

Directions

The given question has one blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word for the given options that could fit in the blank correctly.

Innovative learning involves both ______ and participation.

  1. AOption (a)

    dread

  2. BOption (b)

    despair

  3. COption (c)

    astonishment

  4. DOption (d)

    anticipation

  5. EOption (e)

    despise

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

dread

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Question 34

NABARD Development Assistant 2022• Test of English Language

Directions

The given question has one blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word for the given options that could fit in the blank correctly.

It is impossible to ____ such a large project to succeed without planning.

  1. AOption (a)

    steer

  2. BOption (b)

    abandon

  3. COption (c)

    complete

  4. DOption (d)

    reveal

  5. EOption (e)

    demolish

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

steer

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Question 35

NABARD Development Assistant 2022• Test of English Language

Directions

The given question has one blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word for the given options that could fit in the blank correctly.

There were some children, playing on the _____ of the waterway.

  1. AOption (a)

    river

  2. BOption (b)

    stream

  3. COption (c)

    bank

  4. DOption (d)

    tunnel

  5. EOption (e)

    None of the above

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

river

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Question 36

NABARD Development Assistant 2022• Test of English Language

Rearrange the following five sentences/group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(A) When this is replaced by a palm oil plantation, soy fields or blocks of eucalyptus, the specialist species die off, leaving generalists such as rats and mosquitoes to thrive and spread pathogens across human and non-human habitats. 

(B) The researchers said this because diseases are filtered and blocked by a range of predators and habitats in a healthy, biodiversity forest. 

(C) Even tree-planting can increase health risks to local human populations if it focuses too narrowly on a small number of species, as is often the case in commercial forests, the research found. 

(D) The net result is a loss of natural disease regulation. 

(E) Outbreaks of infectious diseases are more likely in areas of deforestation and monoculture plantations, according to a study that suggests epidemics are likely to increase as biodiversity declines.

Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

  1. AOption (a)

    A

  2. BOption (b)

    B

  3. COption (c)

    C

  4. DOption (d)

    D

  5. EOption (e)

    E

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

A

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Question 37

NABARD Development Assistant 2022• Test of English Language

Rearrange the following five sentences/group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(A) When this is replaced by a palm oil plantation, soy fields or blocks of eucalyptus, the specialist species die off, leaving generalists such as rats and mosquitoes to thrive and spread pathogens across human and non-human habitats. 

(B) The researchers said this because diseases are filtered and blocked by a range of predators and habitats in a healthy, biodiversity forest. 

(C) Even tree-planting can increase health risks to local human populations if it focuses too narrowly on a small number of species, as is often the case in commercial forests, the research found. 

(D) The net result is a loss of natural disease regulation. 

(E) Outbreaks of infectious diseases are more likely in areas of deforestation and monoculture plantations, according to a study that suggests epidemics are likely to increase as biodiversity declines.

Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

  1. AOption (a)

    B

  2. BOption (b)

    C

  3. COption (c)

    D

  4. DOption (d)

    E

  5. EOption (e)

    A

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

B

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Question 38

NABARD Development Assistant 2022• Test of English Language

Rearrange the following five sentences/group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(A) When this is replaced by a palm oil plantation, soy fields or blocks of eucalyptus, the specialist species die off, leaving generalists such as rats and mosquitoes to thrive and spread pathogens across human and non-human habitats. 

(B) The researchers said this because diseases are filtered and blocked by a range of predators and habitats in a healthy, biodiversity forest. 

(C) Even tree-planting can increase health risks to local human populations if it focuses too narrowly on a small number of species, as is often the case in commercial forests, the research found. 

(D) The net result is a loss of natural disease regulation. 

(E) Outbreaks of infectious diseases are more likely in areas of deforestation and monoculture plantations, according to a study that suggests epidemics are likely to increase as biodiversity declines.

Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?

  1. AOption (a)

    A

  2. BOption (b)

    B

  3. COption (c)

    C

  4. DOption (d)

    D

  5. EOption (e)

    E

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

A

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Question 39

NABARD Development Assistant 2022• Test of English Language

Rearrange the following five sentences/group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(A) When this is replaced by a palm oil plantation, soy fields or blocks of eucalyptus, the specialist species die off, leaving generalists such as rats and mosquitoes to thrive and spread pathogens across human and non-human habitats. 

(B) The researchers said this because diseases are filtered and blocked by a range of predators and habitats in a healthy, biodiversity forest. 

(C) Even tree-planting can increase health risks to local human populations if it focuses too narrowly on a small number of species, as is often the case in commercial forests, the research found. 

(D) The net result is a loss of natural disease regulation. 

(E) Outbreaks of infectious diseases are more likely in areas of deforestation and monoculture plantations, according to a study that suggests epidemics are likely to increase as biodiversity declines.

Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

  1. AOption (a)

    A

  2. BOption (b)

    B

  3. COption (c)

    C

  4. DOption (d)

    D

  5. EOption (e)

    E

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

A

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Question 40

NABARD Development Assistant 2022• Test of English Language

Rearrange the following five sentences/group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(A) When this is replaced by a palm oil plantation, soy fields or blocks of eucalyptus, the specialist species die off, leaving generalists such as rats and mosquitoes to thrive and spread pathogens across human and non-human habitats. 

(B) The researchers said this because diseases are filtered and blocked by a range of predators and habitats in a healthy, biodiversity forest. 

(C) Even tree-planting can increase health risks to local human populations if it focuses too narrowly on a small number of species, as is often the case in commercial forests, the research found. 

(D) The net result is a loss of natural disease regulation. 

(E) Outbreaks of infectious diseases are more likely in areas of deforestation and monoculture plantations, according to a study that suggests epidemics are likely to increase as biodiversity declines.

Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

  1. AOption (a)

    A

  2. BOption (b)

    B

  3. COption (c)

    C

  4. DOption (d)

    E

  5. EOption (e)

    D

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

A

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