COMPREHENSION TEST
1194. A person who is good at foreign languages is known (2) children should start learning English from class I
as (3) children may not study English when they are at
(1) Virtuoso (2) Linguist school
(3) Ventriloquist (4) Scholar (4) children ought to study English just as a lingua
1195. _______ are regional variations of a language. franca
(1) English (2) Mandarin Chinese Directions (1203–1207) : A passage is given with 5
(3) Home language (4) Dialects questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose
1196. English also included French words ________ the the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
Norman Conquest (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 03.09.2016 (IInd sitting)
(1) after (2) prior
Of the many changes that have taken place thanks to
(3) before (4) during
liberalisation, a major one is that today’s youngsters are
1197. ________ is part of a Germanic language.
earning more than ever before. In some cases, they draw
(1) Britain (2) Anglo Saxons even fatter salaries than their parents. But are they blowing
(3) English (4) Roman Empire it up or sensibly saving it? Though some tend to splurge
Directions (1198-1202) : A passage is given with 5 there are many who have started saving. Some of them go
questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose in for mutual funds and tax saving bonds. Some even go in
the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives for investments which give them tax breaks–insurance, home
and corresponding to it. loans, mutual fund savings schemes. In fact the average
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE) age of a person taking a housing loan has come down from
Exam. 02.09.2016 (IIIrd sitting) 41 to 28 in the last five years. Now, where do they get their
There is a growing parallel between India and Europe investment advice from? Some feel its a combination of
in terms of language policy and challenges of maintaining a friends, family, broker–advisors, the media and the net.
balance between regional languages, minority languages and 1203. Liberalisation has enabled our youngsters to :
the rising demand for English. (1) Be paid more (2) Work hard
The EU’s language policy promotes multinationalism (3) Blow up money (4) Look after their money
and the idea that every EU citizen should learn and speak
1204. ‘Blowing it up’ means :
at least two foreign languages in addition to their mother
(1) Spending extravagantly
tongue. In practice, the foreign language curriculum in
European countries is dominated now by the need to learn (2) Exaggerating
English. So the defacto policy is that children should, in (3) Spending on smoking
addition to the language of their member state, learn English (4) Donating liberally
and one other European language. English has become not 1205. The average age of a person taking housing loan has
only the language of business across Europe, but also the come down because he :
corporate language of many French, German, Dutch and (1) Gets fat salaries even at a young age.
Spanish enterprises. (2) Has wealthy parents.
The trend across Europe is for schools to begin (3) Goes in for mutual funds.
teaching English in Class I, treating it as a basic skill rather (4) Buys lottery tickets.
than a foreign language. This trend began in earnest only 1206. Which of the following is ‘False’?
after 2000. However, the methods to teach English are The investments that give people tax breaks are :
diverse-an increasingly popular trend is towards bilingual (1) Mutual funds (2) Home loans
schools, which teach through more than one language
(3) Savings scheme (4) Purchasing jewellery
medium.
1207. Which of the following is true’?
1198. There is a parallel between India and Europe as
(1) The youngsters today spend all the money they
regards
get
(1) language policy (2) trade policy
(2) All the youngsters save all the money they get
(3) foreign policy (4) cultural policy
(3) Many youngsters save all the money they get
1199. According to the passage, the foreign language policy
(4) A few youngsters spend more while some save
in the EU aims to foster.
Directions (1208–1212) : A passage is given with 5
(1) English (2) Multilingualism
questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose
(3) Bilingualism (4) Only native language the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
1200. The passage says that the rising demand for English (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
in the EU is because of Exam. 03.09.2016 (IIIrd sitting)
(1) immigrants (2) emigrants Worry is a very common thing. Even children worry as
(3) Government policy (4) trade and commerce much as grown up people. In his childhood, the writer
1201. EU schools regard English as used to fear that his parents would die suddenly at night.
(1) a foreign language (2) a difficult language His fear and anxiety was just imaginary.
(3) a basic skill (4) an adult skill When he was on the war front in Mesopotamia, the
1202. In Europe the usual pattern is that writer came to a certain conclusion on worrying. He was a
(1) children should study English late in life subaltern officer. It was not his duty to plan future actions
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