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Model Paper for LIC AAO Exam (Test – IV: English Language)

Right of entry to education, an ample teaching-learning environment, a suitable curriculum and an empowered and all-encompassing faculty are four essential prerequisites of an education system that seeks to enable social transforma­tion. While educational reform since the 1980s was strongly focused on the first two elements, the late 1990s brought the role of the curriculum into national focus. The critical link that binds these four critical elements together the activ­ity of the faculty - continues to be cast aside, by political ideologies of most hues, contemporary curriculum reform efforts and the professional practices of the faculty.

Far-reaching educational initiatives of both the Left and the Right have recognised the potential power of the faculty. In multiple experiments, they have used this dormant force to build committed institutions and cadres of faculties dedicated to their particular causes. In many instances this has led to extreme politicisation of the college faculty. In others it has led to the education of a generation of students in half­truths underpinned by the personal beliefs, sectarian concerns and folk pedagogy of faculties who have had little access themselves to education and training in related areas.

Over the last decade or so, educational reform has included, apart from access, a focus on developing alternative text materials and the training of faculty to handle these materials, without directly engaging with the issue of curriculum revamp. At the turn of the 20th century, a major national curriculum redesign was initiated following the change of political regime at the centre. The subsequent development of college programme came under wide public scrutiny and debate. Issues of equity, inclusion and exclusion, learner medley religious identity and communalism gained considerable importance in the curriculum debates that followed. For instance, scholars argued that “...the curriculum, while loud on rhetoric, fails to address the quality of education that students of underprivileged and marginalised groups experi­ence.” Several other critics described the revised curriculum as a retrogressive step in education that sought to impose the religious agenda in the garb of a national identity.

The subsequent change of national government in 2004 led to the curriculum review in 2005, underlining a new politi­cal interest in the role of education in national development, its role in social mobilisation and transformation directed specifically at questions of caste and gender asymmetry and minority empowerment. Deeper than these politically driven initiatives, however, the professional need for curriculum review emerges from the long ossification of a national education system that continues to view faculty as “dispensers of information” and students as “passive recipients” of an “education” sought to be “delivered” in four-walled classrooms with little scope to develop critical thinking and understanding.

121. Which of the following best describes the phrase “passive recipients” as used in the passage?

(1) The users of the educational system
(2) The political ideology of right and left parties
(3) Well-framed curriculum guiding the teaching/learn­ing process
(4) Free access to education system
(5) The faculty

122. To facilitate social transformation, which of the following has been identified by the author as one of the factors?

(1) A committed political ideology
(2) Support of the well-framed curriculum
(3) A strong administration system
(4) Carefully planned education delivery
(5) None of these

123. Prior to 1990 what was NOT on the agenda of ‘he educational reforms?

(1) An appropriate curriculum
(2) Well-managed admission process
(1) Only A
(2) Only B
(3) Both A and B
(4) Either A or B
(5) None of these

124. Which of the following is the most opposite in meaning of the word medley as used in the passage?

(1) amalgamate
(2) united
(3) unity
(4) diffuse
(5) focusing

125. Which of the following best describes the word ossification as used in the passage?

(1) hardening
(2) plasticity
(3) imbibition
 (4) incorporation
(5) coalescing

126. Revamping of the text material was the main focus in

(1) early eighties
(2) late nineties
(3) 21st century
(4) evolving curriculum framework
(5) training faculty

127. Which of the following best describes the meaning of the word underpinned as used in the passage?

(1) advocated
(2) supported
(3) prepared
(4) bolstered
(5) boosted

128. What hampers the critical thinking ability of collegegoing students?

(1) The emphasis on rote memorisation and recalling the facts of education based on real experience
(2) Lack of political will to develop these abilities
(3) Absence of focus while designing curriculum frame­ work
(4) Ignoring the active role of faculty and the student
(5) Lack of proper tests of critical thinking ability

129. How did personal beliefs and folk pedagogy enter into educational system?

(1) The college acted as an agent of local communities.
(2) The faculties were not properly trained.
(3) College faculties started acting as passive listeners.
(4) The loopholes in the educational system allowed it to happen.
(5) It was by design.

130. Development of textbooks generated public debate on many issues except

(1) making the curriculum student-centred.
(2) using teaching community as an agency to bring change.

(1) Only A
(2) Only B
(3) Both A and B
(4) Either A or B
(5) None of these

131.

(1) They have invited /
(2) Sushma and I/
(3) for the meeting to be /
(4) held in the next month. /
(5) No error

132.

(1) The city people stayed /
(2) fearlessly despite of /
(3) rumour of terrorist attack /
(4) in the area. /
(5) No error

133.

(1) The Director asked me /
(2) how I have not /
(3) taken his permission /
(4) before applying for the new job. /
(5) No error

134.

(1) Buy presents for ladies /
(2) in their absence /
(3) is a very /
(4) difficult task. /
(5) No error

135.

(1) A disaster management cell is opened /
(2) by the state government /
(3) before the rainy season /
(4) as a precau­tionary measure. /
(5) No error

136.

(1) This college has /
(2) a glorious tradition /
(3) that attract /
(4) good students to the college. /
(5) No error

137.

(1) Manasi is too busy /
(2) in her current /
(3) programmes to take /
(4) up any new ones. /
(5) No error

138. (1) census (2) censure (3) reprimand (4) universe

(1) A-B
(2) A-D
(3) A-C
(4) B-C
(5) C-D

139. (1) reason (2) discernible (3) valid (4) perceptible

(1) A-D
(2) B-C
(3) A-C
(4) C-D
(5) B-D

140. (1) critical (2) space (3) concourse (4) courtyard

(1) A-D
(2) B-D
(3) C-D
(4) B-C
(5) A-B

141. (1) mitigation (2) risking (3) appreciation (4) alleviation

(1) C-A
(2) C-D
(3) A-D
(4) A-B
(5) B-D

142. (1) reiteration (2) honouring (3) reverberation (4) hollow

(1) A-C
(2) B-C
(3) C-D
(4) A-B
(5) B-D

143. (1) refurbish (2) furnish (3) innovate (4) renovate

(1) C-A
(2) C-D
(3) C-B
(4) B-A
(5) A-D

144. (1) articulate (2) decipher (3) senseless (4) decode

(1) C-B
(2) A-D
(3) B-A
(4) D-C
(5) D-B

145. Lift the handset only after paid a one rupee coin.

(1) paying a one-rupee coin
(2) you pay one rupee coin
(3) pay one rupee-coin
(4) you paid one rupee coin
(5) No correction required

146. Good life, according to many people, is to making more and more money.

(1) is making
(2) is made
(3) are made
(4) are making
(5) No correction required

147. His behaviour with all his employees is so pleasing that everyone come forward for helping him.

(1) came towards him for help
(2) comes towards him for help
(3) comes forward to help him
(4) comes forward for help him
(5) No correction required

148. A master should never impose his servants too much work.

(1) his servants with too much work
(2) too much work with his servants
(3) too much work on his servants
(4) too much work for his servants
(5) No correction required

149. What matter does most is the quality and not the quantity.

(1) What does matter
(2) What does it matter
(3) That matters
(4) What matters
(5) No correction required

150. The police commissioner burst into rage and ordered immediately suspension of the inspector who had arrested the innocent boy.

(1) order immediately
(2) order immediate
(3) ordered immediate
(4) ordering immediate
(5) No correction required

151. He would be like to have some ice-cream.

(1) would like to
(2) would be liked to
(3) was to be liking to
(4) would being liked to
(5) No correction required

152. Not knowing the language and had no friends in the country, he found it impossible to get a job.

(1) has no
(2) with having
(3) with having not
(4) having no
(5) No correction required

153. She will not attend the meeting until she is asked to.

(1) except
(2) even with
(3) even except
(4) unless
(5) No correction required

154. Because of his smart work, he is in the best books of his employer.

(1) in the better books
(2) in the good book
(3) in the good books
(4) into the good books
(5) No correction required

155. With the introduction of the new system, the number of candidates who resort to unfair means is decreasing year after year.

(1) resorting to
(2) to resort to
(3) resorted to
(4) to resorting
(5) No correction required

Though I had hired cabins in Bandra and a house in Andheri, divinity would not let me settle down. 156 had I moved into my new house when my brother Balmukund, who had already been through an 157 ttack of jaundice some years back, had a 158 attack of typhoid, 159 with pneumonia and signs of restlessness at night. The doctor was 160 in.

156.

(1) Then
(2) Hardly
(3) Wherever
(4) Quicker
(5) Why

157.

(1) heart
(2) big
(3) acute
(4) hard
(5) harsh

158.

(1) unforgiving
(2) hard
(3) burly
(4) severe
(5) tough

159.

(1) couple
(2) felt
(3) combined
(4) joint
(5) adjoining

160.

(1) brought
(2) called
(3) invited
(4) sent
(5) commissioned computer & Marketing

161. A _______ is a computer over internets which read IP address on a packet and relay it towards its destination.

(1) switch
(2) server
(3) hub
(4) router
(5) None of these

162. A floppy can be write-protected by

(1) Breaking the slider
(2) Positioning the slider to cover the hole
(3) Positioning the slider away from the hole
(4) A floppy cannot be write-protected.
(5) None of these

163. Rotational delay time is also known as

(1) Seek time
(2) Shift time
(3) Latency
(4) Access time
(5) None of these

164. The average drives have an access time of

(1) 14-29 ms
(2) 9-14 ms
(3) 60-70 ms
(4) All the above
(5) None of these

165. In which of the following kinds of disk does the read/write head physically touch the surface?

(1) Hard Disk
(2) Compact Disk
(3) Floppy Disk
(4) All the above
(5) None of these

166. RAID stands for

(1) Reproduce Array of Intelligent Disks
(2) Reproduce Array of Inexpensive Disks
(3) Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives
(4) Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
(5) None of these

167. CD-ROM is a kind of

(1) Optical disk
(2) Magneto-Optical disk
(3) Magnetic disk
(4) All the above
(5) None of these

168. Hotmail, a free web-based email service, is operated by which of the following companies?

(1) Apple
(2) Rediff
(3) Microsoft
(4) Yahoo
(5) Google

169. A collection of binary digits is known as

(1) Half Bit
(2) 1/2 KB
(3) Byte
(4) Nibble
(5) None of these

170. Which of the following is not a part of the CPU?

(1) Arithmetic and Logic Unit
(2) Storage Unit
(3) Program Unit
(4) Control Unit
(5) None of these

171. Which of the following is not a unit of measurement in computer systems?

(1) DPI
(2) PPI
(3) API
(4) Bd
(5) MB

172. In Windows XP, which of the following shortcuts is used to cycle through opened items in taskbar?

(1) Ctrl + Tab
(2) Alt + Tab
(3) Ctrl + Esc
(4) Alt + Esc
(5) None of these

173. In concern of databases, what does OLTP stands for?

(1) On-Line Transfer Process
(2) On-Line Transfer Protocol
(3) On-Line Transaction Protocol
(4) On-Line Transaction Processing
(5) None of the above

174. ____ is a process of analysing data from different perspectives and summarising it into useful information.

(1) Normalisation
(2) Data Mining
(3) Data Manipulation
(4) Data Warehouse
(5) None of the above

175. A network point that acts as an entrance to another network is called

(1) Switch
(2) Gateway
(3) Router
(4) Handshake
(5) Pipelining

176. The toolbar in which you can type a web adress is called _____ Bar.

(1) Address
(2) Format
(3) Status
(4) Navigation
(5) None

177. What is stop-level domain name of the following URL?
http.//www.yahoo.com/mail/default.asp

(1) http
(2) www
(3) yahoo
(4) .com
(5) .asp

178. ____are web addresses that users have asked the web browser to remember for convenient access in the future.

(1) Favorites
(2) URL
(3) Hyperlink
(4) Domain Name
(5) None of theses

179. Which of the following is a characteristic of data warehouse?

(1) It can be updated by the end users.
(2) It contains numerous naming conventions and formats.
(3) It is organised around important subject areas.
(4) It contains only current data.
(5) None of these

180. _____ servers store and manage files for network users.

(1) Authentication
(2) Main
(3) Web
(4) File
(5) None of these

181. Online marketing is the function of which of the following:

(1) Purchase Section
(2) Production Department
(3) IT Department
(4) Design Section
(5) A collective function of all staff

182. Customization is useful for:

(1) Designing customer specific products
(2) Call centres
(3) Publicity
(4) Motivating the staff
(5) Cold calls

183. The key challenge to market-driven strategy is:

(1) Selling maximum products
(2) Employing maximum DSAs
(3) Delivering superior-value to customers
(4) Being rigid to changes
(5) Adopting short-term vision

184. Effective selling skill depends on:

(1) Size of the sales team
(2) Age of the sales team
(3) Peer strength
(4) Knowledge level of the sales team
(5) Education level of the sales team

185. Generation of sales leads can be improved by:

(1) Being very talkative
(2) Increasing personal and professional contacts
(3) Being passing
(4) Engaging recovery agents
(5) Product design

186. A market plan is:

(1) Performance appraisal of marketing staff
(2) Company prospectus
(3) Documented marketing strategies
(4) Business targets
(5) Call centre

187. Marketing channels mean:

(1) Delivery objects
(2) Sales targets
(3) Delivery outlets
(4) Delivery boys
(5) Sales teams

188. Social marketing means

(1) Share market prices
(2) Marketing by the entire society
(3) Internet marketing
(4) Relationship marketing
(5) Social by-laws

189. Service marketing is the same as:

(1) Internet marketing
(2) Telemarketing
(3) Internal marketing
(4) Relationship marketing
(5) Transaction marketing

190. Market-driven strategies include:

(1) Identifying problems
(2) Planning marketing tactic of peers
(3) Positioning the organization and its brands in the marketplace
(4) Internal marketing
(5) Selling old products

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