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Select the word closest in meaning to the given words :
Sway

A Control
B Pressure
C Deviation
D Weight

CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE OPTION TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.
Priya: " you come to the farewell party I am throwing for Mala"? Ankita: "Sorry, I be out of town during that time".

A Are, will
B May, been
C Did, must
D Well, will

CHOOSE THE PART OF THE SENTENCE THAT HAS AN ERROR.
If Ram started out at nine, she ought to be here by now.

A If Ram started out
B at nine, she ought to
C be here by now.
D No error

CHOOSE THE PART OF THE SENTENCE THAT HAS AN ERROR.
Priya's mother goes to work everyday.

A Priya's mother
B goes to
C work everyday.
D No error

READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.
Though the U.S. prides itself on being a leader in the world community, a recent report shows that it lags far behind other industrialised countries in meeting the needs of its youngest and most vulnerable citizens. The U.S. has a higher infant mortality-rate, a higher proportion of low birth-weight babies, a smaller proportion of babies immunised against childhood diseases and a much higher rate of adolescent pregnancies. These findings, described as a 'quiet crisis' requires immediate and far-reaching action. Research shows that a fourth of the nation's 12 million infants and toddlers live in poverty. As many as half confront risk factors that could harm their ability to develop intellectually, physically and socially. Child immunisations are too low, more children are born into poverty, more are in substandard care while their parents work and more are being raised by single parents. When taken together, these and other risk factors can lead to educational and health problems that are much harder and more costly to reverse.
The crisis begins in the womb with unplanned parenthood. Women with unplanned pregnancies are less likely to seek pre-natal care. In the U.S. 80% of teenage pregnancies and 56% of all pregnancies are unplanned. The problems continue after birth where unplanned pregnancies and unstable partnerships often go hand in hand. Since 1950, the number of single parent families has nearly tripled. More than 25 percent of all births today are to unmarried mothers. As the number of single parent families grow and more women enter the work force, infants and toddlers are increasingly in the care of people other than their parents.
Most disturbingly, recent statistics show that American parents are increasingly neglecting or abusing their children. Babies under the age of one are the fastest growing category of children entering foster care. The crisis affects children under the age of three most severely, the report says. Yet, it is this period-from infancy through pre-school years-that sets the stage for a child's future.
The 'Quiet Crisis' severely affects the children belonging to the age group ___________.

A between one and three years
B between two and three years
C below one year
D below three years

CHOOSE THE PART OF THE SENTENCE THAT HAS AN ERROR.
Since it's winter, there is a need to revising the school timings.

A Since it's winter,
B there is a need to
C revising the school timings.
D No error

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANTONYM OF THE GIVEN WORD.
Bridge

ARelease
BOpen
CDivide
DBind

Choose the correct adjectival phrase from the options given below :
The novel we were given to read by our librarian was _________.

A long and exciting
B long but exciting
C long or exciting
D long but boring

Select the kind of noun for the underlined words :
Sita went to the garden and studied a flock of birds.

A Proper noun
B Common noun
C Collective noun
D Abstract noun