GOA: VII. General English, Comprehension including Grammar

Read the following Passage and answer the questions below: With the disappearance of a language, it is not only a human creation that dies, but also a form of expressing a relationship with nature, an oral tradition, poetry and ultimately a culture, thereby contributing to global impoverishment of humanity. It is for these reasons that states, regions, society and civil as well as cultural organizations are seeking to adopt measures conducive to the preservation of languages. These languages constitute a priceless heritage, playing a central role in the preservation of the identity of numerous communities threatened on some continents, as well as being indispensable factors in ensuring cultural diversity. A number of warnings by linguists and other social scientists as well as international organizations have come to underline with growing intensity the crucial factor of languages and mother tongues in the development of human creativity, of the capacity to communicate, and above all, its primary role in evolving cultural identities. Identify from the options given below, the synonym of the phrase “global impoverishment”

Read the following Passage and answer the questions below: With the disappearance of a language, it is not only a human creation that dies, but also a form of expressing a relationship with nature, an oral tradition, poetry and ultimately a culture, thereby contributing to global impoverishment of humanity. It is for these reasons that states, regions, society and civil as well as cultural organizations are seeking to adopt measures conducive to the preservation of languages. These languages constitute a priceless heritage, playing a central role in the preservation of the identity of numerous communities threatened on some continents, as well as being indispensable factors in ensuring cultural diversity. A number of warnings by linguists and other social scientists as well as international organizations have come to underline with growing intensity the crucial factor of languages and mother tongues in the development of human creativity, of the capacity to communicate, and above all, its primary role in evolving cultural identities. From the options provided below, select the one that is closest in meaning to the phrase “with growing intensity the crucial factor” as implied in the passage.

Read the following Passage and answer the questions below: With the disappearance of a language, it is not only a human creation that dies, but also a form of expressing a relationship with nature, an oral tradition, poetry and ultimately a culture, thereby contributing to global impoverishment of humanity. It is for these reasons that states, regions, society and civil as well as cultural organizations are seeking to adopt measures conducive to the preservation of languages. These languages constitute a priceless heritage, playing a central role in the preservation of the identity of numerous communities threatened on some continents, as well as being indispensable factors in ensuring cultural diversity. A number of warnings by linguists and other social scientists as well as international organizations have come to underline with growing intensity the crucial factor of languages and mother tongues in the development of human creativity, of the capacity to communicate, and above all, its primary role in evolving cultural identities. Identify the word from the passage that is farthest in meaning to “central” as implied in the passage

Read the following Passage and answer the questions below: With the disappearance of a language, it is not only a human creation that dies, but also a form of expressing a relationship with nature, an oral tradition, poetry and ultimately a culture, thereby contributing to global impoverishment of humanity. It is for these reasons that states, regions, society and civil as well as cultural organizations are seeking to adopt measures conducive to the preservation of languages. These languages constitute a priceless heritage, playing a central role in the preservation of the identity of numerous communities threatened on some continents, as well as being indispensable factors in ensuring cultural diversity. A number of warnings by linguists and other social scientists as well as international organizations have come to underline with growing intensity the crucial factor of languages and mother tongues in the development of human creativity, of the capacity to communicate, and above all, its primary role in evolving cultural identities. As per the passage, evolving cultural identity is the prime contribution to human society made by

Read the following Passage and answer the questions below: With the disappearance of a language, it is not only a human creation that dies, but also a form of expressing a relationship with nature, an oral tradition, poetry and ultimately a culture, thereby contributing to global impoverishment of humanity. It is for these reasons that states, regions, society and civil as well as cultural organizations are seeking to adopt measures conducive to the preservation of languages. These languages constitute a priceless heritage, playing a central role in the preservation of the identity of numerous communities threatened on some continents, as well as being indispensable factors in ensuring cultural diversity. A number of warnings by linguists and other social scientists as well as international organizations have come to underline with growing intensity the crucial factor of languages and mother tongues in the development of human creativity, of the capacity to communicate, and above all, its primary role in evolving cultural identities. The human society gets culturally impoverished when

Read the following Passage and answer the questions below: Most malnutrition is invisible. Consistent undernutrition, together with bouts of infection and diarrhoea, can retard growth so gradually as to go unnoticed by the mother. Unless a child is seriously underweight or shows obvious signs of malnutrition (listlessness, discoloured hair, irritability, frequent crying, distended stomach) his condition of undernutrition may not be visible to the mother. For timely prevention of malnutrition, the UNICEF has been using the simple inexpensive method of growth monitoring charts which helps mothers whether or not their children are growing and gaining weight correctly and thus can be an effective aid to sound child health and nutrition. The first requirement for children and adults who are undernourished and living at subsistence level is adequate quantity of food. The next is nutritious food, containing all the elements necessary to support life and maintain good health. Identify the original full form of UNICEF from the options given below

Read the following Passage and answer the questions below: Most malnutrition is invisible. Consistent undernutrition, together with bouts of infection and diarrhoea, can retard growth so gradually as to go unnoticed by the mother. Unless a child is seriously underweight or shows obvious signs of malnutrition (listlessness, discoloured hair, irritability, frequent crying, distended stomach) his condition of undernutrition may not be visible to the mother. For timely prevention of malnutrition, the UNICEF has been using the simple inexpensive method of growth monitoring charts which helps mothers whether or not their children are growing and gaining weight correctly and thus can be an effective aid to sound child health and nutrition. The first requirement for children and adults who are undernourished and living at subsistence level is adequate quantity of food. The next is nutritious food, containing all the elements necessary to support life and maintain good health. The passage implies that, when early signs of malnutrition go unnoticed, the immediate outcome is that it

Read the following Passage and answer the questions below: Most malnutrition is invisible. Consistent undernutrition, together with bouts of infection and diarrhoea, can retard growth so gradually as to go unnoticed by the mother. Unless a child is seriously underweight or shows obvious signs of malnutrition (listlessness, discoloured hair, irritability, frequent crying, distended stomach) his condition of undernutrition may not be visible to the mother. For timely prevention of malnutrition, the UNICEF has been using the simple inexpensive method of growth monitoring charts which helps mothers whether or not their children are growing and gaining weight correctly and thus can be an effective aid to sound child health and nutrition. The first requirement for children and adults who are undernourished and living at subsistence level is adequate quantity of food. The next is nutritious food, containing all the elements necessary to support life and maintain good health. The symptoms of listlessness, discoloured hair, irritability, frequent crying, distended stomach with underweight in a child indicate that the child is suffering from

Read the following Passage and answer the questions below: Most malnutrition is invisible. Consistent undernutrition, together with bouts of infection and diarrhoea, can retard growth so gradually as to go unnoticed by the mother. Unless a child is seriously underweight or shows obvious signs of malnutrition (listlessness, discoloured hair, irritability, frequent crying, distended stomach) his condition of undernutrition may not be visible to the mother. For timely prevention of malnutrition, the UNICEF has been using the simple inexpensive method of growth monitoring charts which helps mothers whether or not their children are growing and gaining weight correctly and thus can be an effective aid to sound child health and nutrition. The first requirement for children and adults who are undernourished and living at subsistence level is adequate quantity of food. The next is nutritious food, containing all the elements necessary to support life and maintain good health. Select from the following options the word or phrase from the passage that is synonymous with “to delay or slow down the development of something”.

Read the following Passage and answer the questions below: Most malnutrition is invisible. Consistent undernutrition, together with bouts of infection and diarrhoea, can retard growth so gradually as to go unnoticed by the mother. Unless a child is seriously underweight or shows obvious signs of malnutrition (listlessness, discoloured hair, irritability, frequent crying, distended stomach) his condition of undernutrition may not be visible to the mother. For timely prevention of malnutrition, the UNICEF has been using the simple inexpensive method of growth monitoring charts which helps mothers whether or not their children are growing and gaining weight correctly and thus can be an effective aid to sound child health and nutrition. The first requirement for children and adults who are undernourished and living at subsistence level is adequate quantity of food. The next is nutritious food, containing all the elements necessary to support life and maintain good health. Select the suitable option that explains the term ‘subsistence’.