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IAF Group X 2020 English Test - 15
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IAF Group X 2020 English Test - 15
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  • Question 1/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives.

    Although most of Japan’s fearsome samurai warriors were men, there were some women who bucked social norms to become skilled and deadly fighters — like the fearsome and infamous 12-century samurai Tomoe Gozen. The story of Tomoe Gozen is shrouded in mystery, but she was known for being both beautiful and terrifying. What’s truly impressive about the legend of Tomoe Gozen is not just that she was a female samurai, but that she was an elite warrior — and one that even other warriors feared.

    The term samurai means 'to be on one’s guard' and was initially used to describe a noble caste of aristocratic warriors. Samurai first emerged in the eighth century but it wasn’t until the 11th century that they gained real power. They became loyal fighters for feudal lords called daimyo who were constantly involved in power struggles. After about 1600, the samurai became a social class in their own right and gained certain privileges including being allowed to carry two swords.

    Most samurai were men: as in the Western world at the time, women in ancient Japan were expected to get married, have babies, and look after their household while the men went to war — with the exception of women married to samurai. These women were expected to be highly educated, capable of defending their homes and families, and some even carried small swords hidden in their clothes. There were even some women in the 12th through the 19th centuries who became warriors in their own right. Indeed, even before the rise of the samurai, there were Japanese women who trained to protect their homes and families from invading forces. They were known as the onna-bugeisha, which literally means 'woman warrior.'

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    According to the passage, which of the following is 'truly impressive about the legend of Tomoe Gozen'?

    Solutions

    The passage says, 'What’s truly impressive about the legend of Tomoe Gozen is not just that she was a female samurai, but that she was an elite warrior — and one that even other warriors feared.'

    This makes option 3, i.e., 'That she was an elite warrior and was even feared by other warriors', to be the only correct answer.

     

  • Question 2/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives.

    Although most of Japan’s fearsome samurai warriors were men, there were some women who bucked social norms to become skilled and deadly fighters — like the fearsome and infamous 12-century samurai Tomoe Gozen. The story of Tomoe Gozen is shrouded in mystery, but she was known for being both beautiful and terrifying. What’s truly impressive about the legend of Tomoe Gozen is not just that she was a female samurai, but that she was an elite warrior — and one that even other warriors feared.

    The term samurai means 'to be on one’s guard' and was initially used to describe a noble caste of aristocratic warriors. Samurai first emerged in the eighth century but it wasn’t until the 11th century that they gained real power. They became loyal fighters for feudal lords called daimyo who were constantly involved in power struggles. After about 1600, the samurai became a social class in their own right and gained certain privileges including being allowed to carry two swords.

    Most samurai were men: as in the Western world at the time, women in ancient Japan were expected to get married, have babies, and look after their household while the men went to war — with the exception of women married to samurai. These women were expected to be highly educated, capable of defending their homes and families, and some even carried small swords hidden in their clothes. There were even some women in the 12th through the 19th centuries who became warriors in their own right. Indeed, even before the rise of the samurai, there were Japanese women who trained to protect their homes and families from invading forces. They were known as the onna-bugeisha, which literally means 'woman warrior.'

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    According to the passage, which of the following is true?

    Solutions

    Option 1 is true as the passage says, 'There were even some women in the 12th through the 19th centuries who became warriors in their own right.'

    Option 2 is false as the passage says, 'Although most of Japan’s fearsome samurai warriors were men, there were some women who bucked social norms to become skilled and deadly fighters — like the fearsome and infamous 12-century samurai Tomoe Gozen', not 'women'.

    Option 3 is false as nothing of this sort has been mentioned in the passage.

    Option 4 is false as the passage says, They were known as the onna-bugeisha, which literally means 'woman warrior', not 'to be on one’s guard', which is the definition of a 'samurai'.

     

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    Directions For Questions

    Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives.

    Although most of Japan’s fearsome samurai warriors were men, there were some women who bucked social norms to become skilled and deadly fighters — like the fearsome and infamous 12-century samurai Tomoe Gozen. The story of Tomoe Gozen is shrouded in mystery, but she was known for being both beautiful and terrifying. What’s truly impressive about the legend of Tomoe Gozen is not just that she was a female samurai, but that she was an elite warrior — and one that even other warriors feared.

    The term samurai means 'to be on one’s guard' and was initially used to describe a noble caste of aristocratic warriors. Samurai first emerged in the eighth century but it wasn’t until the 11th century that they gained real power. They became loyal fighters for feudal lords called daimyo who were constantly involved in power struggles. After about 1600, the samurai became a social class in their own right and gained certain privileges including being allowed to carry two swords.

    Most samurai were men: as in the Western world at the time, women in ancient Japan were expected to get married, have babies, and look after their household while the men went to war — with the exception of women married to samurai. These women were expected to be highly educated, capable of defending their homes and families, and some even carried small swords hidden in their clothes. There were even some women in the 12th through the 19th centuries who became warriors in their own right. Indeed, even before the rise of the samurai, there were Japanese women who trained to protect their homes and families from invading forces. They were known as the onna-bugeisha, which literally means 'woman warrior.'`

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    What is the difference between women married to common men and women married to a samurai?

    Solutions

    The passage says, 'Most samurai were men: as in the Western world at the time, women in ancient Japan were expected to get married, have babies, and look after their household while the men went to war — with the exception of women married to samurai. These women were expected to be highly educated, capable of defending their homes and families, and some even carried small swords hidden in their clothes.'

    The former here is 'women married to common men' while the latter refers to 'women married to a samurai'.

    Option 1 and option 2 are incorrect as they switch the roles of the two.

    Option 4 is rejected as the fact that women married to common men were 'were expected to carry a kitchen knife at all times' is not mentioned anywhere in the passage.

    This leaves us with option 3 to be the only correct answer.

     

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    Directions For Questions

    Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives.

    Although most of Japan’s fearsome samurai warriors were men, there were some women who bucked social norms to become skilled and deadly fighters — like the fearsome and infamous 12-century samurai Tomoe Gozen. The story of Tomoe Gozen is shrouded in mystery, but she was known for being both beautiful and terrifying. What’s truly impressive about the legend of Tomoe Gozen is not just that she was a female samurai, but that she was an elite warrior — and one that even other warriors feared.

    The term samurai means 'to be on one’s guard' and was initially used to describe a noble caste of aristocratic warriors. Samurai first emerged in the eighth century but it wasn’t until the 11th century that they gained real power. They became loyal fighters for feudal lords called daimyo who were constantly involved in power struggles. After about 1600, the samurai became a social class in their own right and gained certain privileges including being allowed to carry two swords.

    Most samurai were men: as in the Western world at the time, women in ancient Japan were expected to get married, have babies, and look after their household while the men went to war — with the exception of women married to samurai. These women were expected to be highly educated, capable of defending their homes and families, and some even carried small swords hidden in their clothes. There were even some women in the 12th through the 19th centuries who became warriors in their own right. Indeed, even before the rise of the samurai, there were Japanese women who trained to protect their homes and families from invading forces. They were known as the onna-bugeisha, which literally means 'woman warrior.'

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    Which of the following is NOT true about a samurai?

    Solutions

    Option 1 is true as the passage says, 'After about 1600, the samurai became a social class in their own right and gained certain privileges including being allowed to carry two swords.'

    Option 2 is true as the passage says, 'They became loyal fighters for feudal lords called daimyo who were constantly involved in power struggles.'

    Option 3 is true as the passage says, 'Samurai first emerged in the eighth century but it wasn’t until the 11th century that they gained real power.'

    Since all these options are TRUE, the correct answer has to be option 4, i.e., None of the above.

     

  • Question 5/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives.

    Although most of Japan’s fearsome samurai warriors were men, there were some women who bucked social norms to become skilled and deadly fighters — like the fearsome and infamous 12-century samurai Tomoe Gozen. The story of Tomoe Gozen is shrouded in mystery, but she was known for being both beautiful and terrifying. What’s truly impressive about the legend of Tomoe Gozen is not just that she was a female samurai, but that she was an elite warrior — and one that even other warriors feared.

    The term samurai means 'to be on one’s guard' and was initially used to describe a noble caste of aristocratic warriors. Samurai first emerged in the eighth century but it wasn’t until the 11th century that they gained real power. They became loyal fighters for feudal lords called daimyo who were constantly involved in power struggles. After about 1600, the samurai became a social class in their own right and gained certain privileges including being allowed to carry two swords.

    Most samurai were men: as in the Western world at the time, women in ancient Japan were expected to get married, have babies, and look after their household while the men went to war — with the exception of women married to samurai. These women were expected to be highly educated, capable of defending their homes and families, and some even carried small swords hidden in their clothes. There were even some women in the 12th through the 19th centuries who became warriors in their own right. Indeed, even before the rise of the samurai, there were Japanese women who trained to protect their homes and families from invading forces. They were known as the onna-bugeisha, which literally means 'woman warrior.'

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    Who were known as 'onna-bugeisha'?

    Solutions

    The passage says, Indeed, even before the rise of the samurai, there were Japanese women who trained to protect their homes and families from invading forces. They were known as the onna-bugeisha, which literally means 'woman warrior.'

    This makes option 2, i.e., 'Japanese women who trained themselves to protect their homes and families from invading forces even before the rise of the samurai', to be the only correct answer.

     

  • Question 6/10
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    The sentence below has been divided into three parts. Select the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence has no error, select the option 'No Error'.

    Watching cartoons all day/long is bad for/the eyes of childrens.

    Solutions

    The correct answer is option 1) i.e. 'the eyes of children'.

    • The error lies in 'the eyes of childrens'. 
    • 'Childrens' is the word that is grammatically incorrect in the context. 'Childrens' is no word in the English language. 
    • Instead, 'children' is the correct plural form of 'child'. 

    Hence, the error is in the first part only. Option 1) is incorrect. 

     

  • Question 7/10
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    In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the option corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the no error option.

    The present-day  (A)/ youth needs (B)/ Vivekanand to guide them.  (C)/ No error. (D)

    Solutions

    The error lies in part C of the sentence. Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

    Though proper noun doesn’t take Article, but whenever it is used to present characteristic of that person, not person itself, it takes Article ‘a, an’ with it. So, Article ‘a’ should be placed before Vivekanand.

    Thus, the correct sentence is-

    The present-day youth needs a Vivekanand to guide them.

     

  • Question 8/10
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    In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

    He hoping (1)/ to make up (2)/ for lost time. (3)/ No error (4)

    Solutions

    The error is in the first part of the sentence. 

    The word 'hoping' is grammatically inaccurate in the current context of the sentence.

    The correct alternative should be 'hopes', which is consistent with the general tense of the sentence as the sentence is in the present tense.

    Thus the correct sentence should be:

    He hopes to make up for lost time.

     

  • Question 9/10
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    Choose the correct word for 'Excluding someone from a group'

    Solutions

    The meanings of the above words are as given below:

    1. Ostracizeexclude (someone) from a society or group. 
    2. Fiesta: an event marked by festivities or celebrations.
    3. Ordeal: a very unpleasant and prolonged experience.
    4. Irrupt: enter somewhere forcibly or suddenly.

    Thus, option is the correct answer.

     

  • Question 10/10
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    Select the most appropriate word which means the same as the group of words given.

    That cannot be approached easily

    Solutions

    The word 'inaccessible' is the correct answer as it means 'difficult or impossible to reach, get or use' means the same as the given group of words.

    The meaning of other words:

    inaudible: that you cannot hear.

    invincible: ​too strong to be defeated or changed.

    inevitable: that you cannot avoid or prevent.

     

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