Quiz-1

Answer :Remedial

The second part of the sentence says that anyone who reads the ambassador's papers slowly and attentively will be richly repaid. The fact that one should read the papers slowly and attentively for getting the full benefit from them implies that what is contained in them is difficult material.

Among the choices, 'The ambassador's papers are not easy reading' is what brings out this meaning clearly and is the answer.

If his papers are not valuable or insightful reading, then no one can be richly repaid by reading them. So, (B) and (C) are wrong. The phrase 'petty reading' is not appropriate for an ambassador's papers.

We can surmise from the sentence that Maroon societies are African groups. The sentence says that their culture has not remained static at the seventeenth- century level, but has been adapted creatively to their changing lives.

The missing verb must therefore be a synonym of this italicized phrase. Among the choices, it is modified which has a similar meaning and is the answer.

The use of the conjunction although indicates an implied contrast within the sentence. The latter part of the sentence says that, when tempered with other elements, the substance referred to could be stored safely in metal containers. So, the first part should mean that the normal property of the substance is to corrode metal containers. Among the choices, it is only the word caustic that has this meaning, and is the answer.

How can you describe the fact that a person, who grew up in a region rich in American Indian culture, did not develop her interest in Native American art until adulthood, but later wrote a very sensitive and authoritative book on it? Not as satisfactory, or doubtful, or concerned. The only appropriate word among the given choices is ironic.

What are the things that go through a complex network of producers and consumers? Not dividends, nor communications, nor nutrient. Commodities is the only suitable word among the choices, and is the answer.

Explanation:(C) Something which is needed for life, even if it is in extremely small quantities, cannot be described as destructive to life, or insignificant to life, or extraneous to life. It can only be described as being essential to life. So (C) is the answer.

Explanation:
(A) What the sentence says is that an infant's reactions to its first stressful experiences are part of a natural process of development and are not " harbingers (meaning forerunners of indicators) of childhood unhappiness or.... of adolescent anxiety" The parallel structure employed by the author in this sentence indicates that the missing word must have meaning similar to harbingers. Among the choices, prophetic is the only word with such a meaning and is the answer.