Welcome to your LT Grade English MCQs Mock Test 17
There is no contemporary English writer whose works are read so generally through the whole house, who can give pleasure to the servants as well as to the mistress, to the children as well as to the master." said this about Dickens? Who
Dickens is greatest when most personal and lyrical, and... he is most lyrical when he puts himself in a child's place, and sees with a child's eyes. In the centre of his best stories sits a little human figure, dreaming, watching life as it might watch the faces in the fire." Waid this?
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions (33-36) given below it. The clearance given by the Supreme Court to the commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear plant is initiatives in the country. The verdict pushes for a string of measures to ensure greater safety at the facility, which should shore up confidence in the efficacy of the nuclear safety mechanism in the country. All major energy projects, including thermal power projects and particularly coal-fired ones, have their share of environmental danger. But the county cannot give up on energy for that reason. Only a well-developed regulatory regime can ensure that benefits far outweigh costs. Nuclear energy does confer many advantages which should make it an indispensable part of India's energy matrix. Barring catastrophic incidents, which are rare and can be safeguarded against, it provides one of cleanest forms of energy available, with barely any air pollution and no greenhouse gases. Moreover, one does not have to depend on fossil fuel supplies from abroad, for enhancing energy security. An early passage of the Bill to set up the Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority will further strengthen the regulatory regime and enhance safety of nuclear projects. Commissioning the first unit of the Kudankulam project will boost nuclear power generation capacity by 1,000 MW and add substantially to 4,780 MW of existing nuclear power capacity, just 3.6% of our total installed capacity for power generation. This not only compares poorly with nuclear power generation in Asian compatriots like Japan (44,215 MW), South Korea (20,574 MW) and China (12,816 MW), but it is also unacceptable given the growing power needs of the nation. (KVS PGT 2013) ........Question: 33: As per the passage, India's nuclear power generation when compared with other Asian countries is considered:
Mary has offered to coach the team this year, however, the competition for the job is intense. (TGT-2011)
When we write letters to people we know our friends, cousins, aunts, uncles etc. Such letters are known as-
