AMCAT English Comprehension 3

Question 1

Read the passage: 'India's National Education Policy 2020 advocates for a multidisciplinary approach, encouraging students to combine STEM subjects with humanities. This holistic education model aims to produce graduates who are not only technically proficient but also possess critical thinking and communication skills.' What is the policy's primary objective?

Accepted Answer

To produce well-rounded graduates with both technical and soft skills

Answer

The passage describes a 'multidisciplinary approach' combining STEM with humanities, aiming for graduates who are 'technically proficient' and also have 'critical thinking and communication skills.' This clearly points to producing well-rounded graduates.

Question 2

Choose the sentence with correct punctuation:

Accepted Answer

The developer asked, "Which framework should we use?"

Answer

In direct speech, the question mark goes inside the quotation marks when the quoted material itself is a question. A comma separates the reporting clause from the quoted speech, and the entire quote is enclosed in quotation marks.

Question 3

What does the phrase 'a steep learning curve' typically imply in a professional context?

Accepted Answer

The skill requires significant time and effort to master

Answer

In common professional usage, 'a steep learning curve' means that something requires substantial effort and time to learn. Although mathematically a steep curve could mean rapid learning, the idiomatic usage in business contexts refers to difficulty.

Question 4

Read the passage: 'DevOps bridges the gap between software development and IT operations by promoting continuous integration and delivery. Organizations adopting DevOps report 46 times more frequent code deployments and 440 times faster lead time from commit to deploy.' The statistics in the passage primarily serve to:

Accepted Answer

Provide quantitative evidence supporting DevOps adoption

Answer

The statistics ('46 times more frequent' and '440 times faster') are used to support the claim that DevOps is beneficial, providing concrete quantitative evidence for its advantages rather than making abstract claims.

Question 5

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: 'The data _______ that employee satisfaction has improved significantly since the new policies were implemented.'

Accepted Answer

suggest

Answer

While 'data' is sometimes treated as singular in informal usage, in formal and academic writing (as tested in AMCAT), 'data' is the plural of 'datum' and takes a plural verb. Therefore, 'suggest' (plural) is correct.

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AMCAT English Comprehension 3