NPTEL English Language for Competitive Exams Assignment 4 Answers 2023

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Q.1. When the king _____ the throne last year, his nephew took on the mantle in his stead.

• abnegated
• abdicated
• abrogated
• died

Q.2. The administration has been trying to _____ suggestions from students to improve the eateries on campus.

• approve
• ignore
• solicit
• prod

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow

                       The young James Joyce’s attempt to remain scientifically objective quickly crumbles as he admits to “taking up the cudgels on behalf of Language and Literature” against the arguments of “obnoxious mathematicians.” Significantly for his later attitude toward language, when Joyce turns to analyze “the history of words,” he cannot help but note language’s constant flux. In contrast to “correct expression ruled and directed by clear regulations,” the history of language mirrors the “history of men,” and “external influences” alter “the very words of a race.” Language is no longer based on precise foundations but instead subject to human history and resistant to mathematical analysis. (Source: Modernist Fiction and Vagueness by Megan Quigley, Cambridge University Press, 2015)

Q.3. ‘When James Joyce was young, he leaned towards a conception of language as an unchanging, transcendental code of rules and regulations, only to admit later on that it is subject to historical contingencies, like much else’

Does the following statement agree with the views of the writer in the passage?

• Yes
• No
• Not Given
• Given

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Q.4. Choose the correct meaning of ‘cudgel’ in the passage

• assault
• pen
• stick
• book

Q.5. According to the passage, Joyce’s initial attempt to conclude that language is _____ is almost inverted by the end of his essay. Which of the following words most closely approximates Joyce’s initial conclusion on what language is?

• opaque
• impervious
• contingent
• crippled

Complete the following paragraph on the relationship between labour and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Choose the most suitable answers from the options given below.

Q.6. Far from the sophisticated, __1___ machines portrayed in media and pop culture, so-called AI systems are fueled by millions of underpaid workers around the world, performing repetitive tasks under __2___ labor conditions. And unlike the “AI researchers” paid six-figure salaries in Silicon Valley corporations, these exploited workers are often recruited out of impoverished populations and paid as little as $1.46/hour after tax. Yet despite this, labor exploitation is not central to the discourse surrounding the ethical development and __3___ of AI systems. (Source: Hyperallergic )

• 1 – sentient, 2 – baleful, 3 – decommissioning
• 1 – life-like, 2 – precarious, 3 – deploying
• 1 – living, 2 – harsh, 3 – engineering
• 1 – sentient, 2 – precarious, 3 – deployment

Q.7. Academics should try to be more _____ when they communicate their ideas to the general public.

• perspicacious
• perceptive
• perspicuous
• eager

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Q.8. His _____ just ends up costing us valuable time, as supposedly perfect as the result may be.

• pedantry
• laziness
• inattentiveness
• perspicaciousness

With reference to the passage given in question 6, complete sentences 9 and 10 with the correct ending, A – D, given below.

A – ignores the wage gap between AI researchers and precarious labour
B – ignores the dreadful conditions of a large section of the labour force that supports it
C – ignores the fact that the tasks performed by many labourers is repetitive
D – paints them as sophisticated and [the answer to 1 in question 6]

Q.9. The current discourse around AI is riven by inequality in that it _____

• A
• A and B
• A and C
• B and C

Q.10. The portrayal of AI systems in media and pop culture

• D
• A, B, C
• A and D
• None of the above

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About NPTEL English Language for Competitive Exams Course:

The course aims to help participants develop their English language skills , particularly those planning to appear for competitive exams that test their English language abilities. During a span of 30 hours, students will be exposed to material that facilitates aspects of grammar, writing and vocabulary.

Course Layout:

• 1. Introduction/Practice Tests
• 2. Advanced Grammar
• 3. Advanced Grammar for Competitive Exams
• 4. Advanced Vocabulary for Competitive Exams
• 5. Advanced Vocabulary
• 6. Advanced Reading for Competitive Exams
• 7. Advanced Reading for Competitive Exams
• 8. Advanced Writing for Competitive Exams
• 9. Conclusion

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Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

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