English Questions

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Books are our ______ friends. They are our guides. We can learn everything from them. The books contain all the great ______ of the world's leaders and we can learn them by reading the books. The books help us find ______ to our questions. The books never fail us. We should read as ______ books as we can. But all books are not good. So we should ______ only good books.

The books help us find ______ to

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

He explained that he knew the place well because he used to live there.

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’.

When one stops being optimistic, believes that he (1)/ is worthless, and stops hoping for a better future, (2)/ it is only then that the moment of actual failure happened. (3)/ No error (4)

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

When negative attitudes toward religion, in the West or elsewhere, are motivated by a ______ for justice, they must be respected.

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

The injured old man exclaimed, 'Will none of you help me?'

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

A picture paints a thousand words

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

My father (were standing) in the balcony, his face clenched in a storm of emotions.

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

"I always keep a tin of biscuits in my room, girls."