English Questions

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

A bad patch

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Insolent

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'.

There is renewed sense(A)/of urgency in(B)/completing the project.(C)/No error(D)

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.

We get sleepy and wake up, become hungry and thirsty at certain hours, ____________ force of habit. We form the habit of liking a certain chair, or nook, or corner, or path, or desk, and __________ seek this to the exclusion of all others. We ______________ use a particular pitch of voice and type of enunciation in speaking, and this becomes one of our characteristic marks; or we _________ the habit of using barbarisms or solecisms of language in __________, and these cling to us and become an inseparable part of us later in life.

marks; or we _________ the habit of using

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.

He won’t pay the rent ______ how many times his landlord berates him.

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.

The "Global Nutrition Report 2016" once again ____________ India's slow overall progress ____________ addressing chronic malnutrition, manifest in stunting (low weight for age), wasting (low weight for height), micronutrient __________ and over­weight. Our track _________ in reducing the proportion of undernourished children over the past decade has been modest at best, and _____________ what other countries with comparable socio­economic indicators have achieved.

and _____________ what other countries with comparable socio­economic indicators

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.

I ________ my black leather shoes till they shine.

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.

This argument is completely ______________ and shows very little understanding ____________ education. The costs quoted for private schools, one, have no reliable source of data and, ______________, they discount two kinds of hidden costs — to the family and _____________ the nation. Often the cost of education in private schools is _________________ with the fee per child.

This argument is completely _____________