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.

For me the ______________ and the chill of those nights dissolved into those little flames of fire that for hours made us live in a wonderland, in a ___________ fair of fireflies, and made us _________ there’s nothing that can blow those divine lights ________. In my mind I can still hear the jingling sounds of ________ tiny bells that grandma used to ring during the puja.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

Like a weak old woman

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

A military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

to imply or suggest an idea in addition to the literal meaning

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

under the weather

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.

One is caught in the box with what one knows and hence no new ideas ______.

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Unprecedented

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

Systematic study of election trends.