English Questions

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

War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

This ____ study of early 19th century Russian society,

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

The study of birds is known as

In the following questions, 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.

Language, they say, is the _____ through which human beings perceive the world. If so, English is perhaps the most _____ lens through which to see animals. It has _____ a cross eyed view of birds, beasts, fish and fowl. The very word “animal” can _____ the brutish and the sensual. Animal _____ imply baseness and vulgarity.
The very word "animal" can _____ the brutish and the sensual.

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Find the incorrectly spelt word.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.
Stringent

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, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Parsimonious

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Plebiscite