Questions
Directions: Choose the option for the underlined phrase in the sentence so as to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.
If I were him, I would settle the matter there and then.
- were him
- was him
- had been he
- were he
- was he
Directions: Choose the word or phrase from the given options which is most similar in meaning to the key word.
Odious
- Admirable
- Adorable
- Hateful
- Ordinary
Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable idiom/phrase:
The politicians these days are so corrupt. The public is suffering in poverty but they are ____________.
- raising eyebrows
- raising the roof
- raking in money
- raking over the ashes
Directions: Choose the word/phrase which replaces the given expression.
A person who is easily taken in by clever talk
- creditable
- credible
- credulous
- sceptic
Directions: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Impede
- Jeer
- Pour
- Banter
- Promote
Directions: Fill in the blank with correct preposition.
He has developed aversion _________ all kinds of labour.
- for
- from
- with
- to
Directions: In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
They said, “We are enjoying the rain.”
- They said that we are enjoying the rain.
- They said that they are enjoying the rain.
- They said that they were enjoying the rain.
- They said that we were enjoying the rain.
Directions: In the following sentence, the parts marked P, Q, R and S have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts in the right sequence to produce a correct sentence. Choose the option that shows the correct sequence of the parts.
The film ends
P. carrying the heroine
Q. about half way through the tunnel
R. with the train
S. suddenly coming to a halt
- QRSP
- SPRQ
- QSRP
- RPSQ
Directions: Change the voice from active to passive and select the correct option.
Please help me.
- You were requested to help me.
- You are being requested to help me.
- You are requested to help me.
- You have been requested to help me.
Directions: Some parts of the sentence are underlined. One of the parts may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. Your answer is (4) if there is no error.
You dare not (1)/ to challenge her (2)/ in this game. (3)/ No error (4)
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
Fill blank (iii).
Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.
It was as black in the closet as old blood. They had ____(i)____ me in and locked the door. I breathed heavily through my nose, fighting desperately to ____(ii)____ calm. I tried counting to ten on every intake of breath and to eight as I released each one slowly into the darkness. Luckily for me, they had pulled the gag so tightly into my open mouth that my nostrils were left ____(iii)____ and I was able to draw in one slow lungful after another of the stale, musty air. I tried hooking my fingernails under the silk scarf that ____(iv)____ my hands behind me, but since I always bit them to the quick, there was nothing to catch. Jolly good luck then, that I'd remembered to put my fingertips together, using them as ten firm little bases to press my palms ____(v)____ as they had pulled the knots tight.
- bare
- unobstructed
- unhampered
- empty
- vacant
Fill blank (v).
Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.
It was as black in the closet as old blood. They had ____(i)____ me in and locked the door. I breathed heavily through my nose, fighting desperately to ____(ii)____ calm. I tried counting to ten on every intake of breath and to eight as I released each one slowly into the darkness. Luckily for me, they had pulled the gag so tightly into my open mouth that my nostrils were left ____(iii)____ and I was able to draw in one slow lungful after another of the stale, musty air. I tried hooking my fingernails under the silk scarf that ____(iv)____ my hands behind me, but since I always bit them to the quick, there was nothing to catch. Jolly good luck then, that I'd remembered to put my fingertips together, using them as ten firm little bases to press my palms ____(v)____ as they had pulled the knots tight.
- aloof
- loose
- ahead
- apart
- alongside
Fill blank (ii).
Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.
It was as black in the closet as old blood. They had ____(i)____ me in and locked the door. I breathed heavily through my nose, fighting desperately to ____(ii)____ calm. I tried counting to ten on every intake of breath and to eight as I released each one slowly into the darkness. Luckily for me, they had pulled the gag so tightly into my open mouth that my nostrils were left ____(iii)____ and I was able to draw in one slow lungful after another of the stale, musty air. I tried hooking my fingernails under the silk scarf that ____(iv)____ my hands behind me, but since I always bit them to the quick, there was nothing to catch. Jolly good luck then, that I'd remembered to put my fingertips together, using them as ten firm little bases to press my palms ____(v)____ as they had pulled the knots tight.
- endure
- persevere
- survive
- remain
- persist
Fill blank (iv).
Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.
It was as black in the closet as old blood. They had ____(i)____ me in and locked the door. I breathed heavily through my nose, fighting desperately to ____(ii)____ calm. I tried counting to ten on every intake of breath and to eight as I released each one slowly into the darkness. Luckily for me, they had pulled the gag so tightly into my open mouth that my nostrils were left ____(iii)____ and I was able to draw in one slow lungful after another of the stale, musty air. I tried hooking my fingernails under the silk scarf that ____(iv)____ my hands behind me, but since I always bit them to the quick, there was nothing to catch. Jolly good luck then, that I'd remembered to put my fingertips together, using them as ten firm little bases to press my palms ____(v)____ as they had pulled the knots tight.
- enslave
- bound
- coerced
- bent
- barricaded
Fill blank (i).
Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.
It was as black in the closet as old blood. They had ____(i)____ me in and locked the door. I breathed heavily through my nose, fighting desperately to ____(ii)____ calm. I tried counting to ten on every intake of breath and to eight as I released each one slowly into the darkness. Luckily for me, they had pulled the gag so tightly into my open mouth that my nostrils were left ____(iii)____ and I was able to draw in one slow lungful after another of the stale, musty air. I tried hooking my fingernails under the silk scarf that ____(iv)____ my hands behind me, but since I always bit them to the quick, there was nothing to catch. Jolly good luck then, that I'd remembered to put my fingertips together, using them as ten firm little bases to press my palms ____(v)____ as they had pulled the knots tight.
- crammed
- assembled
- shoved
- herded
- packed