General English Test

Test your General English for Competitive Exams like Bank PO,MBA Entrance,MCA Entrance

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Pick the most appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

_____ he woke up, he saw that his bag was stolen.

  1. If
  2. When
  3. Where
  4. So
  5. None of these
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Pick the most appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

We all must ----- that people are the most important assets of any organisation.

  1. find
  2. look
  3. realise
  4. involve
  5. dispel
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Pick the most appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

The blood donation camp was organised _____ the Naval Youth Club.

  1. to
  2. by
  3. from
  4. with
  5. along
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Pick the most appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

Robin is the ______ head of the family and commands a lot of respect from the family members.

  1. solely
  2. strongest
  3. undisputed
  4. full
  5. controversial
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Pick the most appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

I am going to Bhopal today, and plan to ______ by tomorrow evening.

  1. returning
  2. returned
  3. have returned
  4. be returning
  5. return
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Pick the most appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

He is being accused _____ theft.

  1. which
  2. for
  3. of
  4. about
  5. None of these
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Pick the most appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

I have been ill ______ last Sunday.

  1. since
  2. from
  3. for
  4. by
  5. None of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Pick the most appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

She smiled _____ my words.

  1. over
  2. at
  3. on
  4. upon
  5. None of these
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Pick the most appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

Last year the performance of the production unit was ______.

  1. tall
  2. staggered
  3. fantastic
  4. below
  5. upwards
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Pick the most appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

_____ is the way to the parliament house?

  1. Which
  2. Where
  3. When
  4. What
  5. None of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Pick the most appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

After a recent mild paralytic attack, his movements are _______ restricted; otherwise he is still very active.

  1. not
  2. entirely
  3. slightly
  4. nowhere
  5. None of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In these questions following passage, you are given blank space marked 1 to 6, against each of these numbers below the passage a choice of three words marked (a, b, c) is suggested, choose the best word from these three as your answer;-

There are several tribes’ lives in East Africa, but the most famous among them is massai tribe. The massai are famous fighters. They ------ (i) the neighboring tribes and carry ---- (ii) their cattle. Their neighbors are ----- (iii) of them because of their --- (iv) in the war. The kikuyu people ------ (v) to the east of them having left a long strip of forest between ----- (vi) and the massais as protection against their enemies. The massai’s live in northern Tanzania.
  1. surviving
  2. living
  3. camping
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In these questions following passage, you are given blank space marked 1 to 6, against each of these numbers below the passage a choice of three words marked (a, b, c) is suggested, choose the best word from these three as your answer;-

There are several tribes’ lives in East Africa, but the most famous among them is massai tribe. The massai are famous fighters. They ------ (i) the neighboring tribes and carry ---- (ii) their cattle. Their neighbors are ----- (iii) of them because of their --- (iv) in the war. The kikuyu people ------ (v) to the east of them having left a long strip of forest between ----- (vi) and the massais as protection against their enemies. The massai’s live in northern Tanzania.
  1. callous
  2. afraid
  3. careful
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In these questions following passage, you are given blank space marked 1 to 6, against each of these numbers below the passage a choice of three words marked (a, b, c) is suggested, choose the best word from these three as your answer;-

There are several tribes’ lives in East Africa, but the most famous among them is massai tribe. The massai are famous fighters. They ------ (i) the neighboring tribes and carry ---- (ii) their cattle. Their neighbors are ----- (iii) of them because of their --- (iv) in the war. The kikuyu people ------ (v) to the east of them having left a long strip of forest between ----- (vi) and the massais as protection against their enemies. The massai’s live in northern Tanzania.
  1. disturb
  2. deceive
  3. raid
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In these questions following passage, you are given blank space marked 1 to 6, against each of these numbers below the passage a choice of three words marked (a, b, c) is suggested, choose the best word from these three as your answer;-

There are several tribes’ lives in East Africa, but the most famous among them is massai tribe. The massai are famous fighters. They ------ (i) the neighboring tribes and carry ---- (ii) their cattle. Their neighbors are ----- (iii) of them because of their --- (iv) in the war. The kikuyu people ------ (v) to the east of them having left a long strip of forest between ----- (vi) and the massais as protection against their enemies. The massai’s live in northern Tanzania.
  1. skill
  2. involvement
  3. interest
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word;

Watermelons ---- (i) to India by the 4th century AD, Sushruta the great Indian physician, ----- (ii) wrote the Sushruta Samhitha , mentions that watermelons were grown ------(iii)the banks of the river Indus ------(iv) are also mentioned in the ancient books.Sushrutha calls it as the kalinga or kalinda (hence Kalingad in Marathi). It was --- (v) to china in the 10th or 11th century and ----- (vi) it is grown throughout the tropics.

Wild watermelons are ------ (vii) compared to huge cultivated ones some of which weigh up to 25 kg. The heaviest fruit weighing 118 kg was produced at hope, Arkansas USA, the state to which president Clinton ------- (viii).
  1. took
  2. gave
  3. taken
  4. take
  5. taking
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word;

Watermelons ---- (i) to India by the 4th century AD, Sushruta the great Indian physician, ----- (ii) wrote the Sushruta Samhitha , mentions that watermelons were grown ------(iii)the banks of the river Indus ------(iv) are also mentioned in the ancient books.Sushrutha calls it as the kalinga or kalinda (hence Kalingad in Marathi). It was --- (v) to china in the 10th or 11th century and ----- (vi) it is grown throughout the tropics.

Wild watermelons are ------ (vii) compared to huge cultivated ones some of which weigh up to 25 kg. The heaviest fruit weighing 118 kg was produced at hope, Arkansas USA, the state to which president Clinton ------- (viii).
  1. did
  2. when
  3. certainly
  4. who
  5. whom
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word;

Watermelons ---- (i) to India by the 4th century AD, Sushruta the great Indian physician, ----- (ii) wrote the Sushruta Samhitha , mentions that watermelons were grown ------(iii)the banks of the river Indus ------(iv) are also mentioned in the ancient books.Sushrutha calls it as the kalinga or kalinda (hence Kalingad in Marathi). It was --- (v) to china in the 10th or 11th century and ----- (vi) it is grown throughout the tropics.

Wild watermelons are ------ (vii) compared to huge cultivated ones some of which weigh up to 25 kg. The heaviest fruit weighing 118 kg was produced at hope, Arkansas USA, the state to which president Clinton ------- (viii).
  1. rules
  2. belongs
  3. grew
  4. elects
  5. elected
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word;

Watermelons ---- (i) to India by the 4th century AD, Sushruta the great Indian physician, ----- (ii) wrote the Sushruta Samhitha , mentions that watermelons were grown ------(iii)the banks of the river Indus ------(iv) are also mentioned in the ancient books.Sushrutha calls it as the kalinga or kalinda (hence Kalingad in Marathi). It was --- (v) to china in the 10th or 11th century and ----- (vi) it is grown throughout the tropics.

Wild watermelons are ------ (vii) compared to huge cultivated ones some of which weigh up to 25 kg. The heaviest fruit weighing 118 kg was produced at hope, Arkansas USA, the state to which president Clinton ------- (viii).
  1. came
  2. go
  3. arrived
  4. started
  5. grew
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word;

Watermelons ---- (i) to India by the 4th century AD, Sushruta the great Indian physician, ----- (ii) wrote the Sushruta Samhitha , mentions that watermelons were grown ------(iii)the banks of the river Indus ------(iv) are also mentioned in the ancient books.Sushrutha calls it as the kalinga or kalinda (hence Kalingad in Marathi). It was --- (v) to china in the 10th or 11th century and ----- (vi) it is grown throughout the tropics.

Wild watermelons are ------ (vii) compared to huge cultivated ones some of which weigh up to 25 kg. The heaviest fruit weighing 118 kg was produced at hope, Arkansas USA, the state to which president Clinton ------- (viii).
  1. it
  2. they
  3. some
  4. that
  5. those
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word;

Watermelons ---- (i) to India by the 4th century AD, Sushruta the great Indian physician, ----- (ii) wrote the Sushruta Samhitha , mentions that watermelons were grown ------(iii)the banks of the river Indus ------(iv) are also mentioned in the ancient books.Sushrutha calls it as the kalinga or kalinda (hence Kalingad in Marathi). It was --- (v) to china in the 10th or 11th century and ----- (vi) it is grown throughout the tropics.

Wild watermelons are ------ (vii) compared to huge cultivated ones some of which weigh up to 25 kg. The heaviest fruit weighing 118 kg was produced at hope, Arkansas USA, the state to which president Clinton ------- (viii).
  1. heavier
  2. small
  3. thinner
  4. smaller
  5. shorter
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In these questions following passage, you are given blank space marked 1 to 6, against each of these numbers below the passage a choice of three words marked (a, b, c) is suggested, choose the best word from these three as your answer;-

There are several tribes’ lives in East Africa, but the most famous among them is massai tribe. The massai are famous fighters. They ------ (i) the neighboring tribes and carry ---- (ii) their cattle. Their neighbors are ----- (iii) of them because of their --- (iv) in the war. The kikuyu people ------ (v) to the east of them having left a long strip of forest between ----- (vi) and the massais as protection against their enemies. The massai’s live in northern Tanzania.
  1. on
  2. away
  3. of
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In these questions following passage, you are given blank space marked 1 to 6, against each of these numbers below the passage a choice of three words marked (a, b, c) is suggested, choose the best word from these three as your answer;-

There are several tribes’ lives in East Africa, but the most famous among them is massai tribe. The massai are famous fighters. They ------ (i) the neighboring tribes and carry ---- (ii) their cattle. Their neighbors are ----- (iii) of them because of their --- (iv) in the war. The kikuyu people ------ (v) to the east of them having left a long strip of forest between ----- (vi) and the massais as protection against their enemies. The massai’s live in northern Tanzania.
  1. themselves
  2. them
  3. kikuyu
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word;

Watermelons ---- (i) to India by the 4th century AD, Sushruta the great Indian physician, ----- (ii) wrote the Sushruta Samhitha , mentions that watermelons were grown ------(iii)the banks of the river Indus ------(iv) are also mentioned in the ancient books.Sushrutha calls it as the kalinga or kalinda (hence Kalingad in Marathi). It was --- (v) to china in the 10th or 11th century and ----- (vi) it is grown throughout the tropics.

Wild watermelons are ------ (vii) compared to huge cultivated ones some of which weigh up to 25 kg. The heaviest fruit weighing 118 kg was produced at hope, Arkansas USA, the state to which president Clinton ------- (viii).
  1. above
  2. outside
  3. from
  4. ahead
  5. along
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word;

Watermelons ---- (i) to India by the 4th century AD, Sushruta the great Indian physician, ----- (ii) wrote the Sushruta Samhitha , mentions that watermelons were grown ------(iii)the banks of the river Indus ------(iv) are also mentioned in the ancient books.Sushrutha calls it as the kalinga or kalinda (hence Kalingad in Marathi). It was --- (v) to china in the 10th or 11th century and ----- (vi) it is grown throughout the tropics.

Wild watermelons are ------ (vii) compared to huge cultivated ones some of which weigh up to 25 kg. The heaviest fruit weighing 118 kg was produced at hope, Arkansas USA, the state to which president Clinton ------- (viii).
  1. also
  2. though
  3. now
  4. tomorrow
  5. soon