English/English MCQ Questions Set-19 Sample Test,Sample questions

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order.


A. Aesop was one of them who lived in Greece about 2500 years ago.


B. He told many interesting stories to the people.


C. There were many talented people in ancient Greece.


D. Although he was ugly, he had a very clever brain.

 

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

 

Look down upon

 

A (1)______ of trucks carrying soldiers was coming down the mountain road. The trucks (2) ______ slowly as there had been heavy snowfall in that area . Suddenly, with a (3) ______ a huge tree on the hill side fell bringing along with it boulders and mud. (4) ______, the driver of first truck stopped in time. The soldiers got down and started (5) ______ the road.

Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 2

 

A (1)______ of trucks carrying soldiers was coming down the mountain road. The trucks (2) ______ slowly as there had been heavy snowfall in that area . Suddenly, with a (3) ______ a huge tree on the hill side fell bringing along with it boulders and mud. (4) ______, the driver of first truck stopped in time. The soldiers got down and started (5) ______ the road.

Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 3

 

Corruption is one of the (1)______ problems of our country. It is an act done with (2)______ to gain some undue advantages, inconsistent with official duty. Government has (3)______ many schemes for the welfare of the people but corruption seems impossible to be (4)______ India can become a corruption-free nation only when all the citizens (5)______ rules and regulations with a strong will power and cooperate whole heartedly.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 1.

 

Corruption is one of the (1)______ problems of our country. It is an act done with (2)______ to gain some undue advantages, inconsistent with official duty. Government has (3)______ many schemes for the welfare of the people but corruption seems impossible to be (4)______ India can become a corruption-free nation only when all the citizens (5)______ rules and regulations with a strong will power and cooperate whole heartedly.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 3.

 

Corruption is one of the (1)______ problems of our country. It is an act done with (2)______ to gain some undue advantages, inconsistent with official duty. Government has (3)______ many schemes for the welfare of the people but corruption seems impossible to be (4)______ India can become a corruption-free nation only when all the citizens (5)______ rules and regulations with a strong will power and cooperate whole heartedly.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 4.

 

A) 

Drug addiction is the continued use of a particular drug (1)______ harmful consequences. Drug addiction not only affects an individual�s health and relationship, but also (2)______ the society and the environment. Prevention of a particular list of drugs can be possible by (3)______ their sale without a prescription. Drug addicts should be given proper medical treatment and (4)______ facilities. Motivational and awareness camps should be organized to scale down the consumption (5)______ drugs.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 1

 

Drug addiction is the continued use of a particular drug (1)______ harmful consequences. Drug addiction not only affects an individual�s health and relationship, but also (2)______ the society and the environment. Prevention of a particular list of drugs can be possible by (3)______ their sale without a prescription. Drug addicts should be given proper medical treatment and (4)______ facilities. Motivational and awareness camps should be organized to scale down the consumption (5)______ drugs.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 2

 

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order.


A. Much of this war had taken place along the Western Front.


B. Both sides had dug in deep and each lost many men over little ground.


C. This front was a line of trenches across which the two sides faced each other.


D. Andre Maginot had fought a war with the French against the Germans.

 

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order.


A. There are many gadgets that are operated by a remote control and contain a silicon chip.


B. This produces an infra-red beam, made up of electromagnetic waves.


C. When a button is pressed on the remote control, the chip sets off an electronic vibration.


D. The beam carries a coded signal for operating the systems.

 

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order.


A. These are generated by a violent undersea disturbance or ocean activity.


B. Once generated, they travel outward on the ocean surface in all directions.


C. A tsunami is made up of a series of very long waves.


D. Spreading thus, they look like ripples caused by throwing a rock in a pond.

 

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order.

 

A. While he was doing this, he missed seeing a velvet purse full of gold coins lying on the road. +

B. Ramesh always worried about how he would become sick and weak in old age.

C. To try how he would cope with blindness, Ramesh started walking with his eyes closed.

D. He feared that he might even lose his sight and go blind.

 

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.


Atlas was made to hold the sky up on his shoulders as a punishment. Once, Hercules (1)______ to hold it for Atlas while the latter went looking (2)______ golden apples. When Atlas returned, he saw Hercules (3)______ hard to hold the sky. The weight of the sky (4)______ Hercules sweat and groan. Now Atlas did not want to (5)______ a job as arduous as that!

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 1.

 

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.


Atlas was made to hold the sky up on his shoulders as a punishment. Once, Hercules (1)______ to hold it for Atlas while the latter went looking (2)______ golden apples. When Atlas returned, he saw Hercules (3)______ hard to hold the sky. The weight of the sky (4)______ Hercules sweat and groan. Now Atlas did not want to (5)______ a job as arduous as that!

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 3

 

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

 

Advertising is the promotion of goods and services. It provides an (1)______ to the manufacturing companies to sell their (2)______better than their competitors. Every time we switch (3)______ the television we find some product or the other (4)______ pushed towards us. It cannot be denied that the (5)______ behind commercial advertising is to increase sales and earn more profit

 

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (1)

 

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

 

Advertising is the promotion of goods and services. It provides an (1)______ to the manufacturing companies to sell their (2)______better than their competitors. Every time we switch (3)______ the television we find some product or the other (4)______ pushed towards us. It cannot be denied that the (5)______ behind commercial advertising is to increase sales and earn more profit

 

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (5)

 

A) 

In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
The old man did not wanted to eat any food.

In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. Modern man is completely engross in the mad pursuit of material pleasures and luxuries.

 

Motion of a body with constant speed in a circular path is called:

 

Select antonym of the given word.
DIVIDE

 

Select the appropriate meaning of the given idiom.


To take the bull by the horns

 

Select the correct antonym of the given word.
Allure

Select the correct antonym of the given word.
Bizarre

 

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.


"What a rare flower!" she said.

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

 

The guard said to the visitors, "Do not take photographs inside the museum."

 

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Select the correct synonym of the given word.
Violent

 

Select the correctly spelt word.

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

 

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

 

Assist

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

 

Repulsive

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
By and by

 

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Chicken-hearted

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.


The roof of the old building ______ during the storm.

 

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.


Amit has the good command on English as he was born and brought up in England.

 

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it,select No improvement.


They stopped to laugh as soon as the teacher entered the classroom.

 

A)

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

 

Fury

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

 

Weary

 

Select the passive form of the given sentence.


People claim to have seen the wild and mad elephant in several cities.

Select the passive form of the given sentence.


They are constructing a residential youth hostel.

 

Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

 

Putting to death painlessly to end suffering

Select the word which means the same as the groups of words given.
The school or college in which one has been educated

 

Select the wrongly spelt word.