English Practice Tests
English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 115
The comparative of ‘young’ is:, What is the Elephas maximas?, The word ‘alacrity’ means:, The opposite of ‘detrimental’ is:, The word ‘able’ is an:, ...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 116
Which of these is the apt form of address for a Mayor?, She was unwilling to accept the nomination. Choose the right question tag., Which one of these is a correct sentence?, Which number does the wor...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 117
Choose the appropriate one word:
Rule by one person with ultimate power:, Choose the appropriate one word:
The branch of zoology that deals with insects:, Choose the appropriate one word:
The kill...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 118
Name of the Indo-US programme to eradicate child labour :, The Chief Minister with two of his ministers .............. here., The news ................ not make me sad., You like vegetarian food, .......
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 119
The word most closely associated with 'HOSPITALITY' is:, I am going to .............. library., We must abstain .................. creating environmental pollution., She ............. to India six yea...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 120
(A) Most of the shopkeepers in the locality closed their shops for the second continuous day.
(B)Two groups of people living in the locality have been fighting with each other with bricks and s...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 121
Read the following information carefully and answer the given question:
Many manufacturing companies are now shifting base to the rural areas of the country as there is a scarcity of space in urban a...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 122
Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Delayed, According to the passage, for which of the following reasons did Fortinet conduct ...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 123
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/ error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the number of that part with error as your answer. If...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 124
Find out the appropriate word/ phrase at number 191 in the passage?, Find out the appropriate word/ phrase at number 192 in the passage?, Find out the appropriate word/ phrase at n...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 125
Which of the following is/are TRUE in the context of the passage?
(A) Interest rates are being raised in India.
(B) India is witnessing a steady economic growth.
(C) It h...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 126
_______ about prolonged power cuts in urban areas, the authorities have decided to _______ over to more reliable and eco-friendly systems to run its pumps., The high cutoff marks this year have _____ ...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 127
Choose the word/group of words which is most opposite in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
CUMBERSOME , Choose the word/group of words which is mos...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 128
, , Find out the appropriate word/ phrase in each case., Find out the appropriate word/ phrase in each case., Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the ...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 129
Statements:
Some chairs are handles.All handles are pots.All pots are mats.
Some mats are buses.
Conclusions:
I. Some buses are handles.
II. Some mats are chairs.III. No bus is a handle.IV...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 130
Statement:
A large private bank has decided to retrench one-third of its employees in view of the huge losses incurred by it during the past three quarters.
Courses of action:
(A) The Govt. should...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 131
Which of the following is an adverse impact of the Green Revolution ?, What is the author trying to convey through the phrase “making the government’s 7% GDP growth target look “a bi...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 132
Which of the phrases(1), (2),(3) and (4) given below each statement should be placed in the blank space provided so as to make a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence ? If none of the sentence...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 73
Donkeys .................., Bulls ................, Darkness .................., A habit .................., At loggerheads approximately means :, ...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 74
Tom, who is a friend of mine, is coming with me. (Substitute the italicized part if required) :, The past participle of rise is ................., The little boy spent much of his money .................
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 75
Bring out the meaning of the idiom in the following sentence :
We shall fight tooth and nail for our rights., By age four, Varsha won ______ brown belt, ______ first degree in Karate....
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 76
Give the Synonym :Predict, Give the Antonym :Hereditary, Meaning of two confusable words:Premier/Premiere, Use of Collective noun :Fish, Use of Homonyms:Bald, ...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 77
Change into comparative degree. Mumbai is the biggest city in India., Pick out the word which is nearest in meaning to the key word " ovation", Change the following into exclamatory sentence " She is ...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 78
Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. A statement which is based on a supposition is said to be ----, The expression I beg your pardon means, Choose the most appropriate term from the...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 79
I met J.K. Rowling -------- they say is the richest person in the world. (relative clause), The student leader explained why he had to leave the panel discussion forum. (adverbial of 'amger'), She ---...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 80
Either the Prime Minister or his ministers -------blamed for the 2010 Commonwealth Games Scam ( to be ), Nepalese climber Min Bahadur Sherchan is the oldest man to scale Mt.Everest . (Comparative degr...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 81
Choose and write the word what is equivalent in meaning to the underline word/s.
He was rather presumptuous in his behaviour., Choose and write the word what is equivalent in meaning to the underline...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 82
Complete the following sentence choosing the correct word:
I prefer coffee ----- tea., Replace the word underlined by right phrase given:
Since the weather is bad, we will cancel the meeting arrange...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 83
Pick out the correct sentence:, You will ........... your new duties tomorrow., Mr. Basu soon .............. himself as a great parliamentarian., Which is the correctly spelt word?, ‘Decease&rsq...
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English Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 84
‘She is a handful’ means:, ‘She is in the family way’ means:, Butter is made ............. milk., This letter is written ......... green ink., I am going to buy some .............
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