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ENGLISH PRACTICE SET 38

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Q.1 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  • Options:
    1. Inconspicuous
    2. Susceptibility
    3. Superindednt
    4. Extemporise
  • Answer: 3
  • Explanation: The correct spelling is “Superintendent.”

Q.2 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. He is eating an apple.

  • Options:
    1. He has been eating an apple.
    2. An apple is being eaten by him.
    3. An apple was eaten by him.
    4. He was eating an apple.
  • Answer: 2
  • Explanation: The passive voice of “He is eating an apple” is “An apple is being eaten by him.”

Q.3 Select the most appropriate idiom that best explains the given sentence. Rajat irritated the street dog so much that it was about to bite him.

  • Options:
    1. If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.
    2. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
    3. If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.
    4. If you play with fire, you’ll get burned.
  • Answer: 4
  • Explanation: The idiom “If you play with fire, you’ll get burned” means that if you engage in risky behavior, you will suffer the consequences.

Q.4 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. The inability to obtain adequate sleep.

  • Options:
    1. Pyromania
    2. Insomnia
    3. Andromania
    4. Mythomania
  • Answer: 2
  • Explanation: “Insomnia” is the medical term for the inability to sleep.

Q.5 Parts of the given sentence have been underlined. One of the parts may contain an error. Select the option that rectifies the error. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. Those players who chose not to play in the league were banned from playing in an World Cup.

  • Options:
    1. No error
    2. play in a league
    3. play in league
    4. the World Cup
  • Answer: 4
  • Explanation: The correct phrase is “the World Cup.”

Q.6 The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. Sincere students / like you and he should study / regularly to pass the examination.

  • Options:
    1. Sincere students
    2. like you and he should study
    3. regularly to pass the examination.
    4. No error
  • Answer: 2
  • Explanation: The correct phrase should be “like you and him should study.”

Q.7 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The team won the tournament after weeks of hard work and commitment.

  • Options:
    1. The tournament had been won by the team after weeks of hard work and commitment.
    2. The tournament was winning by the team after weeks of hard work and commitment.
    3. The tournament was being won by the team after weeks of hard work and commitment.
    4. The tournament was won by the team after weeks of hard work and commitment.
  • Answer: 4
  • Explanation: The passive voice of “The team won the tournament” is “The tournament was won by the team.”

Q.8 Choose the appropriate option to make the following sentence grammatically correct. Neither of the biscuits you gave me _________ chocolate chips.

  • Options:
    1. contains
    2. are contained
    3. contain
    4. is contain
  • Answer: 3
  • Explanation: The correct form is “contain” because “neither of the biscuits” is plural.

Q.9 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words/phrase. A phrase or words written in memory of a person who has died.

  • Options:
    1. Epigram
    2. Tombstone
    3. Epitaph
    4. Calligraphy
  • Answer: 3
  • Explanation: “Epitaph” is a phrase or words written in memory of a person who has died.

Q.10 There is an error in the given sentence. From the options given, identify the sentence that corrects the error to make it a grammatically accurate sentence. This lesser known heritage building is so beautiful as the Red Fort.

  • Options:
    1. This lesser known heritage building is very much beautiful as the Red Fort.
    2. This lesser known heritage building is as much beautiful as the Red Fort.
    3. This heritage building is as beautiful as the Red Fort.
    4. This less known heritage building is much beautiful than the Red Fort.
  • Answer: 3
  • Explanation: The correct sentence is “This heritage building is as beautiful as the Red Fort.”

Q.11 Parts of the given sentence have been underlined. One of the parts may contain an error. Select the option that rectifies the error. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. It was the home minister of the country who took the decision to change a laws pertaining to migration of people from one state to another.

  • Options:
    1. No error
    2. the laws pertaining
    3. the migration
    4. an home minister
  • Answer: 2
  • Explanation: The correct phrase is “the laws pertaining.”

Q.12 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required.’ I decided to call out to various bookstores in the area to see if any of them had the book I needed.

  • Options:
    1. call around
    2. No substitution required
    3. call off
    4. call on
  • Answer: 2
  • Explanation: “Call around” is a more concise way to express “call out to various bookstores.”

Q.13 Select the correct spelling from the given options to fill in the blank. He was _________ going abroad for his further studies.

  • Options:
    1. contemplating
    2. cuntempltaing
    3. cuntemplating
    4. contempltaing
  • Answer: 1
  • Explanation: The correct spelling is “contemplating.”

Q.14 Select the most appropriate tense form to fill in the blank. Mohnish and Ravi ________ to Canada next month.

  • Options:
    1. are moving
    2. has moving
    3. is moving
    4. has move
  • Answer: 1
  • Explanation: The correct form is “are moving” because “Mohnish and Ravi” is plural.

Q.15 Select the sentence that has the correct use of words and spellings.

  • Options:
    1. The novel, with its intricate plot and multifaceted characters, captivated readers and left them pondering its deeper themes long after they finished reading.
    2. The novel, with its intricate plot and multifacted characters, captivated readers and left them paundering its deeper themes long after they finished reading.
    3. The novel, with its intricete plot and multifacted characters, captivated readers and left them pondering its deeper themes long after they finished reading.
    4. The novel, with its intrcate plot and multifaceted characters, captivated readers and left them pondering its deeper themes long after they finished reading.
  • Answer: 1
  • Explanation: The correct sentence is the first one, with no spelling or grammatical errors.

Q.16 Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blanks of the given sentences.

A. I use a ______ to weigh my ingredients while cooking. B. The mountaineer is going to _______ the rocky hills.

  • Options:
    1. climb
    2. scale
    3. horn
    4. crawl
  • Answer: 2
  • Explanation: The correct homonym is “scale,” which can mean both “a device for weighing” and “to climb.”

Q.17 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given phrase. One who believes in fate.

  • Options:
    1. Fatalist
    2. Flirt
    3. Superstitious
    4. Fatal
  • Answer: 1
  • Explanation: “Fatalist” is the term for someone who believes in fate.

Q.18 Select the most appropriate idiom that best explains the given sentence. I was unable to solve the geometry question myself. So, I have asked my teacher to help me out.

  • Options:
    1. Two wrongs don’t make a right.
    2. You can’t always get what you want.
    3. When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.
    4. Two heads are better than one.
  • Answer: 4
  • Explanation: The idiom “Two heads are better than one” means that two people working together can solve a problem more effectively than one person alone.

Q.19 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains an error.

The committee requested / the Chief Investigator / to personally / look after the matter.

  • Options:
    1. the Chief Investigator
    2. The committee requested
    3. to personally
    4. look after the matter
  • Answer: 4
  • Explanation: The correct segment is “look into the matter” instead of “look after the matter.”

Q.20 Select the option that will improve the given sentence by using the most appropriate pronoun. Pradeep, whom is a teacher, also works as a content writer.

  • Options:
    1. Pradeep, which is a teacher, also works as a content writer.
    2. Pradeep, whose is a teacher, also works as a content writer.
    3. Pradeep, who is a teacher, also works as a content writer.
    4. Pradeep, that is a teacher, also works as a content writer.
  • Answer: 3
  • Explanation: The correct pronoun is “who” because it refers to a person.

Q.21 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. Rakesh said, “Wow! What a beautiful house”.

  • Options:
    1. Rakesh told that it had been a beautiful house.
    2. Rakesh exclaimed with sorrow that it was a beautiful house.
    3. Rakesh exclaimed with surprise that it was must be beautiful house.
    4. Rakesh exclaimed that it was a beautiful house.
  • Answer: 4
  • Explanation: The correct indirect speech is “Rakesh exclaimed that it was a beautiful house.”

Q.22 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Humble

  • Options:
    1. Beautiful
    2. Keen
    3. Amusing
    4. Modest
  • Answer: 4
  • Explanation: “Modest” is a synonym for “humble.”

Q.23 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Stanley ________________________ to play the violin now, with an amateur instructor.

  • Options:
    1. had learnt
    2. will learn
    3. is learning
    4. was learning
  • Answer: 3
  • Explanation: The correct form is “is learning” because it indicates an ongoing action.

Q.24 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Sharp

  • Options:
    1. Blunt
    2. Kindled
    3. Magnetic
    4. Handy
  • Answer: 4
  • Explanation: “Blunt” is the antonym of “sharp.”

Q.25 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. The captain said to the soldiers, “Follow the enemy.”

  • Options:
    1. The captain said his soldiers to follow the enemy.
    2. The captain commanded his soldiers to follow the enemy.
    3. The captain charged his soldiers to followed the enemy.
    4. The captain requested his soldiers to follow the enemy.
  • Answer: 2
  • Explanation: The correct reported speech is “The captain commanded his soldiers to follow the enemy.”

Q.26 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The rescue team could have completed the task if there had been uninterrupted power supply.

  • Options:
    1. The task could have been completed by the rescue team if there had been uninterrupted power supply.
    2. The task could be completed by the rescue team if there was uninterrupted power supply.
    3. The task could have to be completed by the rescue team if there was uninterrupted power supply.
    4. The task can have completed by the rescue team if there was uninterrupted power supply.
  • Answer: 1
  • Explanation: The correct passive voice is “The task could have been completed by the rescue team if there had been uninterrupted power supply.”

Q.27 Select the sentence that gives the most appropriate meaning of the idiom ‘In hot water’.

  • Options:
    1. The company faced challenges due to the economic downturn but managed to overcome them.
    2. The chef added spices to the dish to enhance its flavour and make it more delicious.
    3. After accidentally breaking the valuable vase, Sarah found herself in trouble with her parents.
    4. The children enjoyed playing in the pool on a hot summer day.
  • Answer: 3
  • Explanation: The idiom “in hot water” means to be in trouble.

Q.28 Parts of the given sentence have been underlined. One of them contains an error. The underlined parts are given as options with some changes. Select the option that correctly rectifies the error. The film received critical acclaim for being a more innovative movie of the year.

  • Options:
    1. Film receives
    2. In the year.
    3. Acclaim at
    4. An innovative
  • Answer: 4
  • Explanation: The correct phrase is “an innovative movie of the year.”

Q.29 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

  • Options:
    1. scapegoats
    2. victims
    3. victors
    4. sites
  • Answer: 2
  • Explanation: The correct word is “victims.”

Q.30 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

  • Options:
    1. liver
    2. intestine
    3. kidney
    4. womb
  • Answer: 4
  • Explanation: The correct word is “womb.”

Q.31 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

  • Options:
    1. campaign
    2. enterprise
    3. campfire
    4. undertaking
  • Answer: 1
  • Explanation: The correct word is “campaign.”

Q.32 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

  • Options:
    1. across
    2. through
    3. against
    4. for
  • Answer: 3
  • Explanation: The correct word is “against.”

Q.33 Select the most appropriate summary of the sentence given below. It was demonstrated in the study that conduct disorder is a psychiatric condition rather than adolescent disobedience.

  • Options:
    1. Conduct disorder is a mental condition rather than teen defiance.
    2. Conduct disorder is teen defiance and not a mental condition.
    3. Conduct disorder is neither a mental condition nor teen defiance.
    4. Conduct disorder is less of a mental condition and more of teen defiance.
  • Answer: 1
  • Explanation: The correct summary is “Conduct disorder is a mental condition rather than teen defiance.”

Q.34 Based on your reading of the passage, select the most appropriate option that describes the conclusion of the study.

  • Options:
    1. There were no distinct regions in the cortex of participants having early behavioural issues in comparison to healthy students.
    2. There were distinct regions in the cortex of healthy students in comparison to participants having early behavioural issues.
    3. Distinct regions of the cortex were thicker in the teenagers having early-onset behavioural issues in comparison to the healthy participants.
    4. There were participants having early behavioural issues in comparison to healthy students who had distinct regions in their cortex.
  • Answer: 3
  • Explanation: The correct conclusion is “Distinct regions of the cortex were thicker in the teenagers having early-onset behavioural issues in comparison to the healthy participants.”

Q.35 Which of the following is NOT impacted by the cortex?

  • Options:
    1. Attention and disobedience
    2. Memory and attention
    3. Language and awareness
    4. Memory and perception
  • Answer: 1
  • Explanation: The correct answer is “Attention and disobedience” because disobedience is not mentioned as being impacted by the cortex.

Q.36 Which of the following was measured in scanned images?

  • Options:
    1. Psychiatric condition
    2. Brain’s outer layer
    3. Cortex disparities
    4. Behavioural issues
  • Answer: 2
  • Explanation: The correct answer is “Brain’s outer layer.”

Q.37 Which of the following is NOT a principle of Taekwondo?

  • Options:
    1. Faithfulness
    2. Indomitable spirit
    3. Loyalty
    4. Disrespect
  • Answer: 4
  • Explanation: The correct answer is “Disrespect” as it is not a principle of Taekwondo.

Q.38 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Representative

  • Options:
    1. Aberrant
    2. Unusual
    3. Theoretical
    4. Typical
  • Answer: 4
  • Explanation: The correct synonym is “Typical.”

Q.39 What is Taekwondo a form of?

  • Options:
    1. Visual arts
    2. Conceptual arts
    3. Martial arts
    4. Performing arts
  • Answer: 3
  • Explanation: The correct answer is “Martial arts.”

Q.40 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Indomitable

  • Options:
    1. Invincible
    2. Submissive
    3. Unstoppable
    4. Strong
  • Answer: 2
  • Explanation: The correct antonym is “Submissive.”
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