English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains an INCORRECTLY spelt word.
The mother’s tired and overrought mind could not process / the information of the demise of her only son / and she sat like a statue even when her / tormentors passed several obnoxious comments.
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645cd8e9e67f3b0a568dfaf8The mother’s tired and overrought mind could not process / the information of the demise of her only son / and she sat like a statue even when her / tormentors passed several obnoxious comments.
- 1her tormentors passed several obnoxious commentsfalse
- 2The mother’s tired and overrought mind could not processtrue
- 3the information of the demise of her only sonfalse
- 4and she sat like a statue even when herfalse
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Answer : 2. "The mother’s tired and overrought mind could not process"
Explanation :
The correct spelling is "overwrought," not "overrought."
Q:Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.
MENACE
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5e53a69045ac3921da27603b- 1Requestfalse
- 2Prayerfalse
- 3Threattrue
- 4Cursefalse
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Answer : 3. "Threat "
Q:Fill in the blanks in the passage below with the appropriate word from the options.
The king of Rampur was not (1)........The following story proves that. Once he paid a (2) ......... to a town away from his capital.
The king's staff governing the town welcomed the king. As per the King's desire a (3)....... of the renowned people of the town was called at night. The people (4)...... the king and bestowed their praise on him and all sat down to listen to (5)....... the king had to tell them.
Fill in the blank in (4).
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5d9595f73c9c484a9237910eThe king of Rampur was not (1)........The following story proves that. Once he paid a (2) ......... to a town away from his capital.
The king's staff governing the town welcomed the king. As per the King's desire a (3)....... of the renowned people of the town was called at night. The people (4)...... the king and bestowed their praise on him and all sat down to listen to (5)....... the king had to tell them.
- 1bowedfalse
- 2surrenderedfalse
- 3greetedtrue
- 4offeredfalse
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Answer : 3. "greeted"
Q:Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
He is known for blowing his own trumpet.
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5dcce5a4ef0a14548c1d7acd- 1clatteringfalse
- 2shoutingfalse
- 3clamouringfalse
- 4boastingtrue
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Answer : 4. "boasting"
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Answer : 5. "None of these "
Q: Select the misspelt word.
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64cceb56b6a5e472e280088a- 1foreinertrue
- 2conjurefalse
- 3summonfalse
- 4intriguefalse
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Answer : 1. "foreiner "
Explanation :
The correct spelling is "foreigner." The incorrect spelling "foreiner" has a misspelling.
Q:Directions : In these questions , a part of the sentence is given in bold . Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A) , (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence . Choose the correct alternative . In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D ) .
Venezuelans were being deprived of food and medicines for the past year.
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6018f6e065f0475903811b8a- 1have beentrue
- 2arefalse
- 3werefalse
- 4no improvementfalse
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Answer : 1. "have been"
Q:Directions: In these questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at ( A ), ( B ) and ( C ) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D).
It is time we leave.
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5f28f109a5ce9779bd246135- 1have to leavefalse
- 2would leavefalse
- 3lefttrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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