English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Ants, like most insects, have (1) ______ are known as compound eyes. This means their eyes have multiple lenses, (2) ______ in general, most species of ant do not have particularly great eyes for seeing (3) ______ far. Ants can detect movement and see the areas around them, but (4) ______ more on senses and information they get from their legs and antennae (5) ______ from their eyes.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
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64352a63a16c2dfa9cddc561Ants, like most insects, have (1) ______ are known as compound eyes. This means their eyes have multiple lenses, (2) ______ in general, most species of ant do not have particularly great eyes for seeing (3) ______ far. Ants can detect movement and see the areas around them, but (4) ______ more on senses and information they get from their legs and antennae (5) ______ from their eyes.
- 1thantrue
- 2whenfalse
- 3thenfalse
- 4Thusfalse
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Answer : 1. "than "
Q: Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
DIFFERENCE
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643fcd67a16c2dfa9cf51c3cDIFFERENCE
- 1Similaritytrue
- 2Contrastfalse
- 3Distinctionfalse
- 4Acceptancefalse
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Answer : 1. " Similarity "
Explanation :
"Difference" implies a degree of dissimilarity or distinction, and "Similarity" represents the opposite, indicating things that are alike or have common features. Therefore, option (A) Similarity is the most suitable antonym in this context.
Q: Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
In order to win the competition, one has to be creative.
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646227690827e80a9f8df11dIn order to win the competition, one has to be creative.
- 1most creativefalse
- 2more creativetrue
- 3creativestfalse
- 4creativerfalse
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Answer : 2. "more creative"
Q: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The planets are _______________ around the sun.
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646c7a6b45f1450a80e3d2ebThe planets are _______________ around the sun.
- 1revolvingtrue
- 2circlingfalse
- 3rotatingfalse
- 4roundingfalse
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Answer : 1. "revolving"
Explanation :
The sentence would then read: "The planets are revolving around the sun." This choice accurately describes the movement of planets in their orbits around the sun.
Q: Complete the following proverb.
The pen is mightier______
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624571b80c8d6f4df142adf7The pen is mightier______
- 1than the Kingfalse
- 2than the artistfalse
- 3than the actorfalse
- 4than the swordtrue
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Answer : 4. "than the sword "
Q: Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. Since then cows, pigs, dogs and other mammals have been cloned.
B. They were created with the identical technique used to clone Dolly, the sheep, back in 1996.
C. Two monkeys have been cloned in a Chinese laboratory.
D. Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua were born a few weeks ago at a Chinese lab.
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64c8e2463fde307e3f4f653d- 1DCBAfalse
- 2CDBAtrue
- 3DBACfalse
- 4CBADfalse
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Answer : 2. "CDBA"
Q: From among the words given in bold, select the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the following sentence.
Almost all the governors of Bengal strongly resented the special privileges enjoyed by English company as it meant a huge loss to the provinciel exchequer.
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64626cf1cdae930acb7805d6Almost all the governors of Bengal strongly resented the special privileges enjoyed by English company as it meant a huge loss to the provinciel exchequer.
- 1provincieltrue
- 2resentedfalse
- 3exchequerfalse
- 4privilegesfalse
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Answer : 1. "provinciel"
Q:In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. The Maasais live in (1)_______ very beautiful part of Africa. They live on the wide plains in southern and northern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The area (2)_________ of miles of rolling grass land, on which you can find thorny bushes and rocky hills. The people move from one place to another according to the seasons, looking for grasses and other plants (3)_________ which their cattle can graze. They have no permanent home. When they want to settle in a place for some time, they build a kind of camp called a ‘Manyatta’, where a few families livefor a (4)______ weeks or months. Then they move on again, taking their few belongings with them, and burning the old ‘Manyatta’ to the ground.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
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64997a8dc7d7c7e06728819c- 1withfalse
- 2atfalse
- 3ontrue
- 4Byfalse
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