TOEFL Questions

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In each of the questions given below, a passage has been given which are either situational based or describes a scenario. Below each passage, a question has been given which is framed to make you to infer something out of it. Mark out the correct inference as your answer.

Set in the glittering balls of genteel rural society of 18th century England and verdant landscape of the idyllic Pemberley, “Pride and Prejudice” is the story of young Elizabeth Bennett whose
property is entailed to the nearest male heir.
What can be said about the position of young Elizabeth Bennett in the rural society of 18th century England?

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.


The traditional obstacle to


P : the education of girls is

Q : the prejudice against the

R : intellectual potential of girls

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Bite off more than you can chew

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

The action of driving or pushing forwards

A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

“I have not seen him for years,” said his mother.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Teething problems

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
 
Many lost dogs ______ been given back to their owners

In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The insecticide is very powerful and can kill a wide ___________ of insects.