English Questions

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

Although not all those who study

A-better thinkers and leaders

B-become philosophers, they become

C-logic or philosophy may

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

Mealy-mouthed

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Vexatious

Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement isneeded, select "no improvement".

My daughter (comes running) as fast as her little feet can take her while her eyes sparkle vivaciously

In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

The only bright spot so far this year for Apple is with its iPhone 8 Plus, which at 0.4% market share, topped early performance for the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 6 Plus, which attracted 0.2% and 0.3% market share, respectively.

i. Topped in early performance

ii. Topped to perform early

iii. Topped in earlier performing

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

A slap on the wrist

He has the irritating habit of playing his own trumpet all the time.