English Questions

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.

The speed with which she typed the draft demonstrated that she is a _______________ secretary.

In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

The two children were(A)/identical except for(B)/the colour for their eyes.(C)/No error(D)

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 best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

At somebody's expense

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

An ideal policeman is a myth. You come __________ him only in crime fiction. ____________ elusive is 'good policing', an idea ___________ even the best of criminal justice thinkers have found it difficult to define. This is why, in what is a chaotic world, we have to reluctantly _____________ for an imperfect policeman and ________ inadequate system.

________ inadequate system.

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.

Unchecked industrial effluents discharging into the rivers has caused ______________ damage to the environment.

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

Which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting _____ of human existence.

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

She said to me, "I always drink a cup of green tea as soon as I get up."