English Questions

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.

Manoj said to his friend, "I am very angry with you."

Select the synonym of

to gnaw

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.

The battle between attackers and the attacked is becoming still more _____________. Faced with potentially new cyber ____________, the danger to India’s economic and national security is going _________________ geometrical progression. To be forearmed, with _______________ offensive cyber operations and __________________ cyber security, is essential.

To be forearmed, with _______________ offensive cyber operations

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

Easy come, easy go

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.

If a country wants to

A-to listen to the World Bank, the

B-custodian of big business

C-prove it is business-friendly, it has

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.

The English language is ___________ complex in character that it can scarcely be learned by rule, and can __________ be mastered by the study of such idioms and phrases as are provided in this book; but just as care must be taken to place every accent or stress _________ the proper syllable in the ______________ of every word it contains, so must the stress or emphasis be placed on the proper word in ___________ sentence spoken.

syllable in the ______________ of every word

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.

“Are you going to eat with us?” he asked.

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.