Questions

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 abuse of phrases and the misuse of words rife among us can be checked __________ diligent exercises in good English, such as this book provides. ___________exercises, in conjunction __________ others to be found in different volumes by the same author, will serve to correct careless diction and slovenly speech, and lead to the art of speaking and writing correctly; for, after all, ___________ in the use of words is more a matter of habit than of theory, and once it is acquired it becomes just as easy to speak or to write good English _____________ bad English.

write good English _____________ bad English.

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Deluge

Where is the headquarters of the World Customs Organization (WCO) located?

During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Madras to grow __________.

Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western _____ sometime between the fifth and tenth centuries.

The slope of the line passing through the points (-5,1) and (x,-4) is -5/8. Find x.

Red Data Book provides an account of

The Articles of Confederation were written by