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.

For me the ______________ and the chill of those nights dissolved into those little flames of fire that for hours made us live in a wonderland, in a ___________ fair of fireflies, and made us _________ there’s nothing that can blow those divine lights ________. In my mind I can still hear the jingling sounds of ________ tiny bells that grandma used to ring during the puja.

A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

London is one of the oldest towns of England.

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

Keep under one's hat

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

A period of interval between two regimes and governments.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase.
To give the devil his due

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

Be left stranded

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

to shut a door, window, or lid forcefully and loudly

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.

Meera said, “I prefer singing to dancing.”