English Questions

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

To sweep over something so as to surround it completely.

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.

_____________ nearly eight decades, the women's movement __________ and debated the desirability and feasibility of a Uniform Civil Code, and has ended up ___________ a simple question — what is the value of uniformity? Is it for the "integrity of the nation" that uniformity in laws is required, as some judicial pronouncements ___________? If so, who exactly is the beneficiary? Which sections of people benefit from "integrity of the nation", that abstract entity which is not exactly _______ the top of your mind as your husband throws you out on the street?

that abstract entity which is not exactly _______ the top of your mind

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

To put the cat among the pigeons

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

Take up the hatchet

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

Be a dab hand at something

The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

We can __________ see anything in the dim light.

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Moot

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.