English 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.

Job performance is ______ by a number of factors. Motivation alone does not lead to increased performance. Ability and technology moderates the relationship between motivation and performance. The higher the levels of ability and motivation the ______ the level of performance will be. However, increasing motivation beyond an ______ level tends to ______ a dysfunctional result because it is ______ by an increased level of anxiety.

However, increasing motivation beyond an ______ level

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

Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale

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

The painter painted the entire bungalow.

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

Be in force

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".

At the present rate of exchange, fourteen dozen cost Rs.3000.

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

Showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously

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

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.