Questions

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

To write in plain vigorous language

P-­one has to think fearlessly, and if
Q­-one thinks fearlessly
R-­one cannot be politically orthodox

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

The instructor's rules were simple. Breathe through your mouth, not your nose; else the mask will fog up. Easier said than done; I got it wrong many a time. But once you fought habit and got the hang of it, the panoramic underwater world revealed itself to you with high-definition clarity.

Led by him, I slowly peered through the mask into what till then was crystal-clear water, shimmering in the sunlight. I saw pebbles, sand and my fluid shadow. I was in Nemo's universe. Sea cucumbers, sea anemone, clown fish, star fish, sea horses, parrot fish, butterfly fish and a bevy of colourful salt water fish swam past. A shoal of canary-yellow fish did a merry dance and another with vibrant blue fish followed it. They were oblivious to the snorkelers who struggled to take in the sight of a world so beautiful, so colourful, and resist opening their mouth wide in amazement; the tube would fall off!

What is 'Nemo'?

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

India is extremely short

P­-of water, and there will be even less

Q-­is taken out

R-­of it as groundwater

Choose the word that best defines the given phrase

‘A style in which a writer makes a display of hisknowledge’

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part

Though George is(a) a honourable man(b) his activities arouse suspicion(c). No error.(d)

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Look at this video clip in which (I, my friend and you) are enjoying a boat ride.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Only a country not yet rid

P-of its colonial hangover
Q-and controls, labels dissent as seditious
R-of a government that commands