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.

can be checked __________ diligent exercises

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

By then running water and electricity (had arrive), making the well and the lamp post redundant.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

The bigger a group the less are the chances of an individual (get) the requisite attention when necessary.

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The sound which is ______ to ears comes in the form of a melody.

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

Which of the following is not a Halon gas ?

Which of the following is the third member of the Dobereiner triad, that also features Lithium and Sodium?

Which of the following is not a plant hormone?