Questions

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The (needs) of the hour was to reform the entire banking system.

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Everyday we (have usually) dinner at 8 o'clock.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Statistics show

P-­figures over the last three decades
Q­-in several parts of India
R-­a steady rise in the turnout

Improve the given sentence if necessary.

There is many a slip between the cup and lip.

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'?

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence

Before I met your brother I (have had) a poor opinion of him.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Their judgment can be

P-easily swayed by false
Q-propaganda, as is being done
R-right now across the country

Which of the following statements concerning atmosphere of the Earth are correct?

1. In stratosphere, temperature increases with altitude.

2. In mesosphere, temperature decreases with altitude.

3. The lowest temperature of the atmosphere is recorded in the upper part of mesosphere.

4. Tropopause is an isothermal zone.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.