English Practice Set -40

 

English Practice Set -40

Spotting error

1. Millions of Jews lost their kith and kin in Hitler concentration camps

A) Millions of Jews lost

B) their kith and kin

C) in Hitler concentration camps✓

D) no error

2.  When Albert stayed at the African jungle he choose to put up with many inconveniences such as wild animals and poisonous insects.

A) When Albert stayed at the African jungle✓

B) he choose to put up with many inconveniences such as

C) wild animals and poisonous insects

D) no error

3. I recall you telling me the story of the seven witches but I cannot remember where or when

A) I recall you telling me✓

B) the story of the seven witches 

C) but I cannot remember where or when

D) no error

4. Ramesh is smarter enough to get selected for this post without any recommendations.

A) Ramesh is smarter enough✓

B) to get selected for this post

C) without any recommendations

D) no error

Fill in the blanks

5. With the amount of conflicts in the world, a third world war is_____

A) emanate

B) eminant

C) eminent

D) imminent✓

Fill in the blanks

6. The traditional way of saying that you feel fine is to say that you are_____

A) alright

B) all correct

C) all good

D) all right✓

7. Synonyms : Ineffable

A) unintelligible

B) illegible

C) inexplicable

D) inexpressible✓

8. Synonyms : Espionage

A) hypnotism

B) spying✓

C) perception

D) detente

9. Antonyms : Theoretical

A) punctual

B) uncritical

C) emotional

D) practical✓

10. Choose correctly spelt word

A) orthopeadic

B) orthopadic

C) orthopaedic✓

D) orthopedic

11.Choose correctly spelt word

A) miscellaneous✓

B) micellaneous

C) misellaneous

D) miscallaneous

Idioms and phrases

12. Take the Bull by the horns

A) crush something with a heavy hand

B) grapple the situation courageously✓

C) close your eyes and attack the Bull

D) take defensive measures to deal with a crisis

Idioms and phrases

13. A gentleman at large

A) a man in the crowd

B) a man without a job✓

C) a man who runs around

D) a man who is generous

Idioms and phrases

14. Lose face

A) become embarrassed✓

B) feel angry

C) get injured

D) feel surprised

Idioms and phrases

15. Build castles in the air

A) works tirelessly

B) fly

C) dream✓

D) film something

Idioms and phrases

16. fall back on

A) retreat

B) overtaken

C) suffer an accident

D) resort to something✓

17.Sentence arrangement

1. Some animals like fishes lay eggs and leave them.

P. The mother does not care for the eggs at all

Q. they lay thousands of eggs at a time but do not look after them.

R.most of the eggs die and only a few of them develop into fishes

S.she simply lives the eggs and never comes back to them

6. Is this not something terrible ? Yet it is a fact

1. QPSR✓  2. PSQR  3. RQPS  4. QSPR

18. One word substitution

When something moves in a straight line

A) Quadrilineal

B) octalineal

C) rectilineal✓

D) trapilineal

19. One word substitution

Tending to associate with others of one's kind

A) grassivorous

B) gregarian

C) gregarious✓

D) graminivorous

20. One word substitution

General pardon for offences against the state

A) sanctify

B) amnesty✓

C) gratuity

D) red- tapism