English Class -Set 49

 

English Class -Set 49

1) Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks.

It is known that________, extreme weather and disease are the factors responsible for crop failure.

A) Draught

B) Draft

C) Daft

D) Drought ✓

2) Select the wrongly spelt word

A) Miniature

B) Municipality

C) Monopoly

D) Manipulate✓

3) Grammatical error

The problem of world hunger arises because of the economic inequality that distort food distribution.

A) That distort food distribution✓

B) The problem of

C) because of the economic inequality

D) world hunger arises

4) Grammatical error

Economic growth is sustainable only if all countries has food security.

A) sustainable only if

B) Economic growth is

C) has food security✓

D) all countries 

5) Synonym : PLEDGED

A) Respected

B) Fulfilled

C) Honoured

D) Promised✓

6) Idiom  : Go against the grain

A) Something that is ugly and unpopular

B) Something is conflict with one's value system✓

C) Something that we can accept with difficulty

D) Something done deliberately

7) Idiom :  To beat a dead horse

A) A significant a fault

B) A futile effort✓

C) A deliberate effort

D) A joint effort

8) Group of words

Constitutional right to cast vote

A) Duty

B) Franchise✓

C) Franking

D) Licensed 

9) Antonym : PROVISIONAL

A) Planned

B) Permanent✓

C) Insured

D) Supplied

10) Group of words

Power of reading thoughts of  others.

A) Telepathy✓

B) Medium

C) Astrology

D) Instinct

11) Idiom:  Bite the bullet

A) to restrain yourself from doing something unpleasant.

B) to force yourself to do something unpleasant✓

C) to amuse yourself by doing something unpleasant

D) to dislike yourself for having done something unpleasant

12) Group of words

A place for the collection of dried plants

A) Museum

B) Aquarium

C) Herbarium✓

D) Flora

13) Synonym  : BENEFICIARIES

A) addressers

B) recipients✓

C) profiteers

D) donors

14) Synonym: PREVENTIVE

A) prophetic

B) prepared

C) predicted

D) protective✓

15) Fill in the blanks

During the great depression America's dance marathon craze was more of a _____strategy than a form of______.

A) basic, entertainment

B) fundamental, celebration

C) survival , entertainment✓

D) survival , education

16) Synonym : NEGLECTED

A) superfluous

B) unknown

C) ignored✓

D) negated

17) Antonym : PROVINCIAL

A) pastoral

B) public

C) rustic

D) metropolitan✓

18) Wrongly spelt word

A) Fasinated✓

B) Fashion

C) Facsimile

D) Fastidious

19) Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. if there is no need to substitute its selection no improvement.

18th century machines typically used water power, hence  the early factories was located on the first - flowing rivers.

A) were located near the first- flowing rivers✓

B) was located near the first- flowing rivers

C) were located on the first floor in river s

D) no improvement

20) select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank

Trachoma is a debilitating and painful ____which can cause the eyelashes to turn inwards and stab the eye.

A) taint

B) infection✓

C) contagion

D) factor