ENGLISH QUIZ
DIRECTIONS[Q1 to Q10] : In this type of questions, you are provided with the first and last parts of a sentence. The remaining sentence is broken into four parts labeled (p), (Q), (R) and (S). You are required to arrange these parts so as to form a complete meaningful sentence and then choose the correct combination.
Q1. The house
(P) about half a mile distant
(Q) that stunds in front of us
(R) was built of stones
(S) which were dug out of its own site
- QSPR
- QRPS
- QPRS
- QRSP
Q2. All religions are
(P) to advance the cause of peace
(Q) in a holy partnership
(R) justice and freedom
(S) bound together
- PQRS
- PRQS
- SPQR
- SQPR
Q3. The statement
(P) therefore you must listen carefully
(Q) what the speaker has said
(R) in order to understand
(S) will be made just once
- SRPQ
- SPQR
- SPRQ
- RSPQ
Q4. The Indian woman wants
(P) in a male dominated society
(Q) as an equal partner
(R) and it is not too much to demand
(S) her rightful place
- RSQP
- QPSR
- SQPR
- SRPQ
Q5. The effectiveness of a film
(P) the needs of the audience
(Q) is judged by
(R) and its relation to
(S) Its theme
- QSRP
- PSQR
- PQRS
- QPRS
Q6. The idea of the Yahoos
(P) too
(Q) in all its devastating implications
(R) is one to be explored
(S) but not taken as the last word about human nature
- SPQR
- RQSP
- PRQS
- SQPR
Q7. The mother exclaimed that
(P) to have solved the puzzle
(Q) so quickly
(R) it was
(S)very clever of him
- PSQR
- SPRQ
- QRPS
- RSPQ
Q8. The administration will soon launch
(P) to educate the people about their rights
(Q) a consumer protection drive
(R) against using fraudulent means
(S) and to warn traders
- SPQR
- PSQR
- QPSR
- SPQR
Q9. It would
(P) appear from his statement
(Q) about the policy of the management
(R) in dealing with the strike
(S) that he was quite in the dark
- PSQR
- PRQS
- RPSQ
- RQPS
Q10. Why do people
(P) despite a desire
(Q) to quit and despite
(R) continue smoking
(S) the known health hazards?
- RSPQ
- RPQS
- RQPS
- RSPQ
DIRECTIONS[Q11 to Q20] : In each of the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words / sentence.
Q11. A government by the nobles
- Autocracy
- Democracy
- Aristocracy
- Bureaucracy
Q12. If FRAGRANCE is written as SBHSBODFG, how can IMPOSING be written?
- Agenda
- Schedule
- Excerpts
- Proceedings
Q13. A person who believes that pleasure is the chief good
- Sensual
- Epicure
- Stoic
- Hedonist
Q14. A process involving too much official formality
- Bureaucracy
- Red–tapism
- Diplomacy
- Nepotism
Q15. The custom ot having more than husband at the same time
- Bigamy
- Debauchery
- Polyandry
- Polygamy
Q16. Life history of a person written by another
- Biography
- Autobiography
- Memoir
- Bibliography
Q17. To cause troops etc. to spread out in readiness for battle
- Disperse
- Collocate
- Deploy
- Align
Q18. A person who has no money to pay off his debts
- Pauper
- Beggar
- Debtor
- Insolvent
Q19. Commencement of words with the same letter
- Alliteration
- Oxymoron
- Rhyme
- Pun
Q20. To send an unwanted person out of the country
- Expatriate
- Doport
- Ostracise
- Exclude
-:ANSWERS:-
1.ANSWER:C
2.ANSWER:D
3.ANSWER:C
4.ANSWER:C
5.ANSWER:A
6.ANSWER:C
7.ANSWER:D
8.ANSWER:C
9.ANSWER:A
10.ANSWER:B
11.ANSWER:C
12.ANSWER:A
13.ANSWER:D
14.ANSWER:B
15.ANSWER:C
16.ANSWER:A
17.ANSWER:C
18.ANSWER:D
19.ANSWER:A
20.ANSWER:B
