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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.Who has broken the window? Answer: C. By whom has the window been broken? Answer: (C) By whom has the window been broken? “Who” becomes “By whom”. The question form is... Active and passive voice 1 answer
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.ANCIENT Answer: D. Modern Answer: (D) Modern Ancient = very old. Its opposite is modern. Antique, archaic and old are synonyms. Antonyms 1 answer
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.Public transport is the backbone of any large city. A single bus can carry as many people as forty cars, (… Answer: D. while Answer: (D) while The bus carries many people while (at the same time as) taking up little space. “Despite” would need a co... Cloze test 1 answer
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.She said, “I am reading a novel.” Answer: A. She said that she was reading a novel. Answer: (A) She said that she was reading a novel. Reporting verb in the past: “I” becomes... Direct and indirect speech 1 answer
The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error.He did not / went to school / yesterday / because of fever. Answer: B. went to school Answer: (B) went to school After the auxiliary “did”, the main verb takes its base form. Correct: “He did not go t... Error spotting 1 answer
The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error.He gave me / many advices / before / I left for Delhi. Answer: B. many advices Answer: (B) many advices “Advice” is an uncountable noun: it has no plural and does not take “many”. Correct: “He ga... Error spotting 1 answer
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.The two brothers divided the property ______ themselves. Answer: D. between Answer: (D) between “Between” is used for two people or things; “among” for more than two. Two brothers → between. Fill in the blanks 1 answer
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.The teacher, along with her students, ______ gone on an educational trip. Answer: C. has Answer: (C) has Words joined by “along with / as well as / together with” do not change the number of the subject. The subjec... Fill in the blanks 1 answer
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.The new rules will ______ effect from the first of next month. Answer: A. take Answer: (A) take The fixed expression is “take effect”, meaning come into force. Fill in the blanks 1 answer
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.To bite off more than one can chew Answer: A. To take on a task bigger than one can manage Answer: (A) To take on a task bigger than one can manage To bite off more than one c... Idioms and phrases 1 answer
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.To cry over spilt milk Answer: B. To regret something that cannot be undone Answer: (B) To regret something that cannot be undone Crying over spilt milk = being up... Idioms and phrases 1 answer
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.One who does not believe in the existence of God Answer: B. Atheist Answer: (B) Atheist An atheist denies that God exists. A theist believes in God, an agnostic holds that God's existence c... One-word substitution 1 answer
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.The life story of a person written by that person Answer: D. Autobiography Answer: (D) Autobiography Auto = self: an autobiography is written by the person himself or herself. A biography is... One-word substitution 1 answer
Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows.Not long ago, millets such as ragi, jowar and bajra were dismissed as ‘coarse grains’, the food of those who could not afford rice or wheat. Today they appear on restaurant menus and in… Answer: A. As the food of people who could not afford rice or wheat Answer: (A) As the food of people who could not afford rice or wheat The... Reading comprehension 1 answer
Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined part of the sentence.He insisted to go there alone. Answer: B. insisted on going Answer: (B) insisted on going “Insist” takes the preposition “on” followed by a gerund: He insisted on going th... Sentence improvement 1 answer
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.DILIGENT Answer: C. Hardworking Answer: (C) Hardworking Diligent = showing steady care and effort, i.e. hardworking. Lazy and careless are opposites. Synonyms 1 answer
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.The teacher praised the students. Answer: B. The students were praised by the teacher. Answer: (B) The students were praised by the teacher. Simple past active (praised) beco... Active and passive voice 1 answer
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.FRUGAL Answer: D. Extravagant Answer: (D) Extravagant Frugal = careful and sparing with money or food. Its opposite is extravagant (spending too mu... Antonyms 1 answer
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.Rainwater harvesting is one of the simplest ways to (1)____ the water crisis in our cities. Rain that fall… Answer: A. tackle Answer: (A) tackle “One of the simplest ways to tackle (deal with) the water crisis”. The other words give the opposite or... Cloze test 1 answer
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.He said to me, “Where are you going?” Answer: B. He asked me where I was going. Answer: (B) He asked me where I was going. For a wh-question: “said to” becomes “asked”, no “that”... Direct and indirect speech 1 answer
The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error.Each of the students / have submitted / the project report / before the deadline. Answer: B. have submitted Answer: (B) have submitted “Each of + plural noun” takes a singular verb. Correct: “Each of the students has submi... Error spotting 1 answer
The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error.If I would have known / about the meeting, / I would have / attended it. Answer: A. If I would have known Answer: (A) If I would have known In a past unreal condition the if-clause takes the past perfect, not “wou... Error spotting 1 answer
The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error.Unless you do not / work hard, / you will not / pass the exam. Answer: A. Unless you do not Answer: (A) Unless you do not “Unless” already means “if not”, so it must not be followed by another “not”. Cor... Error spotting 1 answer
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.The old man was ______ of all charges after the court found no evidence against him. Answer: A. acquitted Answer: (A) acquitted To acquit someone of a charge = to declare them not guilty. “Accused of all charges” contradicts... Fill in the blanks 1 answer

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