English Comprehension Question Papers
27th August-2016 (Shift-1)
Question 76.Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.
Options:
1) Conniosseur
2) Connoisseur
3) Connossieur
4) Connosseiur
Correct Answer: Connoisseur
Question 77.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.
SOOTHE
Options:
1) QUENCH
2) MITIGATE
3) HEAL
4) AGITATE
Correct Answer: AGITATE
Question 78.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.
DEVASTATION
Options:
1) DESTRUCTION
2) CONSTRUCTION
3) SEPARATION
4) FRUSTRATION
Correct Answer: DESTRUCTION
Question 79.Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
An exact copy
Options:
1) Facsimile
2) Twin
3) Mirror
4) Clone
Correct Answer: Facsimile
Question 80.Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
To give money to agents for sales.
Options:
1) Salary
2) Commission
3) Fee
4) Incentive
Correct Answer: Commission
Question 81.Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
A person who is working in the same institution.
Options:
1) Guide
2) Collector
3) Captain
4) Colleague
Correct Answer: Colleague
Question 82.In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.
Cat-nap
Options:
1) Rest
2) Fitful sleep
3) Long sleep
4) Short sleep
Correct Answer: Short sleep
Question 83.In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.
To pull a long face
Options:
1) Looked happily
2) Looked surprised
3) Looked sad
4) Looked calm
Correct Answer: Looked sad
Question 84.In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.
Fit her like a glove.
Options:
1) Too large
2) Too shabby
3) Too tight
4) Perfectly
Correct Answer: Perfectly
Question 85.The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.
Health is too important to be ___________.
Options:
1) discarded
2) disposed
3) neglected
4) detested
Correct Answer: neglected
Question 86.The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.
I am _______________this crime.
Options:
1) ignorant on
2) innocent of
3) indebted to
4) ignoring
Correct Answer: innocent of
Question 87.The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.
I was _____________ paying the toll tax.
Options:
1) free from
2) exonerated from
3) exempted from
4) exposed to
Correct Answer: exempted from
Question 88.In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the “No error” option.
I used (A)/ a pair of black trousers (B) / for a week (C)/ No error (D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: A
Question 89.In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the “No error” option.
He has made a mistake (A)/ of which (B) / I am certain (C) / No error (D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: D
Question 90.In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the “No error” option.
He was not allowed (A) / for the teacher (B) / to read in a low voice (C) / no error (D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: B
Question 91.A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
My mom grew up in a traditional Chinese family in which open expressions of love were never encouraged. When she had me and my three siblings, she treated us with the same hard hand. It was not that she was a slave driver or anything, but she never openly showed affection. Instead, she demonstrated that she cared in more practical ways.
My parents couldn’t have been more different emotionally. My dad is a really open-hearted person who constantly showers us with hugs and kisses no matter the occasion. After much persuasion from him, my mother did try to change, but it was clear that she never felt quite right expressing her emotions. Eventually, she reverted to her old self.
The difference between my parents was never starker than whenever I brought home good test results from school. My dad would practically jump with joy, offering warm and affectionate words of congratulations, and my mother? “Ah, good, good” she would typically say with a tense smile etched on her face. “Do better next time, OK?”
I tried not to hold a grudge against her for being so reserved. That was just her way. I reasoned.
Why did the narrator not bear a grudge against her mother?
Options:
1) She felt that her mother had that kind of nature
2) She was satisfied with her father’s love
3) Her mother was incapable of loving
4) Her mother was angry with everyone
Correct Answer: She felt that her mother had that kind of nature
Question 92.A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
My mom grew up in a traditional Chinese family in which open expressions of love were never encouraged. When she had me and my three siblings, she treated us with the same hard hand. It was not that she was a slave driver or anything, but she never openly showed affection. Instead, she demonstrated that she cared in more practical ways.
My parents couldn’t have been more different emotionally. My dad is a really open-hearted person who constantly showers us with hugs and kisses no matter the occasion. After much persuasion from him, my mother did try to change, but it was clear that she never felt quite right expressing her emotions. Eventually, she reverted to her old self.
The difference between my parents was never starker than whenever I brought home good test results from school. My dad would practically jump with joy, offering warm and affectionate words of congratulations, and my mother? “Ah, good, good” she would typically say with a tense smile etched on her face. “Do better next time, OK?”
I tried not to hold a grudge against her for being so reserved. That was just her way. I reasoned.
The narrator’s mother reverted to her old self because
Options:
1) she fought with her husband
2) she did not feel comfortable in revealing her emotions
3) she was angry with the children
4) her husband wanted her to be her old self
Correct Answer: she did not feel comfortable in revealing her emotions
Question 93.A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
My mom grew up in a traditional Chinese family in which open expressions of love were never encouraged. When she had me and my three siblings, she treated us with the same hard hand. It was not that she was a slave driver or anything, but she never openly showed affection. Instead, she demonstrated that she cared in more practical ways.
My parents couldn’t have been more different emotionally. My dad is a really open-hearted person who constantly showers us with hugs and kisses no matter the occasion. After much persuasion from him, my mother did try to change, but it was clear that she never felt quite right expressing her emotions. Eventually, she reverted to her old self.
The difference between my parents was never starker than whenever I brought home good test results from school. My dad would practically jump with joy, offering warm and affectionate words of congratulations, and my mother? “Ah, good, good” she would typically say with a tense smile etched on her face. “Do better next time, OK?”
I tried not to hold a grudge against her for being so reserved. That was just her way. I reasoned.
The narrator’s mother didn’t appreciate the narrator’s results because
Options:
1) the marks were not good
2) the marks could be better
3) she wasn’t very expressive
4) she was tense
Correct Answer: she wasn’t very expressive
Question 94.A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
My mom grew up in a traditional Chinese family in which open expressions of love were never encouraged. When she had me and my three siblings, she treated us with the same hard hand. It was not that she was a slave driver or anything, but she never openly showed affection. Instead, she demonstrated that she cared in more practical ways.
My parents couldn’t have been more different emotionally. My dad is a really open-hearted person who constantly showers us with hugs and kisses no matter the occasion. After much persuasion from him, my mother did try to change, but it was clear that she never felt quite right expressing her emotions. Eventually, she reverted to her old self.
The difference between my parents was never starker than whenever I brought home good test results from school. My dad would practically jump with joy, offering warm and affectionate words of congratulations, and my mother? “Ah, good, good” she would typically say with a tense smile etched on her face. “Do better next time, OK?”
I tried not to hold a grudge against her for being so reserved. That was just her way. I reasoned.
How is the narrator’s dad different from her mother?
Options:
1) He is dark
2) He expresses his feelings openly
3) He dislikes children
4) He is persuasive in nature
Correct Answer: He expresses his feelings openly
Question 95.A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
My mom grew up in a traditional Chinese family in which open expressions of love were never encouraged. When she had me and my three siblings, she treated us with the same hard hand. It was not that she was a slave driver or anything, but she never openly showed affection. Instead, she demonstrated that she cared in more practical ways.
My parents couldn’t have been more different emotionally. My dad is a really open-hearted person who constantly showers us with hugs and kisses no matter the occasion. After much persuasion from him, my mother did try to change, but it was clear that she never felt quite right expressing her emotions. Eventually, she reverted to her old self.
The difference between my parents was never starker than whenever I brought home good test results from school. My dad would practically jump with joy, offering warm and affectionate words of congratulations, and my mother? “Ah, good, good” she would typically say with a tense smile etched on her face. “Do better next time, OK?”
I tried not to hold a grudge against her for being so reserved. That was just her way. I reasoned.
Why was the narrator’s mother not expressive of her love?
Options:
1) She was of Chinese origin
2) It was not her nature
3) She was a harsh person
4) The tradition at her home didn’t allow her.
Correct Answer: The tradition at her home didn’t allow her.
Question 96.A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.
Both of us had a different opinion about it.
Options:
1) Both of us has
2) Each of us had
3) Each of us have
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: Each of us had
Question 97.A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.
The trade union is hell bent at getting its demands fulfilled
Options:
1) hell bent in
2) hell bent about
3) hell bent on
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: hell bent on
Question 98.A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.
The police had to break the door to get in
Options:
1) to break up
2) to break in
3) to break down
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: to break down
Question 99.A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.
The plane landed and shot towards the airport
Options:
1) taxied
2) drove
3) wheeled
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: taxied
Question 100.A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.
After a hard days work, I just want to go home.
Options:
1) hard day’s work
2) hard days’ work
3) hard day work
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: hard day’s work