English Comprehension Question Papers
02nd September-2016 (Shift-2)
Question 76.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.
MASTICATE
Options:
1) CHEW
2) CHOKE
3) BITE
4) SWALLOW
Correct Answer: CHEW
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.
FEROCIOUS
Options:
1) MILD
2) SWEET
3) BRUTAL
4) WILD
Correct Answer: MILD
Question 78.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) Alleviate
2) Allaviate
3) Alliveate
4) Allaevate
Correct Answer: Alleviate
Question 79.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.
The reason Janet came dressed (A) / as Lady Gaga was because she’d been told (B) / it was a costume party (C) / No error (D).
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: B
Question 80.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.
The path to (A) / the famous church passes (B) / through a forest (C) / No error (D).
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: D
Question 81.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.
A first European sailor (A) / who came to India (B) / was Vasco-da-Gama (C) / No error (D).
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: A
Question 82.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.
Legislation was passed to punish brokers who ________ their client’s funds.
Options:
1) devastate
2) devour
3) defalcate
4) dawdle
Correct Answer: defalcate
Question 83.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.
His father was _________ the same business.
Options:
1) managing over
2) engaged in
3) endowed with
4) enlisted in
Correct Answer: engaged in
Question 84.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.
It is due to this lethargy that the plan fell _____
Options:
1) off
2) out
3) through
4) away
Correct Answer: through
Question 85.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.
Bad blood
Options:
1) Shooting
2) Anaemia
3) Enmity
4) Mourning
Correct Answer: Enmity
Question 86.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 beat about the bush
Options:
1) To try to win favours
2) To talk well
3) To talk about relevant things
4) To talk about irrelevant things
Correct Answer: To talk about irrelevant things
Question 87.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.
Maiden speech
Options:
1) Bachelor’s speech
2) First speech
3) Last speech
4) Extempore speech
Correct Answer: First speech
Question 88.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 place where money is coined.
Options:
1) Bank
2) Mint
3) Firm
4) Parliament
Correct Answer: Mint
Question 89.Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
The process by means of which plants and animals breathe.
Options:
1) Respiration
2) Germination
3) Absorption
4) Transpiration
Correct Answer: Respiration
Question 90.Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
One who sneers at the aims and beliefs of his fellow men.
Options:
1) Critic
2) Connoisseur
3) Pedant
4) Cynic
Correct Answer: Cynic
Question 91.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”.
He started at the bottom rung of the ladder and then gained success.
Options:
1) bottom rung of the stair
2) lower rung of the ladder
3) lower rung of the stair
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: No improvement
Question 92.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 judge gave the verdict against the Government.
Options:
1) pronounced
2) declared
3) sentenced
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: pronounced
Question 93.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 fire service personnel put off the fire with much difficulty.
Options:
1) put on
2) put out
3) put away
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: put out
Question 94.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”.
He has the irritating habit of playing his own trumpet all the time.
Options:
1) blowing his own trumpet
2) pumping his own trumpet
3) bringing up his own trumpet
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: blowing his own trumpet
Question 95.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”.
His illness means he must resign his chairmanship impromptu.
Options:
1) fast
2) forthwith
3) earliest
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: forthwith
Question 96.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.
There is a growing parallel between India and Europe in terms of language policy and challenges of maintaining a balance between regional languages, minority languages and the rising demand for English.
The EU’s language policy promotes multinationalism and the idea that every EU citizen should learn and speak at least two foreign languages in addition to their mother tongue. In practice, the foreign language curriculum in European countries is dominated now by the need to learn English. So the defacto policy is that children should, in addition to the language of their member state, learn English and one other European language. English has become not only the language of business across Europe, but also the corporate language of many French, German, Dutch and Spanish enterprises.
The trend across Europe is for schools to begin teaching English in Class I, treating it as a basic skill rather than a foreign language. This trend began in earnest only after 2000. However, the methods to teach English are diverse – an increasingly popular trend is towards bilingual schools, which teach through more than one language medium.
There is a parallel between India and Europe as regards
Options:
1) language policy
2) trade policy
3) foreign policy
4) cultural policy
Correct Answer: language policy
Question 97.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.
There is a growing parallel between India and Europe in terms of language policy and challenges of maintaining a balance between regional languages, minority languages and the rising demand for English.
The EU’s language policy promotes multinationalism and the idea that every EU citizen should learn and speak at least two foreign languages in addition to their mother tongue. In practice, the foreign language curriculum in European countries is dominated now by the need to learn English. So the defacto policy is that children should, in addition to the language of their member state, learn English and one other European language. English has become not only the language of business across Europe, but also the corporate language of many French, German, Dutch and Spanish enterprises.
The trend across Europe is for schools to begin teaching English in Class I, treating it as a basic skill rather than a foreign language. This trend began in earnest only after 2000. However, the methods to teach English are diverse – an increasingly popular trend is towards bilingual schools, which teach through more than one language medium.
According to the passage, the foreign language policy in the EU aims to foster.
Options:
1) English
2) Multilingualism
3) Bilingualism
4) Only native language
Correct Answer: Multilingualism
Question 98.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.
There is a growing parallel between India and Europe in terms of language policy and challenges of maintaining a balance between regional languages, minority languages and the rising demand for English.
The EU’s language policy promotes multinationalism and the idea that every EU citizen should learn and speak at least two foreign languages in addition to their mother tongue. In practice, the foreign language curriculum in European countries is dominated now by the need to learn English. So the defacto policy is that children should, in addition to the language of their member state, learn English and one other European language. English has become not only the language of business across Europe, but also the corporate language of many French, German, Dutch and Spanish enterprises.
The trend across Europe is for schools to begin teaching English in Class I, treating it as a basic skill rather than a foreign language. This trend began in earnest only after 2000. However, the methods to teach English are diverse – an increasingly popular trend is towards bilingual schools, which teach through more than one language medium.
The passage says that the rising demand for English in the EU is because of
Options:
1) immigrants
2) emigrants
3) Government policy
4) trade and commerce
Correct Answer: trade and commerce
Question 99.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.
There is a growing parallel between India and Europe in terms of language policy and challenges of maintaining a balance between regional languages, minority languages and the rising demand for English.
The EU’s language policy promotes multinationalism and the idea that every EU citizen should learn and speak at least two foreign languages in addition to their mother tongue. In practice, the foreign language curriculum in European countries is dominated now by the need to learn English. So the defacto policy is that children should, in addition to the language of their member state, learn English and one other European language. English has become not only the language of business across Europe, but also the corporate language of many French, German, Dutch and Spanish enterprises.
The trend across Europe is for schools to begin teaching English in Class I, treating it as a basic skill rather than a foreign language. This trend began in earnest only after 2000. However, the methods to teach English are diverse – an increasingly popular trend is towards bilingual schools, which teach through more than one language medium.
EU schools regard English as
Options:
1) a foreign language
2) a difficult language
3) a basic skill
4) an adult skill
Correct Answer: a basic skill
Question 100.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.
There is a growing parallel between India and Europe in terms of language policy and challenges of maintaining a balance between regional languages, minority languages and the rising demand for English.
The EU’s language policy promotes multinationalism and the idea that every EU citizen should learn and speak at least two foreign languages in addition to their mother tongue. In practice, the foreign language curriculum in European countries is dominated now by the need to learn English. So the defacto policy is that children should, in addition to the language of their member state, learn English and one other European language. English has become not only the language of business across Europe, but also the corporate language of many French, German, Dutch and Spanish enterprises.
The trend across Europe is for schools to begin teaching English in Class I, treating it as a basic skill rather than a foreign language. This trend began in earnest only after 2000. However, the methods to teach English are diverse – an increasingly popular trend is towards bilingual schools, which teach through more than one language medium.
In Europe the usual pattern is that
Options:
1) children should study English late in life
2) children should start learning English from class I
3) children may not study English when they are at school
4) children ought to study English just as a lingua franca
Correct Answer: children should start learning English from class I