English Comprehension Question Papers
28 August-2016 (Shift-2)
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.
ENIGMA
Options:
1) ATTRACTIVE
2) RIDDLE
3) FLARE-UP
4) DREAM
Correct Answer: RIDDLE
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.
INERTIA
Options:
1) STUPOR
2) VIGOUR
3) LANGUOR
4) INERTNESS
Correct Answer: VIGOUR
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) Pious
2) Pios
3) Pieos
4) Piuos
Correct Answer: Pious
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.
Each child (A) / was given a (B) / red beautiful balloon. (C) / No error (D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: C
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.
She has had the best medical facilities available (A) / but she will not be cured (B) / unless she does not have a b desire to live (C) / No error (D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: C
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.
As if aware of my condition (A) / the infuriated bird suddenly doubled back on its course (B) / and charged straight after me (C) / No error (D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: C
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.
The passengers were afraid but the captain ___________ them that there was no danger.
Options:
1) suggested
2) pleaded
3) advise
4) assured
Correct Answer: assured
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.
I insisted ________ his leaving the place.
Options:
1) on
2) about
3) in
4) with
Correct Answer: on
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.
Please don’t ________ me when I’m speaking.
Options:
1) interrupted
2) interrupts
3) interrupt
4) interrupting
Correct Answer: interrupt
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.
Beat around the bush
Options:
1) Walk around the forest
2) Clean the bushy areas
3) Avoiding the main topic
4) Play around the forest
Correct Answer: Avoiding the main topic
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.
Make room
Options:
1) Clean the room
2) Make space
3) Attain the room
4) Make a clean sweep
Correct Answer: Make space
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.
Mend your ways
Options:
1) Happy with one’s behaviour
2) Sad with one’s behaviour
3) Destroy one’s behaviour
4) Improve one’s behaviour
Correct Answer: Improve one’s behaviour
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 record of one’s own life written by oneself
Options:
1) History
2) Biography
3) Bibliography
4) Autobiography
Correct Answer: Autobiography
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.
Belong to the same period
Options:
1) Comrades
2) Contemporaries
3) Compromises
4) Renegades
Correct Answer: Contemporaries
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 listens secretly to private conversation
Options:
1) Eavesdropper
2) Encroacher
3) Eaves bearer
4) Listener
Correct Answer: Eavesdropper
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”.
You must complete this work up to Sunday.
Options:
1) within Sunday
2) by Sunday
3) on to Sunday
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: by Sunday
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”.
Hole wheat bread is good for health.
Options:
1) Whole
2) Healthy
3) Holed
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: Whole
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”.
She has no pen to write.
Options:
1) write with
2) write at
3) write in
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: write with
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 dislikes the word, isn’t he?
Options:
1) doesn’t he?
2) didn’t he?
3) does he?
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: doesn’t he?
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”.
He is one of those who likes to help others.
Options:
1) those persons who like to help others
2) those who like to help the other
3) those who like to help others
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: No improvement
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.
Crude mineral oil comes out of the earth as a thick brown or black liquid with a b smell. It is a complex mixture of many different substances, each with its own individual qualities. Most of them are combinations of hydrogen and carbon in varying proportions. Such hydrocarbons are also found in other forms such as bitumen, asphalt, and natural gas. Mineral oil originates from the carcasses of tiny animals and from plants that live in the sea. Over millions of years, these dead creatures form large deposits under sea-bed and ocean currents cover them with a blanket of sand and silt. As this material hardens, it becomes sedimentary rock and effectively shuts out the oxygen, thus preventing the complete decomposition of the marine deposits underneath. The layers of sedimentary rocks become thicker and heavier. Their pressure produces heat, which transforms the tiny carcasses into crude oil in a process that is still going on today.
96. How does crude oil come out of the earth?
Options:
1) Thick brown or black liquid with mild smell
2) Thick red brown liquid with b smell
3) Mixture of different colours
4) Thick brown or black liquid with a b smell
Correct Answer: Thick brown or black liquid with a b smell
97. What is crude mineral oil?
Options:
1) Complex mixture of many different substances
2) Simple mixture of natural gas
3) Plain white oil
4) It is bitumen
Correct Answer: Complex mixture of many different substances
98.From where does mineral oil originate?
Options:
1) Complex mixture of substances
2) Carcasses of tiny animals and plants that live in the sea
3) From lakes
4) Only from plants
Correct Answer: Carcasses of tiny animals and plants that live in the sea
99. The time taken for the marine deposits to harden into rocks is
Options:
1) a few centuries
2) millions of years
3) a few decades
4) thousands of years
Correct Answer: millions of years
100. Sedimentary rocks leads to the formation of oil deposits because
Options:
1) their pressure produces heat and turns deposits of animal carcasses and plants into oil.
2) it turns heavy and shuts out the oxygen
3) it becomes hard and forms into rocks to squeeze oil
4) it becomes light and soft and applies pressure to produce oil
Correct Answer: their pressure produces heat and turns deposits of animal carcasses and plants into oil.