Enhance your English skills with these carefully curated practice questions. This set focuses on improving grammar, vocabulary, and comprehension. Designed to help you succeed in exams like WBCS, CGL/CHSL/MTS & WBP/KP Constable, and more!
1. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given option pick the one that gives their correct order.
P. The specific gravity of the human body and water are almost identical.
Q. The immersion depth of an object depends on its specific gravity relative to the liquid.
R. On exhalation, the specific gravity increases slightly due to a decrease in body volume, and a person sinks a little.
S. But on an inhalation, the body weight becomes slightly less, and one can lie motionless on the surface of a lake, much less a salty sea.
(A) PQSR (B) PQRS
(C) QPRS (D) QPSR
2. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
With flying colours
(A) to express mixed feelings
(B) to be very happy
(C) to do something very successfully
(D) to be very angry
3. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
Someone who leaves his country in order to live permanently in another country
(A) Immigrant (B) Indigenous
(C) Emigrant (D) Tourist
4. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Propensity
(A) culmination (B) assertion
(C) inclination (D) causation
5. In the following question, a sentence is given with a phrase or idiom in brackets. Select the option given below that can replace the bracketed phrase.
I want to (brush off) my communication skills before the interview.
(A) brush out (B) brush up
(C) brush away (D) No improvement
6. Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
He said to me, “I have already watched the movie.”
(A) He told me that I have already watched the movie.
(B) He told me that I had already watched the movie.
(C) He told me that he has already watched the movie.
(D) He told me that he had already watched the movie.
7. In each of the questions below, an idiom is given, followed by four options. Select the option that gives the correct meaning of the idiom.
Cut to the chase
(A) to get to the point
(B) to start something new
(C) end in a worrisome situation
(D) unburden oneself
8. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
Someone who lives in solitude
(A) recluse (B) polyglot
(C) cosmopolitan (D) cannibal
9. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given option pick the one that gives their correct order.
P. The specific gravity of the human body and water are almost identical.
Q. The immersion depth of an object depends on its specific gravity relative to the liquid.
R. On exhalation, the specific gravity increases slightly due to a decrease in body volume, and a person sinks a little.
S. But on an inhalation, the body weight becomes slightly less, and one can lie motionless on the surface of a lake, much less a salty sea.
(A) PQSR (B) PQRS
(C) QPRS (D) QPSR
10. In the following question, one part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select option D, i.e. ‘No error’.
Young people frequent expressed themselves (A)/ through rebellions, most often by (B)/ running away from school. (C)/ No error (D)
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
1. Answer: (D)
Clearly, Q is the first statement as it introduces the topic – immersion depth of an object. Hence, options A and B can be eliminated. P should be the second statement as it provides further information related to ‘specific gravity’ mentioned in Q. SR follow as a pair by telling us what happens to the specific gravity of the body during inhalation and exhalation: S should come first, followed by R as S contains the conjunction BUT to link it with the previous sentences. QPSR is the correct sequence. Thus, D is the right answer.
2. Answer: (C)
To do something WITH FLYING COLOURS means to do it very well or very successfully. Thus, C is the right answer.
3. Answer: (C)
The word EMIGRANT is used to describe someone who leaves his or her country to live permanently in another. Thus, C is the right answer.
The remaining options are contextually correct.
IMMIGRANT – someone who comes from a foreign country to settle in another country.
INDIGENOUS – native.
TOURIST – a person who visits places for pleasure and interest.
4. Answer: (C)
The word ‘propensity’ refers to the natural tendency to behave in a certain way. The word ‘inclination’ refers to the feeling of wanting to orc liking to do something in a particular way. Thus, C is the right answer.
Culmination – ending. Assertion – claim. Causation – the reason behind something.
5. Answer: (B)
BRUSH UP (polish; perfect) will fit here contextually as the sentence tells us how the speaker wants to improve his communication skills prior to the interview. Thus, B is the right answer.
Brush off – dismiss. BRUSH OUT and BRUSH AWAY are grammatically incorrect.
6. Answer: (D)
The sentence is in direct speech. Follow the instructions to change the sentence to indirect speech:
I. Remove the comma and inverted commas.
II. SAID TO will be replaced by TOLD. Add THAT after the reporting speech clause, “HE TOLD ME.”
III. The present perfect tense construction HAVE ALREADY WATCHED will change to the past perfect tense construction HAD ALREADY WATCHED.
IV. The first person pronoun I in the reported speech will change to the third person pronoun HE.
Thus, D is the right answer.
7. Answer: (A)
The idiom CUT TO THE CHASE means to get to the point. Thus, A is the right answer.
None of the other options correctly conveys the meaning of the idiom.
8. Answer: (A)
A person who lives in solitude is known as a RECLUSE. Thus, A is the right answer.
Polyglot – one who speaks many languages. Cosmopolitan – one who considers himself as a citizen of the whole world. Cannibal – one who eats human flesh.
9. Answer: (D)
Clearly, Q is the first statement as it introduces the topic – immersion depth of an object. Hence, options A and B can be eliminated. P should be the second statement as it provides further information related to ‘specific gravity’ mentioned in Q. SR follow as a pair by telling us what happens to the specific gravity of the body during inhalation and exhalation: S should come first, followed by R as S contains the conjunction BUT to link it with the previous sentences. QPSR is the correct sequence. Thus, D is the right answer.
10. Answer: (A)
The error is in part A. The adjective FREQUENT should be replaced with the adverb FREQUENTLY as it is being used to modify the verb EXPRESSED. Thus, A is the right answer.
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