English Language Test

Direction  (1-3) : In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, "No error" option.

(1): If you permit me to speak the truth / I shall state without hesitation / that you have dona a mistake./No error 

(2) I succeeded persuading him / to come with me / only after hours of argument./No error 

(3) Vermin / does much harm / to crops./No error 

Answer- (1) remove done and use made

(2) Succeeded in is correct use 

(3) Remove Does in 2nd part 

Direction (4-6): The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate words. Four alternatives are suggested for each question.For each question, choose the correct alternative and mark corresponding to it. 

(4) Light is ---------than sound 

(a) faster

(b) more faster 

(c) sounder 

(d) lighter 

(5) The man -----for the purpose never did what was expected of him.

(a) supplied 

(b) favoured 

(c) employed 

(d) cited 

(6) There was a serious ----between the two brothers. 

(a) altercation

(b) alteration 

(c) aberration 

(d) altieration 

Answer: 

(4) faster 

(5) employed 

(6) altercation 

Direction:(7-9): 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 mark corresponding to it. 

(7) To give oneself airs 

(a) Space to breathe 

(b) Time ]

(c) Acting strange 

(d) Behaving arrogantly 

(8) At a stone's throw 

(a) at a short distance 

(b) at a place where quarrels take place 

(c) at a great distance 

(d) a quarry 

(9) Bone of contention 

(a) A delicious non-vegetarian item 

(b) An item which made them content 

(c) A link between them 

(d) cause of quarrel 

Answer:

(7) Behaving arrogantly 

(8) At a short distance 

(9) Cause for quarrel 

 

Direction (10-12): In these questions out of the four alternations, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and mark corresponds to it. 

(10) A person who has lost the protection of the law

(a) Outlaw 

(b) Immigrant 

(c) Outcast 

(d) Orphan 

 

(11) Falsification of documents etc. 

(a) Xeroxing 

(b) Forgery 

(c) Laminating 

(d) Copying 

 

 (12) To make atonement for one's sins

(a) Expiate 

(b) Renounce 

(c) Remonstrate 

(d) Recant 

Answer: 

(10) Outcast 

(11) Forgery 

(12) Expiate