General English Grammar Mock Test/ Quiz- 4

Directions (01-05): In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which is numbered. These numbers are again printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested. One of which fits the blank appropriately in the context of the whole passage. Find out the appropriate words:

The merchant princes and others who made Madras the Queen of the Coromandel, those who   (1)     the foundations for the    (2)    metropolis of today, how are they ever to be remembered? Will we ever teach their history in our schools of tomorrow? I     (3)      because buildings even more important than these are being allowed to    (4)     despite court orders and promises of restoration, including     (5)     of funds but more of that anon.

Find blank no.    (4)   

In the following questions, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Find the incorrectly spelt word.

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word and mark it as your answer.

Vouchsafe

Improve the Underlined part of the sentence.

I am glad to hear that you narrowly escaped being run over by a speeding car yesterday.

Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning:

He and his friend are sailing in the same boat.

Improve the Underlined part of the sentence.

You are asked to copy this letter word by word.

Directions (01-05): In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which is numbered. These numbers are again printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested. One of which fits the blank appropriately in the context of the whole passage. Find out the appropriate words:

The merchant princes and others who made Madras the Queen of the Coromandel, those who   (1)     the foundations for the    (2)    metropolis of today, how are they ever to be remembered? Will we ever teach their history in our schools of tomorrow? I     (3)      because buildings even more important than these are being allowed to    (4)     despite court orders and promises of restoration, including     (5)     of funds but more of that anon.

Find blank no.    (1)   

Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning.

When he went to claim insurance for his car, the agent said he hadn’t a leg to stand on.

Directions (01-05): In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which is numbered. These numbers are again printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested. One of which fits the blank appropriately in the context of the whole passage. Find out the appropriate words:

The merchant princes and others who made Madras the Queen of the Coromandel, those who   (1)     the foundations for the    (2)    metropolis of today, how are they ever to be remembered? Will we ever teach their history in our schools of tomorrow? I     (3)      because buildings even more important than these are being allowed to    (4)     despite court orders and promises of restoration, including     (5)     of funds but more of that anon.

Find blank no.    (3)   

Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word and mark it as your answer.

Ignominy

Improve the Underlined part of the sentence.

The weak man is a slave to his sensuous pleasures.

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word and mark it as your answer.

Promiscuous

What is the Synonym of the following word.

Morose

What is the Synonym of the following word.

Demure

Choose the word Opposite in meaning to the given word and mark it as your answer.

Scrupulous

Choose the correct preposition or set of prepositions as demanded by the question.

The functions of Parliament are not only _____ in nature, but considerable in volume.

Choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.

One who journeys from place to place.

Directions (01-05): In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which is numbered. These numbers are again printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested. One of which fits the blank appropriately in the context of the whole passage. Find out the appropriate words:

The merchant princes and others who made Madras the Queen of the Coromandel, those who   (1)     the foundations for the    (2)    metropolis of today, how are they ever to be remembered? Will we ever teach their history in our schools of tomorrow? I     (3)      because buildings even more important than these are being allowed to    (4)     despite court orders and promises of restoration, including     (5)     of funds but more of that anon.

Find blank no.    (5)   

Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning.

The teacher’s announcement to conduct a snap test came as a bolt from the blue to many students.

Choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.

Belief that God is in everything and that everything is God.

Select the word with the correct spelling.

Directions (01-05): In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which is numbered. These numbers are again printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested. One of which fits the blank appropriately in the context of the whole passage. Find out the appropriate words:

The merchant princes and others who made Madras the Queen of the Coromandel, those who   (1)     the foundations for the    (2)    metropolis of today, how are they ever to be remembered? Will we ever teach their history in our schools of tomorrow? I     (3)      because buildings even more important than these are being allowed to    (4)     despite court orders and promises of restoration, including     (5)     of funds but more of that anon.

Find blank no.    (2)   

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which canbe substituted for the given words/sentence.

An insect with many legs is called.

Choose the correct preposition or set of prepositions as demanded by the question.

The medium and long term goals will continue this process to ____ the pace of demographic transition and achieve population stabilization.