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1. Question

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.<br><br> Seoul's city government is asking people for help to correct poorly translated street sings-with prizes on offer for (1) __who spot the most errors. It's running (2) __two-week campaign calling on Koreans and foreigners (3) __to keep their eyes peeled for (4) __in English, Japanese and Chinese text, the Korea Times reports. There's a (5)__ focus on public transport signs, maps and information signs at historic sites, as part of a drive to improve the experience of foreign tourists in the South Korean capital.

Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 1

2. Question

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.<br><br> Seoul's city government is asking people for help to correct poorly translated street sings-with prizes on offer for (1) __who spot the most errors. It's running (2) __two-week campaign calling on Koreans and foreigners (3) __to keep their eyes peeled for (4) __in English, Japanese and Chinese text, the Korea Times reports. There's a (5)__ focus on public transport signs, maps and information signs at historic sites, as part of a drive to improve the experience of foreign tourists in the South Korean capital.

Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 2

3. Question

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.<br><br> Seoul's city government is asking people for help to correct poorly translated street sings-with prizes on offer for (1) __who spot the most errors. It's running (2) __two-week campaign calling on Koreans and foreigners (3) __to keep their eyes peeled for (4) __in English, Japanese and Chinese text, the Korea Times reports. There's a (5)__ focus on public transport signs, maps and information signs at historic sites, as part of a drive to improve the experience of foreign tourists in the South Korean capital.

Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 3

4. Question

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.<br><br> Seoul's city government is asking people for help to correct poorly translated street sings-with prizes on offer for (1) __who spot the most errors. It's running (2) __two-week campaign calling on Koreans and foreigners (3) __to keep their eyes peeled for (4) __in English, Japanese and Chinese text, the Korea Times reports. There's a (5)__ focus on public transport signs, maps and information signs at historic sites, as part of a drive to improve the experience of foreign tourists in the South Korean capital.

Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 4

5. Question

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.<br><br> Seoul's city government is asking people for help to correct poorly translated street sings-with prizes on offer for (1) __who spot the most errors. It's running (2) __two-week campaign calling on Koreans and foreigners (3) __to keep their eyes peeled for (4) __in English, Japanese and Chinese text, the Korea Times reports. There's a (5)__ focus on public transport signs, maps and information signs at historic sites, as part of a drive to improve the experience of foreign tourists in the South Korean capital.

Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 5

6. Question

Select the synonym of the given word.

COERCE

7. Question

In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

We had to decline several orders in case that the production was held up due to labour strike.

8. Question

Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank

His company has the _____ of producing the best cricket balls in the country.

9. Question

Select the antonym of the given word.

EXPANSION

10. Question

Select the antonym of the given word.

SCARCE

11. Question

Select the wrongly spelt word.

12. Question

Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

Around sixty bands in colourful____took part in the Notting Hill Carnival.

13. Question

Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

A person, animal or plant much below the usual height

14. Question

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bold segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select "no improvement".

The workers of this textile factory <strong>demand higher wages</strong> for a long time.

15. Question

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bold segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select "no improvement".

If you park your car here, the traffic police <strong>has fined you</strong>

16. Question

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A. The cafe's owner says he's interested in conservation, and hopes customers will realise the animals are worth saving, even though they often have a bad reputation.<br> B. None of them are venomous, meaning customers can get up close and personal with the reptiles. <br> C. Here you sip your drink in the company of 35 snakes. <br> D. This café, which has just opened in Tokyo, is not for the faint-hearted.

17. Question

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A. An environmental group performed a necropsy on the animal and found about 40 kilograms of plastic, including grocery bags and rice sacks.<br> B. A 4.7-metre long whale died on Saturday in Philippines where it was stranded a day earlier. <br> C. "It is very disgusting and heartbreaking," he said. "We've done necropsies on 61 dolphins and whales in the last 10 years and this is one of the biggest amounts of plastic we've seen." <br> D. "The animal died from starvation and was unable to eat because of the trash filling its stomach," said Darrell Blatchley, Director of D'Bone Collector Museum Inc.

18. Question

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To play ducks and drakes

19. Question

In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

Cyclone Idai killed at least 157 people in Zimbabwe and Mozambique although it tore across southern Africa.

20. Question

Select the correct active form of the given sentence.

Every passing vehicle was being thoroughly checked by the guards.

21. Question

Select the wrongly spelt word

22. Question

Select the synonym of the give word

CHRONIC

23. Question

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

At daggers drawn

24. Question

Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

A student who idly or without excuse absents himself/herself from school

25. Question

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

Do not buy medicines without the doctor's prescription.

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