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1. Active Passive Voice

In these questions a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested below, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

At night, lock the outer gate.

2. Sentence Error

Each consecutive underlined section corresponds with an answer choice. Select the choice that has an error, or select choice E for no error.

Every employee of the company were given a two bedroom flat as Diwali bonus.

3. Synonym

Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.

INDELIBLE

4. Spelling Error

Choose the incorrectly spelt word out of the given alternatives.

Select wrongly spelt word

5. Cloze Test

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case. <br><br> Pigeon racing has become increasingly popular in parts of China (1) the country's elite and its middle class. Sun Yan, the deputy general- secretary of Beijing Racing Pigeons Association,(2) that at least 100,000 pigeon breeders live in Beijing, and (3) 90,000 of them are registered with Racing Pigeons Associations at (4) levels, to qualify for the games held in the spring and autumn. Competitions can be lucrative for (5) owners, with some prizes amounting to tens of thousands of dollars. Liu said in recent years, pigeon racing has been surging in popularity across China.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 1.

6. Cloze Test

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case. <br><br> Pigeon racing has become increasingly popular in parts of China (1) the country's elite and its middle class. Sun Yan, the deputy general- secretary of Beijing Racing Pigeons Association,(2) that at least 100,000 pigeon breeders live in Beijing, and (3) 90,000 of them are registered with Racing Pigeons Associations at (4) levels, to qualify for the games held in the spring and autumn. Competitions can be lucrative for (5) owners, with some prizes amounting to tens of thousands of dollars. Liu said in recent years, pigeon racing has been surging in popularity across China.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 2.

7. Cloze Test

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case. <br><br> Pigeon racing has become increasingly popular in parts of China (1) the country's elite and its middle class. Sun Yan, the deputy general- secretary of Beijing Racing Pigeons Association,(2) that at least 100,000 pigeon breeders live in Beijing, and (3) 90,000 of them are registered with Racing Pigeons Associations at (4) levels, to qualify for the games held in the spring and autumn. Competitions can be lucrative for (5) owners, with some prizes amounting to tens of thousands of dollars. Liu said in recent years, pigeon racing has been surging in popularity across China.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 3.

8. Cloze Test

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case. <br><br> Pigeon racing has become increasingly popular in parts of China (1) the country's elite and its middle class. Sun Yan, the deputy general- secretary of Beijing Racing Pigeons Association,(2) that at least 100,000 pigeon breeders live in Beijing, and (3) 90,000 of them are registered with Racing Pigeons Associations at (4) levels, to qualify for the games held in the spring and autumn. Competitions can be lucrative for (5) owners, with some prizes amounting to tens of thousands of dollars. Liu said in recent years, pigeon racing has been surging in popularity across China.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 4

9. Cloze Test

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case. <br><br> Pigeon racing has become increasingly popular in parts of China (1) the country's elite and its middle class. Sun Yan, the deputy general- secretary of Beijing Racing Pigeons Association,(2) that at least 100,000 pigeon breeders live in Beijing, and (3) 90,000 of them are registered with Racing Pigeons Associations at (4) levels, to qualify for the games held in the spring and autumn. Competitions can be lucrative for (5) owners, with some prizes amounting to tens of thousands of dollars. Liu said in recent years, pigeon racing has been surging in popularity across China.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 5.

10. Fill in the blank

Fill in the blanks/blank with suitable pair of words/word from the options given below to make a meaningful sentence.

The burning of the effigy of Ravana on Dussehra ______ the burning of all evils.

11. Fill in the blank

Fill in the blanks/blank with suitable pair of words/word from the options given below to make a meaningful sentence.

The burning of the effigy of Ravana on Dussehra ____ the burning of all evils.

12. Idiom

Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.

Give someone the cold shoulder

13. Spelling Error

Choose the incorrectly spelt word out of the given alternatives.

Select wrongly spelt word

14. Antonym

Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

EMINENT

15. Fill in the blank

Fill in the blanks/blank with suitable pair of words/word from the options given below to make a meaningful sentence.

There is hope that better forestry management will help in the _____ of the wild life that is constantly facing threat because of increasing human activities.

16. Para Jumbled

Rearrange the following four sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), and (D) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

A. Mango, the so-called "king of fruits", is something of a national obsession in India.<br> B. There was a bumper crop of mangoes in different states. <br> C. It resulted in prices coming down and sales going up - much to the delight of buyers and sellers alike. <br> D. 2017 proved to be a very good year for mango lovers.

17. One word substitution

Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

An enclosure to keep the birds in

18. Sentence Error

Each consecutive underlined section corresponds with an answer choice. Select the choice that has an error, or select choice E for no error.

Cyclone Idai is regarded as one of the worst tropical cyclone on record to affect Africa and the Southern Hemisphere as a whole.

19. Antonym

Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

AGONY

20. Synonym

Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.

TRIUMPH

21. Active Passive Voice

In these questions a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested below, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

Their children were brought up with great care.

22. Idiom

Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.

An inscription on a tombstone written in memory of the deceased

23. Para Jumbled

Rearrange the following four sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), and (D) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

A. Around 600 million of them live in areas of high to extreme water stress. <br> B. India is suffering from the worst water crisis, with one billion people living in water scarcity. <br> C. This is even more than that of China and US combined. <br> D. The reason is that at 24 per cent, India uses the most groundwater drawn out globally.

24. Question

Sentence improvement question

If you listen to the English news, <strong>it improve</strong> your English.

25. Idiom

Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.

Pull yourself together

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