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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.

The wall of this park is being painted by children.

2. Idiom

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

Couch Potato

3. Idiom

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

Lead someone by the nose

4. Question

Sentence improvement question

You won't tell the secret, <strong>won't you</strong>

5. 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.

I know the cobbler which mends the shoes outside the gate of our colony.

6. Question

Sentence improvement question

The Head has been <strong>so busy to go through</strong> these files and resolve the matter.

7. Synonym

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

ENTICE

8. 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. In China, thousands of people celebrated it.<br> B. The Lunar New Year of the Pig began on 5th February. <br> C. Others burned the first joss sticks of the year to bring them good fortune. <br> D. Some performers reenacted historical ceremonies.

9. Antonym

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

FINITE

10. Spelling Error

Choose the incorrectly spelt word out of the given alternatives.

Select wrongly spelt word

11. Synonym

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

DUBIOUS

12. 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.

In many countries the _____ in pay for men and women is quite common, for example, in Germany women are paid 21 per cent less as compared to men.

13. 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. Canada accounts for nearly onethird of the world's production of news print.<br> B. Forest products, therefore, have been important export items of Canada for more than a century. <br> A large part of Canada is covered with coniferous trees. <br> D. Pulp and paper are the two most important forest products.

14. Antonym

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

REPRIMAND

15. One word substitution

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

Someone who believes that people cannot change the way events will happen

16. 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.

The street artist Satish Munjal has been painting this wall since the past one week.

17. 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.

Take this suitcase upstairs.

18. One word substitution

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

Persons living at the same time

19. 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> In 1914 a war began in Europe which engulfed the entire world. The damage (1) by this war has no precedent in history. (2) the earlier wars, the civilian populations were (3) mostly (4) not involved and the casualties were to the warring armies. The war (5) began in 1914 was a total war in which all the resources of the warring states were mobilized.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 1.

20. 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> In 1914 a war began in Europe which engulfed the entire world. The damage (1) by this war has no precedent in history. (2) the earlier wars, the civilian populations were (3) mostly (4) not involved and the casualties were to the warring armies. The war (5) began in 1914 was a total war in which all the resources of the warring states were mobilized.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 2.

21. 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> In 1914 a war began in Europe which engulfed the entire world. The damage (1) by this war has no precedent in history. (2) the earlier wars, the civilian populations were (3) mostly (4) not involved and the casualties were to the warring armies. The war (5) began in 1914 was a total war in which all the resources of the warring states were mobilized.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 3.

22. 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> In 1914 a war began in Europe which engulfed the entire world. The damage (1) by this war has no precedent in history. (2) the earlier wars, the civilian populations were (3) mostly (4) not involved and the casualties were to the warring armies. The war (5) began in 1914 was a total war in which all the resources of the warring states were mobilized.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 4.

23. 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> In 1914 a war began in Europe which engulfed the entire world. The damage (1) by this war has no precedent in history. (2) the earlier wars, the civilian populations were (3) mostly (4) not involved and the casualties were to the warring armies. The war (5) began in 1914 was a total war in which all the resources of the warring states were mobilized.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 5.

24. 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.

Catholics and Protestants have a long history of _____ in Northern Ireland but volunteers from both communities came together to build the monument of Peace.

25. Spelling Error

Choose the incorrectly spelt word out of the given alternatives.

Select wrongly spelt word

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