Important questions for upcoming competitive exams.
Brilliant Academy Of Learning
GENERAL ENGLISH
PRACTICE SET
Directions:
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it in
the context of the passage. Certain words and phrases in the passage are underlined to help you to locate them
while answering some of the questions.
In
the Kannada novel, Samskara, by Jnanpith awardee U.R Ananthmurthy , the upper
caste Brahmins in a village deep in rural north Karnataka, who are caught in
the grip of an epidemic face existential dilemma. Their deeply held religious
beliefs and rituals are on test. The chief priest of the village,
Praneshacharya, a devout, austere Brahmin, has to provide the answers. His
neighbor, Naranappa, an irreverent, rebellious Brahmin, who has a hedonistic lifestyle,
and who mocks the Brahmins and their rituals and their ,superstitions, suddenly
takes ill and dies.
There
is no one to bury him even as the body begins to decompose inside his house in
the ‘Agrahara’, the Brahmins quarters, because the Brahmins fear they may
invite the wrath of the Gods and worry about being excommunicated by the head
priest of the mutt for cremating a renegade and heretic.They appeal to
Praneshacharya to consult the scriptures and find an answer to the problem.
Praneshacharya immerses himself in holy texts and prayers but no revelation
come to him.
As
times rolls by, rats in their thousands die and lie strewn all over the
streets, while vultures begin hovering over Naranappa’s house.More people start
dying in the village and the epidemic kills without discrimination. The village
is under the deadly scourge of the plague.The Brahmins are hungry and are not
allowed to eat till the cremation is completed.
Q1.What
is the name of the Brahmins quarters mentioned in the passage?
A.Bigrahara
B .Singhdwar C.Agrahara D Angradwar
Q
2.The word ‘irreverent’ suggests
A
.Distasteful B.Respectful C.Ungodly D.Dedicated
Q 3.
What is the synonym of the word ‘wrath’
A .Anger B . Happyness C .Good humour D.Honesty
Q
4. What is the antonym of the word ‘renegade’a
A .Loyal B. Traiter C .Turncoat D .Fanatic
Q.
5.What was the reason of the deadly scourge of the plague?
A .Death of cats B . Death of rats C .Death of vultures D . Death of children.
Directions:
Read the sentence given below to find out errors in it. The errors if any, will
be in one part of the sentence. The letter (a) ,(b), (c),and (d) indicating
that part is the answer.
Q.
6. He went into/ the bank and /withdrew some money /no error.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Q.7.In
that wholesale shop / they do not sell / fewer than ten bags of rice.
(a) (b) (c) /no error.
( d)
Q.
8. Being / a rainy day / I could not go out /no error.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Q
.9. Ravi / told to his friend /to buy a car / no error.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Q .10. When at last / we got to the theatre
/the much publicized
(a) (b) (c)
Programme by the
Bollywood stars was begun / no error.
(d)
Directions: In the following
questions, you are provided with the first and the last parts of a sentence.The
remaining sentence is broken into four parts labelled (A), (B),(C) ,(D). You
are required to arrarange these parts so as to form a complete meaningful
sentence and then choose the correct combination.
Q.11.After
the Kargil War,
A.especially in the conduct of
B. Joint operations
C. as several weaknesses were detected
D. a decision was taken to overhaul the
higher defence organization
By the three services.
a.DCAB b.ABCD c.
CDAB d.BACD
Q .12. In December 2019,
A.with pneumonia
B.a cluster of patient
C.first noticed
D.China
In Hubai province.
a.ABCD b.DCBA c.BCAD d.CABD
Q. 13.Prime minister Narendra Modi,
A. said that a task force under
Finance Minister
B. in his address to the nation
C. has been constituted
D. to assess the economic the
economic impact of the pandemic
And suggest palliative
measures.
a.BACD b.DCAB c.ACBD d.DBAC
Q.14.In a positive test,
A.says microbiologist
Jayanti Shastri ,
B. “it takes anywhere
between three to five hours to get a
Screening result
C. and another two
hours
D. for the
confirmatory result,”
Who is at the helm
of Mumbai lab.
a.BCDA b.ACBD c.BDCA d.ABCD
Q.15. The panel has also sent a
notice to the DCP claiming that
A.it has
received several reports of haphazard arrest of
B.that they are being
pressured to
C.own up to implicate others
in crimes
D.youth in
the age group of 20-30 in the districts without
any
charges or warrants and
they have
apparently not commited.
a.ADBC b.CBDA c.ABCD d.DCBA
Directions: In each of the following questions,
an idiomatic
Expression/a proverb has been given, followed by
Some alternatives. Choose
the one which best expresses the
meaning of the given
idiom/proverb.
Q.16.To beat the air
a. to make every
possible effort
b. to make efforts
that are useless or vain
c. to act
foolishly
d. to make
frantic efforts
Q.17. to let
the cat out of the bag
a. to tell a
secret without intending to do so
b. to give
nod
c. to
show compassion
d. to
miss a golden opportunity
Q.18.To hold a brief for
a. to
defend someone
b. to
stay on for a brief period
c. to
do someone a favour
d. to help someone
Q.19.To
mind one’sP’s and Q’s
a.to be
careful of one’s personality
b. to
be careful of one’s account
c. to be
accurate and precise
d.
to be cautious
Q.20.A
tall order
a.a big
problem
b. a
task difficult to perform
c.a
big demand
d.a
royal summon
Directions:
In each of the following questions, choose the alternative which can best
improve the given sentence by substuting the closesed portion in the bracket.
If the sentence is correct as it is,choose ‘No improvement ‘ required as your
answer.
Q.21. He
will (ring her) day after tomorrow in the morning.
a. ring to
her. b. ring up to her c. ring her up
d.no improvement
Q.22.(
Having had) in the teaching profession for a long time, Mrs Mishra has met
different personalities.
a. Having b. She has been c. Having been d. Had she been
e. no
improvement.
Q.23. You
gave me an (old scissor) .
a. old
scissor b. an old scissors c.
a pair of old scissors d.no
improvement
Q.24.
Whenever my sons come across new words, I ask them (to look for) them in the
dictionary.
a.to look at
them b.to l ook it up c.to look them up d. no improvement.
Q.25.He
asked her (that why she) is so lazy.
a. why is
she b.why she was c. that why is
she d.no improvement
Directions: In each of the following questions, choose the
correctly spelt word out of the given alternative.
Q.26.
a.resteraunt b.restaurent c.restaurent d.restaurent
Q.27. a.occurrance b.occurrence
c.occurance d.occurence
Q.28.a.gaurantee b.guarantee c.garuntee d.guaruntee
Q.29. a.tempereture b.temparature c.temperature d.tamperature
Q.30.
a.simultanious b.simultaneous
c.simultanious d.simultaneous
Directions:
Pick out most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make
the sentence meaningfully complete.
Q. 31.The
Centre’s decision norms
for entry into coal mining and relax regulations on mining and selling coal in
the country is significant in many respects.
a.to liberalizing
b. to liberalise c.liberalising d.has liberalise
Q.32. Large
investment in mining will creat jobs and
demand in critical sectors such as mining equipment and heavy commercial
vehicles.
a.set off b. setting off c.set out
d. setting
Q.33.The
role here will be to the
acquisition matters exclusive to each service and won’t extend to the
procurement of big ticket items.
a.confined
to b.confining to c.confine d.has confined.
Q.34. They
were from doing so.
a.preventing b.prevented c is preventing d.to prevent.
Q.35. Scores
of students from JNU
outside the HRD Ministry since late afternoon on Thursday.
a.assembled
b.assembling c.to assemble d.assembled for
Q.36.It was decided
that the government the board
examination fees of all the students of government schools.
a.bears b.will bear c.will be bearing d.to bear.
Q.37. I the same amount in providing free water
and electricity to the people.
a.utilse b. utilized c.utilising d.to utilize
Q.38. The
jurisdiction of the sealing process
with the civic bodies and the Centre.
a.lies b.lying c.lay d.to lay
Q.40.In
order to make rail travel safer,the Indian Railway is on artificial
intelligence-based technology solution.
a.bank
on b.banking c.to bank d.bank
Directions:The
candidate is required to first read the passage, understand what it is about
and then choose the most appropriate word in the context of the passage,from
the given alternative.
It is time
that we recognize the right 1 internate access as a fundamental
right.Internet broadband and mobile Internet services are a lifeline to people
in India from all 2 of life.While
the internet is certainly a main source of information and communication
and 3 to social media.
It is so
much more than 4 .
Q.41.a.from b.to c.in d.too
Q.42.a.walking b.walks
c. to walk d.walked
Q.43.access b.accessing c.to access
d.accessing
Q.44.a.the b.that c.this d. that is.
People 5 in the technology -bassed gig economy-
like the thousands of 6 workers for Swiggy,Domino and Amazon and cab
drivers of Uber and Ola- 7 the internet for their livelihoods. It
is a mode of access to education for students who do not 8
and take exams online. Access to the Internet is important to 9
the promotion and enjoyment of the
10 education.
Q.45.
a.work b. working c.to work d. worked
Q.46. a.delivery b.delivering c.delivered d.
to deliver
Q.47.a.depend
on b.depending on c.to depend d.depended
Q.48.a.courses b.course c.coursing d.to do course
Q.49.a.facilatating b.to facilitate c.facilitate d.facility
Q.50.a.righting b.right to c.to right d.right of
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