English - Online Test
Q1. Direction: Two sentences with one blank in each are given. Choose the option that would best fit in both the blanks.
1) Jane hates Laura so everyone was surprised when she made a ____ tribute during Laura’s going away party.
2) The beauty contestants are always ______ over the male judges.
2) The beauty contestants are always ______ over the male judges.
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
The meaning of the words is as follows:
A) copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgement.
B) Degrading
C) make (someone) ecstatically happy.
D) giving attention in an overly flattering manner
E) urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something.
Thus option D is the word that fits in both the blanks.
Q2. Direction: Two sentences with one blank in each are given. Choose the option that would best fit in both the blanks.
1) As Ryan is such an outgoing young man, he shocked everyone when he announced his engagement to his _____ coworker who rarely speaks.
2) Alone in the middle of the ocean, the survivor could think of nothing that would make the ____days seem shorter.
2) Alone in the middle of the ocean, the survivor could think of nothing that would make the ____days seem shorter.
Answer : Option E
Explaination / Solution:
The meaning of the words is as follows:
A) Without deceit
B) stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
C) Talkative
D) Dull or boring
E) just begun and so not fully formed or developed
Thus option D is the word that fits in both the sentence.
Q3. Directions: In each question below two sentences are given with a blank in each. Each question is followed by five options with two words in each. You have to pick that option as the answer which satisfies the first sentence with the first word and the second sentence with the second word.
I) The train stopped at various stations which led to the ____delay in reaching the destination station.
II) Leaving the whole manor open meant that the robbers could have a ____ run during the robbery.
II) Leaving the whole manor open meant that the robbers could have a ____ run during the robbery.
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
The answer has to be picked according to the second statement as almost all the options seem appropriate for the first blank. ‘Free run’ is a phrase that fits perfectly in the second statement; which means ‘going about any task without any objection or hurdle’. So, option D is correct.
Q4. Direction: Each sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
People stop the trains, pull the chain ____________and this causes heavy ___________ to the railway, think over it.
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
Word unnecessarily means without any need or reason. Among all the options, word damage corresponds to the seriousness of the sentence most suitably.
Q5. Direction: Each sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Foreign policy analysts, who thought New Delhi had for long been ______ to Tamil Nadu’s _______ pressure, it as an ‘excellent diplomacy’ though Tamil diaspora organisations said they were disappointed with India.
Answer : Option E
Explaination / Solution:
Succumb means to surrender or give in.
Defer means to postpone. One can only ‘give in’ to pressure but cannot defer or delay it.
Hail means to originate.
Prescribed means to advise.
Named here refers to add a formal tag to something.
Q6. Direction: A sentence with two blanks is given, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Only royalty could wear expensive clothing. Other classes were _____ form clothing themselves with materials that were _____ with the aristocracy.
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
‘Debarred’ means prohibit. “Only” justifies the exclusiveness of the expensive clothing for royalty. Thus, others were prohibited to wear clothing that were ‘associated’ to royals i.e. aristocrats.
Q7. Direction: Two statements with blanks have been given. These statements are followed by five alternatives. Choose the one which fits into the set of statements.
A) Bringing the web to this _______region is no small feat, with communities scattered over thousands of square kilometres.
B) Someone who’s socially______ is likely to be lonely, and vice versa, but that’s not completely the case.
B) Someone who’s socially______ is likely to be lonely, and vice versa, but that’s not completely the case.
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
the term “isolated” fits the both the statements. In statement ‘A ’Isolated is associated with huge distance. In statement ‘B’ isolation is related to someone who is detached from the society. So option ‘A’ is an apt answer.
