English Quiz

Directions for questions (Q. 1 to 5): There is one blanks in each of the following sentences. From the pairs of word given, choose the one that fills the gap most appropriately.

Question 1. Subrahmaniam Swamy has __________ a suggestion of doing ________ with Income Tax to help the economic growth of the country.

1. suggested , out
2. forwarded , in
3. offered , away
4. advised , in

Question 2. I was lucky to have __________ the plane crash and come out __________.

1. survived , noninjured
2. lived , squeamishly
3. survived , unscathed
4. lived through , unpetulant

Question 3. Violence against women is a/an _________ and the offenders need to be _______________.

1. denigrating , punished
2. deplorable , gaoled
3. offence , jailed
4. pernicious , canned

Question 4. ISRO , the space powerhouse of India , has been at the ___________ of the ___________ for space in the space with other nations like USA , China and Russia.

1. helm , fight
2. forefront , slugfest
3. forefront , jostling
4. vantage , scuffle

Question 5. Indian economy has seen many __________ but this one will surely sound the death _______ for us.

1. downswings , bed
2. downturns , knell
3. fluctuations , alarm
4. aberrations, siren

Directions for questions (Q. 6 to 10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

Question 6 . As soon as I entered the theatre, 1)/ I see a man performing live on 2)/ stage but to my dismay 3)/ all the seats were occupied. 4)/ No error 5)

Question 7. Abhishek had been a sincere 1)/ student all through his life but, 2)/  in late he has been getting swayed 3)/ by predilections of the past. 4)/ No error 5)

Question 8. I do not know how to express my 1)/ heart fell thanks to you as 2)/ you’ve the constant source 3)/ of motivation for me. 4)/ No error 5)

Question 9. Ashutosh beside being an 1)/ intelligent is also an honest man and 2)/ therefore I have no qualms in saying 3)/ that he has achieved a lot in his life thus far. 4)/ No error 5)

Question 10. I,me,myself am going to lock 1)/ horns with the Goliath of world 2)/ trade but are scared of the 3)/ competition that stares us in the face. 4)/ No error 5)

Solutions 

Answer.1. 3. offered , away

Answer.2. 3; survived , unscathed

Answer.3. 3; offence , jailed

Answer.4. 2; forefront , slugfest

Answer.5. 2; downturns , knell

Answer.6. 2; Replace “see” with “saw”.

Answer.7. 3; Replace “has been getting” with “got’, the correct sentence would be “He got swayed by predilections of the past”

Answer.8. 2; We always use “Heart felt”.

Answer.9. 1; Replace “beside” with “besides”.

Answer.10. 1; Remove “me and myself” from the first part of the sentence.