English Quiz

Directions for questions (Q. 1 to 5): 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.1. Hardly had Amit reached 1)/ his home that he found his 2)/ mother speak with the principal regarding 3)/ Amit’s results in the final exams. 4)/ No error 5)

Question.2. The problem in the case of the Israel-Palestine conflict 1)/ is that there’s a pro-Israel bias among the Western 2)/ powers which stops them from putting 3)/ real pressure at Tel Aviv to deliver. 4)/ No error 5)

Question.3. What is one of the most contentious global 1)/ issues till a few years ago was settled 2)/ amicably in a rare case of the 3)/ triumph of public diplomacy. 4)/ No error 5)

Question.4. The surest sign of the heightened political temperature 1)/ surrounding domestic terrorism of this sort came 2)/ by the instant reactions of the two presumptive presidential candidates, 3)/ Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. 4)/ No error 5)

Question.5. The Islamic State has displaced al-Qaeda as the dominant force 1)/ in international jihadism, but the two are 2)/ still competing for funding, recruits and 3)/ prestige — and together poses the gravest threat to the world. 4)/ No error 5)

Directions (Q. 6– 10): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) Abe’s visit took place after he had successfully amended Japan’s pacifist Constitution. 
(B) Japan is no longer circumscribed by its Constitution from either going to war or selling lethal armaments to other countries. 
(C) Japan sees India as a big market for some of its sophisticated military weaponry. 
(D) A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the two countries. 
(E) During the Abe visit for the possible purchase of ShinMaywa US-2 military seaplanes. 
(F) The deal, if it fructifies, will be worth more that $1.2 billion.

Question.6 

Which of the following should be the fourth sentence after rearrangement?

1) C

2) B

3) F

4) A

5) E

Question.7 

Which of the following should be the fifth sentence after rearrangement?

1) A

2) B

3) C

4) D

5) E

Question.8 

Which of the following should be the first sentence after rearrangement?

1) B

2) C

3) E

4) F

5) D

Question.9

Which of the following should be the last (sixth)sentence after rearrangement?

1) A

2) E

3) C

4) B

5) F

Question.10 

Which of the following should be the second sentence after rearrangement?

1) A

2) B

3) F

4) E

5) C

Answers 

Answer.1. 3; Replace speak with speaks, according to the Affirmative sentence of Present Indefinite Tense the correct structure of the tense follows as; {Subject + verb(singular) + s/es + object + etcetra.}

Answer.2. 4; Replace “at” with “on” inappropriate usage of preposition. We always use “on” with “pressure”.

Answer.3. 1; Replace “is” with “was”, since the sentence is in Past Tense.

Answer.4. 3; Replace “by” with “from”, inappropriate usage of preposition again.

Answer.5. 4; Replace “poses” with “pose”, here the subject is “Islamic State and al-Qaeda” so according the rules of Subject Verb Agreement, the verb must agree with the subject hence the right answer will be “pose”.

Answer (6 – 10); The correct sequence would be “ABCDEF”