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. The hospitals that have now been 1)/ fined dispute any failure to treat 2)/ the required number of indigent patients 3)/ and planing to challenge the order. 4)/ No error 5)

Question.2. Wherever such regulations can 1)/ be legally enforced, it is best 2)/ that they are monitored on a real-time 3)/ basis and rigorous enforced. 4)/ No error 5)

Question.3. After the first few years, the NSG remained 1)/ dormant and, in fact, had not met after 1977 till 1991, 2)/ when concerns about Iraq’s nuclear programme 3)/ surfaced following the first Gulf war. 4)/No error 5)

Question.4. After the 1998 nuclear tests when India became a nuclear 1)/ weapon state, India tightened its systems further 2)/ by introducing new laws and for nearly a decade, has been a 3)/ voluntary adherent to the NSG guidelines. 4)/ No error 5)

Question.5. Despite the vilification of 1)/ Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas by both the 2)/ Israelis and the extremists on the Palestinian side, he’s still 3)/ the best bet for a negotiation settlement. 4)/ No error 5)

Directions for questions (Q. 6 to 10): Pick out the most effective set of words from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Question.6. In our country, the ________ use of radio as an instrument of man’s education has not yet been ________.
1) fullest, exploited 
2) ultimate, used
3) meaningful, explored 
4) resultant, tried
5) present, demonstrated

Question.7. The great writer ________ art out of facts of life, the significant ________ with which the pattern of life has been woven.
1) decides, factor 
2) selects, element
3) practises, boundary 
4) creating, disposition
5) chooses, part

Question.8. We are said to be superstitious when we ________ ourselves to fanciful causes for happenings that seem to be ________.
1) bind, unwarranted 
2) project, heavenly
3) torture, harmful 
4) subject, inexplicable
5) treat, harrowing

Question.9. When interpersonal problems ________ but are not dealt with, the organisation’s productivity inevitably ________.
1) surface, develops 
2) focus, increases
3) establish, projects 
4) develop, exhibits
5) exist, diminishes

Question.10. When I am an autocrat, I am ________ in the extreme. My direct method is to ________ power and control.
1) perfectionist, explore
2) autocratic, engulf
3) dominating, seek
4) possessive, reject
5) elaborate, develop

Solutions.

The Cut off for this test is: 6.50 Marks

Answer.1. 3; Either replace “planning to” with “plan to” or put helping verb “are” before “planning to” to make the sentence grammatically appropriate.

Answer.2. 4; Replace “rigorous” with “rigorously”, An Adverb qualifies a verb.

Answer.3. 2; Replace “Had not met” with “did not meet”, according to the rules of Past Indefinite Tense.

Answer.4. 2; Replace “its” with “her” in standard English we use “Her” for countries.

Answer.5. Here are two errors, the first error lies in the 3rd part of the sentence and that is, remove the definite article “the” before “extremists” because it is redundant here. Now, the second error lies in the 4th part of the sentence and that is, replace “negotiation” with “negotiated”.

Answer.6. 3) meaningful, explored

Answer.7. 2) selects, element

Answer.8. 4) subject, inexplicable

Answer.9. 5) exist, diminishes

Answer.10. 3) dominating, seek