English Quiz

Q1)-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 letter of that part is the answer.
Our equipment gets damage (A)/very often in summer (B)/because there are (C)/frequent power cuts. (D)

A

B

C

D

Ans.- A
Replace ‘damage’ by 'damaged’

Q2)-We have been under (A)/a lot of pressure to (B)/open fifty new stores (C)/by the ending of the year. (D)

A

B

C

D

Ans.- D
Replace ‘ending’ by ‘end’.

Q3)-The company is in debt (A)/and has been unable (B)/to pay their employees’ salaries (C)/for the past six months. (D)

A

B

C

D

Ans.- C
Replace ‘their’ by ‘its’.

Q4)-He has taken care to (A)/compliance with the norms (B)/so he expects the proposal (C)/to be approved without delay. (D)

A

B

C

D

Ans.- B
Replace ‘compliance’ by ‘comply’.

Q5)-Since I had lived there (A)/for many years the villagers (B)/were very comfortable talked (C)/to me about their problems. (D)

A

B

C

D

Ans.- C
Replace ‘talked’ by ‘talking’.

Q6)-In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
The terror that the wolf struck into medieval man, can __1__ be imagined. Packs of __2__ wolves roamed around the woodlands and even the hot dusty plains of India. Hunting __3__ groups, they were a problem for other wild animals, livestock herds and man himself if they became bold.
By the end of the 16th century, wolves had been hunted to extinction in England and within 200 years had been wiped out throughout the rest of the British Isles. But they were still moving freely in the rest of Europe, where fear of the wolf showed __4__ in stories, such as the tale of Little Red Riding Hood. During the 16th century, when the European colonies in North America were being settled, Henry VIII was on the English throne and Galileo was making his first astronomical studies with his __5__ invented telescope.
1.

closely

easily

fully

intense

Ans.- B

Q7)-2.

strong

vehement

ferocious

sarcastic

Ans.- C

Q8)-3.

in

around

within

off

Ans.- A

Q9)-4.

variety

truth

itself

up

Ans.- D

Q10)-5.

abruptly

newly

new most

coincidentally

Ans.- B