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 (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)

Question.1. Russia would have found it 1)/ difficult to fight alongside NATO 2)/ as it has been demanding the rollback 3)/ and disbanding of NATO since the end of the Cold War. 4)/ No error 5)

Question.2. The massacre in Paris and the 1)/ down of the Russian passenger 2)/ plane have suddenly brought 3)/ Paris and Moscow closer. 4)/ No error 5)

Question.3. Vladimir Putin, after making the announcement that an I.S. 1)/ bomb was responsible for the downing of the Russian plane, 2)/ ordered Russian navy ships in the Mediterranean to recognise the French 3)/ forces operating in the region for allies. 4)/ No error 5)

Question.4. Obama said in Manila, where he had gone to attend the (APEC) summit, 1)/ that Russia “is a constructive partner 2)/ in Vienna” during the talks about 3)/ a proposed ceasefire in Syria. 4)/ No error 5)

Question.5. The U.S. allowed the I.S. to march 1)/ into the ancient heritage city of Palmyra 2)/ because it has not wanted to be seen as lending 3)/ a helping hand to the Syrian army. 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; then answer the questions given below them.

(A) That sporting corruption can be identified but allowed to slip through the definition of any law is disturbing.
(B) In similar circumstances, a British court had little difficulty in convicting Pakistani cricketers and sending them off to prison.
(C) The match-fixing phenomenon has been crying for a systemic response since the turn of the century.
(D) But there has been no effort so far to come up with a legal framework and a set of appropriate punishments to deal with it.
(E) The latest outcome is a big setback to efforts to deal with corruption in cricket.
(F) As far as the players are concerned, their discharge has understandably raised their hopes of getting the life ban on them revoked.

Q6. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
1) B
2) C
3) D
4) E
5) F

Q7. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
1) B
2) C
3) D
4) E
5) F

Q8. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) E

Q9. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
1) A
2) C
3) D
4) E
5) F

Q10. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) F

Solutions: ▼ 

Ans.1. 5; The sentence is correct in its given form.

Ans.2. 5; The sentence is correct in its given form. Because “Plane” or “Aeroplane” or “Aircraft” and “Sheep”, these words are plural, not singular.

Ans.3. 4;  “For” should be replaced with “As”. So the correct structure would be “forces operating in the region as allies”.

Ans.4. 2; “is” should be replaced with “was”. After reading the sentence carefully, you can clearly see that Obama” is talking about things which has happened in the past, so “was” should be there at the place of “is” in the 2nd part of the sentence.

Ans.5. 3; “did not want” should be there at the place of “has not wanted”, again here is the difference of uses of Past and Present tense.

Q6-Q10:

Correct Sequence : A B C D E F

Q6. 5 

Q7. 2 

Q8. 5 

Q9. 1 

Q10. 2