English Quiz for all upcoming EXAMs

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)

Q.1. Calling for resumption of dialogue process on internal and external dimension of Kashmir, the former Chief Minister said his party would once again take to people the autonomy as a solution.
1) Call for resumption
2) Called for resumption
3) Called at resumption
4) Calling by resumption
5) No correction required

Q.2. It is no secret that the Income Tax Department keeps a watch on Bollywood producers, distributors, and actors, but a recent report has details how exactly people behind the glitzy world of the silver screen avoid taxes with dodgy dealings through hawala and hot-money routes.
1) detailing
2) have details
3) have detailed
4) has detailed
5) No correction required

Q.3. Further verification and investigation by The Hindu into these dodgy tax practices stood validated atthe personal account of scores of technicians, line producers, distributors, confirming the practices as commonplace on film sets.
1) stood validated from
2) stood validating
3) stood validating from
4) stood valid at
5) No correction required

Q.4. Last week, Indian cricketers Ajinkya Rahane and Ravichandran Ashwin on Monday dedicated theirteam’s 3-0 Test win against South Africa to the Chennai flood victims.
1) has dedicated their
2) dedicating their
3) dedicate their
4) dedicated there
5) No correction required

Q.5. The benefits of this emphasis by the government on regulations to address the city’s alarming air pollution levels will depending on the manner of implementation as well as other concomitant actions.
1) will dependent
2) will depended
3) will have depended
4) will depend
5) No correction required

Directions for questions 6 to 10: The following questions consist of a single sentence with one blank only. You are given six words denoted by (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) as answer choices and from the six choices you have to pick two correct words, either of which will make the sentence grammatically complete.

Q.6. He knew very well that he would not be able to achieve his objective by violence or force, so he __________ a novel method of struggle for truth, justice and right which is popularly known as Satyagraha or non-violent resistance.

(a) fabricated (b) trod
(c) devised (d) invented
(e) started (f) thought
1) (a) and (c)
2) (c) and (d)
3) (a) and (d)
4) (c) and (f)
5) (f) and (b)

Q.7. People always seek to enjoy good food, entertainment and pleasant company; yet none of these can give them__________ satisfaction.

(a) whole (b) lasting
(c) drastic (d) fulfilled
(e) content (f) complete
1) (e) and (d)
2) (b) and (c)
3) (f) and (a)
4) (b) and (f)
5) (b) and (a)

Q.8. Daniel’s uncle claimed that he spent most of his youth __________ on rooftops and swallowing goldfish.

(a) kidding (b) fooling
(c) dancing (d) pulling
(e) sketching (f) buying
1) (e) and (a)
2) (f) and (c)
3) (b) and (f)
4) (c) and (d)
5) (c) and (e)

Q.9. The son __________ spoke of his mother, but always as the nurturer who had been wronged by his father.

(a) incessantly (b) continuously
(c) magnificently (d) politely
(e) tentatively (f) truly
1) (f) and (d)
2) (e) and (f)
3) (c) and (a)
4) (b) and (a)
5) (d) and (b)

Q.10. The Renaissance was a cultural movement that __________ affected the European intellectual life in the early modern period.

(a) profoundly (b) largely
(c) sheepishly (d) annoyingly
(e) feelingly (f) gently
1) (b) and (d)
2) (d) and (e)
3) (b) and (a)
4) (f) and (b)
5) (a) and (c)

Solutions :▼

Ans.1. 5) No correction required

Ans.2: 4; The subject is report and hence, the verb should be singular. Furthermore, the present perfect tense should be appropriate here because the sentence talks about a recent report.

Ans.3: 1; ‘Stood validated from’ is the correct phrase. ‘From’ is the appropriate preposition.

Ans.4: 5; The sentence is grammatically correct.

Ans.5: 4; ‘Will depend’ is the correct usage.

Ans.6: 2; Both ‘devised’ and ‘invented’ fit into the context logically. The word ‘fabricated’ which means ‘invented false information in order to trick people’ and ‘trod’ which means ‘walked somewhere’ are logically incorrect in the given context. The word ‘started’ is logically incorrect because a method cannot be started; instead a ‘method’ can be used to start a struggle. The word ‘thought’ does not fit into the statement as it needs to be followed by a preposition ‘of’ after the blank.

Ans.7: 4; Both ‘lasting’ and ‘complete’ are logically correct in the given context. The adjectives ‘fulfilled’ or ‘content’ are incorrect because they are not capable of qualifying the word ‘satisfaction’ as intrefers to ‘a state of contentment achieved when one’s needs or desires are fulfilled’. The words ‘whole’ and ‘drastic’ are logically incorrect in the given context.

Ans.8: 5; Both ‘dancing’ and ‘sketching’ are logically correct in the given context. The word ‘pulling’ is incorrect because the transitive verb ‘pulling’ needs to be followed by an object in this context. The word ‘fooling’ is incorrect because the intransitive verb ‘fooling’ is followed by a preposition ‘around/about’. Other words like ‘kidding’ and ‘buying’ are logically incorrect in this statement.

Ans.9: 4; Both ‘incessantly’ which means ‘constantly’ and ‘continuously’ are logically appropriate in the given context. The words ‘magnificently’ which means ‘in a manner that is extremely attractive and impressive’, ‘politely’ and ‘truly’ are incorrect because they render the statement grammatically erroneous.

Ans.10: 3; Both ‘profoundly’ which means ‘in a way that has a very great effect on somebody/something’ and ‘largely’ are logically appropriate in the given context. Other words like ‘sheepishly’ which means ‘in an embarrassed manner’, ‘annoyingly’ which means ‘in a irritated manner’, ‘feelingly’ and ‘gently’ are incorrect because they render the statement meaningless.