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. 1) Krishna was just an infant, when he kicked at chakatasura,/ 2) the demon who came as a wheel and killed him. /3) indicating to us, that our problems can also be kicked out existence by him, /4) if we only approach him./5) No error.

Question.2. 1) We are not advocating death penalty/2) but we want those convicted by the highest court. /3) of carry out a heinous act to undergo/ 4) the punishment meted out by the court./ 5) No error.

Question.3. 1) The erosion of public support/ 2) for the abolition of capital punishment, /3) as society may tend to view life terms cynically, /4) an oblique means of releasing convicts after some years./5) No error.

Question.4. 1) Preserve her public sector character,/ 2) she has been asked not to dilute the government shareholding to below 50 percent, /3) of her paid-up capital, /4) so for all practical purposes she has to turn to her majority owner, the government, for additional capital./5) No error.

Question.5. 1) He shows how the forgotten people/ 2) oppressed and the women whose voices were silenced, /3) under an overarching control by male priests, /4) and their translations were in fact crucial to the formation of modern Hinduism. /5) No error.

Directions (Q. 6 to 15): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

The ___(6)___ of India as an econonmic superpower is not reflected in the ___(7)___ of life enjoyed by its 1.2 billion citizens, according to the Human Development Index, which ___(8)___ India very low among 182 countries. In our performance oriented world, measurement issues have taken on ___(9)___ importance as what we measure affects what we do. In fact the French President has established an international commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress owing to his ___(10)___ and that of others with the current state of statistical information about the economy and society.

Q.6
1) title
2) pursuit
3) perception
4) conversion
5) tribute

Q.7
1) joy
2) quality
3) spirit
4) span
5) loss

Q.8
1) ranked
2) scored
3) qualified
4) regard
5) counted

Q.9
1) considerably
2) great
3) unduly
4) trivial
5) negligible

Q.10
1) compliance
2) confidence
3) belief
4) dissatisfaction
5) obedience

Solutions▼ :

Ans.1. 3; Add ‘of ’ before kicked out.
Ans.2. 3; Replace ‘carry’ with ‘carrying’
Ans.3. 4; Add ‘as’ before an oblique
Ans.4. 1; Add ‘to’ before preserve
Ans.5. 2; Add ‘the’ before oppressed

Ans.6. 3; Perception, it is the most appropriate option among the given options. It means the process of perceiving; view, idea or understanding about something.

Ans.7. 2; Quality is the most appropriate word is here because it is our perception that India is emerging as a super power but on the contrary, in the reality the common people are still not leading a good quality of life.

Ans.8. 1; It can be clearly seen that “Ranked” is the only option which can be filled at the given blank space.

Ans.9. 2; If we see here, two options can be filled, the one is “Considerably” and the other one is “Great” at the some extent both words have the same meaning but, when we come to Grammar, only “Great” is the suitable option. Since “Importance” is a noun and as per the rules “Noun” should be defined by an Adjective and here “Great” is the Adjective, while, “Considerably” is an “Adverb”.

Ans.10. 3; Belief; The reason is, if we go for the first option which also seems suitable here but when we come to the context of the meaning according to the passage “Compliance” does not suit here. The meaning of compliance is: Compliance is what you do when you try to fit standards set down by someone else.