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We are presenting you a English Quiz, which will be helpful in your preparation and also in upcoming exams. In competitive exams like SSC-CGL, LDC, FCI etc few questions are asked from this topic in English section. So please solve the quiz and post your answers in the comment section. Soon we will published the correct answers.
Directions (1-5): The first and last sentence of the passage
is numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passages are split into four parts and
name P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read
the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct.
1. (1) Education in India had a glorious beginning.
P. But after the British rule, it faced many
changes.
Q. It went on for centuries with same glory.
R. English as the medium of the instruction
had a very great response.
S. One of the changes was the introduction of
English as the medium of instruction.
6. As the Britishers left, we had a complexity
of opinions regarding English.
(a) PQRS
(b) QPSR
(c) PQSR
(d) SRPQ
2. (1) It is the responsibility of the parents
to teach the young moral values in life.
P. Many children taken advantage of their
parent’s busy schedule.
Q. This result in children’s ignorance of
social values.
R. The reason behind it is that parents are
quite busy now a days.
S. Now a days parents spend very meagre time
with children.
6. As such, the society is going away from
the value system.
(a) SRPQ
(b) PQRS
(c) SQRP
(d) SPQR
3. (1) It is easy to criticize the people at the
helm, for the slow progress in every field.
P. We are well aware that intellectuals are
leaving our country for better employment opportunities.
Q. This questions remained unanswered because
our country cannot show opportunities to the intellectuals.
R. Then, what about their obligation to the
Motherland?
S. First, we should ask ourselves as to what
is happening to the young intellectuals in India.
6. This situation of ‘Brain – Drain’ leads to
variety of problems.
(a) PSQR
(b) RPSQ
(c) PSRQ
(d) SPRQ
4. (1) The man who does his duty without any
selfish desire for fruit may be called a sanyasi as well as yogi.
P. The man who achieved much evenness of
temper will be serene, because his mere thoughts are changed with the strength
of action.
Q. He would practice yoga, i.e. evenness of
temper, and cannot but perform action.
R. The root of the matter is that one should
not allow his mind to flit from object of desire to another and from that to a
third.
S. But he who abstains from action altogether
is only an idler.
6. A yogi is one who is not attached to his
objects of sense or to action and whose mind has ceased to roam restlessly.
(a) SRQP
(b) RQPS
(c) QRSP
(d) PRSQ
5. (1) This was an important day for Alatook.
P. It was a cold day, but Alatook would be
warm.
Q. For the first time, he was going to hunt
seals alone.
R. First he put on his fur-lined jacket.
S. Then he put on mittens and boots of
deerskin to protect hands and feet from the cold.
6. Finally he picked up the gun he had
cleaned so carefully the day before.
(a) PQRS
(b) QRPS
(c) PRSQ
(d) QRPS
Directions (6-10): A sentence has been in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives, select the one
which best express the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.
6. The news has been brought to us by him.
(a) He brought us the news.
(b) He has brought us the news.
(c) He was brought the news to us.
(d) We brought the news to him.
7. Why did he deprive you of the membership?
(a) Why you were deprived of the membership?
(b) Why were you deprived of his membership
by him?
(c) Why has he deprived of his membership?
(d) Why were you deprived of your membership
by him?
8. They have made a film based on this novel.
(a) A film was based on this novel and made.
(b) A film have been made based on this
novel.
(c) A film based on this novel, has been
made.
(d) A film has been based and made on this
novel.
9. The people couldn’t move me to the hospital
and the doctor operated on me at home.
(a) I couldn’t be moved to the hospital and
was operated on at home.
(b) I couldn’t be moved to the hospital and I
had to be operated on at home.
(c) I couldn’t be moved to the hospital and I
was operated by the doctor.
(d) I couldn’t be moved to the hospital by
the people and operated on at home.
10. Not a word was spoken by the criminal in
self-defence.
(a) The criminal spoke not a word in
self-defence.
(b) The criminal in self-defence spoke no
word.
(c) The criminal did not speak a word in
self-defence.
(d) The criminal spoke in self-defence not a
word.
Answers:
Qs 1(b) Qs 2 (a)
Qs 3 (c) Qs 4 (d) Qs 5 (b)
Qs 6
(b) Qs 7 (d) Qs 8 (c)
Qs 9 (a) Qs 10 (c)