General English (Grammar) questions asked in previous year competitive exams. | Set 5

 

1) Select the right meaning of the underlined idiom:

He struggled to pass himself off as a nobleman.

(A) Dress

(B) Pretend

(C) Live

(D) Speak

2) Select the right modal for the blank:

Walking on the beach, we __________ sight of

a strange bird.

(A) Catch

(B) Catching

(C) Caught

(D) Catched

3) Fill the blanks with the right pair of words:

My _______to you is that you should ______

yourself to the situation as quickly as possible.

(A) Advise, adapt

(B) Advise, adopt

(C) Advice, adapt

(D) Advice, adopt

4) Fill in the blank with the right option:

Rahul is happy as his uncle is __________

tomorrow.

(A) Arrived

(B) Arrives

(C) Arriving

(D) Arrive

5) Select the right co-ordinate clause for the

sentence:

Many were called for the interview ________

(A) Or few are chosen

(B) But few were chosen

(C) As few were chosen

(D) And few are chosen

6) Select the correct preposition for the blank:

The present speech is mild, contrasted

____________ his past utterance on the same

subject.

(A) To

(B) Against

(C) For

(D) In

7) Rearrange the sentences in meaningful

order:

A. In addition, learners should also be taught to

write letters associated with the day to day

running of life.

B. Writing letters is a good way to learn

communication skills.

C. For example letters to invite and thank

speakers, letters requesting research

information, etc.

D. Learners should be encouraged to write

“real” letters wherever possible.

(A) BDCA

(B) CADB

(C) BDAC

(D) ACDB

8) Select the right synonym for the underlined

word

Everyone knew of her wonted Kleptomaniac

habit, and hid things when she came to visit

them.

(A) Unusual

(B) Exceptional

(C) Extraordinary

(D) Customary

9) Select the correct preposition for the blank:

His paralyzed arm is insensible _______ pain.

(A) For

(B) With

(C) To

(D) From

Read the following paragraph and answer the

question that follows:

King Francis was a great lover of all kinds of

sport; and one day he and his courtiers,

noblemen and ladies, sat watching wild savage

lions fighting in the enclosure below. Amongst

the courtiers sat Count de Large, beside a

beautiful lady of noble birth, whom he loved

and hoped to marry. The lions roared and bit

and tore each other with savage fury, until the

king said to his courtiers, "Gentlemen, we are

better up here than down there!" The lady,

hearing him, thought she would show the king

and his court how devoted her lover was to her:

so she dropped her glove among the fighting

lions, and then looked at Count de Lorge and

smiled at him. He bowed to her, and leaped

down among the savage lions without

hesitation, recovered the glove, and climbed

back to his place in a few moments. Then he

threw the glove right in the lady's face. King

Francis cried out, "Well, bravely done! But it was

not love that made your lady set you such a

dangerous thing to do, but her vanity!”

10. He bowed to her, and leaped down among

the savage lions without hesitation.

The pronoun "her" refers to

(A) The lion

(B) One courtier

(C) His lady love

(D) The queen

11. Fill the blanks with the right pair of words:

A mother has to _______the pangs of giving

_______to her child.

(A) Bear, birth

(B) Bare berth

(C) Bare, birth

(D) Bear, berth

12. Select the right tense for the blank:

She ____ the soup, to check whether it needed

more salt.

(A) tasted

(B) is tasted

(C) taste

(D) tasting

13. Insert the right article in the blank:

There was once __________ holy man who

lived alone in __________ hut.

(A) A, a

(B) An, an

(C) The, the

(D) A, an

14. Fill in the blanks to complete the

conversation meaningfully:

Guest:_____________________________.

Receptionist: There are forty-five rooms in all,

ma'am.

(A) Do you have comfortable rooms in your

hotel?

(B) Do you have many rooms in your hotel?

(C) How many rooms are there in your hotel?

(D) Can you count the number of rooms in your

hotel?

15. Select the right synonym for the underlined

word:

The soldier’s fortitude made him famous in the

eyes of his countrymen.

(A) Nobility

(B) Courage

(C) Timidity

(D) Coyness

16. Insert the right article in the blank:

__________banyan tree grows to a huge size.

(A) A

(B) An

(C) The

(D) No article

17. Insert the right article in the blank:

He drove his car at________speed of hundred

kilometres_________hour.

(A) A, a

(B) An, an

(C) A, an

(D) The, a

18. Select the right co-ordinate clause for the

sentence:

Have you heard about _______________

(A) Why has happened?

(B) What has happened?

(C) Where has happened?

(D) What is happened?

19. Select the right modal for the blank:

The robbers _________ him a blow on the

head.

(A) Deal

(B) Dealing

(C) Dealed

(D) Dealt

20. Rearrange the sentences in meaningful

order:

A. The evil within it and its hatred and loathing

towards mankind.

B. An escape from death, an escape from

Hammond's failure and shattered dream.

C. Jurassic is ultimately a story of escape, an

escape from the island.

D. Whereas in Frankenstein the story is of

Frankenstein's pursuit of the monster he

created.

(A) CBDA

(B) DABC

(C) ACBD

(D) CBAD

Answers

General English (Grammar) questions asked in previous year competitive exams. | Set 4

 

1) What does the idiom 'gain ground' mean?

A) to give excuses

B) to get a shelter

C) to get a piece of land

D) to succeed slowly

2) Identify the antonym of the given word:

"BARREN"

A) desert

B) arid

C) fertile

D) empty

3) Fill in the blanks with the correct word pair:

I saw a ___________ snake lying under a box

full of ___________ for the office use.

A) stationary, stationery

B) stationery, stationery

C) stationary, stationary

D) stationery, stationary

4) Fill in the blanks with the correct option:

The man complained _______ headache but nobody

listened to him.

A) of

B) from

C) for

D) to

5) Choose the most appropriate sentence for

the given sentence in Indirect or Direct speech:

They said that we cannot live without oxygen.

A) They said, "That we cannot live without

oxygen".

B) They said, "We cannot live without oxygen".

C) They said, "We could not live without

oxygen".

D) They said, "They cannot live without

oxygen".

6) Choose the most appropriate sentence for

the given sentence in the Indirect or Direct

speech.

Ali said to me, "I am going home".

A) Ali told to me that he is going home.

B) Ali told me that I will going home.

C) Ali told me that he was going home.

D) Ali told me that I am going home.

7) Fill in the blanks with the correct pronouns:

The mayor wrote a letter to Seema and _______

in which he asked us if we could settle the

matter between __________.

A)me, us

B)I, us

C)me, we

D)myself, ourselves

8) Identify the clause of the underlined part of

the sentence.

The house across the road, which belongs to

Max, is up for rent.

A) noun clause

B) adverb clause

C) adjective clause

D) verb clause

9) Fill in the blanks with the correct Modal

Verb:

Tina watched the movie in Marathi so,

________ understand very much of it.

A) can't

B) wouldn’t

C) shouldn’t

D) couldn’t

10) Fill in the blanks with the correct option:

_______ President of Sri Lanka will be on a visit

to India very soon.

A) The

B) A

C) No article

D) An

11) Fill in the blanks with the correct option:

For protection from rain, one ________ carry an

umbrella during the rainy season.

A) would

B) should

C) could

D) will

12) Fill in the blanks with the correct option:

He has promised to meet me at the restaurant

in __________ hour.

A) an

B) no article

C) the

D) a

13) Pick out the noun phrase in the following

sentence:

A bunch of keys lay on the floor.

A) lay

B) lay on the floor

C) A bunch of keys

D) A bunch

14) Fill in the blanks with the correct

homophones:

He asked me to keep the things ________ but I

could not ________ him properly.

A) hear, hear

B) here, hear

C) here, here

D) hear, here

15) Identify the Synonym of the word given:

ALERT

A) lethargic

B) energetic

C) watchful

D) inattentive

16) Fill in the blanks with the correct option:

The village head brought _______ a

reconciliation between the two enemies.

A) among

B) in

C) about

D) through

17) Fill in the blanks and complete the phrase:

They want to win this match_____________.

A) to cost an arm and leg

B) the best of both worlds

C) by hook or by crook

D) once in a blue moon

18) Fill in the blanks with the correct word:

I would __________________ all parents to

spend quality time with their kids.

A) advise

B) advice

C) advising

D) adviced

19) Identify the Antonym of the given word:

MITIGATE

A) intensify

B) compose

C) calm

D) abate

20) Fill in the blanks with the correct Pronouns:

My neighbor lived alone, with _____ to look

after ________.

A) everyone / he

B) someone / him

C) no one / him

D) anyone / himself

21) Pick out the main clause in the following

sentence:

Even though the fish was covered in exotic

spices, Zac refused to eat it.

A) Even though the fish was covered

B) Even though the fish was covered in exotic

spices,

C) Covered in exotic spices

D)Zac refused to eat it

22) Find the correct sentence for the given jumbled words:

poured/ he/ tea / a/into/ some/ cup

A) He poured into cup some tea a.

B) He tea poured some into a cup.

C) Poured he some tea into a cup.

D) He poured some tea into a cup.

22 D

General English (Grammar) questions asked in previous year competitive exams. | Set 3

 1) Choose the coordinating clause in the given

sentence:

The sports men get up early because they

exercise in the morning.

A) The sports men

B) The sports men get up early

C) The sports men get up early and

D) because they exercise in the morning

2) Choose the correct article to complete the

sentence

Have you ever seen___________Taj Mahal in

Agra?

A) a

B) an

C) the

D) No article required

3) Choose the correct article to complete the

sentence:

Tenzing was__________first man to climb

Mount Everest in 1953.

A) the

B) a

C) No article required.

D) an

4) Fill in the blank with the correct word option:

He is not coming this _________ because he is

still feeling________.

A) weak, week

B) weak, weak

C) week, week

D) week, weak

5) Choose the correct Modal to complete the

sentence:

It was clearly instructed that the attendees

__________wear a formal dress.

A) must

B) may

C) can

D) could

6) Choose the correct Modal to complete the

sentence:

The landlord_________set tough terms and

conditions before he rents out his flat.

A) must

B) may

C) can

D) would

7) Fill in the blank with the correct word option:

The rabbit ate the ______ carrort, hiding in

his_______

A) hole, whole

b) whole, hole

C) hole, hole

D) whole, whole

8) Choose the correct tense to complete the

sentence:

I_______down the lane for quite some time.

A) have walk

B) had walking

C) had been walking

D) have been walk

9) Fill in the blanks with the correct option:

If we are late we will simply________any seats

that is available__________the one behind the

driver.

A) accept, except

B) except, except

C) accept, accept

D) except, accept

10) Fill in the blanks with the correct option:

He________is wise.

A) who controls his anger

B) whose anger controls

C) whom his anger controls

D) who his anger controls

11) Choose the correct proposition to complete

the sentence:

The dog sat___________the tree.

A) besides

B) through

C) bononth

D) beyond

12) Choose the correct Modal to complete the

sentence:

The librarian said to the students, " You

__________ not speak loudly."

A) can

B) would

C) must

D) might

13) Identify the meaning of the underlined idiom:

I have done enough; now the ball is in your court.

A) It is up to you to make the contribution

B) It is up to you to work hard

C) It is up to you to make the conclusion

D) It is up to you to make the next decision or step

14) Choose the correct meaning of the

underlined Idiom:

The actor got very emotional and broke down in

the middle of his speech.

A) failed

B) wept

C) panicked

D) shouted

15) Rearrange the following words to make a

meaningful sentence:

Published/ well /is/ a/ poet/ Gorden

A) Gorden is a well published poet.

B) Poet is a well published gorden.

C) Well published poet gorden is.

D) Published well is a poet gorden.

Answers

General English (Grammar) questions asked in previous year competitive exams. | Set 2

 1) Which word is closest in meaning to the

underlined word in the sentence?

"It's quite common to come across such incidents

nowadays".

A) ordinary

B) simple

C) mutual

D) routine

2) Fill in the blanks with the suitable option:

I need a new car___________has at least five

seats. My present one.__________is white in

color, can seat hardly three people.

A) that, that

B) which, which

C) that, which

D) which, that

3) Which word is farthest in meaning from the

underlined word in the sentence, "The cold

weather affected his desire to deliver optimal

productivity."

A) encouraged

B) sustained

C) hindered

D) retained

4) Fill in the blank with the suitable option:

It was_______who strived against discrimination

to become the first woman Judge of her country.

A) her

B) herself

C) she

D) hers

5) Fill in the blank with the suitable option:

I think he is still in______bed. Wake him up or he

will miss his train.

A) a

B) an

C) the

D) No article is required

6) Change the sentence from direct speech to

reported speech:

"I mean it when I say that the strong will conquer

all hurdles."

A) He emphasized that the strong will conquer all

hurdles

B) He opined that the strong will be conquering all .

hurdles

C) He stressed that the strong would conquer all

hurdles

D) He focused on the fact that the strong can conquer

all hurdles

7) In what logical order can we arrange the given

sentences to got a coherent paragraph?

A) Despite registering handsome profits. Swirly

Motor's shares don't trade as highly as of its

peers due to a sense of uncertainty among

investors.

B) An expensive and disastrous foray into food

industry, and inadequate transparency about its

future plans have, in recent years, have

perplexed many.

C) The biggest hurdle to Swirly Motor's growth

lies in its past.

D) Big investors had been disappointed in the

past over its uncertainty in decision-making.

E) Swirly shares now trade at six times their

estimated earnings of 2002, and are the second

cheapest in the sector.

A) EBADC

B) ACDBE

C) BCDEA

D) EABCD

8) Fill in the blank with the suitable option given

below:

Take a right______the next crossroad.

A) at

B) before

C) on

D) to

9) Fill in the blank with the suitable option:

He removed the painting,_________was my

favorite, so I was upset.

A) who

B) when

C) this

D) which

10) Fill in the blank with the suitable option:

_______________you run your mouth at a

moment like this, when everyone is silent and in

mourning?

A) Should

B) Could

C) Shall

D)Would

11) Fill in the blank with the suitable option:

Hito loves Hockey much more than ________

even If clearly am the better player.

A) I

B) me

C) mine

D) myself

12) Fill In the blanks with the suitable option:

He has been acting all_________after becoming a

cop.

A) mighty and fighty

B) high and low

C) high and dry

D) high and mighty

13) Fill in the blank with suitable option given

below:

That small grocery store __________ the corner

of the street, is my father’s.

A) in

B) on

C) at

D) with

14) Change the sentence from direct speech to

reported speech:

"Well, all Julian has to do was ask.'

A) He observed that Julian could just ask.

B) He remarked that Julian needs to ask.

C) He said that Julian simply had to ask.

D) He told that Julian cun simply ask.

15) Fill in the blank with the suitable option:

When we were kids, we_________play for hours in

this park. That was a golden period in our lives.

A) ought to

B) would

C) could

D) should

16) Break a______ man. That was an awesome

performance!

A) leg

B) sweat

C) heart

D) jinx

17) Fill in the blank with the suitable option:

______love that mothers have for their babies is

unconditional and pure.

A) a

B) an

C) the

D) No article required

18) Fill in the blanks with the suitable option

given below:

While Rohita_______television, I_______my

project work.

A) was going to watch / finish

B) will watch / am finishing

C) watches / would finish

D) was watching / had finished

19) Fill in the blank with the suitable option

given below:

The staff________decorating the premises

before the new owners landed.

A) has been

B) had been

C) have been '

D) have being

20) In what logical order can we arrange the

given sentences to get a coherent paragraph?

A) The necessity for better shipment

management has now been addressed by the

new companies.

B) New ports seem to have gotten a boost from

this change in attitude.

C) The authorities state that this is leading to a

positive change in the owners of old ships.

D) In terms of ship management efficiency, there

has recently been a sea change in attitude.

A) DBAC

B) ABDC

C) DACB

D) ACBD

Answers

General English (Grammar) questions asked in previous year competitive exams. | Set 1

 1) Fill in the blanks with the correct option:

I___________pray more often.

A) ought to

B) need

C) ought not

D) need not to

2) Fill in the blank with suitable option given

below:

The town I come from is so small that you

probably won't find it_____a map.

A) in

B) at

C) on

D) with

3) Fill in the blank with the suitable option:

He went to the meeting in a casual suit,

________wasn't a smart thing to do.

A) who

B) when

C) where

D) which

4) Which word is closest in meaning to the

underlined word in the sentence?

In such a needful situation, one should learn to

adjure, instead of conjuring excuses."

A) ignore .

B) argue

C) appeal

D) command

5) Fill in the blank with the suitable option:

Their________ likes to live in isolation, and

doesn't respond in_________to unexpected

visits.

A) like, type

B) type, like

C) kind, kind

D) kin, klin

6) Change the sentence from reported speech to

direct speech.

Gautami said that she had received plenty of job

offers.

A) "I received plenty of job offers", said Gautami.

B) "Gautami said that, She received plenty of job

offers." -

C) "I was receiving plenty of job offers", said Gautami

D) "I will receive plenty of job offers", said Gautami

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7) Fill in the blanks with the correct option:

We cancelled our outing, __________

A) because it was raining

B) if it would have rained

C) when it will rain

D) as it will be raining

8) In what logical order can we arrange the given

sentences to get a coherent paragraph?

A) Desire is the opposite of contentment, feeling

of satisfaction.

B) To deal with dreams and desire, psychiatrists

have identified a dreamer as the owner of "nonrational form of knowledge".

C) Like a fortune-teller, the dreamer ‘sees' the

future and leads his desires.

D) Subconscious information is essentially

instinctive.

E) It involves seeing and nurturing a vision of the

future, along with wants and necessities.

A) ABDEC

B) DEABC

C) ABEDC

D) DCABE

9) Which word is the farthest in meaning from

the underlined word in the sentence, "He is

illiterate, so don't expect miracles out of him

just yet."

A) ignorant

B) innocent

C) educated

D) uncultured

10) Identify the meaning of underlined phrase.

The Lawyer's arguments fell flat on the judge

A) had no effect

B) had great influence

C) had a considerable charm

D) had the opposite effect

11) Fill in the blank with the suitable option:

Using his binoculars, he could spot ________ US

cargo ship in the distance.

A) a

B) an

C) the

D) No article required

12) Change the sentence from direct speech to

reported speech:

Sunitha said "Why don’t you buy land now even

when you know it's a good investment!"

A) Sunita suggested me to never purchase land as

it was a bad investment.

B) Sunita suggested me to purchase land as it was

a good investment.

C) Sunita enquired the reason for my not buying

land when I knew it was a good investment.

D) Sunita was cross at me for not buying land

when I knew it is a good investment.

13) Fill in the blank with suitable option given

below:

She is__________her annual vacation, so don't

call and disturb her.

A) at

B) for

C) on

D) to

14) Fill in the blank with the suitable option:

Are you counting on him for a lift? He will let you

mount his bike when____________

A) kingdom comes

B) donkeys talk

C) pigs fly

D) dogs cry

15) Fill in the blank with the suitable option:

A lot of practice is needed to get such

choreography to work, in______first place.

A) a

B) an

C) the

D) No article required

16) Fill in the blank with suitable option given below:

Sheena cried when she__________that

she________her shoes.

A) realised / will lose

B) had realised / lost

C) realised / had lost

D) has realised / lost

17) Fill in the blanks with the correct option:

I will address this problem after I_______my work.

A) lie, lay

B) lay, lie

C) lain, laid

D) laid, lain

18) Rearrange the following jumbled words to form a

meaningful sentence:

He/extremely/so/worked/he/hard/promotion/the/got

A) He worked extremely hard so, he got the

promotion.

B) He got the promotion so, he extremely worked

hard.

C) He promotion got so he worked hard extremely.

D) The promotion he got so he worked hard

extremely.

19) Fill in the blank with the suitable option:

______you need any further clarification, please feel

free to reach out.

A) should

B) Could

C) Shall

D) Must

20) Fill in the blank with the suitable option:

He _________ on the carpet all day playing video

games, when his father had asked him to

______________ on the mattress.

A) at

B) for

C) on

D) to

Answers

First in world and First in India (Adventure, Sports, Discoveries)| General Knowledge and Current Affairs

If anyone is preparing for competitive exams (SSC, PSC, JKSSB etc;), it is very important to cover GK section. In GK Section, many questions are asked on the topic 'First in World'. Question can also be asked from "First in India (Adventure, Sports, Discoveries)". In this post we are covering very important remarkss regard to First in the World and First in India.

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First in world (Adventure, Sports, Discoveries)| General Knowledge and Current Affairs

1. Who is the first person to reach Mount Everest:Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund Hillary
2. Who is the first person to reach the North Pole: Robert Peary
3. Who is the first person to reach the South Pole: Amundsen
4. Which is the first religion of the world: Hinduism
5. The first country to win the football World cup: Uruguay
6. The first European to reach China: Marco Polo
7. The first person to sail around the world: Magellan
8. The first country to send a man to the moon: U.S.A.
9. The first country to launch Artificial satellite in the space: Russia
10. The first country to host the modern Olympics: Greece
11. The first city on which the atom bomb was dropped: Hiroshima (Japan)
12. The first person to land on the moon: Neil Armstrong followed by Edwin E. Aldrin
13. The first shuttle to go in space: Columbia
14. The first spacecraft to reach on Mars: Viking—I
15. The first woman to climb Mount Everest: Mrs. Junko Tabei (Japan)
16. The first batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut: Mohd. Azharuddin
17. The first man to have climbed Mount Everest Twice: Nawang Gombu
18. The first man who did drew the map of the earth: Anaximander

First in India (Adventure, Sports, Discoveries)| General Knowledge and Current Affairs

1. The first President of Indian Republic: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2. The first Prime Minister of free India:Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
3. The first Indian to win Nobel Prize: Rabindranath Tagore
4. The first President of Indian National Congress: W. C. Banerjee
5. The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress: Badruddin Tayyabji
6. The first Muslim President of India: Dr. Zakir Hussain
7. The first British Governor General of India: Lord William Bentinck
8. The first British Viceroy of India: Lord Canning
9. The first Governor General of free India: Lord Mountbatten
10. The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free: C. Rajgopalachari India
11. The first man who introduced printing press in India: James Hicky
12. The first Indian to join the I.C.S.: Satyendra Nath Tagore
13. India’s first man in space: Rakesh Sharma
14. The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India: General Cariappa
15. The first Chief of the Army Staff: Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
16. The first Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council: S. P. Sinha
17. The first President of India who died while in office: Dr. Zakir Hussain
18. The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament: Charan Singh
19. The first Field Marshal of India: S. H. F. Manekshaw
20. The first Indian to get Nobel prize in Physics: C. V. Raman
21. The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award: Dr. Radhakrishnan
22. The first Indian to cross English channel: Mihir Sen
23. The first person to receive Jnanpith award: Sri Shankar Kurup
24. The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
25. The first Vice-President of India: Dr. Radhakrishnan
26. The first Education Minister: Abul Kalam Azad
27. The first Home Minister of India: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
28. The first Indian Air Chief Marshal: S. Mukherjee
29. The first Indian Naval Chief: Vice Admiral R. D. Katari
30. The first judge of International Court of Justice: Dr. Nagendra Singh
31. The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra: Major Somnath Sharma
32. The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen: Sherpa Anga Dorjee
33. The first Chief Election Commissioner: Sukumar Sen
34. The first person to receive Magsaysay Award: Acharya Vinoba Bhave
35. The first Chinese traveller to visit India: Fahein
36. The first person to receive Stalin Prize: Saifuddin Kitchlu
37. The first person to resign from the central cabinet: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
38. The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
39. The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics: Amartya Sen
40. The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court: Justice Hiralal J. Kania

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