English - Online Test
Q1. Direction: Five statements, out of which only one is grammatically incorrect, are given. Identify the incorrect statement.
I. Most examiners have perfected their skills in making it a veritable nightmare for the majority of the students.
II. Quite unwittingly we have increased the enrollment in schools alarmingly.
III. The students who have an excellent report with the teacher manage to score high.
IV. She sings well, isn't she?
V. The cultivation of crops depends upon the proper supply of water throughout the year.
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
In sentence III, rapport should be used instead of report. Rapport means close and harmonious relationship. In sentence IV the auxiliary verb that should be used with she is doesn't.
Q2. Direction: Five statements are given below out of which one or more maybe grammatically incorrect. Identify the incorrect statement(s).
I. We were assured that nobody would ever breathe a word about the matter.
II. Many countries were suffering by financial crisis.
III. Nobody knows where could he have gone so early in the morning.
IV. There were many food items that were introduced in India by foreigners.
V. You must reach the office as early as possible.
II. Many countries were suffering by financial crisis.
III. Nobody knows where could he have gone so early in the morning.
IV. There were many food items that were introduced in India by foreigners.
V. You must reach the office as early as possible.
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
After suffering, the preposition “from" should be used in sentence II.
In sentence III, could should be used after he because the sentence is an assertive sentence written in indirect speech.
Q3. Direction: Five statements are given below out of which one or more maybe grammatically incorrect. Identify the incorrect statement(s).
I. There is a train to Pune every Tuesdays.
II. We arrived at the station in the evening.
III. I have been working on this project from 10th of this month.
IV. Read not to contradict and confuse but to weigh and consider.
V. When she tried to make the matter clear, she got a flea in her ear.
II. We arrived at the station in the evening.
III. I have been working on this project from 10th of this month.
IV. Read not to contradict and confuse but to weigh and consider.
V. When she tried to make the matter clear, she got a flea in her ear.
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
After “every" singular noun or pronoun is used. So in sentence I Tuesday should be used instead of Tuesdays.
Q4. Direction: Five statements are given below out of which one or more maybe grammatically incorrect. Identify the incorrect statement(s).
I. Whatever the problem, someone can always oversimplify it.
II. Sometimes a problem is simpler than it seems at the first sight.
III. There is a mysterious chemistry that alter things.
IV. The teacher was taken back by the sudden questions asked by the students.
V. The decision was taken in camera.
II. Sometimes a problem is simpler than it seems at the first sight.
III. There is a mysterious chemistry that alter things.
IV. The teacher was taken back by the sudden questions asked by the students.
V. The decision was taken in camera.
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
In statement III the subject is singular, therefore the singular verb "alters" should be used.
In statement IV, “back" should be replaced by aback. 'Taken aback' means shocked.
Q5. Direction: Five statements are given below out of which one or more maybe grammatically incorrect. Identify the incorrect statement(s).
I. I remember meet him few months ago.
II. They told to me that I had performed really well.
III. He has eaten nothing since yesterday.
IV. Ultimately all these will be gone with the wind.
V. The purpose of this meeting is enclosed with the notice.
II. They told to me that I had performed really well.
III. He has eaten nothing since yesterday.
IV. Ultimately all these will be gone with the wind.
V. The purpose of this meeting is enclosed with the notice.
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
In sentence I, meeting should be used instead of meet.
In sentence II, "to" should not be used after told because the sentence is in indirect speech.
Q6. Whatever you _____ done to fool Claire, I don't believe a word of what you've said.
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
Past possibility = might have + past participle
Q7. When I asked him ______ the keys, Bob said he had no idea where they were.
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
Use IF+affirmative word order in reported speech to introduce a yes/no question.
Q8. The world ---- a better place now if we had known a hundred years ago what we know today about the earth's environment.
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
Use ‘Might be’, as it is a case of Past possibility.
Q9. The medicine made me feel dizzy. I felt as though the room ---- around and around.
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
We use “Were” after ‘As though’ and ‘As if’. As if and As though are conditional words which take plural verb after them.
Q10. As soon as everyone _____ the examination _____ the test papers were given out.
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
Option A is correct. The given sentence talks about a situation in which some people are taking the examination. Since the incident is of past, was seated will be used. 'taking' defines the activity in backdrop but doesn't define the major activity going on hence it will not confer with past tense. The sentence is a passive construction.
