AIRFORCE X & Y ENGLISH QUIZ 02

Question 1

Spotting the part of the sentence which has an error.

" I am tired of my boys", said the mother, (a) / "Both of them keep quarrelling all the time (b) / right now also they are quarrelling with one another." (c) / No error (d)




Question 2

Improve the sentence.

My brother is looking forward to meeting his employer tomorrow.




Question 3

Some mysteries remain in desert research, especially relating to why some regions, once fertile, are now............... .




Question 4

Spotting the part of the sentence which has an error.

Gandhi Ji always regretted for the fact (a) / that people gave him adulation while what he wanted (b) / was acceptance of his way of life. (c) / No error (d)




Question 5

Find Synonym.

CONTRIVED




Question 6

Choose correct option in Indirect Speech.

Vivek said to his friend," Could you please turn off the switch?"




Question 7

Spotting the error.

Sita (a) / with all her sisters (b) / were here. (c) / No error (d)




Question 8

Idiom/Phrase is printed in bold in the sentence.Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Your behaviour is simply beyond the pale.




Question 9

Find Synonym.

LAID-BACK




Question 10

The visiting Diplomat..........the Prime Minister.




Question 11

Spotting the error.

He is (a)/ your brother (b) isn't it ? (c)/ No error (d)




Question 12

Idiom/Phrase is printed in bold in the sentence.Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Listening to the lecture was watching grass grow.




Question 13

Spotting the error.

Coleridge as well as Wordsworth were (a) / of the opinion that the opposite of poetry (b) / is not prose but science. (c) / No error (d)




Question 14

Improve the sentence.

There is many a slip between the cup and lip.




Question 15

Spotting the part of the sentence which has an error.

Because of the movement of a glacier (a) / the form (b) / of the Great Lakes was very slow. (c) / No error (d)




Question 16

Fill in the blank.

The statue.........a global symbol of freedom.




Question 17

Spotting the error.

As I was leaving for Delhi, (a) / he asked me whether (b) / I could buy a tape recorder for him. (c) / No error (d)




Question 18

Find Synonym.

OBSCURE




Question 19

Choose opposite word of the coloured word.

The entry was carried out inadvertently.




Question 20

Choose the one which best expresses the meaning.

Temerity




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