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English — Set 24

10 Questions with Answers & Explanations

Set 24 of 38

1

Nobody can ...... me to do anything which I do not want to do.

Options

A

encourage

B

request

C

oppose

D

compel

Correct Answer

compel

Explanation

The word 'compel' means to force or oblige someone to do something, which fits the context of not being forced to do unwanted things.

2

The more your action and thought are allied and ...... the happier you grow.

Options

A

diverget

B

unravelled

C

integrated

D

invincible

Correct Answer

integrated

Explanation

In this context, 'integrated' means thoughts and actions are unified or combined in a harmonious way.

3

In his childhood, the narrator looked "more like a foreigner than a Dawood Bohri" This was because he was

Context: Question No. (12-16) based on the following passage: Today perhaps your only association with the word 'polio' is the Sabin Oral Vaccine that protects children from the disease. Fifty five years ago this was not so. The dreaded disease, which mainly affects the brain and spinal cord, causing stiffening and weakening of muscles, crippling and paralysis - which is Why I am in a wheelchair today. If somebody had predicted, when I was born, that this would happen to me, no one would have believed it. I was seventh child in a family of four pairs of brothers and sisters, with huge 23 year gap between the first and last. I was so fair and brown haired that I looked more look like a foreigner than a Dawood Bohri. I was also considered to be the healthiest of the brood.

Questions

A

a foreign child

B

a very healthy boy

C

tell and smart

D

fair and brown haired

Correct Answer

fair and brown haired

Explanation

The passage states, 'I was so fair and brown haired that I looked more look like a foreigner than a Dawood Bohri.'

4

My friends.... the prime Minister yesterday.

Options

A

see

B

had seen

C

saw

D

seeing

Correct Answer

saw

Explanation

The adverb 'yesterday' indicates that the action happened in the past, requiring the simple past tense form of the verb 'see', which is 'saw'.

5

Teacher's are not high on the list of corruption because they do not have

Context: Study the following passage and answer the question which is based on it (10-14) The Indian middle class consist of so many strata that it defies categorisation under a single term class, which would imply a considerable degree of homogeneity. Yet two paradoxical features characterise its conduct fairly uniformly; extensive practice and intensive abhorrence of corruption. In the several recent surveys of popular perceptions of corruptions, politicians of course invariably and understandably top the list, closely followed by bureaucrats, policemen, lawyers, businessmen and others. The quintessential middle class. If teachers do not figure high on this priority list, it is not for lack of trying, but for lack of opportunities. Over the years, the sense of shock over acts of corruption in the middle class has witnessed a steady decline, as its ambitions for a better material life have soared but the resources for meeting such ambitions have not kept pace. What is fascinating, however, is the intense yearning of this class for a clean corruptionless politics and society, a yearning that has again and again surfaced with any figure public or obscure, focus on his mission of eradicating corruption. Even the repeated failure of this promise on virtually every man's part has not subjected it to the law of diminishing returns.

Questions

A

courage

B

opportunities

C

support

D

ambition

Correct Answer

opportunities

Explanation

The passage states that teachers not being high on the corruption list is not due to a lack of trying, but a 'lack of opportunities'.

6

In the following questions four alternatives are given for the phrase italicised and underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of phrase. It is no longer easy to strike gold in Shakespeare's research since much work has already been done on him.

Options

A

Hit a golden spot

B

Come across gold

C

Come across the word "gold"

D

Uncover or find a valuable line of argument or information

Correct Answer

Uncover or find a valuable line of argument or information

Explanation

The idiom 'strike gold' in this context means to find or discover something very valuable or successful, such as a new line of research.

7

Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete. Do you know ......?

Options

A

where she comes from

B

where does she come from

C

where from she comes

D

from where does she come

Correct Answer

where she comes from

Explanation

In an indirect question (noun clause), the word order should be subject-verb (statement form), not auxiliary-subject-verb (question form).

8

In a large cities people are cut ...... from nature.

Options

A

away

B

off

C

out

D

down

Correct Answer

off

Explanation

The phrasal verb 'cut off' is used here to mean being isolated or separated from nature.

9

I hate sitting ...... him as he always smells of garlic.

Context: Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Options

A

besides

B

along

C

at

D

beside

Correct Answer

beside

Explanation

'Beside' means 'at the side of' or 'next to', whereas 'besides' means 'in addition to'. Here, physical proximity (sitting next to) is implied.

10

After the rain the weather ...... and the sun came out.

Context: Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Options

A

cleared out

B

cleared up

C

cleared away

D

cleared off

Correct Answer

cleared up

Explanation

The phrasal verb 'cleared up' means the clouds dispersed and the rain stopped, resulting in bright weather.

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