Reading comprehension, vocabulary, synonyms and antonyms, idiom usage, error spotting, sentence improvement, and cloze tests.
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong
Fatalist
Fanatic
Infallible
Cynic
Correct answer
Fatalist
Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
Half a million dollars is only a drop in the bucket to what is required for this industry.
An unreliable person
unity and functioning together to achieve a goal
A very small part of something big or whole
a person or situation having no hope of positive change
Correct answer
An unreliable person
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
This small hut is going to be my _____ for the next three days.
legacy
scout
loaf
abode
Correct answer
legacy
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
He believed that he had struck terror in his children's hearts because of his _____.
love
rage
calmness
fortune
Correct answer
love
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Miss Samantha is at the _____ of her popularity.
pick
peek
peck
peak
Correct answer
pick
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Flexible
Compliant
Defiant
Peculiar
Reckless
Correct answer
Compliant
Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.
As the tree came crashing down, the monkeys woke up from its sleep and ran from branch to branch.
woke up from their sleep
No improvement required
waken up in their sleep
wakes up from its sleep
Correct answer
woke up from their sleep
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The age of the participants _____ an important factor in this competition.
is
do
has
are
Correct answer
is
Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement required’.
No other informations was conveyed to him.
No other’s information
No improvement required
No other information
None another information
Correct answer
No other’s information
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Someone working or acting merely for money or other rewards
Debtor
Mercenary
Contractor
Player
Correct answer
Debtor
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Mahalia Jackson was (1) ______ into a preacher's family in 1911, and she grew up in a riverfront shanty in New Orleans. She was motherless at five, working as a maid and laundress in her mid-teens. As a little girl, she would (2) ______ to herself before she went to sleep, "Someday the sun is going to shine down on me in some faraway place." In pursuit of that dream, Mahalia migrated to Chicago when she was still a teenager. She never expected to support herself by singing, and by the time I joined her, the hands she used so expressively in her performances had (3) ______ floors, (4) ______ and helped her earn a living as a hotel maid, factory worker, beautician and florist. But her remarkable (5) ______ brought her more and more invitations to singat funerals, in churches, at concerts. And, through her warm friendly personality and a life based on sound spiritual values and hard work, she eventually found her place in the sun.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
Adorn
Worn
Born
Scorn
Correct answer
Adorn
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Mahalia Jackson was (1) ______ into a preacher's family in 1911, and she grew up in a riverfront shanty in New Orleans. She was motherless at five, working as a maid and laundress in her mid-teens. As a little girl, she would (2) ______ to herself before she went to sleep, "Someday the sun is going to shine down on me in some faraway place." In pursuit of that dream, Mahalia migrated to Chicago when she was still a teenager. She never expected to support herself by singing, and by the time I joined her, the hands she used so expressively in her performances had (3) ______ floors, (4) ______ and helped her earn a living as a hotel maid, factory worker, beautician and florist. But her remarkable (5) ______ brought her more and more invitations to singat funerals, in churches, at concerts. And, through her warm friendly personality and a life based on sound spiritual values and hard work, she eventually found her place in the sun.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
Whisper
Glimmer
Crisper
Prosper
Correct answer
Whisper
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Mahalia Jackson was (1) ______ into a preacher's family in 1911, and she grew up in a riverfront shanty in New Orleans. She was motherless at five, working as a maid and laundress in her mid-teens. As a little girl, she would (2) ______ to herself before she went to sleep, "Someday the sun is going to shine down on me in some faraway place." In pursuit of that dream, Mahalia migrated to Chicago when she was still a teenager. She never expected to support herself by singing, and by the time I joined her, the hands she used so expressively in her performances had (3) ______ floors, (4) ______ and helped her earn a living as a hotel maid, factory worker, beautician and florist. But her remarkable (5) ______ brought her more and more invitations to singat funerals, in churches, at concerts. And, through her warm friendly personality and a life based on sound spiritual values and hard work, she eventually found her place in the sun.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
Stubbed
Clubbed
Scrubbed
Grubbed
Correct answer
Stubbed
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Mahalia Jackson was (1) ______ into a preacher's family in 1911, and she grew up in a riverfront shanty in New Orleans. She was motherless at five, working as a maid and laundress in her mid-teens. As a little girl, she would (2) ______ to herself before she went to sleep, "Someday the sun is going to shine down on me in some faraway place." In pursuit of that dream, Mahalia migrated to Chicago when she was still a teenager. She never expected to support herself by singing, and by the time I joined her, the hands she used so expressively in her performances had (3) ______ floors, (4) ______ and helped her earn a living as a hotel maid, factory worker, beautician and florist. But her remarkable (5) ______ brought her more and more invitations to singat funerals, in churches, at concerts. And, through her warm friendly personality and a life based on sound spiritual values and hard work, she eventually found her place in the sun.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
Pondered
Laundered
Unsoldered
Considered
Correct answer
Pondered
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Mahalia Jackson was (1) ______ into a preacher's family in 1911, and she grew up in a riverfront shanty in New Orleans. She was motherless at five, working as a maid and laundress in her mid-teens. As a little girl, she would (2) ______ to herself before she went to sleep, "Someday the sun is going to shine down on me in some faraway place." In pursuit of that dream, Mahalia migrated to Chicago when she was still a teenager. She never expected to support herself by singing, and by the time I joined her, the hands she used so expressively in her performances had (3) ______ floors, (4) ______ and helped her earn a living as a hotel maid, factory worker, beautician and florist. But her remarkable (5) ______ brought her more and more invitations to singat funerals, in churches, at concerts. And, through her warm friendly personality and a life based on sound spiritual values and hard work, she eventually found her place in the sun.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
keeping-skills
Voice
Beauty
Cleaning
Correct answer
keeping-skills
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Every time he tried to eat with a chopstick he failed to do___________.
so
it
that
this
Correct answer
so
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Eternity
Moment
Flash
Purity
Forever
Correct answer
Moment
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The ________ for this distance will be ninety cents.
flair
flower
fair
fare
Correct answer
flair
Select the option which has no spelling error.
The roll of the Union goverment is technical.
The role of the Union goverment is tecnical.
The rolle of the Union government is technnical.
The role of the Unioun goverment is technical.
The role of the Union government is technical.
Correct answer
The role of the Union goverment is tecnical.
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Rational
Illogical
Polite
Conscious
Impatient
Correct answer
Illogical
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