List of top English Language Comprehension Questions

In the question below, select the answer choice that provides the best meaning of the word given.
APPERTAIN
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For almost seven years, Mrs Jacob....unable to move her head.
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Biofeedback training is based on the .... that we can gain control on our bodily functions.
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The sharp cracking of a twig mixed with a bird's .... made a great impact on him.
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It is possible to listen to ..... as well as to sound, just as it is possible to see both light and shadow.
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He prefers swimming .... any other sport.
A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph, Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
A. In 1995, that ratio has gone up to 60 per cent, an average annual growth of 8-10 per cent.
B. Fifty years ago, India's roads carried 11 per cent of the goods tramc that moved.
C Indian roads have emerged as a very important mode of transport.
D That sounds good, but at the same time, the number ofvehicles registered has gone up by 121 times in the same period.
A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph, Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
A. I had heard that sort of thing before.
B. He said that his generation was the first to believe that it had no future.
C. A young American made earthling stopped by my house the other day to talk about some book of mine he had read.
D. He was the son of a Boston man who had died an alcoholic vagrant.
A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph, Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
A. It is turning off the tap.
B. And with no consensus of the exit policy, the government is damned if it supports loss-making units and damned if it doesn 't.
C. The private sector did the same in the past because securing legal sanction for closure was viltually impossible.
D. After years of funding the losses of public sector companies, the govemment is doing the unthinkable.
A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph, Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
A. Trade protocols were signed, the dollar as the medium of exchange was ignored, trade was denominated in rupees and the exchange rate between the two countries was to be fixed outside the ambit of free markets.
B. A young India, some years after independence fashioning her foreign policy of non-alignment, found it prudent to stay close to the former Soviet Union.
C. Once upon a time there was a superpower named Soviet Union that attracted apprehension of the global aspirations of the other superpower, the US.
D. One way of doing this was to evolve a bilateral relations in trade that could be called upon to provide a buffer against the arm-twisting by the US.
In the following sentence, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four options.
He considers \(\underline {\text{me}\ \text{as}\ \text{a}\ \text{fool}}\)
In the following sentence, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four options.
The accountant has \(\underline {\text{all}\ \text{ready}\ \text{given}}\) the balance sheet.
In the following sentence, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four options.
Jack may be \(\underline {\text{a}\ \text{better}\ \text{player}\ \text{to}\ \text{me}}\).
In the following sentence, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four options.
\(\underline {\text{He}\ \text{not}\ \text{onlt}\ \text{was}\ \text{competent}}\).
In the following sentence, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four options.
There \(\underline {\text{have}\ \text{been}\ \text{heavy}\ \text{rainfall}}\) yesterday
From the four choices provided, choose the analogy that is most similar to the one in the question.
wealth : poverty
From the four choices provided, choose the analogy that is most similar to the one in the question.
misfortune : catastrophe
From the four choices provided, choose the analogy that is most similar to the one in the question.
molecule : atoms
From the four choices provided, choose the analogy that is most similar to the one in the question.
limp : walk
From the four choices provided, choose the analogy that is most similar to the one in the question.
riddle : solve
Mark the alternative that has the opposite meaning of the word given in the question.
audit
Mark the alternative that has the opposite meaning of the word given in the question.
authenticate
Mark the alternative that has the opposite meaning of the word given in the question.
avid
Choose the alternative that gives the closest meaning for the underlined expression.
Our plans were all set, and then she came along \(\underline {\text{to}\ \text{upset}\ \text{the}\ \text{apple}\ \text{cart}}\).
I still insist that Ryan is \(\underline {\text{not}\ \text{as}\ \text{black}\ \text{as}\ \text{he}\ \text{is } \text{painted}}\).