List of top English Language Comprehension Questions

Pick the antonym of the word "adroit" from the options given below

Pick synonyms of the word "shirk":
A. Avoid
B. Escape
C. Evade
D. Oppose
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Replace the phrase in italics in the given sentence from the options given below to make a grammatically correct sentence :-
I don't think you need to explain the situation, your conduct is speaking itself.

Read the sentences given below :-
I. I do not know whether he will come or not.
II. I do not know that he will come or not.
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Choose the most appropriate option to correct the given sentence:
Radha is as cleverer as Sudha.

Find out which part of the following sentence has an error :- The earth moves round the sun, Isn't it?"

Find out which part of the sentence has an error, if there is no error, mark option 4

Identify which of the sentence are correct :
A. She was pouring water in the jug.
B. My father was angry with my brother.
C. Rama has been living in Delhi for 1975.
D. The children laughed at the beggar.
E. The patient was crying on pain.
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Find out which part of the following sentence has an error :-"Neither he nor I are wrong"

Pick the most appropriate option from below: The expression, "he is laboring ·under the delusion of a serious nature' suggests that:

Choose the most appropriate option to complete the sentence:
A person who does not eat any animal product is called _________.

The expression "well done!" means:
A That was well done
B. You would have done well
C. You have done well
D. You will do well
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To Ratanbabu, the hotel seemed quite adequate. His room wasn't large, but that didn't matter. There were windows to the east and the south with pleasant views of the country side. The servant Pancha seemed an amiable sort. Ratanbabu was in the habit of bathing twice a day in tepid water throughout the year and Pancha had assured him that there would be no trouble about that.
In the given passage, the phrase "tepid water" means:

Pick the appropriate meaning of the expression '"Modus Operandi":

Choose the correct one word substitute for the following phrase :-Lasting for a very short time

Match List - I with List-II :

	List I		List II
A	Carp Diem	I	Accepted as such until proven
B	Faux Pas	II	An embarrassing blunder
C	Magnum opus	III	The most important work of
D	Prima facie	IV	Seize the day

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Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the following statement :- A medicine to counteract poison

Choose the correct meaning of the following idiom :- Catch Twenty Two

Pick the correct order of the sentences to form a comprehensive paragraph:
A. A cat does not seem to be capable of the personal devotion often shown by a dog. 
B. A dog will follow his master anywhere, but a cat keeps to the house it is used to and even when the house changes hands, the cat will remain there, so long as it is kindly treated by the new owners. 
C. There is some truth in the common saying that while clogs become attached to persons, cats are generally attached to places. 
D. It thinks most of its own comforts, and its love is only cupboard love. 
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"Poetry is the language of the imagination and the passions. It relates to whatever gives immediate pleasure or pain to the human mind. It comes home to the bosoms and business of men for nothing but what comes home to them in the most general and intelligible shape can be a subject for poetry. Poetry is the universal language which the health holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. Wherever there is a sense of beauty or harmony, as in the motion of a wave of the sea in the growth of a flower there is poetry in its birth."
Which of the following expressions duly correspond with the given passage:
A . Poetry ensures for the immediate pleasure and pain experienced by the creative mind.
B . It revolves around the general and intelligible feelings of the people.
C . A contempt for poetry and self-respect are mutually compatible.
D . It unavoidably relates to mankind's sense of beauty, power and harmony.
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Complete the sentence in List I by choosing the appropriate phrase from List II

	List I		List II
A	He succeed…preservation and sheer hard work	I	In Lieu of
B	He died fighting ….his country	II	In spite of
C	He preserved…difficulties.	III	On behalf of
D	He accepted the car …his calm of Rs. 3,25,000,	IV	By dint of

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Match List I with List II.

	List I  (Phrasal Verbs)		List II (Meaning)
A	Run across	I	To lose power or step working
B	Run down	II	To meet or find by chance
C	Run into	III	To continue without stopping
D	Run on	IV	To meet by chance

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