List of top English Questions

Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions given in order from the options given below:
Furrow irrigation is conducted ___ creating small parallel channels ___ the field length ___ the direction ___ predominant slope.

Which of the following can be taken to be synonym for 'obstreperous'?

pick out the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence
He is \(\text{\underline{done for}}\). 

Identify the part of speech of the underline work in the following sentence.
you are paying \(\text{\underline{less}}\) attention to your studies than used to do.

Select the appropriate meaning the foreign word: 'carte blanche'

Match the words in list I with their meanings in list II.

List I		List II
(A)	debase	(I)	contracted
(B)	analogy	(II)	notion
(C)	foreshortened	(III)	degrade
(D)	conception	(IV)	correlation

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Choose the appropriate answer elaborating meaning of 'Altruism'.
(A) Principle for living selflessly
(B) Charitable
(C) Humanitarian
(D) Impolite and unsocial
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The official at the white House committed a serious faux pas when he violated the protocol by asking the Japanese ambassador to show his identity.
Which of the following words can replace the underlined word without changing the meaning of the given sentence:

But for the sagacious decisions taken by the CEO of the company, the company would have gone bankrupt.
Which of the following words can replace the underlined word without changing the meaning of the sentence:

The actor was forced to run the gauntlet of jeering reporters for having featured in a tobacco promotion advertisement.
The underlined idiom implies that the actor:

Pick out the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence: 
He is \(\underline{\text{done for}}\).

Choose the one word for the following:
“Possessing unlimited powers.”

Which of the following is a one-word substitute for "the art of beautiful handwriting"?

Choose the appropriate one word substitute for:
A position requiring little or no work but giving its holder status or financial benefit.

Choose the one word for the following: Possessing unlimited powers.

It was a long dispute with neither side giving ____ easily.

The ____ of the trouble was the decision to allow non-members into the club.

Van Gogh suffered from depression _____ by overwork and ill-health.

Match List I with List II

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Which of the words / phrases given below the following sentence should replace the word / phrase given in capitals to make it grammatically correct:
The recent spate of burglaries in addition to the frequent power cuts in Birla Housing society HAVE MADE the disgruntled residents protest against the management.

As we embark on a new academic year, we have to put our hand to plough if we have to make it worthwhile.
While of the following options correctly explains the underlined Idiom:

Choose the passive voice of the following sentence.
she looks after the child

Change voice for the given statements Do not tease the monkey'.

Choose the passive voice of the following sentence. She looks after the child.

What is the status given to English language by the constitution of India?