List of top English Questions

Fill up the blank with suitable alternatives given: My house __________ with all my money.

Fill in the blank with suitable alternatives given:
Once she has signed the deal papers, she won't be able to ______

Fill up the blank with suitable alternatives given: The crew was afraid, but the captain ______ them that there was no danger.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option given below.
She ______ silver medal in the race.

Fill up the blank with suitable alternatives given: The two groups have been engaged in a bitter __________ for the past three decades.

Fill up the blank with suitable alternatives given: The audience listened to the artist with __________ attention.

Choose the correct homonym pair :

Choose the appropriate word to fill in the blank :
It was a challenge to ______ a response from the prisoner.

Choose the word that can replace both the words in italics in the two given sentences
I. I appreciate your ready wit
II. The two pens have visible difference in quality.

Choose the incorrect homonym pair:

Rearrange the following segments to make a meaningful sentence:
(A) at the process India has made in the field of nuclear research
(B) the prime minister looked back with satisfaction
(C) will have to accept India as a nuclear power.
(D) and asserted that sooner or later the big powers:
Choose the correct answer from the options given below

Match List - I with List - II.

List - I		List - II
(A)	apple of one's eye	(I)	all of a sudden
(B)	to be all ears	(II)	Not able to hear well
(C)	out of the blue	(III)	loved clearly
(D)	hard of hearing	(IV)	to be very attentive

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

From the given options, choose the one that rightly explains the following idiom :
\(\text{\underline{To call a spade a spade}}\)
(A) to speak redely
(B) to speak directly
(C) to speak diplomatically
(D) to speak frankly
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

From the given options, select the word that is opposite in meaning to ‘dexterous’ ?

From the options given below, select the one closest in meaning to 'Agile' :

Match List - I with List - II.

List - I		List - II
(A)	Cortege	(I)	a poem of lamentation on the death of someone loved and admired.
(B)	Elegy	(II)	A funeral procession comprising a number of mourning.
(C)	Obituary	(III)	an account in the newspaper about the funeral of a deceased.
(D)	Epitaph	(IV)	words inscribed on the grave/tomb in the memory of the one buried.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Choose the word that denotes one that is in a war - like mood :

Match List - I with List - II.

List - I		List - II
(A)	Ad interim	(I)	Meanwhile
(B)	Carte blanche	(II)	According to law
(C)	De jure	(III)	Mixture
(D)	Pot Pourri	(IV)	Full freedom of action

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Pick a word that means the same as 'readable' :

From the given options, select the word that is opposite in meaning to ‘Excruciating’ :

Who said "Poetry is what gets lost in translation?"