List of top English Questions

Here are some commonly used medical terms. Find out their meanings.
CT scan MRI tomography autopsy dialysis ECG post mortem angiography biopsy
Given below are some interesting combinations of words. Explain why they have been used together.
(i) ghostly dust devils
(ii) desert sky
(iii) stunning artifacts
(iv) funerary treasures
(v) scientific detachment
(vi) dark - bellied clouds
(vii) casket grey
(viii) eternal brilliance
(ix) ritual resins
(x) virtual body
In what ways do you think we could help prevent the extinction of languages and dialects?
Do you think it is important to preserve languages?
What do you think are the reasons for the extinction of languages?
Tick the statements that are true
Tick the item that is closest in meaning to the following phrases
to give vent to
to be physically strong
Locate the lines in text that support the title. 'The Ailing Planet'.
What does the notice ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’ at a cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, signify?
How are the earth’s principal biological systems being depleted?
Why does the author aver that the growth of world population is one of the strongest factors distorting the future of human society?
The phrase ‘inter alia’ meaning ‘among other things’ is one of the many Latin expressions commonly used in English. Find out what these Latin phrases mean.
1. prima facie
2. ad hoc
3. in camera
4. ad infinitum
5. mutatis mutandis
6. caveat
7. tabula rasa
Locate the following phrases in the text and study their connotation.
1. gripped the imagination of
2. dawned upon
3. ushered in
4. passed into current coin
5. passport of the future
The words ‘grip’, ‘dawn’, ‘usher’, ‘coin’, ‘passport’ have a literal as well as a figurative meaning. Write pairs of sentences using each word in the literal as well as the figurative sense.
Briefly explain the following statements from the text.
1.“You neither travelled to the past nor the future. You were in the present experiencing a different world.”
2. “You have passed through a fantastic experience: or more correctly, a catastrophic experience.”
3. Gangadharpant could not help comparing the country he knew with what he was witnessing around him.
4. “The lack of determinism in quantum theory!”
5. “You need some interaction to cause a transition.”
Discuss the following statements in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view. 
i. A single event may change the course of the history of a nation. 
ii. Reality is what is directly experienced through the senses. 
iii. The methods of inquiry of history, science and philosophy are similar.
In which language do you think Gangadharpant and Khan Sahib talked to each other? Which language did Gangadharpant use to talk to the English receptionist?
In which language do you think Bhausahebanchi Bakhar was written?
There is mention of three communities in the story: the Marathas, the Mughals, the Anglo-Indians. Which language do you think they used within their communities and while speaking to the other groups?
They used their traditional slang of language when the talk to each other but they speak to other groups the use the language that is accepted by the people belonging to all three communities.
Calculate how many years and months ahead from now Margie’s diary entry is.
How old are Margie and Tommy?
Answer the question in few words or couple of sentences.
What did Margie write in her diary?
Answer the question in few words or in couple of sentences.