List of top Language Comprehension Questions

Fill in the blank The cat is wagging ____ tail

There was a ______ possibility that war would be declared soon. Select the word that best fits the above incomplete sentence and completes it:

Choose the correct word/words to fill in the blanks.
Mr. Mehta, a biologist, spends three seasons in the US and returned with clear perceptions of that______ and uninhabitable place.

The fiery young politician _______ a spell on his audience.

We got back to the hotel ________ the stroke of midnight.

We went _____ the house.
Select the word that best fits the above incomplete sentence and completes it:

The different forms to fill for a driving license are _________.
Select the idiom that best fits the above incomplete sentence and completes it:

I doubt if I _______ resisted the temptation.

The British government __________ terrified of offending ______ ally in Washington.

Before we went hiking, we spent many hours _____ over the maps.

Read the passage and answer the question that follows:
In tough times or in times of a crisis, the democratic nation often becomes an authoritarian one. During ordinary times, nobody thinks about the political system. People just vote for those who make promises and try to keep them. As long as the country is secure and there is reasonable development, no one is bothered about the leaders and the policies. But, if there is some kind of aggressive revolution or a shortage of basic supplies or a lot of unemployed citizens, the leadership comes under question. 
Which one of the following statements best describes the central idea of the passage above: 

Choose the word that is most nearly like that expressed in following statement:
One who is extremely fond of his wife:

The sentence is underlined in three separate parts and each one is labeled as (a), (b), (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part. No sentence has more than one error. If you think there is no error in any part. You can choose option (d):
If she will be promoted    She will get     a higher salary    No error
          (a)                                 (b)                     (c)                  (d)

Please select the sentence that makes the accurate use of the word 'diffuse':

All the sentences below use the preposition 'since'.
Select the sentence that makes correct use of it:

Select the ONE sentence that makes correct use of the idiom once in a blue moon':

Choose the sentence that uses the word 'apprise' correctly:

Choose the preferred idiom for the blanks:
I don't know_____ I am ready to take the test now and_____ I will ever be ready in the future.

Pick out the correct sentence:

Read the Passage below and answer the question that follows:
Human beings are connected at the level of feeling and emotion; in such a degree that there is practically a subterranean network of the psyche in which some encounters are damaging, some nourishing. This emotional exchange is typically at a subtle, almost imperceptible level. The way a colleague says thank you' can leave one feeling ignored, resented or genuinely welcomed and appreciated. We catch feelings from one another as though they were some kind of social virus. Every space is full of emotional signals and every time people connect, they transmit and receive those signals. These emotional encounters have an effect on all the people in that particular circle. Those who are socially skillful can control these emotional messages. A civil and polite society is able to regulate and control these emotional relationships in less damaging ways. The Emotional Quotient of a society is the sum total of the emotional intelligence of its citizens. When we compliment others for being considerate, we are actually acknowledging their emotional intelligence. The company of such people is a relaxing experience and they are a valuable and enriching presence in any society. Whether we like it or not, we are all interdependent in terms of our feelings and emotions and our emotional intelligence form the framework of society.

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The human body is nothing but a set of chemical reactions in some form or the other. The religious scriptures believe that man was made out of the image of the creator of the universe. Does this mean that Oxygen was pumped into the human body and carbon dioxide pumped out to create this being? Is life just the process of oxygenation and decarburization? If the human body is managed by these two processes, then we can safely believe that life came into existence due to these chemical reactions. The highly complex chemicals compounds present in the human body are not evident in lower animals or plants. These substances were born because of the synthesis of other smaller molecules. 
A large number of recognized chemicals has been observed and proved to be involved in the transmission of impulses from one tissue or cell to another. Some examples of such chemicals are adrenaline, dopamine, acetylcholine, endorphins and encephalin. The increase or decrease of any one of these chemicals, interferes with the normal functioning of cells and tissues. This creates diseases in the body, and the restoration of their supply cures the diseases. The deficiency of acetylcholine leads to Alzheimer's disease, while a decrease in dopamine leads to Parkinson's disease and its increase causes schizophrenia, a mental disorder. Endorphins and encephalon work like a drug to produce sensations like pleasure and reduce pain. In depressed persons, lower levels of serotonin and adrenaline are observed. Exercise and meditation help release endorphins in order to produce a scene of calmness and pleasure. As for love, the brain releases a chemical substance called phenyl ethylene which acts like an amphetamine to increase mental alertness and physical energy. People with low levels of these chemicals develop a craving for foods such as chocolates, which are rich in such compounds.

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Few doctor have any time for the study of philosophy, for their profession is an exacting one, and it is all they can do to keep abreast of its advances. What is true of Medical Science is also true of the whole civilized world. Men at present are so engrossed in their various occupations, in manufacturing goods, in buying and selling. in accumulating wealth or in struggling merely to maintain themselves that they have no time left to wonder what living is all about.

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Our government has taken/ propose a number of major initiatives during the eleventh Five Year Plan. Some of the new initiative in the school and literacy sector and higher and technical education sector include right of children to free and compulsory education, launching a Saakshar Bharat, ICT in secondary school and in open and distance learning, evolving a national curriculum framework for teacher education, examination reform in accordance with NCF- 2005, introducing a system of replacement of marks by grades at the secondary stage in school affiliated to CBSE, recommendation of Yash Pal Committee and National Knowledge Commission, establishment of 14 innovation Universities aiming at world class standards, setting up 10 new national institutes of technology, launching of new scheme of interest, subsidy on educational loan taken for professional courses by the economically weaker students, scheme for setting up of 374 model degree colleges in districts, 150 women's hostels for women of weaker sections and minorities, academic reforms like semester system, choice based credit system, regular revision of syllabi, impetus to research etc.

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Education is not only an instrument for enhancing efficiency but also an effective tool of augmenting and widening democratic participation and upgrading the overall quality of individual and society. India has a vast population and to capture the potential demographic dividend to remove the acute regional, social and gender imbalances, the government is committed to make concerted efforts for improving the quality of education as mere quantitative expansion will not deliver the desired results in view of the fast changing domestic and global scenario.