English Practice Set 157

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1. Q1 · English · Odd Sentence / Theme-based Questions
   Identify the sentence that does not fit with the other three: 1. International agencies have set an ambitious target to fully map the seabed within a decade. 2. Researchers link chronic noise exposure to elevated stress hormones and disturbed sleep. 3. Air pollution dominates public health conversations in most Indian cities. 4. Yet prolonged exposure to loud traffic and construction noise carries real health risks.
   AInternational agencies have set an ambitious target to fully map the seabed within a decade.BResearchers link chronic noise exposure to elevated stress hormones and disturbed sleep.CAir pollution dominates public health conversations in most Indian cities.DYet prolonged exposure to loud traffic and construction noise carries real health risks.
2. Q2 · English · English Language
   Change into indirect speech: The teacher said, 'Sit down, students.'
   AThe teacher told the students to sit down.BThe teacher said the students to sit down.CThe teacher told students sit down.DThe teacher asked to sit down.
3. Q3 · English · Para Jumbles (Ordering of Sentences)
   1. This transition allowed communities to cultivate crops and domesticate animals. 2. The Neolithic period marked a decisive shift from nomadic life to settled farming. 3. As food production became stable, populations expanded and villages began to form. 4. These early settlements eventually laid the groundwork for complex human civilisations.
   A4 - 2 - 3 - 1B2 - 1 - 3 - 4C2 - 3 - 4 - 1D3 - 1 - 4 - 2
4. Q4 · English · Word Swap / Word Rearrangement
   Which pair of words should be interchanged to make the sentence grammatically correct? "Doctors recommend regular exercise healthy a for life."
   A'regular' and 'for'B'recommend' and 'a'C'exercise' and 'healthy'D'for' and 'healthy'
5. Q5 · English · Grammar — Tenses & Verb Forms
   Fill in the blank with the correct tense/verb form: They are married _____ ten years now.
   AIf I were you,BUnless you workCfor ten yearsDsince
6. Q6 · English · Ordering of Words
   Rearrange the jumbled words to form a meaningful sentence: "before / must / Students / assignments / submit / deadline / the / their"
   AStudents must submit their assignments before the deadline.Bthe their Students submit assignments before deadline must.Cassignments must before the deadline Students their submit.DStudents the submit must their deadline assignments before.
7. Q7 · English · Synonyms
   A place for keeping bees –
   AAviaryBApiaryCCageDNest
8. Q8 · English · English Language
   Choose the meaning of the italicised idiom. The whole village was *up in arms* against the new tax.
   Aheavily armed with weaponsBangrily protestingCraising hands in prayerDready to surrender
9. Q9 · English · Ordering of Words
   Rearrange the jumbled words to form a meaningful sentence: "months / its / verdict / delivered / of / court / hearing / after / The"
   Ahearing verdict its after The months court of delivered.Bafter of its hearing delivered The verdict months court.CThe after of months its court verdict hearing delivered.DThe court delivered its verdict after months of hearing.
10. Q10 · English · One Word Substitutes
    Select the one-word substitute for: "A person who comes to a country to settle there"
    AMisanthropeBPauperCAgnosticDImmigrant