English Practice Set 186

10 English questions in 8 minutes (+1 per correct, −0.25 per wrong). Free, no account needed. Everyone who opens this set gets the same 10 questions, so the percentile at the end is a real comparison.

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  1. Q1 · English · Idioms & Phrases
    Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: 'Pull someone's leg'
  2. Q2 · English · Odd Sentence / Theme-based Questions
    Identify the sentence that does not fit with the other three: 1. Whether funding will keep pace with this ambition remains an open question. 2. This gap matters because the ocean floor shapes currents, climate, and marine ecosystems. 3. A few pilot schools have experimented with shorter periods and longer, unstructured breaks. 4. The remaining depths are mapped only through low-resolution satellite estimates.
  3. Q3 · English · Para Jumbles (Ordering of Sentences)
    Arrange the parts to form a correct sentence: P: the students Q: by the principal R: were congratulated S: for their achievements
  4. Q4 · English · Match the Columns
    Match Column A with Column B (One Word Substitutes): Column A: A. One who does not believe in God B. One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain C. Study of ancient societies through material remains D. A shelter for the destitute or homeless Column B: 1. Archaeology 2. Stoic 3. Atheist 4. Asylum
  5. Q5 · English · Grammar — Tenses & Verb Forms
    Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: _____ the concept very clearly now.
  6. Q6 · English · Odd Sentence / Theme-based Questions
    Identify the sentence that does not fit with the other three: 1. Experts warn that without sustained effort, the benefits of these measures will remain marginal. 2. Only then can cities hope to reverse decades of environmental neglect. 3. Rapid, unplanned construction has replaced parks and wetlands with concrete structures. 4. QR codes are now a common sight even at the smallest roadside stalls.
  7. Q7 · English · English Language
    Rearrange the following sentences (A-E) into a logically coherent paragraph and choose the correct order. A. The museum director proposed digitising the entire manuscript collection. B. Funding constraints, however, limited the project to only rare texts. C. Decades of humidity had damaged several centuries-old manuscripts. D. A specialised scanning team was hired to handle the fragile pages. E. Within a year, over three thousand pages had been preserved digitally.
  8. Q8 · English · Vocabulary
    Choose the correct synonym of the word 'Difficult'.
  9. Q9 · English · Ordering of Words
    Rearrange the jumbled words to form a meaningful sentence: "year / attracts / The / every / visitors / thousands / festival / of"
  10. Q10 · English · Change of Speech (Direct/Indirect)
    In the following question, choose the best option in which the direct form of narration has been changed into its indirect form : "I have acted, wrongly and deserve punishment for it", the thief confessed.
08:000/10 answered+1.00 correct · −0.25 wrong