English Practice Set 37

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1. Q1 · English · Homonyms / Confusing Word Pairs
   The nail held the frame securely to the wall.
   AThe carpenter hammered another nail into the woodBShe painted each nail with a bright red polishCThe builder removed the bent nail from the plankDThe shopkeeper sold a box of iron nails
2. Q2 · English · Grammar & Error Spotting
   Choose the word that correctly fills the blank: Neither he nor his friends ___ coming to the party.
   AisBareCwasDhas
3. Q3 · English · Sentence Improvement / Correction
   Choose the correct option to replace the underlined word/phrase in the following sentence: The car is moving very fastly on the road.
   AfastlinessBquicklinessCfastDquicker
4. Q4 · English · Change of Voice (Active/Passive)
   Change the voice: "The board has approved the budget."
   AThe budget will be approved by the board.BThe budget is being approved by the board.CThe budget have been approved by the board.DThe budget has been approved by the board.
5. Q5 · English · Grammar — Prepositions
   Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: I congratulate you _____ your success in the exam.
   Aon your successBforCat the stationDat mathematics
6. Q6 · English · Idioms & Phrases
   Choose the correct one-word substitution for: "A statement that is open to more than one interpretation."
   AAmbiguousBExplicitCRedundantDCoherent
7. Q7 · English · Sentence Improvement
   In the sentence below, one part has been labelled (B). Select the option that most appropriately improves the labelled part. (A) He is one of the (B) most brilliant student (C) that our college has ever produced.
   Amore brilliant studentBmost brilliant studentsCmost brilliant of the studentDNo improvement required
8. Q8 · English · Para Jumbles
   Four sentences are given below. Arrange them in the correct logical order and select the option accordingly. P. The committee, therefore, recommended stricter penalties for industrial units discharging untreated waste. Q. A recent survey found that nearly forty per cent of the city's groundwater samples were unfit for drinking. R. Most of this contamination was traced to effluents released by factories on the city's outskirts. S. Acting on the report, the municipal corporation has now begun sealing the worst offenders.
   ARQSPBQRPSCQPRSDRQPS
9. Q9 · English · Punctuation Marks
   Select the correctly punctuated sentence in this group
   AMy favorite teacher, who just happens to be my uncle, retired from the university last summer.BMy favorite teacher who just happens to be my uncle, retired from the university last summer.CMy favorite teacher, who just happens to be my uncle retired from the university last summer.DMy favourite, teacher, who just happens to be my uncle, retired from the university last summer.
10. Q10 · English · Match the Columns
    Match Column A with Column B (Phrasal Verbs): Column A: A. Rule out B. Make out C. Go through D. Wear out Column B: 1. to experience something difficult 2. to understand or perceive with difficulty 3. to eliminate as a possibility 4. to become unusable through use
    AA-3, B-2, C-1, D-4BA-2, B-1, C-3, D-4CA-1, B-4, C-2, D-3DA-4, B-2, C-1, D-3