English Practice Set 757

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1. Q1 · English · Odd Sentence / Theme-based Questions
   Identify the sentence that does not fit with the other three: 1. For generations, the school day has followed the same rigid, subject-by-subject timetable. 2. Yet most class periods run well beyond this window without a meaningful break. 3. A few pilot schools have experimented with shorter periods and longer, unstructured breaks. 4. Most Indian cities have seen their green cover shrink sharply over the last three decades.
   AFor generations, the school day has followed the same rigid, subject-by-subject timetable.BYet most class periods run well beyond this window without a meaningful break.CA few pilot schools have experimented with shorter periods and longer, unstructured breaks.DMost Indian cities have seen their green cover shrink sharply over the last three decades.
2. Q2 · English · Verbal Analogies
   Fire is related to Smoke in the same way as Rain is related to ____?
   AHopeBFloodCStatueDBooks
3. Q3 · English · Match the Columns
   Match Column A with Column B (Idioms and Phrases): Column A: A. Straight from the horse's mouth B. Bite the bullet C. Last straw D. It's raining cats and dogs Column B: 1. it is raining very heavily 2. from a reliable, original source 3. the final problem in a series that causes a breakdown 4. to face a difficult situation bravely
   AA-2, B-4, C-3, D-1BA-4, B-2, C-1, D-3CA-3, B-2, C-4, D-1DA-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
4. Q4 · English · Para Jumbles (Ordering of Sentences)
   Which of the given options is the most logical sequencing of the following sentences to form a meaningful paragraph? 1. In the 1960s, the discovery of seafloor spreading provided the physical mechanism for this movement. 2. He argued that the continents were once joined together in a supercontinent he called Pangea. 3. This geological evidence validated his hypothesis, which had been initially rejected by the scientific community. 4. Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift in the early 20th century.
   A1-4-3-2B4-2-1-3C2-3-1-4D3-1-4-2
5. Q5 · English · Fill in the Blanks
   Complete the sentence with correct option given below. She gave him . . . .he wanted.
   AWhatBthatCthat whichDthat what
6. Q6 · English · Grammar — Tenses & Verb Forms
   Fill in the blank with the correct tense/verb form: No sooner did he arrive than _____ starts.
   AstartedBhad already leftCyou arrive tomorrowDthe meeting
7. Q7 · English · English Language
   Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: 'He avoided ___ the question.'
   AanswerBto answerCansweringDanswered
8. Q8 · English · Sentence Formation
   Arrange the following parts (P1-P3) to form a meaningful sentence:
   P1: The court delivered P2: its verdict after P3: months of hearing
   Aits verdict after months of hearing The court delivered.BThe court delivered its verdict after months of hearing.Cmonths of hearing The court delivered its verdict after.Dmonths of hearing its verdict after The court delivered.
9. Q9 · English · Change of Speech (Direct/Indirect)
   Change into indirect speech: She said to him, "I have finished my work."
   AShe told him that she had finished her work.BI have finished my work.Che told him that she were finished her work.Dhe told him that she had finished her work.
10. Q10 · English · Ordering of Words
    Rearrange the jumbled words to form a meaningful sentence: "expand / year / next / plans / company / The / to / operations / its"
    Aexpand operations its year to company The next plans.BThe company plans to expand its operations next year.Cyear its The to operations next plans expand company.Dto The next company operations year its expand plans.