English Grammar Mock Test 9

We missed our train because we were waiting on . . . . . . . . wrong platform. We were on . . . . . . . . Platform 3 instead of . . . . . . . . Platform 8.

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the, the, the the, the, the
the, no article, no article the, no article, no article
no article, no article, no article no article, no article, no article
the, a, a the, a, a

REMISS

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Forgetful Forgetful
Watchful Watchful
Dutiful Dutiful
Harmful Harmful

He comes . . . . . . . . a car.

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at at
by by
with with
on on

MINOR

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Big Big
Major Major
Tall Tall
Heavy Heavy

Modern :

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Up-date Up-date
Recent Recent
Cast Cast
Ancient Ancient

“Xenzia” is the synonym of __________?

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Extrovert Extrovert
Reserved Reserved
Outspoken Outspoken
Gregarious Gregarious

Have you ever . . . . . Taj Mahal?

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see see
saw saw
seen seen
have seen have seen

Synonym of Paucity is _____________?

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Presence Presence
Poverty Poverty
Scarcity Scarcity
None of these None of these

Admin is capable ______ doing anything.

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about about
of of
on on
in in

Natwarlal ...... them all for a ride by producing false documents.

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took took
cheated cheated
kept kept
let let

S1: Venice is a strange and beautiful city in the north of Italy. P : There are about four hundred old stone bridges joining the island of Venice. Q : In this city there are no motor cars, no horses, no buses. R : These small islands are near one another. S : It is not an island but a hundred and seventeen islands. S6: This is because Venice has no streets. The Proper sequence should be:

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PQRS PQRS
PRQS PRQS
SRPQ SRPQ
PQSR PQSR

MASTERLY

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Crafty Crafty
Skilful Skilful
Meaningful Meaningful
Cruel Cruel

God is ......

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graceful graceful
gracious gracious
grateful grateful
greatful greatful

Be poles apart” means:

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Either of the two poles Either of the two poles
Having nothing in common Having nothing in common
Leading position in a race Leading position in a race
Affect somebody greatly Affect somebody greatly

Synonym of “mollify” is _________?

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sweeten sweeten
appease appease
applaud applaud
worry worry

It is almost impossible at times to capture the _________ of words when we translate them into a foreign language.

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Implications Implications
Meanings Meanings
Denotations Denotations
Connotations Connotations

Nurture : Neglect : : Denigrate : _________?

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Reveal Reveal
Extol Extol
Recognise Recognise
Calumniate Calumniate

What is the meaning of “foster” in this context?

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Avoiding waste Avoiding waste
Providing nurture though not related by blood or legal ties
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Suppress Suppress

One who abandons his religious faith:

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Apostate Apostate
Prostate Prostate
Profane Profane
Agnostic Agnostic

His father won't be able to leave for Varnasi until they have arrived.

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until they arrive until they arrive
until they will have arrived until they will have arrived
until they will arrive until they will arrive
No improvement No improvement

‘Without further ado’ means: ___________?

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With no more trouble With no more trouble
With no more delay With no more delay
With no more respect With no more respect
With no more silence With no more silence

Ali is not my brother. Here word not is?

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Verb Verb
Adverb Adverb
Preposition Preposition
Conjunction Conjunction

Adnan is “very different about” passing the Civil Services Examination this year.

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Dead sure of Dead sure of
Very hopeful of Very hopeful of
Lacking self confidence about Lacking self confidence about
Reasonably certain of Reasonably certain of

A person who knows many foreign languages

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Linguist Linguist
Grammarian Grammarian
Polyglot Polyglot
Bilingual Bilingual

SHIVER

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Feel Feel
Rock Rock
Tremble Tremble
Move Move

After the rain the weather ...... and the sun came out.

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cleared out cleared out
cleared up cleared up
cleared away cleared away
cleared off cleared off

Synonym of “declaim” is _________?

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denounce denounce
clarify clarify
refuse to acknowledge refuse to acknowledge
speak dramatically speak dramatically

This is . . . . . . . unique chance.

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a a
an an
the the
no article no article

Scissors is related to Cloth in the same way as Scythe is related to?

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Wood Wood
Steel Steel
Grass Grass
Paper Paper

What is the nearest meaning of the following idiom: “Hold sway”?

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Dance gracefully Dance gracefully
Have control or influence Have control or influence
Manage a situation Manage a situation
Stand firm Stand firm

Choose analogous pair: Dog : Kennel

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Horse : Carriage Horse : Carriage
Sheep : Flock Sheep : Flock
Cow : Barn Cow : Barn
Sports : Stadium Sports : Stadium

Maria unnecessarily picked up a quarrel with Rani and left the party hurried.

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has picked up has picked up
picked on picked on
picked picked
picking up picking up
No correction required No correction required

Choose analogous pair: Palintiff : Defendant

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Judge : Jury Judge : Jury
Court : Law Court : Law
Attorney : Lawyer Attorney : Lawyer
Injured : Accused Injured : Accused

Village : City : Suburb

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Puppy : Dog : Bitch Puppy : Dog : Bitch
School : College : University School : College : University
Continent : Country : State Continent : Country : State
Transister : Radio : Television Transister : Radio : Television

RESTRAINT

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Hindrance Hindrance
Repression Repression
Obstacle Obstacle
Restriction Restriction

He is senior ___ me in service.

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than than
to to
from from
with with

At one point, it looked as if an area of agreement would ...... specially over the issue of productivity linked wages.

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develop develop
come out come out
emerge emerge
grow grow

“The ball was kicked by John” → Change to active.

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John kicks the ball. John kicks the ball.
The ball kick John. The ball kick John.
The ball kicks John. The ball kicks John.
John kicked the ball. John kicked the ball.

Choose analogous pair: Rotate : Gyrate

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Putrefy : Reject Putrefy : Reject
Anachorism : Cubism Anachorism : Cubism
Accolade : Criticism Accolade : Criticism
Absolve : Exonerate Absolve : Exonerate

Cobbler: Leather ::

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Shirt: Boutique Shirt: Boutique
Television: Engineer Television: Engineer
Woodcutter: Furniture Woodcutter: Furniture
Mason: Stone Mason: Stone

The class teacher __________ Saba move to another chair.

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allows allows
allowed allowed
let let
permitted permitted

Synonym of Fealty is _____________?

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Loyalty Loyalty
Amenity Amenity
Fear Fear

Antonym of PERSPICACITY is: __________?

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Acumen Acumen
Astuteness Astuteness
Naivety Naivety
Intelligence Intelligence

Synonym of Cagey is ________?

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Secretive Secretive
Frank Frank
Open Open
Weak Weak

Synonym of Abstinence?

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Abstemious Abstemious
Sobriety Sobriety
Temperance Temperance
All of these All of these

She is ___ honest woman.

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a a
an an
the the
no article no article

CONSEQUENCES

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Results Results
Conclusions Conclusions
Difficulties Difficulties
Applications Applications

Evaluating Your Answers

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