English Grammar Questions for Competitive Exams

Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. Canada is three times the size of India (1)______ its population is only about 26 million. The average (2)______ of the population is less than three persons per square kilometer (3)______ Canada. The distribution of population is highly (4)______. Nearly 80 percent of the people (5)______ in a narrow belt less than 300 kilometers wide along the southern border. The rest of the country has a very sparse population due to excessive cold.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 2.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 4.

Comprehension:

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. Canada is three times the size of India (1)______ its population is only about 26 million. The average (2)______ of population is less than three persons per square kilometer (3)______ Canada. The distribution of population is highly (4)______. Nearly 80 per cent of the people (5)______ in a narrow belt less than 300 kilometer wide along the southern border. The rest of the country has a very sparse population due to excessive cold.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 5.

Comprehension:

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. Canada is three times the size of India (1)______ its population is only about 26 million. The average (2)______ of population is less than three persons per square kilometer (3)______ Canada. The distribution of population is highly (4)______. Nearly 80 per cent of the people (5)______ in a narrow belt less than 300 kilometer wide along the southern border. The rest of the country has a very sparse population due to excessive cold.

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement. 

They didn't see you, is it?

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A. What was supposed to be a holiday of a lifetime turned into a dangerous experience for 1,300 passengers on a cruise ship off the coast of Norway.

B. The Norwegian Government decided to evacuate the passengers with the help of helicopters.

C. The ship broke down in rough seas and high-speed winds caused it to rock heavily from side to side.

D. From the first 371 evacuated passengers, 17 had to be taken to hospital.

Select the word which match same as the group of words given. 

a family of young animals

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 3.

Comprehension:

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. Canada is three times the size of India (1)______ its population is only about 26 million. The average (2)______ of population is less than three persons per square kilometer (3)______ Canada. The distribution of population is highly (4)______. Nearly 80 per cent of the people (5)______ in a narrow belt less than 300 kilometer wide along the southern border. The rest of the country has a very sparse population due to excessive cold. 

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e), No error.
Reshama was (a)/ a daily wage worker (b)/ who gone to work (c)/ despite having high fever.(d)/No error (e).