English Grammar Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
She asked me why I had been smoking that day.
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646c6aa845f1450a80e361b3She asked me why I had been smoking that day.
- 1She said to me, “Why were you smoking today?”true
- 2She said to me, “Why are you smoking today?”false
- 3She said to me, “Why you smoke today?”false
- 4She says to me, “Why were you smoking this day?false
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Answer : 1. "She said to me, “Why were you smoking today?”"
Q: Choose the correct option for the underlined part of the sentence:
The man whom I sold my house was a cheat.
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636d00b5d0e77920270dc1c2The man whom I sold my house was a cheat.
- 1to whom I sellfalse
- 2to who I sellfalse
- 3to who I soldfalse
- 4to whom I soldtrue
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Answer : 4. "to whom I sold"
Q: Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. I went to college from the eleventh grade and never went to the twelfth grade, and skipped another grade earlier, so I was a pretty young fellow at Morehouse.
B. At the age of fifteen, I entered Morehouse College and my father and my maternal grandfather had also attended, so Morehouse has had three generations of Kings.
C. The professors were not caught up in the clutches of state funds and could teach what they wanted with academic freedom and encouraged us in a positive quest for a solution to racial ills.
D. I shall never forget the hardships that I had upon entering college, for though I had been one of the top students in high school, I was still reading at only an eighth-grade level.
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64621b4819bbd20a9ad37fcfA. I went to college from the eleventh grade and never went to the twelfth grade, and skipped another grade earlier, so I was a pretty young fellow at Morehouse.
B. At the age of fifteen, I entered Morehouse College and my father and my maternal grandfather had also attended, so Morehouse has had three generations of Kings.
C. The professors were not caught up in the clutches of state funds and could teach what they wanted with academic freedom and encouraged us in a positive quest for a solution to racial ills.
D. I shall never forget the hardships that I had upon entering college, for though I had been one of the top students in high school, I was still reading at only an eighth-grade level.
- 1BDACtrue
- 2ABDCfalse
- 3ADBCfalse
- 4BADCfalse
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Answer : 1. "BDAC"
Q: Choose the correct English translation of the following sentence from the options given below:
मेरे स्टेशन पहुँचने से पहले गाड़ी जा चुकी थी।
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636cfbfe825f2247ad815f86मेरे स्टेशन पहुँचने से पहले गाड़ी जा चुकी थी।
- 1The train had been left before I reached the station.false
- 2The train had left before I reached the station.true
- 3The train left already when I had reached the station.false
- 4The train has left when I had reached the station.false
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Answer : 2. "The train had left before I reached the station."
Q: Choose the correct preposition:
My younger sister was born _______ the eve of Diwali.
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636cf990825f2247ad813b6cMy younger sister was born _______ the eve of Diwali.
- 1atfalse
- 2infalse
- 3ontrue
- 4byfalse
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Answer : 3. "on"
Q: Choose the correct option in Hindi for the given word.
Deadlock
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6349512d455735285617bed2Deadlock
- 1समन्वयfalse
- 2मृततालाfalse
- 3समझौताfalse
- 4गतिरोधtrue
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Answer : 4. "गतिरोध"
Q:In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
A group of researchers has (1) ______ that pleasure and positive states of mind are better for our health. This new intellectual approach to health is not only more powerful, but also has no side effects. Central to this claim are recent findings that even getting an education may add as much as 10 years to your (2) ______. That is why National Geographic featured John de Rosen in its book The Incredible Machine, which discussed old age. De Rosen, an artist, continued to paint until the week he died at age 91. The book notes: "Some scientists believe that retirement to a (3) ______ lifestyle initiates or aggravates medical problems, thus shortening life. According to a study of retired people, adults over 65 can learn a (4) ______ skill, like oil painting, as readily as younger students." So retiring from a job in a sense means retiring from life unless (5) ______ by some other, preferably new activity. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
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6419968b2b960e1a416b9233- 1insurancefalse
- 2charismafalse
- 3planetfalse
- 4Lifetrue
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Answer : 4. " Life"
Q: Which one of the following words begins (Underlined) with a different sound?
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62457aa50c8d6f4df142d25d- 1Kitefalse
- 2Coolfalse
- 3Chemistryfalse
- 4Citytrue
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