Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions
Akshay is likely to take the heat for having miscalculated the expenses.
feel very hot
scold everyone
enjoy warm climate
receive criticism
Take the heat - receive criticism.
Eg: The new movie is receiving a lot of heat as it has portrayed historical facts in a twisted way.
Question 2:
Direction :- Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Our team has been defeated.
The opposition had been defeated by our team.
The opposition defeated our team
The opposition has defeated our team.
Our team defeated the opposition.
The opposition has defeated our team. (Correct)
(a) Our team defeated the opposition. (Incorrect Placement of Subject & Object)
(b) The opposition had been defeated by our team. (Incorrect Tense)
(c) The opposition defeated our team. (Incorrect Tense)
Question 3:
Direction :- Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.
Mrs. Gupta said to me, "Why are these boys standing in the sun?"
Mrs. Gupta asked me why were these boys standing in the sun.
Mrs. Gupta asked me why those boys were standing in the sun.
Mrs. Gupta said to me that why are these boys standing in the sun.
Mrs. Gupta asked me why were these boys standing in the sun.
( b) Mrs. Gupta asked me why those boys were standing in the sun. (Correct)
(a) Mrs. Gupta asked me why were these boys standing in the sun. (Incorrect word "these" has been used.)
(c) Mrs. Gupta said to me that why are these boys standing in the sun. (Incorrect tense in reported verb and in reported speech)
(d) Mrs. Gupta asked me why were these boys standing in the sun. (Incorrect structure in reported speech)
Question 4:
Direction :- The following sentence has been divided into parts that contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
He is such an untruthful man / that no one / will believing him.
He is such
that no one
an untruthful man
will believing him
'Modal verbs' are auxiliary verbs (also called helping verbs) like can, will, could, shall, must, would, might, and should. However, after a modal verb, we generally use the first form of the verb(V1).
Hence, 'will believe(V1)' is the most appropriate structure.
Question 5:
Direction:- Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words,
Someone who studies elections and voting statistics
Mathematician
Analyst
Psephologist
Psychologist
Psephologist- someone who studies elections and voting statistics
Psychologist- a person who studies the mind and the way that people behave
Analyst- a person whose job is to examine something carefully as an expert
Mathematician- a person who studies or is an expert in mathematics
Question 6:
Direction :- The following sentence has been divided into parts that contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
Whenever he is / on a holiday, he travels by foot / to the temple nearby.
he travels by foot
Whenever he is
to the temple nearby
on a holiday
There is a prepositional error in the given sentence. The preposition 'by' must be replaced with 'on' because whenever we go somewhere using our foot we use the preposition 'on' before 'foot'.
Hence, 'he travels on foot' is the most appropriate structure.
Question 7:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
She raced ___________ towards the train.
crazily
berserk
frantically
hectically
Frantically means in a hurried, excited, or disorganized manner.
Question 8:
Direction:- Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words,
Doing something awkwardly or in a clumsy manner
Hastening
Faltering
Fumbling
Stumbling
Fumbling- doing something awkwardly or in a clumsy manner
Faltering - to become weak or move in a way that is not steady
Hastening- to be quick to do or say something
Stumbling- to hit your foot against something
Question 9:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
She raced ___________ towards the train.
frantically
hectically
crazily
berserk
Frantically means in a hurried, excited, or disorganized manner.
Question 10:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'no improvement required'.
