Grammar Quiz (26 June 2024)
Question 1:
Direction :- Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
'War is what happens when words fail' says Margaret Atwood. After war what remains is only unimaginable damage. The innocent lives, livestock and property of citizens will be lost filling every spot with bloodshed and misery. It takes decades to normalise the psychological terrors of the victims of war. The consequences, in one form or the other, will bring bitterness even to the rest of the world. So, it is the responsibility of a nation's leader to protect his/her own people from the bitter wars. Impactful leadership, commitment to provide peace and comfort to the citizens, diplomatic strength and awareness of happenings. around the world and neighbourhood are essential to any nation's leader. Nowadays, one who wins the battlefield is not the winner, in fact he is the first loser. One who endeavours to prevent war is a real hero.
The nations of the modern world are in need of real heroes. So, the words 'bravery', 'tactics', and 'generalship' should be used for those who sacrifice anything for protecting his nation, other nations and mother earth from devastating results of war.
According to the passage, a nation's hero is one who:
Question 2:
Direction :- Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
'War is what happens when words fail' says Margaret Atwood. After war what remains is only unimaginable damage. The innocent lives, livestock and property of citizens will be lost filling every spot with bloodshed and misery. It takes decades to normalise the psychological terrors of the victims of war. The consequences, in one form or the other, will bring bitterness even to the rest of the world. So, it is the responsibility of a nation's leader to protect his/her own people from the bitter wars. Impactful leadership, commitment to provide peace and comfort to the citizens, diplomatic strength and awareness of happenings. around the world and neighbourhood are essential to any nation's leader. Nowadays, one who wins the battlefield is not the winner, in fact he is the first loser. One who endeavours to prevent war is a real hero.
The nations of the modern world are in need of real heroes. So, the words 'bravery', 'tactics', and 'generalship' should be used for those who sacrifice anything for protecting his nation, other nations and mother earth from devastating results of war.
In the given passage, 'when words fail' means:
Question 3:
Direction :- 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. An old mouse, who was wise enough to keep his distance, whispered to a friend, "Many a bag have I seen in my day, but never one with a cat's head".
B. She hoped that the mice would no longer be afraid to come near her.
C. A cat, grown feeble with age and no longer able to hunt mice as she once did, thought to herself how she might entice them within reach of her paw.
D. Thinking that she might pass herself off for a bag or for a dead cat at least, she suspended herself by the hind legs from a peg.
Question 4:
Direction :- 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. Dozens of distinctly different regional languages are spoken in India, which share many characteristics such as grammatical structure and vocabulary.
B. India has had a longer exposure to English than any other country which uses it as a second language, its distinctive words, idioms, grammar and rhetoric spreading gradually to affect all places, habits and culture.
C. The historical background of India is never far away from everyday usage of English.
D. Since the early 1600s, the English language has had a toehold on the Indian subcontinent, when the East India Company established settlements in Chennai, Kolkata, and Mumbai, formerly Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay, respectively.
Question 5:
Direction :- 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. But Romulous said it should be built on another.
B. Remus said the city should be built on one hill.
C. However, they quarreled on where to make the city.
D. Romulus and Remus went to the hills to build the city of Rome.
Question 6:
Direction :- 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. But Romulous said it should be built on another.
B. Remus said the city should be built on one hill.
C. However, they quarreled on where to make the city.
D. Romulus and Remus went to the hills to build the city of Rome.
Question 7:
Direction :- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Although everyone wants to be successful in life, there are (1) ___________ people who know the elements of success, the factors that go to build up success. Today, success is being (2) ____________ with making money, with amassing millions and billions. Some people equate it with power and position. Many of us tend to equate success with visible material acquisitions. Outer things and external achievements are not a (3) __________ of success. Power, prestige, position, social influence and higher degrees awarded by universities - all these are outer things. They only touch the fringe of life; they do not enter the depths within. A man may have all these and yet maybe intellectually barren; he may be emotionally barren and spiritually sterile. Would you call such a man (4) ___________ ? What then is success all about? What is true success? Success can be defined as the ability to be happy and make others happy; the ability to love and be loved; the ability to remain in peaceful (5) _________ with oneself; with those around you and with God's cosmic laws.
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Question 8:
Direction :- 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. However, when areas in Leh began to experience water shortages, life didn't grind to a halt.
B. Ladakh is a cold desert with a low average annual rainfall.
C. Thus, glaciers have been the main source of water for the people.
D. This was because Chewang Norphel, a retired civil engineer came up with the idea of artificial glaciers.
Question 9:
Direction :- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Although everyone wants to be successful in life, there are (1) ___________ people who know the elements of success, the factors that go to build up success. Today, success is being (2) ____________ with making money, with amassing millions and billions. Some people equate it with power and position. Many of us tend to equate success with visible material acquisitions. Outer things and external achievements are not a (3) __________ of success. Power, prestige, position, social influence and higher degrees awarded by universities - all these are outer things. They only touch the fringe of life; they do not enter the depths within. A man may have all these and yet maybe intellectually barren; he may be emotionally barren and spiritually sterile. Would you call such a man (4) ___________ ? What then is success all about? What is true success? Success can be defined as the ability to be happy and make others happy; the ability to love and be loved; the ability to remain in peaceful (5) _________ with oneself; with those around you and with God's cosmic laws.
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Question 10:
Direction :- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Although everyone wants to be successful in life, there are (1) ___________ people who know the elements of success, the factors that go to build up success. Today, success is being (2) ____________ with making money, with amassing millions and billions. Some people equate it with power and position. Many of us tend to equate success with visible material acquisitions. Outer things and external achievements are not a (3) __________ of success. Power, prestige, position, social influence and higher degrees awarded by universities - all these are outer things. They only touch the fringe of life; they do not enter the depths within. A man may have all these and yet maybe intellectually barren; he may be emotionally barren and spiritually sterile. Would you call such a man (4) ___________ ? What then is success all about? What is true success? Success can be defined as the ability to be happy and make others happy; the ability to love and be loved; the ability to remain in peaceful (5) _________ with oneself; with those around you and with God's cosmic laws.
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