December 6 2022 Shift 1 English Comprehension Questions with Answers

Question 1

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. Select’ NO substitution’ if there is no need to substitute it.

I have reached the hotel by the time you call me.

OPTIONS :

1. will be reaching the hotel
2. No substitution
3. will have reached the hotel
4. had reached the hotel

ANS : 3. will have reached the hotel

Question 2

Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence.

The promises made by the minister Were fulfilled.

OPTIONS :

1. I. Contemporary
2. Aged
3. Recent
4. Vernal

ANS : 2. Aged

Question 3

Select the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in the given sentence.

He consolidated his position as the leader Of the political party

OPTIONS :

1. Weakened
2. Devised
3. Strengthened
4. Formulated

ANS : Weakened

Question 4

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-It is a very popular character and is the mascot for Walt Disney company.

B.Mickey generally with his girlfriend Minnie Mouse and pet Pluto.

C. The animated movies on Mickey mouse have been nominated for the Academy award.

D. Mickey mouse is a fictional cartoon character created by Walt Disney in 1928.

OPTIONS :

1. DABC
2. ADBC
3. ACDB
4. BACD

ANS : 1. DABC

Question 5

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One Of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘NO error’ as your answer.

The prisoner was I accused for stealing I from his landlord

OPTIONS :

1. accused for stealing
2. The prisoner was
3. from his landlord
4. No error

ANS : accused for stealing

Question 6

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

The lecture by the French professor seemed to the young students.

OPTIONS :

1. I. Interesting
2. Lucid
3. Unbiased
4. Incomprehensible

ANS : 4. Incomprehensible

Question 7

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

We ensure that you will get a ______ chauffeur with the right car for your day.

OPTIONS :

1. novice
2. uniformed
3. dabbler
4. riotous

ANS : 2. uniformed

Question 8

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word

OPTIONS :

1. Compact
2. compell
3. Currently
4. Savage

ANS : 2. compell

Question 9

. Select the most appropriate synonym of the word ‘consensus’ from the following sentence.

The landowner and the tenant mutually came to an agreement for decisive acceptance of its clause.

OPTIONS :

1. Decisive
2. Acceptanæ
3. Mutually
4. Agreement

ANS : 4. Agreement

Question 10

A sentence has been given With a blank to be filled With an appropriate word. Choose the correct alternative.

She rubbed her hands over her arms, and then _____ her purse, headed inside the convenciese store.

OPTIONS :

1. snappmg
2. slaying
3. pinching
4. grabbing

ANS : grabbing

Question 11

Select the most appropriate idiom that can substitute the italicised words in the given sentence.

Some people still feel that they have very little freedom to be innovative in their work

OPTIONS :

1. . elbow room
2. an old lady
3. an dd head on young shoulders
4. to make a pile

ANS : 1. . elbow room

Question 12

Select the most appropriate option to replace the underlined segment in the given sentence.

Old people through age.

OPTIONS :

1. got experience
2. developed experience
3. experienced
4. gain experience

ANS : gain experience

Question 13

Select the correct active form of the given sentence.

AIDS Will have been cured by the year 2070 by scientists.

OPTIONS :

1. Scientists will have cured AIDS tw the year 2070.
2. Scientists cured AIDS by the year 2070.
3. Scientists will cure AIDS by the year 2070.
4. Scientists must have cured AIDS by the year 2070.

ANS : 1. Scientists will have cured AIDS tw the year 2070.

Question14

QSelect the option that expresses the given in active voice Honest and polite people are admired by everyone.

OPTIONS :

1. Everyone has tæen admiring honest and people.
2. Everyone admired honest and polite people.
3. Everyone will admire honest and polite people.
4. Everyone admires honest and polite people.

ANS : 4. Everyone admires honest and polite people.

Question 15

Choose the incorrectly spelt word.

OPTIONS :

1. Assidous
2. Disapproval
3. Devastation
4. Conjoined

ANS : a. Assidous

Question 16

. Select the appropriate option to replace the underlined word with the adverb of frequency.

He did not admit that his team played badly.

OPTIONS :

1. I. never admitted
2. yesterday
3. happily admitted
4. willingly admitted

ANS : I. never admitted

Question 17

Select the Correct direct form of the given sentence.

Raveena asked me if I had her maid’s Number.

OPTIONS :

1. Raveena asked me, “Do you have my maid’s number?”
2. Raveena asked me, “Are you having my maid’s number.’
3. Raveena said to me, “Does you have my maid’s number.”
4. Raveena asked to me, “Have you have my maid’s number.”

ANS : Raveena asked me, “Do you have my maid’s number?”

Question 18

. The question below consists Of a set Of labeled sentences. Out Of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

P. There once was a little boy Who had a very bad temper.

Q. The boy gradually began to control his temper over the next few weeks, and the number Of nails he was hammering into the fence slowly decreased.

R. His father decided to hand him a bag of nails and said that every time the lost his temper, he had to hammer a nail into the fence.

S. On the first day, the boy hammered 37 nails into that fence

OPTIONS :

1. QRSP
2. PRSQ
3. RPSQ
4. OPRS

ANS : PRSQ

Question 19

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word established from the given sentence:

Siben feels great satisfaction and gratified when he finds his pupils established successfully in the society when a lot have been displaced because Of several failed attempts.

OPTIONS :

1. displaced
2. fail
3. gratified
4. pupils

ANS : displaced

Question 20Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

He said to him, “Is your name not Ahmed?”

OPTIONS :

1. He enquired is your name not Ahmed.
2. He enquired Whether his name was not Ahmed.
3. He said whether his name was not Ahmed.
4. He said is your name not Ahmed

ANS : He enquired Whether his name was not Ahmed.

Comprehension:

In the following passage, Some words have been deleted Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. will not (l) __________ that in Which I no longer believe, (2) _________ it calls itself my home. my fatherland. or my church: and I will try to (3) _______ myself in some mode Of life or art as (4) ______ can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I (5) ________ to use: silence, exile and cunning .

Question  21

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

OPTIONS :

1. serve
2. drain
3. lag
4. debit

ANS : 1. serve

Comprehension:

In the following passage, Some words have been deleted Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. will not (l) __________ that in Which I no longer believe, (2) _________ it calls itself my home. my fatherland. or my church: and I will try to (3) _______ myself in some mode Of life or art as (4) ______ can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I (5) ________ to use: silence, exile and cunning .

Question 22

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2

OPTIONS :

1. sometimes
2. nevertheless
3. whether
4. presumably

ANS : 3. whether

Comprehension:

In the following passage, Some words have been deleted Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. will not (l) __________ that in Which I no longer believe, (2) _________ it calls itself my home. my fatherland. or my church: and I will try to (3) _______ myself in some mode Of life or art as (4) ______ can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I (5) ________ to use: silence, exile and cunning .

Question 23

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

OPTIONS :

1. express
2. disappear
3. tnllect
4. sterilise

ANS : 1. express

Comprehension:

In the following passage, Some words have been deleted Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. will not (l) __________ that in Which I no longer believe, (2) _________ it calls itself my home. my fatherland. or my church: and I will try to (3) _______ myself in some mode Of life or art as (4) ______ can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I (5) ________ to use: silence, exile and cunning .

Question 24

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

OPTIONS :

1. morbidly
2. bleakly
3. plthlly
4. freely

ANS : 4. freely

Comprehension:

In the following passage, Some words have been deleted Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. will not (l) __________ that in Which I no longer believe, (2) _________ it calls itself my home. my fatherland. or my church: and I will try to (3) _______ myself in some mode Of life or art as (4) ______ can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I (5) ________ to use: silence, exile and cunning .

Question 25

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

OPTIONS :

1. behave
2. allow
3. caution
4. effeminate

ANS : allow