Day 4 English

Find Error 

1. I will discuss the matter (A)/
with him when (B)
 I will see him. (C)/
No error. (D)

2. Dhoni is one of the finest batsmen (A)/ that

has won many (B)/ laurels for India.(C)/ No

error. (D) 3. He is not an artist (A) nor he is (B)/ a musician.(C)/ No error. (D) 4. Everyone of my friends (A)/ know two languages (B)/ besides his mother tongue. (C)/ No error. (D) 5. His coat was (A)/ laying on (B)/ the chair. (C)/ No error. (D 6.The pilot showed (A)/great talent in keeping (B)/the crashing plane off the populated area. (C)/No error (D) 7.Tea grow (A)/both in Assam (B)/and Nepal. (C)/ No error (D) 8.The boy was driven (A)/ into a deserted house (B)/where it was slewed by the fanatics. (C)/ No error(D) 9. . A rise in rents and fares (A)/have been found (B)/rising sharply in Mukherjee Nagar. (C)/ No error (D) 10. . Of the two metropolitan cities (A)/the former is (B)/biggest. (C)/No error (D) One word substitution 11.Act of injuring anothers reputation by any slanderous communication. (A) Defamation (B) Misrepresentation (C) Aberration (D) Orchestration

12. A story in which animals or objects speak and give wholesome moral lesson. (A) Parable (B) Fable (C) Legend (D) Allegory 13.Medical study of skin and its diseases. (A) Orthopaedics (B) Endocrinology (C) Dermatology (D) Gynaecology 14. . A person who enters without any invitation. (A) Vandal (B) Burglar (C) Intruder (D) Thief 15. A recurrent compulsive urge to steal. (A) Nymphomania (B) Insomnia (C) Pneumoniae (D) Kleptomania 16.Not suitable for eating. (A) Spicy (B) Uneatable (C) Inedible (D) Tasteless Synonyms 17. Devout (A) Pious (B) Loyal (C) Dedicated (D) Solemn 18. Predilection (A) Whim (B) Prejudice (C) Favour (D) Preference 19. Effigy (A) Imagery (B) Organ (C) Reflection (D) Dummy 20. RETRIBUTION (A) Compensation (B) Forgiveness (C) Contempt (D) Grudge Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives The crowd surged forward through the narrow streets of Paris. There was a clatter of shutters being closed hastily by trembling hands –the citizens of Paris knew that once the fury of the people was excited there was no telling what they might do. They came to an old house which had a workshop on the ground floor. A head popped out of the door to see what it was all about “Get him! Get Thimonier ! Smash his devilish machines!” yelled the crowd. They found the workshop without its owner. M. Thimonier had escaped by the back door. Now the fury of the demonstrators turned against the machines that were standing in the shop, ready to be delivered to buyers. They were systematically broken up and destroyed- dozens of them. Only when the last wheel and spindle had been trampled under foot did the infuriated crowd recover their senses. “That is the end of M’Sieur Thimonier and his sewing machines,” , they said to one another and went home satisfied. Perhaps now they would find work, for they were all unemployed tailors and seamstresses who believed that their livelihood was threatened by that new invention.

21. The passage throws light on (A) why inventions should be avoided. (B) What mischief an inventor can do to ordinary people. (C) how a well-meant invention can be misunderstood. (D) how dangerous an invention can be.

22. The crowd was protesting against (A) the misdoings of Thimonier. (B) Thimonier for keeping the invention a secret. (C) the newly invented sewing machine. (D) the closings of workshop. 23. Shutters were being closed because the shopkeepers (A) wanted to protect Thimonier. (B) feared their shops would be destroyed. (C) wanted to attack the crowd. (D) wanted to support the crowd.

24. The people thought that (A) their lives were in danger. (B) the sewing machine was dangerous. (C) Thimonier was mad. (D) they would be deprived of their livelihood. 25.The aim of the crowd was to (A) kill Thimonier. (B) drive Thimonier away. (C) destroy the sewing machines. (D) humiliate Thimonier. Click here for Answer