English Language Model Practice Test for Competitive Exams

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Hi friends, I am Shravan. Today I am sharing English language model practice test for upcoming competitive exams. There are 25 questions in total. Try to answer them all and check with the key given at the end. Happy Reading :)

Directions : In these questions four alternatives are given for the idiom / phrase given in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase given in bold.

1. Between a Rock and a Hard Place
1. Managing things easily
2. Facing two hurdles
3. Being faced with two difficult choices
4. Making things too tough
2. It will be wise on your part to let the bygones be bygones.

1. resist the past
2. ignore the past
3. recollect the past
4. revive the past
3. Threw down the gauntlet
1. threw the challenge
2. abused and insulted
3. behaved as an important
4. put conditions

Directions : In these questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the word given in bold.

1. Nabob
1. Bigwig
2. Doubter
3. Frolic
4. Converse
2. Qualm
1. Distress
2. Impunity
3. Persevere
4. Scruple

Directions : In these questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the word given in bold.

1. Blarney
1. Recede
2. Castigate
3. Foster
4. Set aside
2. Philistine
1. cultured
2. libertine
3. sober
4. educated

Directions : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words / sentence.

1. A style in which a writer makes display of his knowledge.
1. Ornate
2. Pedantic
3. Artificial
4. Showy
2. The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence
1. Reckoning
2. Menology
3. Chronology
4. Pun
3. To take back, withdraw or renounce
1. Repent
2. Retrace
3. Refuse
4. Recant
4. In this question, four words are given out of which only one is correctly spelt. Find that correctly spelt word
1. Seige
2. Pharoah
3. Laison
4. Ebb

Directions : In these questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate words(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four alternatives.

1. The pilot was ____________ injured, he died within half an hour.
1. seriously
2. fatally
3. fatefully
4. vitally
2. Let us take him upon his word. I see no room for any _________ in the matter.
1. duplicity
2. deviation
3. cynicism
4. difference
3. The top ranking manager ____________ his success in the profession to his managing director's guidance.
1. accounts
2. attributes
3. agrees
4. considered

Directions : In these questions, read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4). (ignore errors of Punctuation, if any).

1. The artist who was giving detailed description of the sculptures was speaking fluently French.
1. The artist who was giving
2. detailed description of the sculptures
3. was speaking fluently French
4. No error
2. The opposition disrupted proceedings in both Houses of Parliament for the second consecutive day above the plight of farmers in the country.
1. The opposition disrupted proceedings
2. both Houses of Parliament for the second consecutive day
3. above the plight of farmers in the country
4. No error
3. The later part of Gandhi's life till he was assassinated was in considerable measure the life of the nation as well.
1. The later part of Gandhi's life till he
2. was assassinated was in considerable measure
3. the life of the nation as well
4. no error

Directions : In these questions, a sentence or a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is 4.

1. You have come here with a view to insult me.
1. to insulting me
2. of insulting me
3. for insulting me
4. no improvement
2. Bad habits must be nipped at the bud.
1. nipped off the bud
2. nipped in the bud
3. nipped on the bud
4. no improvement
3. One cannot have a few doubts about safety when a spaceship takes off.
1. any doubts
2. some doubts
3. lot of doubts
4. no improvement

Directions : In the following questions, you have four brief passages with 5 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Blame it on broken hearts and bereavement, to mere shyness and busy routines, millions of us suffer from some form of loneliness. Like a disease, it cuts across class, age groups and gender, leaving very few of us immune. And it's not Robinson Crusoe's loneliness, where a person is cut-off from society, but it's loneliness despite living amid dear ones and neighbors, despite the internet and social networking, crowded towns and shopping malls. "People can be alone without being lonely, or lonely in a crowd", says one research paper on the subject.

                                 Those affected by loneliness are generally not keen to talk about it. They feel ashamed or embarrassed or simply do not have anyone to discuss the problem with. "Globally, modern urban living has become more and more individualistic and loneliness is a byproduct of it. "Says a psychologist. "Relationships in present times have become transient, the concept of extended family has weakened and our circle of friends has narrowed. "

1. Who according to the author, suffers from loneliness ?
1. Only shy people
2. Bereaved people
3. Many people
4. A few people
2. Loneliness is like
1. a disease
2. shyness
3. an immunity
4. a broken heart
3. "Robinson Crusoe's loneliness" means
1. living on an island
2. being cut-off from society
3. being hated by society
4. having no family
4. Why wouldn't those affected by loneliness want to talk about it ?
1. They feel ashamed or have no one to discuss with
2. They are too busy
3. No one interested
4. They are immune to it
5. The author writes that
1. people feel lonely only when they are alone
2. people can be alone and not feel lonely
3. loneliness is caused by Robinshon Crusoe
4. the concept of extended family is still strong

Key for English Language Practice Test :

1. 3
2. 2
3. 1
4. 1
5. 4
6. 2
7. 1
8. 2
9. 3
10. 4
11. 4
12. 2
13. 1
14. 2
15. 3
16. 3
17. 1
18. 1
19. 2
20. 1
21. 3
22. 1
23. 2
24. 1
25. 2

Shared by Shravan Varma Gadhiraju

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