Below are some Practice Questions with Answers:
1. Choose and copy the correct answer for the numbered blanks below.
Once there lived .....1...... (a/an/the/no article) old king with the prince, who was supposed to be the heir to the throne. He was carefree. He never paid any attention .....2..... (for/ in /to) the state affairs. He, with his friends.....3.... (is/are/was/were) involved in activities that were not tolerable. He was hardly involved in affairs that were good for the well- being of the people. The king, repeatedly forbade him ...4....(not to involve/don't involve/involve/to involve) in unwanted activities. .....5...... (Although / In spite of /Since/Because of). his father's warning, the prince did not ...6....(gave up/give up/gives up/giving up) his bad habits. As a result, one day a protest ...7.......(organised/had organised/had been organised/is organised) against him: The protest made the king .....8..... (remember/ to remember/ remembered/remembering) all his past vividly. He ordered the soldiers to enclose him in detention. If the prince.....9.... (listens / listened / had listened/has listened) the king's advice in time, he would have been enthroned to kingship. The king had wished that his son would be the ...10.....(good/better/ best/far/better) prince in the world, but his wish was robbed by his fate.
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1: an
2: to
3: was
4: involve
5: In spite of
6: give up
7: had been organised
8: remember
9: had listened
10: best
2. Choose and copy the correct answer for the numbered blanks below.
It was .....1..... (an/a/the/no article) windy evening. I was pretending as if I was reading in my room. Way down, .....2..... (in/on/at/to) my heart, I couldn't help feeling that there was something in, ...3.....(what/who/whom/why) grandmother had said. The Heaven of my grandparents' philosophy was working. I could clearly see that happiness, contentment and peace depended ...4... (most/much/more/as much as) upon orderliness, thoughtfulness and kindliness than upon genius, spasmodic effort or keeping up appearances.....5....... (Although/However/Because/Despite) mother had been wonderfully courageous, father could hardly have claimed that virtue. What kind of mother would have had in order to have fulfilled expectations of grandmother, .....6..... (are/was/is/were) difficult to imagine for me now. It makes me .....7....... (think/ to think/thinking/thought) all the time. Had I not been alone in the room, I.....8..... (had learnt/would have learnt/would learn/will learn) much from my family. Meanwhile, my mother called me for help, .....9.....(doesn't she/didn't she/did she/don't she)? I went there and asked her, "Why...10.....(she had called/did she call/did you call/ you called) me right now?" She smiled and remained quiet.
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1: a
2:in
3: what
4: more
5: Although
6:are
7: think
8: would have learnt
9: didn't she
10: did you call
3. Â Choose and copy the correct answer for the numbered blanks below.
Mount Everest .....1..... (where/who/which/whose) lies in Nepal is the tallest mountain in the world. It is 29030 feet .....2..... (on/over/above/of) the sea level. It was named after .....3..... (a/an/the/no article) Englishman George Everest who was the first to survey in 1841. Mt. Everest .......4..... (was/had/have/has) always fascinated the climbers. Climbing mountains like Everest is difficult and dangerous. If there's no snowing, it ......5...... (wouldn't be/won't be/wouldn't have been/wasn't) difficult to climb the mountains. Mountaineers are daring people. Mountains always look exciting and the mountaineers feel that the mountains are challenging to them. This feeling makes. them .....6..... (to accept/accept/accepted) the challenge. The mountaineers .....7....... (must/should/can/may) have oxygen cylinders in order to get rid of high-altitude sickness. Moreover, they need ...8.....(much/more/most/less) courage than the ordinary people. They ......9... (provide/are being provided/are provided/were provided) special training and skill to get to the summit. As a result, summiters rarely lose their lives, ...10......(don't they/didn't they/do they/doesn't they)?
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1: which
2: aobve
3: an
4: has
5: won't be
6: accept
7: must
8: more
9: are provided
10: Â do they
4. Â Choose and copy the correct answer for the numbered blanks below.
There once was .....1...... (a/an/the/no article) king named Midas who did a good deed for a Satyr. And he ...2.... (is granted/granted/was granted/had granted) a wish by Dionysus, the god of wine. For his wish, Midas said if he touched even the dirt, it ......3..... (will turn/turned/would turn/would have turned) to gold. .......4........ (However/Although/Despite/Because of) 'Dionysus' efforts to prevent it, Midas pleaded that this was a fantastic wish, and so, it was bestowed. Excited about his newly-earned powers, Midas started touching all kinds of things......5......(who/that/where/whom) he noticed, turning each item ....6..... (on/into/in/onto) pure gold. But soon, Midas became hungry. As he picked up a piece of food, he found he couldn't eat it. It had turned to gold better) prince in the world, but his wish was robbed by his fate. In his hand. Hungry, Midas groaned, "I.....7....(wil/may/must/might) starvel Perhaps this was not such an excellent wish after alll" Seeing his dismay, Midas' beloved daughter threw her arms around him to comfort him, and she, too, turned to gold. "The golden touch ......8..... (is/am/are/has been) no blessing," Midas cried. He was made......9...... (feel/feeling/felt/to teel) sad by the strange wish and he begged Dionysus...10..... (please save me to/ save him/that save him/whether give him) from starving.
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1: a
2: was granted
3: would turn
4: despite
5: that
6: intoÂ
7: will
8: is
9: to fool
10: Â to save him
5. Â Choose and copy the correct answer for the numbered blanks below.
Once upon a time, in a desert far away, there was a rose who was so proud .....1....... (for/of/by/with) her beautiful looks. Her only complaint was growing next to ....2...... (a/an/the/no article) ugly cactus. Every day, the beautiful rose ...3...(would/must/might/will) Insult and mock the cactus on his looks. The cactus remained quiet ......4.... (despite/because of/although/due to) frequent disrespectful remarks. All the other plants nearby tried to make the rose see sense, but she was ....5....(much/more/most/less) swayed by her own looks. One scorching summer, the desert became dry, and there was no water left for the plants. The rose quickly began to wilt. Her beautiful petals ....6... (was/were/have/are) drying up and losing lush colour. Looking at the cactus, she saw a sparrow dip his beak into the cactus to drink some water. Despite being ashamed, the rose asked the cactus...7..... (If she could have/if could she have/if she, can have/that she could have) some water. The cactus......8....(which/whose/whom/who) was generous too, readily agreed, helping them both through the tough summer, as friends. If cactus.....9.... (is/was/were/had been) rude like rose, the rose would have lost her life. This incident .....10.....(has/made/make/got) the rose to feel ashamed.
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1: Â of
2: an
3: would
4: despite
5: more
6: were
7: if she could have
8: who
9: were
10: Â got
6. Choose and copy the correct answer for the numbered blanks below.Â
One evening......1..... (a/an/the/no article) cowboy gathered his cattle to bring them back home. Meanwhile, he noticed that a calf was missing. He searched it for a while but his efforts went in vain. So, he prayed to God that he would perform a Pooja ritual if God caught his calf thief. Being despair, he was passing ....2.... (by/through/from/from) the forest, when he came upon his lost calf. But, the calf was dead which ......3... (killed/had killed/is killed/was killed) by a cruel lion. The cowboy found out that the lion was his calf thief. (However/Therefore/As soon as/While) .....4..... he saw a llon, he shook with fear and prayed to God again. Lordi I vowed that I would offer you a Pooja ritual if I came upon the calf thief. Now, I vow that I...5.....(would/will/can/may) offer you a hen......6...... (whose/which/who/whóm) neck is big. He begged God's help to escape from this thief's claws as his wife along with his children .........7..... (is/are/was/were) worried about the situation. Hearing his vow, God made the lion .......8........ (go/ to go/ gone/going) towards its den. The cowboy tried his .......9........(good/as good as/better/best) to reach out to the calf, .....10......(don't he/didn't he/doesn't he/did he)?
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1: a
2: through
3: was killed
4: As soon as
5: will
6: whose
7: wasÂ
8: go
9: best
10: Â didn't he
7. Choose and copy the correct answer for the numbered blanks below.
One day, a lame boy.....1.....(who/whose/whom/which) parents had already died, went to the house of a farmer. He told the farmer that ....2.....(I will work/he will work/he would work/l would work) for him. He further begged, "I will plough your lands .......3........ (and/so/but/yet) I will clean the dishes." "Both of my parents .....4...... (are/were/is/are) dead," he said. Hearing his voice, the farmer's wife felt sorry for the boy. She said to the farmer, "Do not drive ......5........ (out/away/off/through) this boy." She turned to the boy and said, "Stay here. We will give you food". Many days passed. Gradually, the farmer's daughter started liking him. One day, she said to her father, "Do not say him to go from here. He is not .....6.... (a/the/an/no article) idle beggar". The father agreed and the boy lived with the farmer's family. The farmer got the boy ....7.... (work/works/to work/worked) in the fields. The boy grew up and became a matured man. After some years, the farmer couples died. The boy married the farmer's daughter. The boy .....8...... (won't marry/wouldn't marry/wouldn't have married/didn't marry) the farmer's daughter if he had not been given the job by the farmer. Thereafter, the couple spent their lives .......9.......('happy/happily/more happily/the most happily). 'Love never fades away if it emerge trom the inner heart,...10... (does it/doesn't it/ don't it/do they)?
Ans: whose, he would work, and, are, away, an, to work, wouldn't have married, happily, does it.
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1: Â whose
2: he would work
3: and
4: are
5: away
6: an
7: to work
8: wouldn't have married
9: happily
10: does it
8. Choose and copy the correct answer for the numbered blanks below.
Did you ...1....(heard/hears/hearing/hear) about Rachana? Recently, she got a small part in a movie in ......2..... (where/which/whose/what) she had to ride her bike to .......3...... (a/an/the/no article) top of the steep hill and then go downhill without stopping. Unfortunately, while she was going down, she fell ......4....... (by/from/of/off) her bike into the bushes. The director and producer.....5.... (is/are/was/were) shocked. The accident got her beauty bones .....6.... (break/broke/broken/to break) and got cuts and bruises over the body. She said with herself, "I am lucky. The terrible accident ...7.... (can't/couldn't/shouldn't/wouldn't) break my neck." Of course, the director was sorry ....8.... (and/but/because/although) he didn't want this scene in the movie. When the movie went for edit, the clip ......9.... (is excluded/was being excluded/excluded/was excluded). Rachana would not have gone to see herself at the cinema if she .....10...... (knows/knew/had known/has known) it earlier. What an unlucky girl she is!
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1: hear
2: which
3: the
4: off
5: was
6: broken
7: couldn't
8: because
9: was excluded
10: Â had known
9. Choose and copy the correct answer for the numbered blanks below.
Playing game is...1....(an/a/the/no article) most important part of our life. It is an activity .....2....(who/where/that/whose) involves an individual and a group. It provides us fun and recreation. Moreover, it makes us strong......3......(both/either/neither/and) physically and mentally. When we become mentally fresh, we ......4...... (should/could/can/must) do our other works properly. Game helps to make our body flexible so as to do any work easily. So, the players always....5..... (looked/look/looks/looking) handsome. If we ....6...... (didn't take part/don't take part /can't take part/hadn't taken part) in any games or do any exercises, we will suffer from obesity. A healthy man is everyone's favourite. Keeping all these things in mind, many people manage their times for physical exercise ....7....(although/in spite of /because of/due to) their busy schedule. And, the students are also made ...8....(engage/to engage/engaged/erigaging) in different games in the schools. If students do the regular exercise, they will feel...9.....(healthy/healthier/the healthiest as healthy as). Nobody has learnt every mystery, of doing exercise and entire benefits,...10....(hasn't they/haven't they/have they/do they)?
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1: the
2: that
3: both
4: can
5: look
6: don't take part
7: in spite of
8: to engage
9: healthier
10: Â have they
10. Choose and copy the correct answer for the numbered blanks below.
An architect was very famous as he always ordered exactly enough materials for every building he built. He as well as his workmen......1...... (was/were/had/is) very popular.....2...... (so/because/although/so that) he could build buildings at...3... (a/an/the/no article) lowest possible cost. After ten years ......4... ...(on/off/of/with) perfect experience, one of his men came to him .......5.....(why/where/whom/when) they had finished a forty-storey building. "Sir, we have bad news" the man said. We have one brick left over. We got this brick......6...... (bring/to bring/brought/brings) by the workman this morning. If you don't trust me, you .......7...... (can ask/could ask/ could have asked/ask) him. 'Oh; no!' the architect exclaimed. The man said, "Please trust me. I never tell lies." His remarks made architect think for a while and he wanted to know .......8.....(how did it happen/how it happened/how does it happen/how happened it). After a while, he recalled the brick and its colour. He said, "It ...9.....(must be/can't be/might be/shouldn't be) our brick since it is yellow. We had bought all grey bricks,......10...... (had we/didn't we/hadn't we/don't we)?"
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1: Â was
2: because
3: the
4: ofÂ
5: where
6: brought
7: can ask
8: how it happened
9: can't
10: Â hadn't we
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