English Comprehension
Practice Questions & Answers
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word: PERFIDIOUS (दिए गए शब्द का सबसे उपयुक्त पर्यायवाची चुनें: PERFIDIOUS)
Perfidious means deceitful and untrustworthy, which is closest in meaning to 'Treacherous'. (Perfidious का अर्थ है धोखेबाज और अविश्वसनीय, जो अर्थ में 'Treacherous' के सबसे निकट है।)
Choose the correct meaning of idiom: Hobson's choice (मुहावरे का सही अर्थ चुनें: Hobson's choice)
'Hobson's choice' means an apparently free choice when there is actually no alternative, i.e., no real choice at all. ('Hobson's choice' का अर्थ है एक स्पष्ट रूप से स्वतंत्र विकल्प जबकि वास्तव में कोई विकल्प नहीं होता, अर्थात बिल्कुल कोई वास्तविक विकल्प नहीं।)
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word. Perfidious (दिए गए शब्द का सबसे उपयुक्त विलोम चुनें। Perfidious)
Perfidious means treacherous/disloyal, so its antonym is 'Loyal'. (Perfidious का अर्थ है विश्वासघाती/बेवफा, इसलिए इसका विलोम 'Loyal' है।)
Identify the misspelt word (गलत वर्तनी वाला शब्द पहचानें)
The correct spelling is 'Quintessence', not 'Quintessance'; hence it is the misspelt word. (सही वर्तनी 'Quintessence' है, 'Quintessance' नहीं; अतः यह गलत वर्तनी वाला शब्द है।)
Spot the correct spelling of a CSF-shunt procedure. (एक CSF-शंट प्रक्रिया की सही वर्तनी बताएं।)
'Ventriculoperitoneal' (as in a ventriculoperitoneal shunt) is the correctly spelt medical term. ('Ventriculoperitoneal' [जैसे ventriculoperitoneal shunt में] सही वर्तनी वाला चिकित्सीय शब्द है।)
Choose the correct one-word substitute for: 'An official reprimand or strong criticism'. (इसके लिए सही एक-शब्द प्रतिस्थापन चुनें: 'An official reprimand or strong criticism'.)
'Censure' means an official expression of disapproval or strong criticism, matching the given definition. ('Censure' का अर्थ है अस्वीकृति की एक आधिकारिक अभिव्यक्ति या कड़ी आलोचना, जो दी गई परिभाषा से मेल खाता है।)
Select the correct option: The startup scaled so rapidly that its infrastructure could ___ keep pace. (सही विकल्प चुनें: The startup scaled so rapidly that its infrastructure could ___ keep pace.)
'Barely' fits best, meaning the infrastructure could only just keep pace, indicating a struggle to cope with rapid growth. ('Barely' सबसे उपयुक्त है, जिसका अर्थ है कि इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चर मुश्किल से गति बनाए रख सका, जो तीव्र वृद्धि से निपटने के संघर्ष को दर्शाता है।)
Select the correct option: Rare though the phenomenon is, it can occur ___ prolonged drought conditions. (सही विकल्प चुनें: Rare though the phenomenon is, it can occur ___ prolonged drought conditions.)
'Under' correctly conveys the condition or circumstance ('under drought conditions') in which the phenomenon can occur. ('Under' सही ढंग से उस स्थिति या परिस्थिति ['under drought conditions'] को व्यक्त करता है जिसमें यह घटना घटित हो सकती है।)
Select the correct option: While the proposal appeared pragmatic on paper, its implementation proved ___ complicated than expected. (सही विकल्प चुनें: While the proposal appeared pragmatic on paper, its implementation proved ___ complicated than expected.)
'More' correctly completes the comparative structure '___ complicated than expected'. ('More' तुलनात्मक संरचना '___ complicated than expected' को सही ढंग से पूरा करता है।)
Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: That the report failed to address the root causes (1)/ of the community unrest were surprising (2)/ given the exhaustive data (3)/ compiled over several months. (4) (वाक्य के उस भाग को खोजें जिसमें त्रुटि है: That the report failed to address the root causes [1]/ of the community unrest were surprising [2]/ given the exhaustive data [3]/ compiled over several months. [4])
Part (2) has a subject-verb agreement error; since the subject is the singular clause 'That the report failed...', the verb should be 'was surprising', not 'were surprising'. (भाग [2] में कर्ता-क्रिया सहमति की त्रुटि है; चूंकि कर्ता एकवचन उपवाक्य 'That the report failed...' है, क्रिया 'was surprising' होनी चाहिए, न कि 'were surprising'।)
Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: What renders the draft legislation particularly contentious is not its proposed realignment of fiscal powers per se, (1)/ but that it presumes, without empirical substantiation, (2)/ a fiscal equivalence among states whose developmental baselines are (3)/ incommensurable by any normative metric. (4) (वाक्य के उस भाग को खोजें जिसमें त्रुटि है: What renders the draft legislation particularly contentious is not its proposed realignment of fiscal powers per se, [1]/ but that it presumes, without empirical substantiation, [2]/ a fiscal equivalence among states whose developmental baselines are [3]/ incommensurable by any normative metric. [4])
Part (2) contains the grammatical error in this sentence relating to the parallel structure of the correlative 'not...but' construction. (भाग [2] में इस वाक्य में सहसंबंधी 'not...but' संरचना के समानांतर स्वरूप से संबंधित व्याकरणिक त्रुटि है।)
Change the following from active to passive: They have been neglecting maintenance of the archives for years. (निम्नलिखित को सक्रिय से निष्क्रिय में बदलें: They have been neglecting maintenance of the archives for years.)
The present perfect continuous active tense 'have been neglecting' correctly converts to the passive form 'has been being neglected'. (वर्तमान पूर्ण सतत सक्रिय काल 'have been neglecting' सही ढंग से निष्क्रिय रूप 'has been being neglected' में बदलता है।)
Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word: The choir began the introit at the priest's signal. (हाइलाइट किए गए शब्द के समनाम वाले वाक्य का चयन करें: The choir began the introit at the priest's signal.)
Option A uses 'introit' in the same sense but in a different sentence context, correctly matching as an example, while the term itself remains the homonym reference. (विकल्प A में 'introit' का प्रयोग समान अर्थ में लेकिन एक अलग वाक्य संदर्भ में किया गया है, जो सही ढंग से एक उदाहरण के रूप में मेल खाता है।)
Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: It was being suggested by multiple sources that the operation had been compromised internally. (नीचे दिए गए वाक्य को निष्क्रिय वाच्य संरचना से सक्रिय वाच्य संरचना में बदलें: It was being suggested by multiple sources that the operation had been compromised internally.)
Converting to active voice, the subject 'multiple sources' performs the action 'suggested', correctly retaining the meaning of the original sentence. (सक्रिय वाच्य में बदलने पर, कर्ता 'multiple sources' क्रिया 'suggested' करता है, जो मूल वाक्य के अर्थ को सही ढंग से बनाए रखता है।)
Read the following passage and answer the question based on the passage: [Passage on Education vs Wisdom] According to the passage, how is wisdom primarily acquired? (निम्नलिखित गद्यांश पढ़ें और गद्यांश के आधार पर प्रश्न का उत्तर दें: [शिक्षा बनाम बुद्धिमत्ता पर गद्यांश] गद्यांश के अनुसार, बुद्धिमत्ता मुख्य रूप से कैसे प्राप्त होती है?)
The passage states that wisdom is earned through trial, failure, reflection and a nuanced understanding of human nature, i.e., through experience and reflection. (गद्यांश में कहा गया है कि बुद्धिमत्ता परीक्षण, असफलता, चिंतन और मानव स्वभाव की सूक्ष्म समझ के माध्यम से अर्जित होती है, अर्थात अनुभव और चिंतन के माध्यम से।)