List of top English Questions

Choose the correct option that conveys equivalent meaning to the underlined phrase. The watchdogs were asleep when the bulls ran riot.

Choose the correct alternative.
Since around 1970, with World population of 3.5 billion, they have doubled it to our current level of over 7 billion in 2012.

Death lays his icy hands on the king. The figure of speech used in the sentence is

What is the meaning of "you look a little down in the dumps"?

Identify pairs that are opposite in meaning.

Spoke: ............ :: word : sentence

Which of the following is written by Mulk Raj Anand?

A statement in which you say the same thing twice in different words.

Identify the passive form of the given sentence. I was busy cleaning the house.

Which of the following words has one syllable?

Seldom ............... such a complicated problem.

Choose the appropriate question tag for the following sentence. Srinath missed the train today.

Choose the appropriate "if" clause.
If you had studied for the test, you ........... been confident.

Read the sentence carefully and mark the incorrect section.
On account of the highland prices we are setup the factory on the outskirts of the city.

The chief or commander of the army.

Which of the following novelists was not born in India?

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word. His timidity proved costly.

Fill in the blank with the most suitable idiom/phrase to make the statement meaningful and complete. Don't you think, you ............. by not showing up at the meeting?