DMRC 2018 General English Quiz 15 for ESE & GATE EE Exams

Question 1

In the sentence, identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

If she was marrying Mr. Gupta she would have been recognized as Mrs. Gupta.

Question 2

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Burglars broke ______the house last night.

Question 3

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

They pick the flowers fresh every morning.

Question 4

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech as your answer.

He said, “You fool! Why have you broken this window”?

Question 5

Direction: Given below is a set of five sentences, numbered 1 to 5 which are not in a meaningful order. Choose from the given options, the order which will be acceptable and meaningful.

1. Advertising is also advantageous to the consumers if it increases the sale of goods, industry prospers and prices may be reduced.
2. There is no obvious connection, for example, between a picture of a smiling girl and a certain brand sweet.
3. The advertiser’s assumption is that by looking at such pictures, the consumer would be influenced to buy his products.
4. On the other hand, much of the canvassing, of which the consumer is the object, does not convey information but endeavours merely to draw the public attention to certain products.
5. But most people like looking at the pictures of pretty girls.

Question 6

Direction:In each question, there are three sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words which are underlined. From the underlined words, select the most appropriate word [(1) or (2)] to form correct sentences. The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may be selected to correctly complete the set of sentences. Choose that most appropriate one.

There is no imminent (1) /eminent (2) threat of a nuclear war with North Korea, CIA Chief said, despite rising tensions.
He said Pyongyang was moving at an "ever-alarming rate" with its weapons programme and another missle (1) /missile (2) test would not be surprising.
When asked about how close the North was to being able to employ (1) /deploy (2) a nuclear weapon that could hit the US, he said: "They're closer".

Question 7

Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in bold in the sentence.

Since the company has lost a good deal of time and money, you will have to make good the loss.

Question 8

Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

A person who lays too much stress on bookish-learning

Question 9

Select the correctly spelt word.

Question 10

Direction: Find a word that is the synonym of -

FERVENT