English MCQs & Quizzes

2022-02-15 11:59:05 #reading #comprehension Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language—so… Open / Comment

2022-02-15 11:58:04 #reading #comprehension

Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language—so the argument runs—must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or handsome cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes. Now it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes : it is not simply due to the bad influence of this or that individual writer. But an effect can become a cause, reinforcing the
original cause and producing the same effect in an intensified form, and so on indefinitely. A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fails all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits, one can think more
clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration : so that the fight against Bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers. Open / Comment

2022-02-15 11:54:51 Civilization, like ............... fall, not so much because of ............... of the enemy outside, as through the weakness and ................ within, Rome fell not because of the .................. they merely knocked ................. something that… Open / Comment

2022-02-15 11:54:01 Civilization, like ............... fall, not so
much because of ............... of the enemy outside, as through the weakness and ................ within, Rome fell not because of the .................. they merely knocked ................. something that was already dead. The heart of Rome had ................... beating when the arms and legs were cut ............... We see something of this ............... in India and China and in the case of the Arabs. The .................. of Arabian civilization was sudden even as their rise had been. In India and China the process is long-drawn ............... and it is not easy to spot it. Open / Comment

2022-02-15 11:51:23 1. During the reign of the Em-
peror Tiberius
P. called Phaedrus
Q. an Augustan story teller
R. translated Aesop’s fables
into Latin
S. in ancient Rome
6. and also added some tales
of his own.
(1) QRPS (2) PQRS
(3) SQPR (4) RSPQ Open / Comment

2022-02-15 11:50:57 1. By far the most logical step
P. to relieve the housewife of
routine
Q. which can be programmed
R. to carry out standard opera-
tions
S. is to provide a robot
6. when switched by the house-
wife.
(1) RSPQ (2) PSQR
(3) QSPR (4) SRQP Open / Comment

2022-02-15 11:50:47 1. Today political freedom
P. and the right
Q. however money and all that
money
R. assures people equality be-
fore law
S. to elect their Government
6. can buy is not fairly distrib-
uted.
(1) SPRQ (2) RPSQ
(3) QRSP (4) PSRQ Open / Comment

2022-02-15 11:50:37 1. Agriculture
P. cotton for our clothes
Q. raw materials like jute
R. and sugarcane for our indus-
tries
S. gives us food
6. and food for cattle.
(1) SRQP (2) RQPS
(3) QPRS (4) SPQR Open / Comment

2022-02-15 11:50:29 1 A dictionary
P. arranged words
Q. about which information
R. containing alphabetically
S. is a book
6. is given.
(1) RPQS (2) QRPS
(3) SRPQ (4) SPRQ Open / Comment

2022-02-15 11:49:08 The statue was so.......that
people stared at it in horror.
(1) grotesque (2) exquisite
(3) beatific (4) cumbersome Open / Comment