Q&A: practice questions with answers

Concept: Every sentence needs a finite verb; a non-defining 'which' clause between commas does not supply it.

1. Remove the clause: 'The book … missing' – no verb.
2. Singular subject 'book' + present state → 'is missing'.
3. Corrected: 'The book, which has all the details …, is missing.'

Trick: Cover the part between the commas and read the rest – the missing verb becomes obvious.

Answer: (C) is missing

Concept: 'Defend' = to guard someone against attack or criticism.

1. Protected = kept safe → same meaning.
2. Invaded = attacked (opposite); condemned = blamed; united = joined.

Trick: Replace the word in the sentence: 'The brothers protected their sister' – meaning unchanged.

Answer: (D) protected

Concept: ir- (not) + resist + -ible = irresistible.

1. Double 'r' at the start (ir + resist).
2. Single 's' after 'e' in 'resist', then 'st'.
3. Ending is -ible, not -able.

Trick: Spell the root word 'resist' inside it unchanged: ir-RESIST-ible.

Answer: (C) irresistible

Concept: 'Streamline' = make a process simpler and more efficient.

1. Simplifying = making easier → fits.
2. Sojourning = staying briefly; startling = surprising; stripling = a young man (noun).

Trick: Only one option is a verb about work or process – simplifying.

Answer: (C) simplifying

Concept: 'Abundant' = available in large quantity.

1. Sparse = thinly scattered, scanty → opposite.
2. Plentiful, ample, copious all mean 'in plenty' – synonyms.

Trick: When three options mean the same thing, the odd one is usually the antonym.

Answer: (A) Sparse

Concept: In the passive voice the doer is introduced with 'by'.

1. 'was developed' is passive; 'a team of experts' is the doer.
2. So: developed by a team of experts.
3. The parallel phrase 'tested by users' confirms it.

Trick: Passive + doer → always 'by' (written by, made by, developed by).

Answer: (C) The software was developed by

Concept: 'Insipid' = dull, lacking flavour or interest.

1. Pattern: in-sip-id – one 'n', 'i' in every syllable.
2. No 'e' anywhere; options with 'ie', 'nn' or 'se' are wrong.

Trick: Three short 'i' sounds → three letter 'i's: I-n-s-I-p-I-d.

Answer: (D) Insipid

Concept: 'Disappointed by/at' + an event; 'disappointed in/with' + a person.

1. 'above' shows position – it cannot follow a feeling.
2. The cause here is an event (the defeat) → 'disappointed by the defeat'.

Yaad rakhein: Feelings caused by events usually take 'by/at': shocked by, surprised at, disappointed by.

Answer: (A) by the defeat

Concept: A verb is described by an adverb, not by an adjective.

1. (C) 'analysed careful' – 'careful' is an adjective describing the verb 'analysed'.
2. Correct: The results were analysed carefully.
3. seamlessly, more critically, incredibly hard are correctly used.

Trick: Ask 'how was it analysed?' – the answer word must end in -ly here: carefully.

Answer: (C) The results were analysed careful to ensure accuracy.

Concept: 'The grass is always greener on the other side' = others' situation always looks better than ours.

1. The first sentence warns against thinking everyone else is happier.
2. That matches this idiom exactly; other options are made-up phrases.

Trick: Idioms are fixed – grass, greener, other side; any changed word means a fake option.

Answer: (B) grass is always greener on the other side

Concept: A verb must be modified by an adverb.

1. Segment A: 'She quick finished' – 'quick' (adjective) describes the verb 'finished'.
2. Correct form: 'She quickly finished her homework…'.
3. The other segments are grammatically fine.

Trick: An adjective placed just before a verb is almost always an error – change it to -ly.

Answer: (A) A

Concept: 'Look on the bright side' = stay hopeful and see the good part of a situation.

1. 'no matter how tough things get' shows she remains positive.
2. So the positive word 'bright' fits; negative/dark are opposite, neutral doesn't form the phrase.

Trick: Tone of the sentence is positive → pick the only positive option.

Answer: (A) bright

Concept: 'Obscene' = offensive, indecent.

1. Decent = proper, respectable → opposite.
2. Improper is a near-synonym; hilarious (very funny) and mean (unkind) are unrelated.

Trick: Remove options with the same sense (improper) first; the respectable word is left.

Answer: (A) Decent

Concept: 'Vigilant' = watchful, alert to danger.

1. Careless = not paying attention → opposite.
2. Awake and mindful are close in meaning; choosy (fussy) is unrelated.

Trick: Vigilance = 'चौकसी'; its opposite is 'लापरवाही' = careless.

Answer: (B) Careless

Concept: Some verbs naturally pair with certain nouns; 'noise' goes with 'make'.

1. Correct: He tends to make a lot of noise.
2. Similar pairs: make a mistake, make a sound, make a fuss.
3. have, give, get do not combine with 'noise'.

Yaad rakhein: Sounds and mess you produce → 'make' (make noise, make a mess).

Answer: (D) make

Concept: A word is needed to pick out one example from a larger group.

1. Group: healthcare workers; example: nurses.
2. 'especially nurses' = particularly nurses.
3. equally, ascetically (self-denying), fanatically (with extreme zeal) don't introduce an example.

Trick: Pattern 'many X, ___ Y' → especially / particularly.

Answer: (C) especially

Concept: The passage describes heavy, frequent duty, so a frequency word with positive sense is needed.

1. Nurses work long hours and 6–7 days in a row → work on holidays happens frequently.
2. 'often' fits; hardly, rarely, seldom mean almost never – they contradict the passage.

Trick: Three options (hardly, rarely, seldom) share one meaning – the odd one out, 'often', is the answer.

Answer: (A) often

Concept: An adjective meaning 'one after another without a break' is needed before 'days'.

1. Contrast with 'five days on, two days off' → days in an unbroken run.
2. consecutive = following continuously.
3. consensus (agreement) and continent are nouns; conjunctional is a grammar term.

Trick: 'six or seven ___ days' → only an adjective can sit there: consecutive.

Answer: (C) consecutive

Concept: Hospitals and aged care homes need staff every day; the verb must mean 'need'.

1. 'require staffing seven days a week' = need staff all seven days.
2. rectify = correct; pacify = calm; specify = state clearly – none fits.

Trick: Plural subject (services) + object (staffing) → 'require' is the only meaningful verb.

Answer: (C) require

Concept: A verb meaning 'to make certain' is needed before 'continuous, adequate staffing'.

1. ensure = guarantee that something happens.
2. treat and animate don't take 'staffing' as object; scrutinise = examine closely, not guarantee.

Trick: 'designed to ___' + a desired result → ensure.

Answer: (D) ensure