English Grammar Miscellaneous Questions with Solutions for Prelims Exam

The English language section is quite a challenging section for most of the aspirants. The reason for this is that most candidates are lagging in the basic english grammar rules and for those who are well versed with the rules lack practice. In this article we are discussing Basic English Grammar Miscellaneous Questions with Solutions for Prelims Exam. Here we are giving a few practice questions and candidates can do well in this section if they practice and prepare well for the grammar part. 

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English Grammar Miscellaneous Questions with Solutions for Prelims Exam

Question 1: Match the statements from column 1 with column 2 and find which of the following pair of statements given in the options make contextually and grammatically correct sense.

Column 1	Column 2
A. Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef, now under threat from climate change,	D. asteroid strike that also killed off the dinosaurs.
B. No tree-dwelling birds survived the immense	E. has survived five environmental upheavals during the past 30,000 years.
C. Fossils shows that dogs with a ferocious bite roamed North America	F. 5 million years ago, crushing the skeletons of their prey in massive, muscular jaws.

A) A and F

B) B and D

C) A and D

D) C and E

E) B and F

Question 2: Match the statements from column 1 with column 2 and find which of the following pair of statements given in the options make contextually and grammatically correct sense.

Column 1	Column 2
A. Some of the most important decisions you will make	D. in your lifetime will occur while you feel stressed and anxious.
B. Research has shown that people are normally quite optimistic:	E. they will ignore the bad news and embrace the good.
C. When our ancestors found themselves in a habitat filled with hungry animals, they	F. benefited from an increased ability to learn about hazards so as to avoid predators.

A) A and F

B) B and D

C) C and E

D) C and F

E) A and E

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Question 3: Match the statements from column 1 with column 2 and find which of the following pair of statements given in the options make contextually and grammatically correct sense.

Column 1	Column 2
A. Scientists who eavesdropped on nearly 1,000 conversations around the world,	D. because they often convey important information.
B. Our brains are designed to transmit emotions quickly to one another,	E. report that people who receive favours rarely say ‘thank you’.
C. The islands of the Brahmaputra are remote, unmapped,	F. under threat — and home to 2.5 million people.

A) A and F

B) C and F

C) B and E

D) C and E

E) C and D

Question 4: Match the statements from column 1 with column 2 and find which of the following pair of statements given in the options make contextually and grammatically correct sense.

Column 1	Column 2
A. Colombia is regarded as the second-most-biodiverse country in the world,	D. and how vulnerable they are to potential disease.
B. After his hunt, he spends the rest of the day helping other	E. ornithologists with their collections, or just exploring the forest.
C. DNA can tell how healthy the population of any animal is,	F. but its fauna and flora have evaded study because of the war.

A) A and F

B) B and D

C) C and E

D) A and E

E) B and F

Question 5: Match the statements from column 1 with column 2 and find which of the following pair of statements given in the options make contextually and grammatically correct sense.

Column 1	Column 2
A. Vaccines and powerful drugs have allowed our species	D. to fight back against the bacteria, parasites and viruses that threaten to kill us.
B. Feeling younger than your years also seems to	E. come with a lower risk of depression and greater mental wellbeing as we age.
C. Being able to stand up to authority doesn’t hinge	F. on bravery or courage, confidence or stubbornness.

A) A and E

B) B and F

C) C and D

D) A and D

E) C and E

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Question 6: In this question, two words related in some way are given and third word is also given with four or five alternatives. You have to find out which one of the alternatives bears the same relation with the third word as first and second words are related.

Persuade: persuasion : : execute:

A) executioner

B) execution

C) executor

D) executive

E) executed

Question 7: In this question, two words related in some way are given and third word is also given with four or five alternatives. You have to find out which one of the alternatives bears the same relation with the third word as first and second words are related.

Strategy: strategically : : intention:

A) intentionally

B) intent

C) intend

D) instant

E) inventively

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Question 8: In this question, two words related in some way are given and third word is also given with four or five alternatives. You have to find out which one of the alternatives bears the same relation with the third word as first and second words are related.

Terror: terrified : : fertility:

A) infertile

B) feline

C) fertilize

D) fertile

E) futile

Question 9: In the question below, a sentence is given with four words highlighted in bold. From the options, choose the pair of words that need to be interchanged to make the sentence grammatically and meaningfully correct.

The more mobile a person is, the available the circle of socio-economic interaction that would be wider to him.

A) mobile –> available

B) available –> wider

C) available –> interaction

D) mobile –> wider

E) All are correct

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Question 10: In the question below, a sentence is given with four words highlighted in bold. From the options, choose the pair of words that need to be interchanged to make the sentence grammatically and meaningfully correct.

Airline seats occur in close proximity to each other in order to squash the greatest number of passengers into a small space.

A) occur –> space

B) occur –> squash

C) proximity –> space

D) squash –> space

E) All are correct

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ANSWER KEYS and SOLUTIONS:

1) – B)	2) – D)	3) – B)	4) – A)	5) – D)	6) – B)
7) – A)	8) – D)	9) – B)	10) – E)

Solution 1: B)

(b) is the right answer. The correct pairs are AE, BD and CF.
BD – B talks about tree-dwelling birds, and D continues by telling us how none of these survived the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs. “No tree-dwelling birds survived the immense asteroid strike that also killed off the dinosaurs.”
AE – A talks about the Great Barrier Reef which is under threat from climate change, and E continues it by telling us how it has survived several environmental changes. “Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef, now under threat from climate change, has survived five environmental upheavals during the past 30,000 years.”
CF – C talks about fossils of dogs that roamed North America, and F continues by telling us the timeline of this event. “Fossils shows that dogs with a ferocious bite roamed North America5 million years ago, crushing the skeletons of their prey in massive, muscular jaws.”

Solution 2: D)

(d) is the right answer. The correct pairs are AD, BE and CF.
CF – C talks about our ancestors and tells us that they were often faced with harmful predators; F follows by telling us what kind of coping mechanisms helped them to fight these. “When our ancestors found themselves in a habitat filled with hungry animals, they benefited from an increased ability to learn about hazards so as to avoid predators.”
AD – A talks about the most important decisions we would make in our lives, and D follows by telling us when these decisions will take place. “Some of the most important decisions you will make in your lifetime will occur while you feel stressed and anxious.”
BE – B talks about research that has proven that people are usually optimistic, and E follows by telling us how this is manifested in their behaviour. “Research has shown that people are normally quite optimistic: they will ignore the bad news and embrace the good.”

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Solution 3: B)

(b) is the right answer. The correct pairs are AE, BD and CF.
CF – C tells us about the islands of Brahmaputra, and F builds further on it by telling us how many people live there. “The islands of the Brahmaputra are remote, unmapped, under threat — and home to 2.5 million people.”
AE – A tells us that scientists eavesdropped on a large number of conversations around the world, and E tells us about their findings. “Scientists who eavesdropped on nearly 1,000 conversations around the world report that people who receive favours rarely say ‘thank you’.”
BD – B tells us how our brains are designed to transmit emotions to other, and D follows by telling us the purpose for this. “Our brains are designed to transmit emotions quickly to one another, because they often convey important information.”

Solution 4: A)

(a) is the right answer. The correct pairs are AF, CD and BE.
AF – A talks about Columbia being the one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, and F follows by telling us that despite this, its flora and fauna have evaded study due to the war. “Colombia is regarded as the second-most-biodiverse country in the world, but its fauna and flora have evaded study because of the war.”
BE – B talks about what he does after the hunt; E builds further on it by telling us his activities after the hunt. “After his hunt, he spends the rest of the day helping other ornithologists with their collections, or just exploring the forest.”
CD – C tells us how the DNA can give insights into the health of the population, and D continues by telling us what else DNA can give insights into. “DNA can tell how healthy the population of any animal is,and how vulnerable they are to potential disease.”

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Solution 5: D)

(d) is the right answer. The correct pairs are AD, BE and CF.
AD – A and D together talk about how vaccines and drugs have helped us to fight against diseases. “Vaccines and powerful drugs have allowed our species to fight back against the bacteria, parasites and viruses that threaten to kill us.”
BE – B talks about how it is to feel younger than your years, and E talks about how it comes with a lower risk of depression. “Feeling younger than your years also seems to come with a lower risk of depression and greater mental wellbeing as we age.”
CF – C talks about the ability to stand up to authority, and F tells us the factors this ability does not depend on. “Being able to stand up to authority doesn’t hinge on bravery or courage, confidence or stubbornness.”

Solution 6: B)

PERSUADE (verb) means to convince, and PERSUASION is its noun and means the act of persuading. There is a verb-noun relationship. EXECUTE is a verb and its noun form EXECUTION should follow. Thus, (b) is the right answer.

Executioner – a person who carries out the act of killing someone. Executor – a person who carries out a task. Executive – a person with senior managerial responsibility in a business. EXECUTED is a verb in the second form.

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Solution 7: A)

STRATEGY (noun) means a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim. STRATEGICALLY is its adverbial form. There is a noun-adverb relationship. INTENTION is a noun and its adverbial form will be INTENTIONALLY. Thus, (a) is the right answer.

INTENT is a noun or an adjective. INTEND is a verb. INSTANT means moment and is an adjective or a noun. Inventively (adverb) – having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally.

Solution 8: D)

TERROR (noun) means alarm or scare; TERRIFIED is an adjective and means scared. There is a noun-adjective relationship. FERTILITY is a noun, and its adjective form FERTILE should follow. Thus, (d) is the right answer.

Infertile (adjective) – this would be an antonym of the required word FERTILE. Feline – catlike; relating to cats. FERTILIZE is a verb and means to make fertile. Futile – useless.

Solution 9: B)

The sentence tells us the more mobile (capable of moving) a person is, the bigger is the circle of socio-economic interaction (exposure) that would be accessible to him. AVAILABLE (accessible) should be interchanged with WIDER (bigger) as we need a comparative degree adjective to modify the noun CIRCLE, as the sentence shows comparison (note the first clause MORE MOBILE). Thus, (b) is the right answer.

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Solution 10: E)

The sentence tells us how airline seats occur (are situated) in close proximity (nearness) to each other in order to squash (accommodate) the greatest number of passengers into a small space (area). All the words are correctly placed, which makes (e) the right answer.

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