Question : Complete each sentence by choosing the correct homophone and writing it in the blank.
Ram was ----- by the English King.
Option 1: nighted
Option 2: nighed
Option 3: knighted
Option 4: knigretted
Correct Answer: knighted
Solution : The correct answer is option 3.
Explanation :
Knighted means to confer the noble title on a person
Nighted means darkened, clouded
Nighed means to approach or get close to
Knigretted is not any meaningful word.
According to the meaning of all these three homophones, the correct word is "Knighted", Hence, we have chosen option 3.
Therefore the complete sentence is
Ram was knighted by the English King.
Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required'. (Beside myself, the only English people) there were Keith and Doreen.
Option 1: Besides I, the only English speaking people
Option 2: No substitution required
Option 3: Besides myself, the only English people
Option 4: Beside me, the only English people
Question : If a manager assigns a job to translate the content from English language to Spanish, if the workers is not so familiar with the Spanish language it will act as a barrier. Which communication barrier is expressed in the above situation?
Option 1: Semantic barriers
Option 2: Psychological barriers
Option 3: Organisational barrier
Option 4: Personal barrier
Question : Sentences of a paragraph are given in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Dozens of distinctly different regional languages are spoken in India, which share many characteristics such as grammatical structure and vocabulary. B. India has had a longer exposure to English than any other country which uses it as a second language, its distinctive words, idioms, grammar, and rhetoric spreading gradually to affect all places, habits and cultures. C. The historical background of India is never far away from everyday usage of English. D. Since the early 1600s, the English language has had a toehold on the Indian subcontinent, when the East India Company established settlements in Chennai, Kolkata, and Mumbai, formerly Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay, respectively.
Option 1: ABCD
Option 2: ADCB
Option 3: DBCA
Option 4: DCAB
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