English Questions and Answers

Directions (1-4) : Read the following passage carefully and answer each of the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Birju Maharaj, the living legend; choreographer Kumudini Lakhia, who ushered in an era of innovations in Kathak, Chitresh Das, a pioneer emigrant who settled in the Bay area 30 years ago and blazed a trail, firmly establishing Kathak among American dancers and the Indian diaspora; Anjani Ambegaonkar, another Jaipur gharana exponent, winner of the National Endowment Award for her outstanding contribution to the young exponents both from India and America ___ the conference had young scholars and critics and also senior writers and performers. Young Archana Joglekar, a Kathak dancer from Mumbai, who migrated to Princeton a few years ago said: 'I could not believe that this can happen in the US where Indian immigrants have come for better economic opportunities and incidentally have brought along with them classical dance tradition to retain their cultural Indian identity.

Question-1 : Which of the following is not true about Chitresh Das? 

Directions (1-4) : Read the following passage carefully and answer each of the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Birju Maharaj, the living legend; choreographer Kumudini Lakhia, who ushered in an era of innovations in Kathak, Chitresh Das, a pioneer emigrant who settled in the Bay area 30 years ago and blazed a trail, firmly establishing Kathak among American dancers and the Indian diaspora; Anjani Ambegaonkar, another Jaipur gharana exponent, winner of the National Endowment Award for her outstanding contribution to the young exponents both from India and America ___ the conference had young scholars and critics and also senior writers and performers. Young Archana Joglekar, a Kathak dancer from Mumbai, who migrated to Princeton a few years ago said: 'I could not believe that this can happen in the US where Indian immigrants have come for better economic opportunities and incidentally have brought along with them classical dance tradition to retain their cultural Indian identity.

Question-2 : The economic immigrants are-

Directions (1-4) : Read the following passage carefully and answer each of the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Birju Maharaj, the living legend; choreographer Kumudini Lakhia, who ushered in an era of innovations in Kathak, Chitresh Das, a pioneer emigrant who settled in the Bay area 30 years ago and blazed a trail, firmly establishing Kathak among American dancers and the Indian diaspora; Anjani Ambegaonkar, another Jaipur gharana exponent, winner of the National Endowment Award for her outstanding contribution to the young exponents both from India and America ___ the conference had young scholars and critics and also senior writers and performers. Young Archana Joglekar, a Kathak dancer from Mumbai, who migrated to Princeton a few years ago said: 'I could not believe that this can happen in the US where Indian immigrants have come for better economic opportunities and incidentally have brought along with them classical dance tradition to retain their cultural Indian identity.

Question-3 : National Endowment Award is given-

Directions (1-4) : Read the following passage carefully and answer each of the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Birju Maharaj, the living legend; choreographer Kumudini Lakhia, who ushered in an era of innovations in Kathak, Chitresh Das, a pioneer emigrant who settled in the Bay area 30 years ago and blazed a trail, firmly establishing Kathak among American dancers and the Indian diaspora; Anjani Ambegaonkar, another Jaipur gharana exponent, winner of the National Endowment Award for her outstanding contribution to the young exponents both from India and America ___ the conference had young scholars and critics and also senior writers and performers. Young Archana Joglekar, a Kathak dancer from Mumbai, who migrated to Princeton a few years ago said: 'I could not believe that this can happen in the US where Indian immigrants have come for better economic opportunities and incidentally have brought along with them classical dance tradition to retain their cultural Indian identity.

Question-4 : Immigrants are those-

Change the Narration-

He said to me, 'Let us go out for a walk'.

In the following question, a sentence is divided into six part (1), (P), (Q), (R), (S) and (6). The order of (1) and (6) is correct but (P), (Q), (R) and (S) are jumbled up. Find the correct order with the help of the options.  

(1) In the meantime

(P) two decades of their presence

(Q) in the arts scene of New York with

(R) long season to celebrate

(S) they are busy preparing for a

(6) a variety of interesting events 

‘Through and through’ means-

Directions (8-9) : Choose appropriate Synonyms for the given words.

Hazard

Directions (8-9) : Choose appropriate Synonyms for the given words.

Gracious

Directions (10-11) : Choose appropriate Antonyms for the given words.  

Rustic

Directions (10-11) : Choose appropriate Antonyms for the given words.  

Solicit

Spot the mis-spelt word-

Give one word for the following expression-  

Government by one 

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He will not go there ________ it stops raining. 

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He is as talkative as a ________ .

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 Diesel is sold ________ litre.

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It is I who _________ written this letter.

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He was ________ tall than handsome. 

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Contact us between 7 am ________ 9 am.

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The college is ________ 4 pm.