AILET entrance exam Question Bank Solutions for English Language

Fill in the blank in the following sentence by using the most appropriate word from the options given below the sentence.
The word 'steed' has a more romantic _______________ than the word 'horse'.

Fill in the blank in the following sentence by using the most appropriate word from the options given below the sentence. Although more than one option may be correct, only one amongst them is the most effective.
Use this spray to _______________ the weeds in your garden.

Fill in the blank in the following sentence by using the most appropriate word from the options given below the sentence. Although more than one option may be correct, only one amongst them is the most effective.
It was in _______________ but she took it seriously.

Fill in the blank in the sentence below with the word or pair of words that best fits the meaning of the given sentence.
We must try to understand his momentary__________for he has____________more strain and anxiety than any among us.

The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Although Shakespeare received little formal education, scholars has in recent years ______ the view that he was_______ the work of classical authors

For the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most appropriate in the given context.
The only __________ touch in his costume was a light-colored necktie.

Complete the sentence by filling in the appropriate blank/blanks from the options provided.
It will take some time for many South Koreans to ________ the conflicting images of North Korea, let alone to ________ what to make of their northern cousins.

The sentence has one or two missing elements, as indicated by a series of dashes. Following the sentence, you will see lettered words or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words that best fit the meanings of the sentences a whole.
Walpole’s art collection was huge and fascinating, and his novel “ the Castle of Otranto” was never out of print; none of this mattered to the Victorians, who ______________ him as , the best, ______________.

Fill in the blank in the sentence below with the word or pair of words that best fits the meaning of the given sentence.
The ________ of evidence was on the side of the plaintiff since all but one witness testified that his story was correct.

Fill in the blank in the sentence below with the word or pair of words that best fits the meaning of the given sentence.
Because it arrives so early in the season, before many other birds, the robin has been called, the________of spring.

The sentence below has one or two blanks, the blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word or set of words for the blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Their air of cheerful self-sacrifice and endless complaisance won them undeserved praise, for their seeming gallantry was wholly motivated by a_______________wish to avoid conflict of any sorts.

Complete the sentence by filling in the appropriate blank/blanks from the options provided.
The law prohibits a person from felling a sandalwood tree, even if it grows on one’s own land, without prior permission from the government. As poor people can’t deal with the government, this legal provision leads to a rip-roaring business for _______, who care neither for the ________ nor for the tree.

In the following question, three of four sentences, A, B, C, D as the case may be form a meaningful paragraph/flow of thought. One of the sentences is missing shown as _________ You have to find out from (A), (B), (C), or (D) which sentence would best fit the missing part.

1. The country through which we had been travelling for days had an original beauty.
2. The wide plains were diversified by stretches of hilly country with low passes.
3. _____________________________
4. We had had occasional showers of hail, but now the weather was mainly fine and warm.

Which of the following would best fit?

In the following question, three of four sentences, A, B, C, D as the case may be form a meaningful paragraph/flow of thought. One of the sentences is missing shown as ________ You have to find out from (A), (B), (C), or (D) which sentence would best fit the missing part.

1. In clean air, the human lung capacity will increase for the first 20 years of life
2. _____________________
3. But in the areas with heavy air pollution, the lung capacity growth is slowed.
4. Breathing high levels of sulphur and nitrogen oxides lessens the growth of lung capacity.

Which of the following would best fit B?

In the following question, three of four sentences, A, B, C, D as the case may be formed a meaningful paragraph/flow of thought. One of the sentences is missing shown as ______You have to find out from (A), (B), (C), or (D) which sentence would best fit the missing part.

1. The students today are finding great problems is finding a job immediately after graduation B.
2. The problem largely lies in the education system
3. The exam scores are given importance at the cost of value addition and skills enhancement.
4. ____________________________

Which of the following would best fit?

The sentence has one or two missing elements, as indicated by a series of dashes. Following the sentence, you will see lettered words or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words that best fit the meanings of the sentence as a whole.
While she initially suffered the fate of many pioneers -the incomprehension of her colleagues – octogenarian Nobel laureateBarbara McClintock has lived to __________ the triumph of her once ___________ scientific theories.

The short passage below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence/passage as a whole
Arguably the most important document ever to be auctioned goes on sale on Tuesday, 18 December 07, when the Magna Carta, an 800-year-old English royal manuscript goes under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York. The royal charter, dated1297 and bearing the wax seal of King Edward ___________ the rights of man into English law and is considered the _______ of such________ historical documents as the US Declaration of Independence.

The sentence has one blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word that best fits the meaning of the sentence/passage as a whole.
The Emergency cast its shadow on AIR; making it a prime vehicle of dissemination of a culture of ___________ & sycophancy.

The sentence has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence/passage as a whole.
The document, which required the king to accept that he was bound by law in the same way as his subjects is described as thefirst_________on the ladder to freedom and a _________of liberty.

The following sentence is left blank. Beneath the sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the four.
In this context, the ___________ of the British labour movement is particularly _________.