UG-CLAT entrance exam Question Bank Solutions for English Language

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

King Mongkut ____ (I)___the King of Siam (Thailand) in the year 1851. Mongkut ____ (2) _____Siam for seventeen years. Mongkut was a _____(3) _____A dynast is a ____ (4) ____ ruler. This means that Mongkut became King because his family had been ruling Siam before him. Mongkut was the fourth member of his family to be king of Siam and so he was ______(5) _____ Rama IV. How did Mongkut's family become the rulers of Siam? In the previous century, Taksin had been the King of Siam and for a number of years,  e had slowly gone_____ (6) _____ Many of the King's advisers turned against him and asked a powerful. eneral (Chakri) to ____(7) _____ Taksin and become the new King of Siam. General Chakri overthrew Taksin and ____ (8) ____ himself King of Siam. He was known as Rama I and was the first ruler of the Chakri Dynasty. The Chakri Dynasty was ____ (9) ____ and it has ____ (10) ____ to the present day.

1.
(a) became
(b) insane
(c) overthrow
(d) called

2.
(a) made
(b) ruled
(c) dynasty
(d) became

3.
(a) hereditary
(b) insane
(c) dynasty
(d) called

4.
(a) became
(b) ruled
(c) dynasty
(d) hereditary

5.
(a) hereditary
(b) called
(c) overthrow
(d) insane

6.
(a) hereditary
(b) insane
(c) overthrow
(d) called

7.
(a) overthrow
(b) ruled
(c) dynasty
(d) made

8.
(a) before
(b) ruined
(c) dynamic
(d) made

9.
(a) hereditary
(b) established
(c) overthrow
(d) called

10.
(a) survived
(b) insane
(c) overthrow
(d) called

Given below is a foreign language phrase that is commonly used. Choose the correct meaning for the phrase.

Prima facie

Given below is a foreign language phrase that is commonly used. Choose the correct meaning for the phrase.

Sine die

Given below is a foreign language phrase that is commonly used. Choose the correct meaning for the phrase.

Bona fide

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Status quo

Given below is a foreign language phrase that is commonly used. Choose the correct meaning for the phrase.

De jure

Some idiom given below is commonly used. Choose the correct meaning for the idiom.

To give the game away

Some idioms given below are commonly used. Choose the correct meaning for each of the idioms.

To cool one’s heels

Some idioms given below are commonly used. Choose the correct meaning for each of the idioms.

To bury the hatchet

Some idioms given below are commonly used. Choose the correct meaning for each of the idioms.

Gift of the gab

Some idioms given below are commonly used. Choose the correct meaning for each of the idioms.

To smell a rat

Given below is a foreign language phrase that is commonly used. Choose the correct meaning for the phrase.

Mala fide

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Pro rata

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Vice versa

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Ab initio

Given below is a foreign language phrase that is commonly used. Choose the correct meaning for the phrase.

Alibi

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the given sentence. 

I must perfect the operation to make the perfect robot.

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the given sentence. 

A kindly person is one who behaves kindly.

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the given sentence. 

He is not normally a very fast runner, but he runs fast in major events.

Choose the word or phrase that best complete the sentence from the given alternatives. Indicate your option.

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