Grammar

Easy

Choose the appropriate alternative for the underlined word.

You should at least congratulate your friend for his grand success in the elections.

upon

✅ Correct Option: 2

The standard collocation is 'congratulate someone on something'.

So, 'congratulate your friend on his grand success' is correct.

2025: 30 May Shift 1

Choose the correct option to complete the sentence:

Yesterday he ______ to drop his uncle off at the railway station.

2025: 23 May Shift 2

Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the correct prepositions given in List-II

List-I	List-II
(Sentences)	(Prepositions)
(A) We must arm ourselves ______ the danger of chemical weapons.	(I) of
(B) He was accused ______ murder.	(II) with
(C) She blushed ______ the praise heaped upon her.	(III) against
(D) He is really annoyed ______ me.	(IV) at

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2025: 2 June Shift 2

Match the figures of speech in List-I with their definitions in List-II:

List-I	List-II
(Figures of speech)	(Definitions)
(A) Metaphor	(I) Giving human qualities to non-human objects or ideas.
(B) Personification	(II) A phrase that combines contradictory or opposite words.
(C) Hyperbole	(III) An imaginative comparison between two unrelated things without using "like" or "as."
(D) Oxymoron	(IV) An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2023: 11 June Shift 1

Choose the appropriate direct form of speech of the sentence given below :

He said that his master was writing letters :

(A) He said," My master was writing letters".

(B) He said,"My master has been writing letters".

(D) He said,"My master is writing letters".

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

2023: 2 July Shift 3

Fill in the blank with an appropriate Modal:

______ you like a cup of tea?

2023: 11 June Shift 1

Identify the correct sequence of the parts of a formal letter :

(P) Signature and name

(Q) Salutation

(R) Sender's address

(S) Date

(T) Receiver's post and address

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Solution