TISSNET Quiz – English Proficiency

To give up a throne voluntarily

After retirement Surti lived _______ Australia.

Fish out of water

A remedy for all diseases

choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

CONTRABAND

Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the “No error” option.

Police reports claim that (A) / substantial seizure of cocaine have been made(B) / in the last two months.(C) /No Error(D).

Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

The criminal was __________ lest he should escape.

Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

A left handed compliment

select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

P: It has been the handmaid of the ruling class.
Q: Therefore, ever since the dawn of civilization, persons in power have always tried to supervise or control education.
R: Education is an instrument which imparts knowledge and therefore, indirectly controls power.
S: It is an old saying that knowledge is power.  

select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

P: This is despite the fact that there is a rampant migration of rural families to urban centres.
Q: Generally the gains of being a unit of the urban population are less than the disadvantages and risks that are inbuilt in the urban life.
R: Rural population still dominates the urban population as far as the number is considered.
S: India is a country of villages.