NTSE Language Comprehensive Test

Read the following passage and choose the most appropriate answer to the questions:Over four hundred years after Michelengelo’s death, scholars are still unraveling the mysteries of his art. Recently one mystery that was revealed was that his famous painting of a pensive. Cleopatra included a hidden drawing of a different Cleopatra on the reverse side. This hidden Cleopatra shoes a fomented woman, whose eyes stare out at the viewer and whose mouth is open, screaming in horror. The two images, drawn on two sides of the same paper, can be viewed simultaneously. The second mystery concern Michelengelo’s architectural plan for the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Did he intend the dome to look like the model he built between 1558 and 1561? Or did he change his mind after building the model and decide to elevate the dome in the way it is today? Scholars do not agree on the answer. The third mystery about this great artist was why he destroyed hundreds of thousands of his drawings before he died. Did he feel they were unimportant? Did he want posterity to see only his finished products?It can be inferred from the passage that the most unusual aspect of the Cleopatra drawing is that

Read the following passage and choose the most appropriate answer to the questions:Over four hundred years after Michelengelo’s death, scholars are still unraveling the mysteries of his art. Recently one mystery that was revealed was that his famous painting of a pensive. Cleopatra included a hidden drawing of a different Cleopatra on the reverse side. This hidden Cleopatra shoes a fomented woman, whose eyes stare out at the viewer and whose mouth is open, screaming in horror. The two images, drawn on two sides of the same paper, can be viewed simultaneously. The second mystery concern Michelengelo’s architectural plan for the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Did he intend the dome to look like the model he built between 1558 and 1561? Or did he change his mind after building the model and decide to elevate the dome in the way it is today? Scholars do not agree on the answer. The third mystery about this great artist was why he destroyed hundreds of thousands of his drawings before he died. Did he feel they were unimportant? Did he want posterity to see only his finished products?The word ‘pensive’ in the passage can be best substituted with the word

Read the following passage and choose the most appropriate answer to the questions:Over four hundred years after Michelengelo’s death, scholars are still unraveling the mysteries of his art. Recently one mystery that was revealed was that his famous painting of a pensive. Cleopatra included a hidden drawing of a different Cleopatra on the reverse side. This hidden Cleopatra shoes a fomented woman, whose eyes stare out at the viewer and whose mouth is open, screaming in horror. The two images, drawn on two sides of the same paper, can be viewed simultaneously. The second mystery concern Michelengelo’s architectural plan for the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Did he intend the dome to look like the model he built between 1558 and 1561? Or did he change his mind after building the model and decide to elevate the dome in the way it is today? Scholars do not agree on the answer. The third mystery about this great artist was why he destroyed hundreds of thousands of his drawings before he died. Did he feel they were unimportant? Did he want posterity to see only his finished products?The dome of St. Peter’s Basilica

Read the following passage and choose the most appropriate answer to the questions:Over four hundred years after Michelengelo’s death, scholars are still unraveling the mysteries of his art. Recently one mystery that was revealed was that his famous painting of a pensive. Cleopatra included a hidden drawing of a different Cleopatra on the reverse side. This hidden Cleopatra shoes a fomented woman, whose eyes stare out at the viewer and whose mouth is open, screaming in horror. The two images, drawn on two sides of the same paper, can be viewed simultaneously. The second mystery concern Michelengelo’s architectural plan for the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Did he intend the dome to look like the model he built between 1558 and 1561? Or did he change his mind after building the model and decide to elevate the dome in the way it is today? Scholars do not agree on the answer. The third mystery about this great artist was why he destroyed hundreds of thousands of his drawings before he died. Did he feel they were unimportant? Did he want posterity to see only his finished products?According to the passage, Michelangelo is

Read the following passage and choose the most appropriate answer to the questions:Over four hundred years after Michelengelo’s death, scholars are still unraveling the mysteries of his art. Recently one mystery that was revealed was that his famous painting of a pensive. Cleopatra included a hidden drawing of a different Cleopatra on the reverse side. This hidden Cleopatra shoes a fomented woman, whose eyes stare out at the viewer and whose mouth is open, screaming in horror. The two images, drawn on two sides of the same paper, can be viewed simultaneously. The second mystery concern Michelengelo’s architectural plan for the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Did he intend the dome to look like the model he built between 1558 and 1561? Or did he change his mind after building the model and decide to elevate the dome in the way it is today? Scholars do not agree on the answer. The third mystery about this great artist was why he destroyed hundreds of thousands of his drawings before he died. Did he feel they were unimportant? Did he want posterity to see only his finished products?Why did Michelangelo destroy so many drawings before he died?

Read the following passage and choose the appropriate answer to the questions:The arrival of the train did not disturb Sir Mohan Lal’s sang-froid. He continued to sip his scotch and ordered the bearer to tell him when he had moved the luggage to a first class compartment. Excitement, bustle and hurry were exhibitions of bad breeding and Sir Mohan was eminently well-bred. He wanted everything “tickety-boo” and orderly. In his five years abroad, Sir Mohan had acquired the attitude and manners of the upper classes. He rarely spoke Hindustani. When he did, it was like an Englishman’s-only the necessary words and properly angliclised. He fancied his English; finished and refined at no less a place than the University of Oxford. He was fond of conversation and like a cultured Englishman, he could talk on almost any subject, books politics, people. How frequently had he herd English people say that he spoke like an Englishman!Sir Mohan Lal is Portrayed as

Read the following passage and choose the appropriate answer to the questions:The arrival of the train did not disturb Sir Mohan Lal’s sang-froid. He continued to sip his scotch and ordered the bearer to tell him when he had moved the luggage to a first class compartment. Excitement, bustle and hurry were exhibitions of bad breeding and Sir Mohan was eminently well-bred. He wanted everything “tickety-boo” and orderly. In his five years abroad, Sir Mohan had acquired the attitude and manners of the upper classes. He rarely spoke Hindustani. When he did, it was like an Englishman’s-only the necessary words and properly angliclised. He fancied his English; finished and refined at no less a place than the University of Oxford. He was fond of conversation and like a cultured Englishman, he could talk on almost any subject, books politics, people. How frequently had he herd English people say that he spoke like an Englishman!When Sir Mohan Lal spoke Hindustani. It was

Read the following passage and choose the appropriate answer to the questions:The arrival of the train did not disturb Sir Mohan Lal’s sang-froid. He continued to sip his scotch and ordered the bearer to tell him when he had moved the luggage to a first class compartment. Excitement, bustle and hurry were exhibitions of bad breeding and Sir Mohan was eminently well-bred. He wanted everything “tickety-boo” and orderly. In his five years abroad, Sir Mohan had acquired the attitude and manners of the upper classes. He rarely spoke Hindustani. When he did, it was like an Englishman’s-only the necessary words and properly angliclised. He fancied his English; finished and refined at no less a place than the University of Oxford. He was fond of conversation and like a cultured Englishman, he could talk on almost any subject, books politics, people. How frequently had he herd English people say that he spoke like an Englishman!According to Sir Mohan Lal, a well-bred person would

Read the following passage and choose the appropriate answer to the questions:The arrival of the train did not disturb Sir Mohan Lal’s sang-froid. He continued to sip his scotch and ordered the bearer to tell him when he had moved the luggage to a first class compartment. Excitement, bustle and hurry were exhibitions of bad breeding and Sir Mohan was eminently well-bred. He wanted everything “tickety-boo” and orderly. In his five years abroad, Sir Mohan had acquired the attitude and manners of the upper classes. He rarely spoke Hindustani. When he did, it was like an Englishman’s-only the necessary words and properly angliclised. He fancied his English; finished and refined at no less a place than the University of Oxford. He was fond of conversation and like a cultured Englishman, he could talk on almost any subject, books politics, people. How frequently had he herd English people say that he spoke like an Englishman!From the description in this passage, Sir Mohan Lal appears to be

Read the following passage and choose the appropriate answer to the questions:The arrival of the train did not disturb Sir Mohan Lal’s sang-froid. He continued to sip his scotch and ordered the bearer to tell him when he had moved the luggage to a first class compartment. Excitement, bustle and hurry were exhibitions of bad breeding and Sir Mohan was eminently well-bred. He wanted everything “tickety-boo” and orderly. In his five years abroad, Sir Mohan had acquired the attitude and manners of the upper classes. He rarely spoke Hindustani. When he did, it was like an Englishman’s-only the necessary words and properly angliclised. He fancied his English; finished and refined at no less a place than the University of Oxford. He was fond of conversation and like a cultured Englishman, he could talk on almost any subject, books politics, people. How frequently had he herd English people say that he spoke like an Englishman!According to the passage, a cultured Englishman is able to talk effortlessly on

Read the following poem and choose the appropriate answer to the questions:The LapwingIn the dark that falls before the dawn, When the dew has settled on the thorn, When the stars have been obscured by clouds, A silence covers all things in shrouds. No wind sighs in the mulberry tree, No firefly glimmers wild and free, A shadow has wrapped the night in gloom, It’s silent as a deserted tomb. All of a sudden a lapwing’s cryCuts the back silence as it flies by, Again and again it slashes the darkThat haunts the empty, desolate park. Anguish, sorrow pours from its throat, It wings in the night, note after note; I open my window so the lightWill flood the dark of this wretched night. Why does it cry so miserably? Why is it so solitary? All know is that loss and acheAre lift behind in the lapwing’s wake. When darkness falls there is

Read the following poem and choose the appropriate answer to the questions:The LapwingIn the dark that falls before the dawn, When the dew has settled on the thorn, When the stars have been obscured by clouds, A silence covers all things in shrouds. No wind sighs in the mulberry tree, No firefly glimmers wild and free, A shadow has wrapped the night in gloom, It’s silent as a deserted tomb. All of a sudden a lapwing’s cryCuts the back silence as it flies by, Again and again it slashes the darkThat haunts the empty, desolate park. Anguish, sorrow pours from its throat, It wings in the night, note after note; I open my window so the lightWill flood the dark of this wretched night. Why does it cry so miserably? Why is it so solitary? All know is that loss and acheAre lift behind in the lapwing’s wake. The lapwing comes out

Read the following poem and choose the appropriate answer to the questions:The LapwingIn the dark that falls before the dawn, When the dew has settled on the thorn, When the stars have been obscured by clouds, A silence covers all things in shrouds. No wind sighs in the mulberry tree, No firefly glimmers wild and free, A shadow has wrapped the night in gloom, It’s silent as a deserted tomb. All of a sudden a lapwing’s cryCuts the back silence as it flies by, Again and again it slashes the darkThat haunts the empty, desolate park. Anguish, sorrow pours from its throat, It wings in the night, note after note; I open my window so the lightWill flood the dark of this wretched night. Why does it cry so miserably? Why is it so solitary? All know is that loss and acheAre lift behind in the lapwing’s wake. The poet opens the window because

Read the following poem and choose the appropriate answer to the questions:The LapwingIn the dark that falls before the dawn, When the dew has settled on the thorn, When the stars have been obscured by clouds, A silence covers all things in shrouds. No wind sighs in the mulberry tree, No firefly glimmers wild and free, A shadow has wrapped the night in gloom, It’s silent as a deserted tomb. All of a sudden a lapwing’s cryCuts the back silence as it flies by, Again and again it slashes the darkThat haunts the empty, desolate park. Anguish, sorrow pours from its throat, It wings in the night, note after note; I open my window so the lightWill flood the dark of this wretched night. Why does it cry so miserably? Why is it so solitary? All know is that loss and acheAre lift behind in the lapwing’s wake. The causes of the lapwing’s misery was

Read the following poem and choose the appropriate answer to the questions:The LapwingIn the dark that falls before the dawn, When the dew has settled on the thorn, When the stars have been obscured by clouds, A silence covers all things in shrouds. No wind sighs in the mulberry tree, No firefly glimmers wild and free, A shadow has wrapped the night in gloom, It’s silent as a deserted tomb. All of a sudden a lapwing’s cryCuts the back silence as it flies by, Again and again it slashes the darkThat haunts the empty, desolate park. Anguish, sorrow pours from its throat, It wings in the night, note after note; I open my window so the lightWill flood the dark of this wretched night. Why does it cry so miserably? Why is it so solitary? All know is that loss and acheAre lift behind in the lapwing’s wake. The pair of words which doesn’t rhyme is

Choose in order the three sentences (PQR) should appear to complete the paragraph. S1: Most people in India are famers and they are poor. S2: ………………………………………………………………………… S3: ………………………………………………………………………… S4: ………………………………………………………………………… S5: They try to put up with all these difficulties. P They try to put up with all these difficulties. Q Sometimes floods, cyclones and famines make their lives miserable R So they earn by making baskets out of bamboo and combs out of wood. Choose from the options given below:

The following questions has the second sentence missing. Choose the appropriate sentence from the given options to complete it: A. At the age of 18 Gandhi went to collage but remained there for only part of the year, asB………………………………………………………………C. Soon after this he was advised to go to England to study to be a lawyer.

Choose the word which best fills the blank: You _______________ a reward for saving that child’s life.

Choose the word which best fills the blank: There were a lot of _________________ in the harbor sheltering from the storm.

Choose the word which best fills the blank: The solicitor’s clerk has to have a ___________ attitude to his seniors and clients.

Choose the word which best fills the blank: If someone tells lies about you in a newspaper article you can take court action for _________

Choose the word which best fills the blank: She _____________ the disease and died on 24th Aug. 1901.

Choose the word which best fills the blank: He had forgotten to _________ his house, so when it burned down, he lost all his money.

Choose the word which best fills the blank: He is a very _______________ boy; whenever he crosses the road, he always looks in both directions first.

Choose the word which best fills the blank: He left town at 11 a.m., so we _________ him at 2.15 p.m.

Select the meaning of the given phrases/idioms: Do away with

Select the meaning of the given phrases/idioms: Call for

Select the meaning of the given phrases/idioms: Spill the beans

Select the meaning of the given phrases/idioms: Green-eyed

In the following passage are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options:A man who confides (30) ________ a friend will not. (31) _______ anything (32)________ him, but will confer (33) _____________ him (34) _______ all matters (35) _______ real importance.Which of the following fits in gap 30?

In the following passage are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options:A man who confides (30) ________ a friend will not. (31) _______ anything (32)________ him, but will confer (33) _____________ him (34) _______ all matters (35) _______ real importance.Which of the following fits in gap 31?

In the following passage are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options:A man who confides (30) ________ a friend will not. (31) _______ anything (32)________ him, but will confer (33) _____________ him (34) _______ all matters (35) _______ real importance.Which of the following fits in gap 32?

In the following passage are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options:A man who confides (30) ________ a friend will not. (31) _______ anything (32)________ him, but will confer (33) _____________ him (34) _______ all matters (35) _______ real importance.Which of the following fits in gap 33?

In the following passage are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options:A man who confides (30) ________ a friend will not. (31) _______ anything (32)________ him, but will confer (33) _____________ him (34) _______ all matters (35) _______ real importance.Which of the following fits in gap 34?

In the following passage are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options:A man who confides (30) ________ a friend will not. (31) _______ anything (32)________ him, but will confer (33) _____________ him (34) _______ all matters (35) _______ real importance.Which of the following fits in gap 35?

Select the most appropriate option to fill the blanks: He was __________ acquainted with every language of modern Europe.

Select the most appropriate option to fill the blanks: A severe penalty was _________ on everyman who possessed that dangerous book.

Select the most appropriate option to fill the blanks: The ___________ that the lower animals display id different from blind instinct

Select the word which means the opposite of the given word: “Impudent”

Select the word which means the opposite of the given word: “Cursory”