CLAT English Language Questionbank

Passage: "The city council has announced that all public libraries will remain open until 9 p.m. from next month, citing rising demand from students preparing for competitive exams."

Why are the libraries extending their hours?

In the sentence "Street food is ubiquitous in Old Delhi", the word UBIQUITOUS most nearly means:

Passage: "In a district survey, schools that offered mid-day meals recorded attendance fifteen percent higher than schools that did not."

Which conclusion is best supported by the passage?

"Oh wonderful - another meeting to discuss why we have too many meetings." The tone of this sentence is best described as:

Passage: "Night-time noise from traffic and construction does more than irritate. Studies link chronic exposure to disturbed sleep, elevated stress hormones, and reduced concentration the following day."

The central idea of the passage is that noise pollution:

Passage: "Although the new bridge halved travel time for motorists, shops along the old road report a sharp fall in customers."

What assumption underlies the shopkeepers' complaint?

Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to PRUDENT:

"The report, for all its 400 pages, carefully avoids stating who authorised the expenditure." The author's attitude toward the report is:

Passage: "Solar pumps have freed many small farms from diesel costs, but their output drops sharply during monsoon weeks when cloud cover persists for days."

According to the passage, a limitation of solar pumps is that they:

Choose the word most nearly synonymous with CANDID:

In the sentence "Her benevolent smile put the nervous witness at ease", BENEVOLENT most nearly means:

Passage: "The pilot project in two districts reduced paperwork by forty percent. Officials caution that results may differ where internet connectivity is unreliable."

Which statement CANNOT be inferred from the passage?

Passage: "Fines for littering doubled last year, yet wardens report little change in street cleanliness."

What tension does the passage highlight?

"Losing that job was a blessing in disguise - it pushed her to start the clinic she had always dreamed of." The idiom "a blessing in disguise" means:

"Enrolment in evening classes has doubled since the fee waiver - a small change that has opened real doors for working learners." The tone is best described as:

Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to EPHEMERAL: