Proficiency in English Language Test - 4

From the sentence, we get to know that the thief must have had no emotions that he stole from a man who's already poor. 

In option (D), the word callous means feeling no emotion or showing no sympathy for others.

Therefore, callous is the only word that fits here appropriately. 

So, the correct sentence is: 

The man who stole from the poor was a callous thief.

The correct sentence is: Since it was her engagement party, Riya was dressed to kill.

Option (A) replaces the bold part most appropriately.

The idiom 'dressed to kill' means 'in fancy or stylish clothes'.

Example: Wow, look at Sheena! She's really dressed to kill.

A subjective pronoun acts as the subject of a sentence—it performs the action of the verb. The subjective pronouns are he, I, it, she, they, we, and you.

In sentence "They talked about us was an out of insult.

They is subjective pronoun.

Hence the correct option is (A)

The correct answer is: Epigram.

The given sentence is trying to express the idea that one's personality is formed in one's childhood. Therefore, it is an epigram as the fact is told in a witty way.

An epigram is a statement which expresses a thought in a witty or funny way.

'Sports Channel' a monthly video magazine has been launched by Kapil Dev.

'Criteria' is a plural form of 'criterion'.

Criterion means a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based standard.

Example: Sound quality was the most important criterion in our testing.

The university's criteria for admission.

​'Analysis' is a singular noun, its plural form is 'analyses'.

​Analysis means a detailed examination of anything complex in order to understand its nature or to determine its essential features.

Example: Doing a careful analysis of the problem.

​'Crisis' is a singular noun, its plural form is 'crises'.

​Crisis means a time of intense difficulty or danger.

Example: She was dealing with a family crisis at the time.

​'Index' is a singular noun, its plural form is 'indices/ indexes'

​Index means a list of items (such as topics or names) treated in a printed work that gives for each item the page number where it may be found.

Example: Look up the recipe for potato soup in the index.

The complete sentence is: Hey, man, you are absolutely barking up the wrong tree here because I’m innocent.

• The correct idiom that fits the blanks is barking up the wrong tree, that means be pursuing a mistaken or misguided line of thought or course of action.
• In the given sentence, the second subject I of the sentence states his innocence as he is wrongly accused.
• The usage of the noun innocent after the conjunction because that is used to show a reason hints that this idiom contextually fits the blank.

Tandoori Nights is a television sitcom that was broadcast on Channel 4 between 1985 and 1987. It consisted of two series of six episodes each. The series was directed by Jon Amiel and written by Farrukh Dhondy.

The metamorphosis of our civilization from an agricultural society to today's complex industrial world was accompanied by war.

Metamorphosis: a complete change of form (as part of natural development)

The sentence implies here the transformation /changes in civilization (human society) from agriculture to today's industrial world were accompanied by war.

The 'de' prefix is correct. Because adding 'de' before 'motivate' will make a meaningful word. The meaning of it is as follows: 

Demotivate: to make someone less enthusiastic about a job

Example: She was very demotivated by being told she had little chance of being promoted.