English Practice Question and Answer

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Read the following passage carefully and give the answer of following questions.

The cyber–world is ultimately ungovernable. This is alarming as well as convenient; sometimes, convenient because alarming. Some Indian politicians use this to great advantage. When there is an obvious failure in governance during a crisis they deflect attention from their own incompetence towards the ungovernable. So, having failed to prevent nervous citizens from fleeing their cities of work by assuring them of proper protection, some national leaders are now busy trying to prove to one another, and to panic-prone Indians, that a mischievous neighbour has been using the internet and social networking sites to spread dangerous rumours. And the Centre's automatic reaction is to start blocking these sites and begin elaborate and potentially endless negotiations with Google, Twitter and Facebook about access to information. If this is the official idea of prompt action at a time of crisis among communities, then Indians have more reason to fear their protectors than the nebulous mischief-makers of the cyber world. Wasting time gathering proof, blocking vaguely suspicious websites, hurling accusations across the border and worrying about bilateral relations are ways of keeping busy with inessentials because one does not quite known what to do about the essentials of a difficult situation. Besides, only a fifth of the 245 websites blocked by the Centre mention the people of the Northeast or the violence in Assam. And if a few morphed images and spurious texts can unsettle an entire nation, then there is something deeply wrong with the nation and with how it is being governed. This is what its leaders should be addressing immediately, rather than making a wrongheaded display of their powers of censorship.
 It is just as absurd, and part of the same syndrome, to try to ban Twitter accounts that parody despatches from the Prime Minister's Office. To describe such forms of humour and dissent as "misrepresenting" the PMO–as if Twitter would take these parodies for genuine despatches from the PMO — makes the PMO look more ridiculous than its parodists manage to. With the precedent for such action set recently by the chief minister of West Bengal, this is yet another proof that what Bengal thinks today India will think tomorrow. Using the cyber–world for flexing the wrong muscles is essentially not funny. It might even prove to be quite dangerously distracting.

Which of the following is closest to the meaning of “nebulous”?

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    confused
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    vague
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    iridescent
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    glowing
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Answer : 2. "vague"

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Answer : 3. "C"
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Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

Wild animals live in the dense forest. 

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    In the dense forest lives the wild animals.
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    In the dense forest lived the wild animals.
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    In the dense forest is living the wild animals.
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    The dense forest is inhabited by wild animals.
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Answer : 4. "The dense forest is inhabited by wild animals. "

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Choose the suitable preposition for the blank given:
 The children ran _______ the room.

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    into
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    onto
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    besides
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    at
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Answer : 1. "into"
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(A) into - "The children ran into the room."

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Most people are influenced by _____ advertisements and tend to believe the claims made about the product 

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    efficient
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    vigorous
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    colourful
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    aggressive
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Answer : 3. "colourful "

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In the following sentence, a word has been emboldened. Select the best alternative for the bold word from the given options.

I was shocked at the audacity and brazenness of the gangsters.

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    Cowardice
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    Insolence
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    Presumption
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    Brevity
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    Heed
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Answer : 2. "Insolence"
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We have to choose the word which is similar to the emboldened word and replace it. 

Audacity: willingness to take bold risks; rude or disrespectful behaviour; impudence. 

Insolence: rude and disrespectful behaviour

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Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

They first sun - dried the garbage for one to three days to bring down the moisture level. 

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    The moisture level was brought down by sun - drying the garbage for one to three days .
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    One to three days of sun - drying brought down the moisture level of the garbage
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    The moisture level of the garbage came down when it was sun - dried for one to three days
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    The garbage was first sun - dried for one to three days to bring down the moisture level
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Answer : 4. "The garbage was first sun - dried for one to three days to bring down the moisture level"

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Directions: Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E), i.e., 'No correction required' as the answer.

The poor Brahmin led a hand to mouthful existence and could use any job which paid him a little.

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    handful to mouthful existence
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    hand to mouth existence
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    handing for mouthful existing
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    hand and mouth exist
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    No correction required
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Answer : 2. "hand to mouth existence"

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