English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each sentence,there are five words out of which one can be used to fill the blank to make the sentence grammatically and coherently correct. Find the most appropriate word that fit into the blank contextually.
Trump put Pakistan on notice for ________terrorist organisations to destabilise neighbouring countries and _______ the country.
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5e8abb3b7b82aa7479fb3603- 1discouraging, admiredfalse
- 2demoting, attackedfalse
- 3sheltering, acclaimedfalse
- 4encouraging, warnedtrue
- 5rewarding, accusedfalse
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Answer : 4. "encouraging, warned"
Q:In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
Mother said to you, “When will you start from Pune?”
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5f3f49e754900c5349e16e59- 1Mother asked you when you will be starting from Pune.false
- 2Mother asked you when you will start from Pune.false
- 3Mother asked you when you would start from Pune.true
- 4Mother asked you when you will have started from Pune.false
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Answer : 3. "Mother asked you when you would start from Pune."
Q: In a letter about the same subject that has already been written to the same receiver or department, what should be mentioned?
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5e5f9e12074319409eaac9a5- 1subjectfalse
- 2referencetrue
- 3enclosurefalse
- 4all of the thesefalse
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Answer : 2. "reference "
Q: Direction (1-5): Given below is a passage in which each line is numbered (1)-(5). Four words in each sentence are highlighted. Find out which word is not grammatically/contextually suitable in each of the numbered sentences.
(1) There is a need to question
those
in power as it is fundamental to preserve the nation and a truthful democratic society, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday. (2) He also underscored the need for more accommodation in public discourse as democracy will be the “loser” if people refused to hear voices other than their own. (3) Delivering the Ramnath Goenka Memorial Lecture, he said all stakeholders in a democratic system, from parties to business leaders, citizens to institutions, have to realise that asking questions is good and healthy. (4) Mukherjee said people in power, across the spectrum of politics, business or civil society, by virtue of the position they enjoy, tend to dominate the discourse and effect its direction. (5) He said Indian civilisation has always celebrated plurality and promoted tolerance as these have been binding people together for centuries despite negligible differences.
Which of the following words is not appropriate in Sentence 1?
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5e90214dce0a3938e2c81e7e- 1Thosefalse
- 2Preservingfalse
- 3Truthfultrue
- 4Saidfalse
- 5All correctfalse
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Answer : 3. "Truthful "
Q:In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select No Error.
Can India make it to a leadership position (1)/ or will it be retained the ‘fast train-going-slow’ (2)/ image it always had? (3)/ No error (4)
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6018073d6d6bae40a632d3ed- 11false
- 22true
- 33false
- 44false
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Answer : 2. "2"
Q:In the following questions sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it as your answer.
It is a well known _____that the lover of the sea craves for dry land, the age old ____to be where we are not.
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602294aa3fb46f5722f8bc6b- 1anomaly, demiurgefalse
- 2credo, inspirationfalse
- 3belief, antipathyfalse
- 4paradox, yearningtrue
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Answer : 4. "paradox, yearning"
Q: Directions:(26) Select the words or group of words that is most Opposite in meaning (antonym) to the word in capital letters.
Penetrate
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5d72037a1a67ca48146870bdPenetrate
- 1yieldfalse
- 2insinuatetrue
- 3surrenderfalse
- 4withdrawfalse
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Answer : 2. "insinuate"
Q: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.
We make butter from milk.
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6108c9f42076b70f4010aed5- 1Butter is being made from milk.false
- 2Butter has been made from milk.false
- 3Butter was made from milk.false
- 4Butter is made from milk.true
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