English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternative given. Mark your answer in the Answer sheet.
Mass communication is the delivery of _____ (1) _____, ideas and entertainment to thousands or million of _____. (2) _____ simultaneously, it is a force with incalculable _____ (3) _____ on today's world. The _____ (4) _____ of mass communication rest _____ (5) _____ the skills of the communicator to _____ (6) _____ the recipient's thinking _____ (7) _____ stir emotions , to _____ (8) _____ him or her to _____ (9) _____ Mass communication is the one - to - one impact of one human intelligence upon _____ (10) _____, carried on thousand fold simultaneously among individuals who have no direct personal contact.
Fill in the blank at (10)?
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5e9462e874602d7dedc17a79- 1anothertrue
- 2peoplefalse
- 3manfalse
- 4womenfalse
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Answer : 1. "another "
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: 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 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.
The boss said, "It's time we began planning our work".
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5e2053ed7925ca44aa9f1789- 1The boss said that it was time they had begun planning their work.true
- 2The boss said that it was time they began planning our work.false
- 3The boss said that it was time they began planning their work.false
- 4The boss said that it was time we began planning his work.false
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Answer : 1. "The boss said that it was time they had begun planning their work. "
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Grandmother was knitting a sweater for his grand-daughter.
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5f1a64ec8ae6514e222bebde- 1sweater for histrue
- 2Grandmother wasfalse
- 3grand-daughterfalse
- 4knitting afalse
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Answer : 1. "sweater for his"
Q:Select the most appropriate idiom ( in the context) to fill in the sentence.
Rohit was ______ when he took important decisions without consulting the family.
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5f1ea45926299776aa4246e5- 1cutting the red tapefalse
- 2in the same boatfalse
- 3told to fight his own battles himselftrue
- 4told to get a new lease of lifefalse
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Answer : 3. "told to fight his own battles himself"
Q:A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.
She will finish the thesis in a fortnight.
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5e7af8084572817353d90b9a- 1The thesis would be finished in a fortnight by her.false
- 2The thesis will finished by her in a fortnight.false
- 3The thesis will be finished by her in a fortnight.true
- 4A fortnight is required to finish the thesis.false
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Answer : 3. "The thesis will be finished by her in a fortnight."
Q:In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First, read the passage over and try to understand what is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer in the Answer-sheet.
Have you ever felt that Computer are getting under your skin? Will, you have seen nothing yet. Scientists in the United states are……(11)……computer that are so………(12)……..that they can be seen into the fining of clothes or even…….(13)….in to the human body.
These are…………..(14)…..as sub-dermal computers, and those who….(15)……then will be able to communicate through radio links to other computer arriers. Initially the……….(16)…….for this mindboggling micro-technology is …….(17)…..to be military one.
Already the US army has developed a Computer of the…..(18)……of a pill, which can be ……(19)….and allow doctors to…….(20)….the health of soldiers on training missions.
(Mark your answer 16)
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5d808448a6c68f52417db157These are…………..(14)…..as sub-dermal computers, and those who….(15)……then will be able to communicate through radio links to other computer arriers. Initially the……….(16)…….for this mindboggling micro-technology is …….(17)…..to be military one.
Already the US army has developed a Computer of the…..(18)……of a pill, which can be ……(19)….and allow doctors to…….(20)….the health of soldiers on training missions.
(Mark your answer 16)
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- 2objectivefalse
- 3promotionfalse
- 4usefalse
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