English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
he man has too many irons in the fire.
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5f33897a7bd3dc09197ad154- 1is attempting too many prospects simultaneouslytrue
- 2is dealing with too many problems simultaneouslyfalse
- 3is cooking too many dishes simultaneouslyfalse
- 4is maintaining too many relationships simultaneouslyfalse
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Answer : 1. "is attempting too many prospects simultaneously "
Q: King George V's accession _____the throne was celebrated with great pomp.
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5f33d28e5cd7211af8f5a8e5- 1againstfalse
- 2totrue
- 3forfalse
- 4withfalse
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Answer : 2. "to "
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
The students were (A)/ awaiting for (B)/ the arrival of the chief guest.(C)/No error (D)
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5f166d808cf3201b63267cb3- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Ctrue
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Answer : 3. "C"
Q:In each of the questions given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.
Cut somebody some slack
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5d77249e9c86db1bd3190ec4- 1Not to be so criticaltrue
- 2Not to be so benevolentfalse
- 3Not to be so rudefalse
- 4Not to be so happyfalse
- 5Not to be so boringfalse
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Answer : 1. "Not to be so critical"
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Q:Choose one word for the expressions from the options given below:
Someone who eats a lot of food.
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5e6a2e3f8fcee56af2fd45c1- 1Regular dinerfalse
- 2Gluttontrue
- 3Foodiefalse
- 4Greedy personfalse
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Answer : 2. "Glutton "
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.
I don't like people keeping me waiting.
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5dad7631e2e3be08f64336d2- 1I don't like people are kept me waiting.false
- 2I don't like people were kept me waitingfalse
- 3I don't like being kept waiting.true
- 4I don't like , people are being kept waitingfalse
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Answer : 3. "I don't like being kept waiting."
Q:In the following questions, the first and the last part of the sentence are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence is split into four parts and named P Q R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the parts and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer and indicate the correct response.
1. People are like potatoes.
P. It is only after potatoes have been sorted and bagged that they are loaded onto trucks.
Q. After potatoes have been harvested, they have to be spread out and sorted in order to get the maximum market dollar.
R. This is the method that all Idaho potato farmers use all but one.
S. They are divided according to size - big, medium and small.
6. One farmer never bothered to sort the potatoes.
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5ddcbfaa39b75a0aaa56675aP. It is only after potatoes have been sorted and bagged that they are loaded onto trucks.
Q. After potatoes have been harvested, they have to be spread out and sorted in order to get the maximum market dollar.
R. This is the method that all Idaho potato farmers use all but one.
S. They are divided according to size - big, medium and small.
6. One farmer never bothered to sort the potatoes.
- 1PQRSfalse
- 2QSPRtrue
- 3PRQSfalse
- 4QSRPfalse
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Answer : 2. "QSPR "
Q:In the following questions, the first and the last part of the sentence are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence is split into four parts and named P Q R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the parts and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer and indicate the correct response.
1.Child labourers are posing a grave problem before India.
P. Children are paid low wages and the heinous opportunism of employers leads to the employment of children.
Q. The government is indifferent to this problem and common people lack awareness in guarding against this social crime.
R. It is the extreme poverty of parents that leads children to earn at a minor age.
S. The illiteracy of parents is also responsible for this evil.
6. For the solution of this problem we need a thorough economic reform and the spread of literacy.
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5ddd0976874e270a9a39ac14P. Children are paid low wages and the heinous opportunism of employers leads to the employment of children.
Q. The government is indifferent to this problem and common people lack awareness in guarding against this social crime.
R. It is the extreme poverty of parents that leads children to earn at a minor age.
S. The illiteracy of parents is also responsible for this evil.
6. For the solution of this problem we need a thorough economic reform and the spread of literacy.
- 1QPSRfalse
- 2PQSRfalse
- 3QPRSfalse
- 4RSPQtrue
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