English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.
Fundamental
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5f19668a90e8777587b7c304- 1Trivialfalse
- 2Extrafalse
- 3Secondaryfalse
- 4Basictrue
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Answer : 4. "Basic"
Q:Direction: - Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark your answer.
There are no hard and fast rules that cannot be relaxed on such an occasion.
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5ddcb62c874e270a9a382ae2- 1that is difficult to solvefalse
- 2that can be alteredfalse
- 3that is very quickfalse
- 4that cannot be alteredtrue
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Answer : 4. "that cannot be altered"
Q: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four-alternative suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
He was seen leaving the room by them.
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60116ad0af82aa3010a3f563He was seen leaving the room by them.
- 1They see him to leave the roomfalse
- 2They saw him leaving the room.true
- 3They did see him leaving the roomfalse
- 4They have seen his leaving the roomfalse
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Answer : 2. "They saw him leaving the room."
Q: The given sentence contains a grammatical error. Identify the segment that contains the error.
My cousin is not like going for a walk very much.
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643d408e5e6b046f1b041145- 1very muchtrue
- 2is not likefalse
- 3My cousinfalse
- 4going for a walkfalse
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Answer : 1. "very much"
Q:Fill in the blanks in the passage below with the appropriate word from the options.
The happiest person is the one who enjoys what life offers. ...(1)... age has its pleasures and its pains. Old age has always been thought of as the ... (2)... age to be. But it is not ... (3)... for the old to be unhappy. With old age should come... (4)... and the ability to guide others with ... (5)... wisely given. The old can have the joy of seeing their... (6).. making progress in life. They can watch their grandchildren .(7)... up around them. If... (8). .. life has been a useful one, they can feel the happiness of having come through the ...(9)... of life …. (10).
mark the answer (9).
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5dddf69df62e9404038b06f1The happiest person is the one who enjoys what life offers. ...(1)... age has its pleasures and its pains. Old age has always been thought of as the ... (2)... age to be. But it is not ... (3)... for the old to be unhappy. With old age should come... (4)... and the ability to guide others with ... (5)... wisely given. The old can have the joy of seeing their... (6).. making progress in life. They can watch their grandchildren .(7)... up around them. If... (8). .. life has been a useful one, they can feel the happiness of having come through the ...(9)... of life …. (10).
- 1attackfalse
- 2warfalse
- 3battlefalse
- 4skirmishtrue
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Answer : 4. "skirmish"
Q:Directions : In the following question, a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is given which is divided into five parts, (A),(B),(C),(D) and (E). Part (E) is fixed and highlighted in BOLD. You have to arrange the other four parts to make a contextually and grammatically meaningful sentence (the meaning can be different from the one given in the question). If no such rearrangement is possible mark (e) as your answer i.e. 'No rearrangement is possible'.
deposit-taking activities altogether, by making them an offence (A) /the principle is that the Bill would ban unregulated (B) / framework that only comes into effect (C) / ex-ante rather than the existing legislative-cum-regulatory (D) /ex-post with considerable time lags. (E)
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5fd1a284eecb8d5083536c38- 1ADCBEfalse
- 2BACDEfalse
- 3CDBAEfalse
- 4DABCEfalse
- 5BADCEtrue
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Answer : 5. "BADCE"
Q: In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
Straw in the wind
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5e730dcb8051107571a742d9Straw in the wind
- 1A light - weight objectfalse
- 2A lucky charmfalse
- 3A game that kids playfalse
- 4An indication of what might happentrue
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Answer : 4. "An indication of what might happen"
Q: Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
Violation of that which is holy and sacred
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60474f330cd999184cdd3457Violation of that which is holy and sacred
- 1bizarrefalse
- 2iniquitousfalse
- 3malevolentfalse
- 4sacrilegetrue
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