English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow it. Each question has 4 options. Choose the correct option/answer for each question:
I worked for a brief while in a college in Delhi, and among my more uncomfortable memories is a language exercise, I gave a group of eight undergraduates: I asked them to imagine that they had already graduated and wanted them to write an application for a suitable job. Seven of the eight students wrote applications for the jobs of clerks. Even in one of the good universities, and in a college that had a reputation for its academic standards, the system has snuffed out all youthful ambition.
Choose the correct option from the given passage:
The author wanted the students to imagine that they were already-
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6398720affa5c734fedbc3d5The author wanted the students to imagine that they were already-
- 1bureaucratsfalse
- 2graduatestrue
- 3undergraduatesfalse
- 4Clerksfalse
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Answer : 2. "graduates"
Q:Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow it. Each question has 4 options. Choose the correct option/answer for each question:
I worked for a brief while in a college in Delhi, and among my more uncomfortable memories is a language exercise, I gave a group of eight undergraduates: I asked them to imagine that they had already graduated and wanted them to write an application for a suitable job. Seven of the eight students wrote applications for the jobs of clerks. Even in one of the good universities, and in a college that had a reputation for its academic standards, the system has snuffed out all youthful ambition.
Choose the correct option from the given passage:
What exercise did the author give the students?
He gave them___________
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639870d8d319b37ca1c1899fWhat exercise did the author give the students?
He gave them___________
- 1a language exercise - to write an application for a suitable job.true
- 2an exercise for testing skills in English.false
- 3an exercise to test clerical aptitude.false
- 4an exercise for the imagination.false
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Answer : 1. "a language exercise - to write an application for a suitable job."
Q:Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow it. Each question has 4 options. Choose the correct option/answer for each question:
I worked for a brief while in a college in Delhi, and among my more uncomfortable memories is a language exercise, I gave a group of eight undergraduates: I asked them to imagine that they had already graduated and wanted them to write an application for a suitable job. Seven of the eight students wrote applications for the jobs of clerks. Even in one of the good universities, and in a college that had a reputation for its academic standards, the system has snuffed out all youthful ambition.
How long did the author work in a Delhi College?
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6398706bc0ba0122ec85e493- 1for one yearfalse
- 2for a long timefalse
- 3for a short timetrue
- 4for eight yearsfalse
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Answer : 3. "for a short time"
Q: Use the correct word in the following:
Not everybody shares my _______.
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6392e0cb58400a550de01cf6Not everybody shares my _______.
- 1principalsfalse
- 2principalitiestrue
- 3principlesfalse
- 4personalitiesfalse
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Answer : 2. "principalities"
Q: What prefix would you add to the root word 'view' to indicate that you see something before other people do?
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6392e01c58400a550de019a7- 1refalse
- 2prefalse
- 3unfalse
- 4distrue
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Answer : 4. "dis "
Q: If you take away the prefix and the suffix, what word is left of the word 'unemployed'?
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6392dfc49dda13791d72f88a- 1unemployfalse
- 2employedfalse
- 3employtrue
- 4will not changefalse
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Answer : 3. "employ"
Q: Choose the correct indirect speech of the following sentence from the given options:
He said, "They are in the class."
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6392df4958400a550de013a9He said, "They are in the class."
- 1He said that they were in the class.true
- 2He says that they are in the class.false
- 3He said that they had been in class.false
- 4He says that they are in the class.false
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Answer : 1. "He said that they were in the class."
Q: Choose the correct Active voice of the following sentence from the options given below:
Can a car be driven by her?
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6392ded034f83f1472ae40c2Can a car be driven by her?
- 1A car can be driven by her.false
- 2A car could be driven by her.false
- 3Can she drive a car?true
- 4Could she drive a car?false
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