English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-
Shyamalan’s movie ‘The Sixth Sense’ starring Bruce Willis was a great success but doesn’t win all Academy Award as expected.
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5f1ffb340540cb2ffb054f14- 1but did win mostfalse
- 2although it won somefalse
- 3but didn’t win anytrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "but didn’t win any"
Q:Directions: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
WPI might have turned negative primarily (1)/ due to a steep decline in the prices (2)/ of non - food articles (3)/ raising vegetable prices keep food articles firm during this month. (4) / No error (5).
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5e35564ab250957261690625- 11false
- 22false
- 33false
- 44true
- 55false
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Answer : 4. "4"
Q:The 1st and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. The find the correct answer and indicate it in the answer sheet.
1. In our country internet is becoming more and more popular.
P. In one such cafe one can sit before 'he computer.
Q. Cyber cafes are opening up like STD and ISD booths.
R. One can ask for the information one needs to know.
S. The cost ranges from Rs. 10 to 20 per hour.
6. One needs Lo tell the search engine to find the information and it will flash on the screen.
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5f3393baa19eae5979027d85P. In one such cafe one can sit before 'he computer.
Q. Cyber cafes are opening up like STD and ISD booths.
R. One can ask for the information one needs to know.
S. The cost ranges from Rs. 10 to 20 per hour.
6. One needs Lo tell the search engine to find the information and it will flash on the screen.
- 1SQPRfalse
- 2PRQSfalse
- 3QPRStrue
- 4RPSQfalse
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Answer : 3. "QPRS "
Q:Directions ( Q 126 - 130) Which of the phrases (1), ( 2 ) , ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct ? If the sentence is correct as it is and No correction is required ‘, mark (5) as the answer.
Instead of going through the preliminaries we must get to the heart in the matter.
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5da426fe7919e54a8e3d3b05- 1heart for the matterfalse
- 2heart that matteredfalse
- 3heart of mattersfalse
- 4heart of the mattertrue
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 4. " heart of the matter "
Q:Directions : In these questions , a part of the sentence is given in bold . Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A) , (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence . Choose the correct alternative . In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D ) .
Blood is thicker of water.
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5f55d853d094fa460c064ece- 1thicker to waterfalse
- 2warmer from waterfalse
- 3thicker than watertrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "thicker than water"
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.
However, ‘Digital India’ will not happen even if the _____ is in place unless equal _____ is paid to what is made available at the end of the pipeline.
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5e8efa9cf681623fa55dedde- 1groundwork, scrutinyfalse
- 2support, thoughtfalse
- 3framework, thinkingfalse
- 4Infrastructure, attentiontrue
- 5backbone, indifferencefalse
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Answer : 4. "Infrastructure, attention"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
There were floral decorations from display in the city.
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611e1d6208d7b65efee7351f- 1from displaytrue
- 2in the cityfalse
- 3There werefalse
- 4floral decorationsfalse
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Answer : 1. "from display"
Q:Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
A polite word for something shocking.
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5f3e393f51e6542224f7b5ed- 1Euphemismtrue
- 2aphorismfalse
- 3statuesquefalse
- 4pleonasmfalse
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