English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

In the questions given below, choose the word most opposite in meaning to the given word and mark your answer.

FRESH

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    Sour
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    Stale
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Laden
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Soft
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "Stale"

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Parts of the given sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

The General have ordered that the troops should move immediately.

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    immediately
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    No error
    Correct
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    that the troops should move
    Correct
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    The General have ordered
    Correct
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Answer : 4. "The General have ordered"

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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.

Confluence

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    Influence
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    Deception
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Amalgamation
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Confusion
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Answer : 3. "Amalgamation"

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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.

Divisive

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    Agreeing
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    Conflicting
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    Cooperating
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Unifying
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    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "Conflicting"

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Directions: In the following questions, the sentences have been given in Active/Passive voice. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Passive/Active voice. 

The peon refused him admittance.  

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    He was refused admittance by the peon.
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    Admittance is refused to him by the peon.
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Admittance was refused by the peon to him.
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Admittance is refused him by the peon.
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "He was refused admittance by the peon. "
Explanation :

The past simple tense is changed into the passive voice.


Q:

Choose the option that is the correct indirect form of the sentence.

She said, “I will be available tomorrow.”

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    She said that she would be available tomorrow.
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    She said that she would be available the next day.
    Correct
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    She said that she must be available the next day.
    Correct
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    She said that she will be available the next day.
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Answer : 2. "She said that she would be available the next day."

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Direction (A-E): In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These correspond to the question numbers; against each question, five words have been suggested, one of which fills the blank appropriately.

The Sam Kee Building, located at 8 West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is (A) the "shallowest commercial building in the world", according to the Guinness Book of Records. The Sam Kee Company—one of the wealthiest firms in Chinatown— purchased a standard-sized lot in 1903. In 1912, however, Vancouver widened Pender Street and expropriated 24 feet (7.3 m) of the above-ground (B) —effectively (or so it was first believed) making conventional commercial use of the remaining frontage impractical, if not impossible. Refusing the neighbors offer to (C), Sam Kee decided to build anyway. In 1913, the architects Brown and Gillam designed this narrow, steel-framed building's ground-floor depth (from storefront to rear of building) to measure 4'11" (1.50 m), with a second-floor depth (from overhanging bay window to rear) of 6' (1.83 m). The basement (D) sidewalk and originally housed public baths, while the ground floor was used for offices and shops and the (E) for living quarters.

Choose the correct answer from the given options to fill the blanks which are numbered. (D)

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    Is devoid of any
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    Seems to be not there
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Seems clogged
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Extends beneath the
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    Submerged into
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Answer : 4. "Extends beneath the"

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