English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:In each of the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate your choice for the correct answer.
If you________of wild animals at night, there will be no trouble.
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5f3382b17bd3dc09197ab6f0- 1are awarefalse
- 2take carefalse
- 3are bewarefalse
- 4are warytrue
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Answer : 4. "are wary"
Q: Select the antonym of COARSE.
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63405323da15932e53e9cd55- 1Roughfalse
- 2Painfulfalse
- 3Delicatetrue
- 4Harshfalse
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Answer : 3. "Delicate"
Explanation :
"Coarse" refers to something rough or lacking refinement, and "delicate" implies a high level of refinement, subtlety, or sensitivity.
Q: Select the most appropriate sentence with respect to grammar and usage.
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64e494b260749cb6f2e1da80- 1The world’s biggest oil companies are preparing to mark an end to the darker year with a return to profit.false
- 2The Rising demand for oil is likely to keeping prices high.false
- 3International oil companies are used to dealing with industry cycles.true
- 4The IEA dashed hopes that the coronavirus may have brought end to the world’s rising appetite for oil.false
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 3. "International oil companies are used to dealing with industry cycles."
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.
Avarice
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60014755cde76d1867942e28- 1Generosityfalse
- 2Envyfalse
- 3Greedtrue
- 4Hatredfalse
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Answer : 3. "Greed"
Q:Direction: Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them:
(1) “What is waste of my tax money”, I thought, walking past the people having free Californian Chardonnay.
(2) “Speak to her”, he said, “She's into books”.
(3) The friend who had brought me there noticed my noticing her.
(4) In late 2003, I was still paying taxes in America, so it horrified me that the US Consulate was hosting a “Gallo drinking appreciation event”.
(5) Behind them, a pianist was playing old film tunes, and a slim short woman was dancing around him.
Which of the following would be the Third sentence?
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5fd87c96cef429523d6947b7(1) “What is waste of my tax money”, I thought, walking past the people having free Californian Chardonnay.
(2) “Speak to her”, he said, “She's into books”.
(3) The friend who had brought me there noticed my noticing her.
(4) In late 2003, I was still paying taxes in America, so it horrified me that the US Consulate was hosting a “Gallo drinking appreciation event”.
(5) Behind them, a pianist was playing old film tunes, and a slim short woman was dancing around him.
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- 2Cfalse
- 3Efalse
- 4Cfalse
- 5Atrue
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Answer : 5. "A"
Q: Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
ENGULF
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60c09949eb34753a8327ebd0ENGULF
- 1uncoverfalse
- 2neglectfalse
- 3dryfalse
- 4inundatetrue
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Answer : 4. "inundate"
Q:Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language-so the argument runs-must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes.
Now it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes it is not due simply to the bad influence of this or that individual writer. But an effect can become a cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing the same effect in an intensified form, and so on indefinitely. A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits, one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers.
The author believes that –
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5d8f18f4ba60a61545bcc39cNow it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes it is not due simply to the bad influence of this or that individual writer. But an effect can become a cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing the same effect in an intensified form, and so on indefinitely. A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits, one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers.
- 1It’s now too late to do anything about the problemfalse
- 2Language is a natural growth and cannot be shaped for our won purposefalse
- 3The decline in the language can be stoppedtrue
- 4The process of an increasingly bad language cannot be stoppedfalse
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Answer : 3. "The decline in the language can be stopped"
Q:Directions (Q .121 - 125 ): 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).
He have started (1) / making a note of (2) / his appointments as (3) / he tends to forget them. (4) / No error (5)
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5da418f4d69109270473a976- 11true
- 22false
- 33false
- 44false
- 55false
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