English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

The traitors should be shot dead.

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    They should have shot the traitors.
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    They shall shoot the traitors dead.
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    They should shoot the traitors dead.
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    They shot the traitors dead.
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Answer : 3. "They should shoot the traitors dead."

Q:

We must stay here now. (Change into negative.) 

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    We mustn’t stay here now.
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    We needn’t stay here now.
    Correct
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    Must we not stay here now.
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    We couldn’t stay here now.
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Answer : 1. "We mustn’t stay here now. "

Q:

Change the sentences as directed, choosing from the options given below

Where did you go last evening? (Change into Assertive) 

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    I does go to see a movie.
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    I am go to see a movie.
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    I am went to see a movie.
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    You didn't go anywhere last evening.
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Answer : 4. "You didn't go anywhere last evening. "

Q:

Change the voice in the sentences given below by selecting the correct alternative: 

We had to count the money. 

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    The money was to be counted .
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    The money had been counted .
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    The money was counted.
    Correct
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    The money had to be counted.
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Answer : 4. "The money had to be counted. "

Q:

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

The postman / delivers the letters / through hand, / door to door.

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    door to door
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    delivers the letters
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    The postman
    Correct
    Wrong
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    through hand
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Answer : 4. "through hand"
Explanation :

The correct form should be "delivers the letters by hand, door to door." The preposition "through" should be replaced with "by."

Q:

A vexed problem facing us is the clamour to open more colleges and to reserve more seats for backward classes. But it will be a sheer folly to expand such facilities recklessly without giving any thought to the quality of education imparted. If admissions are made far more selective, it will automatically reduced the number of entrants. This should apply particularly colleges, many of which are little more than degree factories. Only then can the authorities hope to bring down the teacher-student ratio to manageable proportion. What is more, teachers should be given refresher courses, every summer to brush up their knowledge. Besides, if college managements increase their library budget it will help both the staff and the to new students a great deal. 
At the same time, however, it will be unfair to deny college education to thousands of young men and women, unless employers stop insisting on degrees even for clerical jobs. For a start, why can't the Government disqualify graduates from securing certain jobs, say class III and IV posts? Once the link between degrees and jobs is severed at least in some important departments, in will make young people think twice before joining college. 

Many of the new college are –

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    Centers of advanced learning
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    Research institutions
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    Factories producing degree holders
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    Knowns for their academic excellence
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Answer : 3. "Factories producing degree holders "

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Answer : 2. "B"

Q:

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

My request should be considered.

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    Please have consider my request.
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    Please do consider mine request.
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    Consider my request.
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    Please consider my request.
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Answer : 4. "Please consider my request."

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