English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: In the following Questions, four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
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5f292e80a5ce9779bd251340- 1Reconaissancefalse
- 2Recconaisancefalse
- 3Reconnaissancetrue
- 4Reconnaisancefalse
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Answer : 3. "Reconnaissance"
Q: Parts of the following 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.
Aid workers have delivered vast quantities of food on the refugee camps.
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64198e35fb0ff69a8ee8b393Aid workers have delivered vast quantities of food on the refugee camps.
- 1No errorfalse
- 2vast quantities of foodfalse
- 3on the refugee campstrue
- 4Aid workers have deliveredfalse
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Answer : 3. "on the refugee camps "
Q: FAKE
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60d995106f40c93fd1479a7b- 1Originalfalse
- 2Imitationtrue
- 3Trustworthyfalse
- 4Loyalfalse
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Answer : 2. "Imitation"
Q: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. (C)
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60a26417b1d2440614ba1410The 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.
- 1Land was givenfalse
- 2Farmers in the areafalse
- 3Buy the remaining landtrue
- 4Purchase the rest moneyfalse
- 5To go through with itfalse
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Answer : 3. "Buy the remaining land"
Q:Directions: In each of the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with appropriate words(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate your choice for the correct answer.
It is hard to believe the ____of operations involved in this activity.
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5f4cd9d35e74bc4ee54f62d8- 1scalefalse
- 2significancetrue
- 3magnitudefalse
- 4sizefalse
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Answer : 2. "significance"
Q: Direction (1-5): Given below is a passage in which each line is numbered (1)-(5). Four words in each sentence are highlighted. Find out which word is not grammatically/contextually suitable in each of the numbered sentences.
(1) There is a need to question those in power as it is fundamental to preserve the nation and a truthful democratic society, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday. (2) He also underscored the need for more accommodation in public discourse as democracy will be the “loser” if people refused to hear voices other than their own. (3) Delivering the Ramnath Goenka Memorial Lecture, he said all stakeholders in a democratic system, from parties to business leaders, citizens to institutions, have to realise that asking questions is good and healthy. (4) Mukherjee said people in power, across the spectrum of politics, business or civil society, by virtue of the position they enjoy, tend to dominate the discourse and effect its direction. (5) He said Indian civilisation has always celebrated plurality and promoted tolerance as these have been binding people together for centuries despite negligible differences.
Which of the following words is not appropriate in Sentence 3?
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5e902370d646bd6677d035b4(1) There is a need to question those in power as it is fundamental to preserve the nation and a truthful democratic society, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday. (2) He also underscored the need for more accommodation in public discourse as democracy will be the “loser” if people refused to hear voices other than their own. (3) Delivering the Ramnath Goenka Memorial Lecture, he said all stakeholders in a democratic system, from parties to business leaders, citizens to institutions, have to realise that asking questions is good and healthy. (4) Mukherjee said people in power, across the spectrum of politics, business or civil society, by virtue of the position they enjoy, tend to dominate the discourse and effect its direction. (5) He said Indian civilisation has always celebrated plurality and promoted tolerance as these have been binding people together for centuries despite negligible differences.
Which of the following words is not appropriate in Sentence 3?
- 1Stakeholdersfalse
- 2Fromfalse
- 3Realisefalse
- 4Healthyfalse
- 5All correcttrue
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Answer : 5. "All correct"
Q: In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Brijesh said that he has no _____________ of stepping down, although he is under a lot of pressure to do so.
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62f3432c3342ab118437e64dBrijesh said that he has no _____________ of stepping down, although he is under a lot of pressure to do so.
- 1intuitionfalse
- 2intentiontrue
- 3pointfalse
- 4objectfalse
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Answer : 2. "intention"
Q: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
One of the children stood at the door to ______ if he saw the apparitor coming, who was an officer of the spiritual court.
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641991bb32185cce37eff8c7One of the children stood at the door to ______ if he saw the apparitor coming, who was an officer of the spiritual court.
- 1give noticetrue
- 2give advicefalse
- 3give thoughtfalse
- 4give a handfalse
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Answer : 1. "give notice "
Explanation :
(A) give notice - The correct phrase is "stood at the door to give notice."

