English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Read the passage carefully and fill in the blank.
Happy is the man who... (151) ..... the habit of reading when he is young. He has secured a life-long source of.... (152) instruction and inspiration. So long as he has his beloved books he need .... (153).. feel lonely. He always has a pleas- ant .... (154) ... of leisure moments. He is the…(155)… of wealth more precious than gold .... (156).. indeed is the man who does not read and ... (157)... is his life..(158)…gives the highest kind of pleasure. When we are….(159). …it is a healthy recreation to lose .... (160) .. .in the company of books.
Mark the answer (153).
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5dde06e6e983b256fe6afc05Happy is the man who... (151) ..... the habit of reading when he is young. He has secured a life-long source of.... (152) instruction and inspiration. So long as he has his beloved books he need .... (153).. feel lonely. He always has a pleas- ant .... (154) ... of leisure moments. He is the…(155)… of wealth more precious than gold .... (156).. indeed is the man who does not read and ... (157)... is his life..(158)…gives the highest kind of pleasure. When we are….(159). …it is a healthy recreation to lose .... (160) .. .in the company of books.
- 1alwaysfalse
- 2everfalse
- 3sometimesfalse
- 4nevertrue
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Answer : 4. "never"
Q:Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Upset the apple-cart
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64635a34cdae930acb7aa196- 1Withdrawfalse
- 2Spoil careful planstrue
- 3Consider unsatisfactoryfalse
- 4To be offendedfalse
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Answer : 2. "Spoil careful plans"
Explanation :
poil careful plans. This idiom means to disrupt or ruin well-laid plans.
Q:Directions: Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a meaningful paragraph and answer the questions which follow:
(A) However, while reading they would not know when to pause and what to emphasize.
(B) Since then their use has been regularized and the punctuation rules have been followed by all.
(C) In earlier days, people learnt by reading out loud.
(D) But not everybody used the same punctuations for the same thing.
(E) To address this problem, various signs depicting various punctuations were introduced.
(F) Thus, firmer guidelines regarding punctuations were framed so that everyone used them in similar way.
Which of the following sentences should be the THIRD after rearrangement?
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5e3d0b6ee3fe3476411d8f86(A) However, while reading they would not know when to pause and what to emphasize.
(B) Since then their use has been regularized and the punctuation rules have been followed by all.
(C) In earlier days, people learnt by reading out loud.
(D) But not everybody used the same punctuations for the same thing.
(E) To address this problem, various signs depicting various punctuations were introduced.
(F) Thus, firmer guidelines regarding punctuations were framed so that everyone used them in similar way.
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- 2Etrue
- 3Dfalse
- 4Ffalse
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Answer : 2. "E "
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.
While in Rome we must do as Romans_______.
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611b4b5bdc4e2547a1c8d5b6- 1is doingfalse
- 2was doingfalse
- 3had donefalse
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Answer : 4. "do"
Q: Choose the correct Hindi translation of the following sentence from the given options:
She saw me in the library.
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6392daa958400a550ddff924She saw me in the library.
- 1वह मुझे पुस्तकालय में दिखी।false
- 2मैं उसे पुस्तकालय में दिखी।false
- 3उसने मुझे पुस्तकालय में देखा था।true
- 4मेरे को पुस्तकालय में उसने देखा।false
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Answer : 3. "उसने मुझे पुस्तकालय में देखा था।"
Q: Mark the correct English translation from the choices given below, of the sentence in Hindi:
जब मैं वहाँ गया वह सो रही थी।
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6392d9c0d319b37ca199276aजब मैं वहाँ गया वह सो रही थी।
- 1When I went there, she kept on sleeping.false
- 2She slept while I went to her.false
- 3When I went there, she was sleeping.true
- 4She slept all the while, when I went there.false
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Answer : 3. "When I went there, she was sleeping. "
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.
She let he horse _________ in the field.
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611b8814dc4e2547a1c98062- 1loosetrue
- 2looselyfalse
- 3losefalse
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Answer : 1. "loose"
Q: In the following question, an idiomatic expression or a proverb is highlighted. Select the alternative which best describes its use in the sentence.
Hercules lock of hair was his Achilles heel
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64ec8f32aeb51645683a6ade- 1Weakness that could result in failuretrue
- 2A desirable qualityfalse
- 3A hated qualityfalse
- 4A wonderful characteristicfalse
- 5The strongest abilityfalse
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Answer : 1. "Weakness that could result in failure"
Explanation :
An Achilles' heel (or Achilles heel) is a weakness in spite of overall strength, which can lead to downfall. While the mythological origin refers to a physical vulnerability, idiomatic references to other attributes or qualities that can lead to downfall are common.

