English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
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64b781fb2d3130f575392157- 1passivetrue
- 2proficientfalse
- 3profoundfalse
- 4purefalse
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Answer : 1. "passive"
Q:Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A book that contains information on various subjects
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6411b7d3539cee0fcabe8f2a- 1Encyclopaediatrue
- 2Manuscriptfalse
- 3Thesaurusfalse
- 4Dictionaryfalse
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Answer : 1. "Encyclopaedia"
Q:Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning of the given word as your answer.
Cease
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5f3e05ec07f57c579cb04927- 1Pursuefalse
- 2Evokefalse
- 3Haltfalse
- 4Continuetrue
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Answer : 4. "Continue"
Q:In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
One fireman died while 14 others had a narrow escape when a part of the factory-cum-outlet of a well-known battery ___(1)___ firm where they were battling a major ___(2)___ collapsed following a series of sudden explosions in west Delhi. The brave fireman who had joined the department last year and got married ___(3)___, was buried under a pile of debris following explosions which were triggered by a compressor burst. The fireman died due to excessive bleeding and smoke inhalation. It took firemen five hours to pull his body out of the debris.
Select the most appropriate option for blank number 3.
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5ff7f6bc3f9f9a23d7260ea4- 1evidentlyfalse
- 2generouslyfalse
- 3eventuallyfalse
- 4recentlytrue
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Answer : 4. "recently"
Q:Directions: In the following questions, choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the given word.
BLOCK
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62f0ff0709a97851b625b148- 1cleanfalse
- 2easefalse
- 3curefalse
- 4cleartrue
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Answer : 4. "clear"
Q:Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
It ______that fear of being scrutinized by the office.
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602279463fb46f5722f855b0- 1are being suggestedfalse
- 2is suggestingfalse
- 3has been suggestedtrue
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Answer : 3. "has been suggested"
Q: Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. If there is no error, then select option 'No error'.
The J&K Administration / has withdrew the advisory /asking tourists to cut short/ their visit to Kashmir.
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60ba1821a906b340d16ae85c- 1their visit to Kashmirfalse
- 2has withdrew the advisorytrue
- 3asking tourists to cut shortfalse
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 2. "has withdrew the advisory"
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 FIRST after rearrangement?
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5e3d0d13c805647d5e367bb7(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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- 2Bfalse
- 3Ctrue
- 4Dfalse
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