English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
There are five basic features of services. These features distinguish them from goods. The first is that services are intangible. They are experiential in nature. One cannot taste a doctor’s treatment, or touch entertainment. One can only experience it. An important implication of this is that quality of the offer can often not be determined before consumption or before purchase. It is, therefore, important for the service providers that they consciously work on creating a desired service so that the customer undergoes a favourable experience. The second important characteristic of services is inconsistency. Since there is no standard tangible product, services have to be performed exclusively each time. Different customers have different demands and expectations. Service providers need to have an opportunity to alter their offer to closely meet the requirements of the customers. Another important characteristic of services is the simultaneous activity of production and consumption being performed. This makes the production and consumption of services inseparable. While we can manufacture a car today and sell it after, say, a month; this is often not possible with services that have to be consumed as and when they are produced. For example, the services of a teacher, doctor or lawyer. Service providers may design a substitute for the person by using appropriate technology but the interaction with the customer remains a key feature of services. Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) may replace the banking clerk for the front office activities like cash withdrawal and cheque deposit. But, at the same time, the presence of the customer, is required and his/her interaction with the process has to be managed. Services have little or no tangible components and, therefore, cannot be stored for a future use. That is, services are perishable and providers can, at best, store some associated goods but not the service itself. This means that the demand and supply needs to be managed as the service has to be performed as and when the customer asks for it. They cannot be performed earlier to be consumed at a later date. For example, a railway ticket can be stored but the railway journey will be experienced by a traveller only when the railways provide it.

Which of the following is NOT a service provider?

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    Bank
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    Lawyer
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    Car
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    Teacher
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Answer : 3. "Car"

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Answer : 2. "2"

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Directions: In the following questions, the sentences have been given in Active/Passive voice. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Passive/Active voice. 

The school was damaged by the earthquake which caused havoc to other buildings as well. 

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    The earthquake damaged the school and other buildings.
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    The earthquake damaged other buildings.
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    The earthquake caused havoc to the school.
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    The earthquake damaged the school besides causing havoc to other buildings.
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Answer : 1. "The earthquake damaged the school and other buildings. "
Explanation :

The passive sentence is rewritten in the active voice, conveying the action more directly.

Q:

Which of the following structures of a question is correct? 

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    Why didn't you told me that?
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    Why you didn't tell me that?
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    Why didn't you that tell me?
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    Why didn't you tell me that?
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Answer : 4. "Why didn't you tell me that?"

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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.

Why did he deprive you of your membership?

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    Why are you deprived of your membership?
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    Why he deprived you of your membership?
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    Why was your membership deprived of you by him?
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    Why were you deprived of your membership by him?
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Answer : 4. "Why were you deprived of your membership by him?"

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Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

They are making elaborate arrangements for the party.

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    Elaborate arrangements have been made for the party.
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    Elaborate arrangements are made for the party.
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    Elaborate arrangements are being made for the party.
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    Elaborate arrangements were being made for the party.
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Answer : 3. "Elaborate arrangements are being made for the party."
Explanation :

The given sentence is an example of Active Voice. As per the given question, we have to change it to Passive Voice.
The process of transformation is as follows:
The subject of the given sentence is 'They'.
The object of the given sentence is 'Elaborate'.
The subject will be put in place of the object and the object will be put in place of the subject.
'Are making' will be changed into 'are being made'.
However, the subject 'they' will not be used as 'by them' because it becomes the hidden subject here. This is so because here the action is the central focus and the actor can be any unknown/general entity.
Thus the correct sentence is: Elaborate arrangements are being made for the party.

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