English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands consist of mainly two groups of islands, with distinctive features of the original residents - Negroid and Mongolese. It is strange to see how these two different groups migrated to these islands so far from the mainland - from India and Myanmar. The aboriginals found in these islands are the Jarawas, Sentinelese, Onges, Shompenites, mainly found in Andaman and the Nicobarese in Nicobar. Of these the Nicobarese in general, and some of the Onges, have accepted that so-called modern civilization and learned the use of modern tools and facilities. They can be seen frequently in the Port Blair market. The aboriginals are looked after by the Anthropological Department of the Government, who make regular visits to their islands and supply them with food and other necessities.
These aboriginals still do not know how to use a matchbox and prepare fire by rubbing two pieces of wood; they also do not know the use of cloth. If the people from the Anthropological Department offer them clothes, they use them only as turbans and not to wrap their bodies
Original residents of Andaman and Nicobar Islands are
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614de168539b65355e12789b- 1Negroid and Mongolesetrue
- 2Negroidfalse
- 3Mongolesefalse
- 4All of the abovefalse
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Answer : 1. "Negroid and Mongolese"
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:Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
A foolish person-
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5f34d51b6137a8134864fca8- 1Smasherfalse
- 2Waiffalse
- 3Simpletontrue
- 4Invalidfalse
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Answer : 3. "Simpleton"
Q: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
ethnic cleansing
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62ea4d736f92bf0da7cf2bee- 1a social revolution where negative aspects of a culture are removedfalse
- 2to perform mass religious conversionsfalse
- 3the mass killing of members of one ethnic grouptrue
- 4removal of all signs of culture from a societyfalse
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Answer : 3. "the mass killing of members of one ethnic group"
Q:Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five options are given. Four of the Five words to the blank coherently.Find out the which word cannot fit in the blank properly.
It was a _____(xa)_____ journey that these 166 passengers of Jaipur bound Jet Airways flight number 9W 697 from Mumbai on Thursday will never forget. When the _____(xb)_____ took off at about 6 am on Thursday everything _____(xc)_____ normal. However, after 10 minutes into the flight, the _____(xd)_____ of these passengers began. Suddenly the oxygen masks came down from above their seats. By this time the aircraft was flying at a/an _____(xe)_____ of about 28,000 feet. Suddenly the _____(xf)_____ started feeling uncomfortable while some started to bleed from nose and ears. The panicked passengers _____(xg)_____ putting oxygen masks onto themselves while many _____(xh)_____ that they were not working. After about 10-15 minutes of _____(xi)_____ and panic the oxygen started flowing into the masks, much to the _____(xj)_____ of the passengers.
Find the blank at xi.
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5e9051a590613f3f94242273- 1hue and cryfalse
- 2disturbancefalse
- 3uproarfalse
- 4enjoymenttrue
- 5ruckusfalse
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Answer : 4. "enjoyment "
Q:In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each questions.
Tennis is a game that give one plenty of exercise; it develops ___(1)___of eye and limb and ___(2)__ the brain too into __(3)___. A few sets of tennis keep one physically and __(4)__fit.
Fill the blank (4).
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5f168fcc97cc6b353bf36211- 1intellectuallyfalse
- 2emotionallyfalse
- 3mentallytrue
- 4Logicallyfalse
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Answer : 3. "mentally"
Q:Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
If the census tells us that India has two or three hundred languages, it also tells us, I believe, that Germany has about fifty or sixty languages. I do not remember anyone pointing out this fact in proof of the disunity or disparity of Germany. As a matter of fact, a census mentions all manner of petty languages, sometimes spoken by a few thousand persons only; and often dialects are classed for scientific purposes as different languages. India seems to me to have surprisingly few languages, considering its area. Compared to the same area in Europe, it is far more closely allied in regard to language, but because of widespread illiteracy, common standards have not developed and dialects have formed. The principal languages of India are Hindustani (of the two varieties, Hindi and Urdu), Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. If Assamese, Oriya, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Pushtu and Punjabi are added, the whole country is covered except for some hill and forest tribes. Of these, the Indo-Aryan languages, which cover the whole north, centre and west of India, are closely allied; and the southern Dravidian languages, though different, have been greatly influenced by Sanskrit, and are full of Sanskrit words.
One of the reasons why there are many dialects in India is-
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60c87b6887d7204e50b125cfIf the census tells us that India has two or three hundred languages, it also tells us, I believe, that Germany has about fifty or sixty languages. I do not remember anyone pointing out this fact in proof of the disunity or disparity of Germany. As a matter of fact, a census mentions all manner of petty languages, sometimes spoken by a few thousand persons only; and often dialects are classed for scientific purposes as different languages. India seems to me to have surprisingly few languages, considering its area. Compared to the same area in Europe, it is far more closely allied in regard to language, but because of widespread illiteracy, common standards have not developed and dialects have formed. The principal languages of India are Hindustani (of the two varieties, Hindi and Urdu), Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. If Assamese, Oriya, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Pushtu and Punjabi are added, the whole country is covered except for some hill and forest tribes. Of these, the Indo-Aryan languages, which cover the whole north, centre and west of India, are closely allied; and the southern Dravidian languages, though different, have been greatly influenced by Sanskrit, and are full of Sanskrit words.
- 1vast areafalse
- 2populationfalse
- 3more communitiesfalse
- 4illiteracytrue
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Answer : 4. "illiteracy "
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 number.
Life is full of ___1___ types of experiences. Strange, in fact, are the ways of God. If a man is happy today, he may be __2____ unhappy the very next day. Some ___3___ are pleasant and joyful while others are full of ___4___ and pain. If at one time a person finds himself on top of the world, at the ___5___ time he is depressed and downcast.
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611a3b556d0fd147810c688f- 1alliedfalse
- 2amplifiedfalse
- 3variedtrue
- 4systematicfalse
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