English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Passage: First of all, I need work, and a decent wage for my work. Aristotle defined happiness. not as a sum of pleasures, but as unimpeded activity. I want work which is hard but interesting. I am exceptionally lucky because I can choose my own work to a large extent. If I want respite from science I can go and be a war correspondent, or write children's stories or make political speeches.
I require friendship. Particularly I require friendship of my colleagues and comrades in scientific and political work. I want the society of equals who will criticize me, and whom I can criticize.
Conjunction in sentence 3 is
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625551c978843749605c3562I require friendship. Particularly I require friendship of my colleagues and comrades in scientific and political work. I want the society of equals who will criticize me, and whom I can criticize.
- 1wantfalse
- 2hardfalse
- 3buttrue
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Answer : 3. "but "
Q: Fill in the blank with the correct option: Either the boy or the girl _______ at fault.
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636d0044825f2247ad81862a- 1werefalse
- 2arefalse
- 3wastrue
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Answer : 3. "was"
Q:Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning of the given word as your answer.
Lukewarm
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5f55f891d094fa460c077960- 1Enthusiastictrue
- 2Indifferentfalse
- 3Infraredfalse
- 4Ordinaryfalse
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Answer : 1. "Enthusiastic"
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.
No sonner did the train________at the platform than the passengers rushed towards it.
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5fe0540a57fec21ec037ee25- 1arrivetrue
- 2arrivedfalse
- 3will arrivefalse
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Answer : 1. "arrive"
Q:Directions (11-20): In the passage given below, some of the words from 11-20 have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer.
Civilisation means outward (11) whereas culture means inward perfection. We may be (12) today, but we are not cultured. We have trains, aeroplanes and all modern modes and (13). This is (14) on the road of materialism but we have lost our finer emotions. Civilisation has (15) mystery and romance out of the heart of nature and (16) her beauty and magic. It has placed (17) power in the hands of man, making him a (18). With a single atom or hydrogen bomb, he can rain death and (19) on millions of innocent creatures. Thus, he is out to (20) himself with his own hands.
Choose the correct option for (15).
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60c339383ef9d27847d0cdceCivilisation means outward (11) whereas culture means inward perfection. We may be (12) today, but we are not cultured. We have trains, aeroplanes and all modern modes and (13). This is (14) on the road of materialism but we have lost our finer emotions. Civilisation has (15) mystery and romance out of the heart of nature and (16) her beauty and magic. It has placed (17) power in the hands of man, making him a (18). With a single atom or hydrogen bomb, he can rain death and (19) on millions of innocent creatures. Thus, he is out to (20) himself with his own hands.
- 1dugfalse
- 2destroyedfalse
- 3pluckedtrue
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Answer : 3. "plucked "
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
She felt like a fish out of water at her new job.
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64ccde7742082e8c9b8d97ad- 1angry and hurtfalse
- 2comfortable and relaxedfalse
- 3uncomfortable and restlesstrue
- 4happy and freefalse
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Answer : 3. "uncomfortable and restless"
Explanation :
someone who is uncomfortable in a specific situation: I felt like a fish out of water at my new school.
Q:Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. We reached there at about 10 a.m.
B. The first ride we took was the Fury Wheel. It was really big, all of us were yelling and crying!
C. Yesterday, my friends and I went on a short picnic to an amusement park.
D. Even though we had reached on time there was a serpentine queue for the tickets. I took the entrance ticket.
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649abd251a612ce001f6a164- 1CADBtrue
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Answer : 1. "CADB"
Q: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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5f4775b69d816875be4820d7- 1Why are you deprived of your membership?false
- 2Why he deprived you of your membership?false
- 3Why was your membership deprived of you by him?false
- 4Why were you deprived of your membership by him?true
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