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.

Entertainment is an intangible service because it can only be:

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    stored
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    tasted
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    experienced
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    touched
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Answer : 3. "experienced"

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In these questions, four words are given out of which only one is misspelt. Find that mis-spelt word.

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    jaundise
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    jasmine
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    javelin
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    jarring
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Answer : 1. "jaundise"

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Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
 Manu will tell her later.

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    She will be tell later by Manu.
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    She will tell later by Manu.
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    She will be told later by Manu.
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    She will be tell later.
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Answer : 3. "She will be told later by Manu."
Explanation :

In the passive voice of simple future tense, the auxiliary verb shall / will is used with be and past participle of a verb.
The object of the sentence becomes the subject.
Here action will be done on the object in the future.
Formation:
Active: Subject + will/shall + V1 + object.
Passive: Object + will/shall + be + V3 + by + subject.
Thus, the correct passive form of the given sentence is option 3.

Q:

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words.

Raman is finding it difficult to adjust as he has come to a different country from his own country for settling

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    Pilgrim
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    Immigrant
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    Globetrotter
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    Gypsy
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Answer : 2. "Immigrant"
Explanation :

(B) Immigrant - The sentence describes someone settling in a different country, making "Immigrant" the most appropriate one-word substitute for the underlined group of words.

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Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.

I asked Dhruv / when he has plan / to settle / the dues.

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    when he has plan
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    I asked Dhruv
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    the dues
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    to settle
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Answer : 1. "when he has plan"

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Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

She was too startled at first saying something , but finally she blurted out the truth.

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    say something
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    No substitution required
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    saying anything
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    to say anything
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Answer : 4. "to say anything"
Explanation :

The correct sentence should be:

She was too startled at first to say anything, but finally, she blurted out the truth.

Explanation: The phrase "to say something" is the appropriate choice here. The verb "startled" is typically followed by an infinitive verb form, so "to say" is used. Additionally, the sentence benefits from proper punctuation, including a comma after "first" and another after "finally."

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Answer : 3. "3"
Explanation :

to enter will replace entering because – The to-Infinitive (Main Verb) : functions as a Noun, as Adjective, or an Adverb. In this sentence, permitted to enter, to enter is the direct object, the Noun that receives the action of the Verb (Permitted). To enter refers to a thing being done, or, desired to be done Hence, to enter the park is the right usage.

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