English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Direction (A - E): In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers correspond to the question numbers. Against each question, five words have been suggested, one of which would fill the blank appropriately.
Mark the suitable word as the answer. Use of plastic has become part of a (A) in which those who consume and litter are not supposed to be responsible for (B) cleaning after themselves or to bother about what will happen to the waste they are producing. The (C) of this kind of lifestyle are reflected in the festering garbage in the over spilling landfill sites, with the height of the Ghazipur landfill in Delhi touching 65 metres. Such (D) dumps are emerging as a serious threat to life with leachates in the mixed and untreated waste contaminating water and the carcinogenic pollution (E) when it is set to fire.
Find out the appropriate word in each case. (D)
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60a50044b1d2440614c05550- 1Rubbishfalse
- 2Garbagetrue
- 3Wastefulfalse
- 4Hogwashfalse
- 5Wastingfalse
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Answer : 2. "Garbage"
Q: CONSEQUENCES
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60d9976060aad877f4124b82- 1Resultstrue
- 2Conclusionsfalse
- 3Difficultiesfalse
- 4Applicationsfalse
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Answer : 1. "Results"
Q:Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow it. Each question has 4 options. Choose the correct option/answer for each question:
I worked for a brief while in a college in Delhi, and among my more uncomfortable memories is a language exercise, I gave a group of eight undergraduates: I asked them to imagine that they had already graduated and wanted them to write an application for a suitable job. Seven of the eight students wrote applications for the jobs of clerks. Even in one of the good universities, and in a college that had a reputation for its academic standards, the system has snuffed out all youthful ambition.
Choose the correct option:
"Snuffed out" in the passage means -
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639873c1c0ba0122ec85fdf9"Snuffed out" in the passage means -
- 1encouragedfalse
- 2killedtrue
- 3excitedfalse
- 4persuadedfalse
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Answer : 2. "killed"
Q: Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence.
The list included many mundane, routine tasks.
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642ac0757ac9a186e4e5a9c8- 1standardfalse
- 2temporalfalse
- 3customaryfalse
- 4exceptionaltrue
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Answer : 4. "exceptional"
Explanation :
The underlined word "mundane" means ordinary or routine, and its antonym would be something extraordinary or exceptional.
Q:The 1st and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. The find the correct answer and indicate it in the answer sheet.
1. An excellent example of Habib Tanvir’s
P. be would fit and blend his poetry to the traditional folk and
Q. tribal music, in a way that allows the former to retain its own imaginative,
R. non-exploitative approach is the way in which
S. rhetorical power and socio-political importance,
6. but without devaluing the latter.
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5f55d186f13b91397f31c18aP. be would fit and blend his poetry to the traditional folk and
Q. tribal music, in a way that allows the former to retain its own imaginative,
R. non-exploitative approach is the way in which
S. rhetorical power and socio-political importance,
6. but without devaluing the latter.
- 1SQPRfalse
- 2QRPSfalse
- 3PRSQfalse
- 4RPQStrue
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Answer : 4. "RPQS"
Q: In the question, four words are given, out of which only one word is incorrectly spelt. Find the incorrectly spelt word.
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602277322dc71d4148a1d0ab- 1Courageousfalse
- 2Frailtyfalse
- 3Sammaritantrue
- 4Ambitiousfalse
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Answer : 3. "Sammaritan"
Q:Direction (A - E): In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers correspond to the question numbers. Against each question, five words have been suggested, one of which would fill the blank appropriately.
Mark the suitable word as the answer. Use of plastic has become part of a (A) in which those who consume and litter are not supposed to be responsible for (B) cleaning after themselves or to bother about what will happen to the waste they are producing. The (C) of this kind of lifestyle are reflected in the festering garbage in the over spilling landfill sites, with the height of the Ghazipur landfill in Delhi touching 65 metres. Such (D) dumps are emerging as a serious threat to life with leachates in the mixed and untreated waste contaminating water and the carcinogenic pollution (E) when it is set to fire.
Find out the appropriate word in each case. (C)
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60a4ffd5b1d2440614c05519- 1Inefficiencyfalse
- 2Localfalse
- 3Innardstrue
- 4Facadesfalse
- 5Centralfalse
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Answer : 3. "Innards"
Q: Find the word spelt incorrectly.
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611a347514663c47a230959c- 1Assailianttrue
- 2Ascendantfalse
- 3Adulterantfalse
- 4Antioxidantfalse
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