English Practice Question and Answer
8 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.
Which of the following statements is true according to the given passage?
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60c87c04ee8b201ab647f13cIf 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.
- 1India has far too many languages.false
- 2India is a vast country with not too many languages.true
- 3India has as many languages as Europe does.false
- 4Indian languages are not as well developed as those of Europe.false
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Answer : 2. "India is a vast country with not too many languages. "
Q:Passage: Patriotism or love for one's country is one of the noblest sentiments of man. It is love that comes from one's gratefulness to the land where one is born, the country that provides everything that makes life worth living - food, clothing and shelter, families, friends and the way of life of its people. Or, in other words, it is our country that gives us all that we enjoy and all that makes man's life different from and richer than that of all other animals. That is why patriotic feelings are natural to man.
Which one of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?
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623afad9de069f6e1ba39055- 1Patriotismtrue
- 2Love for countryfalse
- 3Noblest sentimentfalse
- 4Patriotic feelingsfalse
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Answer : 1. "Patriotism "
Q:Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
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62dfb51b313eb40eb8a54742- 1amphybiafalse
- 2indantedfalse
- 3ancumberfalse
- 4levelledtrue
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Answer : 4. "levelled"
Q: Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blank.
Please go with ______ sister to the match.
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643fc5b61ce944a93eafd368Please go with ______ sister to the match.
- 1me and minefalse
- 2I and myfalse
- 3me and mytrue
- 4I and minefalse
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Answer : 3. "me and my "
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Answer : 3. "get "
Q: Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
Taru told me that Avika was having her online cooking class then.
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64ca4adca4dbfb486be3b250- 1Taru said to me, “Avika will be having her online cooking class now.”false
- 2Taru said to me, “Avika is having her online cooking class at that time.”false
- 3Taru said to me, “Avika is having her online cooking class now.”true
- 4Taru said to me, “Avika was having her online cooking class at this time.”false
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Answer : 3. "Taru said to me, “Avika is having her online cooking class now.”"
Q: Choose the correct English translation of the following sentence from the options given below:
मेरे स्टेशन पहुँचने से पहले गाड़ी जा चुकी थी।
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636cfbfe825f2247ad815f86मेरे स्टेशन पहुँचने से पहले गाड़ी जा चुकी थी।
- 1The train had been left before I reached the station.false
- 2The train had left before I reached the station.true
- 3The train left already when I had reached the station.false
- 4The train has left when I had reached the station.false
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Answer : 2. "The train had left before I reached the station."
Q: Change from assertive to exclamatory.
The sunrise is very beautiful.
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636d06a4d1a5e52b96e56367The sunrise is very beautiful.
- 1The sunrise is awesome!false
- 2How beautiful the sunrise is!true
- 3The sunrise is absolutely beautiful!false
- 4The sunrise was good.false
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