English Practice Question and Answer

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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    India has far too many languages.
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    India is a vast country with not too many languages.
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    India has as many languages as Europe does.
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    Indian languages are not as well developed as those of Europe.
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Answer : 2. "India is a vast country with not too many languages. "

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

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    amphybia
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    indanted
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    ancumber
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    levelled
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Answer : 4. "levelled"

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Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blank.
 Please go with ______ sister to the match. 

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    me and mine
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    I and my
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    me and my
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    I and mine
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Answer : 3. "me and my "

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In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each four words have been suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

The empty ‘Chyawanprash’ containers near the makeshift kitchen at the elephant camp say it all – that the elephants have been having a healthy, nutritious diet as (1) by the veterinary doctors.  The camp managers say that the elephants get to have the nutritious (2) twice a day – morning before bath and early evening, walk eight to 1 km on the walking track twice a day and have loads of green fodder. A few of these elephants also undergo special medication, if necessary. ‘Valli’, a female elephant from the Koodal Azhagar Perumal Koil, Madurai, and ‘Vedanayagi’ another female elephant from Bhavani, Erode, are two such elephants. Based on the veterinarians’ prescription, the managers are treating the two for foot rot disease.
 The elephants get to (3) their legs in a decoction of seven chemicals, a traditional formula, to get over the problem. The foot rot sets in when the elephants are obese, or stand on hard surface or bitumen-topped roads for long with very little movement.
 Likewise, two other elephants are also undergoing eye treatment to overcome the ‘watery eye’ problem. This occurs when the elephants’ living (4) is hot. The managers say that the ingredients of the food and the quantity given to the elephants (5) from one to another and are dependent on the age and gender.
 Based on the two, a body-mass-index of sorts is derived and that determines the food and the quantity. Right at the start of the camp, the managers have noted down the weight of each elephant.
 This will be compared to the (6) that they will record when the elephants exit the camp around the second week of January. The managers say that one important factor in the camp is giving green fodder, which the elephants (7) in plenty in the camp. For the weak elephants, the camp managers give twigs of ‘aal’, ‘arasu’ ‘athi’ trees and also ‘koondapanai’. They add that the managers are also (8) the mahouts and those accompanying the elephants on the ways to keep the animal healthy. This is (9) the mahouts are with the elephants 24x7. And also because the animal should continue to live in a (10) environment.

Choose the correct option for (7). 

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    earn
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    realize
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    get
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    capture
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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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    Taru said to me, “Avika will be having her online cooking class now.”
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    Taru said to me, “Avika is having her online cooking class at that time.”
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    Taru said to me, “Avika is having her online cooking class now.”
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    Taru said to me, “Avika was having her online cooking class at this time.”
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Answer : 3. "Taru said to me, “Avika is having her online cooking class now.”"

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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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    The train had been left before I reached the station.
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    The train had left before I reached the station.
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    The train left already when I had reached the station.
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    The train has left when I had reached the station.
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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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    The sunrise is awesome!
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    How beautiful the sunrise is!
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    The sunrise is absolutely beautiful!
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    The sunrise was good.
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Answer : 2. "How beautiful the sunrise is!"

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