English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
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64ca48e9a4dbfb486be3b021- 1to be the person in chargetrue
- 2to be blissfully happyfalse
- 3to be in debtfalse
- 4to lack controlfalse
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Answer : 1. "to be the person in charge"
Explanation :
The correct answer is "to be the person in charge". Key Points. Given Idiom: To call the shots means to be the person in charge, to have control over the progress of a situation. For example, With no boss to call the shots, he drew ideas from all over.
Q:In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
The entry of foreign media has to be ______ by strict rules. Any intention to ______ the country politically or economically or any attempt at cultural ______ in order to make the country a slave to the designs of international powers would not be ______. If the foreign media is keen on making a presence on the Indian soil, respect for the country’s unity and ______ is essential.
country’s unity and ______ is essential.
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60194018552e5f41f7ad44dd- 1integritytrue
- 2vulnerabilityfalse
- 3accountabilityfalse
- 4responsibilityfalse
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Answer : 1. "integrity"
Q:Direction : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. Certain words In the passage have been printed In bold to help you locate them when answering some of the questions.
Can the last fifteen years be called the most successful decade and a half in Indian history and will the next fifteen be equally successful? Consider a culture where independent thinking is not encouraged. Or take the example of traditional family run business with vast resistance to change or a whole nation who believes that breakthrough ideas can be generated abroad but never at home. Partly responsible is socialization from early years we are taught not to question our elders but at workplaces this creates a hurdle for new thinking. Being unable to change radically gives rise to a culture where even the smallest change is heralded as a break through. Indian corporate leaders have done well standing up to global giants as their companies have grown in size and market share. To be successful in international markets they need to be distinct distinct products, processes, technologies, business models and organisations. The bottom line will be Innovation. Creativity workshops are organized to channel people to think differently. There are fantastic ideas being generated all the time but no Industry. breakthrough. Simply because of gravity regressive force exerted by a mindset. Thinking has therefore to happen at three, levels idea, frame and paradigm. From a narrow focus on either product or process innovation organizations need to look at innovating the whole ecosystem of the organization. Many a time waiting for a hundred percent solution before going to the market the organization forgets that it could end up waiting forever. Moreover, sometimes organizations are too focused on today to see tomorrow. Since management mandates are short-term, sowing the seed for a revenue stream today and leaving Its benefits to be reaped by a successor doesn’t appeal to today’s business leader. This is a serious hurdle to into Ovation. Establishing a function called innovation management or training employees through creativity workshops will have few benefits unless each frontline employee is empowered to Share his innovative ideas with the management. What happens to this system when the person driving the change leaves the organization? The approach to innovation hence needs to be system driven rather than people driven. In thirty years, India can be the largest world economy save China and the US. However, as companies grow there exists a resemblance in their products, services, promotions, processes and pricing and so on. There remains only one escape from this trap.
Which of the following is NOT TRUE in the context of the passage?
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5eb3985a131cba569e32ae82- 1A change in mindset can help promote innovationfalse
- 2The author believes India has tremendous potentialfalse
- 3India suffers because of the belief the breakthrough ideas can only be generated abroad (d)Innovation automatically happens if a company subscribes to the latest management strategiesfalse
- 4Innovation automatically happens if a company subscribes to the latest management strategiestrue
- 5All are truefalse
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Answer : 4. "Innovation automatically happens if a company subscribes to the latest management strategies "
Q:Complete the sentence with an appropriate synonym of the word mentioned in the bracket.
If you're feeling brave, try this ___________ (savoury) dish made by me.
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645b43c11efb290ac240d3c6- 1saltytrue
- 2stalefalse
- 3stinkyfalse
- 4stenchyfalse
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Answer : 1. "salty"
Q: Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Alleviate
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643525bb32185cce372f83e8Alleviate
- 1Soothefalse
- 2Amelioratefalse
- 3Aggravatetrue
- 4Destroyfalse
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Answer : 3. "Aggravate "
Explanation :
"Alleviate" means to make something more bearable or less severe, while "Aggravate" means to make something worse or more intense. Therefore, option (C) Aggravate is the most suitable antonym in this context.
Q: Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
Our study goes
P. beyond LDL cholesterol levels to get
Q. and the impact of eating walnuts daily
R. a complete picture of all of the lipoproteins
S. on their potential to improve cardiovascular risk
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6447a5d64f5953686fe9ba32Our study goes
- 1SRPQfalse
- 2PQSRfalse
- 3PRQSfalse
- 4SPQRtrue
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Answer : 4. "SPQR"
Q:Directions: In the following question, a sentence is given with four words marked as (A), (B), (C) and (D). These words may or may not be placed in the correct order. Four options with different arrangements of these words have been provided. Mark the option with the correct arrangement as the answer. If no rearrangement is required, mark option (E) as your answer.
My mother is very enough(A) of her voluminous(B) kitchen pantry(C) in which she keeps proud(D) goods to feed the city.
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64e49176d928d8b716098330- 1A-Cfalse
- 2B-Dfalse
- 3B-Cfalse
- 4D-Atrue
- 5No rearrangementfalse
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Answer : 4. "D-A"
Q:Directions: In 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 as your answer.
She has only__________friends.
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62f0f6db06679c6dabc68852- 1fewerfalse
- 2lessfalse
- 3morefalse
- 4a fewtrue
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