English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Direction: Which of the following phrases (I), (II), and (III) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (e) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer.
Quite a few research institutes are growing in free India bearing the names of scientists winning recognition of Western countries, mainly Europe.
(I) has grown in free India which bears the names of
(II) have grown up in free India that bears the names of
(III) grew up in free India bearing the names of
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64f5cd3a2bbb242750eb1222(II) have grown up in free India that bears the names of
(III) grew up in free India bearing the names of
- 1Only (I) is correctfalse
- 2Only (II) is correctfalse
- 3Only (III) is correcttrue
- 4Both (II) and (III) are correctfalse
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 3. "Only (III) is correct"
Q: Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
He dreams big than his friends.
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6452406b223d4c08a7dd1cc9He dreams big than his friends.
- 1biggertrue
- 2more bigfalse
- 3biggestfalse
- 4most bigfalse
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Answer : 1. "bigger"
Q:Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Renounce
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645a26d0d47721ee2dac43bf- 1Embracefalse
- 2Ignorefalse
- 3Overlookfalse
- 4Abjuretrue
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Answer : 4. "Abjure"
Q:Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
The activity of writing dictionaries
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645b4d784d91510a5da4065e- 1Biographyfalse
- 2Lexicographytrue
- 3Bibliographyfalse
- 4Theologyfalse
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Answer : 2. "Lexicography"
Explanation :
Lexicography is the practice of compiling dictionaries or the scholarly discipline devoted to studying the principles and practices of dictionary making.
Q: Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Detrimental
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6450e5aa13eb5908ae2ed771Detrimental
- 1Baselessfalse
- 2Harmlesstrue
- 3Senselessfalse
- 4Meaninglessfalse
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Answer : 2. "Harmless"
Explanation :
"Detrimental" means causing harm or damage, so its antonym would be "Harmless," which indicates something that does not cause harm or injury. Therefore, option (B) Harmless is the most suitable antonym in this context.
Q: Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. It was a wonderful, almost awful sight – in place of the hayfield was a loch with waves on it.
B. At seven next morning I awoke and rushed to the window.
C. As I went to sleep I reflected that the rain must be filling the dam.
D. That afternoon rain fell in torrents, and continued all evening and night.
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64c3a8e4a4dbfb486bcfc5cb- 1CBADfalse
- 2DBACfalse
- 3CDBAfalse
- 4DCBAtrue
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Answer : 4. "DCBA"
Q: Given below are six sentences A-F, of which A and F are static and B-E have been jumbled. Pick the option that gives the correct order of the jumbled sentences.
A. Dr. Sadao Hoki’s house was built on a spot of the Japanese coast where he had played as a little boy.
B. His father had said, “Those islands are the stepping stones to the future for Japan.
C. His father had taken him to the islands of those seas and taught him things he had not forgotten.
D. As a boy, Sadao had climbed the pines, supporting himself on his bare feet as the men did in the South Seas.
E. The square stone house was set upon rocks above a beach outlined with bent pines.
F. “Where shall we step from them?” Sadao had asked seriously.
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62fdfec5047feb07926a0d33- 1ACDBEFfalse
- 2ABEDCFfalse
- 3ADCEBFfalse
- 4AEDCBFtrue
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Answer : 4. "AEDCBF"
Q: Groups of four words are given. In each group one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark it in your Answer-Sheet.
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6303265fc3bfb21b4ac1d952- 1Fluorescenttrue
- 2Floorescentfalse
- 3Floorascentfalse
- 4Flourascentfalse
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