English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
A no-examination policy would kill the competitive spirit among the students. It is important to encourage healthy competition in today’s times where all admissions and job recruitments are based on elimination. Also, in the total absence of examinations, (1)______ who truly deserve may not get fair (2)______, while those who need to (3)______ may not get the right (4)______. Moreover, examinations help to assess the (5)______ of teaching.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
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64d0db7d2a08385b43d86fb7- 1encouragefalse
- 2recoverfalse
- 3reformfalse
- 4improvetrue
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Answer : 4. "improve"
Q:Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
The act or habit of talking in one's sleep
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64903379a33e0f47b7a09c2f- 1Soliloquyfalse
- 2Prologuefalse
- 3Somniloquytrue
- 4Monologuefalse
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Answer : 3. "Somniloquy"
Explanation :
Somniloquy refers to the phenomenon of talking while asleep.
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Answer : 1. "Economical"
Q: Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
He was given another chance by his employer.
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64b68436e2108a72392c25b3- 1His employer is giving him another chance.false
- 2His employer gave him another chance.true
- 3His employer has given him another chance.false
- 4He gave his employer another chance.false
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Answer : 2. "His employer gave him another chance."
Explanation :
The given sentence is In Passive Voice. As per the question we have to change it into Active Voice.
The structure of transformation as follows: Subject+V2+Object.
(Active Voice) Subject (objective case)+was/were+V3+Object (Subjective Case).
(Passive Voice) 'He' will be changed into 'him'.
'Was given' will be changed into 'gave' as per the structure.
Hence, by applying the above structure in the given sentence we find that the correct answer is Option 2.
Q: Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
She has been working with me on this project from two years.
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64c3aad9d3a6d4481ef24477- 1with mefalse
- 2on this projectfalse
- 3She has been workingfalse
- 4from two yearstrue
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Answer : 4. "from two years"
Q:Recognise the erroneous part in the given sentence and choose the most appropriate answer from the options given to ensure a meaningful sentence.
As she kept walking to me, my heart skipped a beat.
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645a1b414e367dedfc2e9389- 1As she kept walking within me, my heart skipped a beat.false
- 2As she kept walking from me, my heart skipped a beatfalse
- 3As she kept into me, my heart skipped a beat.false
- 4As she kept walking towards me, my heart skipped a beat.true
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Answer : 4. "As she kept walking towards me, my heart skipped a beat."
Q: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
On winter evenings, a haze of smog hang in Delhi.
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64c106fee2108a72394c9e26- 1hangs overtrue
- 2is hanging overfalse
- 3hangs upfalse
- 4No substitution requiredfalse
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Answer : 1. "hangs over"
Explanation :
The correct sentence should be:
On winter evenings, a haze of smog hangs in Delhi.
Explanation: The verb "hangs" agrees with the singular subject "haze." In the original sentence, "hang" is incorrect in this context.
Q: Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
A: One day when the quarreling had been much more violent than usual and each of the sons was moping in a surly manner, he asked one of them to bring him a bundle of sticks.
B: No words he could say did the least good, so he thought in his mind for some very striking example that should make them see that discord would lead them to misfortune.
C: A man had a family of sons, who were forever quarrelling among themselves.
D: Then handing the bundle to each of his Sons in turn he told them to try to break it.
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63074ccd29cb463044361318- 1CBADtrue
- 2CABDfalse
- 3DCBAfalse
- 4ABDCfalse
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