English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions : In these questions , a part of the sentence is given in bold . Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A) , (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence . Choose the correct alternative . In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D ) .
His acting is too good.
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5f2115674ab50b169742a3e7- 1bestfalse
- 2much betterfalse
- 3very goodtrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "very good"
Q: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Her parents always ______ her in her studies.
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602e0b486ea6434ffa7b5066Her parents always ______ her in her studies.
- 1impressedfalse
- 2expectedfalse
- 3encouragedtrue
- 4interestedfalse
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Answer : 3. "encouraged"
Q:Choose the most appropriate option from the choices given below:
An official letter is written in ______ language.
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5e6a447dbb5e074106862cb8- 1impolitefalse
- 2formaltrue
- 3highly informalfalse
- 4very ambiguousfalse
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Answer : 2. "formal "
Q:In each of 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 and indicate your choice for the correct answer.
The deadline was nearby, so Mrs. Sweth had her students_____their essays.
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5f2136c60d44c43edf00b61d- 1completefalse
- 2to completefalse
- 3completingfalse
- 4completedtrue
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Answer : 4. "completed"
Q:Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
The most useful training of my career was given to me by my boss.
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5f228a404e7e0d508b551c82- 1My boss has been giving me the most useful training of my career.false
- 2My boss gives me the most useful trainingfalse
- 3My boss is giving me the most useful training.false
- 4My boss gave me the most useful training of my career.true
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Answer : 4. "My boss gave me the most useful training of my career. "
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 Improvement.
Mohan is pleased at the news yesterday.
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5e1ff0bc12d76c309cd69e36- 1No Improvementfalse
- 2was pleasedtrue
- 3had being pleasedfalse
- 4has been pleasedfalse
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Answer : 2. "was pleased "
Q:In each of 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 and indicate your choice for the correct answer.
She ____ a new dress last week.
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6108c1f52076b70f401079b3- 1has boughtfalse
- 2has been buyingfalse
- 3buysfalse
- 4boughttrue
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Answer : 4. "bought"
Q:What, one wonders, is the lowest common denominator of Indian culture today? The attractive Hema Malini ? The songs of Vinidh Barati? The attractive Hema Malini? The sons of Vinidh Barati?
Or the mouth-watering Masala Dosa? Delectable as these may be, each yield pride of place to that false (?) symbol of a new era-the synthetic fibre. In less than twenty years the nylon sari and the terylene shirt have swept the countryside, penetrated to the farthest corners of the land and persuaded every common man, woman and child that the key to success in the present day world lie in artificial fibers: glass nylon, crepe nylon, tery mixes, polyesters and what have you. More than the bicycles, the wristwatch or the transistor radio, synthetic clothes have come to represent the first step away form the village square. The village lass treasures the flashy nylon sari in her trousseau most delay; the village youth gets a great kick out of his cheap terrycot shirt and trousers, the nearest he can approximate to the expensive synthetic sported by his wealthy citybred contemporaries. And the Neo-rich craze for ‘phoren’ is nowhere more apparent than in the price that people will pay for smuggled, stolen, begged borrowed second hand or thrown away synthetics. Alas, even the uniformity of nylon.
The synthetic fibre has –
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5d7f7dc25d5653223cdd06ecOr the mouth-watering Masala Dosa? Delectable as these may be, each yield pride of place to that false (?) symbol of a new era-the synthetic fibre. In less than twenty years the nylon sari and the terylene shirt have swept the countryside, penetrated to the farthest corners of the land and persuaded every common man, woman and child that the key to success in the present day world lie in artificial fibers: glass nylon, crepe nylon, tery mixes, polyesters and what have you. More than the bicycles, the wristwatch or the transistor radio, synthetic clothes have come to represent the first step away form the village square. The village lass treasures the flashy nylon sari in her trousseau most delay; the village youth gets a great kick out of his cheap terrycot shirt and trousers, the nearest he can approximate to the expensive synthetic sported by his wealthy citybred contemporaries. And the Neo-rich craze for ‘phoren’ is nowhere more apparent than in the price that people will pay for smuggled, stolen, begged borrowed second hand or thrown away synthetics. Alas, even the uniformity of nylon.
- 1Always been popular in Indiafalse
- 2Become popular during the last twenty yearstrue
- 3Never been popular the last twenty yearsfalse
- 4Been as popular as other kinds of fibrefalse
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