General English Questions Quiz for Competitive Exam

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General English Questions Quiz
Q :  

Pick the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Latika said to him, “I got a hefty discount on this television.”

(A) Latika told him that she has got a hefty discount on that television.

(B) Latika told him that she is getting a hefty discount on that television.

(C) Latika told him that she had got a hefty discount on that television.

(D) Latika told him that she has got a hefty discount on this television.


Correct Answer : C

Q :  

The surgeon says that I should get anaesthesia for the surgery.

Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.

(A) The surgeon says, “You should get anaesthesia for the surgery.”

(B) The surgeon says, “I should get anaesthesia for the surgery.”

(C) The surgeon says, “You should get anaesthesia for the surgery.”

(D) The surgeon says, “You could get anaesthesia for the surgery.”


Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Decide the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

He said, ‘Let us wait for the award.’

(A) He proposed that they should wait for the award.

(B) He said that he should wait for the award.

(C) He proposed that he should wait for the award.

(D) He said that they should waited for the award.


Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Leena said that his relatives were landing the next day.

Favour the correct direct form of the given sentence.

(A) Leena said, “My relatives land tomorrow.”

(B) Leena said, “His relatives are landing today.”

(C) Leena said, “His relatives were landing tomorrow.”

(D) Leena said, “His relatives are landing tomorrow.”


Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Kavya said to her husband, “I don’t mind being a busy woman.”

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

(A) Kavya told her husband that she had not mind being a busy woman.

(B) Kavya told her husband that she do not mind being a busy woman.

(C) Kavya told her husband she did not mind being a busy woman.

(D) Kavya told her husband that she did not mind being a busy woman.


Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Priya assured me. “I can stay in tonight.”

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

(A) Priya told me that she could stay in this night

(B) Priya told me that she could stay in that night

(C) Priya told me that she could stay in tonight

(D) Priya told me that she can stay in that night


Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Aryan told me that I knew where to find him.

Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.

(A) Aryan said to me, “You know where to find me.”

(B) Aryan said to me, “You knowing where to find me.”

(C) Aryan said to me, “You are known where to find me.”

(D) Aryan said to me, “You know where to find me.”


Correct Answer : A

Q :  

John said that he was there to resolve that fight for them.

Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.

(A) John says, “I am here to resolve this fight for you.”

(B) John said to me, “You are here to resolve this fight for you.”

(C) John said, “I am here to resolve this fight for you.”

(D) John said, “I was here to resolve this fight for you.”


Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Madhurima explained, “I am planning to quit my graduation.”

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

(A) Madhurima explained that she were planning to quit her graduation.

(B) Madhurima explained that she were planned to quit her graduation.

(C) Madhurima explained that she was planning to quit her graduation.

(D) Madhurima explained that she had been planning to quit her graduation.


Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.

Raveena asked me if I had her maid’s number.

(A) Raveena asked me, “Do you have my maid’s number?”

(B) Raveena asked me, “Are you having my maid’s number?”

(C) Raveena said to me, “Does you have my maid’s number?”

(D) Raveena asked to me, “Have you have my maid’s number?”


Correct Answer : A

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