General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
No sooner did I reach home when the courier arrived.
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5f310f13bcbb69394d1dab46- 1the courier arrivedfalse
- 2I reach home whentrue
- 3No sooner didfalse
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 2. "I reach home when"
Q: Kamal’s friends has nothing to offer him other than in his grief.
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5d79dc6a3d295c1c0682037c- 1friendshipfalse
- 2kindnessfalse
- 3solutionfalse
- 4consolationtrue
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Answer : 4. "consolation"
Q: Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
Workers and companies in all sectors can contribute their skills to meet society new needs.
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644a5f0e389f65682176b641- 1sectors can contribute their skillsfalse
- 2No errorfalse
- 3to meet society new needs.true
- 4Workers and companies in allfalse
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Answer : 3. "to meet society new needs."
Q: Directions (31): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. The fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
There is nothing which a man of strong will cannot achieve. Will power is the sure hypnotism that….(31)….all obstacles that…. (32)….our progress. A man of strong will is always ….(33)…., while one who is weak in will has to….(34)….many failures. “Nothing ventured, nothing gained”….(35)….be an excellent rule of conduct, but no strong will, no….(36)….is the greatest….(37)….of life. All difficulties melt away before a….(38)….mind. Very often we attribute our….(39)….to chance, fate or stars. We blame our luck, but….(40)….do we examine our minds, the weakness of which is really responsible for our failures. (Mark your answer 31 )
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5d7230792ac3c1480447a486There is nothing which a man of strong will cannot achieve. Will power is the sure hypnotism that….(31)….all obstacles that…. (32)….our progress. A man of strong will is always ….(33)…., while one who is weak in will has to….(34)….many failures. “Nothing ventured, nothing gained”….(35)….be an excellent rule of conduct, but no strong will, no….(36)….is the greatest….(37)….of life. All difficulties melt away before a….(38)….mind. Very often we attribute our….(39)….to chance, fate or stars. We blame our luck, but….(40)….do we examine our minds, the weakness of which is really responsible for our failures. (Mark your answer 31 )
- 1preventsfalse
- 2skipsfalse
- 3overcomestrue
- 4avoidsfalse
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Answer : 3. "overcomes "
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 ) .
I am hopping she will clear her entrance test.
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5f55d898d094fa460c0650af- 1hope she clearstrue
- 2am hoping she clearsfalse
- 3am hopeful, she will clearfalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 1. "hope she clears"
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.
This area suffers from __________.
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60c893a01faa222a633213cb- 1droughttrue
- 2droaghtsfalse
- 3draughtsfalse
- 4draftsfalse
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Answer : 1. "drought"
Q:Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
After a period of two months, Nina has come out of her shell and talks freely to her colleagues.
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5f33881c7bd3dc09197acce5- 1become more confidenttrue
- 2exhibited her intelligencefalse
- 3made many friendsfalse
- 4helped her companionsfalse
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Answer : 1. "become more confident "
Q:Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
sums of money expressed in a specified monetary unit
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5f310d38c006da57832a932a- 1demarchefalse
- 2to monetisefalse
- 3to nominatefalse
- 4to denominatetrue
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