General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Direction: In questions, four alternatives are given for Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
A good sportsman cannot afford to have a fit of the blues before the game.
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5f48d31ae7f09063e63090cc- 1stimulantsfalse
- 2entertainmentfalse
- 3steroids or drugsfalse
- 4depressiontrue
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Answer : 4. "depression "
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:There are three main groups of oils-animal, vegetable and mineral. Great quantities of animal oil come from whales, creatures of the sea, which are the largest of the animals remaining in the world. To protect the whales from the cold of the Artic seas, nature has provided them with a thick covering of fat, called blubber. When the whale is killed, the blubber is stripped off and boiled down. It produces a great quantity of oil which can be made into food for human consumption. A few other creatures yield oil, but none so much as the whale. The livers of the cod and halibut, two kinds of fish, yield nourishing oil. Both cod liver oil and halibut oil are given to sick children and other invalids who need certain vitamins.
Vegetable oil has been known from very old times. No household can get on without it, for it is used in cooking. Perfumes may be made from the oils of certain flowers. Soaps are made from eatable and animal products and the oils of certain flowers.
The thick protective covering of fat on a whale is called a –
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5d7f8fe5621a002eeda5d6c1Vegetable oil has been known from very old times. No household can get on without it, for it is used in cooking. Perfumes may be made from the oils of certain flowers. Soaps are made from eatable and animal products and the oils of certain flowers.
- 1skinfalse
- 2cellfalse
- 3blubbertrue
- 4finsfalse
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Answer : 3. "blubber "
Q:Directions: Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E), i.e., 'No correction required' as the answer.
When we went to wonder of worlds, I loved that really big old silver antique car that was parked in the parking lot of the East India Mall.
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5ea6bcbb8127c42fd38d5675- 1Really old silver big antique carfalse
- 2Really big silver old antique carfalse
- 3Really big silver antique carfalse
- 4Really big old silver antique cartrue
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 4. "Really big old silver antique car"
Q: In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
The launch of the small electric car will depend to the willingness of buyers to pay more for it.
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5e85c2e6d931ca3febbb0006The launch of the small electric car will depend to the willingness of buyers to pay more for it.
- 1depend to the willingnesstrue
- 2of buyers to pay more for itfalse
- 3The launch of thefalse
- 4small electric car willfalse
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Answer : 1. "depend to the willingness"
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.
Have you shut the window?
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5f34dc3e6137a8134865202f- 1Has the window been shut by you?true
- 2Has the window being shut by you?false
- 3Are the window been shut by you?false
- 4Are the window being shut by you?false
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Answer : 1. "Has the window been shut by you? "
Q: Direction: Choose the correct alternative of the following sentences.
The judge says, “ I shall punish the criminal.” The judge
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5d7a04f13d295c1c06829f4cThe judge says, “ I shall punish the criminal.” The judge
- 1says that he will be punished the criminalfalse
- 2told that he will punish the criminalfalse
- 3says that he will punish the criminaltrue
- 4said that he will punish the criminalfalse
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Answer : 3. "says that he will punish the criminal"
Q: Directions (7): In the following passages, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer in the Answer-Sheet. (Mark your answer 7)
Science (6) the average man and woman in two ways already. He or she benefits by its (7), driving in a motor-car or omnibus instead of a horse-drawn (8), being treated for disease by a doctor or surgeon rather than a priest or a (9), being (10) with an automatic pistol or a shell in of a dagger or battle-axe. It also affects his or her opinions. Almost everyone believes that the earth is and the heavens, nearly, instead of solid. And we are beginning to believe in our animal and the possibility of vast improvements in nature by biological methods.
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5d71ed7b2ac3c1480446aff1Science (6) the average man and woman in two ways already. He or she benefits by its (7), driving in a motor-car or omnibus instead of a horse-drawn (8), being treated for disease by a doctor or surgeon rather than a priest or a (9), being (10) with an automatic pistol or a shell in of a dagger or battle-axe. It also affects his or her opinions. Almost everyone believes that the earth is and the heavens, nearly, instead of solid. And we are beginning to believe in our animal and the possibility of vast improvements in nature by biological methods.
- 1Applicationstrue
- 2Implicationfalse
- 3Usefalse
- 4Admissionfalse
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