General English Practice Question and Answer
8 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: Directions (2): 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 2)
Jawaharlal Nehru was probably the first important public leader to realise that if India were to (1) its problems, it would have to (2) the age of science. The Government of free India was one of the first in the world to set up a department of science and technology. The (3) the Government has attached to science is also clear (4) the fact that the portfolio of science and technology has always been (5) by the Prime Minister himself.
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5d71e7322442194806644a15Jawaharlal Nehru was probably the first important public leader to realise that if India were to (1) its problems, it would have to (2) the age of science. The Government of free India was one of the first in the world to set up a department of science and technology. The (3) the Government has attached to science is also clear (4) the fact that the portfolio of science and technology has always been (5) by the Prime Minister himself.
- 1Comefalse
- 2Entertrue
- 3Continuefalse
- 4Directfalse
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Answer : 2. "Enter"
Q:Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
The beauty of the Japanese landscape is that it conveys philosophical messages through each feature. The use of curving pathways rather than straight lines, for instance. This feature springs from the belief that only evil travels in straight lines, good forces tend to wander. Then, odd numbers of plants and trees are used in these gardens because these numbers are considered auspicious. Even the plants used are symbolic. For example, the Cyprus represents longevity and the bamboo symbolises abundance,’ says Sadhana Roy Choudhary.
The Japan, nature is said to be so closely intertwined with human life that parents actually plant a sapling in their garden when a child is born in the family, letting the growth of the child coincide with the growth of the plants.
The Japanese pathways tend to be ____
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5f368a8e7e854923fd22e72cThe beauty of the Japanese landscape is that it conveys philosophical messages through each feature. The use of curving pathways rather than straight lines, for instance. This feature springs from the belief that only evil travels in straight lines, good forces tend to wander. Then, odd numbers of plants and trees are used in these gardens because these numbers are considered auspicious. Even the plants used are symbolic. For example, the Cyprus represents longevity and the bamboo symbolises abundance,’ says Sadhana Roy Choudhary.
The Japan, nature is said to be so closely intertwined with human life that parents actually plant a sapling in their garden when a child is born in the family, letting the growth of the child coincide with the growth of the plants.
- 1Curvedtrue
- 2Straightfalse
- 3Symbolicfalse
- 4Beautifulfalse
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Answer : 1. "Curved "
Q: Directions (55): Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence meaningfully correct. Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark “No Error” as your answer.
It is very critical that we don’t bury our heads in them sand and pretend that there is no job crisis but only some wage crisis, induced by labour market distortions.
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5d75dee65897383a2782b7e6It is very critical that we don’t bury our heads in them sand and pretend that there is no job crisis but only some wage crisis, induced by labour market distortions.
- 1bury our heads into them sand and pretendfalse
- 2bury our headed in the sand and pretendfalse
- 3bury our heads in the sand and pretendtrue
- 4bury our headed into the sand and pretendfalse
- 5No errorfalse
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Answer : 3. "bury our heads in the sand and pretend"
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.
I am ______ of winning the competition.
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5f99482ca1170a240cc7fd84- 1resistentfalse
- 2confidenttrue
- 3pertinentfalse
- 4reliantfalse
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Answer : 2. "confident"
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: In the following questions, some parts of the sentence have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If a sentence is free from error, then your answer is (d) i.e. No error
Ancient India and medieval (a)/Europe has seen (b)/the culture of busking.(c)/ No error(d)
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5ebebd17b54ef762314bb62c- 1Afalse
- 2Btrue
- 3Cfalse
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Answer : 2. "B"
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.
I looked at my damaged car and ______ how much it would cost to repair it.
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6020e4411c403b45dac8ebcc- 1wonderingfalse
- 2wonderfalse
- 3wonderedtrue
- 4wondersfalse
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