General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

Everybody stared / when me / entered the / drawing room.

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    when me
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  • 2
    Everybody stared
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    drawing room
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    entered the
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "when me"
Explanation :

The correct form should be "when I entered the drawing room." The objective pronoun "me" should be replaced with the subjective pronoun "I."

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Answer : 3. "escaped"

Q:

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

The teacher said to me, "Stand here next to the podium."

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    The teacher told me to stand there next to the podium.
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    The teacher had told to me to have stood there next to the podium.
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    The teacher tells to me to stand there next to the podium.
    Correct
    Wrong
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    The teacher told to me to have stood there next to the podium.
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Answer : 1. "The teacher told me to stand there next to the podium."

Q:

In questions below out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

Words written on a tomb 
 

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    Epithet
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    Epigraph
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Epitaph
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Soliloquy
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Answer : 3. "Epitaph"

Q:

Having deprived of their houses (A)/ in the recent earthquake (B)/ they had no other option but to take shelter in a school. (C) No error (D) 

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    C
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    D
    Correct
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    A
    Correct
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    B
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    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "A"

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.

It was clearly a case of the pot calling the kettle black when Ram said that Jagjit was a thief.

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    Someone criticising another for a fault they have themselves.
    Correct
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    A person accusing another of being black.
    Correct
    Wrong
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    A person blaming another for something he has not done.
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Both are guilty of the same mistake.
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Answer : 1. "Someone criticising another for a fault they have themselves."

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