General English Practice Question and Answer

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Direction: In the following questions, a passage given in the below. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question.

As my train was not due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some magazines to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase I had left there three days before. There were only a few people waiting, and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt did not seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and the railway tickets, money, scraps of paper, and photographs tumbled out of it; but no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.

I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say he had heared this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. I told him that it was an old, brown looking object no different from the many suitcases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me form and told me to make a list of the contents of the case. If they were correct, he said, I could take the case away. I tried to remember all the articles I had hurriedly packed and wrote them down.

After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. There were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment , it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up , he could easily have  claimed the case already , Fortunately this had not happened , for after a time , I found the case lying on its side high up in the corner . After examining the articles inside, the assistant gave me the case . 

I took out my walled to pay him. I pulled out a ten-shilling note and out slipped my “lost” receipt with it! I could not help blushing . The assistant noded his head knowingly, as if to say that he had often seen this happen too!!

The writer felt foolish because

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    he could not find his receipt
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    he hadn’t really lost his receipt at all
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    he had to fill in a form
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    the assistant eyed him suspiciously
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Answer : 2. "he hadn’t really lost his receipt at all"

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In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

The old lady swooned (A)/ but was soon (B)/ restored at the senses.(C)/ No error (D)

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    A
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    B
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    C
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    D
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Answer : 2. "B"

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Answer : 4. "e"

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Direction: Choose the correct alternative of the following sentences.
Ram said, “Pay attention to me.” Ram asked

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    pay attention to him
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    paid attention to him
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    having paid attention to him
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    to pay attention to him
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Answer : 4. "to pay attention to him"

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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.
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    The teacher tells to me to stand there next to the podium.
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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."

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 Choose the correct one word
Dependent on chance or uncertainty

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    Precarious
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    Paradox
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    Presume
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    Presumptuous
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Answer : 1. "Precarious"
Explanation :

Precarious means dependent on chance, uncertain, or risky.

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Answer : 3. "government announced the"

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Translate the following sentences into English choosing the correct alternative from the options given below:

मेरा बड़ा भाई इंजीनियर बनना चाहता है। 

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    My brother wants to be a big engineer.
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    My big brother wants to become an engineer.
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    My elder brother wants to become an engineer.
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    My elder brother is wanting to become an engineer.
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Answer : 3. "My elder brother wants to become an engineer. "

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