General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
My brother said to me, “Don’t play in the rain.”
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64997844ab3c5fffc2dce39a- 1My brother said to me don’t play in the rain.false
- 2My brother forbade me to play in the rain.true
- 3My brother assured me not to play in the rain.false
- 4My brother refused me to not play in the rainfalse
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Answer : 2. "My brother forbade me to play in the rain. "
Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The weather / is much / more warmer / than it was a few days before.
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649167a34e0960e0546ac66c- 1than it was a few days beforefalse
- 2is muchfalse
- 3The weatherfalse
- 4more warmertrue
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Answer : 4. "more warmer"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "is much warmer" or "is much more warm." "More warmer" is redundant, and either "more" or "much" should be used.
Q: Choose the correct preposition:
He lost control of the car and crashed _______ a wall.
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6392d813d319b37ca19900beHe lost control of the car and crashed _______ a wall.
- 1infalse
- 2atfalse
- 3intotrue
- 4onfalse
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Answer : 3. "into"
Explanation :
(C) into - "He lost control of the car and crashed into a wall."
Q:Directions: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error if any will be in one part of the sentence, the number of that part will be the answer. If there is no error, mark (5) as the answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
To be a king and (1) / wear a crown are (2) / more glamorous to (3) / see than to bear. (4) / No error (5).
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5e3d06cee3fe3476411d872f- 11false
- 22true
- 33false
- 44false
- 55false
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Answer : 2. "2"
Q: Investors sentiment towards (1)/ India has soured in recent years(2)/as economic growth slowed(3)/ to less by 5% in current fiscal year to 8% in 2007 (4)/ No error (5).
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5eb25c993695df46ae68614a- 1Investors sentiment towardsfalse
- 2India has soured in recent yearsfalse
- 3as economic growth slowedfalse
- 4to less by 5% in current fiscal year to 8% in 2007true
- 5No errorfalse
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Answer : 4. "to less by 5% in current fiscal year to 8% in 2007 "
Q: Direction: In the question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
To call it a day
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5ff5a0bd25f3065f05ebd92bTo call it a day
- 1to conclude proceedingstrue
- 2to initiate proceedingfalse
- 3to work through the dayfalse
- 4None of the abovefalse
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Answer : 1. "to conclude proceedings"
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.
Preeti said to her friend, "I am like my mother."
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601b4e4108ff1450d90fb513- 1Preeti tells her friend that she is like her mother.false
- 2Preeti tells her friend that that she was like her mother.false
- 3Preeti told her friend that she was like her mother.true
- 4Preeti told her friend that I was like her mother.false
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Answer : 3. "Preeti told her friend that she was like her mother."
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.
He was all at sea when he began his new job.
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5d947b39eef89a492b2e2c6a- 1happyfalse
- 2Sadfalse
- 3Puzzledtrue
- 4Triumphantfalse
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