General English Practice Question and Answer

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Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-

He belongs to rich family.

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    a well-to-do family
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    an upper class family
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    a well-known family
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    No improvement
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Answer : 4. "No improvement"

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Read the carefully the following passage and give answer the questions.

The victory of the small Green democracy of Athens over the mighty Persian empire in 490 B.C. is one of the most famous events in history. Darius, king of the Persian empire, was furious because Athens had interceded for the other Greek city-states in revolt against Persian domination. In anger the king sent at enormous army to defeat Athens. He thought it would take drastic steps to pacify the rebellious part of the empire Persia was reuled by one man.
 In Athens, however, all citizens helped to rule. Ennobled by this participation, Athenians were prepared to die for their city- state. Perhaps this was the secret of the remarkable victory at Marathon, which freed them from Persian rule. On their way to Marathon, the Persians tried to fool some Greek city-states by claiming to have come in peace. The frightened citizens of Delos refused to believe this. Not wanting to abet the conquest of Greece, they fled from their city and did not return until the Persians had left. They were wise, for the Persians next conquered the city of Etria and captured its people. Tiny Athens stood alone against Persia. The Athenian people went to their sanctuaries. There they prayed for deliverance. They- asked their Gods to expedite their victory. The Athenians refurbished their weapons and moved to the plain of Marathon, where their little band would meet the Persians. At the last moment, soldiers from Plataea reinforced the Athenian troops.
 The Athenian army attacked, the Greek citizens fought bravely. The power of the mighty Persians was offset by the love that the Athenians had for their city. Athenians defeated the Persians in archery and hand combat. Greek soldiers seized Persian ships of burned them, and the Persians fled in terror. Herodotus, a famous historian, reports that 6400 Persians died, compared with only 192 Athenians. 

Marathon was the place where- 

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    People went to sanctuaries
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    Athenians achieved victory
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    Darius ruled
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    Greeks seized Persian ships
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Answer : 2. "Athenians achieved victory "

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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 died  in harness.

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    ceased to live
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    died of a disease
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    died for his country
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    died while working
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Answer : 4. "died while working"

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Directions :Read the following passage to answer the given questions based on it. Some words/phrases are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
During the reign of king Veer, there lived a wise magistrate. Haripant’s verdicts were always just and people from all over vast kingdom came to him in ordered to settle their disputes. In the city where Haripant lived, there was a greedy ghee merchant named Niranjan. He always kept twenty barrels of ghee. Of these, fifteen would contain good quality ghee and the remaining could be adulterated. He would mix the two and sell it. This went on for a long time, till finally the people fed up of being cheated, complained to Haripant.
Haripant had the ghee examined and found to it be adulterated. He gave Niranjan a choice of punishment-drink the five barrels of adulterated ghee from his shop, or receive a hundred lashings, or pay a thousand gold coins to the treasury. Niranjan thought for a while. Losing a thousand gold coins was too much and a hundred lashings too painful. So he decided to drink the five barrels of ghee. Though Niranjan sold adulterated goods in his shop, he made sure his own food was of the best quality. So after drinking one barrel of ghee he began to feel sick. By the second barrel, he was vomiting. At this point he decided to opt for the lashings instead. But he was pampered and his body was unused to any harsh treatment. After ten lashes, he started trembling and by twenty he was giddy. ‘Stop!’ he screamed. ‘I will pay the thousand gold coins!’ And he handed them over.
So he ended up suffering all three punishments, something he did not forget in a hurry and the people of the city got to use only the best quality in their food from then on.

Which of the following is not true in the context of the passage ?

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    Sean was a poor and suffering man
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    Luke came to know about the orchard from his uncle
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    Luke was finally set free
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    Both Sean and Luke collected fruits from Emperor's orchard
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Answer : 4. "Both Sean and Luke collected fruits from Emperor's orchard"

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Answer : 1. "was sitting"

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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 doctor asked his patient to regularly take his medicine.

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    The doctor
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    asked his patient
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    to regularly take his medicine.
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    No error
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Answer : 3. "to regularly take his medicine."

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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).

Two small boys and a dog (A)/ comprised of (B) / the street entertainer's only audience. (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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