General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Direction: In these questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternative to the bold part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D).
When the owner offered tea, the poet denied it
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5d7b4ede328c71253aaa1892- 1dislikedfalse
- 2declinedtrue
- 3disobeyedfalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 2. "declined "
Q:Directions : In these questions , a part of the sentence is given in bold . Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A) , (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence . Choose the correct alternative . In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D ) .
Please report to me when you return back from Delhi.
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5e2055177925ca44aa9f1796- 1you have returned back fromfalse
- 2you return fromtrue
- 3you returned back fromfalse
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Answer : 2. "you return from "
Q: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).
He has known me (A)/ since (B)/ six years.(C)/ No error (D)
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5d947949987fcf212b21e601- 1Afalse
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Answer : 2. "B"
Q:Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
Shikha said, “The heavy rain this week has spoiled all my travel plans.”
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649575bfcae316dfef7708a6- 1Shikha said that the heavy rain that week had spoiled all her travel plans.true
- 2Shikha told me that the heavy rain that week had spoiled all her travel plans.false
- 3Shikha said that the heavy rain that week has spoiled all her travel plans.false
- 4Shikha said that the heavy rain this week had spoiled all her travel plansfalse
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Answer : 1. "Shikha said that the heavy rain that week had spoiled all her travel plans. "
Q: Receive the poor warmly.
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5e5faa1f074319409eab25b5- 1The poor should be received warmly.true
- 2The poor have to be received warmly.false
- 3Let the poor be received warmly.false
- 4The poor must be received warmly.false
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Answer : 1. "The poor should be received warmly. "
Q:There are three main groups of oils-animal, vegetable and mineral. Great quantities of animal oil come from whales, creatures of the sea, which are the largest of the animals remaining in the world. To protect the whales from the cold of the Artic seas, nature has provided them with a thick covering of fat, called blubber. When the whale is killed, the blubber is stripped off and boiled down. It produces a great quantity of oil which can be made into food for human consumption. A few other creatures yield oil, but none so much as the whale. The livers of the cod and halibut, two kinds of fish, yield nourishing oil. Both cod liver oil and halibut oil are given to sick children and other invalids who need certain vitamins.
Vegetable oil has been known from very old times. No household can get on without it, for it is used in cooking. Perfumes may be made from the oils of certain flowers. Soaps are made from eatable and animal products and the oils of certain flowers.
The thick protective covering of fat on a whale is called a –
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5d8f229691791079c3e1498aVegetable oil has been known from very old times. No household can get on without it, for it is used in cooking. Perfumes may be made from the oils of certain flowers. Soaps are made from eatable and animal products and the oils of certain flowers.
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- 2cellfalse
- 3blubbertrue
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Answer : 3. "blubber "
Q:Fill in the blanks by choosing an appropriate alternative.
Shyam plays …………………………. Piano.
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5e5f4cc273aced15337da762- 1thetrue
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Answer : 1. "the "
Q:Directions (Q .121 - 125 ): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any . grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ' No error the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation if any).
The priest then request ( 1 ) / all the wealthy men to ( 2 ) / donate at least some money ( 3 ) / for building a new temple . (4) / No error (5)
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5da41a79fac0ed7fa90c4180- 11true
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