General English Practice Question and Answer
8 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 didn’t tell me directly, but reading between the lines. I think he is not happy with them.
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5da84f0bb247ec0cc95f8480- 1reading slowly and haltinglyfalse
- 2understanding the sense rather than the actual wordstrue
- 3understanding the meaning of words and not the sensefalse
- 4reading superficially.false
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Answer : 2. "understanding the sense rather than the actual words "
Q: Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
ENTHRALL
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5e85b8c6ae7c113fcde0fb7dENTHRALL
- 1disgustfalse
- 2freefalse
- 3mesmerizetrue
- 4repelfalse
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Answer : 3. "mesmerize"
Q:In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
The boss said, "It's time we began planning our work".
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5e2053ed7925ca44aa9f1789- 1The boss said that it was time they had begun planning their work.true
- 2The boss said that it was time they began planning our work.false
- 3The boss said that it was time they began planning their work.false
- 4The boss said that it was time we began planning his work.false
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Answer : 1. "The boss said that it was time they had begun planning their work. "
Q:A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.
She will finish the thesis in a fortnight.
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5e7af8084572817353d90b9a- 1The thesis would be finished in a fortnight by her.false
- 2The thesis will finished by her in a fortnight.false
- 3The thesis will be finished by her in a fortnight.true
- 4A fortnight is required to finish the thesis.false
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Answer : 3. "The thesis will be finished by her in a fortnight."
Q: We could barely get any information at the airport _____ people seemed to have _____ idea about the flights.
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63987da7d319b37ca1c1f79e- 1Many /anyfalse
- 2a lot of /anyfalse
- 3Only a few /sometrue
- 4Any/nofalse
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Answer : 3. "Only a few /some"
Q:Directions : In the following questions, a sentence is divided into four parts consisting of a highlighted word in each part. Choose the option reflecting the word which is either misspelt or grammatically incorrect. If all the highlighted words are correct, choose option (e) i.e. “all are correct” as your answer choice.
This cat and mouse tactic was purposely designed to provoke, inrage and panic the unemployed.
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61793b9de99e6820a368fd77- 1tacticfalse
- 2purposelyfalse
- 3inragetrue
- 4panicfalse
- 5All are correctfalse
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Answer : 3. " inrage "
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).
The military has (a)/left for their positions (b) a few days (c) ago. (d) No error
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5fe054e657fec21ec037f543- 1(a)true
- 2(b)false
- 3(c)false
- 4(d)false
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Answer : 1. "(a)"
Q:Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
We make butter from milk.
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6108c9f42076b70f4010aed5- 1Butter is being made from milk.false
- 2Butter has been made from milk.false
- 3Butter was made from milk.false
- 4Butter is made from milk.true
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