General English Practice Question and Answer
8 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.
Music should be taught in every school.
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5f4776048733fc33258ca64c- 1They should be teaching music in every school.false
- 2They should teach every school of music.false
- 3They should be taught music in every school.false
- 4They should be taught music in every school.true
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Answer : 4. "They should be taught music in every school."
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.
She denied point-blank her involvement in the crime.
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5f2138a74ab50b169742e962- 1Directlyfalse
- 2Desperatelyfalse
- 3stubbornlytrue
- 4rudelyfalse
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Answer : 3. "stubbornly"
Q: Direction (1-5): Given below is a passage in which each line is numbered (1)-(5). Four words in each sentence are highlighted. Find out which word is not grammatically/contextually suitable in each of the numbered sentences.
(1) There is a need to question
those
in power as it is fundamental to preserve the nation and a truthful democratic society, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday. (2) He also underscored the need for more accommodation in public discourse as democracy will be the “loser” if people refused to hear voices other than their own. (3) Delivering the Ramnath Goenka Memorial Lecture, he said all stakeholders in a democratic system, from parties to business leaders, citizens to institutions, have to realise that asking questions is good and healthy. (4) Mukherjee said people in power, across the spectrum of politics, business or civil society, by virtue of the position they enjoy, tend to dominate the discourse and effect its direction. (5) He said Indian civilisation has always celebrated plurality and promoted tolerance as these have been binding people together for centuries despite negligible differences.
Which of the following words is not appropriate in Sentence 1?
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5e90214dce0a3938e2c81e7e- 1Thosefalse
- 2Preservingfalse
- 3Truthfultrue
- 4Saidfalse
- 5All correctfalse
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Answer : 3. "Truthful "
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).
Q.3. When she regained consciousness, she was stretched in the ditch out, soaked to the skin.
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5d7b428857a1221c7d3c8dcdQ.3. When she regained consciousness, she was stretched in the ditch out, soaked to the skin.
- 1out in the ditch stretchedfalse
- 2on the ditch outstretchedfalse
- 3outstretched in the ditchtrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "outstretched in the ditch "
Q:In the following questions, the first and the last part of the sentence are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence is split into four parts and named P Q R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the parts and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer and indicate the correct response.
1.Phillip is a 55 year old blind man.
P. He enjoys the sweet smell itself.
Q. He can smell a rose but can't tell it colour.
R. He has been blind since birth
S. It does not matter to him.
6. People sometimes pity him but he tell them he is happy.
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5ddd08a9e1ce690ab5078060P. He enjoys the sweet smell itself.
Q. He can smell a rose but can't tell it colour.
R. He has been blind since birth
S. It does not matter to him.
6. People sometimes pity him but he tell them he is happy.
- 1SQRPfalse
- 2RQSPtrue
- 3PQRSfalse
- 4QPSRfalse
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Answer : 2. "RQSP"
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.
My father said to me, "Don't talk to your mother like that."
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601a741408ff1450d90d342f- 1My father warned me not to have talked to my mother like that.false
- 2My father warns me not to have talked to my mother like that.false
- 3My father warns me not to talk to my mother like that.false
- 4My father warned me not to talk to my mother like that.true
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Answer : 4. "My father warned me not to talk to my mother like that."
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: Four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer sheet.
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5fbca71ec8a3f7269c9d902d- 1Sychologicalfalse
- 2Psychologicaltrue
- 3Psykologicalfalse
- 4Sykologicalfalse
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