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 man has too many irons in the fire.
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5f33897a7bd3dc09197ad154- 1is attempting too many prospects simultaneouslytrue
- 2is dealing with too many problems simultaneouslyfalse
- 3is cooking too many dishes simultaneouslyfalse
- 4is maintaining too many relationships simultaneouslyfalse
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Answer : 1. "is attempting too many prospects simultaneously "
Q:In the following questions sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it as your answer.
It is a well known _____that the lover of the sea craves for dry land, the age old ____to be where we are not.
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602294aa3fb46f5722f8bc6b- 1anomaly, demiurgefalse
- 2credo, inspirationfalse
- 3belief, antipathyfalse
- 4paradox, yearningtrue
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Answer : 4. "paradox, yearning"
Q:In each of the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate your choice for the correct answer.
He came back_____India________1972.
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5f9a841159bcb042781a44b5- 1at, onfalse
- 2to, onfalse
- 3to , intrue
- 4from, infalse
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Answer : 3. "to , in"
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 ) .
They wanted to have some onion fresh soup.
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5f211c690fc7110ad91fbe1b- 1fresh soup onionfalse
- 2fresh onion souptrue
- 3soup fresh onionfalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 2. "fresh onion soup"
Q: Directions (23): In each of the question given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.
Easy does it
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5d77313a57a87607c79bff8bEasy does it
- 1Make it fastfalse
- 2To be roughfalse
- 3Slow downtrue
- 4To be conservativefalse
- 5Make more complexfalse
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Answer : 3. "Slow down"
Q:Directions: Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E), i.e., 'No correction required' as the answer.
Each individual knows how to protected on own life and it should be left to his discretion.
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5ea6bd4c8127c42fd38d5ac8- 1Protected by ownfalse
- 2Protect by ownfalse
- 3Protect his owntrue
- 4Protected his ownfalse
- 5No change requiredfalse
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Answer : 3. "Protect his own"
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: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. People are like potatoes.
P. It is only after potatoes have been sorted and bagged that they are loaded onto trucks.
Q. After potatoes have been harvested, they have to be spread out and sorted in order to get the maximum market dollar.
R. This is the method that all Idaho potato farmers use all but one.
S. They are divided according to size - big, medium and small.
6. One farmer never bothered to sort the potatoes.
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5ddcbfaa39b75a0aaa56675aP. It is only after potatoes have been sorted and bagged that they are loaded onto trucks.
Q. After potatoes have been harvested, they have to be spread out and sorted in order to get the maximum market dollar.
R. This is the method that all Idaho potato farmers use all but one.
S. They are divided according to size - big, medium and small.
6. One farmer never bothered to sort the potatoes.
- 1PQRSfalse
- 2QSPRtrue
- 3PRQSfalse
- 4QSRPfalse
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