General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Choose the most appropriate option from the choices given below: 

Which of the following is a correct form of ending a letter? 

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    Yours faithfully
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    Your's faithfully
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    Yours Faithfully
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    Yours faithfuly
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Answer : 1. "Yours faithfully "

Q:

Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word given in capital letters:

ALLEGIANCE

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    Allowance
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    Continued support
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    Loyalty
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    Alliance
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Answer : 3. "Loyalty"

Q:

Modern public sector managers have become quite……….in shifting their loyalties.

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    overt
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    inept
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    learned
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    adept
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Answer : 4. "adept"

Q:

Fill in the blank with the correct determiner:
 _______ boy and girl should go to college.

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    All
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    Enough
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    Every
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    Several
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Answer : 3. "Every "
Explanation :

(C) Every - "Every boy and girl should go to college."

Q:

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
We have witnessed several disasters in recent times, some natural others man made. The frequency of such calamities has injured us and deadened our collective sensitivity, but that does not reduce the enormity of the - personal tragedy of each victim's family and community. The economic loss is only secondary to the human suffering, but is also substantial. The Government whether State or Central has standardised its response. This consists of reacting late, blaming others, visits by VIPs announcing a relief package including compensation for those affected and then forgetting all about it. There seems to be little attempt at drawing lessons from each disaster, storing the knowledge for future use , long term planning for possible pre - emptive action. Prepared ness for disasters thus falls short of what is possible using today ' s technologies.

Floods in many parts of India like the states of Bihar and Assam area yearly phenomenon. Yet the government seems to be caught by surprise year after year. It is obvious that tarpaulins, vaccines, medicines, clothes, satellite phones, large numbers of doctors and paramedical staff etc. will be needed as will boats and buses for evacuation. This is known to all those who have combated emergencies yet the non - availability of these essential services and commodities occurs. Worse the organizational structure and mechanisms for dealing with disasters are lethargic and ill defined. The National Disaster Management Agency, set up a short time ago being a central government agency has limitations relating to infringing the jurisdiction of states. It could have aggregated and disseminated experiences and knowledge, stocked many of the essential items required in an emergency or worked with agencies to ensure sufficient stocks, but hasn’t.

While the reaction to major disasters is dismal, the response to emergencies like accident is equally sad. Victim lie unattended since passersby are wary of getting caught in a labyrinthine of police and legal systems. The resulting delay in treatment con verts injuries into deaths. Of late, unique and free service to provide assistance in emergency cases is operational. Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) is a professionally managed operation - initiated by the vision and grant from Ramalinga Raju. The service , which is a successful example of public private partnership likely to become operational in a few states in the near future . Given the sad failure of conventional government organisations in handling disaster, it is time we looked at the PPP model as an alternative without the government seeking in any way to abdicate its responsibility. While the state provides the funding, private organizations will provide the drive, professionalism, competent management and output linked efficiency of a good corporate organization. Combining the sensitivity and purpose of an NGO with private entrepreneurial drive to handle disasters together is thus a worthwhile challenge for both corporates and the government .

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

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    Man made disasters occur more frequently than natural disasters .
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    The Public Private Participation model has been successful in handling emergencies ,
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    Floods occur every year in some Indian states ,
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    Analysis of previous disasters will help us cope with future ones
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    People have become indifferent to disasters
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Answer : 1. "Man made disasters occur more frequently than natural disasters . "

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