General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select No Error.
Can India make it to a leadership position (1)/ or will it be retained the ‘fast train-going-slow’ (2)/ image it always had? (3)/ No error (4)
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6018073d6d6bae40a632d3ed- 11false
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Answer : 2. "2"
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.
Simran was reading a book _____ waiting for the bus.
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5f6b101c473e9b04bc2a30e9- 1whiletrue
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Answer : 1. "while"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Grandmother was knitting a sweater for his grand-daughter.
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5f1a64ec8ae6514e222bebde- 1sweater for histrue
- 2Grandmother wasfalse
- 3grand-daughterfalse
- 4knitting afalse
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Answer : 1. "sweater for his"
Q:Directions : In the following questions, a sentence is divided into five parts with one of the parts of each sentence is highlighted in bold suggesting the grammatically correct part of the sentence. Out of the four other parts, choose the part of the sentence which contains grammatical or contextual error in it. If the given sentence is both grammatically correct and contextually meaningful, choose option (E) i.e., “No error” as your answer.
The power tariff had already (1)/been increased twice in (2)/the last 15 months and the Electricity Board had also (3)/levied additional monthly charges to consumers. (4)/No error (5)
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5e9fdaabc2b6082a96182ef0- 1The power tariff had alreadyfalse
- 2been increased twice infalse
- 3the last 15 months and the Electricity Board had alsofalse
- 4levied additional monthly charges to consumerstrue
- 5No errorfalse
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Answer : 4. "levied additional monthly charges to consumers "
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.
He wrote in his report, " The rainfall has been scanty till now. "
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5e2696f457f70c65e285271c- 1He reported that the rainfall has been scanty till now.false
- 2He reported that the rainfall has been scanty till now.false
- 3He reported that the rainfall has been scanty till then.false
- 4He reported that the rainfall had been scanty till then.true
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Answer : 4. "He reported that the rainfall had been scanty till then."
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Answer : 1. "backbone"
Q:Directions ( Q 126 - 130) Which of the phrases (1), ( 2 ) , ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct ? If the sentence is correct as it is and No correction is required ‘, mark (5) as the answer.
Peter won the race fair and square.
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5da426095225a412f51647d6- 1fair and squarefalse
- 2fairly and squarefalse
- 3fair squarefalse
- 4fair not squarefalse
- 5No correction requiredtrue
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Answer : 5. "No correction required "
Q: In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
I have sign over(A)/the cheque, you can(B)/collect it tomorrow.(C)/No error(D)
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62ea4f566f92bf0da7cf3625- 1Atrue
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
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