General English Practice Question and Answer
8 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.
Teachers would like ______________a long holiday.
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5e1febff401f2e7561e9a8f8- 1having beenfalse
- 2to havetrue
- 3havefalse
- 4having forfalse
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Answer : 2. "to have"
Explanation :
(B) to have - The correct phrase is "Teachers would like to have a long holiday." The infinitive "to have" is appropriate here to convey the desire of teachers to experience a long holiday
Q:Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
Words written on a tomb –
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5daebd82cca75847f4d94ce6- 1Epithetfalse
- 2Epigraphfalse
- 3Soliloquyfalse
- 4Epitaphtrue
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Answer : 4. "Epitaph"
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: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.
Will no one tell me what she does?
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5f34d9024e31882c043a1b98- 1Shall I be told by anyone what is done by her?false
- 2Shall I not be told by anyone what is done by her?true
- 3Shall not be I told what was done by her?false
- 4Does anyone told me what is she doing?false
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Answer : 2. "Shall I not be told by anyone what is done by her?"
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 ) .
Rahul wanted to lend me few rupees in this hour of need
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60c7365c87d7204e50acf504- 1borrow me a few rupeesfalse
- 2lend me any rupeesfalse
- 3lend me a few rupeestrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "lend me a few rupees "
Q:Direction: In these questions, some of the sentences have errors and some are correct as they are. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, write (d) as the answer.
When I lived in England (a) / it was natural for me (b) / to speak a lot of English. (c) / No error (d)
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63b6eed848c4df54f413ef0c- 1afalse
- 2bfalse
- 3cfalse
- 4dtrue
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Answer : 4. "d"
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: In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.
If you permit me to speak the truth (A) / I shall state without hesitation (B) / that you have done a mistake (C) / No Error (D)
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60ab5010c7f1592dd0de200dIf you permit me to speak the truth (A) / I shall state without hesitation (B) / that you have done a mistake (C) / No Error (D)
- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Ctrue
- 4Dfalse
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