General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the options given. Select the most
appropriate option for each blank.
Recently, there was a news report about a man who tried to catch a robber but suffered a hip (1)______ in the process. The victim was a
plumber and he was (2)______ in the hall outside the bedroom. He had left the bedroom door open for better ventilation. (3)______ two
hours after midnight, he heard some noise from the bedroom. When he went in to check, he found a man (4)______ open the cupboard
and taking away jewellery and cash. On seeing him, the robber tried to escape and jumped from the second floor. The plumber
(5)______ the robber and jumped after him. Unfortunately, he hit a concrete wall and broke his hip; he was rushed to a nearby hospital.
The robber managed to escape.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.
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643d2ccf19f0af16e38bea33- 1Forfalse
- 2Abouttrue
- 3Byfalse
- 4Atfalse
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Answer : 2. "About"
Q:In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the options given. Select the most
appropriate option for each blank.
Recently, there was a news report about a man who tried to catch a robber but suffered a hip (1)______ in the process. The victim was a
plumber and he was (2)______ in the hall outside the bedroom. He had left the bedroom door open for better ventilation. (3)______ two
hours after midnight, he heard some noise from the bedroom. When he went in to check, he found a man (4)______ open the cupboard
and taking away jewellery and cash. On seeing him, the robber tried to escape and jumped from the second floor. The plumber
(5)______ the robber and jumped after him. Unfortunately, he hit a concrete wall and broke his hip; he was rushed to a nearby hospital.
The robber managed to escape.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.
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643d2c572d621da11696f15c- 1being sleepingfalse
- 2been sleepingfalse
- 3had been sleepingfalse
- 4sleepingtrue
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Answer : 4. "sleeping"
Q:In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the options given. Select the most
appropriate option for each blank.
Recently, there was a news report about a man who tried to catch a robber but suffered a hip (1)______ in the process. The victim was a
plumber and he was (2)______ in the hall outside the bedroom. He had left the bedroom door open for better ventilation. (3)______ two
hours after midnight, he heard some noise from the bedroom. When he went in to check, he found a man (4)______ open the cupboard
and taking away jewellery and cash. On seeing him, the robber tried to escape and jumped from the second floor. The plumber
(5)______ the robber and jumped after him. Unfortunately, he hit a concrete wall and broke his hip; he was rushed to a nearby hospital.
The robber managed to escape.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.
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643d2bf572ca731a99395c7b- 1fracturetrue
- 2diseasefalse
- 3conditionfalse
- 4problemfalse
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Answer : 1. "fracture"
Q:Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Nitrogen is essential to life (1)______ Earth. It is a component of all proteins, and it can be (2)______ in all living systems. Nitrogen compounds are (3)______ in organic materials, foods, fertilisers, explosives and poisons. Nitrogen is crucial to life, (4)______ in excess it can also be (5)______ to the environment.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
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64253e057ac9a186e4db1593Nitrogen is essential to life (1)______ Earth. It is a component of all proteins, and it can be (2)______ in all living systems. Nitrogen compounds are (3)______ in organic materials, foods, fertilisers, explosives and poisons. Nitrogen is crucial to life, (4)______ in excess it can also be (5)______ to the environment.
- 1harmfultrue
- 2pliablefalse
- 3optimisticfalse
- 4Rationalfalse
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Answer : 1. "harmful "
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Bend over backwards
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6438f193a16c2dfa9ce61489- 1To express sudden shockfalse
- 2To exert a lot of effort towards some endtrue
- 3To end all activitiesfalse
- 4To confess to a crimefalse
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Answer : 2. "To exert a lot of effort towards some end"
Q: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No Improvement.
The father with his children were expected to attend the function.
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6438f0711ce944a93ea14978The father with his children were expected to attend the function.
- 1arefalse
- 2havefalse
- 3No Improvementfalse
- 4wastrue
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Answer : 4. "was"
Q: Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Courage
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6438f008a16c2dfa9ce61386- 1Meeknessfalse
- 2Valourtrue
- 3Humilityfalse
- 4Timidityfalse
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Answer : 2. "Valour"
Q: Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
It was not possible/for we/to understand her. /No error.
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6438ef891ce944a93ea1481c- 1for wetrue
- 2to understand herfalse
- 3It was not possiblefalse
- 4No errorfalse
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