General English Practice Question and Answer

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.

After the success of our project we have been receiving more requests than we do not have the resources to handle them.

1943 0

  • 1
    many requests but
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    most of the requests
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    more requests that
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    too many requests
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    No correction required
    Correct
    Wrong
  • Show AnswerHide Answer
  • Workspace

Answer : 1. "many requests but"

Q:

Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.

Misfortune 

1943 0

  • 1
    Benefit
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    Calamity
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Support
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Miracle
    Correct
    Wrong
  • Show AnswerHide Answer
  • Workspace

Answer : 2. "Calamity "

Q:

Choose the correct antonym of the words from the options given below: 

Broad 

1942 0

  • 1
    Shallow
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    Deep
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Wide
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Narrow
    Correct
    Wrong
  • Show AnswerHide Answer
  • Workspace

Answer : 4. "Narrow "

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.

Hand in glove

1942 0

  • 1
    working together in the same office
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    wearing gloves while working
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    in partnership for something dishonest
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    doing work in the garden
    Correct
    Wrong
  • Show AnswerHide Answer
  • Workspace

Answer : 3. "in partnership for something dishonest"

Q:

It was………. hot that day and the cable suffered the brunt of the heat.

1941 0

  • 1
    treacherously
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    acceptably
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    unfailingly
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    unbelievably
    Correct
    Wrong
  • Show AnswerHide Answer
  • Workspace

Answer : 4. "unbelievably"

Q:

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

Life is never meant to

A-country like India
B-be easy, especially if you
C-live in a developing

1941 0

  • 1
    BAC
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    ACB
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    BCA
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    ABC
    Correct
    Wrong
  • Show AnswerHide Answer
  • Workspace

Answer : 3. "BCA"

Q:

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.

In the second week of August 1998, just a few days after the incidents of bombing the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam, a high-powered, brain-storming session was held near Washington D.C., to discuss various aspects of terrorism. The meeting was attended by ten of America’s leading experts in various fields such as germ and chemical warfare, public health, disease control and also by the doctors and the law-enforcing officers. Being asked to describe the horror of possible bio-attack, one of the experts narrated the following gloomy scenario. A culprit in a crowded business centre or in a busy shopping mall of a town empties a test tube containing some fluid, which in turn creates an unseen cloud of germ of a dreaded disease like anthrax capable of inflicting a horrible death within 5 days on any one who inhales it. At first 500, or so victims feel that they have mild influenza which may recede after a day or two. Then the symptoms return again and their lungs start filling with fluid. They rush to local hospitals for treatment, but the panic-stricken people may find that the Medicare services run quickly out of drugs due to excessive demand. But no one would be able to realise that a terrorist attack has occurred. One cannot deny the possibility that the germ involved would be of contagious variety capable of causing an epidemic. The meeting concluded that such attacks, apart from causing immediate human tragedy, would have dire long-term effects on the political and social fabric of a country by way of ending people’s trust on the competence of the government. The experts also said that the bombs used in Kenya and Tanzania were of the old-fashion variety and involved quantities of high explosives, but new terrorism will prove to be more deadly and probably more elusive than hijacking an aeroplane or a gelignite of previous decades.
According to Bruce Hoffman, an American specialist on political violence, old terrorism generally had a specific manifesto - to overthrow a colonial power or the capitalist system and so on. These terrorists were not shy about planting a bomb or hijacking an aircraft and they set some limit to their brutality. Killing so many innocent people might turn their natural supporters off. Political terrorists want a lot of people watching but not a lot of people dead. “Old terrorism sought to change the world while the new sort is often practised by those who believe that the world has gone beyond redemption”, he added. Hoffman says, “New terrorism has no long-term agenda but is ruthless in its short-term intentions. It is often just a cacophonous cry of protest or an outburst of religious intolerance or a protest against the West in general and the US in particular. Its perpetrators may be religious fanatics or diehard opponent of a government and see no reason to show restraint. They are simply intent on inflicting the maximum amount of pain on the victim.”

What was the immediate provocation for the meeting held in August 1998 ?

1940 0

  • 1
    the insistence of America’s leading
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    the horrors of possible bio-attacks
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    a culprit’s heinous act of spreading germs
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    people’s lack of trust in the government
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    None of these
    Correct
    Wrong
  • Show AnswerHide Answer
  • Workspace

Answer : 5. "None of these"

      Report Error

    Please Enter Message
    Error Reported Successfully

      Report Error

    Please Enter Message
    Error Reported Successfully

      Report Error

    Please Enter Message
    Error Reported Successfully

      Report Error

    Please Enter Message
    Error Reported Successfully

      Report Error

    Please Enter Message
    Error Reported Successfully

      Report Error

    Please Enter Message
    Error Reported Successfully

      Report Error

    Please Enter Message
    Error Reported Successfully

      Report Error

    Please Enter Message
    Error Reported Successfully