General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
The Government is setting up a special surveillance cell for epidemic-prone diseases at flood-ravaged Bihar.
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60c097ce046ad7381c626b92The Government is setting up a special surveillance cell for epidemic-prone diseases at flood-ravaged Bihar.
- 1The Government is setting upfalse
- 2at flood-ravaged Bihartrue
- 3a special surveillance cellfalse
- 4for epidemic-prone diseasesfalse
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Answer : 2. "at flood-ravaged Bihar"
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 ) .
Will you lend me few rupees in this hour of need?
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5dcce7d4f348e931548f3042- 1lend me a little rupeesfalse
- 2borrow me a few rupeesfalse
- 3lend me a few rupeestrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "lend me a few rupees"
Q:In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
The guide said to the tourists, "This will be the best day of your life."
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601a6f3c8f9c7c5b6d8fb7de- 1The guide told the tourists this that would be the best day of their lives.false
- 2The guide told the tourists that this will be the best day of their lives.false
- 3The guide told the tourists that this would be the best day of their lives.false
- 4The guide told the tourists that that would be the best day of their lives.true
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Answer : 4. "The guide told the tourists that that would be the best day of their lives."
Q:Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five groups of words have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately.
Saudi Arabia has allowed women into the national stadium for the first time as it launched celebrations to mark the 87th anniversary (1) with an unprecedented array of concerts and performances. The events are part of the government’s Vision 2030 reform program launched two years ago to (2) away from oil, create new sectors to employ young citizens and open up Saudis’ cloistered lifestyles. However, in a country (3) Wahhabi brand of Sunni Islam, which bans gender mixing, concerts, and cinemas, the plan’s seemingly anodyne goals to empower women, promote sports and invest in entertainment (4). They have stepped up national day celebrations that were previously attacked by clerics as (5), and are promoting heritage sites, such as Nabatean rock temples, once seen as embarrassing in the land of Islam.
Choose the correct answer from the given options to fill the blank 1.
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5e9557eb372df70fd1ace0a6Saudi Arabia has allowed women into the national stadium for the first time as it launched celebrations to mark the 87th anniversary (1) with an unprecedented array of concerts and performances. The events are part of the government’s Vision 2030 reform program launched two years ago to (2) away from oil, create new sectors to employ young citizens and open up Saudis’ cloistered lifestyles. However, in a country (3) Wahhabi brand of Sunni Islam, which bans gender mixing, concerts, and cinemas, the plan’s seemingly anodyne goals to empower women, promote sports and invest in entertainment (4). They have stepped up national day celebrations that were previously attacked by clerics as (5), and are promoting heritage sites, such as Nabatean rock temples, once seen as embarrassing in the land of Islam.
- 1With its foundingfalse
- 2Of its foundationtrue
- 3For the celebrationfalse
- 4Of art and culturefalse
- 5Of religious concertsfalse
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Answer : 2. "Of its foundation"
Q: Direction: 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 said to me, “What are you doing?
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60082393da57152562a6c62fHe said to me, “What are you doing?
- 1He asked me what I was doing.true
- 2He asked me what I am doing.false
- 3He asked me what am I doing.false
- 4He said to me what I was doing.false
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Answer : 1. "He asked me what I was doing."
Q:Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning of the given word as your answer.
AUGMENT
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5f44ea168d39ed5d2ac64254- 1supplementfalse
- 2decreasetrue
- 3increasefalse
- 4defendfalse
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Answer : 2. "decrease "
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.
Hostile
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5f1824e4582605560c6d1f5f- 1Delinquentfalse
- 2Reticentfalse
- 3Poorfalse
- 4Antagonistictrue
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Answer : 4. "Antagonistic "
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