General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-
Suraj looked at Sunil with a question.
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5fbca066433ab9498d23bd13- 1questioninglyfalse
- 2questionablyfalse
- 3wistfullytrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "wistfully"
Q:Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blank.
______________ knowledge in this field is really profound.
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649c00b5cae316dfef8ba03a- 1Therefalse
- 2Theirtrue
- 3Darefalse
- 4They‘refalse
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Answer : 2. "Their "
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.
The car-park was full, so we ________ to look for another place to park.
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5fa3c814c21c860b972f594b- 1havingfalse
- 2hadtrue
- 3hasfalse
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Answer : 2. "had"
Q:The 1st and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. The find the correct answer and indicate it in the answer sheet.
1. During the mid 1600s, the Sun King, Louis XIV created a new fad of platform shoes, simply because he had the royal power to do so.
P. The chopines were worn to increase a woman's height.
Q. The platform shoes soon became the symbol of nobility.
R. They were often 24 inches off the ground and ladies had to be escorted through the streets.
S. Also during the time, women in Florence were wearing platform shoes known as chopines.
6. Some historians believe the modern-day high heel originates from the chopine.
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5f34cf004e31882c0439d8dcP. The chopines were worn to increase a woman's height.
Q. The platform shoes soon became the symbol of nobility.
R. They were often 24 inches off the ground and ladies had to be escorted through the streets.
S. Also during the time, women in Florence were wearing platform shoes known as chopines.
6. Some historians believe the modern-day high heel originates from the chopine.
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- 2RSQPfalse
- 3RSPQfalse
- 4QSPRtrue
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Answer : 4. "QSPR"
Q:Read the passage carefully and give the answer of following questions.
One of the American Navy's greatest losses during World War if was inflicted not by the Japanese, but by the weather. On the evening of 17 December 1944, destroyers, cruisers and aircraft carriers of the Third Fleet Task Force 38 were replenishing stocks of food, fuel and ammunition during a sea rendezvous with support ships when a savage tornado struck the Philippine Sea. One of the commanders said later: 'My ship was riding as though caught in some giant washing machine. We were rolling between heaving clifs of water, caught in so strong a vice of wind and sea that our 50,000 horse- power engines were helpless. It was nine hours before he regained control of his ship, after the fleet had bobbed like helpless shuttlecocks, unable to prevent collisions in the sledge hammer waves.
Find a word from the passage which means "refilling".
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5dde1ee4b025ff571dd9e01eOne of the American Navy's greatest losses during World War if was inflicted not by the Japanese, but by the weather. On the evening of 17 December 1944, destroyers, cruisers and aircraft carriers of the Third Fleet Task Force 38 were replenishing stocks of food, fuel and ammunition during a sea rendezvous with support ships when a savage tornado struck the Philippine Sea. One of the commanders said later: 'My ship was riding as though caught in some giant washing machine. We were rolling between heaving clifs of water, caught in so strong a vice of wind and sea that our 50,000 horse- power engines were helpless. It was nine hours before he regained control of his ship, after the fleet had bobbed like helpless shuttlecocks, unable to prevent collisions in the sledge hammer waves.
- 1heavingfalse
- 2inflictingfalse
- 3retaliatingfalse
- 4replenishingtrue
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Answer : 4. "replenishing"
Q:Find out the correct superlative degrees.
Good
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5e5f70cc860fb849c8e95608- 1betterfalse
- 2The betterfalse
- 3besttrue
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Answer : 3. "best "
Q: Directions:Select the words or group of words that is most Opposite in meaning (antonym) to the word in capital letters.
Strident
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5d71fd742ac3c1480446f820Strident
- 1stridulantfalse
- 2blatantfalse
- 3moderatetrue
- 4vociferousfalse
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Answer : 3. "moderate"
Explanation :
The word "Strident" means loud, harsh, and grating. The antonym (opposite in meaning) for "Strident" is:
(C) Moderate
"Moderate" suggests a middle level of intensity or volume, in contrast to the loud and harsh nature of something strident.
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 express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Mother said, "Lie down, Arjun."
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62ea4d166f92bf0da7cf285a- 1Mother told lie down Arjun.false
- 2Mother told Arjun for lying down.false
- 3Mother asked Arjun to lie down.true
- 4Mother asked Arjun to be lied down.false
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