General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-

As soon as she noticed the workmen, she asked them what they have been doing.

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    what have they being doing
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    what they had been doing
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    had they been doing
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    No improvement
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Answer : 2. "what they had been doing"

Q:

In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

This is an urgent (A) / matter which may admit (B) / of few delays. (C) / No error (D)

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    A
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    B
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    C
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    D
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Answer : 3. "C"

Q:

Out of four given options, find the correct spelt word

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    Consience
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    Consciens
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    Conscience
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    Consiens
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Answer : 3. "Conscience"

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Answer : 2. "fatally"

Q:

In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.
At a stone's throw

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    At a great distance
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    A quarry
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    At a short distance
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    At a place where quarrels take place
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Answer : 3. "At a short distance "

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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.

Beyond the pale

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    Unreasonable or unacceptable
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    Beynod redemption
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    Full of rhetoric
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    Distasteful
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Answer : 1. "Unreasonable or unacceptable"

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Directions: In 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 as your answer.

His profession is teaching but his _______ is photography.

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    vacation
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    vocation
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    vocative
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    avocation
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Answer : 2. "vocation "

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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    Mother told lie down Arjun.
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    Mother told Arjun for lying down.
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    Mother asked Arjun to lie down.
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    Mother asked Arjun to be lied down.
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Answer : 3. "Mother asked Arjun to lie down."

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