General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
She ate the sweets greedily.
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601a470408ff1450d90c31ba- 1Eating of the sweets was done by her greedily.false
- 2The sweets were eaten by her greedily.true
- 3Greedily sweets are eaten by her.false
- 4She herself ate the sweets greedily.false
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Answer : 2. "The sweets were eaten by her greedily."
Q: BANE
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5f44f7af09e4377de9382498- 1disadvantagefalse
- 2boontrue
- 3profitfalse
- 4None of the abovefalse
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Answer : 2. "boon "
Q:There are three main groups of oils-animal, vegetable and mineral. Great quantities of animal oil come from whales, creatures of the sea, which are the largest of the animals remaining in the world. To protect the whales from the cold of the Artic seas, nature has provided them with a thick covering of fat, called blubber. When the whale is killed, the blubber is stripped off and boiled down. It produces a great quantity of oil which can be made into food for human consumption. A few other creatures yield oil, but none so much as the whale. The livers of the cod and halibut, two kinds of fish, yield nourishing oil. Both cod liver oil and halibut oil are given to sick children and other invalids who need certain vitamins.
Vegetable oil has been known from very old times. No household can get on without it, for it is used in cooking. Perfumes may be made from the oils of certain flowers. Soaps are made from eatable and animal products and the oils of certain flowers.
Vegetable oil is mainly used for –
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5d7f8f015cdffc2effb476b5Vegetable oil has been known from very old times. No household can get on without it, for it is used in cooking. Perfumes may be made from the oils of certain flowers. Soaps are made from eatable and animal products and the oils of certain flowers.
- 1eatingfalse
- 2cookingtrue
- 3fryingfalse
- 4lubricatingfalse
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Answer : 2. "cooking"
Q:Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language-so the argument runs-must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes.
Now it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes it is not due simply to the bad influence of this or that individual writer. But an effect can become a cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing the same effect in an intensified form, and so on indefinitely. A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits, one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers.
Many people believe that nothing can be done about the English language because –
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5d8f187a1afb4111d6e680caNow it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes it is not due simply to the bad influence of this or that individual writer. But an effect can become a cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing the same effect in an intensified form, and so on indefinitely. A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits, one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers.
- 1Bad habits spread by imitationfalse
- 2We live in a decadent civilizationtrue
- 3There are too may bad writersfalse
- 4People are too lazy to change their bad habitsfalse
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Answer : 2. "We live in a decadent civilization"
Q:Directions: Each sentence below has two blanks , each blank indicating that something has been omitted . Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
They . . . . . . invited all the members of the association . . . . . . the inauguration.
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5da4159cfac0ed7fa90c3f0b- 1had, byfalse
- 2has, atfalse
- 3can, infalse
- 4have, fortrue
- 5want, byfalse
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Answer : 4. "have, for "
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).
He stayed in Delhi (A)/ for one and a half months (B)/ because I insisted on him doing that. (C)/No error (D)
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5f337cb97bd3dc09197aa983- 1Afalse
- 2Btrue
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
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Answer : 2. "B"
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).
A leader had ruled outer (A)/ the possibility of a tie-up with (B)/ another party.(C)/ No Error (D)
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6114ceb59e6642101a893fd3- 1Atrue
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
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Answer : 1. "A"
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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