General English Practice Question and Answer

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Such was the education / of the Spartans with regard to / one of the greatest of there king

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    No error
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    one of the greatest of there kings.
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    Such was the education
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    of the Spartans with regard to
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Answer : 2. "one of the greatest of there kings."

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Choose the alternative which shows the correct translation from Hindi to English

अभ्यास मनुष्य को योग्य बनाता है । 

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    Practice makes a man perfect.
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    Practise makes a man perfect.
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    Practice make a man perfect.
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    Practise makes men perfect.
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Answer : 1. "Practice makes a man perfect. "

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Directions (82): In questions given below, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
One who study the elections and trends in voting              

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    Radio Jockey
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    Rhetoric
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    Psephologist
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    Petrology
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Answer : 3. "Psephologist"

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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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    Bad habits spread by imitation
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    We live in a decadent civilization
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    There are too may bad writers
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    People are too lazy to change their bad habits
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Answer : 2. "We live in a decadent civilization"

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Choose the best option. A hundred and twenty kilometers an hour_____ much too fast. 

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    is
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    are
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    am
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    being
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Answer : 1. "is"

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Fill in the blanks by choosing an appropriate alternative. 

The committee comprises …………………………. men of widely different views.

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    of
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    in
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    with
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    preposition is not required
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Answer : 4. "preposition is not required"

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