General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Direction: In these questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternative 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).
Q.7. Not only they went to see a film, they had dinner out as well
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5d7b443745d25422746e363aQ.7. Not only they went to see a film, they had dinner out as well
- 1did they gotrue
- 2they didno’t gofalse
- 3didn’t they gofalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 1. "did they go"
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 your answer is (D).
She has slept for eight hours last night.
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5f193cb99679b57327ada190- 1had sleptfalse
- 2has been sleepingfalse
- 3slepttrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "slept "
Q: Read the following passage carefully and give the answer of the questions.
When you buy a car, examine carefully the important features of the model you are considering. Many a buyer of the latest model has got into trouble by buying a car too broad or too long for his garage. Further more, a long car is too hard to manage in traffic and too difficult to park. Another feature is the comfort afforded. Are the seats nice and durably upholstered? Is there enough glass to give the driver a god view in all directions, particularly to the rear? It should be remembered that the heavier and the powerful car is, the more expensive it will be to operate. High powered motors, require expensive high-octane petrol. The greater weight means greater tyre wear and enlarged brakes. The old cliche is still true, it is not the initial cost but the upkeep which matters.
The size of the car should be in accordance with
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5d7f4c81b77af0193229fdd3When you buy a car, examine carefully the important features of the model you are considering. Many a buyer of the latest model has got into trouble by buying a car too broad or too long for his garage. Further more, a long car is too hard to manage in traffic and too difficult to park. Another feature is the comfort afforded. Are the seats nice and durably upholstered? Is there enough glass to give the driver a god view in all directions, particularly to the rear? It should be remembered that the heavier and the powerful car is, the more expensive it will be to operate. High powered motors, require expensive high-octane petrol. The greater weight means greater tyre wear and enlarged brakes. The old cliche is still true, it is not the initial cost but the upkeep which matters.
The size of the car should be in accordance with
- 1the money one can afford to payfalse
- 2the size of the garage the buyer hastrue
- 3the width of the road where the buyer lives.false
- 4the volume of traffic on roadfalse
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Answer : 2. "the size of the garage the buyer has"
Q:Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
An opinion contrary to popular belief
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5d9579a903318343d0431d73- 1Paradoxfalse
- 2Orthodoxyfalse
- 3Hearsayfalse
- 4Heresytrue
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Answer : 4. "Heresy"
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 ) .
I took the cycle which he bought yesterday.
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5dccedf0b80c4d4e55b6980b- 1that he bought yesterday.false
- 2which he had bought yesterday.true
- 3that he has bought yesterday.false
- 4No improvement.false
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Answer : 2. "which he had bought yesterday."
Q: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Bhola said to his mother, "Why is this charcoal so black?"
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5e85bd68ae7c113fcde118c2Bhola said to his mother, "Why is this charcoal so black?"
- 1Bhola asked his mother why was that charcoal so black.false
- 2Bhola told his mother why that charcoal was so black.false
- 3Bhola asked his mother why that charcoal was so black.true
- 4Bhola asked his mother why this charcoal is so black.false
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Answer : 3. "Bhola asked his mother why that charcoal was so black."
Q: His utopian idea was entertaining but not acceptable.
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5f3d20ed07f57c579cac49c1- 1classic ideafalse
- 2intelligent ideafalse
- 3unworthy ideafalse
- 4imaginary ideatrue
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Answer : 4. "imaginary idea"
Q: Given below are four jumbled sentences.Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. An environmental group performed a necropsy on the animal and found about 40 kilograms of plastic, including grocery bags and rice sacks.
B. A 4.7-metre long whale died on Saturday in Philippines where it was stranded a day earlier.
C. "It's very disgusting and heartbreaking," he said. "We've done necropsies on 61 dolphins and whales in the last 10 years and this is one of the biggest amounts of plastic we've seen."
D. "The animal died from starvation and was unable to eat because of the trash filling its stomach," said Darrell Blatchley, Director of D' Bone Collector Museum Inc..
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5d7f2d057f06bc6981e072e5A. An environmental group performed a necropsy on the animal and found about 40 kilograms of plastic, including grocery bags and rice sacks.
B. A 4.7-metre long whale died on Saturday in Philippines where it was stranded a day earlier.
C. "It's very disgusting and heartbreaking," he said. "We've done necropsies on 61 dolphins and whales in the last 10 years and this is one of the biggest amounts of plastic we've seen."
D. "The animal died from starvation and was unable to eat because of the trash filling its stomach," said Darrell Blatchley, Director of D' Bone Collector Museum Inc..
- 1BACDfalse
- 2ABCDfalse
- 3DABCfalse
- 4BADCtrue
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