General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: In the given question, four words are printed in bold and are numbered A, B, C, and D. Of these, the positions of two of these words may be incorrect and need to be exchanged to make the sentence correct. Find the two words which need to be exchanged. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e. No improvement.
Union minister M.J. Akbar newspapers (A) to take legal action against several women journalists (B) who had accused (C) him of sexual harassment at two threatened (D) where he had been an editor.
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64edc177de1aa1b70ff2deff- 1Both A-B and C-Dfalse
- 2Only C-Dfalse
- 3Only A-Bfalse
- 4Only A-Dtrue
- 5No improvementfalse
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Answer : 4. "Only A-D"
Explanation :
If we go through the given statement, it is not correct since it does not make any sense.
Though it may seem that with some changes, the sentence would imply something.
Here, we have to understand the context of the statement which is talking about the action to be taken by the Union Minister against others.
Now, coming to the options, Option 1 can be ruled out since it is clear that with this option being implemented, the resultant statement would not make any sense whatsoever.
With Option 2 also, the same may be said since it also does not make any sense.
Option 3 can be ruled out since it does imply anything.
Option 4 is the right pick since if we interchange the words according to this option, the resultant statement will make sense. 'Threatened' should be used along with the term 'legal action', and with further part of the sentence 'two newspapers' fitting in well.
Correct sentence: Union minister M.J. Akbar threatened to take legal action against several women journalists who had accused him of sexual harassment at two newspapers where he had been the editor.
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Rashmi and me are/ planning to go on / a road trip to Manali/ next summer.
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5f60585c2eed863f3a808af4- 1Rashmi and me aretrue
- 2planning to go onfalse
- 3a road trip to Manalifalse
- 4next summerfalse
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Answer : 1. "Rashmi and me are"
Q:Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
The problem of water pollution by pesticides can be understood only in context, as part of the world to which it belongs- the pollution of the total environment of making. The pollution entering our waterways comes from many sources, radioactive wastes from reactors, laboratories, and hospitals; fallout from nuclear explosions; domestic wastes from cities and towns; chemical wastes from factories. To these is added a new kind of fallout the chemical sprays applied to crop lands and gardens, forests and fields. Many of the chemical agents in this alarming melange initiate and augment the harmful effects of radiation, and within the group of chemicals themselves there are sinister and little- understood interactions, transformations, and summations of effect.
Even since the chemists began to manufacture substances that nature never invented, the problems of water purification have become complex and the danger to user of water has increased. As we have seen, the production of these synthetic chemicals in large volume begin in the 1940’s. It has now reached such proportion that an appalling deluge of chemical pollution is daily poured into the nation’s waterways. When inextricably mixed with domestic and other wastes discharged into the same water, these chemicals sometimes defy detection by the methods in ordinary use by purification plants. Most of them are so complex that they cannot be identified. In rivers, a really incredible variety of pollutants combine to produce deposits that sanitary engineers can only despairingly refer to as “gunk”.
Water pollution can only be understood
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5dafe0bac12e175dceac8585The problem of water pollution by pesticides can be understood only in context, as part of the world to which it belongs- the pollution of the total environment of making. The pollution entering our waterways comes from many sources, radioactive wastes from reactors, laboratories, and hospitals; fallout from nuclear explosions; domestic wastes from cities and towns; chemical wastes from factories. To these is added a new kind of fallout the chemical sprays applied to crop lands and gardens, forests and fields. Many of the chemical agents in this alarming melange initiate and augment the harmful effects of radiation, and within the group of chemicals themselves there are sinister and little- understood interactions, transformations, and summations of effect.
Even since the chemists began to manufacture substances that nature never invented, the problems of water purification have become complex and the danger to user of water has increased. As we have seen, the production of these synthetic chemicals in large volume begin in the 1940’s. It has now reached such proportion that an appalling deluge of chemical pollution is daily poured into the nation’s waterways. When inextricably mixed with domestic and other wastes discharged into the same water, these chemicals sometimes defy detection by the methods in ordinary use by purification plants. Most of them are so complex that they cannot be identified. In rivers, a really incredible variety of pollutants combine to produce deposits that sanitary engineers can only despairingly refer to as “gunk”.
- 1in relation to world contaminationtrue
- 2by the whole human racefalse
- 3in contextfalse
- 4in relation to the number of pesticides that existfalse
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Answer : 1. "in relation to world contamination"
Q:Directions : In the questions given below a sentence is given with two blanks in each. Corresponding to each question two columns are given with three words in each column. Which combination of words from the two columns will perfectly fit into the blanks to make the sentence contextually correct and meaningful.
The investigation also ______that another pilot flying as Staff On Duty entered the cockpit after pressing the cockpit buzzer several times. The pilot in command ______that he allowed the SOD inside the cockpit because the buzzer was distracting.
Column I Column II
A. Divulged D. Advanced
B. Rejected E. Submitted
C. Communicated F. Recommended
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5fd085a429ce5a3fbe0588bd- 1C-Dfalse
- 2B-Efalse
- 3A-Etrue
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Answer : 3. "A-E"
Q:Select the antonym of
mere
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62dfa2b5313eb40eb8a486f5- 1unadornedfalse
- 2immensetrue
- 3sheerfalse
- 4bluntfalse
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Answer : 2. "immense"
Q: Change from Assertive to Negative:
He is cleverer than me.
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636cfeaf5c30150185e68010He is cleverer than me.
- 1I am not very clever.false
- 2I will not be as clever as him.false
- 3I am not as clever as he is.true
- 4I am not as cleverer than him.false
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Answer : 3. "I am not as clever as he is."
Q:In the following question, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
STRATAGEM
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5d70e59aeb96471d6f369699- 1Truthtrue
- 2Heedfulfalse
- 3Rusefalse
- 4Cockyfalse
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Answer : 1. "Truth"
Q:In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
I had seen the magic shop from afar several times. I had passed (1)______ once or twice, a shop window of (2)______ little objects, magic balls, magic hens, wonderful cones, magic dolls and all those (3)______ of things. But never had I thought of going in (4)______ one day, Gip hauled me by my finger – right (5)______ to the window.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3.
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605d8daa47d9117fefcd2ca9I had seen the magic shop from afar several times. I had passed (1)______ once or twice, a shop window of (2)______ little objects, magic balls, magic hens, wonderful cones, magic dolls and all those (3)______ of things. But never had I thought of going in (4)______ one day, Gip hauled me by my finger – right (5)______ to the window.
- 1shapefalse
- 2designfalse
- 3patternfalse
- 4sorttrue
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