General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

In the following words which words is correctly spelt.

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    Gilotine
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    Guilotine
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    Gillotine
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    Guillotine
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Answer : 4. "Guillotine"

Q:

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

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    ecstacy
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    diagnosis
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    athlete
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    accumulate
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Answer : 1. "ecstacy"

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. 

The author believes that – 

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    It’s now too late to do anything about the problem
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    Language is a natural growth and cannot be shaped for our won purpose
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    The decline in the language can be stopped
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    The process of an increasingly bad language cannot be stopped
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Answer : 3. "The decline in the language can be stopped"

Q:

Instruction: Choose the alternative which is an Adjective formed by adding a Suffix. 

Caution 

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    cautional
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    cautious
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    caution
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    None of these
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Answer : 2. "cautious "

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 expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

The jeweller said to us, "These diamonds are polished here."

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    The jeweller informed us that those diamonds were polished here.
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    The jeweller informed us that these diamonds were polished here.
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    The jeweller informed us that these diamonds were polished there.
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    The jeweller informed us that those diamonds were polished there.
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Answer : 4. "The jeweller informed us that those diamonds were polished there."

Q:

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.

Peace was _________ in Konoha as preparations for the upcoming war was being carried out behind the scenes.

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    Perpetual
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    Ephemeral
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    Elegant
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    Nadir
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    None of these
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Answer : 2. "Ephemeral"

Q:

Find the word spelt incorrectly.

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    Appease
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    Atrocious
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    Assuage
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    Aporism
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Answer : 4. "Aporism"

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Fill in the blank with the correct tense of the verb given in the brackets. Choose the correct form from the options below:
 They _____ (buy) vegetable last week.

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    bought
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    buys
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    have bought
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    buy
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Answer : 1. "bought "
Explanation :

(A) bought - "They bought vegetables last week." The past tense of the verb "buy" is needed in this context to match the timeframe mentioned.

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