General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".
The boys absented themselves for two days.
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60ae2e01149ce93547ae316fThe boys absented themselves for two days.
- 1absentedfalse
- 2had absentedfalse
- 3were absentedfalse
- 4No improvementtrue
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Answer : 4. "No improvement"
Q: ANTIQUE
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5f44f86a09e4377de93830ec- 1boutiquefalse
- 2physiquefalse
- 3obsoletefalse
- 4newtrue
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Answer : 4. "new "
Q:Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-
Rashmi is not only smart but very beautiful.
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5f6b0eeee68c06196f1f5113- 1but beautifulfalse
- 2No improvementfalse
- 3very beautifulfalse
- 4but also very beautifultrue
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Answer : 4. "but also very beautiful"
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Mad as a hatter
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60229cb03fb46f5722f8f016Mad as a hatter
- 1eccentrictrue
- 2old fashionedfalse
- 3superstitiousfalse
- 4very upsetfalse
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Answer : 1. "eccentric"
Q:Read the passage carefully and fill in the blank.
Happy is the man who... (151) ..... the habit of reading when he is young. He has secured a life-long source of.... (152) instruction and inspiration. So long as he has his beloved books he need .... (153).. feel lonely. He always has a pleas- ant .... (154) ... of leisure moments. He is the…(155)… of wealth more precious than gold .... (156).. indeed is the man who does not read and ... (157)... is his life..(158)…gives the highest kind of pleasure. When we are….(159). …it is a healthy recreation to lose .... (160) .. .in the company of books.
Mark the answer (151).
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5dde0684e983b256fe6afb80Happy is the man who... (151) ..... the habit of reading when he is young. He has secured a life-long source of.... (152) instruction and inspiration. So long as he has his beloved books he need .... (153).. feel lonely. He always has a pleas- ant .... (154) ... of leisure moments. He is the…(155)… of wealth more precious than gold .... (156).. indeed is the man who does not read and ... (157)... is his life..(158)…gives the highest kind of pleasure. When we are….(159). …it is a healthy recreation to lose .... (160) .. .in the company of books.
- 1ownsfalse
- 2buysfalse
- 3acquirestrue
- 4takesfalse
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Answer : 3. "acquires"
Q:Direction: In questions, 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.
Everyone looked up to him.
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5f48d420036b8a325d1df19f- 1He is looked up by everyone.false
- 2He looks up by everyone.false
- 3He was looked up to by everyone.true
- 4He was looks up to by everyone.false
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Answer : 3. "He was looked up to by everyone."
Q: Select the correctly spelt word.
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64c3ae50bd3d254806862a4a- 1contamporaryfalse
- 2contemporarytrue
- 3contemperaryfalse
- 4contemporeryfalse
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Answer : 2. "contemporary"
Explanation :
The correct spelling is "contemporary."
Q:Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning of the given word as your answer.
PRECEDENCE
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5dd5010ac2282c484e493fb7- 1subordinationtrue
- 2seclusionfalse
- 3successionfalse
- 4supersessionfalse
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