General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: The given sentence is in active voice. Change the voice of the sentence. Select the correct option from the sentences given in options.
She used the aerobic ball during workout.
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644b93dc9471d8ce70d3afb7- 1During workout the aerobic ball were to be used by her.false
- 2During workout the aerobic ball will be used by her.false
- 3During workout the aerobic ball had been used by her.false
- 4During workout the aerobic ball was used by her.true
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Answer : 4. "During workout the aerobic ball was used by her."
Explanation :
The sentence is converted into passive voice, emphasizing the aerobic ball as the object.
Q: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
I made them cleaning the room thoroughly.
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60c098ed3a55aa3a4ad095efI made them cleaning the room thoroughly.
- 1I made them cleantrue
- 2I make them cleaningfalse
- 3I making them cleanfalse
- 4No substitution requiredfalse
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Answer : 1. "I made them clean"
Q:The language problem is not solved by deciding the medium of instruction in the educational institutions. The problem of ..(1)… between State Governments still….(2)…. At present, each State Government is….(3)…the process of adopting the regional language as the medium for administrative purposes.
Mark your answer (2).
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5dd505b4a1c5834595c1d772- 1staysfalse
- 2remainstrue
- 3residesfalse
- 4restsfalse
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Answer : 2. "remains"
Q:What, one wonders, is the lowest common denominator of Indian culture today? The attractive Hema Malini ? The songs of Vinidh Barati? The attractive Hema Malini? The sons of Vinidh Barati?
Or the mouth-watering Masala Dosa? Delectable as these may be, each yield pride of place to that false (?) symbol of a new era-the synthetic fibre. In less than twenty years the nylon sari and the terylene shirt have swept the countryside, penetrated to the farthest corners of the land and persuaded every common man, woman and child that the key to success in the present day world lie in artificial fibers: glass nylon, crepe nylon, tery mixes, polyesters and what have you. More than the bicycles, the wristwatch or the transistor radio, synthetic clothes have come to represent the first step away form the village square. The village lass treasures the flashy nylon sari in her trousseau most delay; the village youth gets a great kick out of his cheap terrycot shirt and trousers, the nearest he can approximate to the expensive synthetic sported by his wealthy citybred contemporaries. And the Neo-rich craze for ‘phoren’ is nowhere more apparent than in the price that people will pay for smuggled, stolen, begged borrowed second hand or thrown away synthetics. Alas, even the uniformity of nylon.
The tern ‘Neo-rich’ means –
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5d8f17111afb4111d6e679a7Or the mouth-watering Masala Dosa? Delectable as these may be, each yield pride of place to that false (?) symbol of a new era-the synthetic fibre. In less than twenty years the nylon sari and the terylene shirt have swept the countryside, penetrated to the farthest corners of the land and persuaded every common man, woman and child that the key to success in the present day world lie in artificial fibers: glass nylon, crepe nylon, tery mixes, polyesters and what have you. More than the bicycles, the wristwatch or the transistor radio, synthetic clothes have come to represent the first step away form the village square. The village lass treasures the flashy nylon sari in her trousseau most delay; the village youth gets a great kick out of his cheap terrycot shirt and trousers, the nearest he can approximate to the expensive synthetic sported by his wealthy citybred contemporaries. And the Neo-rich craze for ‘phoren’ is nowhere more apparent than in the price that people will pay for smuggled, stolen, begged borrowed second hand or thrown away synthetics. Alas, even the uniformity of nylon.
- 1The aristocracyfalse
- 2The industrialistsfalse
- 3The newly rich peopletrue
- 4The common peoplefalse
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Answer : 3. "The newly rich people "
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Answer : 1. "because of"
Q: In the following words which words is correctly spelt.
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5f33879ba19eae59790252d2- 1Gilotinefalse
- 2Guilotinefalse
- 3Gillotinefalse
- 4Guillotinetrue
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Answer : 4. "Guillotine"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Most of the fresh water lake in India are in the Himalayan region.
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60c1f4c7590e633a7d3cc26e- 1Most of thefalse
- 2in Indiafalse
- 3are infalse
- 4freshwater laketrue
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Answer : 4. "freshwater lake"
Q:Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
The action of draining something-
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5f34d63d4e31882c0439ff31- 1Extortionfalse
- 2Extinctionfalse
- 3Expulsionfalse
- 4Exhaustiontrue
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