General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:In the questions given below, choose the word most opposite in meaning to the given word and mark your answer.
FRESH
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6013f8fa5beea84b8ece8137- 1Sourfalse
- 2Staletrue
- 3Ladenfalse
- 4Softfalse
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Answer : 2. "Stale"
Q: Choose the option that is the correct indirect form of the sentence.
She said, “I will be available tomorrow.”
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64479fcd9e10c4684bff2b14- 1She said that she would be available tomorrow.false
- 2She said that she would be available the next day.true
- 3She said that she must be available the next day.false
- 4She said that she will be available the next day.false
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Answer : 2. "She said that she would be available the next day."
Q:Choose the correct spelling of the underlined word in the given sentence.
The committee could not reach a conscence even after a six-hour long meeting yesterday.
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649c01011a612ce001fc13a7- 1consensustrue
- 2consciusfalse
- 3cautiusfalse
- 4conscientiosfalse
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Answer : 1. "consensus"
Explanation :
The correct spelling is "consensus."
Q:Directions: In the following questions, the sentences have been given in Active/Passive voice. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Passive/Active voice.
The peon refused him admittance.
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63aacac2e590d4085fd17efe- 1He was refused admittance by the peon.true
- 2Admittance is refused to him by the peon.false
- 3Admittance was refused by the peon to him.false
- 4Admittance is refused him by the peon.false
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Answer : 1. "He was refused admittance by the peon. "
Explanation :
The past simple tense is changed into the passive voice.
Q: Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. I went to college from the eleventh grade and never went to the twelfth grade, and skipped another grade earlier, so I was a pretty young fellow at Morehouse.
B. At the age of fifteen, I entered Morehouse College and my father and my maternal grandfather had also attended, so Morehouse has had three generations of Kings.
C. The professors were not caught up in the clutches of state funds and could teach what they wanted with academic freedom and encouraged us in a positive quest for a solution to racial ills.
D. I shall never forget the hardships that I had upon entering college, for though I had been one of the top students in high school, I was still reading at only an eighth-grade level.
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64621b4819bbd20a9ad37fcfA. I went to college from the eleventh grade and never went to the twelfth grade, and skipped another grade earlier, so I was a pretty young fellow at Morehouse.
B. At the age of fifteen, I entered Morehouse College and my father and my maternal grandfather had also attended, so Morehouse has had three generations of Kings.
C. The professors were not caught up in the clutches of state funds and could teach what they wanted with academic freedom and encouraged us in a positive quest for a solution to racial ills.
D. I shall never forget the hardships that I had upon entering college, for though I had been one of the top students in high school, I was still reading at only an eighth-grade level.
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- 2ABDCfalse
- 3ADBCfalse
- 4BADCfalse
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Answer : 1. "BDAC"
Q: HINDRANCE
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5f44ff02f2f3ef4eee76b83b- 1approvalfalse
- 2approbationfalse
- 3assistancetrue
- 4authorizationfalse
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Answer : 3. "assistance "
Q:Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
Hold your horses for a moment while I make a phone call.
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5fbc9221433ab9498d233d1b- 1Be patienttrue
- 2Stayoutfalse
- 3Be quietfalse
- 4Waitfalse
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Answer : 1. "Be patient"
Q: Select the antonym of COARSE.
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63405323da15932e53e9cd55- 1Roughfalse
- 2Painfulfalse
- 3Delicatetrue
- 4Harshfalse
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Answer : 3. "Delicate"
Explanation :
"Coarse" refers to something rough or lacking refinement, and "delicate" implies a high level of refinement, subtlety, or sensitivity.

