General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: In each of the following sentence, an idiomatic expression or a proverb. Select the alternatives which best describes its use in the sentence.
The team put their plan into execution the very next day.
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5d495da4e1ecb05378fb456cThe team put their plan into execution the very next day.
- 1Proposed a planfalse
- 2Discussed their planfalse
- 3Started thinking about a planfalse
- 4Started carrying out their plantrue
- 5None of the abovefalse
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Answer : 4. "Started carrying out their plan"
Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
My father give up / smoking when / I was twelve / years old.
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64956f29ab3c5fffc2d1d9fd- 1My father give uptrue
- 2smoking whenfalse
- 3I was twelvefalse
- 4years oldfalse
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Answer : 1. "My father give up"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "My father gave up smoking when I was twelve years old." The verb "give" should be replaced with "gave" to match the past tense.
Q: Directions (34): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. The fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
There is nothing which a man of strong will cannot achieve. Will power is the sure hypnotism that….(31)….all obstacles that…. (32)….our progress. A man of strong will is always ….(33)…., while one who is weak in will has to….(34)….many failures. “Nothing ventured, nothing gained”….(35)….be an excellent rule of conduct, but no strong will, no….(36)….is the greatest….(37)….of life. All difficulties melt away before a….(38)….mind. Very often we attribute our….(39)….to chance, fate or stars. We blame our luck, but….(40)….do we examine our minds, the weakness of which is really responsible for our failures. (Mark your answer 34 )
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5d7234b41a67ca481468fa30There is nothing which a man of strong will cannot achieve. Will power is the sure hypnotism that….(31)….all obstacles that…. (32)….our progress. A man of strong will is always ….(33)…., while one who is weak in will has to….(34)….many failures. “Nothing ventured, nothing gained”….(35)….be an excellent rule of conduct, but no strong will, no….(36)….is the greatest….(37)….of life. All difficulties melt away before a….(38)….mind. Very often we attribute our….(39)….to chance, fate or stars. We blame our luck, but….(40)….do we examine our minds, the weakness of which is really responsible for our failures. (Mark your answer 34 )
- 1facetrue
- 2avoidfalse
- 3omitfalse
- 4overcomefalse
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Answer : 1. "face"
Q:Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
A person who believes in the total abolition of war –
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5f1821bd79d4dd4986ed42ff- 1Fascistfalse
- 2Pacifisttrue
- 3Socialistfalse
- 4Communistfalse
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Answer : 2. "Pacifist "
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5d14b62d3177391557a3a0c0- 1Immigranttrue
- 2Visitorfalse
- 3Touristfalse
- 4Emigrantfalse
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Answer : 1. "Immigrant"
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Q:In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'
He was very much engaged (a)/ in his work when the thieves (b)/ entered into his house (c)/ and took away a lot of things. (d)/ No error (e).
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5d71117d1a67ca48146776c1- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Ctrue
- 4Dfalse
- 5Efalse
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Answer : 3. "C"
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Q:Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
My request should be considered.
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64997769d20f1f6060716945- 1Please have consider my request.false
- 2Please do consider mine request.false
- 3Consider my request.false
- 4Please consider my request.true
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Answer : 4. "Please consider my request."
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
The farmer finds (A)/ it difficult to find (B)/ buyers to sell their (C)/ fresh organic produce (D).
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6038ded89792c13b285df644- 1(A)false
- 2(B)false
- 3(C)false
- 4(D)false
- 5No errortrue
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