General English Practice Question and Answer

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Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately.
 BRICS leaders are gathered in the Russian town of Ufa for the bloc’s annual summit, and Internet governance is high on their (1). The summit comes at a (2) juncture in India’s internet diplomacy. Last month in Buenos Aires, at a conference organised by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad offered an “Indian (3) for the Internet”. ICANN is the organisation that manages the Domain Name System, which serves as the (4) for all technical and commercial activity in cyberspace. In his recorded message, Mr. Prasad declared India would move away from state-led approaches to (5) the Internet, preferring instead a mechanism that co-opts the private sector and civil society into the policymaking process. India’s (6) of this model – called “multi-stakeholderism” – was followed at home by the launch of the “Digital India week”, which underlined the enormous political capital that the Narendra Modi government has (7) in technological solutions to governance. The Buenos Aires declaration, however, (8) stated New Delhi’s position: in Ufa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his delegation will be queried extensively by their interlocutors on the (9) cyber strategies India will (10).

Find out the appropriate word for blank 1

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    aim
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    objective
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    agenda
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    goal
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    course
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Answer : 3. "agenda "

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In the questions given below, choose the word most opposite in meaning to the given word and mark your answer.

CHEERFUL

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    Expensive
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    Careless
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    Sad
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    Happy
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Answer : 3. "Sad"

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Answer : 4. "volumes"

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Select the antonym of the given word.
Horizontal

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    Parallel
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    Financial
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    Official
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    Vertical
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Answer : 4. "Vertical"

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In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

He said, “What” a beautiful scene!" 

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    He said that what a beautiful scene it was.
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    He wondered that it was a beautiful scene.
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    He exclaimed what a beautiful scene it was.
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    He exclaimed that it was a very beautiful scene.
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Answer : 4. "He exclaimed that it was a very beautiful scene. "

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Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning of the given word as your answer.

CANDID

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    Outspoken
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    Frank
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    Devious
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    Disguised
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Answer : 4. "Disguised"

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Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning of the given word as your answer.

Sedentary

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    Tranquil
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    Lazy
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    Rebellious
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    Active
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Answer : 4. "Active"

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Select the correct active form of the given sentence.

Was your bag left in the bus?

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    Did you left your bag in the bus?
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    Did you leave your bag in the bus?
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    Have you left your bag in the bus?
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    Was you leaving your bag in the bus?
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Answer : 2. "Did you leave your bag in the bus?"
Explanation :

The given sentence is in a passive voice form, hence we need to convert it into an active voice form.
We need to follow these instructions while changing the voice of an interrogative sentence.
The inverted form of the verb i.e. Did you leave, will commence the sentence.
The given sentence is in the simple past tense.
The active voice form for the simple past interrogative sentence:
Helping verb (Did) + subject + V1 + object? At last line up the remaining part.
Following these steps, we finally get- Did you leave your bag in the bus?

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