General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Change the voice in the sentences given below by selecting the correct alternative:
We had to count the money.
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5e6a500abb5e0741068639be- 1The money was to be counted .false
- 2The money had been counted .false
- 3The money was counted.false
- 4The money had to be counted.true
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Answer : 4. "The money had to be counted. "
Q: To leave a place suddenly or secretly
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63401e29da15932e53e88415- 1Scarcefalse
- 2Liggerfalse
- 3Decamptrue
- 4Loiterfalse
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Answer : 3. "Decamp "
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'
You must (a)/ not held in high esteem (b)/ those who are (c)/ dangers to our society. (d)/ No error (e)
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5d710e127e2917482478a257- 1Afalse
- 2Btrue
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
- 5Efalse
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Answer : 2. "B"
Q:Change the sentences as directed, choosing from the options given below
Where did you go last evening? (Change into Assertive)
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5e68b1ee6093d17f83388626- 1I does go to see a movie.false
- 2I am go to see a movie.false
- 3I am went to see a movie.false
- 4You didn't go anywhere last evening.true
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Answer : 4. "You didn't go anywhere last evening. "
Q:A vexed problem facing us is the clamour to open more colleges and to reserve more seats for backward classes. But it will be a sheer folly to expand such facilities recklessly without giving any thought to the quality of education imparted. If admissions are made far more selective, it will automatically reduced the number of entrants. This should apply particularly colleges, many of which are little more than degree factories. Only then can the authorities hope to bring down the teacher-student ratio to manageable proportion. What is more, teachers should be given refresher courses, every summer to brush up their knowledge. Besides, if college managements increase their library budget it will help both the staff and the to new students a great deal.
At the same time, however, it will be unfair to deny college education to thousands of young men and women, unless employers stop insisting on degrees even for clerical jobs. For a start, why can't the Government disqualify graduates from securing certain jobs, say class III and IV posts? Once the link between degrees and jobs is severed at least in some important departments, in will make young people think twice before joining college.
Many of the new college are –
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5d7f8a56d2d4bc2ee52f6460At the same time, however, it will be unfair to deny college education to thousands of young men and women, unless employers stop insisting on degrees even for clerical jobs. For a start, why can't the Government disqualify graduates from securing certain jobs, say class III and IV posts? Once the link between degrees and jobs is severed at least in some important departments, in will make young people think twice before joining college.
- 1Centers of advanced learningfalse
- 2Research institutionsfalse
- 3Factories producing degree holderstrue
- 4Knowns for their academic excellencefalse
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Answer : 3. "Factories producing degree holders "
Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The postman / delivers the letters / through hand, / door to door.
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649aaeda3662c8741dfdabab- 1door to doorfalse
- 2delivers the lettersfalse
- 3The postmanfalse
- 4through handtrue
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Answer : 4. "through hand"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "delivers the letters by hand, door to door." The preposition "through" should be replaced with "by."
Q: Given below are six sentences, out of which sentences A and F are in the correct position. Sentences B, C, D and E are in a jumbled order. Select the option that gives the correct order.
A. Folk tales offer lots of advice.
B. Most of them deliver the message clearly.
C. The reason was that he was not properly dressed.
D. There is a story of Birbal not being allowed to attend the king’s free lunch.
E. This happened despite his high intellectual abilities.
F. The advice thus conveyed is ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover.’
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611e1ec03419655efd0374abA. Folk tales offer lots of advice.
B. Most of them deliver the message clearly.
C. The reason was that he was not properly dressed.
D. There is a story of Birbal not being allowed to attend the king’s free lunch.
E. This happened despite his high intellectual abilities.
F. The advice thus conveyed is ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover.’
- 1ADEBCFfalse
- 2ABCEDFfalse
- 3ACEDBFfalse
- 4ABDCEFtrue
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Answer : 4. "ABDCEF"
Q: A name assumed by a writer or a false name 4352 15d14b6c3489f2f135e08e8d4
5d14b6c3489f2f135e08e8d4- 1Liefalse
- 2Portablefalse
- 3Anonymousfalse
- 4Pseudonymtrue
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Answer : 4. "Pseudonym"
Explanation :
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