General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Direction: In the following question, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested questions. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate your choice for the correct answer.
Had you told me earlier I _______the meeting.
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5f48d69f036b8a325d1dfa32- 1had attendedfalse
- 2have attendedfalse
- 3attendedfalse
- 4would have attendedtrue
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Answer : 4. "would have attended"
Q: Each sentence below has a blank and each blank indicates that something has been omitted. Choose the word that best fits in meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Rajeev was upset because he____ forgotten his best friend’s birthday.
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5d49420985c77648500b510aRajeev was upset because he____ forgotten his best friend’s birthday.
- 1havefalse
- 2shallfalse
- 3willfalse
- 4mightfalse
- 5hadtrue
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Answer : 5. "had"
Q: A name assumed by a writer or a false name 4745 15d14b6c3489f2f135e08e8d4
5d14b6c3489f2f135e08e8d4- 1Liefalse
- 2Portablefalse
- 3Anonymousfalse
- 4Pseudonymtrue
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Answer : 4. "Pseudonym"
Explanation :
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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:Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
Ram was singing a beautiful song for his mother.
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5ddcf213103cc50a8fa6a814- 1A beautiful song was being sung by Ram for his mother.true
- 2A beautiful song was sang by Ram for his mother.false
- 3A beautiful song was sung by Ram for his mother.false
- 4A beautiful song was sung for his mother by Ramfalse
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Answer : 1. "A beautiful song was being sung by Ram for his mother. "
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).
Your success in the IAS examinations depends not only on (A)/ what papers you have selected (B)/but on how you have written them. (C)/ No error(D).
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5daed5967f47a948b610936c- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Ctrue
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Answer : 3. "C"
Q:Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
Call the police at once.
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5ddb669f5137d252a2b5539a- 1Let the police be called at once.true
- 2The police was to be called at once.false
- 3The police is to be called at once.false
- 4Let the police called at once.false
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Answer : 1. "Let the police be called at once. "
Q:In the following sentence found out whether there is any error in any part of the sentence. If there is error mark your answer letter corresponding to that part a,b,c or d.If there is no error mark your answer ‘e’.
Road developers unable (a)/ to complete their projects (b)/ on time will not be (c)/ awarded new ones. (d)/ No error (e)
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5dfb2afc1d67d356b4b89785- 1afalse
- 2bfalse
- 3cfalse
- 4dfalse
- 5etrue
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