General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Change the voice in the sentences given below by selecting the correct alternative: 

We had to count the money. 

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    The money was to be counted .
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    The money had been counted .
    Correct
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    The money was counted.
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    Wrong
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    The money had to be counted.
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Answer : 4. "The money had to be counted. "

Q:

To leave a place suddenly or secretly

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    Scarce
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    Ligger
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    Wrong
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    Decamp
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    Wrong
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    Loiter
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "Decamp "

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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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    I does go to see a movie.
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    I am go to see a movie.
    Correct
    Wrong
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    I am went to see a movie.
    Correct
    Wrong
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    You didn't go anywhere last evening.
    Correct
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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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    Centers of advanced learning
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    Research institutions
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    Factories producing degree holders
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    Knowns for their academic excellence
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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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    door to door
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    delivers the letters
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    The postman
    Correct
    Wrong
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    through hand
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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: A name assumed by a writer or a false name 4352 1

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    Lie
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    Portable
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    Anonymous
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Pseudonym
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    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "Pseudonym"
Explanation :

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