General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Direction(19): In each of the following questions, choose the correctly spelt word.
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5d78eed60c830b6303af6df3- 1Omenousfalse
- 2Ominoustrue
- 3Omineousfalse
- 4Ommineousfalse
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Answer : 2. "Ominous "
Q:Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.
CATASTROPHE
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5fa3bbf19e3c9b0bcb6a719e- 1Tragedytrue
- 2Angerfalse
- 3Violencefalse
- 4Hatredfalse
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Answer : 1. "Tragedy"
Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
No sooner did Priya / get her report card / when she started jumping / with joy.
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649031f6e8d2170cb3c0dad9- 1get her report cardfalse
- 2with joyfalse
- 3No sooner did Priyafalse
- 4when she started jumpingtrue
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Answer : 4. "when she started jumping"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "No sooner did Priya get her report card than she started jumping with joy." The conjunction "when" should be replaced with "than."
Q:In each of the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate your choice for the correct answer.
There are some people who doubt the ………………of anything they see in a newspaper.
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5ddd0c1b39b75a0aaa57ca42- 1credibilityfalse
- 2possibilityfalse
- 3veracitytrue
- 4existencefalse
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Answer : 3. "veracity"
Q: Replace the underlined part of the sentence with one word from the options given below:
John is a person who collects stamps.
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63988205c4d8690844a16321John is a person who collects stamps.
- 1Numismatfalse
- 2Philatelisttrue
- 3Bibliophilefalse
- 4Archaeologistfalse
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Answer : 2. "Philatelist"
Q:Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
Surgical removal of all or part of a limb-
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5f34d67d6137a81348650553- 1Ammunitionfalse
- 2Amputationtrue
- 3Emancipationfalse
- 4Annihilationfalse
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Answer : 2. "Amputation"
Q:Direction: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four-alternative suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
They said to their teacher, “Shyam will leave for the show tomorrow.”
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5e99aac1a617427daa9d1d83- 1They told their teacher that Shyam would left for the show tomorrow.false
- 2They told their teacher that Shyam will leave for the show the following day.false
- 3They told their teacher that Shyam would leave for the show the following day.true
- 4They told to their teacher that Shyam would leave for the show the following day.false
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Answer : 3. "They told their teacher that Shyam would leave for the show the following day. "
Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
We stayed / in Jim’s flat / during he was / on holiday
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64870d63772333474bae184d- 1on holidayfalse
- 2during he wastrue
- 3in Jim’s flatfalse
- 4We stayedfalse
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