General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
 Beat around the bush

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    Avoid praising someone and demean
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    Avoid the main point by talking in a roundabout way
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    Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is not funny
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    Avoid using foul words to make someone uncomfortable
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Answer : 2. "Avoid the main point by talking in a roundabout way"
Explanation :

"Beat around the bush" means to avoid addressing the main issue or topic and instead talk in a vague or indirect manner.

Q:

Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.

His shoes were soaked from walk through the dew.

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    soaked from walking
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    soak from walking
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    No improvement
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    soaks from walk
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Answer : 1. "soaked from walking"

Q:

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

In your birthday suit

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    Not wearing any clothes
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    A suit which covers one’s entire body
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    Birthday celebrations
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    A suit which is designed for only birthday functions
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Answer : 1. "Not wearing any clothes"
Explanation :

Not wearing any clothes. This humorous idiom means being naked.


Q:

RESOURCEFULNESS 

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    incompetence
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    bankruptcy
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    scarcity
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    stupidity
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Answer : 3. "scarcity"

Q:

Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.

A person who brings suit in a court of law.

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    Litigant
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    Deponent
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    Defendant
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    Plaintiff
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Answer : 4. "Plaintiff"

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Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.

To play second string/fiddle 

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    to make a speech
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    to be fully occupied
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    to know one’s interest only
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    to take a subordinate part
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Answer : 4. "to take a subordinate part "

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. 

The author is in favor of restricting college admissions – 

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    Only when degrees are delinked form jobs
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    When alternative avenues are open for the students
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    When the teacher student ratio is reduced
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    Only when parents think gtwice before sending their children
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Answer : 1. "Only when degrees are delinked form jobs"

Q:

Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.

Belonging to the same kind

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    Sebaceous
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    Heterogeneous
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    Homogeneous
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    Casserole
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Answer : 3. "Homogeneous"
Explanation :

Homogeneous means of the same kind or similar in nature, fitting the given context.


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