General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Beat around the bush
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64802e62f4063d472f2edc76Beat around the bush
- 1Avoid praising someone and demeanfalse
- 2Avoid the main point by talking in a roundabout waytrue
- 3Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is not funnyfalse
- 4Avoid using foul words to make someone uncomfortablefalse
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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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6449078ae2eff568688cf556- 1soaked from walkingtrue
- 2soak from walkingfalse
- 3No improvementfalse
- 4soaks from walkfalse
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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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646227b8f75f230a7a74b392- 1Not wearing any clothestrue
- 2A suit which covers one’s entire bodyfalse
- 3Birthday celebrationsfalse
- 4A suit which is designed for only birthday functionsfalse
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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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5f45001809e4377de938729e- 1incompetencefalse
- 2bankruptcyfalse
- 3scarcitytrue
- 4stupidityfalse
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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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6127797593f02206607f9e9e- 1Litigantfalse
- 2Deponentfalse
- 3Defendantfalse
- 4Plaintifftrue
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Answer : 4. "Plaintiff"
Q: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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60c32acb590e633a7d407744- 1to make a speechfalse
- 2to be fully occupiedfalse
- 3to know one’s interest onlyfalse
- 4to take a subordinate parttrue
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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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5d8f1fa91afb4111d6e689a6At 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.
- 1Only when degrees are delinked form jobstrue
- 2When alternative avenues are open for the studentsfalse
- 3When the teacher student ratio is reducedfalse
- 4Only when parents think gtwice before sending their childrenfalse
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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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6447a0a3883b296844099506- 1Sebaceousfalse
- 2Heterogeneousfalse
- 3Homogeneoustrue
- 4Casserolefalse
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Answer : 3. "Homogeneous"
Explanation :
Homogeneous means of the same kind or similar in nature, fitting the given context.

