General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:In the following questions, in the following passages some of words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.
Tennis is a game that gives one plenty of exercise; It develops ___(21)__ of eye and limb and ___(22)___the brain too into___(23)___. A few sets of tennis keep one physically and ___(24)___fit. But for the indoors, chess is the queen of games. People say chess is a __(25)__game because only two can play.
Fill in the blank at (25).
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600534ff7a0c6e1017dadedf- 1selfishtrue
- 2meanfalse
- 3carefreefalse
- 4carelessfalse
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Answer : 1. "selfish"
Q:Identify the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the given sentence.
The board reviewing the courses offered by the afiliated college found that the quality of academic programs was usually good but somewhat irregular.
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64aab4e06390ae7fc7a8702c- 1irregularfalse
- 2academicfalse
- 3reviewfalse
- 4afiliatedtrue
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Answer : 4. "afiliated"
Explanation :
The correct spelling is "affiliated." The incorrect spelling "afiliated" is a misspelling.
Q:Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Water under the bridge
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64aab368c4e3d04ca174391e- 1Past events that are not important anymoretrue
- 2Difficult situations in one’s lifefalse
- 3Promises that are made to someone and never fulfilledfalse
- 4A seasoned crop with a heavy demandfalse
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Answer : 1. "Past events that are not important anymore"
Q:A passage is given with 5 Questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
The public distribution system, which provides food at low prices, is a subject of vital concern. There is a growing realization that though India has enough food to feed its masses two square meals a day, the monster of starvation and food insecurity continues to haunt the poor in our country. Increasing the purchasing power of the poor through providing productive employment leading to rising income, and thus good standard of living, is the ultimate objective of public policy. However, till then, there is a need to provide assured supply of food through a restructured, more efficient and decentralized public distribution system (PDS). Although the PDS is extensive world – it hasn't reached the rural poor and the remote places. It remains an urban phenomenon, with the majority of the rural poor still out of its reach due to lack of economic and physical access. The poorest in the cities and the migrants are left out, for they generally do not possess ration cards. The allocation of PDS supplies in big cities is larger than in rural areas. In view of such deficiencies in the system, the PDS urgently needs to be streamlined. Also, considering the large it is one of the largest such systems in the food grains production combined with food subsidy on one hand and the continuing slow starvation and dismal poverty of rural population on the other, there is a strong case for making PDS target group oriented. By making PDS target group oriented, not only the poorest and the neediest would be reached without additional cost but we can also reduce the overall costs incurred.
The full form of PDS is
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6020e8b71c403b45dac8f9f4- 1Private distribution systemfalse
- 2Partial distribution systemfalse
- 3Party distribution systemfalse
- 4Public distribution systemtrue
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Answer : 4. "Public distribution system "
Q:Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
It is ______ no use having a publicly-owned banking.
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60227aa32dc71d4148a1e498- 1asfalse
- 2tofalse
- 3forfalse
- 4oftrue
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Answer : 4. "of"
Q: Select the word with the incorrect spelling.
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602b3c4d9f2a38430901b729- 1Indefinitefalse
- 2Courteousfalse
- 3Advartisetrue
- 4Peripheryfalse
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Answer : 3. "Advartise"
Q:Direction : which of the phrase (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (e) as the answer.
Last evening, the actor throw a party at his residence.
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5e6b4772b8843673942761e1- 1threw a partytrue
- 2threw the partiesfalse
- 3thrown a partyfalse
- 4throw the partyfalse
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 1. "threw a party "
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.
I don’t know the city ______ he lives.
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60ff9f0533382a2da13b2aeb- 1whatfalse
- 2whichfalse
- 3wheretrue
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