General English Practice Question and Answer
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Answer : 4. "E-C"
Q:What, one wonders, is the lowest common denominator of Indian culture today? The attractive Hema Malini ? The songs of Vinidh Barati? The attractive Hema Malini? The sons of Vinidh Barati?
Or the mouth-watering Masala Dosa? Delectable as these may be, each yield pride of place to that false (?) symbol of a new era-the synthetic fibre. In less than twenty years the nylon sari and the terylene shirt have swept the countryside, penetrated to the farthest corners of the land and persuaded every common man, woman and child that the key to success in the present day world lie in artificial fibers: glass nylon, crepe nylon, tery mixes, polyesters and what have you. More than the bicycles, the wristwatch or the transistor radio, synthetic clothes have come to represent the first step away form the village square. The village lass treasures the flashy nylon sari in her trousseau most delay; the village youth gets a great kick out of his cheap terrycot shirt and trousers, the nearest he can approximate to the expensive synthetic sported by his wealthy citybred contemporaries. And the Neo-rich craze for ‘phoren’ is nowhere more apparent than in the price that people will pay for smuggled, stolen, begged borrowed second hand or thrown away synthetics. Alas, even the uniformity of nylon.
‘The lowest common denominator’ of the Indian culture today is –
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5d8f14ce91791079c3e1330cOr the mouth-watering Masala Dosa? Delectable as these may be, each yield pride of place to that false (?) symbol of a new era-the synthetic fibre. In less than twenty years the nylon sari and the terylene shirt have swept the countryside, penetrated to the farthest corners of the land and persuaded every common man, woman and child that the key to success in the present day world lie in artificial fibers: glass nylon, crepe nylon, tery mixes, polyesters and what have you. More than the bicycles, the wristwatch or the transistor radio, synthetic clothes have come to represent the first step away form the village square. The village lass treasures the flashy nylon sari in her trousseau most delay; the village youth gets a great kick out of his cheap terrycot shirt and trousers, the nearest he can approximate to the expensive synthetic sported by his wealthy citybred contemporaries. And the Neo-rich craze for ‘phoren’ is nowhere more apparent than in the price that people will pay for smuggled, stolen, begged borrowed second hand or thrown away synthetics. Alas, even the uniformity of nylon.
- 1Hema Malinifalse
- 2Songs of Vividh Baratifalse
- 3Masala Dosafalse
- 4Synthetic fibretrue
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Answer : 4. "Synthetic fibre "
Q:Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning of the given word as your answer.
Solitary
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5f338533a19eae5979024bbf- 1Fullfalse
- 2Crowdedtrue
- 3Lonelyfalse
- 4Manyfalse
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Answer : 2. "Crowded"
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Answer : 3. "Euphony "
Q: AMATEURISH
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5f44ea9c77e1d45e8464d719- 1skilledfalse
- 2professionaltrue
- 3seasonedfalse
- 4trainedfalse
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Answer : 2. "professional "
Q:In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Rama was a naughty boy __(1) ____ lived in the village of Tenali. His mother did not ___(2)___ what to do with him since he ___(3)___ to study or do any work. One day ___(4)___ took him to see a Guru. She told the __(5)____ man that she wanted him to take Rama under his guardianship.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3.
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5f6187728561dc09cc761286Rama was a naughty boy __(1) ____ lived in the village of Tenali. His mother did not ___(2)___ what to do with him since he ___(3)___ to study or do any work. One day ___(4)___ took him to see a Guru. She told the __(5)____ man that she wanted him to take Rama under his guardianship.
- 1wishedfalse
- 2remindedfalse
- 3refusedtrue
- 4deniedfalse
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Answer : 3. "refused"
Q:Directions: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive /Active Voice.
Will Motin be helped by us ?
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6308c1a61ff92f3f9e752197- 1Will Motin help us ?false
- 2Shall we help Motin ?true
- 3Shall Motin be helped?false
- 4We shall helped Motin ?false
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Answer : 2. "Shall we help Motin ? "
Q:Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.
The pedestrians 'should to be' cautious while crossing the road.
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63318e711fdfd616ed8db399- 1Must notfalse
- 2Should betrue
- 3Should notfalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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