General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:There are three main groups of oils-animal, vegetable and mineral. Great quantities of animal oil come from whales, creatures of the sea, which are the largest of the animals remaining in the world. To protect the whales from the cold of the Artic seas, nature has provided them with a thick covering of fat, called blubber. When the whale is killed, the blubber is stripped off and boiled down. It produces a great quantity of oil which can be made into food for human consumption. A few other creatures yield oil, but none so much as the whale. The livers of the cod and halibut, two kinds of fish, yield nourishing oil. Both cod liver oil and halibut oil are given to sick children and other invalids who need certain vitamins.
Vegetable oil has been known from very old times. No household can get on without it, for it is used in cooking. Perfumes may be made from the oils of certain flowers. Soaps are made from eatable and animal products and the oils of certain flowers.
The main source of animal oil, is –
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5d8f21431afb4111d6e68a7dVegetable oil has been known from very old times. No household can get on without it, for it is used in cooking. Perfumes may be made from the oils of certain flowers. Soaps are made from eatable and animal products and the oils of certain flowers.
- 1fishfalse
- 2whaletrue
- 3seaweedsfalse
- 4plantsfalse
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Answer : 2. "whale "
Q:Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
Objects which move around its planet-
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5f34d483161c9f35d8086b22- 1Starsfalse
- 2Galaxyfalse
- 3Constellationsfalse
- 4Satellitetrue
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Answer : 4. "Satellite"
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
India and China have agreed (A)/ to cooperate over sourcing (B)/ energy from international markets.(C)/ No error (D)
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6128ca453d56b7281f1463aa- 1India and China have agreedfalse
- 2to cooperate over sourcingtrue
- 3energy from international marketsfalse
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 2. "to cooperate over sourcing"
Q: Direction(15): In each of the following questions, choose the correctly spelt word.
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5d78ed7e3d295c1c0680f1c4- 1Refrigeratortrue
- 2Refrideraterfalse
- 3Refridgeratorfalse
- 4Referigeratorfalse
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Answer : 1. "Refrigerator "
Q: Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
We keeps a horse, two cows, and six chickens.
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644a60f2389f65682176b967- 1has keeps afalse
- 2keep atrue
- 3keeping afalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 2. "keep a"
Q: Identify the synonym for the word – parsimonious
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5ff6c109d9d7f36ecf2a4fce- 1fatherlyfalse
- 2friendlyfalse
- 3miserlytrue
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Answer : 3. "miserly"
Q:Directions : Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then answer the questions given below them.
(A) Had it been not for them, Indian banks would have had their hands tied down too.
(B) Today almost all the countries are facing the heat of recession.
(C) One of these is the strict RBI and. SEBI rules which regulated banking sector very efficiently.
(D) This could have led to massive losses to them, which could have percolated to other sectors as well.
(E) However there are a few things which help India In bouncing back from the state of recession.
(F) Like others India too has not remained immune to the epidemic.
Which of the following sentence should be the FIFTH after rearrangement?
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5eb385cab07612501192cee7(A) Had it been not for them, Indian banks would have had their hands tied down too.
(B) Today almost all the countries are facing the heat of recession.
(C) One of these is the strict RBI and. SEBI rules which regulated banking sector very efficiently.
(D) This could have led to massive losses to them, which could have percolated to other sectors as well.
(E) However there are a few things which help India In bouncing back from the state of recession.
(F) Like others India too has not remained immune to the epidemic.
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- 2Cfalse
- 3Afalse
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Answer : 1. "B "
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.
What can automatically help to reduce admission:
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5d8f1b5b4111e61233db62ddAt 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.
- 1Though entrance testsfalse
- 2Discouragement to open new collegesfalse
- 3Selective admissionstrue
- 4Abolishing reservationfalse
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