General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
It was not possible/for we/to understand her. /No error.
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6438ef891ce944a93ea1481c- 1for wetrue
- 2to understand herfalse
- 3It was not possiblefalse
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 1. "for we"
Q: Select the correctly spelt word.
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60a35f9df98a59772516a5ef- 1newclearfalse
- 2nuclerefalse
- 3neuclearfalse
- 4nucleartrue
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Answer : 4. "nuclear"
Q:Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning of the given word as your answer.
Animosity
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5f1ea1a41b4d8003eeb1b9d7- 1sarcasmfalse
- 2contaminationfalse
- 3benevolencetrue
- 4benevolencefalse
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Answer : 3. "benevolence"
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Take exception
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64ca486e9e9013486a8dc7eb- 1appreciatefalse
- 2object totrue
- 3care forfalse
- 4denyfalse
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Answer : 2. "object to"
Explanation :
The most appropriate meaning of the given idiom is 'Object to'. The definition of it is as follows: Take exception: Disagree with, object to, or to be offended or made angry by something or someone.
Q: Direction(9): In each of the following questions, choose the correctly spelt word.
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5d78eb60f9c00671d4890660- 1Occurrancefalse
- 2Occurrencetrue
- 3Occurancefalse
- 4Occurencefalse
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Answer : 2. "Occurrence "
Q:Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow it. Each question has 4 options. Choose the correct option/answer for each question:
I worked for a brief while in a college in Delhi, and among my more uncomfortable memories is a language exercise, I gave a group of eight undergraduates: I asked them to imagine that they had already graduated and wanted them to write an application for a suitable job. Seven of the eight students wrote applications for the jobs of clerks. Even in one of the good universities, and in a college that had a reputation for its academic standards, the system has snuffed out all youthful ambition.
Choose the correct option from the given passage:
According to the author, the system had -
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63987332ffa5c734fedbc94fAccording to the author, the system had -
- 1killed the students' ambitions.true
- 2motivated the students' ambitions.false
- 3taught them to write applications.false
- 4inspired them to become scholars and scientists and statesmen.false
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Answer : 1. "killed the students' ambitions."
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Answer : 1. "Patrolling"
Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
He allowed / his son to drive / but he warn him / of the danger.
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64870dc2f4063d472f4181d2- 1but he warn himtrue
- 2of the dangerfalse
- 3He allowedfalse
- 4his son to drivefalse
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Answer : 1. "but he warn him"
Explanation :
The correct phrasing should be "but he warned him of the danger." The verb "warn" needs to be in the past tense.

