General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions: In each of the following questions a sentence is given with a word given in BOLD. Corresponding to each question three sentences are given with the use of the same word. From the options choose the sentences which give a DIFFERENT MEANING for the word used in the sentence above. The meaning used in the sentence(s) should be different from the one used in the main sentence.
Competitive federalism, in the context of interaction with foreign countries, promoted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has proved to be a double-edged sword.
(I) In 1761 he was promoted to be member of council, under the presidency of Mr Vansittart, who had been introduced by Clive.
(II) The industry was actively promoted by a Frenchman named Jumel, in the service of Mehemet Ali, from 1820 onwards with great success.
(III) He actively promoted the incorporation of the left bank of the Rhine with France.
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5fd0822c1ebe713f94022776(I) In 1761 he was promoted to be member of council, under the presidency of Mr Vansittart, who had been introduced by Clive.
(II) The industry was actively promoted by a Frenchman named Jumel, in the service of Mehemet Ali, from 1820 onwards with great success.
(III) He actively promoted the incorporation of the left bank of the Rhine with France.
- 1Only IIIfalse
- 2Both I and IIfalse
- 3Only Itrue
- 4Both II and IIIfalse
- 5All of the abovefalse
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Answer : 3. "Only I"
Q:Directions: In each of the following questions a sentence is given with a word given in BOLD. Corresponding to each question three sentences are given with the use of the same word. From the options choose the sentences which give a DIFFERENT MEANING for the word used in the sentence above. The meaning used in the sentence(s) should be different from the one used in the main sentence.
This is the latest instalment in the rather sordid story of institutional decay in India, overseen by the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
(I) He remained, however, uncertain how to do so without immersing himself further in Lydia Larkin's sordid activities.
(II) The overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading.
(III) Everyone knows of the bank’s manager sordid plan to steal the money.
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5fd0814429ce5a3fbe05557d(I) He remained, however, uncertain how to do so without immersing himself further in Lydia Larkin's sordid activities.
(II) The overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading.
(III) Everyone knows of the bank’s manager sordid plan to steal the money.
- 1Only IIIfalse
- 2Only IItrue
- 3Both I and IIfalse
- 4Only Ifalse
- 5Both II and IIIfalse
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Answer : 2. "Only II"
Q:Directions: In each of the following questions a sentence is given with a word given in BOLD. Corresponding to each question three sentences are given with the use of the same word. From the options choose the sentences which give a DIFFERENT MEANING for the word used in the sentence above. The meaning used in the sentence(s) should be different from the one used in the main sentence.
The leaders of our ruling dispensation seem to have no respect for the rule of law, nor for the rules that regulate speech in public spaces.
(I) Because the soldier had saved his entire unit, the president gave him dispensation for his wartime crimes.
(II) Scholarship is conveyed to a wider audience than under the old dispensation.
(III) At the close of the Jubilee this dispensation was extended to all who had expired on the way to Rome.
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5fd080c51ebe713f94020d28(I) Because the soldier had saved his entire unit, the president gave him dispensation for his wartime crimes.
(II) Scholarship is conveyed to a wider audience than under the old dispensation.
(III) At the close of the Jubilee this dispensation was extended to all who had expired on the way to Rome.
- 1Only Ifalse
- 2Only IIfalse
- 3Only IIIfalse
- 4Both I and IIfalse
- 5Both I and IIItrue
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Answer : 5. "Both I and III"
Q:Directions : In each of the following questions a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is given with four words given in bold in each. Which of the following words should replace each other to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. The meaning can be different from the one in question.
The government has (A) tampered with institutions by appointing its own people to positions of (B)authority, and by using the (C) Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax authorities, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the (D)police as bulldozers to flatten out any site of opposition.
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5fd07fce29ce5a3fbe054a06- 1A-Cfalse
- 2B-Dfalse
- 3C-D and A-Bfalse
- 4C-Dtrue
- 5A-Dfalse
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Answer : 4. "C-D"
Q:Directions : In each of the following questions a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is given with four words given in bold in each. Which of the following words should replace each other to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. The meaning can be different from the one in question.
The tsunami of 2004 and the (A) threat of piracy in the Indian Ocean provided India an (B)opportunity to test its new posture. Everybody was (C)grateful, but it made no difference to India’s claim to (D)permanent membership.
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5fd07f73c46a213fc5b8350b- 1No interchange possiblefalse
- 2A-Bfalse
- 3B-Cfalse
- 4B-Dfalse
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Answer : 5. "A-D"
Q:Directions : In each of the following questions a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is given with four words given in bold in each. Which of the following words should replace each other to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. The meaning can be different from the one in question.
It is (A) imperative that there be course corrections; otherwise the (B)exercise runs the risk of fueling a (C) parallel movement against the state by those being (D)victimised now.
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5fd07f212cbd2c3f9a3ca130- 1A-Dfalse
- 2A-Cfalse
- 3A-Bfalse
- 4B-Dfalse
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Answer : 5. "No interchange is possible"
Q:Directions : In each of the following questions a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is given with four words given in bold in each. Which of the following words should replace each other to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. The meaning can be different from the one in question.
Immediately the sympathies of the (A) police and (B) magistrates, some sections of the media and (C) public opinion swing towards the (D) perpetrator, not the victim.
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5fd07eda1ebe713f940202eb- 1A-Cfalse
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- 3B-Dfalse
- 4B-Afalse
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Answer : 2. "A-B"
Q:Directions : In each of the following questions a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is given with four words given in bold in each. Which of the following words should replace each other to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. The meaning can be different from the one in question.
The Central government is unable to provide the funds while Kerala has been stopped in its
(A) tracks from seeking resources from
(B) abroad, either from the Kerala
(c) diaspora or from friendly
(D) overseas governments.
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5fd07e902cbd2c3f9a3c9f28(A) tracks from seeking resources from
(B) abroad, either from the Kerala
(c) diaspora or from friendly
(D) overseas governments.
- 1C-Bfalse
- 2A-Dfalse
- 3B-Dtrue
- 4A-Bfalse
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