General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

The hotels were heavy booked for the festival in Banaras.

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    are heavy booked
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    were heavily booking
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    were heavily booked
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    No substitution required
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "were heavily booked"
Explanation :

The correct sentence should be:

The hotels were fully booked for the festival in Banaras.

Explanation: The phrase "fully booked" means that all the available rooms in the hotels were reserved, which is the appropriate expression for indicating that there are no more rooms available for booking.

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Answer : 3. "3"
Explanation :

at will replace by because – Shocked always agrees with at (Prep.) at is used with Adjectives for showing the cause of something. Look at the examples given below : They were impatient at the delay. She was delighted at the result. Here, shocked is the Adj. and it is indicating the Cause (reason) of the actress’s shock. Hence, at the news of her dog’s death is the right usage

Q:

Choosing the correct option, change the following sentence into Assertive without changing the meaning:
Shyam has promised never to touch hard drink again.

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    Shyam has promised to touch hard drink again.
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    Shyam has promised to abstain from hard drink in future.
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Shyam has not promised to touch hard drink in future.
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Shyam has never promised to touch hard drink again.
    Correct
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Answer : 2. "Shyam has promised to abstain from hard drink in future."

Q:

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.

This book is different than that.

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    This book
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    is different
    Correct
    Wrong
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    than that
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    No error
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "than that"
Explanation :

Different from is right situation.

Q:

Fill in the blank with the correct option from the options given below.
 They are poor _____ happy. 

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    since
    Correct
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    because
    Correct
    Wrong
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    but
    Correct
    Wrong
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    than
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Answer : 3. "but"

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