General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Select the correct homonym from the given options to fill in the blank.
The athlete’s________ was badly injured due to a fall on the track.
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64aa8fb26390ae7fc7a7dd6f- 1toadfalse
- 2toetrue
- 3towfalse
- 4tofalse
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Answer : 2. "toe"
Q:India and 25 other countries agreed to the Copenhagen Accord even as other developing countries accepted it as an irreversible decision later. The Accord came out of__(a)___ bargaining lasting almost 20 hours among ___(b)___ of governments of some of the most__(c)__ countries of the world. At the__(d)__of the day on Saturday, India___(e)__ to have given ground on some issues but blocked intrusion on other red lines. It had become evident within the first week of the talks that the best the emerging and praiseworthy economies of the developing world were going to do was to defend the existing economic resource sharing regimes.
Fill the blank at (d).
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5f56fab179cfd646ddd2b6db- 1middlefalse
- 2endtrue
- 3nightfalse
- 4eveningfalse
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Answer : 2. "end"
Q:Directions: Choose the word / group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word / group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
DISMANTLE
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5e35262f8f07c156e0ae3a29- 1take togetherfalse
- 2holdfalse
- 3take a parttrue
- 4disorderfalse
- 5dismountfalse
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Answer : 3. "take a part "
Q:In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select No Error.
This will explains the decision taken(1)/ to impose a blockade on the country in (2)/ the midst of a crisis. (3)/ No error. (4)
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6019416c65f047590382f536- 11true
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Answer : 1. "1"
Q:In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each questions.
Tennis is a game that give one plenty of exercise; it develops ___(1)___of eye and limb and ___(2)__ the brain too into __(3)___. A few sets of tennis keep one physically and __(4)__fit.
Fill the blank (4).
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5f168fcc97cc6b353bf36211- 1intellectuallyfalse
- 2emotionallyfalse
- 3mentallytrue
- 4Logicallyfalse
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Answer : 3. "mentally"
Q:Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
The most logical and intelligent people seem to go berserk when talking about snakes. Recently a reputed scientist said with a wise look in his eyes that sand boas have two heads. The other day someone walked into my office and stated that in his village at least cobras mate with rat snakes. About other places he was not sure, he added modestly, but that was how it was in his village.
These stories about snakes are myths. Sand boas have only one head; vine snakes do not peck your eyes out; no snake will drink milk. But it is interesting to try and trace the origin of these untruths. The one about the sand boas two heads obviously exists because the short, stumpy tail of this snake looks remarkably like the head, an effective device to fool predators. Or take the one about vine snakes pecking at eyes. It was ‘probably started by a vine snake that had a bad aim, as snakes, when provoked, will bite the most prominent projection of the offender, which is usually the nose.
But the most interesting one is about snakes coming to the scene of killing to take revenge. It so happens that when injured or under stress, a snake exudes, a large quantity of musk. Musk is a powerful sex attractant, the snakes’ equivalent of after-shave lotion. So after a snake is killed, the ground around still has this smell and naturally a snake of the same species passing by will lick its lips and come to investigate. The killer of the snake, who is probably worried if the pooja he performed was adequate to liquidate the killing of a snake, sees the second snake and is convinced that it was not.
The Irula tribals have a good answer to the query about whether cobras have jewels in their heads; “If they did, we wouldn’t be snake catchers, we would be rajas!”
The phrase that it is not means
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63bd55ae8f5b1f774c45ddc1- 1the death of the snake has not been avenged.false
- 2the pooja has not been performed properly.true
- 3the snake has not been killed.false
- 4the place has not been cleaned.false
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Answer : 2. "the pooja has not been performed properly. "
Q:In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
The client told his lawyer, “ I’m going away for a few days. I’ll call you when I get back”.
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5f364cbca27d450be2f3e384- 1The client told his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would call him when he got back.true
- 2The client promised his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would call him when he got back.false
- 3The client told his lawyer that he is going away for a few days and will call him when he gets back.false
- 4The client assured his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would definitely call him when he got back.false
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Answer : 1. "The client told his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would call him when he got back."
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Grease someone’s palm
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646218d24d91510a5db51457Grease someone’s palm
- 1Go to battlefalse
- 2Put in hard workfalse
- 3Bribe someonetrue
- 4Be jealous of someonefalse
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