General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. Your answer is (D) i.e. No error.
(A) I think/ (B) the news/ (C) might true./ (D) No error
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6322fa8ecb090a254fcf8bb1- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Ctrue
- 4Dfalse
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Answer : 3. "C"
Q:Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
One who is recovering from illness_
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5f477aa2036b8a325d16af37- 1Recuperatorfalse
- 2Convalescenttrue
- 3Retrieverfalse
- 4Recovererfalse
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Answer : 2. "Convalescent"
Q: The first sound in the word 'yes' is transcribed as
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624585f1398e4a497b3f6ed6- 1/ y /false
- 2/ e /false
- 3/ al /false
- 4/ j /true
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Answer : 4. "/ j / "
Q:In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and
Options:
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6013fe232a5c813e157f2d95- 1Quintessencefalse
- 2Pandemoniountrue
- 3Declensionfalse
- 4Labyrinthfalse
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Answer : 2. "Pandemonioun"
Q:Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
Survival is the most essential factor for every living organism. People resort to different tricks to make both ends meet. One such live instances is mentioned here. Villagers of Makhrada village believed that a witch lived in the denseforest near Makhrada. The passers by were much harassed by the witch who used to frighten them and also took their belongings. In the village there lived a young man named Dhiru who was fond of adventures. When he heard about the witch, he did not believe that it was one of the witches who ate flesh. But there was something elseabout the witch, which made Dhiru curious. She did not eat flest but took away the belongings of the people. Therefore, he was keen to solve this mystery.
He set out with a bag of mangoes. He walked through the forest till it was midway. He took shelter under a shady tree and pretended to be fast asleep. However, after some time, he really fell as leep. After a while, he felt that someone was trying to snatch his bag of mangoes, Suddenly, he woke up and caught hold of the person. It was the witch who tried to frighten Dhiru and run away. But Dhiru was strong and bold enough to hold the withc fast. The witch finally surrendered. Dhiru forced has to tell him who she really was. The witch removed her mask and narrated her and story. She told that she was a poor old widow and she had nobody to look after her. Therefore, she used to live in the forest, wearing a fearful-looking mask. People passing through the forest got frightened due to her appearance and took her for a witch. She then robbed the people of their belongings to make both ends meet. Dhiru took pity on her and gave her the bag of ranages.
Why did Dhiru enter the forest?
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619f1e49c1c85f0fbf4ed4fd- 1To invite the witch to the villagefalse
- 2To sleep under a shady treefalse
- 3NO find out the truth about the witchtrue
- 4To give the bag of mangoes to the witchfalse
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Answer : 3. "NO find out the truth about the witch "
Q: Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.
When a plastic comb is rubbed on dry hair, they acquired a static charge.
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642ac8cd9d18d2e8ae25a0e1- 1it acquired afalse
- 2it acquires atrue
- 3they acquire anfalse
- 4No improvement requiredfalse
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Answer : 2. "it acquires a "
Q:In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blank.
The Solar System has been a complicated wonder for the astronomers. This is a__(21)__to which we may never have the exact answer. Man has wondered__(22)__the age of the Earth__(23)__ ancient times. There were all kinds of__(24)____that seemed to have the___(25)___But man could not begin to think about the question scientifically until about 400 years ago when it was proved that the Earth revolved round the Sun and the Earth was a part of our Solar System, then scientists knew where to begin.
Fill at the option (21).
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6035e0449792c13b28531954- 1problemfalse
- 2matterfalse
- 3questiontrue
- 4queryfalse
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Answer : 3. "question"
Q: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
A trip to the village temple was made by Bhavani yesterday.
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645b85881efb290ac241af8aA trip to the village temple was made by Bhavani yesterday.
- 1Bhavani was going to make a trip to the temple yesterday.false
- 2Bhavani made a trip to the village temple yesterday.true
- 3Bhavani tripped to the village temple yesterday.false
- 4Bhavani is going to make a trip to the temple today.false
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Answer : 2. "Bhavani made a trip to the village temple yesterday."
Explanation :
The sentence is transformed from passive to active voice, making Bhavani the doer of the action.

