General English Practice Question and Answer

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Choose the correct option changing the following sentence into assertive:
 What a delicious food!

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    It was a very delicious food.
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    It was delicious food.
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    Was it a very delicious food?
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    It was not a very delicious food.
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Answer : 1. "It was a very delicious food."

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Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

ESTIMATE

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    assess
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    solve
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    discover
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    believe
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Answer : 1. "assess"
Explanation :

"Assess" is the most appropriate synonym for "estimate" because both words involve making a judgment or approximation of the value, size, or extent of something. "Solve," "discover," and "believe" have different meanings and do not convey the idea of making an estimation or assessment.

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Read the passage carefully and give the answer of following questions.

Poverty can be defined as a social phenomenon in which a section of the society is unable to fulfil even its basic necessities of life. When a substantial segment of the society is deprived of the minimum level of living and continues at a bare subsistence level, that society is said to be plagued with mass poverty. The countries of the third world exhibit invariably the existence of mass poverty, although pockets of poverty exist even in the developed countries of Europe and America.

Attempts have been made in all societies to define poverty, but all of them are conditioned by the vision of minimum or good life obtaining in society. For instance, the concept of the poverty in the U.S.A. would be significantly different from that in India because the average man is able to afford a much higher level of living in the United States. There is an effort in all definitions of poverty to approach the average level of living in a society and as such these definitions reflect the coexistence of inequalities in a society and the extent to which different societies are prepared to tolerate them. For instance, inn India, the generally accepted definition of poverty emphasizes minimum level of living rather than a reasonable level of living. This attitude is borne out of a realization that it would not be possible to provide even a minimum quantum of basic needs for some decades and therefore, to talk about a reasonable level of living or good life may appear to be wishful thinking at the present stage. Thus, political considerations enter the definitions of poverty because programmes of alleviating poverty may become prohibitive as the vision of a good life widens.

What is poverty according to the writer?

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    Ability to consider it as social phenomenon of a substantial segment of society.
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    Inability of a society to provide the basic necessities of life.
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    A political compulsion that dictates economic policies.
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    A from of exhibition of subsistence living.
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Answer : 2. "Inability of a society to provide the basic necessities of life."

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Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.

I said to Promod, “How did you break your leg?”

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    I asked Promod how did you break your leg.
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    I asked Promod how he had broken his leg.
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    I asked Promod how he had broken your leg.
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    I asked Promod how you broke your leg.
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Answer : 2. "I asked Promod how he had broken his leg."

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A passage is given with 5 Questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.

The public distribution system, which provides food at low prices, is a subject of vital concern. There is a growing realization that though India has enough food to feed its masses two square meals a day, the monster of starvation and food insecurity continues to haunt the poor in our country. Increasing the purchasing power of the poor through providing productive employment leading to rising income, and thus good standard of living, is the ultimate objective of public policy. However, till then, there is a need to provide assured supply of food through a restructured, more efficient and decentralized public distribution system (PDS). Although the PDS is extensive world – it hasn't reached the rural poor and the remote places. It remains an urban phenomenon, with the majority of the rural poor still out of its reach due to lack of economic and physical access. The poorest in the cities and the migrants are left out, for they generally do not possess ration cards. The allocation of PDS supplies in big cities is larger than in rural areas. In view of such deficiencies in the system, the PDS urgently needs to be streamlined. Also, considering the large it is one of the largest such systems in the food grains production combined with food subsidy on one hand and the continuing slow starvation and dismal poverty of rural population on the other, there is a strong case for making PDS target group oriented. By making PDS target group oriented, not only the poorest and the neediest would be reached without additional cost but we can also reduce the overall costs incurred. 

What should be an appropriate step to make the PDS effective? 

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    To make it target group oriented
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    To increase the amount of food grains per ration card
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    To decrease the allotment of food grains
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    To reduce administrative cost
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Answer : 1. "To make it target group oriented "

Q:

Which is the correct transcription of the last sound in the word 'blue'?

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    / u: /
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    / u /
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    / ue /
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    / 00 /
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Answer : 1. "/ u: / "

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