General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Direction : which of the phrase (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (e) as the answer.

They had registered a complaint against her as she have violated the contract.

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    had violence
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    had violated
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    has violate
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    have violate
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    No correction required
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Answer : 2. "had violated"

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In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each four words have been suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

The empty ‘Chyawanprash’ containers near the makeshift kitchen at the elephant camp say it all – that the elephants have been having a healthy, nutritious diet as (1) by the veterinary doctors.  The camp managers say that the elephants get to have the nutritious (2) twice a day – morning before bath and early evening, walk eight to 1 km on the walking track twice a day and have loads of green fodder. A few of these elephants also undergo special medication, if necessary. ‘Valli’, a female elephant from the Koodal Azhagar Perumal Koil, Madurai, and ‘Vedanayagi’ another female elephant from Bhavani, Erode, are two such elephants. Based on the veterinarians’ prescription, the managers are treating the two for foot rot disease.
 The elephants get to (3) their legs in a decoction of seven chemicals, a traditional formula, to get over the problem. The foot rot sets in when the elephants are obese, or stand on hard surface or bitumen-topped roads for long with very little movement.
 Likewise, two other elephants are also undergoing eye treatment to overcome the ‘watery eye’ problem. This occurs when the elephants’ living (4) is hot. The managers say that the ingredients of the food and the quantity given to the elephants (5) from one to another and are dependent on the age and gender.
 Based on the two, a body-mass-index of sorts is derived and that determines the food and the quantity. Right at the start of the camp, the managers have noted down the weight of each elephant.
 This will be compared to the (6) that they will record when the elephants exit the camp around the second week of January. The managers say that one important factor in the camp is giving green fodder, which the elephants (7) in plenty in the camp. For the weak elephants, the camp managers give twigs of ‘aal’, ‘arasu’ ‘athi’ trees and also ‘koondapanai’. They add that the managers are also (8) the mahouts and those accompanying the elephants on the ways to keep the animal healthy. This is (9) the mahouts are with the elephants 24x7. And also because the animal should continue to live in a (10) environment.

Choose the correct option for (7). 

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    earn
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    realize
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    get
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    capture
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Answer : 3. "get "

Q:

Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.

Taru told me that Avika was having her online cooking class then.

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    Taru said to me, “Avika will be having her online cooking class now.”
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    Taru said to me, “Avika is having her online cooking class at that time.”
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    Taru said to me, “Avika is having her online cooking class now.”
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    Taru said to me, “Avika was having her online cooking class at this time.”
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Answer : 3. "Taru said to me, “Avika is having her online cooking class now.”"

Q:

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A keeper or custodian of a museum

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    Creator
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    Developer
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    Master
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    Curator
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Answer : 4. "Curator"
Explanation :

A curator is a person responsible for the care, maintenance, and management of a museum or other collection, fitting the given context.

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Choose the correct English translation of the following sentence from the options given below:
 मेरे स्टेशन पहुँचने से पहले गाड़ी जा चुकी थी।

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    The train had been left before I reached the station.
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    The train had left before I reached the station.
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    The train left already when I had reached the station.
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    The train has left when I had reached the station.
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Answer : 2. "The train had left before I reached the station."

Q:

Change from Interrogative to Assertive: Who can be expected to submit to injustice?

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    Anyone can be expected to submit to injustice.
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    No one can be expected to submit to injustice.
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    No one should submit to injustice.
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    No body could submit to injustice.
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Answer : 2. "No one can be expected to submit to injustice."

Q:

Change from assertive to exclamatory.
The sunrise is very beautiful.

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    The sunrise is awesome!
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    How beautiful the sunrise is!
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    The sunrise is absolutely beautiful!
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    The sunrise was good.
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Answer : 2. "How beautiful the sunrise is!"

Q:

Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.

Our Principal says, “Rules are to be followed at any cost.”

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    Our Principal advised that rules need to be followed at any cost.
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    Our Principal says that rules are to be followed at any cost.
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    Our Principal told that rules are to be followed at any cost.
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    Our Principal said that rules had to be followed at any cost
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Answer : 2. "Our Principal says that rules are to be followed at any cost."

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