General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions : In these questions , a part of the sentence is given in bold . Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A) , (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence . Choose the correct alternative . In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D ) .
My uncle is enough rich to buy a car.
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5ddca73e103cc50a8fa5803a- 1My uncle is rich enough to buy a car.true
- 2My uncle is richer enough to buy a car.false
- 3My uncle is enough richer to buy a car.false
- 4No improvement.false
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Answer : 1. "My uncle is rich enough to buy a car. "
Q:Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
Where were they playing the cricket match?
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5ddb5ebc588f4c52c920f6b5- 1Where was the cricket match played?false
- 2Where has the cricket match been played?false
- 3Where will the cricket match be played?false
- 4Where was the cricket match being played?true
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Answer : 4. "Where was the cricket match being played? "
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
During the last few years (A)/ the company works hard (B)/to modernise its image. (C)/No error(D).
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5dcce528f348e931548f191e- 1Afalse
- 2Btrue
- 3Cfalse
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Answer : 2. "B"
Q:Directions : In these questions , a part of the sentence is given in bold . Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A) , (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence . Choose the correct alternative . In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D ) .
She was more intelligent than either of her three sisters.
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60c72596288f444e93012a9c- 1all of her three sistersfalse
- 2each of her three sistersfalse
- 3any of her three sisterstrue
- 4No Improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "any of her three sisters "
Q:Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
He made the children work hard.
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5f4776739d816875be4821f6- 1The children made him work hard.false
- 2He was made to work hard by the children.false
- 3The children were made work hard.false
- 4The children were made to work hard.true
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Answer : 4. "The children were made to work hard."
Q: Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. Thomas did not ______ the vegetables because he was busy.
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64d1eab2e0ce557496827060- 1bringingfalse
- 2boughtfalse
- 3had boughtfalse
- 4bringtrue
- 5was bringingfalse
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Answer : 4. "bring"
Q:Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language-so the argument runs-must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes.
Now it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes it is not due simply to the bad influence of this or that individual writer. But an effect can become a cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing the same effect in an intensified form, and so on indefinitely. A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits, one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers.
The author believes that –
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5d7f87905cdffc2effb46c0aNow it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes it is not due simply to the bad influence of this or that individual writer. But an effect can become a cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing the same effect in an intensified form, and so on indefinitely. A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits, one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers.
- 1English is become uglyfalse
- 2Bad languagefalse
- 3Our thoughts are becoming uglier because we ae making the language ugliertrue
- 4Our civilization is decadent so nothing can be done to stop the decile of the languagefalse
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Answer : 3. "Our thoughts are becoming uglier because we ae making the language uglier "
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