General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Which one of the following sentences expresses 'possibility'?
 'There are dark clouds in the sky______ 

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    It will rain
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    It shall rain
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    It may rain
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    It must rain
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Answer : 3. "It may rain "

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. We are selling a single orange ______ ₹10 but nobody is ready to buy it. 

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    on
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    to
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    with
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    For
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Answer : 4. "For"
Explanation :

(D) For - We are selling a single orange for ₹10 but nobody is ready to buy it.


Q:

The conclusion of World Trade Organization’s 11th biennial ministerial conference at Buenos Aires was worrisome. From an Indian standpoint, there was no loss as status quo continues in the most important issue: the right to continue the food security programme by using support prices. But the inability of the negotiators to reach even one substantive outcome suggests that WTO’s efficacy is under question. As a 164-country multilateral organisation dedicated to crafting rules of trade through consensus, WTO represents the optimal bet for developing countries such as India. Strengthening WTO is in India’s best interest.
 Perhaps the biggest threat to WTO’s efficacy today is the attitude of the US. The world’s largest economy appears to have lost faith in the organisation and has begun to undermine one of its most successful segments, the dispute redressal mechanism. This is significant as the US has been directly involved in nearly half of all cases brought to WTO. Separately, large groups of countries decided to pursue negotiations on e-commerce, investment facilitation and removal of trade obstacles for medium and small scale industries. By itself this should not weaken WTO. But it comes at a time when there is growing frustration with gridlock at WTO.
 India did well to defend its position on its food security programme. The envisaged reform package which will see a greater use of direct cash transfers to beneficiaries will be in sync with what developed countries do. But it’s important for India to enhance its efforts to reinvigorate WTO. In this context, India’s plan to organise a meeting of some countries early next year is a step in the right direction. WTO represents the best available platform to accommodate interests of a diverse set of nations. Therefore, India should be at the forefront of moves to fortify it.

Which of the following is the most successful segments of the WTO mentioned in the passage?

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    Reviewer of government’s trade policies.
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    Agreement on trade in services.
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    Dispute redressal mechanism
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    Intellectual Property Rights
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Answer : 3. "Dispute redressal mechanism"

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The sudden death of our uncle was ______________ for all of us.

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    tragic
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    fragile
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    gentle
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    Dissuasive
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Answer : 1. "tragic "
Explanation :

(A) tragic - The adjective "tragic" fits the context of the sudden death being a sorrowful event.


Q:

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

The problem of water pollution by pesticides can be understood only in context, as part of the whole to which it belongs – the pollution of the total environment of mankind. The pollution entering our waterways comes from many sources, radioactive wastes from reactors, laboratories and hospitals; fallout from nuclear explosions; domestic wastes from cities and towns; chemical wastes from factories. To these is a added a new kid of fallout - the chemical sprays applied to crop lands and gardens, forests and fields. Many of the chemical agents in this alarming melange initiate and augment the harmful effects of radiation, and within the groups of chemicals themselves there are sinister and little - understood interactions, transformations and summations of effect.

Ever since the chemists began to manufacture substances that nature never invented, the problem of water purification have become complex and the danger to users of water has increased. As we have seen, the production of these synthetic chemicals in large volume began in the 1940’s. It has now reached such proportion that an appalling deluge of chemical pollution is daily poured into the nation’s waterways. When inextricably mixed with domestic and other wastes discharged into the same water, these chemicals sometimes defy detection by the methods in ordinary use by purification plants. Most of them are so complex that they cannot be identified. In rivers, a really incredible variety of pollutants combine to produce deposits that sanitary engineers can only despairingly refer to as “gunk”.

The words  ‘gunk’ in the last line refers:

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    to the waste products deposited by sanitary engineers
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    to the debris found in rivers
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    to unidentifiable chemical found in water.
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    to the domestic water supplies.
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Answer : 3. "to unidentifiable chemical found in water."

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Fill in the blank with an appropriate 'modal': He is ill. He________ see a doctor

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    can
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    could
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    would
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    must
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Answer : 4. "must"

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