General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Fill in the blanks with the correct Article or Determiner choosing from the options given below:

Do you take sugar in your coffee?

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    an
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    a
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    no article
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    the
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Answer : 3. "no article "

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

A person’s last performance

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    Memoir
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    Swan song
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    Prognosis
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    Elegy
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Answer : 2. "Swan song"

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What, one wonders, is the lowest common denominator of Indian culture today? The attractive Hema Malini ? The songs of Vinidh Barati? The attractive Hema Malini? The sons of Vinidh Barati?
Or the mouth-watering Masala Dosa? Delectable as these may be, each yield pride of place to that false (?) symbol of a new era-the synthetic fibre. In less than twenty years the nylon sari and the terylene shirt have swept the countryside, penetrated to the farthest corners of the land and persuaded every common man, woman and child that the key to success in the present day world lie in artificial fibers: glass nylon, crepe nylon, tery mixes, polyesters and what have you. More than the bicycles, the wristwatch or the transistor radio, synthetic clothes have come to represent the first step away form the village square. The village lass treasures the flashy nylon sari in her trousseau most delay; the village youth gets a great kick out of his cheap terrycot shirt and trousers, the nearest he can approximate to the expensive synthetic sported by his wealthy citybred contemporaries. And the Neo-rich craze for ‘phoren’ is nowhere more apparent than in the price that people will pay for smuggled, stolen, begged borrowed second hand or thrown away synthetics. Alas, even the uniformity of nylon.

The tern ‘Neo-rich’ means –

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    The aristocracy
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    The industrialists
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    The newly rich people
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    The common people
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Answer : 3. "The newly rich people "

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We had scarcely (A)/ reached the place (B)/ than it started to rain heavily. (C) No error (D). 

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    C
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    D
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    A
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    B
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Answer : 1. "C"

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).

The servant (A) / hanged the lamp (B)/ on that wall .(C)/ No error (D).

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    A
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    B
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    C
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    D
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Answer : 2. "B"

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Direction: In questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive. Out of the four alternatives suggested select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark answer in the Answer Sheet.

We waste much time on trifles. 

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    Much time is wasted by us on trifles.
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    Much time is wasted on trifles.
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    Much time was wasted on trifles.
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    Much time will be wasted on trifles.
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Answer : 1. "Much time is wasted by us on trifles. "

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Directions: Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E), i.e., 'No correction required' as the answer.

We went to the famous restaurant to eat and were served piped hot food.

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    served piping hotter
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    serving pipe hot
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    served piping hot
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    serve pipe hotten
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    No correction required
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Answer : 3. "served piping hot"

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