General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
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64ca48e9a4dbfb486be3b021- 1to be the person in chargetrue
- 2to be blissfully happyfalse
- 3to be in debtfalse
- 4to lack controlfalse
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Answer : 1. "to be the person in charge"
Explanation :
The correct answer is "to be the person in charge". Key Points. Given Idiom: To call the shots means to be the person in charge, to have control over the progress of a situation. For example, With no boss to call the shots, he drew ideas from all over.
Q: Groups of four words are given. In each group, one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer-Sheet.
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632d3ec731300b7ce477efb3- 1Fasimmilefalse
- 2Facsimiletrue
- 3Fasimilefalse
- 4Fascimileefalse
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Answer : 2. "Facsimile"
Q:Fill in the blanks by choosing an appropriate alternative.
The sun rises in the east and………………………….in the west.
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5e5f5936860fb849c8e909de- 1is settingfalse
- 2setstrue
- 3setfalse
- 4settingfalse
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Answer : 2. "sets "
Q:Directions : In each of the following questions, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, select No error
Today people is ignorant (1)/ of the things that (2)/ are happening around them. (3)/ No error (4)
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634003b63de0003a74725149- 11true
- 22false
- 33false
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Answer : 1. "1"
Q: Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
Madhuri told me that I could stay in her flat whenever I was in Kolkata.
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64b779b0efb5ba166889f908- 1Madhuri said to me, “I could stay in her flat whenever I was in Kolkata.”false
- 2Madhuri said to me, “You could stay in her flat whenever she was in Kolkata.”false
- 3Madhuri said to me, “I can stay in my flat whenever I am in Kolkata.”false
- 4Madhuri said to me, “You can stay in my flat whenever you are in Kolkata.”true
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Answer : 4. "Madhuri said to me, “You can stay in my flat whenever you are in Kolkata.”"
Q: Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. Since then cows, pigs, dogs and other mammals have been cloned.
B. They were created with the identical technique used to clone Dolly, the sheep, back in 1996.
C. Two monkeys have been cloned in a Chinese laboratory.
D. Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua were born a few weeks ago at a Chinese lab.
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64c8e2463fde307e3f4f653d- 1DCBAfalse
- 2CDBAtrue
- 3DBACfalse
- 4CBADfalse
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Answer : 2. "CDBA"
Q:Directions: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive /Active Voice.
Are you not revising your lessons?
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6308b30c1ff92f3f9e74ae0c- 1Are your lessons not be revised by you ?false
- 2Are your lessons not being revised by you?true
- 3Are not your lessons revised by you ?false
- 4Are you not being revising your lessons ?false
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Answer : 2. "Are your lessons not being revised by you? "
Q: Complete the collocation.
When we met first it was very difficult to ______ the ice.
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6458e35a223d4c08a7eee8ce- 1smashfalse
- 2burstfalse
- 3breaktrue
- 4shatterfalse
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Answer : 3. "break"
Explanation :
(C) break - The collocation is "break the ice," meaning to initiate a conversation in a social setting.

