General English Practice Question and Answer

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Direction: In these questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternative 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).
Q.15. The teacher was very angry at his student

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    angry with
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    angry against
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    angry about
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    No improvement
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Answer : 1. "angry with "

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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).

On a holiday (A) /I prefer reading story books (B) / than visiting my friends. (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 : 3. "C"
Explanation :

prefer to

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Tourists always enjoyed ____ the setting Sun in the Darjeeling Hills. 

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    in seeing
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    seeing
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    to watch
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    watching
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Answer : 4. "watching "

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You have all come well prepared. I ____ you to pass this exam. 

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    hope
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    expect
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    wish
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    except
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Answer : 2. "expect "

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Answer : 3. "that "

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Directions (68): In the following questions, change the Statements given in Direct Speech form into Indirect Speech or vice versa, with the help of given four options (A),(B),(C),(D).
Radha said to us, “You will get your salary from your office tomorrow.”

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    Radha told us that we would get our salary from our office the next day.
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    Radha told us that we will get our salary from our office the next day.
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    Radha told us that we would get our salary from your office the next day.
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    Radha told us that we shall get our salary from our office the next day.
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Answer : 1. "Radha told us that we would get our salary from our office the next day."

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Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
With Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma abolishing the discretionary quota for gas and telephone connections enjoyed by members of parliament last week, demands are being made for doing away with the same privilege for Union ministers.
Imposing a fine of Rs. 50 lakh on former petroleum minister Satish Sharma for arbitrarily allotting petrol pumps, the Supreme Court had said last year that absolute discretion was an anathema to the Constitution and advised the ‘judicious’ use of discretionary powers.
Citing the use of the so-called privileges as “prejudicial to public interest and a breach of trust”, HD Shourie of Common Cause has sought the prime minister’s intervention to “stop this practice of discretionary quota for ministers to present to the public an image of clean functioning of the government.”
In a letter written to the Cabinet Secretary, he has drawn the PM’s attention to the misuse of this privilege by more than a dozen ministers. In the railways, discretionary quota covers platform stalls, passes, tickets and berths on trains. In civil aviation and tourism, the largesse includes free international air tickets, out-of-turn seats and stalls in ITDC hotels.

A Union minister has not got the power of

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    allotting petrol pumps
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    allotting platform stalls
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    allotting berth on trains
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    allotting telephone connections
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    allotting shops in the market
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Answer : 5. "allotting shops in the market"

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In each of the following sentences, an idiomatic expression or a proverb. Select the  alternatives which best describes its use in the sentence.
When the girl wanted to stay out past midnight, her father put his foot down.

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    Gave in to her request
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    Walked away disapprovingly
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    Obstructed her from leaving the house
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    Requested her to be home on time
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    None of the above
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Answer : 3. "Obstructed her from leaving the house"

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