General English Practice Question and Answer
8 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.
They have cut all the telephone wires.
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6308c06a1ff92f3f9e751897- 1All the telephone wires will be cut.false
- 2All the telephone wires had been cut.false
- 3All the telephone wires have been cut.true
- 4All the telephone wires shall be cut.false
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Answer : 3. "All the telephone wires have been cut. "
Q: Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the highlighted word.
The malice he developed for all caused a lot of damage.
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645b8c261efb290ac241c57aThe malice he developed for all caused a lot of damage.
- 1avaricefalse
- 2gracefalse
- 3sympathytrue
- 4oppressionfalse
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Answer : 3. "sympathy"
Explanation :
In the context of the sentence, "malice" refers to a desire to cause harm or suffering to others. The opposite or antonym of malice is a positive quality like "grace," which typically conveys kindness, elegance, and goodwill. Therefore, option (B) grace is the most appropriate antonym in this context.
Q: Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
He was eating a large pizza.
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64b65eca568e7ff594b45b6e- 1A large pizza was eating him.false
- 2A large pizza has been eaten by him.false
- 3A large pizza was being eaten by him.true
- 4A large pizza was eaten by him.false
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Answer : 3. "A large pizza was being eaten by him."
Explanation :
In Active Voice, a sentence emphasizes the subject, performing an action.
In Passive Voice, a sentence emphasizes the action or the object of the sentence.
The given sentence is in the active voice and 'He' is the subject and 'a large pizza' is the object.
When we convert this sentence into passive voice, the subject 'He' of the active voice becomes the object 'him', the object 'a large pizza' becomes the subject.
The passive format "was + being + V3 (eaten)" should be used.
This is the active and passive voice rule for the past continuous tense.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.
Q:Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The sweet mangoes were eaten by the children.
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645b3db1cdae930acb6583c0- 1The children were eating the sweet mangoes.false
- 2The children was eating the sweet mangoes.false
- 3The children are eating the sweet mangoes.false
- 4The children ate the sweet mangoes.true
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Answer : 4. "The children ate the sweet mangoes."
Q: Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
The 21st Kargil Vijay Diwas (Victory Day) was ______ on 26th July across the country.
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643fce882d621da1169d9fb6The 21st Kargil Vijay Diwas (Victory Day) was ______ on 26th July across the country.
- 1concludedfalse
- 2celebratedtrue
- 3forgottenfalse
- 4Attendedfalse
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Answer : 2. "celebrated "
Explanation :
(B) celebrated
- "Celebrated" is the correct term for marking an occasion like Victory Day.
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:Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions.
It is impossible for a well-educated, intellectual or brave man to make money the chief object of his thought, just as it is for him to make his dinner the principal object of them. All healthy people like their dinners, but their dinner is not the main object of their lives. So all healthy-minded people like making money-ought to like it, and to enjoy the sensation of winning it, but the main object of their life is not money, it is something better than money. A good soldier, for instance mainly wishes to do his fighting well. He is glad of his pay, very properly so, and justly grumbles when you keep him ten years without it - still his main notion of life is to win battles not to be paid for winning them. So of the doctor. They like fees, no doubt, ought to like them, yet if they are brave and well-educated, the entire object of their lives is not fees. They, on the whole, desire to cure the sick, and if they are good doctors, and the choice were fairly put to them, they would rather cure their patient, and lose the fees, than kill him and get it. And so with all other brave and rightly trained men, their work is first, their fees second - very important, no doubt, but still second. But in every nation, there are a vast number of people who are ill-educated, cowardly and stupid. And with these people, just as certainly the fee is first and work second, as with brave people the work is first and fee second.
How do unworthy people differ from right-thinking people in this matter?
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61277c17dbe92e068b921531It is impossible for a well-educated, intellectual or brave man to make money the chief object of his thought, just as it is for him to make his dinner the principal object of them. All healthy people like their dinners, but their dinner is not the main object of their lives. So all healthy-minded people like making money-ought to like it, and to enjoy the sensation of winning it, but the main object of their life is not money, it is something better than money. A good soldier, for instance mainly wishes to do his fighting well. He is glad of his pay, very properly so, and justly grumbles when you keep him ten years without it - still his main notion of life is to win battles not to be paid for winning them. So of the doctor. They like fees, no doubt, ought to like them, yet if they are brave and well-educated, the entire object of their lives is not fees. They, on the whole, desire to cure the sick, and if they are good doctors, and the choice were fairly put to them, they would rather cure their patient, and lose the fees, than kill him and get it. And so with all other brave and rightly trained men, their work is first, their fees second - very important, no doubt, but still second. But in every nation, there are a vast number of people who are ill-educated, cowardly and stupid. And with these people, just as certainly the fee is first and work second, as with brave people the work is first and fee second.
- 1prefer money to worktrue
- 2attach equal importance to both money and workfalse
- 3attach no importance to workfalse
- 4worship moneyfalse
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Answer : 1. "prefer money to work"
Q:Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
All the allegations levelled (over) the poor watchman were found to be baseless.
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62dfa966cbf2ed2bdbe04d7e- 1uponfalse
- 2offfalse
- 3againsttrue
- 4no improvementfalse
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