General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Rewrite the sentence in direct speech.
Sumanth said that he would have called a doctor.
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63318fd41fdfd616ed8dc0e9- 1Sumanth said, "I will call a doctor"false
- 2Sumanth said, "I will be calling a doctor"false
- 3Sumanth said, "I will have called a doctor"true
- 4Sumanth said, "I should call a doctor"false
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Answer : 3. "Sumanth said, "I will have called a doctor" "
Q:In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The rise in the Irrawaddy dolphin (1) ______ in Chilika can be attributed to the eviction of (2) ______ fish enclosures. After thousands of hectares of Chilika lake were made (3) ______ free, Irrawaddy dolphins found unobstructed area for movement. (4) ______, due to the COVID-19 lockdown last year, there were comparatively fewer tourist boats on Chilika lake, which made it (5) ______ for dolphins to move from one part of the lake to another.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
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6482fa88bf323e479a9cfd2f- 1disturbingfalse
- 2detrimentalfalse
- 3hurtfulfalse
- 4conducivetrue
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Answer : 4. "conducive"
Q:Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
One who makes an active effort to promote human welfare
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6462212b19bbd20a9ad38e0f- 1Philanthropisttrue
- 2Philosopherfalse
- 3Philandererfalse
- 4Physicistfalse
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Answer : 1. "Philanthropist"
Explanation :
A philanthropist is someone who seeks to promote the well-being of others, often through charitable acts or donations.
Q:Rewrite the sentence in direct speech.
She said that she would be playing with her kids.
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632b1c5e1656651c9e9c893f- 1She said, "I have played with my kids"false
- 2She said, "I will play with my kids"false
- 3She said, "I played with my kids"false
- 4She said, "I will be playing with my kids"true
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Answer : 4. "She said, "I will be playing with my kids""
Q:Read the passage carefully and give the answer of following questions.
Looking back on those days I see myself as a kind of centaur, half boy, half bike, forever wheeling down suburban streets under the poincianas, on my way to football practice or the library or to a meeting of the little group of us, girls and boys, that came together on someone's verandah in the evenings after tea.
I might come across the Professor then on his after dinner stroll; and as often as not, he would be accompanied by my father, who would stop me and demand (partly, I thought, to impress the Professor) where I was off to or where I had been; insisting, with more than his usual force, that I come home right away, with no argument I spent long hours cycling back and forth between our house and Ross McDowell or Jimmy Larwood's, my friends from school, and the Professor's house was always on the route, I was always aboard and waiting for something significant to occur, for life somehow to declare it self and catch me up I rode my bike in slow circles or figures-of-eight, took it for sprints across the gravel of the park, or simply hung motionless in the saddle, balanced and waiting.
The boy's father was trying to gain the Professor's approval, hence
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5f3a19ec1269c22e12675c5cI might come across the Professor then on his after dinner stroll; and as often as not, he would be accompanied by my father, who would stop me and demand (partly, I thought, to impress the Professor) where I was off to or where I had been; insisting, with more than his usual force, that I come home right away, with no argument I spent long hours cycling back and forth between our house and Ross McDowell or Jimmy Larwood's, my friends from school, and the Professor's house was always on the route, I was always aboard and waiting for something significant to occur, for life somehow to declare it self and catch me up I rode my bike in slow circles or figures-of-eight, took it for sprints across the gravel of the park, or simply hung motionless in the saddle, balanced and waiting.
- 1he followed the Professor on his evening walks.false
- 2he pretended to be interested in observing the stars.false
- 3he boasted to the Professor about his son's riding skills.false
- 4he would make a display of his parental skills on seeing the narrator.true
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Answer : 4. "he would make a display of his parental skills on seeing the narrator."
Q:Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
His modest nature made all the difference.
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645b5bb7f75f230a7a62d1e0- 1courageousfalse
- 2dryfalse
- 3shytrue
- 4horrificfalse
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Answer : 3. "shy"
Q: Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
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646213b10827e80a9f8da1ce- 1Enthusiasmfalse
- 2Acomplishmenttrue
- 3Conveniencefalse
- 4Auxiliaryfalse
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Answer : 2. "Acomplishment"
Q:Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
to cast iron stomach
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62dfaf5a313eb40eb8a4fae8- 1a very greedy personfalse
- 2to be able to eat or drink anything without any problemstrue
- 3to be indifferent to harsh wordsfalse
- 4to face so many difficulties in life that one now becomes immune to even poisonfalse
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