General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Select the correct active form of the given sentence.

They were refused entry in Delhi by the police.

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    The police refused them entry in Delhi.
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    The police had refused them entry in Delhi.
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    The police have refused them entry in Delhi.
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    The police can refuse them entry in Delhi.
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Answer : 1. "The police refused them entry in Delhi."
Explanation :

The correct answer is The police refused them entry in Delhi.
Key Points
The given sentence is in the Passive Voice.
As per the given question we have to change the sentence into Active Form.
The structure of the given sentence as follows: Subject+V2+Object.
(Active Voice) Subject (objective case)+was/were+V3+Object (subjective case).
(Passive Voice) 'Were refused' will be changed into 'refused'.
'They' will be changed into 'them'.

Q:

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Options:

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    Allimony
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    Hallucinate
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    Structural
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    Halloween
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Answer : 1. "Allimony"

Q:

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

Four people were injured after a car suddenly came for a halt in outer Delhi.

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    came to a halt
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    came for the halt
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    come to a halt
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    No substitution required
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Answer : 1. "came to a halt"
Explanation :

The correct sentence should be:

Four people were injured after a car suddenly came to a halt in outer Delhi.

Explanation: The phrase "came to a halt" is the correct idiom, indicating the action of stopping suddenly. The original sentence, "came for a halt," is incorrect.

Q:

Directions: Which of the following phrases given below in the options should replace the phrase that is underlined in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct and does not require any correction mark 'No correction required' as your answer.

Students’ interests should be promoted and they should be reassured that there feelings and emotions are being taken into account.

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    reassuring that their feeling
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    reassured that there feeling
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    reassured that their feelings
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    reassuring that their feelings
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    No correction required
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Answer : 3. "reassured that their feelings"

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Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

The most logical and intelligent people seem to go berserk when talking about snakes. Recently a reputed scientist said with a wise look in his eyes that sand boas have two heads. The other day someone walked into my office and stated that in his village at least cobras mate with rat snakes. About other places he was not sure, he added modestly, but that was how it was in his village.

These stories about snakes are myths. Sand boas have only one head; vine snakes do not peck your eyes out; no snake will drink milk. But it is interesting to try and trace the origin of these untruths. The one about the sand boas two heads obviously exists because the short, stumpy tail of this snake looks remarkably like the head, an effective device to fool predators. Or take the one about vine snakes pecking at eyes. It was ‘probably started by a vine snake that had a bad aim, as snakes, when provoked, will bite the most prominent projection of the offender, which is usually the nose.

But the most interesting one is about snakes coming to the scene of killing to take revenge. It so happens that when injured or under stress, a snake exudes, a large quantity of musk. Musk is a powerful sex attractant, the snakes’ equivalent of after-shave lotion. So after a snake is killed, the ground around still has this smell and naturally a snake of the same species passing by will lick its lips and come to investigate. The killer of the snake, who is probably worried if the pooja he performed was adequate to liquidate the killing of a snake, sees the second snake and is convinced that it was not.

The Irula tribals have a good answer to the query about whether cobras have jewels in their heads; “If they did, we wouldn’t be snake catchers, we would be rajas!”

According to the passage, the author

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    believes in myths.
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    is afraid of snakes.
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    worships snakes.
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    believes in facts.
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Answer : 4. "believes in facts."

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