General English Practice Question and Answer
8 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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632ae9345c208a6bf7e383c6- 1Coloquiallfalse
- 2Colloquiallfalse
- 3Colloquialtrue
- 4Collokuialfalse
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Answer : 3. "Colloquial"
Q:Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Ants, like most insects, have (1) ______ are known as compound eyes. This means their eyes have multiple lenses, (2) ______ in general, most species of ant do not have particularly great eyes for seeing (3) ______ far. Ants can detect movement and see the areas around them, but (4) ______ more on senses and information they get from their legs and antennae (5) ______ from their eyes.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
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6435286106979810acd8ec54Ants, like most insects, have (1) ______ are known as compound eyes. This means their eyes have multiple lenses, (2) ______ in general, most species of ant do not have particularly great eyes for seeing (3) ______ far. Ants can detect movement and see the areas around them, but (4) ______ more on senses and information they get from their legs and antennae (5) ______ from their eyes.
- 1whosefalse
- 2howfalse
- 3whattrue
- 4Whofalse
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Answer : 3. "what "
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’.
Madhu is only a daughter of her parents.
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643fc4bd1ce944a93eafcf4dMadhu is only a daughter of her parents.
- 1the onlytrue
- 2only onefalse
- 3No substitution requiredfalse
- 4an only onefalse
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Answer : 1. "the only "
Q: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Everyone knows that the future of all life on earth will be _________ if people don’t control the contamination of the environment.
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6452285b39143d085f3a301eEveryone knows that the future of all life on earth will be _________ if people don’t control the contamination of the environment.
- 1dangerousfalse
- 2endangeredtrue
- 3dangeredfalse
- 4dangerfalse
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Answer : 2. "endangered"
Explanation :
(B) endangered
- "Endangered" is the appropriate term to indicate a threat to the future of life on earth.
Q:Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The world is constantly living in risk, uncertainty and fear of _________.
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645a20d0d47721ee2dac2ddb- 1lifefalse
- 2bodyfalse
- 3naturefalse
- 4deathtrue
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Answer : 4. "death"
Explanation :
(D) death - The phrase "risk, uncertainty, and fear of death" completes the sentence appropriately, highlighting a common source of anxiety.
Q:Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Keats and Shelley were poets of the same period; they were ______.
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649019b123e51f4777349127- 1colleaguesfalse
- 2associatesfalse
- 3contemporariestrue
- 4acquaintancesfalse
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Answer : 3. "contemporaries"
Q:In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
The Panchatantra is a legendary collection of short stories from India. (1)______ composed in the 2nd century BC, Panchatantra is (2)______ to be written by Vishnu Sharma (3)______ with many other scholars. The purpose behind the composition (4)______ to implant moral values and governing (5)______ in the young sons of the king
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
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649020d5b90df94e036196cc- 1facultiesfalse
- 2flairsfalse
- 3skillstrue
- 4giftsfalse
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Answer : 3. "skills"
Q:Given below is a word, followed by three sentences which consist of that word. Identify the sentence(s) which best express(es) the meaning of the word. Choose option 5 ‘None of these’ if the word is not suitable in any of the sentences.
Corroborate
A. Recent research seems to corroborate his theory.
B. Employment trends corroborate the dismal economic picture.
C. There was no one to corroborate her story about the disturbance in the lounge.
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64ec7c222bbb242750d17a87- 1Only Bfalse
- 2A and Cfalse
- 3A, B and Ctrue
- 4B and Cfalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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