General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions : In these questions , a part of the sentence is given in bold . Below are given alternatives 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 ) .
His acting is too good.
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5f2115674ab50b169742a3e7- 1bestfalse
- 2much betterfalse
- 3very goodtrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "very good"
Q: Select the correctly spelt word.
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5f60509109624c19c5c149d2- 1Prioretyfalse
- 2Jelousfalse
- 3Disgisefalse
- 4Nourishtrue
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Answer : 4. "Nourish"
Q:What, one wonders, is the lowest common denominator of Indian culture today? The attractive Hema Malini ? The songs of Vinidh Barati? The attractive Hema Malini? The sons of Vinidh Barati?
Or the mouth-watering Masala Dosa? Delectable as these may be, each yield pride of place to that false (?) symbol of a new era-the synthetic fibre. In less than twenty years the nylon sari and the terylene shirt have swept the countryside, penetrated to the farthest corners of the land and persuaded every common man, woman and child that the key to success in the present day world lie in artificial fibers: glass nylon, crepe nylon, tery mixes, polyesters and what have you. More than the bicycles, the wristwatch or the transistor radio, synthetic clothes have come to represent the first step away form the village square. The village lass treasures the flashy nylon sari in her trousseau most delay; the village youth gets a great kick out of his cheap terrycot shirt and trousers, the nearest he can approximate to the expensive synthetic sported by his wealthy citybred contemporaries. And the Neo-rich craze for ‘phoren’ is nowhere more apparent than in the price that people will pay for smuggled, stolen, begged borrowed second hand or thrown away synthetics. Alas, even the uniformity of nylon.
The synthetic fibre has –
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5d7f7dc25d5653223cdd06ecOr the mouth-watering Masala Dosa? Delectable as these may be, each yield pride of place to that false (?) symbol of a new era-the synthetic fibre. In less than twenty years the nylon sari and the terylene shirt have swept the countryside, penetrated to the farthest corners of the land and persuaded every common man, woman and child that the key to success in the present day world lie in artificial fibers: glass nylon, crepe nylon, tery mixes, polyesters and what have you. More than the bicycles, the wristwatch or the transistor radio, synthetic clothes have come to represent the first step away form the village square. The village lass treasures the flashy nylon sari in her trousseau most delay; the village youth gets a great kick out of his cheap terrycot shirt and trousers, the nearest he can approximate to the expensive synthetic sported by his wealthy citybred contemporaries. And the Neo-rich craze for ‘phoren’ is nowhere more apparent than in the price that people will pay for smuggled, stolen, begged borrowed second hand or thrown away synthetics. Alas, even the uniformity of nylon.
- 1Always been popular in Indiafalse
- 2Become popular during the last twenty yearstrue
- 3Never been popular the last twenty yearsfalse
- 4Been as popular as other kinds of fibrefalse
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Answer : 2. "Become popular during the last twenty years"
Q: Our Country is spiritual country, their_____religious.
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60ff9e38d984302df2400415- 1arefalse
- 2alsofalse
- 3havefalse
- 4istrue
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Answer : 4. "is"
Q:Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
The novels of Tolstoy interest me.
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5f34dedd122f0b4ab917944b- 1I am interested in Tolstoy of the novels.false
- 2I am interested by the novels of Tolstoy.false
- 3I am interested in the novels of Tolstoy.true
- 4I was interested by the novels of Tolstoy.false
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Answer : 3. "I am interested in the novels of Tolstoy. "
Q:Directions : In these questions , a part of the sentence is given in bold . Below are given alternatives 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 ) .
If I am the P.M. I would ban all processions.
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5dd3bf6ca46476101fbd63d1- 1will befalse
- 2weretrue
- 3amfalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 2. "were"
Q:Directions: In each of the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with appropriate words(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate your choice for the correct answer.
The climate is not conducive_____ good health.
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5f4cd949081699374e813af9- 1infalse
- 2totrue
- 3withfalse
- 4fromfalse
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Answer : 2. "to"
Q:In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
My son said to me, "I will not disappoint you."
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601b4b77552e5f41f7b360ed- 1My son told me that he would not disappoint me.true
- 2My son had told me that he would not be disappointing me.false
- 3My son tells me that he will not disappoint me.false
- 4My son tells me that he will not be disappointing me.false
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