General English Practice Question and Answer

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Direction: Read these sentences to find out whether is any grammatical mistake /error in them. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation if any). 

The Oak tree always/thought/ he was strong/than the other trees.

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    The Oak tree always
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    thought that
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    he was strong
    Correct
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    than the other trees
    Correct
    Wrong
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    No error
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "he was strong "

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Answer : 1. "a"

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Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.

A collection of poems.
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    Oncology
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    Pedology
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    Pathology
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Anthology
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Answer : 4. "Anthology"

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Choose the most appropriate option from the choices given below: 

Tenders are 

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    written quotations to complete a job
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    public notices about jobs to be done
    Correct
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    advertisements for a new product
    Correct
    Wrong
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    payment for jobs done
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Answer : 1. "written quotations to complete a job "

Q:

Our Country is spiritual country, their_____religious.

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    are
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    also
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    have
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    is
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Answer : 4. "is"

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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 most useful training of my career was given to me by my boss. 

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    My boss has been giving me the most useful training of my career.
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    My boss gives me the most useful training
    Correct
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    My boss is giving me the most useful training.
    Correct
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    My boss gave me the most useful training of my career.
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Answer : 4. "My boss gave me the most useful training of my career. "

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Her parents always ______ her in her studies.

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    impressed
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    expected
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    encouraged
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    interested
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Answer : 3. "encouraged"

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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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    Always been popular in India
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    Become popular during the last twenty years
    Correct
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    Never been popular the last twenty years
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    Been as popular as other kinds of fibre
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Answer : 2. "Become popular during the last twenty years"

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