General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language-so the argument runs-must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes.
Now it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes it is not due simply to the bad influence of this or that individual writer. But an effect can become a cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing the same effect in an intensified form, and so on indefinitely. A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits, one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers.
What causes bad language in the end?
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5d7f8829d2d4bc2ee52f5ccfNow it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes it is not due simply to the bad influence of this or that individual writer. But an effect can become a cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing the same effect in an intensified form, and so on indefinitely. A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits, one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers.
- 1The bad influence of individual writersfalse
- 2The imitation of bad language habitsfalse
- 3Political and economic causes.true
- 4An assumption that nothing can be done aboutfalse
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Answer : 3. "Political and economic causes."
Q: A ____ of Japanese artists stepped off the coach amidst warm welcome.
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5f33fabb5cd7211af8f70245- 1bankfalse
- 2gangfalse
- 3troopfalse
- 4troupetrue
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Answer : 4. "troupe "
Q: Direction:In question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Human beings are biological______; they need to be grounded in time and place or else they come_____.
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5d89f1f0019438473fb88281Human beings are biological______; they need to be grounded in time and place or else they come_____.
- 1things, forwardfalse
- 2souls, backfalse
- 3organisms, unhingedfalse
- 4features, undonefalse
- 5creatures, againtrue
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Answer : 5. "creatures, again"
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.
I did not trust anybody.
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5ddb6216cf217052a90d47c9- 1Nobody was trusted by me.true
- 2Anybody had been trusted by me.false
- 3Nobody would be trusted by me.false
- 4Nobody has been trusted by me.false
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Answer : 1. "Nobody was trusted by me."
Q:In each of the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word (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 pilot was………..injured, he died within half an hour.
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5efc57cceb90be58c58fad05- 1carelesslyfalse
- 2fatallytrue
- 3fatefullyfalse
- 4vitallyfalse
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Answer : 2. "fatally"
Q:Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
Constant effort to achieve something
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5ddcb82b874e270a9a383c47- 1attemptfalse
- 2vigourfalse
- 3enthusiasmfalse
- 4perseverancetrue
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Answer : 4. "perseverance"
Q: Select the word which match same as the group of words given.
a family of young animals
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5d429aa129741f37c2547f61- 1nestfalse
- 2broodtrue
- 3offspringfalse
- 4clutchfalse
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Answer : 2. "brood"
Q:In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
The new student asked the old one, "do you know my name?"
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5ddb52915137d252a2b5184a- 1The new student asked the old one if he knew his name.true
- 2The new student asked the old one that whether he knew his name.false
- 3The new student asked the old one did he know his name.false
- 4The new student asked the old one if he knows his name.false
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