General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Direction : Rearrange the following five sentence (A) , (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a paragraph; then answer the question given below them.
(A) A small wooden nest box is all it has taken to rekindle all the romance of bringing sparrows and other birds back into our cities and halt them from fading into the past like a forgotten folktale.
(B) There is something wrong with a city that remains unperturbed even as its birds desert it.
(C) Thankfully, the situation is not as hopeless as it seems.
(D) Much as we try to defend the seemingly irreversible modern life of these cities, we can’t stop our hearts from crying when we realize that our rapidly degenerating urban eco-system isn’t generous enough to let these delicate winged creatures build tiny little nests in its nooks and crannies, sit in solitude, and rear offspring.
(E) And this desertion seems to be true with most metros in India where house sparrows have almost become a thing of the past.
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
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5d89ef41019438473fb880f2(A) A small wooden nest box is all it has taken to rekindle all the romance of bringing sparrows and other birds back into our cities and halt them from fading into the past like a forgotten folktale.
(B) There is something wrong with a city that remains unperturbed even as its birds desert it.
(C) Thankfully, the situation is not as hopeless as it seems.
(D) Much as we try to defend the seemingly irreversible modern life of these cities, we can’t stop our hearts from crying when we realize that our rapidly degenerating urban eco-system isn’t generous enough to let these delicate winged creatures build tiny little nests in its nooks and crannies, sit in solitude, and rear offspring.
(E) And this desertion seems to be true with most metros in India where house sparrows have almost become a thing of the past.
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dtrue
- 5Efalse
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Answer : 4. "D"
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.
Her supporters began to _______and she was left alone.
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6020e3dd1c403b45dac8e7bf- 1fall awaytrue
- 2fall overfalse
- 3fall onfalse
- 4fall offfalse
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Answer : 1. "fall away"
Q: Direction : Rearrange the following five sentence (A) , (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a paragraph; then answer the question given below them.
(A) A small wooden nest box is all it has taken to rekindle all the romance of bringing sparrows and other birds back into our cities and halt them from fading into the past like a forgotten folktale.
(B) There is something wrong with a city that remains unperturbed even as its birds desert it.
(C) Thankfully, the situation is not as hopeless as it seems.
(D) Much as we try to defend the seemingly irreversible modern life of these cities, we can’t stop our hearts from crying when we realize that our rapidly degenerating urban eco-system isn’t generous enough to let these delicate winged creatures build tiny little nests in its nooks and crannies, sit in solitude, and rear offspring.
(E) And this desertion seems to be true with most metros in India where house sparrows have almost become a thing of the past.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
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5d89ee17019438473fb8805a(A) A small wooden nest box is all it has taken to rekindle all the romance of bringing sparrows and other birds back into our cities and halt them from fading into the past like a forgotten folktale.
(B) There is something wrong with a city that remains unperturbed even as its birds desert it.
(C) Thankfully, the situation is not as hopeless as it seems.
(D) Much as we try to defend the seemingly irreversible modern life of these cities, we can’t stop our hearts from crying when we realize that our rapidly degenerating urban eco-system isn’t generous enough to let these delicate winged creatures build tiny little nests in its nooks and crannies, sit in solitude, and rear offspring.
(E) And this desertion seems to be true with most metros in India where house sparrows have almost become a thing of the past.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
- 1Afalse
- 2Btrue
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
- 5Vfalse
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Answer : 2. "B"
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
The Tata group owns (A)/ many industries, that are spread (B)/across the globe.(C)/No error(D).
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5f1fc3091b4d8003eeb5f3e8- 1Afalse
- 2Btrue
- 3Cfalse
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Answer : 2. "B"
Q:Directions: In each of the questions given below a part of the sentence is given in bold. It is then followed by three options. Find the alternative that can replace the given bold part to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the alternatives is correct and the sentence is correct as it is then select option (e) as your choice.
Samira is the better of the two girls when it comes to solving hard mathematic problems.
(i) is the better of two girls
(ii) is better of the two girls
(iii) is better of two girls
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64ec85523be218b6cdd6e78b(ii) is better of the two girls
(iii) is better of two girls
- 1Only (i)false
- 2Only (ii)false
- 3Both (ii) and (iii)false
- 4Both (i) and (iii)false
- 5No correction is requiredtrue
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Answer : 5. "No correction is required"
Q: She said, " I am sorry, I am not able to submit those papers ".
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5f3a611e966eb254a586ef18- 1She apologized for not being able to submit those papers.true
- 2She exclaimed with sorrow that she was sorry and she will not be able to submit those papers.false
- 3She said she was sorry , she is not able to submit those papers.false
- 4She said that she was sorry and she will not be able to submit those papers.false
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Answer : 1. "She apologized for not being able to submit those papers. "
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 ) .
It had been raining all in the night.
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60c737aa288f444e9301aea1- 1rained all infalse
- 2been raining all throughtrue
- 3raining all infalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 2. "been raining all through "
Q: ______ of these boys is doing anything worthwhile.
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6048617a4d11fa23aeaa2497- 1Eitherfalse
- 2Eachfalse
- 3Nonetrue
- 4Bothfalse
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