General English Practice Question and Answer
8 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.
Our colleague was given a gift when she retired.
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5db03f4860fd914dbedfce6a- 1Our colleague give us a gift when she retiredfalse
- 2Our colleague was given a gift by us when she retiredfalse
- 3A gift was given to our colleague when she retiredfalse
- 4We gave our colleague a gift when she retiredtrue
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Answer : 4. "We gave our colleague a gift when she retired"
Q:In the following questions, the first and the last part of the sentence are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence is split into four parts and named P Q R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the parts and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer and indicate the correct response.
(1) Money is not the root of all evil.
(P) Or, what about the desire for power driving people to horrible crimes?
(Q) Even purposeless cruelty can be seen in many instances of evil behavior.
(R) For example, neither teachers not parents profit in any way by torturing children.
(S) The evils sexual offenders are not motivated by financial gains.
(6) No, we can only say that money is the root of some evil.
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5db041bceb701b4db6e874a8(P) Or, what about the desire for power driving people to horrible crimes?
(Q) Even purposeless cruelty can be seen in many instances of evil behavior.
(R) For example, neither teachers not parents profit in any way by torturing children.
(S) The evils sexual offenders are not motivated by financial gains.
(6) No, we can only say that money is the root of some evil.
- 1QRPSfalse
- 2SPQRtrue
- 3RSPQfalse
- 4QPRSfalse
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Answer : 2. "SPQR "
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:Direction: - In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. the error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (D). (Ignore errors of Punctuation, if any.)
He who suffered most (A)/for the cause(B)/let him speak. (C)/No error (D).
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5f1911a790e8777587b6324e- 1Atrue
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
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Answer : 1. "A"
Q: In the following question, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and mark your answer.
I don't think I can _____with him any longer.
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6008263cde03a43ae7b79d35I don't think I can _____with him any longer.
- 1put outfalse
- 2put offfalse
- 3put uptrue
- 4put onfalse
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Answer : 3. "put up "
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:Select the correct collocation from the options and complete the sentence.
Rahul is _____ Coding.
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649ab4ca3662c8741dfdb79c- 1skilled onfalse
- 2strong offalse
- 3experienced offalse
- 4experienced intrue
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Answer : 4. "experienced in"
Q:Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
A person engaging in a lengthy and complicated dispute.
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602b3b1ce170b132f3ffb3ab- 1Wranglertrue
- 2Dispatcherfalse
- 3Appetizerfalse
- 4Exchequerfalse
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