English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
Small pieces of metal that fly out from an exploding bomb
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5fbca2de67d8e52df723d115- 1Shrapneltrue
- 2Splintersfalse
- 3Fillingsfalse
- 4Bulletsfalse
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Answer : 1. "Shrapnel"
Q:Fill in the blanks in the passage below with the appropriate word from the options.
The king of Rampur was not (1)........The following story proves that. Once he paid a (2) ......... to a town away from his capital.
The king's staff governing the town welcomed the king. As per the King's desire a (3)....... of the renowned people of the town was called at night. The people (4)...... the king and bestowed their praise on him and all sat down to listen to (5)....... the king had to tell them.
Fill in the blank in (5).
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5d95963e31f48d43df25170eThe king of Rampur was not (1)........The following story proves that. Once he paid a (2) ......... to a town away from his capital.
The king's staff governing the town welcomed the king. As per the King's desire a (3)....... of the renowned people of the town was called at night. The people (4)...... the king and bestowed their praise on him and all sat down to listen to (5)....... the king had to tell them.
- 1Carefullyfalse
- 2aboutfalse
- 3whichfalse
- 4whattrue
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Answer : 4. "what"
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 ) .
The term flora is use for denote plants of a particular region or period.
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60c1d7a8c8f0c93c70770c37- 1used denotingfalse
- 2denotingfalse
- 3used to denotetrue
- 4No substitution requiredfalse
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Answer : 3. "used to denote"
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.
" Many happy returns of your birthday “, we said.
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5dad75ae55abe308d801458d- 1We greeted him on his birthdayfalse
- 2We said that many happy returns of your birthdayfalse
- 3We wished him many happy returns of his birthdaytrue
- 4We prayed for many happy returns of his birthdayfalse
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Answer : 3. "We wished him many happy returns of his birthday "
Q:In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.
Heed
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5e7aec8e50339c7366663e4f- 1Carefalse
- 2Cautionfalse
- 3Attentionfalse
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Answer : 4. "Neglect"
Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain a grammatical error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
If the economy fails / this year it reflect badly / on the government.
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6482f384bf323e479a9ce141- 1on the governmentfalse
- 2If the economy failsfalse
- 3this year it reflect badlytrue
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Answer : 3. "this year it reflect badly"
Explanation :
The correct phrasing should be "If the economy fails this year, it reflects badly on the government." The verb "reflect" should be in the third-person singular form.
Q:Direction: In these questions, some of the sentences have errors and some are correct as they are. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, write (d) as the answer.
This is an excellent site (a) / for a stadium (b) / and which we should like to acquire (c) / No error (d)
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63b6ec4f3d35cd0deea49725- 1afalse
- 2bfalse
- 3ctrue
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Answer : 3. "c"
Q: Directions (6): In the following passages, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer in the Answer-Sheet.(Mark your answer 6)
Science (6) the average man and woman in two ways already. He or she benefits by its (7), driving in a motor-car or omnibus instead of a horse-drawn (8), being treated for disease by a doctor or surgeon rather than a priest or a (9), being (10) with an automatic pistol or a shell in of a dagger or battle-axe. It also affects his or her opinions. Almost everyone believes that the earth is and the heavens, nearly, instead of solid. And we are beginning to believe in our animal and the possibility of vast improvements in nature by biological methods.
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5d71ead32442194806644ea0Science (6) the average man and woman in two ways already. He or she benefits by its (7), driving in a motor-car or omnibus instead of a horse-drawn (8), being treated for disease by a doctor or surgeon rather than a priest or a (9), being (10) with an automatic pistol or a shell in of a dagger or battle-axe. It also affects his or her opinions. Almost everyone believes that the earth is and the heavens, nearly, instead of solid. And we are beginning to believe in our animal and the possibility of vast improvements in nature by biological methods.
- 1Affectstrue
- 2Effectsfalse
- 3Helpsfalse
- 4Alienatesfalse
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