English Practice Question and Answer
8 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 ) .
Rashi hasn’t eaten everything from yesterday.
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5f1964f690e8777587b7bab8- 1anything sincetrue
- 2something forfalse
- 3nothing alongfalse
- 4No improvement.false
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Answer : 1. "anything since"
Q:In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternative given.
Every day for a whole year, all kind of holy men, hermits, scholars and nobles came, and related to the priests their deeds of ___(1)___, and the priests in solemn council heard their calms. At last, they decided that the one who seemed to be the greatest lover of ____(2)_____was a rich man who had that very year given all his ___(3)___to the poor. So they gave him the plate of gold, but when he took it in his hand, it turned into ___(4)___lead; thought, when he dropped it on the floor, to his __(5)___, it become gold again.
Select the most appropriate option that will fill in the blank (5).
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611b50bb14663c47a233b705- 1Confusionfalse
- 2Happinessfalse
- 3admirationfalse
- 4Amazementtrue
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Answer : 4. "Amazement"
Q:Directions: Each sentence given below has two blanks. Each blank indicates that something has been omitted. Choose the word that best fits in the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Looks like the oil markets are not only showing____ between the physical and the financial perspectives from time to time but also______ between the short-term view and the long-term realities.
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5e34186b5c5cbd20e5904011- 1disconnect, convergencefalse
- 2disconnect , divergencetrue
- 3connection, differencefalse
- 4supply, demandfalse
- 5similarity, contrastfalse
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Answer : 2. "disconnect , divergence "
Q:In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blank.
The Solar System has been a complicated wonder for the astronomers. This is a__(21)__to which we may never have the exact answer. Man has wondered__(22)__the age of the Earth__(23)__ ancient times. There were all kinds of__(24)____that seemed to have the___(25)___But man could not begin to think about the question scientifically until about 400 years ago when it was proved that the Earth revolved round the Sun and the Earth was a part of our Solar System, then scientists knew where to begin.
Fill at the option (23).
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6035e1eba0666c3c8504778e- 1aroundfalse
- 2duringfalse
- 3sincetrue
- 4fromfalse
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Answer : 3. "since"
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Answer : 3. "Precise "
Q:Direction (A-E): In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These correspond to the question numbers; against each question, five words have been suggested, one of which fills the blank appropriately.
The Sam Kee Building, located at 8 West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is (A) the "shallowest commercial building in the world", according to the Guinness Book of Records. The Sam Kee Company—one of the wealthiest firms in Chinatown— purchased a standard-sized lot in 1903. In 1912, however, Vancouver widened Pender Street and expropriated 24 feet (7.3 m) of the above-ground (B) —effectively (or so it was first believed) making conventional commercial use of the remaining frontage impractical, if not impossible. Refusing the neighbors offer to (C), Sam Kee decided to build anyway. In 1913, the architects Brown and Gillam designed this narrow, steel-framed building's ground-floor depth (from storefront to rear of building) to measure 4'11" (1.50 m), with a second-floor depth (from overhanging bay window to rear) of 6' (1.83 m). The basement (D) sidewalk and originally housed public baths, while the ground floor was used for offices and shops and the (E) for living quarters.
Choose the correct answer from the given options to fill the blanks which are numbered. (E)
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60a26517de4c2e1331dc0db8The Sam Kee Building, located at 8 West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is (A) the "shallowest commercial building in the world", according to the Guinness Book of Records. The Sam Kee Company—one of the wealthiest firms in Chinatown— purchased a standard-sized lot in 1903. In 1912, however, Vancouver widened Pender Street and expropriated 24 feet (7.3 m) of the above-ground (B) —effectively (or so it was first believed) making conventional commercial use of the remaining frontage impractical, if not impossible. Refusing the neighbors offer to (C), Sam Kee decided to build anyway. In 1913, the architects Brown and Gillam designed this narrow, steel-framed building's ground-floor depth (from storefront to rear of building) to measure 4'11" (1.50 m), with a second-floor depth (from overhanging bay window to rear) of 6' (1.83 m). The basement (D) sidewalk and originally housed public baths, while the ground floor was used for offices and shops and the (E) for living quarters.
- 1Road besidesfalse
- 2Building insidefalse
- 3Lake nearbyfalse
- 4Top storeytrue
- 5Upper class infalse
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Answer : 4. "Top storey"
Q:Read the passage carefully and give the answer of following questions.
Smile, they say, and soon there will be miles and miles of smiles. If we keep __(A)_ourselves and do not mix with others, we shall soon be left alone to ponder __(B)__the misfortunes of life. Nobody likes to come across a _( C) _and self-centred person. People __(D)__gregarious and outgoing souls who are prepared to share their Joys and sorrows vanish if they have the capacity to laugh away their problems and miseries
Mark your answer at (D).
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5f3f46b754900c5349e1621c- 1likefalse
- 2lovetrue
- 3hatefalse
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Answer : 2. "love"
Q:Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
The colossal building stood amidst the ruins bearing signs of Victorian architecture.
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6495664d13e8bde03239aecc- 1Enormousfalse
- 2Extraordinaryfalse
- 3Quaintfalse
- 4Tinytrue
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