English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
We don't really / want a large house; / we are looking for some comfort / and some convenience on a moderate price.
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64901a32bf323e479ac4baa6- 1and some convenience on a moderate pricetrue
- 2want a large housefalse
- 3We don't reallyfalse
- 4we are looking for some comfortfalse
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Answer : 1. "and some convenience on a moderate price"
Explanation :
The correct phrasing should be "and some convenience at a moderate price." The preposition "on" should be replaced with "at."
Q: Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
A confluence is a place when two or more rivers meet.
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64c8e495a919c8488e22e7bf- 1rivers meetfalse
- 2A confluencefalse
- 3when two or moretrue
- 4is a placefalse
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Answer : 3. "when two or more"
Q:Directions: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. Your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
Our Almighty will bless wise men.
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6308b5136bc0cb50e89cd89f- 1Wise men will be blessed by our Almighty.true
- 2Wise men should be blessed by our Almighty.false
- 3Wise men have been blessed by our Almighty.false
- 4Wise men would be blessed by our Almighty.false
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Answer : 1. "Wise men will be blessed by our Almighty. "
Q: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
During an earthquake, / it is advised to take / cover above a table / to save your life.
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6479de4d51bf194753ed0b3bDuring an earthquake, / it is advised to take / cover above a table / to save your life.
- 1cover above a tabletrue
- 2During an earthquake,false
- 3it is advised to takefalse
- 4to save your life.false
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Answer : 1. "cover above a table"
Q:Replace the underlined word with its synonym to make the sentence more meaningful.
Narcotic drug addiction is in vogue these days, as it is the most popular form of substance abuse.
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649974aefa168d600a13837e- 1demandfalse
- 2obscurityfalse
- 3standardfalse
- 4Fashiontrue
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Answer : 4. "Fashion"
Q: Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
Two lengths of rope, wood or metal with crosspieces used for climbing up and down walls
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64ca4991a919c8488e2812f2- 1laddertrue
- 2stairsfalse
- 3stepsfalse
- 4railingfalse
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Answer : 1. "ladder"
Explanation :
Let us explore the given options: '
A ladder is a piece of equipment consisting of a series of bars or steps between two upright lengths of wood, metal or rope used for climbing up or down something.
'Steps' are flat surfaces, especially in a series, on which to place one's foot when moving from one level to another.
'Stairs' are a set of steps leading from one floor of a building to another, typically inside the building.
'Railing' is a fence or barrier made of rails.
Hence, the correct answer is option 1.
Q:Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
My grandmother, like everybody’s grandmother, was an old woman. She had been old and wrinkled for the twenty years that I had known her. People said that she once had been young and pretty and had even had a husband, but that was hard to believe. My grandfather’s portrait hung above the mantelpiece in the drawing room. He wore a big turban and loose fitting clothes. His long, white beard covered the best part of his chest and he looked at least a hundred years old. He did not look the sort of person who would have a wife or children. He looked as if he could only have lots and lots of grandchildren. As my grandmother being young and pretty, the thought was almost revolting. She often told us of the games she used to play as a child. That seemed quite absurd and undignified on her part and we treated it like the fables of the Prophets she used to tell us.
Select the most appropriate inference drawn from the passage.
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64aa88379a74b54cff698f58- 1The author looked upon his grandmother as an old woman like every grandmother.true
- 2People said that the grandmother was pretty.false
- 3Grandmother had a husband.false
- 4Grandmother loved to talk of her childhood.false
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Answer : 1. "The author looked upon his grandmother as an old woman like every grandmother."
Q: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
Admittance was refused to him by the airport security.
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64626b9dcdae930acb780576Admittance was refused to him by the airport security.
- 1The airport security is refusing him admittance.false
- 2The airport security has refused him admittance.false
- 3The airport security had refused him admittance.false
- 4The airport security refused him admittance.true
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Answer : 4. "The airport security refused him admittance."
Explanation :
The given sentence is in Simple Past tense.
The structure of active and passive forms in Simple Past tense is as follows:
Active: Subject + V2 + Object
Passive: Object + was/were + V3 + by + Subject
Example:
Active: Our teacher taught this chapter in the last class.
Passive: This chapter was taught by our teacher in the last class.
Hence, the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice is The airport security refused him admittance.