English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the options given. Select the most
appropriate option for each blank.
Recently, there was a news report about a man who tried to catch a robber but suffered a hip (1)______ in the process. The victim was a
plumber and he was (2)______ in the hall outside the bedroom. He had left the bedroom door open for better ventilation. (3)______ two
hours after midnight, he heard some noise from the bedroom. When he went in to check, he found a man (4)______ open the cupboard
and taking away jewellery and cash. On seeing him, the robber tried to escape and jumped from the second floor. The plumber
(5)______ the robber and jumped after him. Unfortunately, he hit a concrete wall and broke his hip; he was rushed to a nearby hospital.
The robber managed to escape.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.
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Answer : 2. "breaking"
Q:Directions: You have two brief passages with questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives
Ram had never thought much about the origin of wealth or inequalities in life. It was his firm belief that if this world was not good, the next would be good, and this faith sustained him. He was not like some others whom he knew, who would sell their souls to the devil. He always thought of God before doing anything. He lived the life of an honest man. He had not married but did not desire another man’s wife. He believed that women weakened men as was described in the story of Samson and Delilah.
From the above passage we understand that Ram was
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- 2a man of simple faith.true
- 3a deeply pessimistic man.false
- 4a scholar of scriptures.false
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Answer : 2. "a man of simple faith. "
Q:Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have an error. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from errors, select 'No error' as your answer.
Neither the tunny nor the coral fishery are carried (A)/ on by the Sardinians themselves, who are not (B)/ sailors by nature; the former is in the hands of (C)/ Genoese and the latter of Neapolitans (D)/ No error (E)/.
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- 2Bfalse
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Answer : 1. "A"
Q:Direction: The following sentences form a paragraph. The sentences are - A, B, C, D, E and F. Sentence E is fixed and its position cannot be changed. The rest of the sentences are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and answer the following questions.
A. So a person that has integrity will act and behave as per set values and beliefs they hold dear.
B. There is a famous saying which perfectly describes integrity.
C. The word ‘integrity’ itself has a Latin origin.
D. “Honesty is telling the truth to other people; integrity is telling the truth to myself.”
E. So it refers to the sense of completeness and togetherness one enjoys when they live their lives honestly and morally.
F. It is derived from the word ‘integer’ and means to feel whole, i.e., a complete person.
Which sentence should be the third sentence in the paragraph?
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Answer : 3. "C"
Q:In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Tourism is one (1)______ the biggest businesses in the world, generating (2)______ 200 million jobs. It is vital for the economies of (3)______ countries. The downside is that tourism is a major (4)______ of climate change through the carbon (5)______ it causes.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (5).
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Answer : 4. "emissions"
Q: Choose the correct transformation from exclamatory to assertive: What a wonderful creature an elephant is!
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63987c9cc4d8690844a1387a- 1Elephant is the creature of wonder.false
- 2Of all creatures elephant is wonderful.false
- 3The elephant is wonderful.false
- 4An elephant is a very wonderful creature.true
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Answer : 4. "An elephant is a very wonderful creature."
Q:In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
The Ashoka pillars are a series of columns (1)_____ in northern India by King Ashoka (2)______ his reign in the 3rd century BCE. (3)_____ pillars are inscribed with edicts by the Mauryan king. At an average (4)______ 50 feet in height and weighing up to 50 tons each, (5)______19 pillars survive today.
Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 4.
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Answer : 3. "of"
Q:Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The committee will ________________ a survey on the government schemes.
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