English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Pick out the correct transcription of the word 'books'?
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62456de1a008a64dd399e93a- 1/ bukz /false
- 2/ books /false
- 3/ buks /true
- 4/ bookz /false
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Answer : 3. "/ buks / "
Q: Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
A:"Impossible," said the people when they heard the condition.
B: The Emperor offered a reward of 1000 gold coins to any man who could come to the palace observing the following condition.
C: Just then a villager came carrying a string cot over his head and claimed the prize.
D: The man had to walk in the sun without an umbrella but he had to be in the shade at the same time.
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630dc8c02e7d080bd285de17- 1CDABfalse
- 2ABCDfalse
- 3BCDAfalse
- 4BDACtrue
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Answer : 4. "BDAC"
Q:Select the most appropriate meaning of the following idiom.
A live wire
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64902ec33066e376f021db64- 1An angry and bad-tempered personfalse
- 2A dangerous and evil personfalse
- 3A very active or energetic persontrue
- 4An influential and powerful personfalse
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Answer : 3. "A very active or energetic person"
Explanation :
"A live wire" describes someone who is full of energy and enthusiasm.
Q: Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Ludicrous
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644130b7a16c2dfa9cfa5ac0- 1Intuitivefalse
- 2Intrinsicfalse
- 3Astutefalse
- 4Crazytrue
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Answer : 4. "Crazy"
Q:Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The boy's cricket ball broke the neighbour's window.
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6490345db50f5316a4729437- 1The neighbour's window was broken by the boy's cricket ball.true
- 2The neighbour's window is broken by the boy's cricket ball.false
- 3The neighbour's window had been broke by the boy's cricket ball.false
- 4The neighbour's window was broke by the boy's cricket ball.false
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Answer : 1. "The neighbour's window was broken by the boy's cricket ball."
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in bold in the following sentence.
At supper, everyone was in high spirits.
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645b831945f1450a80b59f79At supper, everyone was in high spirits.
- 1cheerfultrue
- 2drunkfalse
- 3nervousfalse
- 4anxiousfalse
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Answer : 1. "cheerful"
Q:Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. Digital India can be the prime (1)________ behind making a reality of the government’s promise of minimum government, maximum governance. Such a transformation requires technology to be firmly (2)_________ into government, something that the Digital India project lists as one of its foremost objectives. Embedding technology into government (3) _________ will do three things; transform the government and make it more transparent and efficient, transform the lives of citizens especially those at the bottom of the (4)_________ pyramid and make our economy more efficient and competitive. A 2014 McKinsey Global Institute report predicts that the large-scale (5) ________ of technology through Digital India positions India with the biggest opportunity yet to accelerate economic growth.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
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647d9a4c51bf194753f8aace- 1mythicalfalse
- 2proverbialtrue
- 3hypotheticalfalse
- 4classifiedfalse
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Answer : 2. "proverbial"
Q:Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.
Computer education (1)/ in universities and colleges (2) leaves much to be desired. (3)/ No error. (4)
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65251122a33172285c700086- 11false
- 22false
- 33true
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Answer : 3. "3"
Explanation :
more will replace much because – more (Adv.) : in addition; to a greater extent (needs to be done/is desired) more → Comparative Degree much →Positive Degree most →Superlative Degree Look at the examples given below : People watch T.V. more than is needed. She needs to be given more time than is allotted. Hence, leaves more to be desired is the right usage.

