General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Directions: In the 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 your answer is (D).
The child died from jaundice
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5ff42fdc90f7ff566ffab7bcThe child died from jaundice
- 1withfalse
- 2oftrue
- 3byfalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 2. "of "
Q:There are three main groups of oils-animal, vegetable and mineral. Great quantities of animal oil come from whales, creatures of the sea, which are the largest of the animals remaining in the world. To protect the whales from the cold of the Artic seas, nature has provided them with a thick covering of fat, called blubber. When the whale is killed, the blubber is stripped off and boiled down. It produces a great quantity of oil which can be made into food for human consumption. A few other creatures yield oil, but none so much as the whale. The livers of the cod and halibut, two kinds of fish, yield nourishing oil. Both cod liver oil and halibut oil are given to sick children and other invalids who need certain vitamins..
Vegetable oil has been known from very old times. No household can get on without it, for it is used in cooking. Perfumes may be made from the oils of certain flowers. Soaps are made from eatable and animal products and the oils of certain flowers.
The thick protective covering of fat on a whale is called a –
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5d7f8fe5621a002eeda5d6c1Vegetable oil has been known from very old times. No household can get on without it, for it is used in cooking. Perfumes may be made from the oils of certain flowers. Soaps are made from eatable and animal products and the oils of certain flowers.
- 1skinfalse
- 2cellfalse
- 3blubbertrue
- 4finsfalse
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Answer : 3. "blubber "
Q: Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
Workers and companies in all sectors can contribute their skills to meet society new needs.
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644a5f0e389f65682176b641- 1sectors can contribute their skillsfalse
- 2No errorfalse
- 3to meet society new needs.true
- 4Workers and companies in allfalse
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Answer : 3. "to meet society new needs."
Q:Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
After a period of two months, Nina has come out of her shell and talks freely to her colleagues.
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5f33881c7bd3dc09197acce5- 1become more confidenttrue
- 2exhibited her intelligencefalse
- 3made many friendsfalse
- 4helped her companionsfalse
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Answer : 1. "become more confident "
Q:Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
A small room in a big house, hotel, ship etc. where glasses, dishes, spoons, food etc are kept-
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5f226b564054157dee245cf3- 1Porticofalse
- 2Pantryfalse
- 3Mezzaninefalse
- 4Kitchentrue
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Answer : 4. "Kitchen"
Q: Direction : Rearrange the following five sentence (A) , (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a paragraph; then answer the question given below them.
(A) A small wooden nest box is all it has taken to rekindle all the romance of bringing sparrows and other birds back into our cities and halt them from fading into the past like a forgotten folktale.
(B) There is something wrong with a city that remains unperturbed even as its birds desert it.
(C) Thankfully, the situation is not as hopeless as it seems.
(D) Much as we try to defend the seemingly irreversible modern life of these cities, we can’t stop our hearts from crying when we realize that our rapidly degenerating urban eco-system isn’t generous enough to let these delicate winged creatures build tiny little nests in its nooks and crannies, sit in solitude, and rear offspring.
(E) And this desertion seems to be true with most metros in India where house sparrows have almost become a thing of the past.
Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
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5d89f020019438473fb88195(A) A small wooden nest box is all it has taken to rekindle all the romance of bringing sparrows and other birds back into our cities and halt them from fading into the past like a forgotten folktale.
(B) There is something wrong with a city that remains unperturbed even as its birds desert it.
(C) Thankfully, the situation is not as hopeless as it seems.
(D) Much as we try to defend the seemingly irreversible modern life of these cities, we can’t stop our hearts from crying when we realize that our rapidly degenerating urban eco-system isn’t generous enough to let these delicate winged creatures build tiny little nests in its nooks and crannies, sit in solitude, and rear offspring.
(E) And this desertion seems to be true with most metros in India where house sparrows have almost become a thing of the past.
Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
- 1Efalse
- 2Dfalse
- 3Ctrue
- 4Bfalse
- 5Afalse
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Answer : 3. "C"
Q: Kamal’s friends has nothing to offer him other than in his grief.
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5d79dc6a3d295c1c0682037c- 1friendshipfalse
- 2kindnessfalse
- 3solutionfalse
- 4consolationtrue
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Answer : 4. "consolation"
Q:Directions: Each sentence below has two blanks , each blank indicating that something has been omitted . Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Her purse was . . . . . . at the bus stop so she . . . . . . a complaint at the nearest police station.
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5da417acd69109270473a962- 1taken , didfalse
- 2stolon, filedtrue
- 3given, gavefalse
- 4left, registerfalse
- 5sneaked, putfalse
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