General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
No sooner did I reach home when the courier arrived.
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5f310f13bcbb69394d1dab46- 1the courier arrivedfalse
- 2I reach home whentrue
- 3No sooner didfalse
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 2. "I reach home when"
Q: Directions (55): Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence meaningfully correct. Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark “No Error” as your answer.
It is very critical that we don’t bury our heads in them sand and pretend that there is no job crisis but only some wage crisis, induced by labour market distortions.
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5d75dee65897383a2782b7e6It is very critical that we don’t bury our heads in them sand and pretend that there is no job crisis but only some wage crisis, induced by labour market distortions.
- 1bury our heads into them sand and pretendfalse
- 2bury our headed in the sand and pretendfalse
- 3bury our heads in the sand and pretendtrue
- 4bury our headed into the sand and pretendfalse
- 5No errorfalse
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Answer : 3. "bury our heads in the sand and pretend"
Q:Choose the most appropriate option from the choices given below:
Choose from the following an acceptable way of writing the date:
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5e6a456fbb5e074106862d8c- 115 March 2016false
- 215 March 2016false
- 315 of March 2016false
- 415 March, 2016true
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Answer : 4. "15 March, 2016 "
Q:In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
My brother said, "I can climb this hill in less than an hour."
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601b4c0b7c5c886562aca859- 1My brother claimed that he can climb this hill in less than an hour.false
- 2My brother claimed that he could climb that hill in less than an hour.true
- 3My brother claimed that he can climb that hill in less than an hour.false
- 4My brother claimed that he could climb this hill in less than an hour.false
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Answer : 2. "My brother claimed that he could climb that hill in less than an hour."
Q: In the following questions, some parts of the sentence have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If a sentence is free from error, then your answer is (d) i.e. No error
Ancient India and medieval (a)/Europe has seen (b)/the culture of busking.(c)/ No error(d)
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5ebebd17b54ef762314bb62c- 1Afalse
- 2Btrue
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
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Answer : 2. "B"
Q:In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
The student said, "I must study hard."
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601b4d727c5c886562aca8af- 1The student says that he must study hard.false
- 2The student say that he had to study hard.false
- 3The student said that he had to study hard.true
- 4The student says that he had to study hard.false
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Answer : 3. "The student said that he had to study hard."
Q:In each of the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate your choice for the correct answer.
This area suffers from __________.
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60c893a01faa222a633213cb- 1droughttrue
- 2droaghtsfalse
- 3draughtsfalse
- 4draftsfalse
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Answer : 1. "drought"
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 ) .
Many a man would welcome to opportunity
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5e269845301d877fadb35ec9- 1Many manfalse
- 2A many manfalse
- 3Many a menfalse
- 4No improvementtrue
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