General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Direction: 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.
The greater the demand, _____ the price.
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5f33d37535f6221e331de251The greater the demand, _____ the price.
- 1the highertrue
- 2the higherfalse
- 3higherfalse
- 4highfalse
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Answer : 1. "the higher "
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
When the stranger saw me, (a)/ he seemed to recognise me (b)/ and asked me what was my name. (c)/ No error (d).
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5f7d739090b25c12b1f10f28- 1(a)false
- 2(b)false
- 3(c)true
- 4(d)false
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Answer : 3. "(c)"
Q:Direction: In the following question, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested questions. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate your choice for the correct answer.
We will have to atone _____our misdeeds.
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5f368f5b40352a1f96575d4f- 1fortrue
- 2withfalse
- 3atfalse
- 4onfalse
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Answer : 1. "for "
Q: Most people are influenced by _____ advertisements and tend to believe the claims made about the product
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5f33fbcc4e31882c0437f542- 1efficientfalse
- 2vigorousfalse
- 3colourfultrue
- 4aggressivefalse
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Answer : 3. "colourful "
Q: Apart of not speaking up enough, (1)/ many professionals do not think about (2)/ how asking different types of questions (3)/ can lead to different outcomes (4)/ No error (5).
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5eb25fc9b89c2f49bfc1375e- 1Apart of not speaking up enough,false
- 2many professionals do not think aboutfalse
- 3how asking different types of questionsfalse
- 4can lead to different outcomestrue
- 5No errorfalse
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Answer : 4. "can lead to different outcomes "
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.
He is the best man for this job. He has mental _______ to carry it out.
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60c88e5e1faa222a6331ef48- 1adroitnessfalse
- 2durabilityfalse
- 3persuasionfalse
- 4predilectiontrue
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Answer : 4. "predilection"
Q:Directions: Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E), i.e., 'No correction required' as the answer.
The poor Brahmin led a hand to mouthful existence and could use any job which paid him a little.
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5ea6bf818127c42fd38d621e- 1handful to mouthful existencefalse
- 2hand to mouth existencetrue
- 3handing for mouthful existingfalse
- 4hand and mouth existfalse
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 2. "hand to mouth existence"
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 SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
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5d89eeca019438473fb8806d(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 SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
- 1Etrue
- 2Dfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Bfalse
- 5Afalse
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