General English Practice Question and Answer

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Read the following passage carefully and give the answer of following questions.

The cyber–world is ultimately ungovernable. This is alarming as well as convenient; sometimes, convenient because alarming. Some Indian politicians use this to great advantage. When there is an obvious failure in governance during a crisis they deflect attention from their own incompetence towards the ungovernable. So, having failed to prevent nervous citizens from fleeing their cities of work by assuring them of proper protection, some national leaders are now busy trying to prove to one another, and to panic-prone Indians, that a mischievous neighbour has been using the internet and social networking sites to spread dangerous rumours. And the Centre's automatic reaction is to start blocking these sites and begin elaborate and potentially endless negotiations with Google, Twitter and Facebook about access to information. If this is the official idea of prompt action at a time of crisis among communities, then Indians have more reason to fear their protectors than the nebulous mischief-makers of the cyber world. Wasting time gathering proof, blocking vaguely suspicious websites, hurling accusations across the border and worrying about bilateral relations are ways of keeping busy with inessentials because one does not quite known what to do about the essentials of a difficult situation. Besides, only a fifth of the 245 websites blocked by the Centre mention the people of the Northeast or the violence in Assam. And if a few morphed images and spurious texts can unsettle an entire nation, then there is something deeply wrong with the nation and with how it is being governed. This is what its leaders should be addressing immediately, rather than making a wrongheaded display of their powers of censorship.
 It is just as absurd, and part of the same syndrome, to try to ban Twitter accounts that parody despatches from the Prime Minister's Office. To describe such forms of humour and dissent as "misrepresenting" the PMO–as if Twitter would take these parodies for genuine despatches from the PMO — makes the PMO look more ridiculous than its parodists manage to. With the precedent for such action set recently by the chief minister of West Bengal, this is yet another proof that what Bengal thinks today India will think tomorrow. Using the cyber–world for flexing the wrong muscles is essentially not funny. It might even prove to be quite dangerously distracting.

Which of the following is closest to the meaning of “nebulous”?

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    confused
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    vague
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    iridescent
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    glowing
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Answer : 2. "vague"

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Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
 She sat here _______ 8 O'clock.

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    in
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    beside
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    till
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    besides
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Answer : 3. "till"
Explanation :

(C) till - "She sat here till 8 O'clock."


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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.    

When we went to wonder of worlds, I loved that really big old silver antique car that was parked in the parking lot of the East India Mall.

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    Really old silver big antique car
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    Really big silver old antique car
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    Really big silver antique car
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    Really big old silver antique car
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    No correction required
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Answer : 4. "Really big old silver antique car"

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Answer : 1. "D"

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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

Daniel sat on / his new bike / and went afar / a ride.

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    a ride
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    his new bike
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    and went afar
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    Daniel sat on
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Answer : 3. "and went afar"
Explanation :

The correct form is "Daniel sat on his new bike and went for a ride." The preposition "for" is needed after "went afar" to indicate the purpose of going afar.


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Answer : 4. "in"

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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

Everybody stared / when me / entered the / drawing room.

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    when me
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    Everybody stared
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    drawing room
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    entered the
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Answer : 1. "when me"
Explanation :

The correct form should be "when I entered the drawing room." The objective pronoun "me" should be replaced with the subjective pronoun "I."

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