General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

Before festivals the shops are thronged with men. women and children making various purchases. 

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    During festivals people throng the shops.
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    Men, women and children throng the shops before festivals making various purchases.
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    Man, women and children make purchases during festivals .
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    The shops are thronged by people making purchases.
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Answer : 2. "Men, women and children throng the shops before festivals making various purchases. "

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Pick the correct option to till in the blank space.
 The children _____ a good time out in the garden.

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    was having
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    are having
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    has had
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    had been
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Answer : 2. "are having "

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Choose the correct preposition:
 He lost control of the car and crashed _______ a wall.

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    in
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    at
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    into
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    on
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Answer : 3. "into"
Explanation :

(C) into - "He lost control of the car and crashed into a wall."

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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 ) .

This plan is going to benefit certainly all of us.

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    going benefit certainly to
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    certainly going to benefit
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    going certainly benefit to
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    No improvement
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Answer : 2. "certainly going to benefit"

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Directions (26): In each of the question given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.
Hang in there

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    To stop
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    Don't give up
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    Don't be late
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    Don't do hard work
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    To wait
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Answer : 2. "Don't give up"

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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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    Apart of not speaking up enough,
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    many professionals do not think about
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    how asking different types of questions
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    can lead to different outcomes
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    No error
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Answer : 4. "can lead to different outcomes "

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

The weather / is much / more warmer / than it was a few days before.

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    than it was a few days before
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    is much
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    The weather
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    more warmer
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Answer : 4. "more warmer"
Explanation :

The correct form should be "is much warmer" or "is much more warm." "More warmer" is redundant, and either "more" or "much" should be used.

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Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

Paint the windows. 

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    Windows should be painted.
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    Let the windows be painted.
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    Let be the windows painted.
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    Windows are let to be painted.
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Answer : 1. "Windows should be painted. "

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