General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
The art of creating and arranging dances
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5f994869f6ce7f236705d8cb- 1Geologyfalse
- 2Choreographytrue
- 3Seismologyfalse
- 4Calligraphyfalse
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Answer : 2. "Choreography"
Q: Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
A. Ultimately, cotton was exported to Britain as a raw material for their textile industries.
B. This was due to the availability of good quality cotton from India.
C. The British were attracted to the cotton belts of India.
D. Textile industries in Manchester and Liverpool greatly flourished.
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611df26cf978ae7920e82587A. Ultimately, cotton was exported to Britain as a raw material for their textile industries.
B. This was due to the availability of good quality cotton from India.
C. The British were attracted to the cotton belts of India.
D. Textile industries in Manchester and Liverpool greatly flourished.
- 1CADBtrue
- 2DCBAfalse
- 3CBDAfalse
- 4BDACfalse
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Answer : 1. "CADB"
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______ a letter yet.
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6035dca977e7b7348dc30e27- 1has not writtentrue
- 2did not writefalse
- 3have not writtenfalse
- 4None of thesefalse
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Answer : 1. "has not written"
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.
Pull up your socks
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5e311dae28cc9f7012754548- 1To lose one's temperfalse
- 2To put in extra efforttrue
- 3To play a joke on someonefalse
- 4To suspect some foul playfalse
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Answer : 2. "To put in extra effort "
Q: In the questions, the sentence is split into four parts and named A, B, C and D. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Half its beauty and usefulness (A)/ knowledge would lose (B)/ without hard toil (C)/ if we could acquire it (D)
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5f40b89db8958f14fa29f654- 1CBDAfalse
- 2CDBAfalse
- 3BADCtrue
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Answer : 3. "BADC "
Q:In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".
We sat on the floor to eat dinner and he (appreciate) the fresh food my mother served.
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5e7b2f582d7b20791650c6ae- 1had appreciatedfalse
- 2appreciatedtrue
- 3will appreciatefalse
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Answer : 2. "appreciated"
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.
Boil the water and cool it before you keep it in the fridge.
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5f34dfb06137a81348653096- 1Let the water be boiled and cooled before it is kept in the fridge.true
- 2Let the water be boiled and cooled before it is kept in the fridge by you.false
- 3Let the water be boiled by you and cooled by you before it is kept in the fridge.false
- 4Let the water be boiled, cooled and kept in the fridgefalse
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Answer : 1. "Let the water be boiled and cooled before it is kept in the fridge. "
Q:Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Fort Hare was more than that: it was a beacon for African scholars from all over Southern Central and Eastern Africa.
B. Until 1960, the University College of Fort Hare, in the municipality of Alice, about twenty miles due east from Healdtown, was the only residential center of higher education for blacks in South Africa.
C. For young black South Africans like myself, it was Oxford and Cambridge, Harvard and Yale, all rolled into one.
D. The regent was anxious for me to attend Fort Hare and I was gratified to be accepted there. I felt that I was being groomed for success in the world.
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649abc9aa0e013744d4120da- 1BACDtrue
- 2BCADfalse
- 3CABDfalse
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