General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Directions: In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer-Sheet.
To turn over a new leaf.
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5e95b4272df8094e282e3d77- 1to change completely one’s course of action.false
- 2to shift attention to new problems after having studied the old one’s thoroughly.false
- 3To cover up one’s faults by wearing new marks.false
- 4To change old habits and adopt new ones.true
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Answer : 4. "To change old habits and adopt new ones. "
Q: In the following question choose the correctly spelt word.
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5dde164fb025ff571dd9a4fb- 1Itinararyfalse
- 2Iteneraryfalse
- 3Itinerarytrue
- 4Itinareryfalse
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Answer : 3. "Itinerary"
Q:In each of the questions given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then tries to decipher its meaning as used in the sentence. Choose the option which gives the meaning of the phrase most appropriately in the context of the given sentence.
You must be tired after all day’s work. Would you like to wet your whistle?
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5d7727ab55dae01e5754839b- 1to take rest after a long day’s workfalse
- 2to get admired by the whole working teamfalse
- 3to have a power napfalse
- 4to take a drink, especially an alcoholic drink.true
- 5to go for a leavefalse
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Answer : 4. "to take a drink, especially an alcoholic drink."
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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Answer : 1. "BACD"
Q: In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.
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631712dc378efa3cdd87e47b- 1Daclinationfalse
- 2Declineationfalse
- 3Declinationtrue
- 4Daclineationfalse
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Answer : 3. "Declination "
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
- 4no improvementfalse
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Answer : 2. "appreciated"
Q:In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First, read the passage over and try to understand what is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer in the Answer-sheet.
Have you ever felt that Computer are getting under your skin? Will, you have seen nothing yet. Scientists in the United states are……(11)……computer that are so………(12)……..that they can be seen into the fining of clothes or even…….(13)….in to the human body.
These are…………..(14)…..as sub-dermal computers, and those who….(15)……then will be able to communicate through radio links to other computer arriers. Initially the……….(16)…….for this mindboggling micro-technology is …….(17)…..to be military one.
Already the US army has developed a Computer of the…..(18)……of a pill, which can be ……(19)….and allow doctors to…….(20)….the health of soldiers on training missions.
(Mark your answer 18)
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5d80852226eba62f09c15d0fThese are…………..(14)…..as sub-dermal computers, and those who….(15)……then will be able to communicate through radio links to other computer arriers. Initially the……….(16)…….for this mindboggling micro-technology is …….(17)…..to be military one.
Already the US army has developed a Computer of the…..(18)……of a pill, which can be ……(19)….and allow doctors to…….(20)….the health of soldiers on training missions.
(Mark your answer 18)
- 1replicafalse
- 2formfalse
- 3facefalse
- 4sizetrue
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Answer : 4. "size"
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 ) .
She has decided to canvas for the Conservation party.
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5da84c80b247ec0cc95f7aff- 1advertisefalse
- 2canvastrue
- 3canvassingfalse
- 4no improvementfalse
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