General English Practice Question and Answer
8 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
- 4BDACfalse
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Answer : 1. "BACD"
Q: Direction: Choose the correct alternative of the following sentences.
The teacher said to me, “May you pass.”
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5d7a02133d295c1c06828d8cThe teacher said to me, “May you pass.”
- 1The teacher wanted me that I might passfalse
- 2The teacher told me that I might passfalse
- 3The teacher wished me that I might passtrue
- 4The teacher wished me that I might have passedfalse
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Answer : 3. "The teacher wished me that I might pass"
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.
He died in harness.
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5f2137d84ab50b169742e75e- 1ceased to livefalse
- 2died of a diseasefalse
- 3died for his countryfalse
- 4died while workingtrue
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Answer : 4. "died while working"
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: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 ) .
Vivek was astonished at his failure in the exam.
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5f6aef96558d255013bb2c3a- 1at his failingfalse
- 2in his failingfalse
- 3No improvementtrue
- 4in his failurefalse
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Answer : 3. "No improvement"
Q:In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
Gopan said to me, "Can you do these sums for me?"
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5ddb545a5137d252a2b51ba5- 1Gopan asked me if I can do those sums for him.false
- 2Gopan asked me if I can do these sums for him.false
- 3Gopan asked if I could do these sums for him.false
- 4Gopan asked me if I could do those sums for him.true
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Answer : 4. "Gopan asked me if I could do those sums for him."
Q:Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
A person who conducts a television show-
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5f34d7ef122f0b4ab9177dc6- 1Directorfalse
- 2Conductorfalse
- 3Hosttrue
- 4Producerfalse
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Answer : 3. "Host"
Q:Directions: In the 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 your answer is (D).
He is adequately provided for the necessities of life.
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5f2d175679b9e641a760d448- 1tofalse
- 2withfalse
- 3byfalse
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