General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Directions (29): 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.
That's the last straw
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5d77343c57a87607c79bfff2That's the last straw
- 1To be run out of the patiencetrue
- 2To be a VIPfalse
- 3To be very weakfalse
- 4To be exhausted with all the resourcesfalse
- 5To complete the last item of the taskfalse
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Answer : 1. "To be run out of the patience"
Q:Directions : In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below in each sentence, there are five words out of which one can be used to fill the blank to make the sentence grammatically and coherently correct. Find the most appropriate word that fit into the blank contextually.
The law _________ farmers not only to save and resow (multiply) seeds, but also to sell them to other farmers, no matter what the original source of the seed is.
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617bd56bea87e15376b36b33- 1covertsfalse
- 2implementsfalse
- 3emitsfalse
- 4permitstrue
- 5desertsfalse
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Answer : 4. "permits "
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 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.
You____ leave your suitcase there. It’s dangerous.
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5f477138036b8a325d165d95- 1doesn’t need tofalse
- 2are not allowed tofalse
- 3needn’tfalse
- 4can’ttrue
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Answer : 4. "can’t"
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: Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
(A) Of the country's cultural and religious diversity.
(B) Festivals in India are a reflection
(C) Holi is one such festival,
(D) However, residential societies
(E) As it spreads goodwill among people.
(F) Waste a lot of water while celebrating Holi.
Which of the following would be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
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5e96fd752d9b54307c446b96- 1Btrue
- 2Afalse
- 3Efalse
- 4Dfalse
- 5Cfalse
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Answer : 1. "B "
Q: In questions below out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
Fear of being enclosed in a small closed space
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5ebebc12b54ef762314bb5b7- 1Agoraphobiafalse
- 2Claustrophobiatrue
- 3Xenophobiafalse
- 4Paranoiafalse
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Answer : 2. "Claustrophobia"
Q: Directions (22): 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.
Better late than never
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5d77304057a87607c79bff84Better late than never
- 1Better to arrive late than not to come at alltrue
- 2Better to stay healthy than to diefalse
- 3Better to arrive late than to meet with an accidentfalse
- 4Better to come late than to diefalse
- 5Better to stay home than to reach latefalse
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