General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below 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.
Pakistan’s foreign currency reserves have _______ to around $8 billion, just enough to ________ about two months of imports.
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5e8abbcb3a246858059c1526- 1risen, meetfalse
- 2cut, reservefalse
- 3dwindled, covertrue
- 4demolished, savefalse
- 5diminished, askfalse
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Answer : 3. "dwindled, cover"
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
I am hearing (A) /Some one (B) / at the door.(C)/ No error (D)
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5f475e07036b8a325d16013d- 1Atrue
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
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Answer : 1. "A"
Q:In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
I rarely watch action movies.
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601a16df65f047590384eb35- 1I had rarely watched action movies.false
- 2Action movies are rarely watched by myself.false
- 3Action movies are rarely watched by me.true
- 4Watching of action movies is rarely done by me.false
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Answer : 3. "Action movies are rarely watched by me."
Q:In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Time perception raises a number of ______ puzzles, including what it means to say we perceive time.
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6017cc2f6d6bae40a631ab44- 1boringfalse
- 2befoolingfalse
- 3discriminatingfalse
- 4intriguingtrue
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Answer : 4. "intriguing"
Q: Which of the phrases given in the below sentence should replace the word/phrase that is underlined in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, make ‘No Correction required’ as the answer.
Less than 2 hours are left before the bomb explodes and annihilates the city and its inhabitants.
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64e48e6e640c09b72f90b436- 1Less than 2 hour is leftfalse
- 2More than 2 hours are leftfalse
- 3Less than 2 hours is lefttrue
- 4Less then 2 hours are leftfalse
- 5No Correction Requiredfalse
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Answer : 3. "Less than 2 hours is left"
Q: Given below are six sentences, out of which sentences A and F are in the correct position. Sentences B, C, D and E are in a jumbled order. Select the option that gives the correct order.
A. A young Brahmin came forward and bowed to the king.
B. He gripped the bow and looked at the princess with a smile.
C. His arms were powerful and did not seem to belong to a Brahmin.
D. He was tall, dark with broad shoulders.
E. They were certainly those of a warrior.
F. Then he strung the bow evoking a thunderous applause from the crowd.
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611e1c43781e525ece6366bdA. A young Brahmin came forward and bowed to the king.
B. He gripped the bow and looked at the princess with a smile.
C. His arms were powerful and did not seem to belong to a Brahmin.
D. He was tall, dark with broad shoulders.
E. They were certainly those of a warrior.
F. Then he strung the bow evoking a thunderous applause from the crowd.
- 1ADCEBFtrue
- 2ABECDFfalse
- 3ACBDEFfalse
- 4AECDBfalse
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Answer : 1. "ADCEBF"
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.
He said to Sita, "When do you intend to pay back the money you borrowed from me?"
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5db03deeeb701b4db6e872f0- 1He enquired Sita when did she intend to pay back the money she borrowed from himfalse
- 2He enquired Sita when she intended to pay back the money she borrowed from himfalse
- 3He enquired Sita when she intended to pay back the money she had borrowed from himtrue
- 4He enquired when Sita intended to pay back the money she borrowed from himfalse
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Answer : 3. "He enquired Sita when she intended to pay back the money she had borrowed from him "
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.
They shifted the venue of the conference.
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5f1fcabfec5b045afeaba110- 1The venue of the conference has been shifted.false
- 2They are shifting the venue of the conference.false
- 3They were shifting the venue of the conference.false
- 4The venue of the conference was shifted.true
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