General English Practice Question and Answer

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Read the passage carefully and answer the question accordingly.

The saddest part of life lies not in the act of dying, but in failing to truly live while we are alive. Too many of us play small with our lives, never letting the fullness of our humanity see the light of day. I’ve learned that what really counts in life, in the end, is not how many toys we have collected or how much money we’ve accumulated, but how many of our talents we have liberated and used for a purpose that adds value to this world. What truly matters most are the lives we have touched and the legacy that we have left. Tolstoy put it so well when he wrote: “We live for ourselves only when we live for others.” It took me forty years to discover this simple point of wisdom.

Forty long years to discover that success cannot really be pursued. Success ensues and flows into your life as the unintended yet inevitable byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of other people. When you shift your daily focus from a compulsion to survive towards a lifelong commitment to serve, your existence cannot help but explode into success. I still can’t believe that I had to wait until the “half-time” of my life to figure out that true fulfillment as a human being comes not from achieving those grand gestures that put us on the front pages of the newspapers and business magazines, but instead from those basic and incremental acts of decency that each one of us has the privilege to practice each and every day if we simply make the choice to do so. Mother Teresa, a great leader of human hearts if ever there was one, said it best: “There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love.” I learned this the hard way in my life. Until recently, I had been so busy striving, I had missed out on living. I was so busy chasing life’s big pleasures that I had missed out on the little ones, those micro joys that weave themselves in and out of our lives on a daily basis but often go unnoticed. My days were overscheduled, my mind was overworked and my spirit was underfed.

Suggest a suitable title for the passage?

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    Living truly
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    Learning it the hard way
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    True happiness as experienced by Mother Teresa
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    Forty years of discovery Tolstoy
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Answer : 1. "Living truly"

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Direction (Q.131 to 140): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage, against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Once upon a time a foolish brahmin (131) to Birbal with a strange request. He wanted to be (132) as ' pandit’. Now, the term pandit ' (133) to a man of knowledge. But unfortunately, this poor brahmin was uneducated. Birbal tried to explain the difference to him saying that it was not correct to call an uneducated man a pandit and because of this very reason it would be improper to call him so . But, the silly brahmin had his heart (134) on this title. Birbal came up with a brilliant solution and said that as the brahmin was an uneducated man he should (135) abuses and stones at anyone who dared to address him by the very same title. Then Birbal called all his servants and ordered them to call this brahmin pandit. The brahmin was very pleased. But the moment the servants started calling out to him as ' pandit ' he pretended to be very angry and (136) abusing them loudly. Then he picked up a few stones and hurled them in their direction. All this shouting and screaming (137) a crowd. When people realised that this brahmin was erupting every time someone called him pandit’, they all started to (138 ) him. Over the next couple of days, he would constantly hear the word ' pandit ' wherever he went very soon the whole town started referring to him as ' pandit ' much to his (139). The foolish brahmin never realised why people were calling him a pandit. He was extremely pleased with the result. He (140) Birbal from the bottom of his heart.

Fill in the blank (135).

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    hurl
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    give
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    stick
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    keep
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    say
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Answer : 1. "hurl"

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Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

One who damages public property

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    Epicure
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    Vandal
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    Cynosure
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    Demagogue
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Answer : 2. "Vandal"

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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.

The boy said, “Bravo ! You have done well.”

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    The boy said that he had done well.
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    The boy exclaimed that he had done well.
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    The boy applauded him, saying that he done well.
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    The boy said bravo he had done well.
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Answer : 3. "The boy applauded him, saying that he done well."

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Answer : 2. "2"

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Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.

Does he like to go for sightseeing when he is in holiday ?

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    When he is
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    Does he like
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    in holiday?
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    to go for sightseeing
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Answer : 3. "in holiday?"

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

Killer of prophet

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    patricide
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    Sororicide
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    Mariticide
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    Vaticide
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Answer : 4. "Vaticide"

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Choose the correct option to fill the blank:
 Immediately after the operation he could see nothing_______ vague shadows.

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    as long as
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    however
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    but
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    notwithstanding
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Answer : 3. "but"

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