General English Practice Question and Answer

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Instruction: Choose the alternative which is an Adjective formed by adding a Suffix. 

Caution 

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    cautional
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    cautious
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    caution
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    None of these
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Answer : 2. "cautious "

Q:

The speaker did not properly use the time as he went on……..on one point alone

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    dilating
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    devoting
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    deliberating
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    diluting
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Answer : 3. "deliberating "

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

Very rude or coarse; vulgar.

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    gross
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    adipose
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    porcine
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    corpulent
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Answer : 1. "gross"

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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.

My father said, "Honesty is the best policy." 

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    My father stated that honesty was the best policy.
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    My father said that honesty is the best policy.
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    My father said that honesty was the best policy.
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    My father said that honesty has been the best policy
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Answer : 2. "My father said that honesty is the best policy. "

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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).

Our football team (A)/ comprises of (B) / eleven skilled players. (C) / No error. (D) 

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    C
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    D
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    A
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    B
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Answer : 4. "B"
Explanation :

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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.

To catch a tartar

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    To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty
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    To deal with a person who is more than one's match
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    To meet with disaster
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    To catch a dangerous person
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Answer : 4. "To catch a dangerous person"

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

Irresistible craving for alcoholic drinks 

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    Megalomania
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    Dipsomania
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    Kleptomania
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    Pyromania
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Answer : 2. "Dipsomania "

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What, one wonders, is the lowest common denominator of Indian culture today? The attractive Hema Malini ? The songs of Vinidh Barati? The attractive Hema Malini? The sons of Vinidh Barati?
 Or the mouth-watering Masala Dosa? Delectable as these may be, each yield pride of place to that false (?) symbol of a new era-the synthetic fibre. In less than twenty years the nylon sari and the terylene shirt have swept the countryside, penetrated to the farthest corners of the land and persuaded every common man, woman and child that the key to success in the present day world lie in artificial fibers: glass nylon, crepe nylon, tery mixes, polyesters and what have you. More than the bicycles, the wristwatch or the transistor radio, synthetic clothes have come to represent the first step away form the village square. The village lass treasures the flashy nylon sari in her trousseau most delay; the village youth gets a great kick out of his cheap terrycot shirt and trousers, the nearest he can approximate to the expensive synthetic sported by his wealthy citybred contemporaries. And the Neo-rich craze for ‘phoren’ is nowhere more apparent than in the price that people will pay for smuggled, stolen, begged borrowed second hand or thrown away synthetics. Alas, even the uniformity of nylon. 

The synthetic fibre has –

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    Always been popular in India
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    Become popular during the last twenty years
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    Never been popular the last twenty years
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    Been as popular as other kinds of fibre
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Answer : 2. "Become popular during the last twenty years"

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