General English Practice Question and Answer
8 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 ) .
When the wind blow, the cradle will rock.
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60a3621fb1d2440614bc0026- 1wind blewfalse
- 2wind blewsfalse
- 3wind blowstrue
- 4No improvement.false
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Answer : 3. "wind blows"
Q:Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.
Exhibit
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5f0539b8b864a45d9075e66f- 1Introductionfalse
- 2Abstentionfalse
- 3Lazinessfalse
- 4Showcasetrue
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Answer : 4. "Showcase"
Q:Violence has played a great part in the would's history. It is today playing an equally important part and probably it will continue to do so for a considerable time. It is impossible to ignore the importance of violence in the past and present. To do so is to ignore life. Yet violence is undoubtedly bad and brings an unending trail of evil consequences with it. And worse even than violence are the motives of hatred, cruelty, revenge and punishment which very often accompany violence. Indeed violence is bad, not intrinsically, but because of these motives that go with it. There can be violence without these movies there can be violence of a good object as well as for an evil object. But it is extremely difficult to separate violence from these motives, and therefore, it is desirable to avoid violence as far as possible. In avoiding it, however someone can not accept a negative attitude of submitting to bad and far greater evils. Submission to violence or the acceptance of an unjust regime based on violence is against the spirit of non-violence. The non-violent method, in order to justify itself, must be dynamic and capable of changing such a regime of social order.
The word 'dynamic' in the concluding line of the passage means:
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5dddf81d512c6356f5ec758d- 1activefalse
- 2energeticfalse
- 3capable of the change and progressfalse
- 4all of the abovetrue
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Answer : 4. "all of the above "
Q:Direction: 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 visitor said to them "Please give me a glass of water."
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5f28eaa8095543015641afdb- 1The visitor ordered them to give a glass of water.false
- 2The visitor requested them to give him a glass of water.true
- 3The visitor said please give him a glass of water.false
- 4The visitor said to them to give him a glass of water.false
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Answer : 2. "The visitor requested them to give him a glass of water. "
Q:Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-
Rashmi is not only smart but very beautiful.
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5f6b0eeee68c06196f1f5113- 1but beautifulfalse
- 2No improvementfalse
- 3very beautifulfalse
- 4but also very beautifultrue
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Answer : 4. "but also very beautiful"
Q:Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
If the census tells us that India has two or three hundred languages, it also tells us, I believe, that Germany has about fifty or sixty languages. I do not remember anyone pointing out this fact in proof of the disunity or disparity of Germany. As a matter of fact, a census mentions all manner of petty languages, sometimes spoken by a few thousand persons only; and often dialects are classed for scientific purposes as different languages. India seems to me to have surprisingly few languages, considering its area. Compared to the same area in Europe, it is far more closely allied in regard to language, but because of widespread illiteracy, common standards have not developed and dialects have formed. The principal languages of India are Hindustani (of the two varieties, Hindi and Urdu), Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. If Assamese, Oriya, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Pushtu and Punjabi are added, the whole country is covered except for some hill and forest tribes. Of these, the Indo-Aryan languages, which cover the whole north, centre and west of India, are closely allied; and the southern Dravidian languages, though different, have been greatly influenced by Sanskrit, and are full of Sanskrit words.
In the passage the author.
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60c87b1e87d7204e50b12559If the census tells us that India has two or three hundred languages, it also tells us, I believe, that Germany has about fifty or sixty languages. I do not remember anyone pointing out this fact in proof of the disunity or disparity of Germany. As a matter of fact, a census mentions all manner of petty languages, sometimes spoken by a few thousand persons only; and often dialects are classed for scientific purposes as different languages. India seems to me to have surprisingly few languages, considering its area. Compared to the same area in Europe, it is far more closely allied in regard to language, but because of widespread illiteracy, common standards have not developed and dialects have formed. The principal languages of India are Hindustani (of the two varieties, Hindi and Urdu), Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. If Assamese, Oriya, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Pushtu and Punjabi are added, the whole country is covered except for some hill and forest tribes. Of these, the Indo-Aryan languages, which cover the whole north, centre and west of India, are closely allied; and the southern Dravidian languages, though different, have been greatly influenced by Sanskrit, and are full of Sanskrit words.
- 1compares India with Germanyfalse
- 2defends the multilingual situation of Indiatrue
- 3criticises the illiteracy in Indiafalse
- 4classifies the Indian languagesfalse
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Answer : 2. "defends the multilingual situation of India "
Q:Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
A hater of mankind
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60a363abd3afc7379b0c00fa- 1Misanthropetrue
- 2Misogynistfalse
- 3Philanthropistfalse
- 4Misogamistfalse
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Answer : 1. "Misanthrope "
Q: Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.
Behaviour
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60116d5f178b94051cec078aBehaviour
- 1Conducttrue
- 2Blessingfalse
- 3Characterfalse
- 4Responsefalse
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