General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
Shouts of the crowd cheering the home team now (stuff) the air.
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62ea51376f92bf0da7cf3b79- 1filltrue
- 2occupyfalse
- 3infestfalse
- 4no improvementfalse
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Answer : 1. "fill"
Q: STRINGENT
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60d9956728d5b43fedb9a441- 1Dryfalse
- 2Strainedfalse
- 3Rigoroustrue
- 4Shrillfalse
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Answer : 3. "Rigorous"
Q:Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given.
Uncertainty looms over the revival of Naini Lake, a waterbody in the middle of Model Town in North Delhi, due to __(157)__ in the opinions of residents and local bodies regarding its desilting and ______ (158). While the Corporation claimed that the lake _(159)_ for years and several attempts by them to initiate a drive to desilt it were halted because of lack of funds or __ (160)__ from locals, residents alleged that it is __ (161)___ fresh water lake and is free from silt, and only a water treatment plant will be enough to resolve the problem.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank at 159.
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5f23e2784e7e0d508b590370- 1is not to be desiltedfalse
- 2is desiltedfalse
- 3hasn’t been desiltedtrue
- 4has desiltedfalse
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Answer : 3. "hasn’t been desilted"
Q: Which one of the following is not a poetic device?
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624587342300d4328a913d81- 1Imageryfalse
- 2Morphemetrue
- 3Metaphorfalse
- 4Alliterationfalse
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Answer : 2. "Morpheme "
Q: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.
I got the information straight from the horse’s mouth.
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5f4760659d816875be47be7b- 1from newspapersfalse
- 2from the head of the institutefalse
- 3from a government sourcefalse
- 4from a very reliable sourcetrue
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Answer : 4. "from a very reliable source"
Q:Find the correct synonym for the word
ALTERNATE
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6013fac065f047590371d1b6- 1Preferencefalse
- 2Substitutiontrue
- 3Otherfalse
- 4Anotherfalse
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Answer : 2. "Substitution"
Q: Which of the following words is the closest in meaning to 'turn into'?
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623b0332de069f6e1ba3d2f7- 1fool intofalse
- 2convince intofalse
- 3transform intotrue
- 4crumble intofalse
- 5walk intofalse
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Answer : 3. "transform into"
Q: If you take away the prefix and the suffix, what word is left of the word 'unemployed'?
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6392dfc49dda13791d72f88a- 1unemployfalse
- 2employedfalse
- 3employtrue
- 4will not changefalse
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