General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Cast aside
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64623b6ecdae930acb77407b- 1To blow upfalse
- 2To bear withfalse
- 3To displayfalse
- 4To rejecttrue
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Answer : 4. "To reject"
Explanation :
To reject. This idiom means to discard or reject something or someone.
Q:Rearrange the parts of the sentence in the correct order:
At one level,
P- the law in understanding
Q- such cases of violence
R- one senses the limits of
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62dfa64d313eb40eb8a4a506- 1RQPfalse
- 2PQRfalse
- 3RPQtrue
- 4QRPfalse
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Answer : 3. "RPQ"
Q: Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Craze for a thing that are not easily available in our country is a common phenomenon.
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64b77df6568e7ff594b8152f- 1Craze for afalse
- 2thing that are not easilytrue
- 3is a common phenomenonfalse
- 4available in our countryfalse
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Answer : 2. "thing that are not easily"
Explanation :
The correct form is "Craze for things that are not easily" to match the plural subject "things."
Q:Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning of the given word as your answer.
Vile
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5f6b1210473e9b04bc2a4cda- 1Craftyfalse
- 2decentfalse
- 3Horridfalse
- 4Eviltrue
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Answer : 4. "Evil"
Q:Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five options are given. Four of the Five words to the blank coherently.Find out the which word cannot fit in the blank properly.
It was a _____(xa)_____ journey that these 166 passengers of Jaipur bound Jet Airways flight number 9W 697 from Mumbai on Thursday will never forget. When the _____(xb)_____ took off at about 6 am on Thursday everything _____(xc)_____ normal. However, after 10 minutes into the flight, the _____(xd)_____ of these passengers began. Suddenly the oxygen masks came down from above their seats. By this time the aircraft was flying at a/an _____(xe)_____ of about 28,000 feet. Suddenly the _____(xf)_____ started feeling uncomfortable while some started to bleed from nose and ears. The panicked passengers _____(xg)_____ putting oxygen masks onto themselves while many _____(xh)_____ that they were not working. After about 10-15 minutes of _____(xi)_____ and panic the oxygen started flowing into the masks, much to the _____(xj)_____ of the passengers.
Find the blank at xi.
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5e9051a590613f3f94242273- 1hue and cryfalse
- 2disturbancefalse
- 3uproarfalse
- 4enjoymenttrue
- 5ruckusfalse
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Answer : 4. "enjoyment "
Q: Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
Taking a deep, ______ breath, I start again, successfully loading the filter and placing the cup underneath.
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644a9e9d6b39d4ce23d4f869- 1penetratingfalse
- 2surrogatingfalse
- 3calmingtrue
- 4jammingfalse
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Answer : 3. "calming"
Q:Read the passage carefully and give the answer of following questions.
The public sector banks are witnessing in India a period of transition and are at crossroads, where they without giving up social responsibility, should also remain healthy. They need to undertake risky experiments, yet perform it innovatively in a way it does not fail. They should make forays into new areas which are rarely tread by them and lose no emerging opportunities. It should be understood that absence of any bad advance is no sign of efficient banking system. It only indicates immense conservatism. However this is no guarantee for profit. There should be a balance between liquidity and risk. Past sins should be forgotten. Novel and pragmatic techniques should be adopted without which banks would be in danger.
How can the banks take risks without risking a failure?
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6391bc5258400a550dd7a384- 1By being innovative.true
- 2By soliciting the help of the government.false
- 3By being financially healthy.false
- 4By being conservative.false
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Answer : 1. "By being innovative."
Q: Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
It was not possible/for we/to understand her. /No error.
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6438ef891ce944a93ea1481c- 1for wetrue
- 2to understand herfalse
- 3It was not possiblefalse
- 4No errorfalse
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