General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Which is the most correct translation of-
 He had a narrow' escape. 

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    वह बच गया था।
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    वह इतना सा बच गया।
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    वह बाल-बाल बच गया।
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    वह थोड़े से कोने से बच गया।
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Answer : 3. "वह बाल-बाल बच गया। "

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Choose the most appropriate translation of the given sentence into English:
 अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता हमारा मूल अधिकार है।

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    Freedom of speech is our original right.
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    Independence of expression is our fundamental right.
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    Freedom of expression is our fundamental right.
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    Our fundamental right is freedom of speech.
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Answer : 3. "Freedom of expression is our fundamental right. "

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Pick out the correct phonetic transcription of the word 'bridge': 

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    /braldz/
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    /brildz/
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    /bri:dz/
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    /brIg/
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Answer : 2. "/brildz/"

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Answer : 3. "3"

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Read the passage carefully and give the answer of following questions.

Looking back on those days Isee myself as a kind of centaur, half boy, half bike, forever wheeling down suburban streets under the poincianas, on my way to football practice or the library or to a meeting of the little group of us, girls and boys, that came together on someone's verandah in the evenings after tea.
I might come across the Professor then on his after dinner stroll; and as often as not, he would be accompanied by my father, who would stop me and demand (partly, I thought, to impress the Professor) where I was off to or where I had been; insisting, with more than his usual force, that I come home right away, with no argument I spent long hours cycling back and forth between our house and Ross McDowell or Jimmy Larwood's, my friends from school, and the Professor's house was always on the route, I was always aboard and waiting for something significant to occur, for life somehow to declare it self and catch me up I rode my bike in slow circles or figures-of-eight, took it for sprints across the gravel of the park, or simply hung motionless in the saddle, balanced and waiting.

The boy's constant bike riding reflects his

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    longing for a simpler way of life
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    yearning for something exciting to occur
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    desire to escape from his father's influence
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    joy in being young and without responsibilities
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Answer : 2. "yearning for something exciting to occur"

Q:

Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.

I said to my friend, “Please help me arrange these books on the shelf.”

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    I asked my friend to help me arrange these books on the shelf.
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    I requested my friend to help me arrange those books on the shelf.
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    I ordered my friend to help me arrange those books on the shelf.
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    I told to my friend to please help me arrange those books on the shelf
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Answer : 2. "I requested my friend to help me arrange those books on the shelf."

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Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

Our new accountant fall short in my expectations.

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    falls short of
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    fall short on
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    No substitution required
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    falls short in
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Answer : 1. "falls short of"
Explanation :

(A) falls short of - The correct substitution for the underlined segment is "falls short of."

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