General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:In the following passage some of the word have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.
The Red Indian __(187_ for the arrival of the bison. The beasts, which come only once a year, are a good source of meat and hide. The Red Indians__(188)__ to survive the cold, bitter winter.
Tikki, the young boy, __(189)__ to look out for the herd’s arrival. Everyday, he _(190)_top of the hill to see if he could spot them on the vast horizon.
One night, while he__(191)__, the ground shook __(192)_ and his bag of arrows fell off from its book on the wall. Tikki __(193)___ of his wigwam and felt a strong gust of wind and dust gush past him. Shouting excitedly, he ran to the other wigwams and woke everyone up. A big fire _(194)_ built and the Red Indians danced around it, giving praises to their God who had, at last, __(195)__ their food and clothing of animal hide. The next morning, all to hunt down the beasts to the warriors _(196)_ to hunt down the beasts which were grazing near the river.
Mark your answer at Question (194).
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5f292c27a5ce9779bd250a9fThe Red Indian __(187_ for the arrival of the bison. The beasts, which come only once a year, are a good source of meat and hide. The Red Indians__(188)__ to survive the cold, bitter winter.
Tikki, the young boy, __(189)__ to look out for the herd’s arrival. Everyday, he _(190)_top of the hill to see if he could spot them on the vast horizon.
One night, while he__(191)__, the ground shook __(192)_ and his bag of arrows fell off from its book on the wall. Tikki __(193)___ of his wigwam and felt a strong gust of wind and dust gush past him. Shouting excitedly, he ran to the other wigwams and woke everyone up. A big fire _(194)_ built and the Red Indians danced around it, giving praises to their God who had, at last, __(195)__ their food and clothing of animal hide. The next morning, all to hunt down the beasts to the warriors _(196)_ to hunt down the beasts which were grazing near the river.
- 1were immediatefalse
- 2was immediatelytrue
- 3were immediatelyfalse
- 4was immediatefalse
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Answer : 2. "was immediately"
Q: Which is the most correct translation of-
He had a narrow' escape.
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63494cdf70d7b666d7f287e0He had a narrow' escape.
- 1वह बच गया था।false
- 2वह इतना सा बच गया।false
- 3वह बाल-बाल बच गया।true
- 4वह थोड़े से कोने से बच गया।false
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Answer : 3. "वह बाल-बाल बच गया। "
Q: Choose the most appropriate translation of the given sentence into English:
अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता हमारा मूल अधिकार है।
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6392db2d9dda13791d72dd87अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता हमारा मूल अधिकार है।
- 1Freedom of speech is our original right.false
- 2Independence of expression is our fundamental right.false
- 3Freedom of expression is our fundamental right.true
- 4Our fundamental right is freedom of speech.false
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Answer : 3. "Freedom of expression is our fundamental right. "
Q: Pick out the correct phonetic transcription of the word 'bridge':
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6238a46d4704d2668c10677c- 1/braldz/false
- 2/brildz/true
- 3/bri:dz/false
- 4/brIg/false
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Answer : 2. "/brildz/"
Q:Directions : In each of the following questions, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, select No error
He was smiling, (1)/ but his eyes retained (2)/ a look of solemness.(3)/ No error (4)
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634004bd1bfb042f96a13997- 11false
- 22false
- 33true
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Answer : 3. "3"
Q: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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5f3a1a36c306f54abeccd4b9I 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.
- 1longing for a simpler way of lifefalse
- 2yearning for something exciting to occurtrue
- 3desire to escape from his father's influencefalse
- 4joy in being young and without responsibilitiesfalse
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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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64ca4a9f42082e8c9b842956- 1I asked my friend to help me arrange these books on the shelf.false
- 2I requested my friend to help me arrange those books on the shelf.true
- 3I ordered my friend to help me arrange those books on the shelf.false
- 4I told to my friend to please help me arrange those books on the shelffalse
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Answer : 2. "I requested my friend to help me arrange those books on the shelf."
Q: 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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64ca49cd3fde307e3f543f7c- 1falls short oftrue
- 2fall short onfalse
- 3No substitution requiredfalse
- 4falls short infalse
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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."

