General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

A Shakespearean sonnet usually contains -

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    seven couplets
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    four stanzas
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    three couplets and two stanzas
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    three stanzas and a couplet
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Answer : 4. "three stanzas and a couplet "

Q:

Select the word with the correct spelling.

Options:

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    amphybia
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    indanted
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    ancumber
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    levelled
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Answer : 4. "levelled"

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Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blank.
 Please go with ______ sister to the match. 

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    me and mine
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    I and my
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    me and my
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    I and mine
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Answer : 3. "me and my "

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Answer : 3. "3"
Explanation :

to enter will replace entering because – The to-Infinitive (Main Verb) : functions as a Noun, as Adjective, or an Adverb. In this sentence, permitted to enter, to enter is the direct object, the Noun that receives the action of the Verb (Permitted). To enter refers to a thing being done, or, desired to be done Hence, to enter the park is the right usage.

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In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each four words have been suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

The empty ‘Chyawanprash’ containers near the makeshift kitchen at the elephant camp say it all – that the elephants have been having a healthy, nutritious diet as (1) by the veterinary doctors.  The camp managers say that the elephants get to have the nutritious (2) twice a day – morning before bath and early evening, walk eight to 1 km on the walking track twice a day and have loads of green fodder. A few of these elephants also undergo special medication, if necessary. ‘Valli’, a female elephant from the Koodal Azhagar Perumal Koil, Madurai, and ‘Vedanayagi’ another female elephant from Bhavani, Erode, are two such elephants. Based on the veterinarians’ prescription, the managers are treating the two for foot rot disease.
 The elephants get to (3) their legs in a decoction of seven chemicals, a traditional formula, to get over the problem. The foot rot sets in when the elephants are obese, or stand on hard surface or bitumen-topped roads for long with very little movement.
 Likewise, two other elephants are also undergoing eye treatment to overcome the ‘watery eye’ problem. This occurs when the elephants’ living (4) is hot. The managers say that the ingredients of the food and the quantity given to the elephants (5) from one to another and are dependent on the age and gender.
 Based on the two, a body-mass-index of sorts is derived and that determines the food and the quantity. Right at the start of the camp, the managers have noted down the weight of each elephant.
 This will be compared to the (6) that they will record when the elephants exit the camp around the second week of January. The managers say that one important factor in the camp is giving green fodder, which the elephants (7) in plenty in the camp. For the weak elephants, the camp managers give twigs of ‘aal’, ‘arasu’ ‘athi’ trees and also ‘koondapanai’. They add that the managers are also (8) the mahouts and those accompanying the elephants on the ways to keep the animal healthy. This is (9) the mahouts are with the elephants 24x7. And also because the animal should continue to live in a (10) environment.

Choose the correct option for (7). 

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    earn
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    realize
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    get
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    capture
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Answer : 3. "get "

Q:

Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.

Our Principal says, “Rules are to be followed at any cost.”

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    Our Principal advised that rules need to be followed at any cost.
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    Our Principal says that rules are to be followed at any cost.
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    Our Principal told that rules are to be followed at any cost.
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    Our Principal said that rules had to be followed at any cost
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Answer : 2. "Our Principal says that rules are to be followed at any cost."

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Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
 Elizabeth beat her rival with the gold medal in the 2021 summer Olympics. 

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    with the gold medal in the
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    2021 summer Olympics
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    Elizabeth beat her rival
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    No error
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Answer : 1. "with the gold medal in the "

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