General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement’.
I will accept the responsibility while a time comes.
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64cba6f79e9013486a93d2a9- 1when the timetrue
- 2whenever a timefalse
- 3No improvementfalse
- 4until a timefalse
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Answer : 1. "when the time"
Explanation :
The correct sentence is:
I will accept the responsibility when the time comes.
Explanation: In this sentence, "while" should be replaced with "when" to indicate a specific point in time. Additionally, "a" should be inserted before "time" to make the sentence grammatically correct.
Q: Which one of the following sentences expresses 'possibility'?
'There are dark clouds in the sky______
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623afdccde069f6e1ba3a19b'There are dark clouds in the sky______
- 1It will rainfalse
- 2It shall rainfalse
- 3It may raintrue
- 4It must rainfalse
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Answer : 3. "It may rain "
Q: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The sudden death of our uncle was ______________ for all of us.
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642442e1ed76c064b856326bThe sudden death of our uncle was ______________ for all of us.
- 1tragictrue
- 2fragilefalse
- 3gentlefalse
- 4Dissuasivefalse
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Answer : 1. "tragic "
Q: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. We are selling a single orange ______ ₹10 but nobody is ready to buy it.
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642ac77ddcb650c14577057e- 1onfalse
- 2tofalse
- 3withfalse
- 4Fortrue
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Answer : 4. "For"
Q:In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
The entry of foreign media has to be ______ by strict rules. Any intention to ______ the country politically or economically or any attempt at cultural ______ in order to make the country a slave to the designs of international powers would not be ______. If the foreign media is keen on making a presence on the Indian soil, respect for the country’s unity and ______ is essential.
would not be ______ If the foreign media.
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60193fb365f047590382efd3- 1assimilatedfalse
- 2toleratedtrue
- 3abatedfalse
- 4confiscatedfalse
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Answer : 2. "tolerated"
Q:The conclusion of World Trade Organization’s 11th biennial ministerial conference at Buenos Aires was worrisome. From an Indian standpoint, there was no loss as status quo continues in the most important issue: the right to continue the food security programme by using support prices. But the inability of the negotiators to reach even one substantive outcome suggests that WTO’s efficacy is under question. As a 164-country multilateral organisation dedicated to crafting rules of trade through consensus, WTO represents the optimal bet for developing countries such as India. Strengthening WTO is in India’s best interest.
Perhaps the biggest threat to WTO’s efficacy today is the attitude of the US. The world’s largest economy appears to have lost faith in the organisation and has begun to undermine one of its most successful segments, the dispute redressal mechanism. This is significant as the US has been directly involved in nearly half of all cases brought to WTO. Separately, large groups of countries decided to pursue negotiations on e-commerce, investment facilitation and removal of trade obstacles for medium and small scale industries. By itself this should not weaken WTO. But it comes at a time when there is growing frustration with gridlock at WTO.
India did well to defend its position on its food security programme. The envisaged reform package which will see a greater use of direct cash transfers to beneficiaries will be in sync with what developed countries do. But it’s important for India to enhance its efforts to reinvigorate WTO. In this context, India’s plan to organise a meeting of some countries early next year is a step in the right direction. WTO represents the best available platform to accommodate interests of a diverse set of nations. Therefore, India should be at the forefront of moves to fortify it.
Which of the following is the most successful segments of the WTO mentioned in the passage?
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60228f322dc71d4148a25a67Perhaps the biggest threat to WTO’s efficacy today is the attitude of the US. The world’s largest economy appears to have lost faith in the organisation and has begun to undermine one of its most successful segments, the dispute redressal mechanism. This is significant as the US has been directly involved in nearly half of all cases brought to WTO. Separately, large groups of countries decided to pursue negotiations on e-commerce, investment facilitation and removal of trade obstacles for medium and small scale industries. By itself this should not weaken WTO. But it comes at a time when there is growing frustration with gridlock at WTO.
India did well to defend its position on its food security programme. The envisaged reform package which will see a greater use of direct cash transfers to beneficiaries will be in sync with what developed countries do. But it’s important for India to enhance its efforts to reinvigorate WTO. In this context, India’s plan to organise a meeting of some countries early next year is a step in the right direction. WTO represents the best available platform to accommodate interests of a diverse set of nations. Therefore, India should be at the forefront of moves to fortify it.
- 1Reviewer of government’s trade policies.false
- 2Agreement on trade in services.false
- 3Dispute redressal mechanismtrue
- 4Intellectual Property Rightsfalse
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Answer : 3. "Dispute redressal mechanism"
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 (193).
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5f292bbb921df80828923774The 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.
- 1rushed outtrue
- 2rushed infalse
- 3rushing outfalse
- 4rust outfalse
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Answer : 1. "rushed out"
Q:Read the following passage carefully and give the answer of following questions.
The problem of water pollution by pesticides can be understood only in context, as part of the whole to which it belongs – the pollution of the total environment of mankind. The pollution entering our waterways comes from many sources, radioactive wastes from reactors, laboratories and hospitals; fallout from nuclear explosions; domestic wastes from cities and towns; chemical wastes from factories. To these is a added a new kid of fallout - the chemical sprays applied to crop lands and gardens, forests and fields. Many of the chemical agents in this alarming melange initiate and augment the harmful effects of radiation, and within the groups of chemicals themselves there are sinister and little - understood interactions, transformations and summations of effect.
Ever since the chemists began to manufacture substances that nature never invented, the problem of water purification have become complex and the danger to users of water has increased. As we have seen, the production of these synthetic chemicals in large volume began in the 1940’s. It has now reached such proportion that an appalling deluge of chemical pollution is daily poured into the nation’s waterways. When inextricably mixed with domestic and other wastes discharged into the same water, these chemicals sometimes defy detection by the methods in ordinary use by purification plants. Most of them are so complex that they cannot be identified. In rivers, a really incredible variety of pollutants combine to produce deposits that sanitary engineers can only despairingly refer to as “gunk”.
The words ‘gunk’ in the last line refers:
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5f28f041a5ce9779bd245eb9- 1to the waste products deposited by sanitary engineersfalse
- 2to the debris found in riversfalse
- 3to unidentifiable chemical found in water.true
- 4to the domestic water supplies.false
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