General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions: In each of the questions given below, three words are given in bold. These three words may or may not be in their correct positions. The sentence is then followed by options with the correct combination of words that should replace each other in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of words that replace each other. If the sentence is correct as it is, select '5' as your option.
The received (A) birthday party was the best surprise (B) Andrew could have gift. (C)
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64d380b8ebd5c37472738be9- 1ABCfalse
- 2BACfalse
- 3BCAtrue
- 4CABfalse
- 5No Rearrangementfalse
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Answer : 3. "BCA"
Q:Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
One who supervises students in an examination hall
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64870921772333474bae0fc0- 1Invigilatortrue
- 2Inspectorfalse
- 3Examineefalse
- 4Teacherfalse
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Answer : 1. "Invigilator"
Explanation :
An invigilator is a person who oversees and ensures the proper conduct of an examination.
Q:Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Abolish
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6490183ce8d2170cb3c07738- 1Eliminatetrue
- 2Establishfalse
- 3Introducefalse
- 4Continuefalse
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Answer : 1. "Eliminate"
Q:Select the correct option of the idiom/phrase.
"A bolt from the blue"
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6322fc0c4eed097ecb57a02a- 1An unexpected piece of news or eventtrue
- 2Not to leave a good impressionfalse
- 3Womenfalse
- 4A weak, unreliable personfalse
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Answer : 1. "An unexpected piece of news or event"
Q: Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
He dreams big than his friends.
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6452406b223d4c08a7dd1cc9He dreams big than his friends.
- 1biggertrue
- 2more bigfalse
- 3biggestfalse
- 4most bigfalse
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Answer : 1. "bigger"
Q:Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Novelists when they write novels tend to take an almost god-like attitude (1) ___________ their subject, pretending to a total comprehension of the story, a man's life, (2) __________ they can therefore recount as God Himself might, nothing standing between them and the naked truth, the entire story meaningful in (3) ___________ detail. I am as little able to do this as the novelist is, even though my story is more important to me than any novelist's is to him – for this is my story; it is the story of a man, not of an invented, or possible, or idealised or otherwise (4) __________ figure, but of a unique (5) ___________ of flesh and blood.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
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645cb80e45f1450a80b916eeNovelists when they write novels tend to take an almost god-like attitude (1) ___________ their subject, pretending to a total comprehension of the story, a man's life, (2) __________ they can therefore recount as God Himself might, nothing standing between them and the naked truth, the entire story meaningful in (3) ___________ detail. I am as little able to do this as the novelist is, even though my story is more important to me than any novelist's is to him – for this is my story; it is the story of a man, not of an invented, or possible, or idealised or otherwise (4) __________ figure, but of a unique (5) ___________ of flesh and blood.
- 1despitefalse
- 2underfalse
- 3throughfalse
- 4towardstrue
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Answer : 4. "towards"
Q:In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
The bank _______________ his house as he had failed to pay the instalments despite repeated warnings.
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62dfa577313eb40eb8a4928e- 1mobbedfalse
- 2confiscatedtrue
- 3hijackedfalse
- 4capturedfalse
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Answer : 2. "confiscated"
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
I had never seen him lose his temper, and he governed our company with an iron hand.
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642ac7f972ca731a991546f4- 1In anxietyfalse
- 2At the servicefalse
- 3To any degreefalse
- 4strict and harsh controltrue
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