General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Given below is a word, followed by three sentences that consist of that word. Identify the sentences(s) that best express(es) the meaning of the word.
Fellow
A. He seemed like a decent fellow.
B. He's a fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
C. A member of staff was sacked for stealing from fellow employees.
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64d4cc38bd50dd8e2e11c5c7- 1Only Afalse
- 2Only Bfalse
- 3A and Bfalse
- 4A and Cfalse
- 5All of the abovetrue
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Answer : 5. "All of the above"
Q:Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
An imaginary ideal society free of poverty and suffering
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64916748c7d7c7e0670bfc40- 1Dreamlandfalse
- 2Heavenfalse
- 3Paradisefalse
- 4Utopiatrue
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Answer : 4. "Utopia"
Explanation :
Utopia refers to an imagined perfect and ideal society with no social or economic problems.
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’.
If somebody attacks you, you needs be able to defend yourself.
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64c3ac4fbd3d254806861dc0- 1No substitution requiredfalse
- 2need to be abletrue
- 3need being ablefalse
- 4need be ablefalse
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Answer : 2. "need to be able"
Explanation :
The correct sentence should be:
If somebody attacks you, you need to be able to defend yourself.
Explanation: The verb "needs" should be changed to "need," and the word "be" should be included for the sentence to be grammatically correct. The corrected sentence indicates the necessity of being able to defend oneself if attacked.
Q: Groups of four words are given. In each group, one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer-Sheet.
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632aebee1656651c9e9ac81c- 1Vulnarablefalse
- 2Vulnirablefalse
- 3Velnerablefalse
- 4Vulnerabletrue
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Answer : 4. "Vulnerable "
Q: Directions: In the following question, two columns are given, containing three phrases each. A phrase from the first column may or may not connect with a phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. There are five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the phrases can be joined to form a correct sentence. If none of the phrases makes a correct sentence, mark None of these' as your answer.
Column (1) Column (2)
(A) It couldn't be more shocking (D) when the new education policy was rolled out.
(B) Students across the country rejoiced (E) when the PM was assassinated.
(C) A wave of grief swept through the country (F) that he decided to file for a divorce.
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64d0d75e52a85a5ad6da1a14(A) It couldn't be more shocking (D) when the new education policy was rolled out.
(B) Students across the country rejoiced (E) when the PM was assassinated.
(C) A wave of grief swept through the country (F) that he decided to file for a divorce.
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- 2C-E and B-Dtrue
- 3B-Ffalse
- 4C-F and A-Ffalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 2. "C-E and B-D "
Q:Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.
Our new neighbours (1)/ had been living in Arizona (2)/ since ten years before moving to their present house. (3)/ No error. (4)
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652513b75db74b27f7cdebf0- 11false
- 22false
- 33true
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Answer : 3. "3"
Explanation :
for will replace since because – for (Prep.) indicates a length of time Since (Prep.) indicates a past time until a later time, or until now Look at the examples given below : I have lived in Bangalore for twenty-five years. I had been living in Bangalore since 1964. Hence, for ten years before moving to their present house is the right usage.
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Answer : 3. "work"
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 2.
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645cb866cdae930acb6a3fdfNovelists 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.
- 1whosefalse
- 2whomfalse
- 3whofalse
- 4whichtrue
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