General English Practice Question and Answer

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Read the following passage carefully and give the answer of following questions.

The cyber–world is ultimately ungovernable. This is alarming as well as convenient; sometimes, convenient because alarming. Some Indian politicians use this to great advantage. When there is an obvious failure in governance during a crisis they deflect attention from their own incompetence towards the ungovernable. So, having failed to prevent nervous citizens from fleeing their cities of work by assuring them of proper protection, some national leaders are now busy trying to prove to one another, and to panic-prone Indians, that a mischievous neighbour has been using the internet and social networking sites to spread dangerous rumours. And the Centre's automatic reaction is to start blocking these sites and begin elaborate and potentially endless negotiations with Google, Twitter and Facebook about access to information. If this is the official idea of prompt action at a time of crisis among communities, then Indians have more reason to fear their protectors than the nebulous mischief-makers of the cyber world. Wasting time gathering proof, blocking vaguely suspicious websites, hurling accusations across the border and worrying about bilateral relations are ways of keeping busy with inessentials because one does not quite known what to do about the essentials of a difficult situation. Besides, only a fifth of the 245 websites blocked by the Centre mention the people of the Northeast or the violence in Assam. And if a few morphed images and spurious texts can unsettle an entire nation, then there is something deeply wrong with the nation and with how it is being governed. This is what its leaders should be addressing immediately, rather than making a wrongheaded display of their powers of censorship.
 It is just as absurd, and part of the same syndrome, to try to ban Twitter accounts that parody despatches from the Prime Minister's Office. To describe such forms of humour and dissent as "misrepresenting" the PMO–as if Twitter would take these parodies for genuine despatches from the PMO — makes the PMO look more ridiculous than its parodists manage to. With the precedent for such action set recently by the chief minister of West Bengal, this is yet another proof that what Bengal thinks today India will think tomorrow. Using the cyber–world for flexing the wrong muscles is essentially not funny. It might even prove to be quite dangerously distracting.

The author’s seriousness regarding the situation can best be described in the following sentences, Pick the odd one out.

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    Our leaders should display their powers of censorship when needed.
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    If this is the official idea of prompt action at a time of crisis among communities, then Indians have more reason to fear their protectors than the nebulous mischief maker of the cyber-world.
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    The politician deflect attention from their own incompetence.
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    If a few morphed images and spurious texts can unsettle an entire nation, then there is something deeply wrong with the nation.
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Answer : 3. "The politician deflect attention from their own incompetence."

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In spite of his recent financial troubles. Ashok has not learnt to cut his coat according to his cloth. 

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    improve his tailoring abilities
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    live within his income
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    overcome his problems
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    wear modest clothes
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Answer : 2. "live within his income "

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Wear the green willow

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    Cause someone to be very frightened
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    Producing a lavish celebrating feast
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    To do something for someone as an act of kindness
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    Suffer unrequited love
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Answer : 4. "Suffer unrequited love"

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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

Do you / recall to meet / her at the party / last night?

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    last night
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    her at the party
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    Do you
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    recall to meet
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Answer : 4. "recall to meet"
Explanation :

The correct phrasing should be "Do you recall meeting her at the party last night?" The verb "recall" doesn't take the preposition "to."


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Answer : 1. "to"

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Directions : Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and 'No correction is required', mark (E) as the answer.

Public health facilities are more scarce since patients have to wait for hours to see a doctor.

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    too scarce for
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    very scarce because
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    so scarce that
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    quite scarce that
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    No correction required
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Answer : 3. "so scarce that "

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In the following questions, same of the error and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and mark your answer.

The five team members (A)/ shared the prize money (B)/ between themselves. (C)/ No error (D)

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    A
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    B
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    C
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    D
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Answer : 3. "C"

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Answer : 2. "Located "

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