General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Select the word which match same as the group of words given. 

a family of young animals

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    nest
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    brood
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    offspring
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    clutch
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Answer : 2. "brood"

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Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Around sixty bands in colourful ______ took part in the Notting Hill Carnival.

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    clothings
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    apparels
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    costumes
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    dressing
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Answer : 3. "costumes"

Q:

In each of the following sentences, an idiomatic expression or a proverb. Select the  alternatives which best describes its use in the sentence.
When the girl wanted to stay out past midnight, her father put his foot down.

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    Gave in to her request
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    Walked away disapprovingly
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    Obstructed her from leaving the house
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    Requested her to be home on time
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    None of the above
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Answer : 3. "Obstructed her from leaving the house"

Q:

Tourists always enjoyed ____ the setting Sun in the Darjeeling Hills. 

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    in seeing
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    seeing
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    to watch
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    watching
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Answer : 4. "watching "

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Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
With Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma abolishing the discretionary quota for gas and telephone connections enjoyed by members of parliament last week, demands are being made for doing away with the same privilege for Union ministers.
Imposing a fine of Rs. 50 lakh on former petroleum minister Satish Sharma for arbitrarily allotting petrol pumps, the Supreme Court had said last year that absolute discretion was an anathema to the Constitution and advised the ‘judicious’ use of discretionary powers.
Citing the use of the so-called privileges as “prejudicial to public interest and a breach of trust”, HD Shourie of Common Cause has sought the prime minister’s intervention to “stop this practice of discretionary quota for ministers to present to the public an image of clean functioning of the government.”
In a letter written to the Cabinet Secretary, he has drawn the PM’s attention to the misuse of this privilege by more than a dozen ministers. In the railways, discretionary quota covers platform stalls, passes, tickets and berths on trains. In civil aviation and tourism, the largesse includes free international air tickets, out-of-turn seats and stalls in ITDC hotels.

The tone of the speaker in the passage is that of

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    relief
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    concern
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    prohibition
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    caution
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    a disciplinarian
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Answer : 5. "a disciplinarian"

Q: A group of three powerful people. 7611 2

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    Trio
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    Tritium
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    Trivet
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    Triumvirate
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Answer : 4. "Triumvirate"

Q:

Change into Indirect speech. 

He said to me "I am reading a book". 

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    He said to me that am reading a book.
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    He told me that he has been reading a book.
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    He told me that he had read a book.
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    He told me that he was reading a book.
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Answer : 4. "He told me that he was reading a book."

Q:

Fill in the blanks with the correct Article or Determiner choosing from the options given below:

I enjoyed reading________ book you gave me.

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    the
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    a
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    any
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    some
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Answer : 1. "the "

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