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Common General English Questions for Competitive Exams

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Q :  

She requested the interviewer to repeat the question.

(A) She asked the interviewer, ‘Please repeat the question’

(B) She said to the interviewer, ‘Could you please repeat the question?’

(C) She requested the interviewer, ‘Please repeat the question.’

(D) She asked the interviewer, ‘Could you please repeat the question?’

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Oreo said, ‘Alright, yes, you were right and I was wrong.’

(A) Oreo admitted that I had been right and he had been wrong.

(B) Oreo admitted that I was right and he was wrong.

(C) Oreo admitted that I have been right and he has been wrong.

(D) Oreo said that yes you were right and I was wrong.

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

The teacher told us that all the girls were playing in the garden.

(A) The teacher said, ‘all the girls are playing in the garden.’

(B) The teacher complained, ‘all the girls are playing in the garden.’

(C) The teacher said, ‘all the girls were playing in the garden.’

(D) The teacher said, ‘all the girls had been playing in the garden.’

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

‘You shall go to see the royal palace in the moonlit night’, the guide said.

(A) The guide told us that we should go to see the royal palace in the moonlit night.

(B) The guide told us we shall go to see the royal palace on a moonlit night.

(C) The guide suggested that we should go to see the royal palace in the moonlit night.

(D) The guide suggested us to go to see the royal palace in the moonlit night.

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

‘Where will you be tomorrow’, She said, ‘In case I have to call you?’

(A) She enquired about his whereabouts the next day in case she would have to call him.

(B) She asked where he would be the next day in case she had to call him.

(C) She asked him where he will be the next day in case she had to call him.

(D) She said to him where he would be tomorrow in case she would have to call him.

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

They said, ‘Let us come in’.

(A) They told that let them be allowed to come in.

(B) They requested that they might be allowed to come in.

(C) They said that if they are allowed to come in.

(D) They requested me to let them come in.

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Jacob fell as he’d have wished’, the father said.

(A) The father said that Jacob has fallen as he would have wished.

(B) The father said that Jacob had fallen as he would have wished.

(C) The father said that Jocob had fallen as he had wished.

(D) The father said that Jacob had been fallen as he would have been wished.

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

The Professor said that nobody could solve the problem.

(A) The Professor said, ‘Nobody can solve the problem’.

(B) The Professor said, ’Nobody could solve the problem’

(C) The Professor exclaimed, ‘Nobody could solve the problem’

(D) The Professor exclaimed, ‘Nobody can solve the problem?’

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

The judge commanded them to call the accused in the court.

(A) The Judge said, ‘Call the accused in the court’.

(B) The Judge ordered, ‘Call the accused in the court’

(C) The Judge command, ‘Call the accused in the court’

(D) The Judge said to them, ‘Call the accused in the court’.

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Manager said to Shekher, ‘Why didn’t you attend the meeting yesterday?’

(A) The manager enquired Shekhar why did not he attend the meeting the day before.

(B) The manager asked Shekhar why he did not attend the meeting the previous day.

(C) The manager asked Shekhar why he had not attended the meeting the day before.

(D) The manager enquired Shekhar that why didn’t he attended the meeting yesterday.

Correct Answer : B

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