General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate Preposition choosing from the options given below: 

I bought this shirt_______₹ 200.

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    for
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    in
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    with
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    of
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Answer : 1. "for"

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Choose the most appropriate word that can substitute the given group of words.
A place where nuns live and work

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    Hostel
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    Quarter
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    Convent
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    Dormitory
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Answer : 3. "Convent"

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What, one wonders, is the lowest common denominator of Indian culture today? The attractive Hema Malini ? The songs of Vinidh Barati? The attractive Hema Malini? The sons of Vinidh Barati?
Or the mouth-watering Masala Dosa? Delectable as these may be, each yield pride of place to that false (?) symbol of a new era-the synthetic fibre. In less than twenty years the nylon sari and the terylene shirt have swept the countryside, penetrated to the farthest corners of the land and persuaded every common man, woman and child that the key to success in the present day world lie in artificial fibers: glass nylon, crepe nylon, tery mixes, polyesters and what have you. More than the bicycles, the wristwatch or the transistor radio, synthetic clothes have come to represent the first step away form the village square. The village lass treasures the flashy nylon sari in her trousseau most delay; the village youth gets a great kick out of his cheap terrycot shirt and trousers, the nearest he can approximate to the expensive synthetic sported by his wealthy citybred contemporaries. And the Neo-rich craze for ‘phoren’ is nowhere more apparent than in the price that people will pay for smuggled, stolen, begged borrowed second hand or thrown away synthetics. Alas, even the uniformity of nylon.

The tone of the passage is –

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    Tragic
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    Ironic
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    Sombre
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    Satiric
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Answer : 3. "Sombre"

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Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.

An occasion of great importance -  

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    Exemplary
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    Momentous
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    Herculean
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    Grandiose
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Answer : 2. "Momentous "

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Instruction: Choose the alternative which is not the kind of Prefix of given in the following  

We were very ……….. satisfied with the service at the restaurant. 

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    un
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    mis
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    dis
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    ture
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Answer : 3. "dis "

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Direction: - Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark your answer.

He turned up his nose at my offer. 

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    treated my offer with contempt
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    could not accept my offer
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    was taken aback by my offer
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    found it hard to believe my offer
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Answer : 1. "treated my offer with contempt "

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Direction: In these questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternative to the bold part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D).
Q.8. Birds sit on the boughs of tree in my garden and with their sweet notes fill the air with music.

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    fill their sweet notes in the air
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    by their sweet notes fill the air
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    fill the air by their sweet notes
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    No improvement
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Answer : 3. "fill the air by their sweet notes "

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Answer : 1. "C"

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