General English Practice Question and Answer

Q:

He has the habit of getting into a row over trivial matters. 

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    seeking the help
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    picking up a fight
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    getting a right path
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    giving unwanted advice
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Answer : 2. "picking up a fight "

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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 synthetic fibre has –

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    Always been popular in India
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    Become popular during the last twenty years
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    Never been popular the last twenty years
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    Been as popular as other kinds of fibre
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Answer : 2. "Become popular during the last twenty years"

Q:

A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

I know her well said Manisha.

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    Manisha said that she knew her well.
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    Manisha said if she knows her well.
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    Manisha said that she knows her.
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    Manisha says that she knew her well.
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Answer : 1. "Manisha said that she knew her well."

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Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.

If she left now, she would reach the station on time.

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    she would reach
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    the station on time
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    if she left now
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    No error
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Answer : 4. "No error"

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In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

I said to my sister, “Where were you this evening?”

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    I asked my sister where she had been that evening.
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    I asked my sister where she was that evening.
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    I asked my sister where she was this evening.
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    I asked my sister where she has been that evening.
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Answer : 1. "I asked my sister where she had been that evening."

Q:

She didn't realize that the clever salesman was taking her for a ride. 

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    pulling her along
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    forcing her to go with him
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    trying to trick her
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    taking her in a car
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Answer : 3. "trying to trick her "

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