General English MCQ Question Answers Mock Test

COMPREHENSION
Directions (for the following 17 items):

In this section there are five short passages. Each passage is following by questions based on the passage.read each passage and answer the questions that follow:

                                                                                                                                                           PASSAGE – 1

” Sit down” the principle said, but Mr. Tagde continued to stand, gaining courage from his own straight – backed stance, because he was beginning to feel a little afraid now.
The principle looked unhappy. he disliked being forced to performed this sort of an unpleasant task.

“I wish you consider withdrawing this report”, he said.
“I am sorry, sir, I cannot do that ” Mr. Tadge said. he was pleased with his unwavering voice and uncompromising word.

” It will be a very damaging report if  put on record.”

” It is a factual report on very damaging conduct.”

“You are asking for the boys expulsion from school. Don’t you think the punishment is too harsh for a few boyish pranks”?

1. Mr. Tadge did not sit down because

He would not withdraw the report because

The principle was unhappy because he

                                                                                             PASSAGE – 2

It was bitterly cold night, and even at the far end of the bus the east wind that raved along the street cut like a knife. The bus stopped, the two woman and a man got in together and filled the vacant places. The younger woman was dressed in sealskin and carried one of those Pekinese dogs that woman sealskin like to carry in there laps. the conductor came in and took the fares. Then, his eye rested with cold malice on the beady-eyed toy dog. I saw trouble brewing. This was the opportunity for which he had been waiting, and he intended to make the most of it.

The mind that blew on the night was 

The younger woman was carrying the dog as

Which of the following statements best describes the nature of the conductor?

“It was a bitterly cold night and event at the far end of the bus the east wind that raved along the street cut like a knife”. This sentence gives us an idea of 

PASSAGE -3

Before an armed robber locked Marry Graves in the sweltering trunk of her car, she dialed an emergency number on her portable telephone and slipped it to her three-year- old daughter.Though confused, the little girl saved the day. she told emergency operators that her mother was locked in the trunk. Although she did not know where she was, she provided some important clues : she could see airplanes and the sky, according to the transcript of the emergency phone call. The operator called Tampa international airport police, who searched the top floor of the airport parking garage where the car was parked. the operator told the girl to honk, enabling the police to locate the car and free Mrs. Graves.

The clues provided by the little girl suggest that the car was parked

The passage indicates that the girl was

The girl helped the police trace the car by

Through the passage, the writer suggests importance utility of

PASSAGE – 4

For days I trudged from one property dealer to another, one “to-let” notice to another, with the estimated advance money tucked safely in the inner lining of my handbag, but in vain. At one place they needed a couple, at another a young man, and at another they wished to know my employment status. And I realized that I was freak called the single woman and the job status being nothing more than freelance writer with hardly any assignments in hand, only dreams of making it some day. So the dream-house remained away, gradually turning into a fantasy.

The author “trudged from one property-dealer to author” means that the author

According to the passage, the author was

Which of the following statement is best reflects the underlying tone of the passage?

PASSAGE-5

Martin had many little tricks highly entertaining to his son. On the evening, returning from the market, he would buy a paper mask, the head  of hissing dragon. he would put it on and knock the door. On opening the door, the boy would be terrified for a moment, but only for a moment, for he would soon remove it and the two would roll with laughter. Tom would, then, go out with the mask and knock at the door for his father to open. Martin had to act as if he was paralyses with fear.

Martin played his little tricks because

Which of the following statement is the most appropriate description of the mask?

The father and son rolled with laughter after the 

More than one person was killed in the accident.

Not a word they spoke to the unfortunate wife about it.

The poor villagers have waited in bitter cold for more than four hours now

If he had time he will call you.

All, but her, had made an attempt.

I am used to hard work.

Twenty kilometers are not a great distance in these days of fast moving vehicles

They were working as usually.

H e is unlikely to come to the party. But if he comes I would talk to him.

The passengers have formed queue at the booking-counter much before train arrives.

You must complete this work up to Sunday.

If it will rain, the match will be abandoned.

How long do you thing Mr. Kamal knew john?

I have still to meet a person who is perfectly satisfied with his job.

Most of Hitchcock’s films were critically acclaimed on both sides of the
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Atlantic earning him both fame and fortunate
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and made good money at the box office
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in no small measure

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The correct sequence should be