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Q1. ………My manhood is cast down in the flood of remembrance. The figure of speech employed in this line is …..
Correct answer : 1
Q2. Select the correct plural form of Cactus.
Correct answer : 1
Q3. Choose the appropriate sentence with correct HOMOPHONE.
Correct answer : 1
Q4. Identify the sentence which has no error?
Correct answer : 3
Q5. Choose the correct verb : The United States ……… a big navy.
Correct answer : 2
Q6. Which of the following is the correct prefix for the word partial?
Correct answer : 1
Q7. Select the correct question tag for the following sentence. Open the door………..?
Correct answer : 1
Q8. Match the words with their suffixes that leads to the formation of meaningful words. A. Betray 1. Ment B. Carry 2. Age C. Compel 3. Al D. Attach 4. Sion
Correct answer : 4
Q9. Match the words with their parts of speech. A. Kumars Childish behaviour irritates us 1. Adverb B. I like entertainment 2. Adjective C. He brought glory to his country 3. Noun D. Slowly, the snake scrawled away 4. Verb
Correct answer : 2
Q10. Match the words with their suffixes that leads to the formation of meaningful words. A. Torch 1. Pitcher B. Shop Assistant 2. Shade C. Jug 3. Clerk D. Blind 4. Flashlight
Correct answer : 2
Q11. On the slope opposite our camp is the fascinating summit of Mandayo, which spirals up into the blue sky like a giant corkscrew. Slapped with sleep cliffs on all faces, it looks every inch an insumountable peak. The word insumountable means………..
Correct answer : 1
Q12. On the day of Sicilian July, with Etna smoking. What is the Etna?
Correct answer : 3
Q13. I mark d where on a little promonitory it stood isolated. It here stands for :
Correct answer : 3
Q14. Match the words with their suffixes that leads to the formation of meaningful words. A. It isnt by size that you win or fail 1. William Shakespeare B. Love alters not with his brief 2. H.W. Longfellow C. Mans little Day in haste we spend 3. Douglas Malloch D. Let the dead past bury is head 4. Lewis Caroll
Correct answer : 2
Q15. From the new world by blending the words splash + spatter :
Correct answer : 2
Q16. Fill in the blanks with the suitable prepositions ……..the cupboard, very ………..the wall, there is a narrow gap, ……..which a few charts have been kept iUnroll them and hang them …….the walls of the room.
Correct answer : 1
Q17. Select the correct pluralform of alumna :
Correct answer : 1
Q18. Pick out the sentence that contains a complement :
Correct answer : 1
Q19. Pick out the word that does not take -ves in its plural form :
Correct answer : 2
Q20. Identify the compound word the wrong plural form :
Correct answer : 1
Q21. If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone.
Correct answer : 3
Q22. Music is not part of arts and entertainment if as the newspaper section would have us believe. Its not a luxury, a lavish thing that we fund from leftovers of our budgets, not a play thing or an amusement of a past time. Music is one of the ways we make sense of our lives. What is music according to Dr. Karl Paulrack?
Correct answer : 3
Q23. Choose the option that conveys the meaning of the statement given below : Throughout his life, he has been filled with the conviction that there is a silver lining to every cloud and that good shall ultimately prevail.
Correct answer : 3
Q24. Fill in the blanks with the suitable articles that would complete that passage, from the codes given below : Centuries ago ……..great artist was engaged to paint ……….mural for ……….cathedral in …….Sicilian town.
Correct answer : 1
Q25. Select the correct plural form of aquarium :
Correct answer : 3
Q26. Which of the statements given below as options? Should have the question tag …..doesnt he?
Correct answer : 3
Q27. Name the poem in which the following lines appear. "And let the guerdon of my labour be My fallen country! One kind wish from you!
Correct answer : 1
Q28. Identify the option that contains the answer to the question given below. Subhash Chandra Bose was popularly known as ……
Correct answer : 3
Q29. The mechanic tried to fix the broken 1 only 2 : 1 2
Correct answer : 3
Q30. Fill in the blank with suitable phrasal verb : I am exactly like my mother. I think I have ……her.
Correct answer : 2
Q31. Fill in the blank with the suitable verb from : I ….. (surf) the net when the explosion occurred.
Correct answer : 2
Q32. Match the words in British English with their equivalents in American English. A. Blind 1. Hood B. Bonnet 2. Crib C. Purse 3. Window shade D. Cot 4. Wallet
Correct answer : 2
Q33. A new discovered Treasure …….. The figure of speech employed in this line is ………..
Correct answer : 3
Q34. Match the words in British English with their equivalents in American English. A. Sturdy 1. Insight B. Intution 2. Tempt C. Seduce 3. Strange D. Bizzarre 4. Strong
Correct answer : 1
Q35. Given the suitable order of articles in the blanks of the given passage. While the code given below : My friend is ……multi talented person. Last month, he was elected ……..chairman of the Board, Surely he will be ………..best chairman for he is ………..honest worker.
Correct answer : 2
Q36. Select the correct plural form of Oasis :
Correct answer : 3
Q37. The rhyme scheme of the following line is …….. For Oh, Say the Children, "We are weary, And we cannot run or leap - If we cared for any meadows, it were merely To drop down in them and sleep
Correct answer : 3
Q38. Identify the poetic line that differs in figure speech from the other lines.
Correct answer : 3
Q39. Identify the sentence considering the difficulties of his position, he has acted admirably
Correct answer : 2
Q40. Find the odd one:
Correct answer : 4
Q41. The following question four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the answer sheet. Ajay bit the nail on the head when he said the institution needs more financial support.
Correct answer : 2
Q42. The following question four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the answer sheet. They really cut corners when they built the bathrooms, the pipers are leaking.
Correct answer : 1
Q43. The following question four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the answer sheet. I let the cat out of the bag about their wedding plans.
Correct answer : 4
Q44. The following question four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the answer sheet. The passengers went berserk whey they were told that all the fights had been cancelled.
Correct answer : 3
Q45. The following question four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the answer sheet. Naren is very lucky, his school is within a stones throw of his house.
Correct answer : 1
Q46. The following question four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the answer sheet. When she was attacked she defended herself tooth and nail.
Correct answer : 2
Q47. The following question four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the answer sheet. The new Managing Director is so much under the Chairmans thumb that he is a man of straw.
Correct answer : 3
Q48. The following question four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the answer sheet. The college students went out to paint the town red when they had passed their examinations.
Correct answer : 4
Q49. The following question four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the answer sheet. I go to cinema once in a blue moon.
Correct answer : 1
Q50. The following question four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the answer sheet. When Surya, who was basically a teacher, was asked to work as an administrator, he proved to be a bull in a china shop.