1) Swetha prepared the notes when she read a book. It is a process of ___
a) Note taking
b) Note reading
c) Note writing
d) Note making
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- Answer: D
2) Choose the word with a suffix.
a) promise
b) hurriedly
c) spread
d) leave
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- Answer: B
3) Sit down a moment, ………….. Choose the correct question tag to complete this sentence
a) would you ?
b) shall you ?
c) don't you?
d) Isn't it ?
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- Answer: A
4) The teacher shouted ………… the students. Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence.
a) at
b) on
c) by
d) to
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- Answer: A
5) A letter to a District Collector should be written:
a) in a courteous style
b) in an intimate style
c) in a conversational style
d) in a colloquial style
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- Answer: A
6) The boy took off his clothes to change them. The meaning of the phrasal verb 'took off' is:
a) Cleaned
b) Washed
c) Removed
d) Folded
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- Answer:C
7) If I ………….. the class teacher, I would not punish that student. Choose the correct verb to complete the meaning.
a) have
b) were
c) have been
d) am
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- Answer: B
8) The sentence without a non-finite clause among the four is;
a) Having done his home work, he went out to play.
b) Jumping on his horse, the farmer rode to the market.
c) Born in London, he became the citizen of the U.K.
d) They come back and they make the environment very beautiful.
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- Answer:D
9) We did not leave early enough. 'Enough' in the sentence above is:
a) a noun
b) a verb
c) an adjective
d) an adverb
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- Answer:D
10) Tejaswini lent me ......... interesting book.
a) a
b) an
c) the
d) No article is needed.
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- Answer: B
11) 'A person who abstains from taking alcohol' is:
a) a teetotaler
b) a theist
c) a mercenary
d) an omnipresent
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- Answer: A
12) The police arrived in no time. Choose the correct question tag of this sentence.
a) Weren’t they?
b) did they?
c) haven’t they?
d) didn’t they?
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- Answer: D
13) Don’t throw it. Choose the correct question tag of this sentence.
a) will you?
b) won’t you?
c) are you?
d) is it?
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- Answer:A
14) If she …………….. , I can lend her. Choose the correct expression to complete the sentence.
a) does not have enough money
b) did not have enough money
c) does not have money enough
d) did not have money enough
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- Answer: A
15) I found him copying from others. In the above sentence, 'copying' is:
a) a present participle
b) a past participle
c) a gerund
d) a helping verb
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- Answer: A
16) Napolean, who won the French honour, died at St.Helena. This sentence has
a) a conditional clause
b) a defining relative clause
c) a non defining relative clause
d) a noun clause
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- Answer: C
____17) Choose a word with a suffix.
a) research
b) nature
c) answer
d) matriculation
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- Answer: D
18) Choose the list of words in the correct alphabetical order.
a) property, properly, proper, properate
b) proper, properate, property, properly
c) proper, properate, properly, property
d) properate, properly, property, proper
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- Answer:C
19) They are perfectly lovely. Choose the part of speech of the word ‘lovely’.
a) a noun
b) an adverb
c) an adjective
d) a conjunction
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- Answer: C
20) Read the following passage and choose the correct answers to the questions given after The greatest thing this ager can be proud of is the birth of man in the consciousness of men. In this drunken orgies of power and national pride, man may flout and jeer at it. When organized national selfishness, racial antipathy and commercial self seeking begin to display their ugly deformities in all their nakedness, then comes the time for man to know that his salvation is not in political organizations and extended trade relations, not in any mechanical rearrangement of social system but in a deeper transformation of life, in the liberation of consciousness in love, in the realization of God in man. The author uses the expression, 'ugly deformities' to show his indignation at :
a) Political organizations
b) The liberation of human consciousness
c) Selfishness and materialism of the people
d) The drunken orgies of power
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- Answer:C
21) The simple sentence among the four is;
a) She was generous to the people who were in need.
b) When Savitri was twelve, she was offered a role in a film.
c) Maya Bazar is another film that brought fame to her.
d) She gave an exceptionally brilliant performance.
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- Answer:D
22) Let's meet at the station, ………….. Choose the correct question tag to complete the sentence.
a) don't us ?
b) would you ?
c) shall we ?
d) will you ?
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- Answer: C
23) What is this dreadful noise that never stops? asked the country mouse. Choose the synonym of the word “dreadful”
a) cheerful
b) well known
c) loving
d) unpleasant
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- Answer: D
24) Choose the sentence in passive voice
a) He was born in London.
b) He came here by car.
c) He got the job by means of his skills.
d) She was great by birth.
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- Answer: A
25) Both I and Hari don't like horror films. The underlined part has an error. To correct the error we have to replace the underlined part with
a) Hari and I
b) I or Hari
c) I but Hari
d) I beside Hari
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- Answer:A
26) ‘One who writes another’‘s life history’ is called_____
a) Bibliophile
b) Autobiography
c) Biography
d) Short Story
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- Answer:C
27) When did you see him at home ? This sentence is in :
a) The past perfect tense
b) The present perfect tense
c) The simple present tense
d) The simple past tense
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- Answer:D
28) They formed …….. union here. Choose the correct article that fits the context.
a) a
b) an
c) the
d) No article is needed.
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- Answer: A
29) Choose the correct noun phrase with the correct order of adjectives.
a) A beautiful umbrella red
b) A beautiful red umbrella
c) A red beautiful umbrella
d) A umbrella red beautiful
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- Answer: B
30) Choose the sentence which takes the conjunction, 'that' while being transformed into reported speech.
a) She said, "Are you safe?"
b) She said, "Who is this?"
c) She said, "How are you?"
d) She said, "How tall this tree is!"
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- Answer: D
31) What is the length of the précis, if the original length of the passage is 240 words?
a) 220 words
b) 100 words
c) 80 words
d) 90 words
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- Answer: C
32) If Mother Terresa ………… alive today, how would people receive her ? Choose the correct word to complete the sentence meaningfully.
a) was
b) were
c) has
d) had
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- Answer:B
33) Choose the sentence with a non-finite clause.
a) Born in London, he became the citizen of the United Kingdom.
b) He was born in London and became the citizen of the United Kingdom.
c) He was born in London so he became the citizen of the United Kingdom.
d) He became the citizen of the United Kingdom because he was born in London.
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- Answer: A
34) Naresh does not believe in the God. This sentence has an error;
a) in the subject
b) in the verb
c) in the usage of 'article'
d) in a agreement of the verb with the subject
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- Answer:C
35) Choose the word with wrong spelling.
a) aboriginol
b) spectacle
c) miniature
d) inhabitants
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- Answer: A
36) Mohan wishes he …………… a new house. Choose the correct verb that fits the context
a) has
b) doesn't had
c) will not had
d) had
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- Answer: D
37) My situation is similar___ yours. Choose the correct preposition that fits that context.
a) of
b) with
c) by
d) to
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- Answer:D
38) He is swimming in a pool. In the above sentence, 'swimming' is:
a) a helping verb
b) a gerund
c) a past participle
d) a present participle
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- Answer: D
39) Choose the list of words in the correct alphabetical order.
a) manageable, manageably, management, manager
b) manager, manageable, manageably, management
c) management, manager, manageable, manageably
d) manager, manageably, management, manageable
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- Answer: A
40) How can you ………. that ? Choose the correct form of the verb that fits the blank.
a) say
b) said
c) says
d) have said
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- Answer: A
41) Choose the relative pronoun among the following.
a) that
b) it
c) this
d) what
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- Answer:A
42) Choose the sentence in passive voice.
a) How often is the water tank cleaned ?
b) What happened to your bike ?
c) Why are you looking so sad ?
d) He stood by her.
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- Answer: A
43) Choose the sentence that has a noun clause.
a) What you say is not clear to me.
b) What is your name?.
c) That house is beautiful.
d) He is a man of strength.
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- Answer: A
44) I’ve grown old and feeble. Choose the meaning of the word ‘feeble’.
a) speaking quietly
b) charming
c) active
d) lacking strength
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- Answer:D
45) Read the passage and choose the correct answer to the question given after. Once there was a cat in a mill. It used to hunt rats every night. One day all the rats assembled when the cat was away. ‘The cat is very smart. It walks very soft. We could not find him until he jumps on us,’ said an old rat. The rats could not find the cat until it jumps on them because:
a) it lived in a mill
b) it hunts every night
c) the rats don’t assemble and listen to
d) it walks very soft
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- Answer: D
46) Two ladies stand in the way. You are very eager to catch thetrain. The expression that can be used in this context is :
a) Oh no, ladies !
b) How lovely !
c) Good luck
d) Excuse me !
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- Answer: D
47) Choose the simple sentence from the following.
a) The cat is chasing the rat.
b) He is poor but he is honest.
c) The dog is not only wet but also hungry.
d) My father found that the wallet and credit cards were missing.
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- Answer: A
48) Indira wishes she .................. a new car. Choose the correct verb that fits the context.
a) had
b) has
c) doesn't had
d) will not had
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- Answer: A
49) Choose the sentence that has a noun clause.
a) She said that she was ill.
b) That was not my aim in the examination.
c) A red cap is seen there.
d) Giving is getting happiness.
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- Answer: A
50) He is not healthy. He is not wealthy These two sentences can be combined as:
a) He is neither healthy nor wealthy
b) He is not healthy but wealthy
c) He is both healthy and wealthy
d) He is either healthy or wealthy
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- Answer: A
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