1) Ashok is doing his homework now. He usually _______ it at night. Choose the correct form of the verb that fits the blank.
a) does
b) do
c) did
d) is doing
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- Answer: A
2) How shall I treat you Choose the punctuation mark that comes at the end of the sentence.
a) An exclamation mark
b) A comma
c) A question mark
d) A full stop
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- Answer: C
3) Autobiography is written in_____
a) First Person point of view
b) Fourth Person point of view
c) Third Person point of view
d) Second Person point of view
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- Answer: A
4) One of the following is a plural noun. Choose it.
a) fungus
b) syllabi
c) datum
d) crisis
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- Answer: B
5) 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. According to the author, 'salvation' of human beings lies in the:
a) Extended trade relations
b) Spiritual transformation of life
c) Orgy of National pride
d) Wholehearted participation in political organizations
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- Answer: B
6) The Bonsai tree can’t even withstand a small dust storm or squall. Choose the meaning of the word ‘squall’.
a) a piece of cloth
b) a long stick
c) a strong wind
d) a heavy rain
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- Answer: C
7) Jumping on the horse, the former rode to the market. The part of the sentence, "Jumping on the horse" is:
a) a finite clause
b) a relative clause
c) a non-finite clause
d) a non-defining relative clause
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- Answer: C
8) They may feel jealous _____ your success.
a) at
b) of
c) on
d) with
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- Answer: B
9) Read the passage and choose the correct answer to the question given after. The benefit of the study of history covers the broad range of human experience. War and peace, which are a part of history, are certainly covered as national and international affairs. Human nature is an important part of history: emotions like passion, greed and insecurity have influenced the shaping of world affairs. The following influences the world affairs.
a) Human emotions
b) The study of history
c) The historians
d) The human experience
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- Answer: A
10) Choose the correct noun phrase with the correct order of adjectives.
a) A beautiful green leaf
b) A green beautiful leaf
c) A leaf beautiful green
d) A green leaf beautiful
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- Answer: A
11) Choose the grammatically correct sentence
a) Both Hari and I don’t like horror films.
b) Both I and Hari don’t like horror films.
c) Both Hari and I don’t liked horror films.
d) Both I and Hari doesn’t like horror films.
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- Answer: A
12) When he heard the music of the song, he started to dance. 'When', in the above sentence denotes:
a) condition
b) position
c) question
d) time
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- Answer: D
13) Unless he runs fast, he will miss the bus. This sentence is;
a) a compound sentence
b) a complex sentence
c) a simple sentence
d) an interrogative sentence
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- Answer:B
14) Choose the correct 'Yes / No' question.
a) Does he reads novels?
b) Are you read novels ?
c) Won't you come here ?
d) Do you are a student ?
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- Answer: C
15) A horse jumped _____ a deer.
a) to
b) upon
c) into
d) over
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- Answer: B
16) Choose the word that can not begin with a capital letter.
a) Africa
b) Arun
c) Smugglers
d) Friday
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- Answer: C
17) Choose the sentence that is not in the present perfect tense:
a) I have already been here for five days
b) She has just completed her work.
c) You have never met me before
d) You have no broken chairs
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- Answer: D
18) Choose the conjunction that can be used to write a complex sentence.
a) but
b) else
c) because
d) and
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- Answer: C
19) Choose the word that can be used to write an adverbial clause of reason.
a) as
b) if
c) when
d) who
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- Answer: A
20) In an informal letter “Yours lovingly” is used in this part of a letter.
a) Body
b) Opening
c) Closing
d) Heading
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- Answer: C
21) Dad says, “I know a little. There are about six hundred islands. They are located between Indias coast and Myanmar. Choose the word in the sentence that should contain an apostrophe.
a) Indias
b) there are
c) they are
d) islands
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- Answer: A
22) Surekha purchased _____ HMT watch. Identify the suitable article.
a) a
b) an
c) the
d) No article
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- Answer: B
23) Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to the question given after Nationalism, of course, is a curious phenomenon which at a certain stage in a country's history gives life, growth and unity but, at the same time, it has a tendency to limit one, because one thinks of one's country as something different from the rest of world. One's perceptive changes and one is continuously thinking of one's own struggles and virtues and failing to the exclusion of other thoughts. Nationalism, when it becomes successful sometimes goes on spreading in an aggressive way and becomes a danger internationally. Culture, which is essentially good become not only static but aggressive and something that breeds conflict and hatred when looked at from a wrong point of view. We turn to economic theories because they have an undoubted importance. It is folly to talk of culture or even of god. When human beings starve and die. Before one can talk about anything else one must provide the normal essential of life to human beings. The greatest problem in the middle of the passage refers to the question:
a) how to mitigate hardship to human beings
b) how to contain the dangers of aggressive nationalism
c) how to share the economic burden equally
d) how to curb international hatred
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- Answer: B
24) The sitar can produce harmonious music. Choose the part of speech of the word ‘produce’.
a) a verb
b) a noun
c) a pronoun
d) an adjective
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- Answer:A
25) By the end of the month, I _____ the work. Choose the correct form of the verb that fits the blank.
a) will have finished
b) will finished
c) will be finished
d) will finishing
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- Answer: A
26) The crew of the ship was very friendly and courteous. Choose the antonym of the word ‘courteous’
a) affable
b) civil
c) rude
d) respectful
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- Answer: C
27) I hope you'll do the exam excellently. The above underlined word is an;
a) Adverb of frequency
b) Adverb of manner
c) Adverb of affirmation
d) Adverb of time
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- Answer: B
28) The meeting which was held in the town hall was a great success. This sentence has
a) a noun clause
b) an adverbial clause
c) a defining relative clause
d) a conditional clause
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- Answer:C
29) He won the match ………………. his illness. Choose the correct compound prepositional phrase to fill in the blank in the sentence above.
a) in spite of
b) in place of
c) ahead of
d) by way of
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- Answer: A
30) Alexander was the greatest soldier in the world. Choose the positive degree of this sentence.
a) Alexander was greater than many other soldiers in the world.
b) Alexander was one of the greatest soldiers in the world.
c) The greatest soldier in the world was Alexander.
d) No other soldier in the world was so great as Alexander.
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- Answer:D
31) Madhu is a doctor and Sita, a nurse. This is:
a) a simple sentence
b) a compound sentence
c) a complex sentence
d) a compound complex sentence
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- Answer: B
32) Choose the sentence that has a subordinate clause.
a) The cat is chasing the rat.
b) The baby cried.
c) I saw him yesterday.
d) He will miss the bus unless he runs fast.
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- Answer: D
33) A: Do you know Mrs. Geetha?. B: Yes, I do. I ……………… her for nearly four years Choose the correct verb phrase that fits the context
a) know
b) do know
c) have not known
d) have known
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- Answer: D
34) The people followed the principles that Mandela advocated The part of the sentence, "that Mandela advocated" is:
a) an adjectival clause
b) an adverbial clause
c) a conditional clause
d) an adverbial clause of reason
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- Answer:A
35) Choose the antonym of 'competent'.'
a) discompetent
b) uncompetent
c) incompetent
d) miscompetent
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- Answer: C
36) They never expected to have any more. Choose the part of speech of the word, ‘never’.
a) a pronoun
b) a conjunction
c) an adverb
d) an adjective
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- Answer: C
37) Lara is not so great as Tendulkar. Choose the comparative degree of this sentence.
a) Tendulkar is as great as Lara.
b) Tendulkar is greater than Lara.
c) Lara is greater than Tendulkar.
d) Lara is as great as Tendulkar.
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- Answer:B
38) We had to sleep on the floor as there were ................. Choose the correct phrase to fill in the blank
a) not beds enough.
b) not enough beds.
c) enough beds.
d) beds enough.
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- Answer: B
39) I don't want to go to a restaurant; …………, we can't afford it. Choose the correct linker that can complete the meaning of the sentence above.
a) later
b) besides
c) hence
d) in spite of
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- Answer: B
40) Can I leave this place? The above sentence indicates :
a) Expressing possibility
b) Taking permission
c) Giving permission
d) Seeking information
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- Answer: B
41) When ……………… this new car? Choose the correct verb and subject to complete this question
a) do you buy
b) did you bought
c) have you bought
d) did you buy
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- Answer: D
42) My Mother is written by ____
a) Tagore
b) Kamala Das
c) Akriti Goel
d) Meish Goldish
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- Answer: A
43) People who live in glass houses must not throw stones. This sentence has
a) a defining relative clause
b) a non-defining relative clause
c) a noun clause
d) a conditional clause
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- Answer: A
44) Read the following passage and choose the correct answers to the questions given after Nehru's was a many sided personality. He enjoyed reading and writing books as much as he enjoyed fighting political and social evils or residing tyranny. In him, the scientist and the humanist were held in perfect balance. While he kept looking at special problems from a scientific standpoint, he never forgot that we should nourish the total man. As a scientist, he refused to believe in a benevolent power interested in men's affairs. But, as a self proclaimed nonbeliever, he loved affirming his faith in life and the beauty of nature. Children he adored. Unlike Wordsworth, he did not see them trailing clouds of glory from the recent sojourn in heaven. He saw them as blossoms of promise and renewal, the only hope for mankind. Nehru thought that:
a) Children were trailing clouds of glory.
b) Children hold promise for a better future.
c) Children were just flowers.
d) Children hold no hope for mankind.
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- Answer: B
45) Gates Avenue was dirty and ugly. Choose the part of speech of the word ‘and’.
a) a pronoun
b) a conjunction
c) a verb
d) an adjective
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- Answer: B
46) Choose the suffix that suits the word, “power” to form an adjective.
a) fully
b) ness
c) ful
d) ly
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- Answer: C
47) Hari said to himself, "What is this ?" Choose the correct reported speech of the sentence.
a) Hari said that he was that.
b) Hari told himself that was what.
c) Hari told to himself that was what
d) Hari asked himself what that was
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- Answer: D
48) Similar meaning of the word is called _____.
a) Acronym
b) Antonym
c) Abbreviation
d) Synonym
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- Answer: D
49) The following is to be said in the opening part of a formal letter.
a) Ask how good the weather is in the recipient’s city.
b) Ask the recipient if he is hale and hearty.
c) Talk about how good the weather is in your city.
d) Inform the recipient why you are writing the letter.
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- Answer: D
50) He is the tallest boy on ………………earth Choose the article that fits the context.
a) a
b) an
c) the
d) No article is needed
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- Answer: D
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