APPSC Group 4 Section B (General English & General Telugu) Practice Test - 11

Sakshi Education

1) Ganesh, who is my friend, lives in Guntur.
This sentence has:
[A] a that clause
[B] a defining relative clause
[C] a non-defining relative clause
[D] an adverbial clause

2) Read the passage and choose the correct answer to the question given after. Tagore’s early contact with nature helped him acquire the serenity of mood that distinguished him all his life. It was in his garden that he came to understand the principle of harmony that was at work throughout the universe. Tagore was a distinguished man because of;
[A] his love for nature
[B] his writing about nature
[C] his knowledge about nature
[D] his serenity of mood acquired from nature

3) Rambabu is ……………. EnglishR teacher in a high school.
Choose the correct article that fits the blank.
[A] a
[B] an
[C] the
[D] No article needed.

4) She practised ……… with a pitcher on her head.
Choose the appropriate verb of fill in the blank.
[A] walk
[B] walked
[C] to walking
[D] to walk

5) Choose the antonym of 'earnest'.
[A] audacious
[B] tremendous
[C] terrible
[D] frivolous

6) 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 !

Instruction: Read the passage given below and choose the correct answers to the questions that follow. Modern society ignores the individual. It only takes account of human beings. The confusion of the concepts of individual and of human beings has led industrial civilization to a fundamental error, standardization of man. If we were all identical, we could be reared and made to live and work in great herds like cattle. But each one has his own personality. He cannot be treated like a symbol.Children should not be placed, at a very early age, in schools where they are educated wholesale. As is well known, most great men have been brought up in comparative solitude, or have refused to enter the mould of the school.

7) The writer wants to say that
[A] greatness wants a man to keep aloof
[B] school education is very important
[C] without the moulding influences of society, one can develop better
[D] children should be placed at a very early age in schools

8) Choose the correct 'Yes / No' question.
[A] You are a student ?
[B] How will you know that ?
[C] Do you think are you right ?
[D] Do you think you are right ?

9) Choose the grammatically correct sentence from the following.
[A] One of my friend is visiting me tomorrow
[B] One of my friend are visiting me tomorrow.
[C] One of my friends are visiting me tomorrow.
[D] One of my friends is visiting me tomorrow.

10) Choose the sentence with a defining relative clause.
[A] The silk sarees are made in Benares and they are popular all over the world.
[B] The silk sarees which are made in Benares are popular all over the world.
[C] The silk sarees are made in Benares, so they are popular all over the world.
[D] Being made in Benares, the silk sarees are popular all over the world.

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11) Usha’s meticulous systematic training began in earnest.
Choose the synonym of the word, ‘earnest’.
[A] calm
[B] serious
[C] untidy
[D] thin

12) 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

13) 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?