APPSC Group 4 Section B (General English & General Telugu) Practice Test - 9

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1) They pretended to be very busy, though they had nothing to work.
Choose the correct noun form of the underlined word.
[A] pretend
[B] pretension
[C] pretends
[D] pretention

2) The weaver said, "Ramya, do you want to buy it?"
Choose the reported speech of this sentence.
[A] The weaver told Ramya that he wanted to buy it.
[B] The weaver told to Ramya that he wanted to buy it.
[C] The weaver asked if Ramya wanted to buy it.
[D] The weaver asked what Ramya wanted to buy it.

3) You must take care of your parents.
This sentence indicates;
[A] obligation
[B] suggestion
[C] command
[D] request

4) 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.

5) The weaver said to Ramya, "Do you like this saree?" The reported speech of this sentence is:
[A] The weaver told Ramya he liked this saree.
[B] The weaver asked Ramya that she liked this saree.
[C] The weaver asked Ramya if she liked this saree.
[D] The weaver asked Ramya if she liked that saree.

6) When an action takes place before a point of time in the past, the action is expressed in:
[A] the present perfect tense
[B] the past perfect tense
[C] the past simple tense
[D] the past continuous tense

7) Siri got a good job by means of her own abilities and skills. The meaning of 'by means of' in the above sentence is:
[A] together
[B] through
[C] substitute
[D] together with

8) Choose the conjunction that can be used to write a compound sentence.
[A] not only……but also
[B] as if
[C] scarcely…..when
[D] as long as

9) Choose the grammatically correct sentence from the following.
[A] Kishore is not understanding the lesson.
[B] Kishore does not understand the lesson.
[C] Kishore was not understanding the lesson.
[D] Kishore is not understand the lesson.

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10) Choose the word with correct spelling.
[A] harmoneous
[B] harmonious
[C] harmonies
[D] harmonus

11) The patient had died before the doctor …………. .
Choose the correct form of the verb that fits the blank.
[A] arriving
[B] arrived
[C] was arriving
[D] had arrived

12) Choose the noun phrase with the correct order of adjectives.
[A] A dirty black crow
[B] A crow dirty black
[C] A crow black dirty
[D] A black dirty crow

13) Seeing the police, the thief ran away
This sentence has:
[A] one main clause
[B] one relative clause
[C] one defining relative clause
[D] one non-defining relative clause

14) He wanted to marry a woman doctor who had plenty of money. The underlined part of the sentence belongs to;
[A] a main clause
[B] a noun clause
[C] an adjectival clause
[D] an adverbial clause

15) Choose the grammatically correct sentence from the following.
[A] Why are you angry on me?
[B] Why are you angry with me?
[C] Why do you angry on me?
[D] Why did you angry on me?

16) Choose the correct sentence regarding the use of 'neither ..... nor'.
[A] Neither Raju nor his friends do not go there.
[B] Neither Raju nor his friends does not go there.
[C] Neither Raju nor his friends does not goes there.
[D] Neither Raju nor his friends do not goes there.