APPSC Group 4 Section B (General English & General Telugu) Practice Test -8

Sakshi Education

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

Instruction: Read the following passage and choose the correct answers to the questions given after.
Trees help us to get rain. The leaves of trees breathe out a lot of water vapour into the air. This makes the air cool. The cool air helps rainfall. Rain gives us water. No one can live without water. Trees give us rubber also. From the sap of trees, we get rubber, a very useful thing. Some trees like eucalyptus give medicines.

1.This passage describes:
[A] the medicines made of the sap
[B] the uses of trees
[C] the kinds of trees
[D] the value of leaves

2. C.V. Raman’s advice to young scientists was to look at the world around them and not to confine themselves to their laboratories.
Choose the synonym of the word “confine”.
[A] disappear
[B] restrict
[C] move
[D] walk

3. You don't know much about my aunt, The correct question tag for the above sentence is;
[A] don't you ?
[B] doesn't she ?
[C] isn't it ?
[D] do you ?

Also read: ఏపీపీఎస్సీ గ్రూప్-4 తెలుగు సిలబస్

4. The following is NOT the part of a letter to apply for a job.
[A] The details of father.
[B] Educational Qualifications.
[C] Age and date of birth.
[D] Contact details.

5. Choose the grammatically correct question.
[A] How long the queue is?
[B] How long is the queue ?
[C] How long is the queue !
[D] How the queue is long ?

6. The teacher said, “What can be the origin of the word?”
Choose the correct reported speech of the sentence
[A] The teacher asked what the origin of the word could be.
[B] The teacher told what could be the origin of the word.
[C] The teacher said what the origin of the word could be.
[D] The teacher said what could be the origin of the word.

7. Choose the suffix that can be used to make word the 'comfort' an adjective
[A] - est
[B] - able
[C] - ous
[D] - ish

8. If I had attended the function, I ………….. wished him. Choose the correct verb to fill in the blank.
[A] had
[B] shall have
[C] would have been
[D] would have

9. I sat at the window and looked out at my cold white garden.
Choose the meaning of the phrasal verb “looked out”.
[A] admired
[B] praised
[C] placed
[D] watched

10. He has gone away from his house.
Choose the meaning of the phrase “gone away”
[A] escaped from the difficulties
[B] adjusted to the problems
[C] moved away from a place
[D] discussed about his house

11. Napoleon, who won the French honour, died at St. Helena
The part of the sentence, 'who won the French honour' in the
sentence above is:
[A] a defining relative clause
[B] a non-defining relative clause
[C] a finite clause
[D] a non-finite clause

12. If I ………….. asked to stay at home, I would not accept it.
Choose the correct verb to fill in the blank.
[A] was been
[B] am
[C] were
[D] have been

13. 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

14. You can eat as much as you like.
Choose the part of speech of the word ‘much’.
[A] a common noun
[B] a noun
[C] an adjective
[D] a conjunction

15. Choose the sentence that has a noun clause
[A] She said that she was busy
[B] She asked him for money
[C] He helped her many times
[D] I will not go there

16. He left behind some food. The meaning of the phrasal verb 'left behind' is:
[A] leave something as a token
[B] left something as a token
[C] ate slowly
[D] had slowly

17. Raman ……….. his discovery on March 16, 1928.
Choose the correct form of verb that fits the blank.
[A] announced
[B] has announced
[C] will announce
[D] will have announced

18. I am sorry, I can’t let you go in without a ticket.
This sentence indicates;
[A] Apologising
[B] Refusing permission
[C] Ordering
[D] Refusing help

19. Sindhu, who came from Guntur, won the match.
The part of the sentence, 'who came from Guntur' in the above
sentence is:
[A] a finite clause
[B] a defining relative clause
[C] a non-defining relative clause
[D] a main clause