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Group 2 Previous Year Questions Topic Syllabus Wise - 2013

General English (general_english)

Question 1

Choose the option denoting the speaker and the play from which these lines are taken:
"It droppeth as a gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath"

Choices:

  • a) Brutus in 'Julius Caesar'
  • b) Mark Antony in 'Julius Caesar'
  • c) Portia in "The Merchant of Venice'
  • d) Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice'
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Answer: Portia in "The Merchant of Venice'

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Question 2

Choose the option containing the author of the following line :
"Where words come out from the depths of truth".

Choices:

  • a) Kamala Das in 'Punishment in Kindergarten'
  • b) Deepa Agarwal in 'After the Storm'
  • c) Dhar Gopal Mukherji in 'Kari – the Elephant'
  • d) Rabindranath Tagore in 'Where the Mind is Without Fear'
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Answer: Rabindranath Tagore in 'Where the Mind is Without Fear'

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Question 3

Choose the option containing the right word that suits the context of the sentence given below:
The ________ on the grass sparkled in the morning sunlight.

Choices:

  • a) due
  • b) dew
  • c) do
  • d) doe
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Answer: dew

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Question 4

Choose the option that contains the name of the speaker and the play from which these lines are taken:
"Believe me for mine honour,
and have respect to mine honour,
that you may believe".

Choices:

  • a) Bassanio in "The Merchant of Venice'
  • b) Brutus in 'Julius Caesar'
  • c) Antonio in "The Merchant of Venice'
  • d) Antony in 'Julius Caesar'
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Answer: Brutus in 'Julius Caesar'

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Question 5

Find out the appropriate Superlative degree for the following sentence :
Very few boys in the class are as tall as Ramu.

Choices:

  • a) Ramu is the tallest boy in the class..
  • b) Ramu is a tall boy in the class.
  • c) Ramu is one of the tallest boys in the class.
  • d) No other boy in the class is as tall as Ramu.
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Answer: Ramu is one of the tallest boys in the class.

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Question 6

Which one of the following has the correct infinitive?

Choices:

  • a) Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast
  • b) Music hath charms to soothing the savage beast
  • c) Music hath charms to having soothe the savage beast
  • d) Music hath charms to having soothing the savage beast
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Answer: Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast

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Question 7

Identify the sentence pattern :
Brutus is an honourable man.

Choices:

  • a) SVCA
  • b) SVOC
  • c) SVC
  • d) SVIO DO
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Answer: SVC

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Question 8

Read the passage and choose the correct option that answer the given questions:
The life of a student is, comparatively speaking, a sheltered life. There are, of course, certain responsibilities; they are definite and they are assigned to you by those who are willing to take care of you and there is not much need to be constantly exercising your own judgements.
Which of the following sentence is false?

Choices:

  • a) Students have certain responsibilities
  • b) Students need not exercise their own judgements
  • c) Students are well-cared for
  • d) Students are not assigned their work
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Answer: Students are not assigned their work

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Question 9

Freedom and power bring responsibility. That responsibility rests upon this assembly. Before the birth of freedom we have endured all the pains of labour and our hearts are heavy with the memory of sorrow. But the past is now over and the future beckons to us now. The ambition of the greatest man is to wipe every tear. As long as tears are there, so long our work will not be over.
Which statement is correct?

Choices:

  • a) India became rich after Independence.
  • b) Ignorance, poverty, inequality of opportunity are eradicated
  • c) Our work will not be over till we wipe every tear
  • d) Freedom means to live a life as we like
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Answer: Our work will not be over till we wipe every tear

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Question 10

Identify the right meaning of the idiom.
His Partner threw coldwater on his scheme.

Choices:

  • a) encouraged
  • b) discouraged
  • c) appreciated
  • d) disagreed
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Answer: discouraged

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Question 11

Identify the sentence with Hyperbole.

Choices:

  • a) He has fallen asleep
  • b) Why man, if the river were dry I am able to fill it with tears
  • c) The child is father of Max
  • d) You are telling me a fairy tale.
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Answer: Why man, if the river were dry I am able to fill it with tears

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Question 12

Select the correct option to complete the given sentence:
If the sun had not been bright

Choices:

  • a) the pictures would have come out well
  • b) the pictures would not have come out well
  • c) the pictures would have been come out well
  • d) the pictures would come out well
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Answer: the pictures would not have come out well

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Question 13

Which of the following lines does not occur in William Shakespeare's works?

Choices:

  • a) The evil that men do lives after them
  • b) My deeds upon my head! I crave the law
  • c) O judgement! Thou art fled to breetish beasts
  • d) Was it cowardice, that I dared not kill him?
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Answer: Was it cowardice, that I dared not kill him?

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Question 14

Mention the poem in which the following lines occur.
Your eagle pinion is chained down at last.
And gravelling in the lowly dust are you.

Choices:

  • a) Laugh And Be Merry
  • b) The Apology
  • c) To India - My Native Land
  • d) A Tiger in the Zoo
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Answer: To India - My Native Land

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Question 15

How many lines are there in a Sonnet?

Choices:

  • a) Eight lines
  • b) Eleven lines
  • c) Fourteen lines
  • d) Sixteen lines
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Answer: Fourteen lines

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Question 16

A poem of two lines is called a

Choices:

  • a) Couplet
  • b) Monologue
  • c) Ballad
  • d) Ode
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Answer: Couplet

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Question 17

Match the following characters in Column A with their roles in Column B and select the correct code:
Column A Column B
(a) Portia 1. A Jewish Money Lender
(b) Jessica 2. A Merchant of Venice
(c) Shylock 3. Shylock's daughter
(d) Antonio 4. A Wealthy Lady in Belmont

Choices:

  • a) 4 1 2 3
  • b) 2 3 1 4
  • c) 4 3 1 2
  • d) 2 4 3 1
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Answer: 4 3 1 2

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Question 18

Match the characters in Column A with their association in Column B as seen in Julius Caesar and select the correct code given below:
Column A Column B
(a) Calphurnia 1. Eloquence of speech
(b) Decius Brutus 2. Caesar's wife
(c) Marcus Brutus 3. One of the conspirators
(d) Mark Antony 4. Beloved friend

Choices:

  • a) 1 3 4 2
  • b) 2 3 4 1
  • c) 3 4 2 1
  • d) 2 4 3 1
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Answer: 2 3 4 1

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Question 19

Match the following Phrasal verbs given under Column A with their meanings under Column B:
Column A Column B
(a) pick on 1. to select
(b) pick up 2. to criticize
(c) pick over 3. to check carefully
(d) pick out 4. to improve

Choices:

  • a) 1 2 3 4
  • b) 4 2 1 3
  • c) 2 4 3 1
  • d) 3 1 2 4
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Answer: 2 4 3 1

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Question 20

This process goes on and the nation climbs steps of glory and gains higher strength. Pick out a suitable word from the extract which means "fame".

Choices:

  • a) strength
  • b) steps
  • c) glory
  • d) nation
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Answer: glory

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Question 21

Match the lines under Column A with the poets under Column B:
Column A Column B
(a) Art is long and Time is fleeting 1. V.K. Gokak
(b) And I like a second comer, waiting 2. H.W. Long fellow
(c) O' tongues of fire 3. Thomas Hardy
(d) Or help to half a crown 4. D.H. Lawrence

Choices:

  • a) 3 2 1 4
  • b) 1 3 2 4
  • c) 4 1 3 2
  • d) 2 4 1 3
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Answer: 2 4 1 3

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Question 22

Which of the following is not true?

Choices:

  • a) Chawla always spoke about travelling to the states
  • b) Chawla travelled about 760 hours in space
  • c) Chawla was assigned as Mission Specialist
  • d) Chawla's inspiration to take up flying was JRD Tata
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Answer: Chawla always spoke about travelling to the states

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Question 23

I told them
I'm not going to be a DJ.
Here DJ refers to :

Choices:

  • a) A journalist who collects information in a district
  • b) Someone who is the judge of a particular district
  • c) Someone who plays CDS and records in a club or restaurant
  • d) Someone whose job is to introduce speakers at a public event
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Answer: Someone who plays CDS and records in a club or restaurant

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Question 24

"It was really only a little linnet' singing out side the window"
What does the word "linnet" indicate?

Choices:

  • a) seed
  • b) dragon fly
  • c) bird
  • d) lizard
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Answer: bird

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Question 25

Find the odd pair from those given below :

Choices:

  • a) The Apology - Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • b) Is life, but a dream? -- H. W. Longfellow
  • c) The flying wonder - Stephen Vincent Benet
  • d) English words - V. K. Gokak
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Answer: Is life, but a dream? -- H. W. Longfellow

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Question 26

Match the following homophones with their related meanings and select the answer from the codes given below :
Homophones Meanings
(a) Piece 1. Calm, undisturbed
(b) Peace 2. Light in colour
(c) Pail 3. A portion of an object
(d) Pale 4. A bucket

Choices:

  • a) 3 1 4 2
  • b) 1 3 4 2
  • c) 4 1 3 2
  • d) 2 1 4 3
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Answer: 3 1 4 2

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Question 27

not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more".
Identify the speaker :

Choices:

  • a) Mark Antony
  • b) Casca
  • c) Calphurnia
  • d) Brutus
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Answer: Brutus

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Question 28

Identify the speaker:
"I shot him dead because-
Because he was my foe".

Choices:

  • a) D. H. Lawrence
  • b) Thomas Hardy
  • c) V. K. Gokak
  • d) Oscar wilde
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Answer: Thomas Hardy

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Question 29

I shot him dead because-
Because he was my foe.
Give the meaning of the word 'foe'.

Choices:

  • a) companion
  • b) enemy
  • c) traitor
  • d) spy
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Answer: enemy

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Question 30

Name the celebrity who is interested in ornithology.

Choices:

  • a) Hope Spencer
  • b) Hussain Ali
  • c) Salim Ali
  • d) Brian Palten
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Answer: Salim Ali

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Question 31

Identify the incorrect sentence from the following

Choices:

  • a) Mr. Soundar is one of the most helpful persons.
  • b) Very few persons are as helpful as Mr. Soundar.
  • c) Mr. Soundar is more helpful than all other persons.
  • d) Mr. Soundar is more helpful than most other persons.
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Answer: Mr. Soundar is more helpful than all other persons.

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Question 32

Choose the correct verb:
The united states a big navy.

Choices:

  • a) have
  • b) has
  • c) are
  • d) will be
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Answer: has

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Question 33

Choose the noun form of the verb 'sing'

Choices:

  • a) sang
  • b) singing
  • c) song
  • d) sung
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Answer: song

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Question 34

Find out the part containing an Error:
Mumps are a serious illness that affects people.
A B C D

Choices:

  • a) mumps are
  • b) a serious illness
  • c) that affects people
  • d) B
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Answer: mumps are

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Question 35

Choose the option which contains the correct sequence of words to be filled in the blanks :
Veena by the time we

Choices:

  • a) has left, arrive
  • b) had left, arrived
  • c) was left, arrived
  • d) had been left, arrive
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Answer: had left, arrived

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Question 36

Read the following lines and answer the questions :
"I wanted to be Shakespeare
But was poor at writing plays
I wanted to be Jane Austein
But didn't know to spin stories"
Who is Jane Austein?

Choices:

  • a) a tailor
  • b) a novelist
  • c) a spinner
  • d) a psychiatrist
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Answer: a novelist

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Question 37

Match the following phrases given under column A with their meanings, under column B.
Column A
(a) put on for
(b) look for
(c) take off
(d) put out
Column B
1. remove
2. extinguish
3. search
4. wear

Choices:

  • a) 1 2 3 4
  • b) 3 2 1 4
  • c) 4 3 1 2
  • d) 4 2 3 1
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Answer: 4 3 1 2

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Question 38

Identify the words which blend to form the word 'intercom' and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

Choices:

  • a) inter + communication
  • b) international + communication
  • c) internal + communication
  • d) internal + communicate
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Answer: internal + communication

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Question 39

Select the suitable order of compound words for the blanks in the given passage from the options given below:
I used a ________________ table on which there was a ________________ that took me to ________________.

Choices:

  • a) lifelong, jet black, looking glass, wonderland
  • b) wonderland, jet black, lifelong, looking glass
  • c) lifelong, looking glass, wonderland, jetblack
  • d) lifelong, jet black, wonderland, looking glass
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Answer: lifelong, looking glass, wonderland, jetblack

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Question 40

Identify the degree of comparison used in the given sentence.
Padma is the most intelligent of all girls.

Choices:

  • a) comparative degree
  • b) superlative degree
  • c) positive degree
  • d) none of these
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Answer: superlative degree

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Question 41

Which of the following plural forms is not correct?

Choices:

  • a) daughters-in-law
  • b) step-daughters
  • c) commanders-in-chiefs
  • d) strata.
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Answer: commanders-in-chiefs

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Question 42

Identify the sentence:
This must not occur again, or you will be dismissed

Choices:

  • a) compound
  • b) complex
  • c) simple
  • d) none of the above
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Answer: compound

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Question 43

Identify the compound sentence.

Choices:

  • a) We should work hard to make up for the lost days
  • b) We should work hard so that we make up for the lost days
  • c) We should work hard and make up for the lost days
  • d) We should work hard for making up for the lost days
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Answer: We should work hard and make up for the lost days

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Question 44

Match column A with column B
Column A
(a) His trip
(b) The house
(c) The doll
(d) The camel
Column B
1. was gifted to her
2. was not fed properly
3. was sponsored by his company
4. was dressed up beautifully

Choices:

  • a) 3 1 4 2
  • b) 3 1 2 4
  • c) 1 3 4 2
  • d) 1 3 2
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Answer: 3 1 4 2

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Question 45

Find the words that are not related to the underlined word
He just tugged the edges.
1. joined
2. pushed
3. pulled
4. pasted
5. cut

Choices:

  • a) 1, 2, 4 and 5
  • b) 2, 3, 4 and 5
  • c) 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • d) 1, 3, 4 and 5
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Answer: 1, 2, 4 and 5

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Question 46

Match the following words given under column A with their meanings under column B
Column A
(a) Grim
(b) Splendour
(c) Gleam
(d) Vista
Column B
1. Brilliance
2. Shine
3. A view
4. Stern

Choices:

  • a) 2 4 3 1
  • b) 1 4 3 2
  • c) 3 2 1 4
  • d) 4 1 2 3
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Answer: 4 1 2 3

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Question 47

Choose the correct antonym for the underlined word from the options given.
He is a sturdy young man.

Choices:

  • a) Dynamic
  • b) Strong
  • c) Weak
  • d) Ambitious
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Answer: Weak

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Question 48

Match the following words given under column A with their antonyms under column B and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Column A Column B
(a) Serenity 1. Shallow
(b) Profound 2. Ugly
(c) Chase 3. Anxiety
(d) Charming 4. Withdraw

Choices:

  • a) 2 3 4 1
  • b) 3 1 4 2
  • c) 1 3 2 4
  • d) 2 1 4 3
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Answer: 3 1 4 2

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Question 49

Choose the option containing the correct sequence of words suiting the given passage :
The benefit of ________________ is not only ________________ our body but also ________________ us happy in ________________ our health always.
1. to keep
2. to develop
3. exercising
4. maintaining

Choices:

  • a) 4 3 2 1
  • b) 3 2 1 4
  • c) 1 2 3 4
  • d) 2 4 3 1
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Answer: 3 2 1 4

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Question 50

Choose the correct option that contains the appropriate words in the right sequence:
They do the English exercises ________________ because they think English is an ________________ subject.

Choices:

  • a) hardly, hard
  • b) slow, slowly
  • c) easily, easy
  • d) eagerly, eager
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Answer: easily, easy

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Question 51

Choose the correct sequence of words from the options given below :
While ________________ to the actors, the Director said, "You realize that ________________ is not easy. You need ________________ according to the situation ________________ the nature of the character".
1. to reveal
2. to act
3. acting
4. speaking

Choices:

  • a) 4 3 2 1
  • b) 3 4 1 2
  • c) 2 1 4 3
  • d) 1 2 3 4
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Answer: 4 3 2 1

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Question 52

Choose the correct option with the right words in sequence :
You can ________________ see the mountains on a ________________ sunny day.

Choices:

  • a) prettily, pretty
  • b) clearly, clear
  • c) bright, brightly
  • d) true, truly
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Answer: clearly, clear

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Question 53

Who said this?
If non-violence is the law of our being, the future is with women.

Choices:

  • a) Mahatma Gandhi
  • b) Mother Teresa
  • c) Rajaram Mohan Roy
  • d) Subramania Bharathi
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Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

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Question 54

Which of the following is not a poem?

Choices:

  • a) A Psalm of life
  • b) The Mark of Vishnu
  • c) The Cry of the Children
  • d) The Man He Killed
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Answer: The Mark of Vishnu

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Question 55

Choose the option that contains the right word suiting the context of the sentence :
As the ________________ is too tight, I cannot untie the rope.

Choices:

  • a) naught
  • b) nought
  • c) not
  • d) knot
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Answer: knot

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Question 56

Choose the option containing the name of the author and the work in which these lines occur :
I was then too young to read
And my blood turned cold like the moon

Choices:

  • a) Dr. A.P.J. Kalam in 'Vision For The Nation'
  • b) Dr. Neeraja Raghavan in 'The Sun Beam'
  • c) Kamala Das in 'My Grandmother's House'
  • d) Rabindranath Tagore in 'Where the Mind is Without Fear'
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Answer: Kamala Das in 'My Grandmother's House'

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Question 57

Select the incorrect sentence from the following:

Choices:

  • a) He was too frightening to speak
  • b) Distilled water is used in some experiments
  • c) He took up gymnastics when he was seven years old
  • d) Take care of your health
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Answer: He was too frightening to speak

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Question 58

Choose the correct plural:
The nucleus of atoms consist of protons and neutrons.

Choices:

  • a) Nucleusos
  • b) Nuclei
  • c) Nucleous
  • d) None of these
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Answer: Nuclei

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Question 59

Match the following phrases given in Column A with the blending words in Column B:
Column A Column B
(a) Information + System 1. Vash
(b) Bombay + Hollywood 2. Moped
(c) Motor + Pedal cycle 3. Bollywood
(d) Volcanic + Ash 4. Infosys

Choices:

  • a) 3 2 4 1
  • b) 4 1 2 3
  • c) 2 1 3 4
  • d) 4 3 2 1
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Answer: 4 3 2 1

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Question 60

Choose the option with the right combination for the following word:
Snow white

Choices:

  • a) Noun + Gerund
  • b) Noun + Verb
  • c) Noun + Adjective
  • d) Noun + Noun
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Answer: Noun + Adjective

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Question 61

A song narrating a popular story is called :

Choices:

  • a) dialogue
  • b) oration
  • c) couplet
  • d) ballad
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Answer: ballad

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Question 62

That is how Gandhi became a leader par excellence: that made Churchill the greatest and the most successful war time leader.
Choose a word from the passage that means "by way of special eminence".

Choices:

  • a) traits
  • b) hurdles
  • c) par excellence
  • d) hazards
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Answer: par excellence

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Question 63

As the coming generation also has its dreams and aspirations for the nation's future it therefore adds something from its side to the national vision.
Write the verb form of the word "aspiration".

Choices:

  • a) aspire
  • b) aspiringly
  • c) aspirate
  • d) aspiry
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Answer: aspire

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Question 64

Then the spring came and all over the country, there were little blossoms and little birds.
Which season represents the arrival of the blossoms?

Choices:

  • a) Winter
  • b) Summer
  • c) Spring
  • d) Autumn
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Answer: Spring

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Question 65

Match the titles with the lines :
(a) The Man he killed 1. O Winged seeds
(b) Migrant bird 2. Trust no future
(c) A Psalm of life 3. I breed my brood
(d) English words 4. Off-hand like..
5. Only blood shot eyes

Choices:

  • a) 2 3 4 5
  • b) 5 3 1 2
  • c) 5 3 2 1
  • d) 4 3 2 1
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Answer: 4 3 2 1

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Question 66

Match the words under Column A with the suffixes under Column B:
Column A Column B
(a) anchor 1. ling
(b) murder 2. lette
(c) hire 3. age
(d) novel 4. ous

Choices:

  • a) 3 4 1 2
  • b) 4 3 2 1
  • c) 1 2 4 3
  • d) 2 1 3 4
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Answer: 3 4 1 2

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Question 67

Match the prefixes under Column A with the words under Column B:
Column A Column B
(a) multi 1. sensitive
(b) mis 2. runner
(c) hyper 3. faceted
(d) fore 4. behave

Choices:

  • a) 4 1 3 2
  • b) 2 3 1 4
  • c) 3 4 1 2
  • d) 1 2 3 4
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Answer: 3 4 1 2

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Question 68

Choose the correct pair:
The Play and its author.

Choices:

  • a) 'Comedy of Errors' by William Shakespeare
  • b) 'Love's Labour's Lost' by Bacon
  • c) 'Cymbeline' by Bernard Shaw
  • d) 'Henry IV' by Ben Johnson
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Answer: 'Comedy of Errors' by William Shakespeare

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Question 69

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence.
She accepted it as the kind cruelty of the surgeon's knife.

Choices:

  • a) Euphemism
  • b) Pun
  • c) Oxymoron
  • d) Irony
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Answer: Oxymoron

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Question 70

Who has uttered these words?
"Friends Romans, Countrymen
Lend me your ears".

Choices:

  • a) Brutus in 'Julius Caesar'.
  • b) Mark Antony in 'Julius Caesar'
  • c) Cassius in 'Macbeth'
  • d) Casca in 'Macbeth'.
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Answer: Mark Antony in 'Julius Caesar'

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Question 71

Fill in the blank with the suitable word..
He tried to ________ votes by showing the leaders portrait.

Choices:

  • a) Canvas
  • b) Canvass
  • c) Confess
  • d) Converse
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Answer: Canvass

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Question 72

He put up a notice board "Trespassers will be prosecuted".
What do you mean by the word "Prosecuted"?

Choices:

  • a) Agreed
  • b) Punished
  • c) Preceded
  • d) Excused
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Answer: Punished

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Question 73

What brings out the munificence of the Chola king who built "The Brihadeesvarar Temple"?

Choices:

  • a) The Pillared Cloisters of deities
  • b) The huge and massive size of the Shiva Linga and the Nandhi Statue
  • c) The towering Vimanam which echoes the divine Mount Kailash
  • d) The Statues and paintings of the Royal Museum
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Answer: The huge and massive size of the Shiva Linga and the Nandhi Statue

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Question 74

Situated in a remote corner of Kumaon bordering Tibet and Nepal, Munsiyari was once a bustling entrepot of trade.
Which place was a busy trade centre?

Choices:

  • a) Tibet
  • b) Nepal
  • c) Munsiyari
  • d) Kumaon
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Answer: Munsiyari

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Question 75

Fill in the blank with a suitable word.
They had dates for ________.

Choices:

  • a) Desert
  • b) Desart
  • c) Dessert
  • d) Deserrt
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Answer: Dessert

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Question 76

Match the following poems in Column A with the correct poets in Column B and select the correct code:
Column A Column B
(a) The Cry of the Children 1. Thomas Hardy
(b) No Men are Foreign 2. William Wordsworth
(c) The Solitary Reaper 3. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
(d) The Man He killed 4. James Kirkup

Choices:

  • a) 1 2 4 3
  • b) 4 3 2 1
  • c) 3 4 1 2
  • d) 3 4 2 1
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Answer: 3 4 2 1

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Question 77

When Trevor came to know that Hughie gave a sovereign to the model, he

Choices:

  • a) shed tears
  • b) slapped him
  • c) yelled at him
  • d) burst into laughter
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Answer: burst into laughter

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Question 78

'Ingratitude, more strong than traitor's arm
Quite vanquished him'
Identify the speaker who uttered these words.

Choices:

  • a) Antony
  • b) Antonio
  • c) Brutus
  • d) Bassanio
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Answer: Antony

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Question 79

To which of the following works is Oscar Wilde not associated with?

Choices:

  • a) The Happy Prince
  • b) The importance of being earnest
  • c) The Last Leaf
  • d) The Selfish Giant
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Answer: The Last Leaf

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Question 80

According to Greeks ________ and ________ were two sides to the same coin.

Choices:

  • a) Music and literature
  • b) Music and dance
  • c) Culture and music
  • d) Music and astronomy
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Answer: Music and astronomy

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Question 81

Read the passage and choose the correct option that answers the questions given below :
"Thank you shelly"; Diane said holding her hand out for me to shake, "for taking care of Sam. We were in a traffic accident and somehow we got separated when I went to the, hospital. I guess he lost his collar and harness too". I looked at her hand, I didn't want to give Goldy up, but I could see that it was this lady he really belonged to. Not to me. I was just temporary.
Who did the dog really belong to?

Choices:

  • a) Shelly
  • b) Diane
  • c) Sam
  • d) None of the above
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Answer: Diane

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Question 82

Don Quixote the knight found 30-40 Windmills. He mistook them for giants. He was so fond of adventure that he decided to fight them. He wanted to make a lot of money by defeating them. Sancho Panza, his loyal squire, tried to warn him that they were only windmills but he didn't pay any attention.
Choose the irrelevant option:

Choices:

  • a) Sancho Panza seems to be clever.
  • b) Don Quixote mistook windmills for giants.
  • c) The knight is less informed when compared to the squire.
  • d) The knight wanted to cheat others by defeating the windmills.
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Answer: The knight wanted to cheat others by defeating the windmills.

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Question 83

Choose the right idea conveyed by the statement given below :
Sometimes parents complain that their teenage children have suddenly become very indisciplined, not paying heed to their advice.

Choices:

  • a) Teenagers are not advised by their parents
  • b) Parents heed to the advice of their teenage children
  • c) Teenagers listen to their parents advice
  • d) Parents think that their teenage children don't listen to their words
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Answer: Parents think that their teenage children don't listen to their words

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Question 84

Select the correct sentence.

Choices:

  • a) We won the football match by three goals
  • b) We beated our opponents by three goals
  • c) We lost the three goals under the football match
  • d) We played the football match on three goals
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Answer: We won the football match by three goals

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Question 85

Harmonic cacophony to oblivious ears
Identify the figure of speech used in the given line

Choices:

  • a) onomatopoeia
  • b) oxymoron
  • c) personification
  • d) alliteration
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Answer: oxymoron

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Question 86

Identify the sentence pattern of the following:
Raghu was ill last month.

Choices:

  • a) SVOA
  • b) SVAA
  • c) SVA
  • d) SVCA
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Answer: SVCA

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Question 87

Pick out the sentence:
Which is of the pattern SVC:

Choices:

  • a) I-donated a computer.
  • b) This computer is sleek.
  • c) We take notes.
  • d) I met him.
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Answer: This computer is sleek.

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Question 88

Choose the noun form of the verb 'recite'

Choices:

  • a) recitation
  • b) reciting
  • c) recited
  • d) recitate
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Answer: recitation

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Question 89

Find the add sentence which is not the same sentence pattern as the other three

Choices:

  • a) He wore his uniform.
  • b) I ate an apple.
  • c) He was excited.
  • d) I like ice cream.
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Answer: He was excited.

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Question 90

Fill in the blank with the correct verb form of the noun 'writer'
Don't ________ on the wall.

Choices:

  • a) written
  • b) write
  • c) write-up
  • d) writing
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Answer: write

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Question 91

Choose the option that contains the right sequence of articles:
My manager is ________ multifaceted personality. He was elected ________ chairman of our board. I am sure he will be ________ best chairman, for he is ________ honest worker.

Choices:

  • a) a, the, an the
  • b) a, no article, the, an
  • c) an, no article, a, the
  • d) no article, an, the, a
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Answer: a, no article, the, an

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Question 92

Choose the option with the suitable article.
Give me ________ one rupee note.

Choices:

  • a) a
  • b) an
  • c) the
  • d) no article
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Answer: a

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Question 93

Choose the option which contains the right preposition to complete the blank :
Raju has not slept ________ yesterday.

Choices:

  • a) through
  • b) by
  • c) since
  • d) on
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Answer: since

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Question 94

Choose the option that contains the right preposition to complete the sentence:
His father shouted ________ him when he came home late.

Choices:

  • a) on
  • b) over
  • c) for
  • d) at
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Answer: at

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Question 95

Which of the following options has a sentence with the verb in the active voice?

Choices:

  • a) Many students attended this workshop.
  • b) Many students were questioned.
  • c) Many students have been screened.
  • d) Many students had been given a warning.
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Answer: Many students attended this workshop.

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Question 96

Choose the suitable prefix to form a meaningful word from the given root word.
Significant

Choices:

  • a) un
  • b) pre
  • c) in
  • d) de
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Answer: in

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Question 97

Choose the statement that takes the question tag shouldn't they?

Choices:

  • a) students should not be allowed to use the library everyday,
  • b) students must be allowed to use the library everyday,
  • c) students could be allowed to use the library everyday,
  • d) students should be allowed to use the library everyday,
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Answer: students should be allowed to use the library everyday,

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Question 98

Identify the sentence which does not contain an adjective:

Choices:

  • a) He is an early riser
  • b) The early bird was rewarded
  • c) He rises early
  • d) They came by an early train
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Answer: He rises early

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Question 99

Identify the sentence with the superlative degree of the adjective:

Choices:

  • a) No one else is as courageous as him
  • b) He is one of the most courageous persons
  • c) He is more courageous than most other people
  • d) Very few people are as courageous as him
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Answer: He is one of the most courageous persons

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Question 100

Identify the adverb from the following list :

Choices:

  • a) heavy
  • b) old
  • c) daily
  • d) small
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Answer: daily

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