Group 2 Previous Year Questions Topic Syllabus Wise - 2013
General English (general_english)
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'
Exam: Group 2 2013
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'
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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'
Exam: Group 2 2013
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.
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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?
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
A poem of two lines is called a
Choices:
- a) Couplet
- b) Monologue
- c) Ballad
- d) Ode
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Answer: Couplet
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
"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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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.
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
Choose the noun form of the verb 'sing'
Choices:
- a) sang
- b) singing
- c) song
- d) sung
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Answer: song
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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'
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
A song narrating a popular story is called :
Choices:
- a) dialogue
- b) oration
- c) couplet
- d) ballad
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Answer: ballad
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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'
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
'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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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.
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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.
Exam: Group 2 2013
Choose the noun form of the verb 'recite'
Choices:
- a) recitation
- b) reciting
- c) recited
- d) recitate
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Answer: recitation
Exam: Group 2 2013
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.
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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.
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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,
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
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
Exam: Group 2 2013
Identify the adverb from the following list :
Choices:
- a) heavy
- b) old
- c) daily
- d) small
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Answer: daily
Exam: Group 2 2013