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Group 2 Previous Year Questions Topic Syllabus Wise - 2024

General English (general_english)

Question 1

Identify the figure of speech employed in the following lines.
"The bleeding bark will heal".

Choices:

  • a) Personification
  • b) Simile
  • c) Metaphor
  • d) Oxymoron
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Answer: Personification

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Question 2

Lights flicker on and off
But fear takes over me.
Identify the Onomatopoeic word in the given stanza.

Choices:

  • a) fear
  • b) lights
  • c) flicker
  • d) on and off
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Answer: flicker

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Question 3

"We were taken from the ore-bed and the mine,
We were melted in the furnace and the pit
We were cast and wrought and hammered to design,
We were cut and filed and tooled and gauged to fit".
What is the poetic device used here?

Choices:

  • a) Oxymoron
  • b) Paradox
  • c) Assonance
  • d) Anaphora
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Answer: Anaphora

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Question 4

"But of late, my computer has been behaving badly too,
It is so absent-minded, that I don't know what to do".
Mention the figure of speech used in the above lines.

Choices:

  • a) Simile
  • b) Personification
  • c) Metaphor
  • d) Repetition
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Answer: Personification

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Question 5

But I know no better spectacle
Than a comet in full flight.
What do you mean by 'spectacle' here?

Choices:

  • a) unusual event that attracts attention
  • b) usual situation that attracts distraction
  • c) expected event that attracts attention
  • d) unexpected situation that attracts distraction
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Answer: unusual event that attracts attention

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Question 6

It's written in victory and defeat
And every trial a man may meet.
What does 'it' refer to in the above given lines?

Choices:

  • a) Sports
  • b) Hope
  • c) Courage
  • d) Patience
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Answer: Courage

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Question 7

"She puts her life at Stake"
Give the meaning of the word Stake

Choices:

  • a) brisk
  • b) courage
  • c) ease
  • d) risk
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Answer: risk

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Question 8

Strong is she in her faith and beliefs.
"Persistence is the key to everything", says she.
What does the word "Persistence" mean?

Choices:

  • a) grief
  • b) groans
  • c) determination
  • d) moans
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Answer: determination

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Question 9

It's helping your fellowman to score
When his chances hopeless seems;
The word 'it' in the above lines refers to

Choices:

  • a) hard work
  • b) best work
  • c) team work
  • d) smart work
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Answer: team work

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Question 10

Match the Poets with their Poems:
(a) Mary Botham Howitt 1. The River
(b) Caroline Ann Bowles 2. The Stick-together Families
(c) Robert Frost 3. The Spider and the Fly
(d) Edgar Albert Guest 4. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Choices:

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

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Question 11

For simple sheep; and such are Daffodils ...
With the green world they live in;
and clear rills
The above lines were written by

Choices:

  • a) W.B. Yeats
  • b) Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • c) John Keats
  • d) William Wordsworth
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Answer: John Keats

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Question 12

"Come you back unto the fireside and be comrade with your kin"
This line is taken from the poem

Choices:

  • a) The Poison Tree
  • b) The River
  • c) The Stick-Together Families
  • d) Life
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Answer: The Stick-Together Families

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Question 13

"Still seeking what I sought when but a boy,
New friendship, high adventure and a crown"
Who wrote the above lines?

Choices:

  • a) Khalil Gibran
  • b) Henry Van Dyke
  • c) H.W. Longfellow
  • d) John Masefield
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Answer: Henry Van Dyke

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Question 14

The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I have promises to keep
Who wrote the above lines?

Choices:

  • a) Robert Frost
  • b) Sarojini Naidu
  • c) Nisha Dyrene
  • d) John Masefield
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Answer: Robert Frost

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Question 15

But the gladdest sort of people, when the busy day is done,
Are the brothers and the sisters who together share their fun.
Who wrote the above poem?

Choices:

  • a) D.H. Lawrence
  • b) Edgar Albert Guest
  • c) William Wordsworth
  • d) Mary Botham Howitt
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Answer: Edgar Albert Guest

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Question 16

The word 'Plaintively' means

Choices:

  • a) Happily
  • b) Sadly
  • c) Joyfully
  • d) Depressively
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Answer: Sadly

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Question 17

Prospero's daughter name was

Choices:

  • a) Portia
  • b) Desdemona
  • c) Juliet
  • d) Miranda
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Answer: Miranda

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Question 18

'Practice hard and see what magic can transpire', was the advice given by ________ to Sachin Tendulkar.

Choices:

  • a) Ramakant Achrekar
  • b) Ajit
  • c) Sunil Gavaskar
  • d) Sachin's father
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Answer: Ramakant Achrekar

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Question 19

Tom used the pain killer to

Choices:

  • a) take care of his health
  • b) mend the crack on the sitting room floor
  • c) to Cure Becky Thatcher
  • d) help his aunt
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Answer: mend the crack on the sitting room floor

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Question 20

The adventures of Tom Sawyer is a

Choices:

  • a) Short Story
  • b) Novel
  • c) Fiction
  • d) Tale
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Answer: Novel

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Question 21

What is the landform formed by silt called?

Choices:

  • a) Alluvial
  • b) Sinkhole
  • c) Meander
  • d) Fluvial Terrace
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Answer: Alluvial

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Question 22

Which historical character inspired Young Indira?

Choices:

  • a) Rani of Jhansi
  • b) Joan of Arc
  • c) Sarojini Naidu
  • d) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
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Answer: Joan of Arc

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Question 23

Why did we call Dr. Salim Ali as "Birdman of India"?

Choices:

  • a) His research in climate change
  • b) His immense contribution to the field of Ornithology
  • c) His research in Orthopedic
  • d) His research in Water Movements
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Answer: His immense contribution to the field of Ornithology

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Question 24

In whose biography do you find this statement?
I would sweep them out of existence if I had the power.

Choices:

  • a) Jawaharlal Nehru
  • b) Nelson Mandela
  • c) Mahatma Gandhi
  • d) Abraham Lincoln
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Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

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Question 25

Dr. Salim Ali was introduced to the serious study of birds by

Choices:

  • a) W.S. Millard
  • b) EHA
  • c) Norman Boyd Kinnear
  • d) Amiruddin
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Answer: W.S. Millard

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Question 26

"Elephant Rides are for the Royals. Forget this Dream" - Who said this to Rani of Jhansi?

Choices:

  • a) Baji Rao
  • b) Moropant Tambe
  • c) Gangadhar Rao
  • d) Pandit Dikshit
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Answer: Moropant Tambe

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Question 27

What was the name of the system that Nelson Mandela fought against?

Choices:

  • a) Civil Rights
  • b) Apartheid
  • c) Violence
  • d) Sathi
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Answer: Apartheid

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Question 28

Abraham Lincoln Proclaimed the abolition of slavery on

Choices:

  • a) May 1, 1863
  • b) January 1, 1863
  • c) January 1, 1864
  • d) May 1, 1864
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Answer: January 1, 1863

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Question 29

Match the words with their phrases:
Words Phrases
(a) Friendly relationship 1. ran out
(b) Meet by chance 2. get along with
(c) Use completely 3. go away
(d) Leave from, the place 4. come across

Choices:

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

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Question 30

Choose the correct synonym for the underlined word:
Fill all the bowls, tubs, pails and pitchers with fresh water.

Choices:

  • a) mugs
  • b) jugs
  • c) buckets
  • d) pots
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Answer: jugs

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Question 31

Choose the correct 'Synonym' by matching Column A and B :
Column A Column B
(a) Affluent 1. Widen
(b) Dilate 2. Spire
(c) Smacks 3. Wealthy
(d) Summit 4. Drive

Choices:

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

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Question 32

Add a prefix to the word 'Natural' to complete the sentence.
His job is to investigate ________ natural phenomena.

Choices:

  • a) in
  • b) non
  • c) super
  • d) pro
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Answer: super

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Question 33

Fill in the blanks with suitable article.
India is ________ largest democracy in the world.

Choices:

  • a) an
  • b) the
  • c) all
  • d) a
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Answer: the

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Question 34

Identify the correct preposition from the options given below.
I will have finished this essay ________ Friday.

Choices:

  • a) in
  • b) on
  • c) at
  • d) by
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Answer: by

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Question 35

Choose the correct question tag :
This is the bus that I have to travel, ________?

Choices:

  • a) is this?
  • b) isn't this?
  • c) is it?
  • d) isn't it?
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Answer: isn't it?

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Question 36

Select the suitable tag.
He lives in Europe, ________?

Choices:

  • a) isn't he?
  • b) wasn't he?
  • c) didn't he?
  • d) doesn't he?
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Answer: doesn't he?

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Question 37

Match the Non-finite verb correctly:
Column A Column B
(a) Walking is healthy habit 1. Infinitive
(b) I like to walk early in the morning 2. Present Participle
(c) Having walked a long distance I felt tired 3. Gerunds
(d) These are my walking shoes 4. Past Participle

Choices:

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

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Question 38

Identify the sentence pattern of the following sentence.
I painted the car blue.

Choices:

  • a) SVOC
  • b) SVC
  • c) SVA
  • d) SVOA
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Answer: SVOC

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Question 39

Identify the sentence pattern of the following sentence.
In 1998, Frank moved to London

Choices:

  • a) ASVA
  • b) ASVO
  • c) ASVC
  • d) SVIODO
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Answer: ASVA

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Question 40

They rejoined the group as Sarah passed out ________ and coffee.

Choices:

  • a) desert
  • b) dessert
  • c) dirt
  • d) dish
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Answer: dessert

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Question 41

Select the grammatically correct sentence:
(a) My son is fond of music
(b) My son is fond to music
(c) My son is fond in music
(d) My son is fond with music

Choices:

  • a) (b) and (c) are correct
  • b) Only (d) is correct
  • c) (a) and (d) are correct
  • d) Only (a) is correct
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Answer: Only (a) is correct

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Question 42

Which of the following is a noun?

Choices:

  • a) Put
  • b) Walk
  • c) Sun
  • d) Call
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Answer: Sun

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Question 43

A ________ of birds were flying on the sky.

Choices:

  • a) swarm of
  • b) group of
  • c) flock of
  • d) herd of
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Answer: flock of

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Question 44

Identify which is the correct singular word and select the answer from the codes given below.
(a) Crises
(b) Media

Choices:

  • a) (a) is a singular word
  • b) (b) is a singular word
  • c) Both (a) and (b) are singular word
  • d) Both (a) and (b) are plural word
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Answer: Both (a) and (b) are plural word

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Question 45

Foreign + Exchange = ________
Find the blended word.

Choices:

  • a) Foreign change
  • b) Foreign exchange
  • c) Forex change
  • d) Forex
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Answer: Forex

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Question 46

Which two words blend together to form the new word 'Camcorder'?

Choices:

  • a) Cam + recorder
  • b) Camera + recorder
  • c) Camera + order
  • d) Cam + corder
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Answer: Camera + recorder

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Question 47

Which of the following is correct for?
Overcoat

Choices:

  • a) Noun + Preposition
  • b) Noun + Noun
  • c) Verb + Noun
  • d) Preposition + Noun
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Answer: Preposition + Noun

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Question 48

Identify the compound word that is:
Gerund + Noun

Choices:

  • a) Cry baby
  • b) Sun rise
  • c) Bleaching powder
  • d) Sun set
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Answer: Bleaching powder

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Question 49

Replace the underlined word with its American word :
We should use the Bin for the garbage.

Choices:

  • a) Dust Bin
  • b) Trash Can
  • c) Garbage Bin
  • d) Trash Box
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Answer: Trash Can

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Question 50

And I Sunned it with smiles
Identify the alliteration in the given line.

Choices:

  • a) I-it
  • b) And - with
  • c) Sunned - smile
  • d) Sunned - with
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Answer: Sunned - smile

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Question 51

To win, run as fast as the wind
Identify the figure of speech in the given line.

Choices:

  • a) Personification
  • b) Metaphor
  • c) Simile
  • d) Anaphora
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Answer: Simile

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Question 52

Which of the given option is a Metaphor?

Choices:

  • a) Life is like a chocolate box
  • b) Raj is like his twin brother
  • c) His words are pearls of wisdom
  • d) The bus is slow as a snail
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Answer: His words are pearls of wisdom

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Question 53

Courage isn't a brilliant dash,
A daring deed in a moment's flash;
It isn't an instantaneous thing
Born of despair with a sudden spring
Write the Rhyme scheme of the poem.

Choices:

  • a) ABAB
  • b) ABBA
  • c) AABB
  • d) AAAB
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Answer: AABB

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Question 54

Speak gently to the young, for they
Will have enough to bear
Pass through this life as best they may,
'T is full of anxious care!
Write the Rhyme Scheme of the given stanza.

Choices:

  • a) ABAB
  • b) ABBA
  • c) AABB
  • d) ABAA
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Answer: ABAB

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Question 55

And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
The rhyming words in the above lines are

Choices:

  • a) windy, white
  • b) spray, spume
  • c) clouds, gulls
  • d) flying, crying
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Answer: flying, crying

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Question 56

And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking
Pick out the figure of speech given in the above poetic line.

Choices:

  • a) Metaphor
  • b) Simile
  • c) Alliteration
  • d) Hyperbole
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Answer: Alliteration

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Question 57

"I must go down to the seas again, to the
Vagrant gypsy life"
Gypsy life means

Choices:

  • a) A Sea Captain's Life
  • b) A Wandering Man's Life
  • c) A Historian's Life
  • d) An Explorer's Life
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Answer: A Wandering Man's Life

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Question 58

"But we ants never borrow;
We ants never lend"
Why do you think ants neither borrow nor lend?

Choices:

  • a) Ants are not wise and hard working
  • b) Ants are lazy
  • c) Ants are wise and hard working
  • d) Ants are wise and silly
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Answer: Ants are wise and hard working

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Question 59

You were the dad chosen for me
The author's dad was chosen by

Choices:

  • a) Mother
  • b) Neighbours
  • c) God
  • d) Friends
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Answer: God

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Question 60

Then my computer caught a virus, and fell very sick,
So I had to call in a doctor, double quick.
Why did the poet call the doctor?

Choices:

  • a) as the computer fall very sick
  • b) as the computer fall down
  • c) as the computer got hurt
  • d) as the computer fall asleep
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Answer: as the computer fall very sick

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Question 61

"And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over"
The above lines are in the poem

Choices:

  • a) A Thing of Beauty
  • b) Sea Fever
  • c) Lessons in Life
  • d) Making Life Worthwhile
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Answer: Sea Fever

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Question 62

Autumn is English
in red, yellow and brown
Autumn is Indian
Whenever leaves fall down
Who wrote the above poem?

Choices:

  • a) Nisha Dyrene
  • b) William Wordsworth
  • c) D.H. Lawrence
  • d) Mary Botham Howitt
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Answer: Nisha Dyrene

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Question 63

"And one day, my naughty computer actually gobbled a worm,
And behaved so erratically that it made me squirm".
The poet was made to squirm because of the ________ behaviour of the computer.

Choices:

  • a) absent-minded
  • b) dreadful
  • c) erratic
  • d) hasty
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Answer: erratic

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Question 64

Every soul that touches yours
Be it the slightest contact
Who wrote the above lines?

Choices:

  • a) William Shakespeare
  • b) Robert Frost
  • c) George Eliot
  • d) John Masefield
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Answer: George Eliot

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Question 65

Who was chirping at the edge of the woods?

Choices:

  • a) Cow
  • b) Monkey
  • c) Dog
  • d) Birds
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Answer: Birds

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Question 66

On the way to his home, Peter stopped to pick ________ or to listen to the ________

Choices:

  • a) Blue flowers, the water falls
  • b) Blue flowers, the rabbits' soft tread
  • c) Yellow flowers, the rabbits' soft tread
  • d) Yellow flowers, the water falls
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Answer: Blue flowers, the rabbits' soft tread

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Question 67

The setting of the play 'The Dying Detective' is in

Choices:

  • a) Victor Savage's house
  • b) A New York city apartment
  • c) Dr. Watson's House
  • d) Sherlock Holmes' bedroom
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Answer: Sherlock Holmes' bedroom

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Question 68

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a ________ writer.

Choices:

  • a) Irish
  • b) American
  • c) British
  • d) French
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Answer: British

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Question 69

State which statement is correct:
(1) Little Czar was a European brown bear cub
(2) Little Czar was an Indian brown bear cub
(3) Little Czar was an American brown bear cub
(4) Little Czar was a Germanian brown bear cub

Choices:

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

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Question 70

Who brought up Sir Isaac Newton?

Choices:

  • a) Grandfather
  • b) Grandmother
  • c) Father
  • d) Mother
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Answer: Grandmother

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Question 71

Beauty lies in the beholder's

Choices:

  • a) Head
  • b) Eyes
  • c) Brain
  • d) Ear
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Answer: Eyes

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Question 72

"My Reminiscences" was written by

Choices:

  • a) Kamala Markandaya
  • b) Ernest Hemingway
  • c) Toru Dutt
  • d) Rabindranath Tagore
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Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

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Question 73

"Great Leaders have something in them which inspires a whole people and makes them do great deeds". Who quotes this?

Choices:

  • a) Dr. C.N. Annadurai
  • b) Gandhi
  • c) Jawaharlal Nehru
  • d) Abraham Lincoln
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Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

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Question 74

When was Subash Chandra Bose born?

Choices:

  • a) January 23, 1897
  • b) January 23, 1891
  • c) January 26, 1901
  • d) January 23, 1895
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Answer: January 23, 1897

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Question 75

Helen Keller's Autobiography was named

Choices:

  • a) My Story
  • b) The Story of my Life
  • c) Experiments with my Life
  • d) My Life
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Answer: The Story of my Life

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Question 76

How did Kalpana Chawla die?

Choices:

  • a) Space Shuttle Disaster
  • b) Aircraft Disaster
  • c) Rocket launch Disaster
  • d) Satellite Probe Disaster
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Answer: Space Shuttle Disaster

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Question 77

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below (177-181) :
Raj was upset because he had done poorly in his English test. His grandmother sat with him and gave him a pencil. A puzzled Raj looked at his grandma and said he didn't deserve a pencil after his performance in the test. His grandma explained, "you can learn a great many things from this pencil because it is just like you. It experiences a painful sharpening, just the way you have experienced the pain of not doing well in your test. However it will help you be a better student. Just as all the good that comes from the pencil is from within itself, you will also find the strength to overcome this hurdle. And finally just as this pencil will make its mark on any surface, you too shall leave your mark on anything you choose to". Raj was immediately consoled and promised himself that he would do better in future.

Raj was upset as he had done ________ in his English test.

Choices:

  • a) well
  • b) poorly
  • c) better
  • d) average
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Answer: poorly

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Question 78

His grandmother gave him a

Choices:

  • a) sketch
  • b) pen
  • c) pencil
  • d) painting box
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Answer: pencil

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Question 79

Granny compared ________ with the pencil.

Choices:

  • a) Babu
  • b) Raj
  • c) Ravi
  • d) Rajesh
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Answer: Raj

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Question 80

Raj's pain of not doing well in his test was compared with ________ of pencils.

Choices:

  • a) writing
  • b) drawing
  • c) sketching
  • d) sharpening
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Answer: sharpening

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Question 81

Raj understood that failures are stepping stones to ________

Choices:

  • a) success
  • b) consoling
  • c) climbing
  • d) strength
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Answer: success

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Question 82

Choose the correct meaning of the phrase.
Reconcile to

Choices:

  • a) Maintain
  • b) Accept half heartedly
  • c) Arrive suddenly
  • d) Continue
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Answer: Accept half heartedly

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Question 83

Choose the correct Antonym for the underlined word 'Concentrate' from the option given.

Choices:

  • a) Continual
  • b) Preventable
  • c) Distract
  • d) Wise
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Answer: Distract

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Question 84

Match the following with correct Antonyms:
Column A Column B
(a) brisk 1. happy
(b) desperate 2. criticize
(c) plaintive 3. hopeful
(d) praise 4. dull

Choices:

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

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Question 85

Select the correct prefix word for 'Violet' from the options given :

Choices:

  • a) ultra
  • b) em
  • c) super
  • d) in
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Answer: ultra

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Question 86

Pick a suitable prefix for the given word from the given options :
Understand

Choices:

  • a) re
  • b) ir
  • c) mis
  • d) sub
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Answer: mis

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Question 87

Choose the correct tense form for the following sentence.
If she works hard, she ________ a scholarship.

Choices:

  • a) would get
  • b) would have got
  • c) will get
  • d) won't get
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Answer: will get

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Question 88

Select the correct tense.
If you ________ hard you would have won the relay match.

Choices:

  • a) will work
  • b) works
  • c) working
  • d) had worked
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Answer: had worked

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Question 89

Select the correct passive form of the sentence given.
She had already sent the parcel

Choices:

  • a) The parcel has already been sent by her
  • b) The parcel had already been sent by her
  • c) The parcel was already sent by her
  • d) The parcel was already sent to her
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Answer: The parcel had already been sent by her

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Question 90

Choose the correct Active Voice for the given sentence:
The rules should not be violated.

Choices:

  • a) You should violate the rules.
  • b) Anybody should not violate the rules.
  • c) Do not violate the rules.
  • d) Nobody should violate the rules.
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Answer: Nobody should violate the rules.

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Question 91

Which of the following is suitable to complete the meaning?
I stopped ________ to him.

Choices:

  • a) to talk
  • b) talking
  • c) having talked
  • d) being talked
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Answer: talking

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Question 92

Someday people will ________ of our great exploits.

Choices:

  • a) right
  • b) reads
  • c) write
  • d) wrote
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Answer: write

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Question 93

Find out the error part in the given sentence.
I found an one rupee coin / in the playground / while playing
A B C

Choices:

  • a) I found an one rupee coin
  • b) in the playground
  • c) while playing
  • d) All are incorrect
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Answer: I found an one rupee coin

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Question 94

Choose the correct article.
This has got to stop immediately; Justice Mathematics said in ________ stern voice, rapping ________ hammer for silence in ________ court.

Choices:

  • a) a, the, a
  • b) the, a, the
  • c) a, the, the
  • d) a, a, the
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Answer: a, the, the

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Question 95

Choose the correct preposition :
Miranda hung ________ her father saying, "Why are you so ungentle"?

Choices:

  • a) upon
  • b) on
  • c) in
  • d) with
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Answer: upon

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Question 96

Select the correct meaningful sentence from the following.

Choices:

  • a) My Sister and friend have come.
  • b) Her cousins as well as her friends has received prizes.
  • c) The whole class are attentive.
  • d) News never comes too late.
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Answer: News never comes too late.

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Question 97

Pick out the complex sentence from the given options.

Choices:

  • a) I could not make out the meaning of his absurd behaviour
  • b) One who does not love one's country is a wretched person
  • c) The children strolled through the meadow
  • d) The moon was bright and we could see our way
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Answer: One who does not love one's country is a wretched person

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Question 98

Find out what kind of sentence is given below.
'If he is at home, I shall see him'.

Choices:

  • a) Simple
  • b) Complex
  • c) Compound
  • d) Imperative
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Answer: Complex

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Question 99

Combine the pairs of sentences by choosing the correct sentence.
I saw a Tiger. It was wounded

Choices:

  • a) I saw a Tiger was wounded
  • b) I saw a wounded Tiger
  • c) A wounded Tiger saw me
  • d) I was wounded by the Tiger
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Answer: I saw a wounded Tiger

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Question 100

Identify the correct Degree of Comparison:
(1) Very few people in this town are as generous as Mr. Mohan.
(2) I cannot do anything better for you than this.

Choices:

  • a) (1) Comparative Degree (2) Positive Degree
  • b) (1) Positive Degree (2) Comparative Degree
  • c) (1) Superlative Degree (2) Comparative Degree
  • d) (1) Positive Degree (2) Superlative Degree
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Answer: (1) Positive Degree (2) Comparative Degree

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