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Group 4 Previous Year Questions Topic Syllabus Wise - 2018

General English (general_english)

Question 1

Match the words and phrases given in Column A with their meanings in Column B :
Column A Column B
Words Phrases
(a) Mark 1. misleading
(b) Seer 2. listen to
(c) Delusive 3. silenced
(d) Squashed 4. visionary

Choices:

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

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Question 2

Choose the accurate antonym for the word 'Inquisitive'

Choices:

  • a) Curious
  • b) Incurious
  • c) Notorious
  • d) Eager
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Answer: Incurious

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Question 3

Match the correct prefix with the root words:
(a) Operate 1. Ig
(b) Clear 2. Co
(c) National 3. un
(d) Noble 4. multi

Choices:

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

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Question 4

Match the following phrases:
A
Phrases
(a) to take a new turn 1. in the middle of
(b) bereft of 2. to get used to
(c) to be accustomed to 3. to begin something
(d) in the midst of 4. deprived of

Choices:

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

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Question 5

Complete the sentence:
No other girl in the class is ________ Kamala.

Choices:

  • a) most clever as
  • b) more clever as
  • c) as clever as
  • d) most cleverest
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Answer: as clever as

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Question 6

Match the following blending words in Column 'A' with their meaning in Column 'B'
Column A Column B
(a) Electro + execute 1. Medicare
(b) Breakfast + lunch 2. Mobike
(c) Motor + bike 3. Brunch
(d) Medical + care 4. Electrocute

Choices:

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

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Question 7

Select correct Tense'.
Gayathri ________ (work) in this school since 2001.

Choices:

  • a) is working
  • b) works
  • c) has been working
  • d) had been working
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Answer: has been working

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Question 8

Choose the correct conjunction from the options given below :
He is old ________ he walks quickly.

Choices:

  • a) yet
  • b) or
  • c) because
  • d) so
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Answer: yet

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Question 9

Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition :
(a) I agree ________ your proposal.
(b) Rani is worried ________ his health.
(c) My uncle will visit me ________ May.
(d) The cat hid ________ the door.
1. behind
2. in
3. about
4. to

Choices:

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

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Question 10

Identify the sentence pattern of the following sentence.
Vani is going to school now

Choices:

  • a) SVC
  • b) SVO
  • c) SVAA
  • d) S VIO DO
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Answer: SVAA

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Question 11

Form a compound word using Noun + Adjective

Choices:

  • a) Sun rise
  • b) Post man
  • c) Sky blue
  • d) Down fall
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Answer: Sky blue

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Question 12

Give the meaning of the idiom 'a bolt from the blue'

Choices:

  • a) Extremely happy
  • b) Have no patience
  • c) Unexpected surprize
  • d) Put on airs
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Answer: Unexpected surprize

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Question 13

The Selfish Giant is a famous short story written by

Choices:

  • a) R.K. Narayanan
  • b) Khushwant Singh
  • c) Ruskin Bond
  • d) Oscar Wilde
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Answer: Oscar Wilde

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Question 14

________ built the palace.

Choices:

  • a) The Pandiya
  • b) The Chola
  • c) The Pallava
  • d) The Nayaks
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Answer: The Nayaks

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Question 15

Gangadhar Rao married ________

Choices:

  • a) Manikarnika
  • b) Mala
  • c) Mathi
  • d) Madhavi
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Answer: Manikarnika

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Question 16

"Kingdoms may forget their kings
And dogs forget their bites
But not till man forgets his wings
Will men forget the wrights"
Identify the poet

Choices:

  • a) F. Joanna
  • b) Jack Prelutsky
  • c) Stephen Vincent Benet
  • d) Paul Holmes
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Answer: Stephen Vincent Benet

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Question 17

"There is no power in the Tongue of Man
To alter me I stay here on my Bond"
________ utters these words.

Choices:

  • a) Portia
  • b) Antony
  • c) Shylock
  • d) Bassanio
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Answer: Shylock

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Question 18

"Most heartily I do beseech the court to give judgement"
These are the words of

Choices:

  • a) Antonio
  • b) Shylock
  • c) Nerissa
  • d) Bassanio
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Answer: Antonio

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Question 19

In the line, “Harmonic cacophony to oblivious ears” 'Harmonic cacophony is an example of

Choices:

  • a) Onomatopoeia
  • b) Anaphora
  • c) Apostrophe
  • d) Oxymoron
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Answer: Oxymoron

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Question 20

"The globe's my world. The cloud's my kin?"
Identify the figure of speech employed in the above line

Choices:

  • a) Simile
  • b) Metaphor
  • c) Apostrophe
  • d) Ellipsis
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Answer: Metaphor

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Question 21

Choose the correct answer and complete the following sentence:
The twelve peach trees broke out into delicate blossoms of

Choices:

  • a) blue and pearl
  • b) pink and pearl
  • c) pink and white
  • d) black and blue
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Answer: pink and pearl

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Question 22

It is twice blessed.
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes
These are the words of

Choices:

  • a) Portia
  • b) Shylock
  • c) Antony
  • d) Bassanio
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Answer: Portia

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Question 23

Mother Teresa won the Nobel Prize for peace in

Choices:

  • a) 1799
  • b) 1899
  • c) 1979
  • d) 1976
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Answer: 1979

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Question 24

"Yes; quaint and curious war is!
You shoot a fellow down"
What is the meaning of the phrase "quaint and curious war" is

Choices:

  • a) war is strange and old - fashioned
  • b) war is praise worthy
  • c) war is condemnable
  • d) war is essential
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Answer: war is strange and old - fashioned

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Question 25

In The Model Millionaire' the servant brought Hughie a card when he was at

Choices:

  • a) lunch
  • b) breakfast
  • c) dinner
  • d) tea
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Answer: breakfast

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Question 26

If you can force your heart and nerve and Sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone.
Find out the meaning for a underlined word from the options given below :

Choices:

  • a) limbs
  • b) bone
  • c) tendon
  • d) Organs
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Answer: tendon

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Question 27

He did not hate the ________ now, for he knew that it was merely the spring as sleep.
In 'The Selfish Giant' which season is considered by the giant as "spring asleep".

Choices:

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

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Question 28

Till the gossamer thread you Fling Catch somewhere, O my soul,
What Figure of speech can you find in the underlined part of the above line

Choices:

  • a) Onomatopoeia
  • b) Anaphora
  • c) Oxymoron
  • d) Apostrophe
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Answer: Oxymoron

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Question 29

In which poem do you find the following line?
"It isn't by size that you win or you Fail"

Choices:

  • a) O Captain! My Captain
  • b) The Solitary Reaper
  • c) Sonnet No-116
  • d) Be the Best
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Answer: Be the Best

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Question 30

Identify the statement which is not expressed by Dr. Karl Paulnack in his essay "Music The Hope Raiser"

Choices:

  • a) Music is part of arts and entertainment
  • b) Music is a basic need of human survival
  • c) Music makes sense of our lives
  • d) Music is a way for us to understand things with our hearts
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Answer: Music is part of arts and entertainment

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Question 31

According to Gokhale what requires whole-hearted devotion?

Choices:

  • a) Acquiring knowledge
  • b) Spirit
  • c) Instances
  • d) Observation
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Answer: Acquiring knowledge

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Question 32

Which of the following is not included as the main goals by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in his vision to achieve developed nation status in terms of the common people?

Choices:

  • a) Transformation of our national economy
  • b) Bringing all-round prosperity for the people of the country
  • c) Empowering the nation by enhancing our military power
  • d) Providing high standard education and health facilities to people
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Answer: Empowering the nation by enhancing our military power

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Question 33

The poem "You can't be that No you can't be that by Brain Patten is about

Choices:

  • a) The importance of education to children.
  • b) The role of teachers in shaping the lives of students
  • c) Trusting, respecting and valuing our children as individuals
  • d) The need to appreciate nature for a happy life
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Answer: Trusting, respecting and valuing our children as individuals

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Question 34

"You cannot rob us of the rights we cherish"
The above line is from the poem,

Choices:

  • a) Cry of the Children
  • b) The Man he killed
  • c) Women's Rights
  • d) O Captain! My Captain!
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Answer: Women's Rights

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Question 35

When was Rabindranath Tagore born?

Choices:

  • a) 18 May 1861
  • b) 7 May 1861
  • c) 17 May 1816
  • d) 17 June 1861
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Answer: 7 May 1861

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Question 36

A coarse cloak was flung over the shoulders of the old beggar at Alan Trevor's studio.

Choices:

  • a) Grey
  • b) Black
  • c) Blue
  • d) Brown
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Answer: Brown

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Question 37

Crocodiles are more than ________ years old.

Choices:

  • a) 300 million
  • b) 400 million
  • c) 200 million
  • d) 100 million
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Answer: 200 million

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Question 38

"On such an earth my footprints
But I cannot reason why
All human roads are dark and dry
And all the other creatures die"
Identify the author.

Choices:

  • a) David Roth
  • b) Brian Patten
  • c) Anonymous
  • d) Leslie Norris
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Answer: Anonymous

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Question 39

In which poem, do you find the following line?
'Go over the recipe, step-by-step'.

Choices:

  • a) A Tiger in the Zoo
  • b) The Apology
  • c) To cook and eat
  • d) No men are foreign
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Answer: To cook and eat

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Question 40

In which poem, do you find the following line?
The Splendid joy of the stars: the joy of the earth.

Choices:

  • a) My Native Land
  • b) The Flying Wonder
  • c) Laugh and be Merry
  • d) To India
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Answer: Laugh and be Merry

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Question 41

Identify the work which is written by William Wordsworth.

Choices:

  • a) The Lyrical Ballads
  • b) Hamlet
  • c) The Good Earth
  • d) Gitanjali
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Answer: The Lyrical Ballads

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Question 42

Match the characters in Column A with the story titles in Column B:
Column A Column B
(a) Sue 1. The Open Window
(b) Ivan Dmitritch. 2. The Last Leaf
(c) Monsieur Sauvage 3. Lottery Ticket
(d) Vera 4. Two Friends

Choices:

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

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Question 43

Match the characters in Column A with the story titles in Column B :
Column A Column B
(a) Gomathi 1. Every living thing
(b) Mr. Dick 2. Holiday
(c) Mme. Loisel 3. Reflowering
(d) Bagha Bagdi 4. The Necklace

Choices:

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

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Question 44

Choose the odd pair from those given below :

Choices:

  • a) Bishrambar - Holiday
  • b) Della - The gift of Magi
  • c) Frisk - Kaanchanai
  • d) Rowther - Reflowering
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Answer: Frisk - Kaanchanai

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Question 45

The Poet Jack Prelutsky was born in

Choices:

  • a) New York
  • b) Brooklyn
  • c) Lebanon
  • d) United States
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Answer: Brooklyn

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Question 46

Match the name of the author with the s'story:
(a) The selfish Giant 1. Pearl S Buck
(b) Out in the fields with God 2. Oscar Wilde
(c) The Refugee 3. Anton Chekhov
(d) The Lottery Ticket 4. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Choices:

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

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Question 47

Choose the appropriate antonym of the underlined word from the options given below :
"Her face had an expression of absolute serenity"

Choices:

  • a) Tranquility
  • b) Calmness
  • c) Peacefulness
  • d) Unquietness
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Answer: Unquietness

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Question 48

Which nation does Stephen Vincent Benet belong to?

Choices:

  • a) England
  • b) America
  • c) Russia
  • d) Africa
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Answer: America

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Question 49

Walt Whitman's, O Captain! My Captain! is a ________ written for the death of Abraham Lincoln.

Choices:

  • a) Dirge
  • b) Sonnet
  • c) Ballad
  • d) Epic
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Answer: Dirge

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Question 50

Identify the poet who is not an Indian.

Choices:

  • a) Famida Y. Basheer
  • b) Kamala Surayya
  • c) V.K. Gokak
  • d) James Kirkup
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Answer: James Kirkup

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Question 51

Which Nationality does the poet Famida Y Basheer belong to?

Choices:

  • a) Lebanese
  • b) American
  • c) British
  • d) Indian
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Answer: Indian

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Question 52

'Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks'
Choose the poem where you find the above lines :

Choices:

  • a) A Sonnet for my Incomparable Mother.
  • b) My Grand-Mother's House
  • c) Sonnet No-116
  • d) Nine Gold Medals
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Answer: Sonnet No-116

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Question 53

Identify the correct degree:
Very few cities in India are ________ (populous) Mumbai,

Choices:

  • a) as populous as
  • b) more populous than
  • c) the most populous
  • d) populous as
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Answer: as populous as

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Question 54

In which year Einstein was given the Nobel Prize?

Choices:

  • a) 1920
  • b) 1921
  • c) 1934
  • d) 1945
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Answer: 1921

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Question 55

Match Column A with Column B to form gerunds in sentences:
A B
(a) Eating too much 1. is forbidden
(b) Swimming 2. is dangerous
(c) Playing on the street 3. is bad for health
(d) Walking on the roof 4. is a pleasant hobby.

Choices:

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

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Question 56

Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice :

The man completed his work. His master paid him.

Choices:

  • a) His work is completed by the man and he is paid by his master
  • b) His work was completed by the man and he was paid by his master
  • c) His work had completed by the man and he was paid by his master
  • d) His work has completed by the man and he has been paid by his master
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Answer: His work was completed by the man and he was paid by his master

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Question 57

Identify the simple sentence from the following sentences:

Choices:

  • a) I am sure that I will succeed
  • b) The boy saw the snake at once he ran
  • c) We reached station in time but the train had left
  • d) On waving the flag, the train started
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Answer: On waving the flag, the train started

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Question 58

Choose the sentence which has no error:

Choices:

  • a) He is one of the talkative boys in the class
  • b) He is one of the talkative boy in the class
  • c) He is the talkative boys in the class
  • d) He is one of the most talkative boy in the class
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Answer: He is one of the talkative boys in the class

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Question 59

Identify the sentence pattern.
One of the boys must go

Choices:

  • a) AS
  • b) ASV
  • c) SV
  • d) SVA
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Answer: SV

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Question 60

Choose the correct synonym for the underlined word from the options given :
She is known for her humane attitude, indomitable will and fearless spirit.

Choices:

  • a) Weak
  • b) Coward
  • c) Strong
  • d) Bold
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Answer: Strong

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Question 61

The leader craved for the power to redress the grievances of the citizens under the care.
Choose the correct meaning for the underlined word from the options given below :

Choices:

  • a) examine
  • b) access
  • c) introspect
  • d) remedy
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Answer: remedy

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Question 62

Select the correct question tag for the given sentence.
Don't leave the fridge door open ?

Choices:

  • a) Do you?
  • b) Don't you?
  • c) Will you?
  • d) Won't you?
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Answer: Will you?

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Question 63

What is Euphemism?

Choices:

  • a) In offensive word
  • b) In the point of monotony
  • c) Individual's name
  • d) French word
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Answer: In offensive word

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Question 64

Choose the correct Antonyms for the underlined word.
Endowed as you are with a unique personality.

Choices:

  • a) cursed
  • b) denied
  • c) blessed
  • d) abide
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Answer: cursed

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Question 65

Read the sentence to identity grammatical error. If there is any error. Mark the part A, B, C or D as the case may be.
Since you run fast you will not win the race
A B C D

Choices:

  • a) A
  • b) D
  • c) B
  • d) C
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Answer: A

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Question 66

"Democracy is for the people by the people and of people" Who said this?

Choices:

  • a) Abraham Lincoln
  • b) William Wordsworth
  • c) Gandhiji
  • d) Nehru
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Answer: Abraham Lincoln

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Question 67

"The manager will cancel the meeting".
Find the correct 'phrasal verb' to the above underlined word.

Choices:

  • a) call on
  • b) call out
  • c) call in
  • d) call off
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Answer: call off

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Question 68

Find the odd one out

Choices:

  • a) gradually
  • b) slowly
  • c) well
  • d) beautiful
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Answer: beautiful

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Question 69

"The reddest flower would look as pale as snow"
What is the figure of speech employed in this line?

Choices:

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

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Question 70

Which will take place of fears when some one keeps trying in the poem "keep on keeping on"?

Choices:

  • a) worries
  • b) joy
  • c) motivation
  • d) success
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Answer: joy

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Question 71

"..... I'm not going to be an airport pilot, a dancer, a lawyer, or an MC". MC means

Choices:

  • a) Municipal Councilor
  • b) Marriage Contractor
  • c) Master of Ceremonies
  • d) Master of Chemistry
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Answer: Master of Ceremonies

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Question 72

Match the following words from Shakespeare's English in Column A with their modern English equivalents in Column B :
Column A Column B
(a) doth 1. you
(b) thy 2. do
(c) thou 3. your
(d) dost 4. does

Choices:

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

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Question 73

"Ambition", according to ________ in Julius Caesar should be made of sterner stuff.

Choices:

  • a) Caesar
  • b) Brutus
  • c) First citizen
  • d) Antony
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Answer: Antony

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Question 74

The book "Ignited Minds" talks about

Choices:

  • a) Pranab Muharjee
  • b) Abdul Kalam
  • c) Chidambaram
  • d) Narendra Modi
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Answer: Abdul Kalam

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Question 75

Dale Carnegie in his "The Road to success' insists on saying 'no' generally because

Choices:

  • a) you can stay away from working hard
  • b) you can make others think high of yourself
  • c) it is incompatible with the necessary work you must do to reach you main goal
  • d) it is stressful to get involved in many activities
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Answer: it is incompatible with the necessary work you must do to reach you main goal

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Question 76

The selfish giant loved the little boy the best because

Choices:

  • a) he had understood him
  • b) he had been kind to him
  • c) he had given him food
  • d) he had kissed him
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Answer: he had kissed him

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Question 77

Match the titles of the poem 'A' with lines of the poem 'B' ;
A B
(a) Art is long and time is fleeting 1. English words
(b) Love's not time's fool 2. A Psalm of life
(c) Pinning for new agony 3. The man he killed
(d) Right many a nipper kin 4. Sonnet-116

Choices:

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

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Question 78

Success is not something to wait for; it is something to work for
Whose words are these?

Choices:

  • a) Jessica Cox
  • b) Anne Sullivan
  • c) Hellen Keller
  • d) Ruskin Bond
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Answer: Jessica Cox

Exam: Group 4 2018

Question 79

"I'm sick of hearing them cheep-cheep"
What is the figure of speech employed here?

Choices:

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

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Question 80

What does Hope Spencer' ask us to do when "Good luck is round the corner"?

Choices:

  • a) To walk away from the place
  • b) To ignore it
  • c) To show a smiling face
  • d) To laugh at it
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Answer: To show a smiling face

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Question 81

According to Karl Paulnack the first organised public expression of grief after the attack in 2011 of September 11th was

Choices:

  • a) Public Meeting
  • b) Prayer meeting
  • c) Concert
  • d) Peace rally
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Answer: Concert

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Question 82

Match the following by understanding the meaning.
Word Meaning
(a) Xenophobia 1. Fear of water
(b) Hydrophobia 2. Fear of enclosed space
(c) Claustrophobia 3. Fear of heights
(d) Acrophobia 4. Fear of strangers

Choices:

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

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Question 83

Here comes our batting hero;
Salutes the crowd,
Takes guard.
Who is the author of this poem?

Choices:

  • a) Ruskin Bond
  • b) Douglas Malloch
  • c) Hope Spencer
  • d) Kamala Das
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Answer: Ruskin Bond

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Question 84

Who is the headman in the Lesson "After The Storm", by Deepa Agarwal.

Choices:

  • a) Saruli
  • b) Diwan Singh
  • c) Lal Singh
  • d) Radha
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Answer: Diwan Singh

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Question 85

The Pillared Cloisters beside the main structure have a series of deities and shivalingas, worthy to be admired.
What is the meaning of underlined word Cloisters in the passage?

Choices:

  • a) Art Gallery
  • b) Covered passages
  • c) Beautiful carvings
  • d) Monolithic statues
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Answer: Covered passages

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Question 86

Which among the following is a story by O'Henry?

Choices:

  • a) The Tears of the Desert
  • b) The Wooden Bowl
  • c) The Face of Judas Iscariot
  • d) The Last Leaf
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Answer: The Last Leaf

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Question 87

"The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;"
What does Walt Whitman refer by 'object won'?

Choices:

  • a) the end of voyage
  • b) the end of the trip
  • c) the end of a battle
  • d) the end of the civil war
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Answer: the end of the civil war

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Question 88

Which Nationality does the Poet Khalil Gibran belong to?

Choices:

  • a) American
  • b) Lebanese
  • c) Canadian
  • d) British
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Answer: Lebanese

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Question 89

Who among the following is not a British poet?

Choices:

  • a) John Masfield
  • b) Robert Frost
  • c) D.H. Lawrence
  • d) Elizabeth Barret Browning
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Answer: Robert Frost

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Question 90

Match the following:
Title (story) Author
(a) Kaanchanai 1. Sundara Ramasamy
(b) Reflowering 2. Pudumaippittan
(c) The Necklace 3. Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Holiday 4. Guyde Mauppassant

Choices:

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

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Question 91

'Mark'd how to explore the vacant vast surrounding'
What figure of speech can be identified in the above line from the poem, "The Nation United"

Choices:

  • a) Oxymoron
  • b) Assonance
  • c) Synecdoche
  • d) Alliteration
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Answer: Alliteration

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Question 92

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested;" - Identify the author

Choices:

  • a) E.M. Forster
  • b) Francis Bacon
  • c) Ben Johnson
  • d) Jane Austine
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Answer: Francis Bacon

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Question 93

Annie Louisa Walker was educated in

Choices:

  • a) Delhi
  • b) Moscow
  • c) London
  • d) Ontario
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Answer: Ontario

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Question 94

"Ah darling, it's Behrman's masterpiece - he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell".
Who said these words to whom?

Choices:

  • a) Behrman to doctor
  • b) Sue to Johnsy
  • c) Johnsy to Sue
  • d) Behrman to Sue
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Answer: Sue to Johnsy

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Question 95

"Why don't you join the others? What A peculiar child you are?"
Who said these words to Kamala in Punishment in Kindergarten'?

Choices:

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

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Question 96

'Here 'tis, most reverened Doctor'.
Who is the 'doctor' here?

Choices:

  • a) Shylock
  • b) Portia
  • c) Bassanio
  • d) Duke
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Answer: Portia

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Question 97

"My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me".
Who says this?

Choices:

  • a) Calphurnia
  • b) Marcus Brutus
  • c) Octavius Caesar
  • d) Mark Antony
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Answer: Mark Antony

Exam: Group 4 2018

Question 98

Match the names of the poets under Column A with Column B and choose the correct code:
Column A Column B
(a) H.W. Long fellow 1. English Words
(b) Annie Louisa Walker 2. A Noiseless Patient Spider
(c) Walt Whitman 3. A Psalm of life.
(d) V.K. Gokak 4. Women's rights

Choices:

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

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Question 99

Identify the poem which is wrongly matched with its poet

Choices:

  • a) Piano - D.H. Lawrence
  • b) Manliness - Rudyard Kipling
  • c) The Cry of the children -- Robert Browning
  • d) The Man he killed - Thomas Hardy
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Answer: The Cry of the children -- Robert Browning

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Question 100

Choose the impersonal passive voice statement.

Choices:

  • a) His request had been rejected by Raja
  • b) Lots of things can be done on the internet
  • c) The nets are carried in boats by fishermen
  • d) The captain was scolded by George Washington
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Answer: Lots of things can be done on the internet

Exam: Group 4 2018