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Group 4 Previous Year Questions Topic Syllabus Wise - 2019

General English (general_english)

Question 1

Fill in the blank with correct tense of the verb given.
I am sleepy. I ________ (work) all night.

Choices:

  • a) have worked
  • b) work
  • c) have been working
  • d) worked
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Answer: have been working

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Question 2

Fill in the blank with the correct option:
The Earth ________ around the sun.

Choices:

  • a) moves
  • b) will move
  • c) is moved
  • d) would move
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Answer: moves

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Question 3

Choose the correct question tag for the following statement:
Jordi attends the class regularly, ________?

Choices:

  • a) did he
  • b) didn't he
  • c) does he
  • d) doesn't he
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Answer: doesn't he

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Question 4

Select the correct question tag.
My father loves his native village -?

Choices:

  • a) don't he
  • b) doesn't he
  • c) didn't he
  • d) does he
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Answer: doesn't he

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Question 5

Choose the suitable phrasal verb :
The little people ________ their daily tasks.

Choices:

  • a) went about
  • b) went out
  • c) went on
  • d) wait on
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Answer: went about

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Question 6

Choose the correct synonym for the underlined word :
Students should study their lessons with diligence and care.

Choices:

  • a) steady effort
  • b) enjoyment
  • c) dedication
  • d) caution
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Answer: steady effort

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Question 7

Choose the correct "synonym" for the underlined word from the options given :
It is an invidious thing to distinguish between knowledge and character.

Choices:

  • a) unjust
  • b) seriousness
  • c) just
  • d) unpleasant
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Answer: unjust

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Question 8

Find out the correct meaning of the word "conviction"

Choices:

  • a) false belief
  • b) depressed
  • c) anxious
  • d) strong belief
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Answer: strong belief

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Question 9

He plays ________ guitar.
Find out the right article :

Choices:

  • a) a
  • b) an
  • c) the
  • d) none
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Answer: the

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Question 10

Fill in the blanks with suitable articles :
Ramu had applied for ________ (a) post of ________ (b) cashier in ________ (c) bank.
In ________ (d) interview he answered some questions well.

Choices:

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

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Question 11

Select the plural form of the following word:
'alumnus'

Choices:

  • a) alumni
  • b) alumnae
  • c) alumna
  • d) alumus
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Answer: alumni

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Question 12

Select the plural form of the following compound word.
"man servant"

Choices:

  • a) man-servants
  • b) men-servant
  • c) men-servants
  • d) mens-servants
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Answer: men-servants

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Question 13

Which of the two sentences are in the same degree of comparison?
I. Mr. Roshanlal is the richest man in his village
II. The climate on the hills is better than that on the plains
III. It is as hot today as it was yesterday
IV. In your view, who is the most popular cricketer?

Choices:

  • a) I and II
  • b) I and III
  • c) I and IV
  • d) II and IV
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Answer: I and IV

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Question 14

Which of the following is not a blended word?

Choices:

  • a) Motel
  • b) Brunch
  • c) Kilogram
  • d) Interpol
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Answer: Kilogram

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Question 15

Choose the right combination for the blended word 'travelogue'

Choices:

  • a) travel + monologue
  • b) travel + dialogue
  • c) travel + catalogue
  • d) train + catalogue
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Answer: travel + catalogue

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Question 16

Pick out the compound word with the combination Adjective + Noun

Choices:

  • a) Watchman
  • b) Hard working
  • c) Hot water
  • d) Whitewash
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Answer: Hot water

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Question 17

Match the following and choose the correct code:
Column A Column B
(a) Adjective + Noun 1. pale blue
(b) Adjective + Verb 2. software
(c) Adverb + Verb 3. free drive
(d) Adjective + Adjective 4. downcast

Choices:

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

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Question 18

Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows.
'Friends and Comrades, the light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere. I do not know what to tell you and how to say it. Our beloved leader, Bapu as we called him, the father of the nation, is no more.
Who is referred as "Bapu"?

Choices:

  • a) Nethaji
  • b) Nehru
  • c) Gandhiji
  • d) Mr. Balbir Singh
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Answer: Gandhiji

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Question 19

Correspondence once limited to letters is now often online, as e-mail. Newsletters, brochures, circulars, resumes, etc. Once paperbound, are now online.
What do you understand of the word 'Correspondence'?

Choices:

  • a) Principal
  • b) Owner of School/College
  • c) Related Written communication
  • d)
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Answer: Related Written communication

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Question 20

Choose the correct sentence from the options
I. Supposing if we start early, we can reach on time
II. He remains brave and confidence in a difficult situation
III. He joined a European University last year
IV. If I had started in time, I would caught the train

Choices:

  • a) I
  • b) II
  • c) III
  • d) IV
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Answer: III

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Question 21

Pick out the correct sentence from the options given below

Choices:

  • a) I met the concerned officer and explained my position
  • b) I met the officer concerned and explained my position
  • c) The moon was really a world covered by mountains and valleys
  • d) Either of these are suitable
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Answer: I met the officer concerned and explained my position

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Question 22

Find out the odd word:

Choices:

  • a) Ground
  • b) School
  • c) Hard
  • d) Lab
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Answer: Hard

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Question 23

To which period the underlined poet belongs to?
1. Jack Prelutsky
2. William Blake
3. Elizabeth Barrelt Browning
4. D.H. Lawrence

Choices:

  • a) 1803-1882
  • b) 1770-1850
  • c) 1885-1930
  • d) 1806-1861
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Answer: 1885-1930

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Question 24

Match the poets with their poems
(a) Earth 1. Robert Frost
(b) Going for Water 2. John Masefield
(c) Migrant Bird 3. Khalil Gibran
(d) Laugh and Be Merry 4. Famida Y Basheer

Choices:

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

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Question 25

Match the poems with the poets:
(a) Live to some purpose 1. Stephen Vincent Benet
(b) English words 2. Paul Holmes
(c) The flying wonder 3. V.K. Gokak
(d) Beautiful Inside 4. Adelaide Anne Proctor

Choices:

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

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Question 26

Match the following :
Column A Column B
(a) Phatik 1. The Open Window
(b) Rowther 2. Holiday
(c) Monsieur Sauvage 3. Reflowering
(d) Fromton Nuttel 4. Two friends

Choices:

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

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Question 27

"What'er the theme, the Maiden Sang
As if her song could have no ending".
These are the words of

Choices:

  • a) Walt Whitman
  • b) William Wordsworth
  • c) William Shakespeare
  • d) Robert Frost
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Answer: William Wordsworth

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Question 28

Choose the correct preposition and fill in the blanks :
The cat hid ________ the door.

Choices:

  • a) above
  • b) behind
  • c) under
  • d) from
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Answer: behind

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Question 29

The wife of William Shakespeare was

Choices:

  • a) Annie Louisa Walker
  • b) Anne Hathaway
  • c) Portia
  • d) Viola
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Answer: Anne Hathaway

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Question 30

Portia's father kept three caskets filled with gold, silver and ________ to choose his daughter the right suitor.

Choices:

  • a) Pearls
  • b) Diamonds
  • c) Lead
  • d) Platinum
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Answer: Lead

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Question 31

Match the Characters (A) with Who they are (B)
(A) characters (B) who they are
(a) Antonio 1. Moneylender
(b) Bassanio 2. A wealthy lady
(c) Shylock 3. A close friend of Antonio
(d) Portia 4. A Merchant of Venice

Choices:

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

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Question 32

In the poem "O captain! My captain"! the captain symbolises

Choices:

  • a) Abraham Lincoln
  • b) Hitler
  • c) Musolini
  • d) Dumolin
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Answer: Abraham Lincoln

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Question 33

Match the following folk arts with the states :
(a) Manipuri 1. Andhrapradesh
(b) Garba 2. Punjab
(c) Bangra 3. Manipur
(d) Kuchipudi 4. Gujarat

Choices:

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

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Question 34

Rudyard Kipling , one of the most popular English Poets, was born in

Choices:

  • a) Canada
  • b) India
  • c) America
  • d) Britain
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Answer: India

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Question 35

Laura Merton's father was a retired

Choices:

  • a) Admiral
  • b) Colonel
  • c) Flying officer
  • d) General Manager
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Answer: Colonel

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Question 36

Who uttered the following words in the Model Millionaire of Oscar Wilde?
"Millionaire models are rare enough, but by Jove Model Millionaires are rarer still":

Choices:

  • a) Alan Trevor
  • b) Hausberg
  • c) Hughie
  • d) The Colonel
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Answer: Alan Trevor

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Question 37

"It was only a linnet singing outside the window". What is a 'linnet'?

Choices:

  • a) a small brown dog
  • b) a small rabbit
  • c) a small girl
  • d) a small brown and grey bird
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Answer: a small brown and grey bird

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Question 38

'To the Land of Snow' is the trekking experience of the author to

Choices:

  • a) Himalayas
  • b) Mt. Everest
  • c) Milam Glacier
  • d) Kashmir
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Answer: Milam Glacier

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Question 39

What is the height of the Shivalinga in Tanjore temple?

Choices:

  • a) 7.8 m
  • b) 8.7 m
  • c) 8.9 m
  • d) 9.8 m
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Answer: 8.7 m

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Question 40

Which among the following is wrongly matched?

Choices:

  • a) Film : Movie
  • b) Tap : Faucet
  • c) Nappy : Antenna
  • d) Flat : Apartment
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Answer: Nappy : Antenna

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Question 41

What is the American Word for "aerial"?

Choices:

  • a) accelerator
  • b) anorak
  • c) antenna
  • d) trunk
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Answer: antenna

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Question 42

"O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done"
What is implied in the poem "O Captain and My Captain"?

Choices:

  • a) 'O Captain! hints at the affection and death of the Captain'
  • b) 'O Captain! hints at not affection of the Captain'
  • c) 'O Captain! hints at not death of the Captain'
  • d) 'O Captain' hints at just calling for Captain'
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Answer: 'O Captain! hints at the affection and death of the Captain'

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Question 43

"And kingdoms may forget their Kings
And dogs forget their bites,
But not till man forgets his Wings
Will men forget the Wrights".
Who pays a glowing tribute to Wright brothers in these lines?

Choices:

  • a) H.W. Longfellow
  • b) Stephen Vincent Benet
  • c) John Masefield
  • d) Khalil Gibran
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Answer: Stephen Vincent Benet

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Question 44

"Be glad your nose is on your face"
Who wrote the above poem?

Choices:

  • a) Jack Prelutsky
  • b) William Wordsworth
  • c) Norman Nicholson
  • d) Thomas Hardy
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Answer: Jack Prelutsky

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Question 45

Who wrote the motivational poem "Be the Best"?

Choices:

  • a) William Wordsworth
  • b) Douglas Malloch
  • c) D.H. Lawrence
  • d) Thomas Hardy
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Answer: Douglas Malloch

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Question 46

"Living Amicably" is an extract from

Choices:

  • a) 'Wings of Fire'
  • b) My Experiments with Truth
  • c) To the land of Snow
  • d) Sunny days
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Answer: 'Wings of Fire'

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Question 47

Who Speaks the following line in "Julius Caesar"?
"I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him".

Choices:

  • a) Antony
  • b) Brutus
  • c) First Citizen
  • d) Second Citizen
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Answer: Antony

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Question 48

"Good friends, sweet friends, let me not stir you up
To such a sudden flood of mutiny".
Whose words are these?

Choices:

  • a) Brutus
  • b) Mark Antony
  • c) Julius Caesar
  • d) Cassius
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Answer: Mark Antony

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Question 49

Fill in the blanks with the suitable word :
Would you mind ________ the suitcase sir?

Choices:

  • a) open
  • b) opening
  • c) to open
  • d) opened
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Answer: opening

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Question 50

Fill in the blanks with the correct verb form to complete the sentence.
A kind teacher always makes us ________ better.

Choices:

  • a) to learn
  • b) learn
  • c) learning
  • d) none of these
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Answer: learn

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Question 51

Complete the following sentence using a suitable form of the passive voice.
The certificates ________ (issue) to the students last week.

Choices:

  • a) were issued
  • b) are being issued
  • c) had been issued
  • d) were being issued
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Answer: were issued

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Question 52

Pick out the correct option :
The convenor ________ the meeting last week.

Choices:

  • a) was convened
  • b) convenes
  • c) has convened
  • d) convened
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Answer: convened

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Question 53

Pick out the correct answer:
The teacher with some students ________ the seminar.

Choices:

  • a) attends
  • b) attend
  • c) attending
  • d) have attended
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Answer: attends

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Question 54

Fill in the blanks with a suitable question tag :
The conductor will not give you change for Rs. 10, ________?

Choices:

  • a) Does he
  • b) Will he
  • c) Will not he
  • d) Did he
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Answer: Will he

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Question 55

Fill up the blank with preposition :
The work will be over ________ this evening.

Choices:

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

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Question 56

Choose the correct answer from the options given :
Park your car ________ the tree.

Choices:

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

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Question 57

Choose the correct meaning of the idiom 'A Cukoo in the nest'

Choices:

  • a) to be coward
  • b) some who raises early
  • c) an unwelcome intruder
  • d) to wake up early
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Answer: an unwelcome intruder

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Question 58

Match the words with their meanings and choose the correct code from below :
Column A Column B
(a) teetotaller 1. using both hands skillfully
(b) ambidextrous 2. without a date
(c) sine die 3. genuine
(d) bonafide 4. refuses alcohol

Choices:

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

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Question 59

Choose the correct "Antonym" for the underlined word from the options given :
Hughie's pictures were eagerly sought after.

Choices:

  • a) expectantly
  • b) enthusiastically
  • c) differently
  • d) indifferently
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Answer: indifferently

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Question 60

Match the words from Column A with correct opposite word from Column B:
Column A Column B
(a) appropriate 1. insufficient
(b) adequate 2. put wrong
(c) rectified 3. unsuitable
(d). preferred 4. rejected

Choices:

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

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Question 61

Which word given below cannot have the suffix' ism'?

Choices:

  • a) regional
  • b) secular
  • c) rational
  • d) response
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Answer: response

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Question 62

Match Column A with Column B:
Column A Column B
(a) -archy 1. Bureau
(b) -cracy 2. Social
(c) -ist 3. Path
(d) -ology 4. Hier

Choices:

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

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Question 63

The correct plural form of the compound noun 'daughter-in-law' is

Choices:

  • a) daughter-in-law
  • b) daughters-in-laws
  • c) daughters-in-law
  • d) daughter-in-laws
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Answer: daughters-in-law

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Question 64

Identify the simple sentence from the given options given below

Choices:

  • a) Ramu is too poor to buy a bicycle
  • b) Ramu is so poor that he cannot buy a bicycle
  • c) Ramu is very poor and he cannot buy a bicycle
  • d) Ramu is very poor and so he cannot buy a bicycle
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Answer: Ramu is too poor to buy a bicycle

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Question 65

Pick out the complex sentence from the given options

Choices:

  • a) With all his money, he is not happy
  • b) If we don't win, we shall die
  • c) Inspite of his illness, he attended the class
  • d) He worked hard, yet he failed in the exam
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Answer: If we don't win, we shall die

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Question 66

Identify the sentence which is incorrect superlative degree

Choices:

  • a) Latha is one of the most brilliant students in the class
  • b) Latha is the most brilliant student than any other in the class
  • c) Latha is one of the more brilliant student in the class
  • d) Latha is one of the most brilliant student in the class
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Answer: Latha is the most brilliant student than any other in the class

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Question 67

Identify the sentence pattern.
The Company Chairperson promised them better salary.

Choices:

  • a) SV DO IO
  • b) SVOA
  • c) SVAO
  • d) SVIO DO
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Answer: SVIO DO

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Question 68

Fill in the blanks with correct homophones
Due to this ________ handwriting, he is not ________ for the post.

Choices:

  • a) adapted/adopted
  • b) illegible/eligible
  • c) weak/week
  • d) credible/credulous
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Answer: illegible/eligible

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Question 69

Which one of the following sentences has an error in it?

Choices:

  • a) My Father is a honest man
  • b) My Father is an honest man
  • c) My Father is one of the honest men
  • d) My Father is honest
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Answer: My Father is a honest man

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Question 70

Which one of the following statement has error?

Choices:

  • a) One should keep his promises
  • b) A dead man tells no tales
  • c) You cannot set foot in this house
  • d) Listen to what I say
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Answer: One should keep his promises

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Question 71

Find out the odd word:

Choices:

  • a) Clever
  • b) Strong
  • c) Good
  • d) Beyond
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Answer: Beyond

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Question 72

Pick out the right option and complete the line of the poem
"The cry of the children",
For, all day, the wheels are ________.

Choices:

  • a) droning, turning
  • b) ceiling, reeling
  • c) moaning, drooping
  • d) stooping, burning
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Answer: droning, turning

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Question 73

He must be killed,
For in Sicily the black, black snakes are ________, the gold are ________.
Choose the right option and complete the above sentence.

Choices:

  • a) venomous, innocent
  • b) harmless, innocent
  • c) innocent, venomous
  • d) venomous, harmless
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Answer: innocent, venomous

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Question 74

Who said this? Choose the right option
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us"

Choices:

  • a) Stephen King
  • b) Helen Keller
  • c) John F. Kennedy
  • d) Mother Theresa
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Answer: Helen Keller

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Question 75

"I won't look down. No I will not. With speed of wings I hasten past. Name the poem from which the above lines have been taken

Choices:

  • a) Don't Quit
  • b) Going for Water
  • c) Migrant Bird
  • d) The Flying Wonder
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Answer: The Flying Wonder

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Question 76

The tree in the farthest corner of the garden was covered with ________ blossoms.

Choices:

  • a) Yellow
  • b) White
  • c) Blue
  • d) Red
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Answer: White

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Question 77

Who among the following is not a character in the story "Reflowering"?

Choices:

  • a) Gomathi
  • b) Kolappan
  • c) Loisel
  • d) Murugan
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Answer: Loisel

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Question 78

Who speaks the following line in "The Open Window"?
"My aunt will be down presently Mr. Nuttel"

Choices:

  • a) Veera
  • b) Mrs. Sappleton
  • c) Mr. Sappleton
  • d) Framton Nuttel
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Answer: Veera

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Question 79

"Yours is the earth and everything that's in it". These words appear in the poem

Choices:

  • a) Be the best
  • b) A Psalm of life
  • c) The Solitary Reaper
  • d) Manliness
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Answer: Manliness

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Question 80

Mr. Loisel is a ________ in "The Necklace".

Choices:

  • a) Doctor
  • b) Teacher
  • c) Minister
  • d) Petty clerk
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Answer: Petty clerk

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Question 81

Rowther is compared to ________ in "Reflowering".

Choices:

  • a) Abhimanyu
  • b) Arjunan
  • c) Nakulan
  • d) Sahadevan
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Answer: Abhimanyu

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Question 82

"The Mystery of Language" is a short biography of

Choices:

  • a) Gandhiji
  • b) Helen Keller
  • c) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
  • d) Kamala Dass Surya
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Answer: Helen Keller

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Question 83

Identify the author of the following quotes; "The unified dedicated efforts of the people from every walk of life won freedom for the country".

Choices:

  • a) Mahatma Gandhi
  • b) J. Nehru
  • c) R. Tagore
  • d) A.P.J Abdul Kalam
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Answer: A.P.J Abdul Kalam

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Question 84

Match the following :
Characters (A) Authors (B)
(a) Mrs. Sappleton 1. Guy De Manpassant
(b) Morissot 2. 'O' Henry
(c) Djinn 3. Saki
(d) Old Behrman 4. Rudyard Kipling

Choices:

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

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Question 85

Match the Poems in column A with their Poets in Column B:
Column (A) Column (B)
(a) Manliness 1. David Roth
(b) The Cry of the children 2. Rudyard Kipling
(c) The Apology 3. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
(d) Nine Gold Medals 4. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Choices:

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

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Question 86

To which nationality does the author of the story "The Selfish Giant" belong to?

Choices:

  • a) Burma
  • b) Ireland
  • c) America
  • d) Russia
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Answer: Ireland

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Question 87

Who is the author of the short story "The Wooden Bowl"?

Choices:

  • a) Oscar Wilde
  • b) O' Henry
  • c) Leo Tolstoy
  • d) Rex Coker
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Answer: Leo Tolstoy

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Question 88

"The Mystery of Language" picturises the life of

Choices:

  • a) Kalpana Chawla
  • b) Kamala Das
  • c) Dr. Salim Ali
  • d) Helen Keller
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Answer: Helen Keller

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Question 89

Who among the following musician makes the following observation about art?
"Art is one of the ways in which we say I am alive and my life has meaning".

Choices:

  • a) Dr. Karl Paulnack
  • b) Johannes Brahms
  • c) Guy Caravan
  • d) Charles Tindley
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Answer: Dr. Karl Paulnack

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Question 90

The Greeks said that ________ were two sides of the same coin

Choices:

  • a) Astronomy and Astrology
  • b) Music and Astronomy
  • c) Chemistry and Astrology
  • d) Music and Astrology
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Answer: Music and Astronomy

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Question 91

Ahtushi Deshpande's "To the Land of Snow" is a fine description of her.

Choices:

  • a) Comedy
  • b) Travelogue
  • c) Novel
  • d) Docudrama
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Answer: Travelogue

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Question 92

The road to success is not a bed of ________. It is full of thorns, pitfalls and gins.
Find out the correct word from the options given below.

Choices:

  • a) Cloths
  • b) Roses
  • c) Soil
  • d) Stones
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Answer: Roses

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Question 93

"How beautiful you are, Earth, and how sublime!" What is the figure of speech employed here?

Choices:

  • a) Allusion
  • b) Personification
  • c) Oxymoron
  • d) Ellipsis
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Answer: Personification

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Question 94

Find out the figure of speech used in the passage.
"As humble plants by country hedgerows growing, that treasure up the rain".

Choices:

  • a) Refrain
  • b) Metanomy
  • c) Hyperbole
  • d) Simile
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Answer: Simile

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Question 95

What is the figure of speech employed in the following line?
"I weep like a child for the past".

Choices:

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

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Question 96

"Imagine if your precious nose
Were sandwiched in between your toes".
Bring out the meaning of the word "Sandwiched"

Choices:

  • a) Bread
  • b) Burger
  • c) Pressed between two things
  • d) Piza
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Answer: Pressed between two things

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Question 97

Match the Column A with Column B. Select the correct code given below.
Column A Column B
(a) A Psalm of Life 1. William Shakespeare
(b) Sonnet No.116 2. William Wordsworth
(c) The Solitary Reaper 3. Thomas Hardy
(d) The Man he Killed 4. H.W. Longfellow

Choices:

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

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Question 98

"Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the Strife!
In which poem do these lines occur?

Choices:

  • a) The Solitary Reaper
  • b) A Psalm of Life
  • c) Be the Best
  • d) Sonnet No. 116
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Answer: A Psalm of Life

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Question 99

What was the name given to Lakshmibai by her parents?

Choices:

  • a) Rani of Jhansi
  • b) Manikarnika
  • c) Manu
  • d) Chhablli
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Answer: Manikarnika

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Question 100

"Early the next morning, Colonel Scolt heard a rap at the door. He opened it and there stood the President". Who is the President "here"?

Choices:

  • a) Winston Churchill
  • b) Abraham Lincoln
  • c) John F. Kennedy
  • d) Franklin Roosevelt
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Answer: Abraham Lincoln

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