1) Select the right meaning of the underlined idiom:
He struggled to pass himself off as a nobleman.
(A) Dress
(B) Pretend
(C) Live
(D) Speak
2) Select the right modal for the blank:
Walking on the beach, we __________ sight of
a strange bird.
(A) Catch
(B) Catching
(C) Caught
(D) Catched
3) Fill the blanks with the right pair of words:
My _______to you is that you should ______
yourself to the situation as quickly as possible.
(A) Advise, adapt
(B) Advise, adopt
(C) Advice, adapt
(D) Advice, adopt
4) Fill in the blank with the right option:
Rahul is happy as his uncle is __________
tomorrow.
(A) Arrived
(B) Arrives
(C) Arriving
(D) Arrive
5) Select the right co-ordinate clause for the
sentence:
Many were called for the interview ________
(A) Or few are chosen
(B) But few were chosen
(C) As few were chosen
(D) And few are chosen
6) Select the correct preposition for the blank:
The present speech is mild, contrasted
____________ his past utterance on the same
subject.
(A) To
(B) Against
(C) For
(D) In
7) Rearrange the sentences in meaningful
order:
A. In addition, learners should also be taught to
write letters associated with the day to day
running of life.
B. Writing letters is a good way to learn
communication skills.
C. For example letters to invite and thank
speakers, letters requesting research
information, etc.
D. Learners should be encouraged to write
“real” letters wherever possible.
(A) BDCA
(B) CADB
(C) BDAC
(D) ACDB
8) Select the right synonym for the underlined
word
Everyone knew of her wonted Kleptomaniac
habit, and hid things when she came to visit
them.
(A) Unusual
(B) Exceptional
(C) Extraordinary
(D) Customary
9) Select the correct preposition for the blank:
His paralyzed arm is insensible _______ pain.
(A) For
(B) With
(C) To
(D) From
Read the following paragraph and answer the
question that follows:
King Francis was a great lover of all kinds of
sport; and one day he and his courtiers,
noblemen and ladies, sat watching wild savage
lions fighting in the enclosure below. Amongst
the courtiers sat Count de Large, beside a
beautiful lady of noble birth, whom he loved
and hoped to marry. The lions roared and bit
and tore each other with savage fury, until the
king said to his courtiers, "Gentlemen, we are
better up here than down there!" The lady,
hearing him, thought she would show the king
and his court how devoted her lover was to her:
so she dropped her glove among the fighting
lions, and then looked at Count de Lorge and
smiled at him. He bowed to her, and leaped
down among the savage lions without
hesitation, recovered the glove, and climbed
back to his place in a few moments. Then he
threw the glove right in the lady's face. King
Francis cried out, "Well, bravely done! But it was
not love that made your lady set you such a
dangerous thing to do, but her vanity!”
10. He bowed to her, and leaped down among
the savage lions without hesitation.
The pronoun "her" refers to
(A) The lion
(B) One courtier
(C) His lady love
(D) The queen
11. Fill the blanks with the right pair of words:
A mother has to _______the pangs of giving
_______to her child.
(A) Bear, birth
(B) Bare berth
(C) Bare, birth
(D) Bear, berth
12. Select the right tense for the blank:
She ____ the soup, to check whether it needed
more salt.
(A) tasted
(B) is tasted
(C) taste
(D) tasting
13. Insert the right article in the blank:
There was once __________ holy man who
lived alone in __________ hut.
(A) A, a
(B) An, an
(C) The, the
(D) A, an
14. Fill in the blanks to complete the
conversation meaningfully:
Guest:_____________________________.
Receptionist: There are forty-five rooms in all,
ma'am.
(A) Do you have comfortable rooms in your
hotel?
(B) Do you have many rooms in your hotel?
(C) How many rooms are there in your hotel?
(D) Can you count the number of rooms in your
hotel?
15. Select the right synonym for the underlined
word:
The soldier’s fortitude made him famous in the
eyes of his countrymen.
(A) Nobility
(B) Courage
(C) Timidity
(D) Coyness
16. Insert the right article in the blank:
__________banyan tree grows to a huge size.
(A) A
(B) An
(C) The
(D) No article
17. Insert the right article in the blank:
He drove his car at________speed of hundred
kilometres_________hour.
(A) A, a
(B) An, an
(C) A, an
(D) The, a
18. Select the right co-ordinate clause for the
sentence:
Have you heard about _______________
(A) Why has happened?
(B) What has happened?
(C) Where has happened?
(D) What is happened?
19. Select the right modal for the blank:
The robbers _________ him a blow on the
head.
(A) Deal
(B) Dealing
(C) Dealed
(D) Dealt
20. Rearrange the sentences in meaningful
order:
A. The evil within it and its hatred and loathing
towards mankind.
B. An escape from death, an escape from
Hammond's failure and shattered dream.
C. Jurassic is ultimately a story of escape, an
escape from the island.
D. Whereas in Frankenstein the story is of
Frankenstein's pursuit of the monster he
created.
(A) CBDA
(B) DABC
(C) ACBD
(D) CBAD
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