1) As the sun ………… , I decided to out.
a) Was shining
b) Shines
c) Has shown
d) Shine
Ans: a
2) He …………arrested if had tried to leave the
country.
a) Would have been
b) Could have
c) Would have
d) Must be
Ans: c
3) Nila ………..her hand when she was cooking
dinner.
a) Burnt
b) Is burning
c) Was burning
d) Will burn
Ans: a
4) The Arabian Nights ………….still a great
favourite.
a) Are
b) Were
c) Is
d) Has
Ans: c
5) Choose the word opposite in the meaning to
the given word
Equity – –
a. uprightness
b. justice
c. integrity
d. bias
Ans: d
6) Sporadic – meaning
a. scattered
b. consistent
c. uniform
d. frequent
Ans: a
7) I want to live ……….. peace with you.
a. in
b. to
c. into
d. of
Ans: a
8) Don’t be poor …. spirit.
a. of
b. in
c. into
d. with
Ans: a
9) Correct the sentences
a. He is more junior than me
b. He is junior to me
c. He are junior to me
d. He is junior into me
Ans: b
10) Correct the sentences
a. he only is reliable
b. only him is reliable
c. only he is reliable
d. only he are reliable
Ans: c
11) ‘Tolerate’ means
a. put up with
b. cope with
c. state up for
d. pull on with
Ans: a
12) What was the real name of the great
American short writer ‘ O Henry’
a. Samuel L Clemen
b. William Sydney Porter
c. Fitz- James
d. James Blunt
Ans: b
13) The ‘ Rainbow ‘ is -?
a. a poem by Wordsworth
b. a short story by Somerset Maugham
c. a novel by D.H. Lawrence
d. a verse by Coleridge
Ans: c
14) Dog days means –
a. carefree day
b. hot weather
c. a period of misfortune
d. a period of having youthful flings
Ans: b
15) Correct spelling
a. atrophy
b. atophy
c. atropy
d. atrophi
Ans: a
16) ” Study of Celestial bodies ” the sentence
related to ……..?
a. Astronomy
b. Astrology
c. Ecology
d. Genetics
Ans: b
17) ” Plebiscite ” The word related to ?
a. politics
d. education
c. children
d. marriage
Ans: c
18) Grain : Silo :: ………. ………… ?
a. Seed : Plant
b. Druggist : Doctor
c. Furlong : Mile
d. Water : Bucket
Ans: d
19) I wish I……….. my home work last night
a. did
b. had done
c. was doing
d. ware doing
Ans: b
20) Alas ……..?
a. preposition
b. interjection
c. present perfect
d. adverb
Ans: a
21) Antonyms of ” beautiful ”
a. ugliness
b. ugly
c. grace
d. unsuitable
Ans: b
22) He is prone ……… idleness
a. into
b. in
c. of
d. to
Ans: d
23) ‘ He ran a race ‘ passive …. ?
a. A race was run by him
b. A race is run by him
c. A race was ran by him
d. A race was run to him
Ans: a
24) Correct sentence ..?
a. He always went there
b. He always goes there
c. He always go there
d. He always is going there
Ans: b
25) Did Kamal care ………. living in the
country ?
a. for
b. of
c. with
d. to
Ans: a
26) Correct Spelling
a. Abhorrence
b. Abhorence
c. Abhorrennce
d. Aborrence
Ans: a
27) The father of modern English poetry
a. William Shakespeare
b. Jeffrey Chaucer
c. Francis Bacon
d. John Milton
Ans: b
28) What is the synonym ” Admit ”
a. concede
b. deny
c. exclude
d. repudiate
Ans: a