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English<br />
Selected Questions<br />
1. One word for an idea or<br />
expression that has been too<br />
much used and is now out -<br />
dated.<br />
(a) Unfamiliar (b) Cliche<br />
(c) Old (d) Infamous<br />
Choose the words nearest in<br />
meaning of the underlined words<br />
for questions 2 and 3.<br />
2. His argument is without rhyme<br />
or reason<br />
(a) Unrhymed (b) Unthinkable<br />
(c) Nonsensical (d) Notorious<br />
3. He came to attend the function<br />
at the eleventh hour.<br />
(a) Too early (b) Too late<br />
(c) 11 O’clock (d) On time<br />
4. The newly appointed Head<br />
Master has______ many<br />
reforms within a short period.<br />
(a) brought about<br />
(b) brought in<br />
(c) brought on<br />
(d) brought out<br />
5. A supporter of the claims of<br />
women for rights equal to men<br />
is called :<br />
(a) Nun (b) Feminist<br />
(c) Lady (d) spinster<br />
Relative Pronoun -Who - Tips<br />
• Hcp \ma¯n\v tijapÅ<br />
blank sâ sXm«Sp¯v hcp<br />
hm¡v Hcp {Inb (verb)<br />
BsW¦n blank s â<br />
Øm\¯v who BWv D]<br />
tbmKn¡pXv.<br />
eg: I want to meet the artist who<br />
has painted this picture<br />
Fm Xncn¡p<br />
hmIyw superlative degree<br />
bnepÅXmsW¦n who \v<br />
]Icw ‘that’ BWv D]tbmKn<br />
t¡ ≠Xv<br />
eg: He is the best speaker that is<br />
available.<br />
cRvP³cmPv shªmdaqSv<br />
6. When I go to school I put ______<br />
my uniform.<br />
(a) in<br />
(b) off<br />
(c) on (d) out<br />
7. I want to meet the poet ______<br />
has written this poem.<br />
(a) whom (b) which<br />
(c) whose (d) who<br />
8. The word nearest in meaning to<br />
‘Posthumous’ is :<br />
(a) Before death<br />
(b) At the time of death<br />
(c) Happen while dying<br />
(d) Happen after death<br />
9. My friend explained an incident<br />
which I found difficult to believe.<br />
The meaning of the underlined<br />
phrase is:<br />
(a) Unbelief (b) Incredible<br />
(c) Legendary (d) Imaginative<br />
10. The early bird catches ______<br />
(a) the worm (b) the fish<br />
(c) the earthworm<br />
(d) Insect<br />
11. Killing of a human being is:<br />
(a) Death (b) Patricide<br />
(c) Fratricide (d) Homicide<br />
12. ‘Oblivion’ is:<br />
(a) Impertinence<br />
(b) Pride<br />
(c) Forgetfulness<br />
(d) Hatred<br />
13. The opposite of ‘ease’ is :<br />
(a) Disease (b) Unease<br />
(c) Easeless (d) Difficulty<br />
14. ‘Reverence’ relates to :<br />
(a) Humiliation (b) Insulting<br />
(c) Severe Injury<br />
d) Deep respect<br />
15. Which of these words means a<br />
type of poem?<br />
(a) Elegy (b) Farce<br />
(c) Rhyme (d) Prosaic<br />
16. There are many prisoners in the<br />
______<br />
(a) Gaol (b) Gad<br />
(c) Gaole (d) Goal<br />
17. “I am not a pessimist” means I<br />
am ______<br />
(a) A prophet (b) A seer<br />
(c) A capitalist (d) An optimist<br />
18. ‘Ornithology’ means:<br />
(a) Study of birds<br />
(b) Study of animals<br />
(c) Study of reptiles<br />
(d) None of these<br />
19. ‘Get out of the room’ is a/an<br />
______ sentence<br />
(a) Assertive (b) Interrogative<br />
(c) Exclamatory (d) Imperative<br />
20. If I had not seen him smoking, I<br />
______ believed it.<br />
(a) would not have<br />
(b) would have<br />
(c) would<br />
(d) would have been<br />
21. Do you have any progress<br />
______ your studies?<br />
(a) on<br />
(b) in<br />
(c) over<br />
(d) with<br />
22. If I had gone there, I ______ him<br />
(a) had met<br />
(b) could meet<br />
(c) could have met<br />
(d) could met<br />
23. Bovine means pertaining to<br />
(a) pigs<br />
(b) fools<br />
(c) agriculture<br />
(d) cattle<br />
24. You like tea without sugar,<br />
______?<br />
(a) aren’t you<br />
(b) don’t you<br />
(c) isn’t it<br />
(d) do you<br />
25. Offspring of a tiger is a<br />
(a) calf<br />
(b) cub<br />
(c) kitten<br />
(d) tigress<br />
26. Gopan’s father is alive, but his<br />
mother is______<br />
(a) died<br />
(b) dead<br />
(c) being dead<br />
(d) dying<br />
27. Which sentence is incorrect<br />
(a) He received a complaint<br />
(b) He has received a complaint<br />
(c) He had received a complaint<br />
(d) He had been received a<br />
complaint<br />
Relative Pronoun -Whom-Tips<br />
• blank \v tijw Hcp<br />
IÀ¯mhv (subject) hcpIbpw<br />
AXns\¯pSÀv Htm<br />
ct ≠m {InbIÄ XpSsc<br />
hcpIbpw sNbvXm whom<br />
F Relative form D]<br />
tbmKn¡Ww.<br />
eg: This is the boy whom I told<br />
you yesterday<br />
• hntijn¸n¡s¸Sp<br />
hyàn\ma¯n\v tijw<br />
preposition hmepw whom<br />
D]tbmKn¡Ww.<br />
eg: The girl to whom I spoke is<br />
my neighbour<br />
8. Each of the institutions should<br />
be in harmony ______ others<br />
(a) with (b) with the<br />
(c) to<br />
(d) upon the<br />
29. Which word is correctly spelt<br />
(a) mosquitto<br />
(b) mosquito<br />
(c) mosquto<br />
(d) mosqito<br />
30. He promised to help me, but later<br />
he ______<br />
(a) backed out<br />
(b) took off<br />
(c) put away<br />
(d) let out<br />
31. The earlier you begin to practice<br />
______<br />
(a) the easier it will be to perform<br />
(b) it is easier to perform<br />
(c) you will find it easy to<br />
perform<br />
(d) the performance will be<br />
easier<br />
32. One who lives in a town is<br />
familiar with______life.<br />
(a) rural (b) urban<br />
(c) townish (d) country<br />
33. What can be the opposite of the<br />
word ‘novice’<br />
(a) veteran (b) vice<br />
(c) serviced (d) crooked<br />
34. One of the boys ______ this<br />
window<br />
(a) has broken (b) have broken<br />
(c) have been broken
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