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English<br />
Selected Questions<br />
1. Rani’s father did not consent<br />
______ her marriage to a<br />
shopkeeper.<br />
(a) for (b) with<br />
(c) in (d) to<br />
2. The teacher was annoyed<br />
______ the pupils for talking<br />
loudly<br />
(a) at b) with<br />
(c) towards (d) about<br />
3. If you had locked the car, the bag<br />
______<br />
(a) will not have been stolen<br />
(b) cannot have been stolen<br />
(c) may not have be stolen<br />
(d) wouldn’t have been stolen<br />
4. The policeman asked me where<br />
______<br />
(a) I am going (b) I was<br />
going<br />
(c) am I going (d) was I<br />
going<br />
5. A cartographer makes ______<br />
(a) maps (b) cartoons<br />
(c) cartons (d) carts<br />
6. Rajan ______ to the temple with<br />
his grandma twice week<br />
If clause - Tips<br />
If clause -Type III<br />
Hcp hmIy¯n if hcp `mKw past perfect<br />
(‘had+ppv’/‘had+been’/‘had+had’) BbmÂ<br />
Main clause  would have/should have/could<br />
have/might have Fnhbnsemv FgpXn<br />
btijw verb sâ past participle form FgpX-<br />
Ww.<br />
eg: If you had told him about it, he would have<br />
helped you.<br />
(a) is usually going<br />
(b) is going usually<br />
(c) usually goes<br />
(d) will go usually<br />
7. ‘Boys will be boys’ - means<br />
(a) Boys will not be girls<br />
(b) Boys can’t become girls<br />
(c) Boys are mischievous<br />
(d) Children will always act like<br />
cRvP³cmPv shªmdaqSv<br />
children<br />
8. You are panting ______?<br />
(a) Have you been running<br />
(b) Are you running<br />
(c) Were you running<br />
(d) Have you run<br />
9. It’s time we ______ the house.<br />
(a) paint (b) must paint<br />
(c) ought to paint<br />
d) painted<br />
10. If I were you, I ______ that<br />
property.<br />
(a) will not buy (b) would buy<br />
(c) shall not buy (d) didn’t buy<br />
11. He was attacked by a ______<br />
robbers.<br />
(a) herd (b) gang<br />
(c) pack (d) flock<br />
12. After the party, most people were<br />
______<br />
(a) calm (b) sober<br />
(c) sane (d) tipsy<br />
13. I am too impatient ______?<br />
(a) aren’t I? (b) amn’t I?<br />
(c) isn’t I? (d) do I?<br />
14. He asked me where ______<br />
(a) had<br />
(c) will have<br />
17. How ______?<br />
(a) the post office is<br />
(b) is the post office<br />
(c) was the post office<br />
(d) the post office was<br />
15. Where justice prevails,<br />
the guilty would be<br />
convicted and the innocent<br />
______<br />
(a) condemned<br />
(b) excused (c) acquitted<br />
(d) damned<br />
16. I wish I ____ a teacher.<br />
(b) have<br />
(d) has<br />
(a) happened the accident<br />
(b) the accident happened<br />
(c) did the accident happened<br />
(d) did the accident happen<br />
18. My sister is very good ______<br />
cooking<br />
(a) in (b) about (c) at (d) for<br />
19. I’ll give you my telephone<br />
number ______ to contact me.<br />
(a) in case you will need<br />
(b) in case you would need<br />
(c) in case you need<br />
(d) in case you may need<br />
20. He wore a mask so that nobody<br />
______ him<br />
(a) would recognize<br />
(b) won’t recognize<br />
(c) can recognize<br />
(d) may recognize<br />
21. I am not satisfied ______ your<br />
work<br />
(a) at (b) on<br />
(c) with (d) by<br />
22. Don’t add insult to ______<br />
(a) abuse (b) injury<br />
(c) wound (d) admiration<br />
23. When I reached my home, my<br />
wife ______ for me at the gate.<br />
(a) is waiting (b) waited<br />
(c) has waited (d) was waiting<br />
24. He is taller than ______<br />
(a) me (b) I<br />
(c) them (d) their<br />
25. Would you mind ______me<br />
some money<br />
(a) to lend (b) lent<br />
(c) in lending (d) lending<br />
26. Syria is now currying favour<br />
with USA. Meaning of the idiom<br />
underlined is<br />
(a) favouring (b) obliging<br />
(c) pleasing (d) annoying<br />
27. Report:<br />
He said “I am disappointed.”<br />
(a) He said that he had been<br />
disappointed<br />
(b) He said that he is disappointed<br />
(c) He said that I was disappointed<br />
(d) He said that he was disappointed<br />
28. If you had come in time, you<br />
______ the Minister.<br />
(a) could see<br />
(b) could be seen<br />
(c) can see<br />
(d) could have seen<br />
29. The higher you go ,______<br />
(a) the air will be lighter<br />
(b) the lighter the air will be<br />
(c) the air is light<br />
(d) the lighter will be the air<br />
30. The Phrase ‘modus operandi’<br />
means<br />
(a) method of cultivation<br />
(b) method of administration<br />
(c) method of operation<br />
(d) method of treatment<br />
31. The plural form of bureau is<br />
(a) beaures (b) beaurea<br />
(c) bureaux (d) bureaos<br />
32. Which word is correctly spelt?<br />
(a) hygiene (b) higyene<br />
(c) hygyene (d) higiene<br />
33. Which phrase replaces the<br />
words ‘to destroy completely’ ?<br />
(a) to root out<br />
(b) to taken back<br />
(c) to take up arms<br />
(d) to alleviate<br />
34. The fire brigade was called to<br />
______ the fire<br />
(a) go down (b) put out<br />
(c) get off (d) let out<br />
35. Which of the following is an<br />
opposite of ‘enmity’?<br />
(a) friend (b) foe<br />
(c) hatred (d) love<br />
36. Which of the following is a<br />
synonym for ‘indifference’?<br />
(a) sympathy (b) antipathy<br />
(c) sadism (d) neutral<br />
37. Gopal as well as his brothers<br />
______very proficient in sports<br />
(a) are (b) is<br />
(c) have been (d) stand<br />
38. This is not an authentic copy of<br />
the agreement. It is a______one<br />
(a) duplicate (b) authorised<br />
(c) fake (d) foul<br />
39. Though he is younger, he is<br />
senior ______ me in service.<br />
(a) to (b) than<br />
(c) more (d) from<br />
40. Unless you ______, you will fail<br />
(a) study (b) don’t study<br />
(c) are not studying<br />
(d) studies<br />
Answer Key<br />
1. D¯cw: (d) to<br />
2. D¯cw: (b) with<br />
• annoybpsS IqsS with F<br />
preposition D]-tbm-Kn-¡p-p.<br />
3. D¯cw: (d) wouldn’t have<br />
been stolen<br />
• ‘if clause’ past perfect tense<br />
 hcp-t¼mÄ main clause Â<br />
would+have+PPV D ≠m-I-Ww-.<br />
C-hnsS passive form Bb-<br />
Xn-\m have Ignªv been<br />
IqSn D]-tbm-Kn-¡-Ww.<br />
4. D¯cw: (b) I was going<br />
• CsXmcp Reported speech
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