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English<br />
Selected Questions<br />
1. The bridge was blown _____ by<br />
terrorists.<br />
(a) out (b) off<br />
(c) up<br />
(d) away<br />
2. Which phrase means “abduct”?<br />
(a) take away (b) take out<br />
(c) take in (d) take on<br />
3. Which of the following is an<br />
antonym of “wail”?<br />
(a) curtain (b) rejoice<br />
(c) repent (d) rob<br />
4. “To pour oil on troubled waters”<br />
means<br />
(a) to pacify matters<br />
(b) to fish in troubled waters<br />
(c) to prevent the breeding of<br />
mosquitoes<br />
(d) to destroy the oil tanks<br />
through terrorist activities<br />
5. What is the collective noun for<br />
‘kangaroos?’<br />
(a) brace (b) muster<br />
(c) troop (d) pack<br />
6. Which is the mis-spelt word<br />
(a) accomplice<br />
(b) accommodate<br />
(c) suspicious<br />
(d) accummulate<br />
7. The disposal of a dead body by<br />
consuming to flames is called<br />
(a) burial (b) funeral<br />
(c) post-mortem<br />
(d) cremation<br />
8. If you utter a word, I______ you<br />
(a) dismiss (b) will dismiss<br />
(c) am dismissing<br />
(d) will have been dismissed<br />
9. I wish I______ his address<br />
(a) knew (b) know<br />
(c) have known<br />
(d) will know<br />
10. Run fast, lest you ______ out of<br />
the race<br />
(a) should be (b) shall be<br />
(c) may be (d) are<br />
11. The Government ______ the<br />
cRvP³cmPv shªmdaqSv<br />
strike by an iron hand<br />
(a) put out (b) put down<br />
(c) called off (d) set up<br />
12. What is the one word for “to urge<br />
strongly”<br />
(a) extol (b) emancipate<br />
(c) exhort (d) extort<br />
13. What prevented you ______ into<br />
the matter<br />
(a) from enquiring<br />
(b) to enquire<br />
(c) enquire<br />
(d) of enquiring<br />
14. What is the meat of a deer called?<br />
(a) beef (b) mutton<br />
(c) pork (d) venison<br />
15. The feminine gender of a ‘drone’<br />
(a) goose (b) mare<br />
(c) filly (d) bee<br />
16. What is the one word for “talk big”<br />
(a) shout (b) boast<br />
(c) whisper (d) abuse<br />
17. The Latin phrase ‘inter alia’ means<br />
(a) with necessary changes<br />
(b) in the middle<br />
(c) among other things<br />
(d) from the beginning<br />
18. Too many cooks ______ the broth<br />
(a) Spoilt (b) Spoil<br />
(c) have spoiled<br />
(d) has spoiled<br />
19. Start early, ______ you will miss<br />
the flight<br />
(a) lest (b) in case<br />
(c) unless (d) otherwise<br />
20. Everything will be fine, ______?<br />
(a) will they be (b) won’t they<br />
(c) will it (d) isn’t it<br />
21. What ______you usually do on<br />
Sundays ?<br />
(a) will (b) shall<br />
(c) can (d) do<br />
22. The Officer ______ out five<br />
minutes ago.<br />
(a) had (b) went<br />
(c) has gone (d) was going<br />
23. Select the correct sentence:<br />
(a) Columbus invented America<br />
(b) Columbus found out America<br />
(c) Columbus discovered America<br />
(d) None of these<br />
24. A bird in hand is better than two<br />
______<br />
(a) in the cage<br />
(b) in the bush<br />
(c) in the nest<br />
(d) none of these<br />
25. This is the servant ______ I was<br />
telling you<br />
(a) who (b) whose<br />
(c) which (d) whom<br />
26. Select the wrongly spelt word:<br />
(a) emanate (b) embarrass<br />
(c) seperate (d) emperor<br />
27. The policeman asked him<br />
whether he ______ give him the<br />
information.<br />
(a) will (b) could<br />
(c) can (d) had<br />
If clause - Tips<br />
If clause - Type II<br />
• Hcp hmIy¯n if hcp<br />
`mKw simple past BbmÂ<br />
Main clause  would/should/<br />
could/might Fnhbnsemv<br />
FgpXnbtijw verb sâ root<br />
form FgpXWw.<br />
eg: If you told him about it, he<br />
would help you<br />
28. Would you mind ______ for a<br />
minute ?<br />
(a) wait (b) waited<br />
(c) waiting (d) could wait<br />
29. He was as proud as ______<br />
(a) an elephant<br />
(b) a peacock<br />
(c) a lion (d) a tiger<br />
30. The phrase ‘called on’ means:<br />
(a) invited (b) visited<br />
(c) telephoned (d) greeted<br />
31. The mother as well as her two<br />
children<br />
______ taken to the hospital.<br />
(a) have (b) was<br />
(c) have (d) are<br />
32. The principal was deaf ______ my<br />
request<br />
(a) at (b) of (c) on (d) to<br />
33. Which word is spelt wrongly ?<br />
(a) Bourgeois (b) Assasination<br />
(c) Mandated (d) Commissioner<br />
34. Let us go for a walk, ______?<br />
(a) shan’t we (b) will we<br />
(c) shall we (d) won’t we<br />
35. I have acquaintance ______<br />
Karnatic Music<br />
(a) to (b) with<br />
(c) at (d) in<br />
36. It is not easy to ______ the Civil<br />
Service Examination<br />
(a) get at (b) get up<br />
(c) get through (d) get over<br />
37. Animal that feeds on its own<br />
species is called<br />
(a) Lexicographer<br />
(b) Philanthropist<br />
(c) Calligrapher<br />
(d) Cannibal<br />
38. Millennium is a period of :<br />
(a) 100 years<br />
(b) 1000 years<br />
(c) 200 years<br />
(d) 10,000 years<br />
39. I have ______ more letters for<br />
you to write.<br />
(a) Little (b) any<br />
(c) some (d) few<br />
40. John ______ to Bombay<br />
tomorrow<br />
(a) is travelling (b) travel<br />
(c) travelling (d) travelled<br />
Answer Key<br />
1. D¯cw: (c) up<br />
blow out - to extinguish; to erupt<br />
blow off - to relieve or release<br />
blow up - to explode; to enlarge<br />
blow away - to kill by shooting;<br />
to defeat decisively<br />
2. D¯cw: (a) take away<br />
take out - to extract; remove<br />
take in - to understand; to<br />
deceive<br />
take on - to undertake; to hire<br />
3. D¯cw: (b) rejoice<br />
4. D¯cw: (a) to pacify matters.<br />
• Fish in troubled water - to try to<br />
take advantage of a confused<br />
situation<br />
5. D¯cw: (c) troop<br />
• A brace of pigeons<br />
• A pack of cards, wolves<br />
• A muster of peacocks, soldiers.
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