01) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Help from
relatives _______ him in difficult times.
a) allowed
b) supported
c) passed
d) approved
02) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Dedicated
a) Dreary
b) Boring
c) Tedious
d) Committed
03) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The interviewer
asked Gautam, “Can you tell me what your _______ in life are?”
a) frivolities
b) trivialities
c) aspirations
d) determinations
04) Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute
for the given group of words.
A self-governing
country or region
a) Democracy
b) Autonomy
c) Anarchy
d) Monarchy
05) The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify
the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The woodcutter
felled / some trees / with hardly / many effort at all.
a) with hardly
b) The woodcutter
felled
c) many effort at
all
d) some trees
06) Select the option that can be used as one-word substitute
for the given group of words.
A place where
coins, medals or tokens are made
a) Mint
b) Mill
c) Workshop
d) Casting
07) Select the option that expresses the given sentence in
reported speech.
“Is he alright
now?” I asked my neighbour’s wife about her husband, Mr. Gulyani.
a) I asked Mrs.
Gulyani, my neigbour’s wife, if her husband had become alright then.
b) I asked Mrs.
Gulyani, my neighbour’s wife, if her husband is alright now.
c) I asked Mrs.
Gulyani, my neighbour’s wife, if your husband will be alright now.
d) I asked Mrs.
Gulyani, my neighbour’s wife, if her husband was alright then.
08) The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of
them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the
given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ in your answer.
The river appears
to have / got its name / from the town nearby.
a) got its name
b) from the town
nearby
c) The river
appears to have
d) No error
09) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Hope
a) Chance
b) Courage
c) Doubt
d) Optimism
10) Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange
the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. While India is
home to 75 per cent of the tigers in the world, the Global Tiger Day, as it is
also known –sees awareness events organized in the country, as well as in
neighbouring Bangladesh and Nepal.
B. Its primary
objective is to preserve the natural habitat of the tiger.
C. International
Tiger Day was initiated in 2010, at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit.
D. This annual
event observed on 29 July, aims to create awareness on tiger conservation.
a) CDBA
b) BACD
c) CABD
d) DCBA
11) Select the most appropriate meaning of the following idiom.
To walk on air
a) To be very
rich
b) To feel very
depressed
c) To be very
happy
d) To be
completely free
12) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Putrefy
a) Destroy
b) Combine
c) Decompose
d) Contaminate
13) Select the most appropriate meaning of the following idiom.
To take a chill
pill
a) To ask a
doctor for medication
b) To drink cold
water
c) To gulp a
tablet for a cold
d) To calm down
14) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
a) Seize
b) Sincere
c) Liesure
d) Grievance
15) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Prompt
a) Lengthy
b) Quick
c) Slow
d) Gradual
16) Select the option that will improve the underlined part of
the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed select ‘No improvement
required’.
Fierce
competition against restaurants has driven up the prices.
a) among
b) through
c) along
d) No improvement
required
17) Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange
the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. “Excellently
well,” said she; “we have everything that we want; I have but one prayer, that
we may have a heavy storm of rain to water our plants.”
B. A man who had
two daughters married one to a gardener and the other to a potter.
C. Off he went to
the potter’s home and asked his other daughter how matters were with her.
D. After a while
he paid a visit to the gardener’s home and asked his daughter how she was and
how it fared with her.
a) ACDB
b) BCDA
c) BDAC
d) DCAB
18) Select the option that expresses the given sentence in
passive voice.
The sunrays
burned my face.
a) My face is
burned by the sunrays.
b) My face was
burned by the sunrays.
c) My face has
been burned by the sunrays.
d) My face is
being burned by the sunrays.
19) Select the most appropriate option to substitute the
underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required,
select ‘No substitution required’.
“Can you give me so
many examples of subordinate clauses?”, the teacher asked the class.
a) some many
examples of
b) No substitution
required
c) some more
examples of
d) some few
examples of
20) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
a) Borrow
b) Allowance
c) Terrorism
d) Alottment
Comprehension:
In the following passage,
some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Communication is
a connection between people sharing information with (1) _______ other. It is
important in everyday life, (2) _______ work and nearly any time you interact
with other (3) _______. Communication issues don’t always happen (4) _____ of your
English level. The truth is, you can know how to speak English (5) _____
knowing how to communicate in English.
21) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number
1.
a) every
b) some
c) each
d) one
22) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
a) from
b) while
c) at
d) on
23) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
a) creatures
b) ones
c) animals
d) people
24) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
a) about
b) because
c) since
d) beside
25) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
a) devoid
b) minus
c) lacking
d) without
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