1
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Aditya passed the driving test quite easily.
1. The driving test had passed quite easily by Aditya.
2. The driving test have been passed quite easily by Aditya.
3. The driving test could passed quite easily by Aditya.
4. The driving test was passed quite easily by Aditya.
2 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To cut corners
1. cut something easily without spoiling it
2. cut something into pieces
3. be able to do a job effortlessly
4. not do a thing well in order to save money or effort
3 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Cook the books
1. To falsify financial records
2. To be a good writer
3. To write books on cooking
4. To be a good editor
4 In the given sentence, identify the segment which contains a
grammatical error.
Doctors say that home isolation is far more effective than
hospitalise in cases of mild infection.
1. far more effective
2. than hospitalise
3. isolation is
4. Doctors say that
5 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the
underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it,
select ‘No substitution required’.
Sometimes the family liking to play a game
together after dinner.
1. Sometimes the family likes
2. Sometime the family likes
3. No substitution required
4. Sometimes the family are like
6 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Have you thought about the ______ of the recent decision you
took?
1. conclusions
2. complexes
3. consequences
4. concerns
7 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given
options, select the one that gives their correct order.
A. On either side of the trunk there are a few scattered tufts
of short grass.
B. It is towards one of these fallen trees that I am now
looking.
C. A very violent cyclonic storm has struck the forest,
uprooting a number of trees.
D. The trunk of the tree is ripped apart and the branches are
lying all around it.
1. ABDC
2. ADBC
3. CBDA
4. CDAB
8 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Paranoid
1. Impeccable
2. Suspicious
3. Insignificant
4. Patronising
9 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Endurance
2. Tolerance
3. Insistence
4. Persistance
10 Select the word which methe same as the group of words given.
One who has the power to do anything
1. omnipresent
2. multifaceted
3. omnipotent
4. multilingual
11 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
The headmaster ______ on the stage and gave a short speech.
1. prescribed
2. appeared
3. delighted
4. remembered
12 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
BRAVERY
1. heroism
2. strength
3. cowardice
4. courage
13 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
ABSOLUTE
1. limited
2. complete
3. partial
4. conditional
14 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Clandestine
1. Heavy
2. Honest
3. Dressed
4. Opaque
15 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute
for the given group of words.
A person who presents a radio/television programme
1. Idol
2. Anchor
3. Speaker
4. Star
16 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the
underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it,
select ‘No substitution’.
Had you not interfering in my affairs, I would have been in the
US now.
1. No substitution
2. Had you not interfered
3. Was you not interfere
4. Have you not been interfering
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. His father shifted his own ambitions to those of his son,
providing him with models and support for his first exhibition at the age of
13.
B. Pablo Picasso was the son of José Ruiz Blasco, a professor of
drawing, and Maria Picasso López.
C. From that point his ability to experiment with what he
learned and to develop new expressive mequickly allowed him to surpass his
father’s abilities.
D. His unusual adeptness for drawing began to manifest itself
early, around the age of 10,when he became his father’s pupil.
1. BDCA
2. DCAB
3. BADC
4. CDAB
18 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’ as your answer.
The need today is for both sides / to introspect and re-examine
the issue carefully / and resolve it amicably.
1. to introspect and re-examine the issue carefully
2. and resolve it amicably
3. No error
4. The need today is for both sides
19 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. assimilate
2. readable
3. acquire
4. acknowlege
20 Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
My niece said, “I have decided to take coaching in badminton.”
1. My niece told me that she had decided to take coaching in
badminton.
2. My niece told that I have decided to take coaching in
badminton.
3. My niece said she is deciding to take coaching in badminton.
4. My niece said she will decide to take coaching in badminton.
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select
the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Kanjirapally has the highest number of rainy days in Kerala. It
receives the highest (1)_____ of summer rains, winter rains and northeast
monsoons in Kerala, (2)_____ it one of the very few (3)_____ in India enjoying
equatorial rainforest type climate, with no (4) _____ dry season. The
well-distributed rainfall pattern of Kanjirapally is the (5)_____ reason for the
phenomenon of high yield of latex from rubber plantations in and around the
town.
21 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.1.
1. amount
2. number
3. expanse
4. extent
22 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.2.
1. make
2. making
3. made
4. makes
23 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.3.
1. space
2. places
3. spot
4. place
24 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.4.
1. individual
2. divergent
3. diverse
4. distinct
25 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.5.
1. insignificant
2. primary
3. minor
4. initial
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