Direction : There are 30 questions in all in this Section. All questions are compulsory.
1. Which one of the following words is a noun?
(a) interesting
(b) develop
(c) teacher
(d) brave
Ans : (c)
2. Fill in the appropriate determiner I have not got …….money in my bank account.
(a) any
(b) a
(c) a few
(d) few
Ans : (a)
3. Supply the correct form of the verb ‘remember’ in the following sentence I ………….your name.
(a) am remembering
(b) remember
(c) was meeting
(d) have remember
Ans : (b)
4. Pick out the correct verb form She was walking along the road when she………him.
(a) met (b) have met
(c) was meeting (d) meet
Ans : (a)
5. Supply a modal which expresses ability All of them ………..speak three language.
(a) may (b) will
(c) must (d) can
Ans : (d)
6. We must come back by six ‘Must in the above sentence expresses
(a) possibility
(b) advice
(c) desire
(d) necessity
Ans : (d)
7. Complete the phrasal verb in the following sentence You may try hard to hide the truth, but one day the truth will come ……….
(a) in
(b) over
(c) out
(d) at
Ans : (c)
8. Complete the phrasal verb in the following sentence People have been complaining about the prices going ……… everyday.
(a) up
(b) through
(c) after
(d) in
Ans : (a)
9. Complete the phrasal verb in the following sentence Many parents were at the railway station to see ……. their children.
(a) away
(b) at
(c) off
(d) after
Ans : (c)
10. Which one of the following phrasal verbs means ‘to remove’?
(a) put on
(b) take off
(c) put up
(d) get off
Ans : (b)
11. We decided to put off our visit to Kashmir till October. ‘Put off’ in the above sentence means
(a) arrange
(b) plan
(c) reject
(d) postpone
Ans : (d)
12. There isn’t enough money, so we must cut down expenses. ‘Cut down’ in the above sentence means
(a) reduce in size or amount
(b) stop
(c) increase in size or amount
(d) revise
Ans : (a)
13. They are repairing the bridge. The passive voice of the above sentence will be
(a) The bridge is repaired
(b) The bridge are being repaired
(c) The bridge is being repaired
(d) The bridge has being repaired
Ans : (c)
14. Pick out the correct passive voice of the following sentence They carried the injured player off the field.
(a) Off the field was carried by the injured player
(b) The injured player was carried off the field by them
(c) The injured player be carried off the field
(d) The injured player has been carried off the field
Ans : (b)
15. He said, “Kavita, when is the next train?” The above sentence in Reported Speech will be
(a) He asked Kavita that when the next train was
(b) He asked to Kavita when was the next train
(c) He asked to Kavita that when is the next train
(d) He asked Kavita when the next train was
Ans : (d)
16. The doctor said to me, “Do not swim in cold water.” In Reported Speech the above sentence will be The doctor advised me
(a) do not swim in cold water
(b) that do not swim in cold water
(c) not to swim in cold water
(d) to not swim in cold water
Ans : (c)
17. Pick out the sentence which has the same meaning as the following sentence No person in my village is as wise as my uncle.
(a) My uncle is the wisest person in my village
(b) There is no wise person in my village
(c) My uncle is the only wise person in my village
(d) My uncle is wiser than some people in my village
Ans : (a)
18. Pick out the appropriate question tag for the following statement You didn’t see him.
(a) didn’t you?
(b) did you?
(c) isn’t it?
(d) aren’t you?
Ans : (b)
19. The word ‘advocate’ is similar in meaning to
(a) adviser
(b) scholar
(c) supporter
(d) lawyer
Ans : (d)
20. Which one of the following words is similar in meaning to the word ‘precise’?
(a) brief
(b) exact
(c) precious
(d) expensive
Ans : (b)
21. The opposite of the word ‘familiar’ is
(a) related to a family
(b) personal
(c) strange
(d) unfriendly
Ans : (c)
22. The word ‘creative’ is opposite meaning to
(a) destructive
(b) positive
(c) artistic
(d) pessimistic
Ans : (a)
23. Pick out the word which has been correctly spelt
(a) obedient
(b) obedient
(c) obedient
(d) obidiant
Ans : (c)
24. Which one of the following words has been correctly spelt?
(a) grammar
(b) grammar
(c) grammer
(d) gramer
Ans : (b)
Directions (Q. Nos. 25-26) : Read the following stanza and answer the following question. “Silence hath bound thee with her fatal chain; Neglected, mute and desolate art thou, Like ruined monument on desert plain : May be by mortal wakened once again, Harp of my country, let me strike the strain ” 25. The line ‘Like ruined monument on desert plain’ is an example of
(a) simile
(b) metaphor
(c) elegy
(d) hyperbole
Ans : (a)
26. Which one of the following phrases gives us an example of alliteration?
(a) harp of my country
(b) strike the strain
(c) with her fatal chain
(d) desolate art thou
Ans : (b)
27. A sonnet usually contains
(a) eight lines
(b) six lines
(c) twelve lines
(d) fourteen lines
Ans : (d)
Directions (Q. Nos. 88-90) Pick out correct phonetic transcription of the following words. 28. Like
(a) / Ialk /
(b) / IIk /
(c) / Iai:k /
(d) / Iu:Ik /
Ans : (a)
29. Tree
(a) / trI /
(b) / tre /
(c) / tri: /
(d) / treI /
Ans : (c)
30. These
(a) / ∂Is /
(b) / θ i:z /
(c) / θ Iz /
(d) / ∂i:z /
Ans : (d)