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ENGLISH- PAGE 7

​1.  The man who is now Municipal Commissioner worked as ____________________.
(A) the security guard at a university
(B) a security guard at the university
(C) a security guard at university
(D) the security guard at the university
Ans: B

2.  Nobody knows how the Indian cricket team is going to cope with the difficult and seamer-friendly wickets in Australia. Choose the option which is closest in meaning to the underlined phrase in the above sentence.
(A) put up with (B) put in with (C) put down to (D) put up against
Ans: A

3. The students ___________ the teacher on teachers’ day for twenty years of dedicated teaching.
(A) facilitated (B) felicitated (C) fantasized (D) facillitated
Ans: B

4. After India’s cricket world cup victory in 1985, Shrotria who was playing both tennis and cricket till then, decided to concentrate only on cricket. And the rest is history.
What does the underlined phrase mean in this context?
(A) history will rest in peace (B) rest is recorded in history books
(C) rest is well known (D) rest is archaic 
Ans: C

5. The chairman requested the aggrieved shareholders to _________________ him.
(A) bare with (B) bore with (C) bear with (D) bare
Ans: C

6. Identify the correct spelling out of the given options:
(A) Managable (B) Manageable (C) Mangaeble (D) Managible 
Ans: B

7. Identify the correct spelling from those given below : 
(A) symmetery (B) symmetry  (C) symetry (D) symetery
 Ans: B

8. Fill in the blank space with the correct phrasal verb: “When the bomb ______ everyone ran helter skelter.” 
(A) put off (B) fall out  (C) went off (D) sorted out
 Ans: C

9. Identify the antonym of the underlined word : “The young gallant, Lochinvar rode in on his steed.” 
(A) coward (B) diffident  (C) handsome (D) bold
 Ans: A

10. Substitute one word for the underlined phrase : He joined the College to study the branch of science that deals with the study of heavenly bodies.” 
(A) Anthropology (B) Astrology  (C) Archaeology (D) Astronomy
 Ans: D

11. Complete the proverb : “An idle mind is the ______ .” 
(A) abode of Gods (B) devil’s workshop  (C) route to failure (D) route to success
 Ans: B

12. Arrange the following words and phrases in the proper sequence to create a meaningful sentence : 
1. plenty 2. there are  3. of fish 4. in the river 
(A) 2,1, 3, 4 (B) 1, 3, 2, 4   (C) 2, 3, 4, 1 (D) 1, 2, 3, 4
 Ans: A

13. Fill in the blank with the correct tense form : “John and his friend _____ for ten minutes.” 
(A) is gossiping (B) has been gossiping  (C) are gossiping (D) have been gossiping
 Ans: D

14. Fill in the blank spaces with suitable articles : “_____ Rajdhani is one of ____ grandest trains in India.” 
(A) a, a (B) a, the  (C) the, the (D) the, a
 Ans: C

15. What is the term used to describe a group of fish ? 
(A) School (B) Covey  (C) Mob (D) Battalion
 Ans: A

16. Fill in the blank space with a suitable answer from those given below : “Either my shoes or your coat ____ always on the floor.” 
​ (A) are (B) is  (C) be (D) were
Ans: B
17:-All characters in the story are not real. They are Imaginary. Find one word for 'not real'       
A:-Fiendish        B:-fictitious        C:-fractious        D:-fatuous       
Ans: B

18:-I have lived in Delhi _____________ 5 years.       
A:-around        B:-for        C:-since        D:-almost       
Ans: B

19:-You need to pull your socks up to get the promotion. Pull one's socks up mean :       
A:-be well dressed        B:-be creative        C:-wear socks and shoes        D:-improve performance       
Ans: D

20:-We need to form _____________ youth club to encourage the talents of Youngsters.       
A:-a        B:-an        C:-the        D:-none of these       
Ans: A

21:-My mother _____________ me to school everyday.       
A:-Will take        B:-Is taking        C:-Takes        D:-Take       
Ans: C

22:-We must hurry ____________ the train will be leaving soon.       
A:-so that        B:-because        C:-however        D:-or       
Ans: B

23:-Fill in appropriately : If it rains _____________       
A:- would stay at home        B:-we can't play        C:-he might not come        D:-we couldn't go out       
Ans: B

24:-Spot the error in the following sentence :       
A:- Jack thought/        B:-that he would go/        C:-beside his friends,/        D:-but he was tired       
Ans: C

25:-I ____________ by a loud noise outside my house yesterday night.       
A:-woke up        B:-wake up        C:-was woken up        D:-was waking up       
Ans: C

26:-Harris finished his lunch fast. He said that he ___________ to go.       
A:-has        B:-want        C:-had        D:-need       
Ans: C

27:-He talked ____________ he were the leader.       
A:-like        B:-as if        C:-as        D:-like as       
Ans: B

28:-The man in the boxing ring was rather sturdy. Pick out the word equivalent in meaning to 'sturdy'       
A:-kingly        B:-violent        C:-strong        D:-excited       
Ans: C

29:-The house was totally destroyed in the fire. They will have to _____________ it again. Fill in using the antonym of 'destroy'       
A:-build        B:-form        C:-organize        D:-establish       
Ans: A

30:-Those who exercise daily can keep away ailments ___________ it is not the same with everyone.       
A:-Therefore        B:-Otherwise        C:-Similarly        D:-However       
Ans: D

31:-I have a bad headache. can you please ____________ the light ?       
A:-off        B:-put off        C:-turn off        D:-take off       
Ans: C

32:-He congratulated me _____________ my success in the competitive exam.       
A:-on        B:-for        C:-at        D:-over       
Ans: A

33:-Spot the error in the following sentence :       
A:-When I was 10        B:-I Went for a trip        C:-to Kashmir        D:-organized by my School       
Ans: B

34:-It is no great surprise that he has failed in the exam. He ____________ worked.       
A:-Less        B:-lately        C:-hardly        D:-seriously        
Ans: C

35:-Jane went abroad _____________ surprised all of us.       
A:-what        B:-where        C:-when        D:-which       
Ans: D

36:-Each of the students _____________ working hard.        
A:-is        B:-are        C:-had        D:-have       
Ans: A 

37. Which one of the choices is the correct passive voice form of the given sentence :  My father will write a letter. 
(a) My father writes a letter.   (b) A letter is written by my father. 
(c) A letter will be written by my father.  (d) A letter will write by my father.

 Ans: C
 
38. Which one of the choices is the correct passive voice form of the given sentence :  He had killed a dog. 
(a) A dog killed him.   (b) A dog was killed by him.  (c) A dog had killed by him.   (d) A dog had been killed by him.

 Ans: D
 
39. Which one of the choices is the correct passive voice form of the given sentence :  One should keep one’s promise. 
(a) One’s promise should be kept by us.   (b) One’s promise has to be kept. 
(c) A promise should be kept.   (d) A promise should be kept by one.

 Ans: C
 
40. Which one of the choices is the correct Active voice form of the given sentence :  His behaviour vexes me sometimes.  
(a) I was vexed by his behaviour sometimes.   (b) Sometimes, I have been vexed by his behaviour. 
(c) I am sometimes vexed at his behaviour.  (d) I have been sometimes vexed by his behaviour.

 Ans: C
 
41. Which choice represents the indirect speech form of the given sentence :  He said, “Bravo ! You have done well.” 
(a) He applauded him saying that he had done well.  (b) He said that he had done well. 
(c) He applauded him saying that he has done well.  (d) He applauded him saying that he did well.

Ans: A

42. Which one is the direct speech form of the given sentence :  He proposed that they should wait for the award. 
(a) He proposed, “We shall wait for the award”.  (b) He said, “We shall wait for the award”. 
(c) He suggested, “We shall wait for the award”.  (d) He said, “Let us wait for the award”.

 Ans: D
 
43. Which one of the choices is the Indirect Speech form of the given sentence :  “Please wait here till I return.” 
(a) He requested him to wait there till he returned.   (b) He requested him to wait there till he returns. 
(
c) He requested him please wait there till he returned.  (d) He requested him to wait there till he would return.

 Ans: A
 
44. Which one of the choices shows the Indirect narration of the given sentence :  He said to me, “I never eat sweets”.
(a) He said that he never eats sweets.   (b) He told me that he never ate sweets. 
(
c) He told that he did not eat sweets.   (d) He told to me that I never eat sweets.

 Ans: B
 
45. Which one of the choices shows the correct Indirect narration of the given sentence :  She said to Hari, “When will you come ?” 
(a) She said to Hari when he will come.   (b) She asked to Hari when will he come. 
(c) She said Hari when he would come.   (d) She asked Hari when he would come.

 Ans: D
 
46. Which one of the following words has been mis-spelt ? 
(a) Queue (b) Subservient   (c) Existance (d) Knowledge

 Ans: C
 
47. Which one of the following words has been mis-spelt ? 
(a) Acid (b) Alchol  (c) Salt (d) Ascetic

 Ans: B
 
48. Which one of the following words has been mis-spelt ? 
(a) Photostate (b) Chalk  (c) Parallel (d) Catalogue

 Ans: A
 
49. Which one of the following words has been mis-spelt ? 
(a) Dismay (b) Discord  (c) Deluge (d) Dilogue 

 Ans: D
 
50. Which one of the following words has been mis-spelt ? 
(a) Spade (b) Ambassador  (c) Temprature (d) Kitchen

Ans: C
51. Fill in the blank with the appropriate word(s) :  My wife always _______ in the evening. 
(a) cooks (b) cook  (c) has cooked (d) is cooking

 Ans: A
 
52. Fill in the blank with the appropriate word(s) :  I _______ depressed when I go for the interview. 
(a) felt (b) am feeling  (c) feels (d) feel

Ans: D
 
53. Fill in the blank with the appropriate word(s) :  Where are you ? I _______ in the drawing room. 
(a) work (b) am working  (c) works (d) working

 Ans: B
 
54. Fill in the blank with the appropriate word :  Are you _____ an exercise on Present Tense now ? 
(a) do (b) does  (c) doing (d) did

 Ans: C
 
55. Fill in the blank with the appropriate word(s) :  She will go out only when the rain _____. 
(a) is stopping (b) stop  (c) stops (d) stopped

 Ans: C
 
56. Rearrange the following four sentences (A), (B), (C) and (D) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then choose the correct sequence as your answer : 
A. He was so busy that he did not get time to eat.  B. Thousands of people came to him and asked different types of questions. 
C. No one cared to see that he had his food or rest that might.  D. The great sage once stayed in a small village. 
(a) BCDA (b) CBAD 
(c) DBAC (d) DBCA

Ans: C
  
57. Rearrange the following four sentences (A), (B), (C) and (D) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then choose the correct sequence as your answer : 
A. The peasant, the shoemaker, the sweeper as such other lower classes of India have much greater capacity for work and self-reliance than you. 
B. Remember that the nation lives in the village cottages. 
C. They are producing the entire wealth of the land without a complaint. 
D. This process of production is going on through long ages. 
(a) BDAC (b) BDCA 
(c) DCBA (d) BACD

Ans: D

58. Rearrange the following four sentences (A), (B), (C) and (D) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then choose the correct sequence as your answer : 
A. This feeling of an extensive group gives rise to a fellow feeling, a feeling of brotherhood among the citizens. 
B. This feeling takes us beyond the bounds of family, caste, religion and region and helps us develop a broad perspective that we all of us together constitute an extensive group called the nation. 
C. National Integration is a feeling among all the citizens of a country that they are all a part of one nation. 
D. We do not then limit our thinking to our own caste or religion but think about all our fellow citizens.  
(a) CBAD (b) CDAB  (c) CABD (d) CDBA

 Ans: A
 
59. Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and choose the correct sequence as your answer : 
A. She said that she was a school teacher and social worker. 
B. Then for sometime we discussed her plans for schooling of the children living in slums. 
C. Our conversation now took another direction.  D. She also said that social work was her hobby only and not the job. 
E. I asked Meena about her occupation. 
(a) ECDAB (b) EADCB  (c) ABCDE (d) EDABC

 Ans: B
 
60. Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and choose the correct sequence as your answer : 
A. It is fixed for Tuesday.  B. We have, therefore, called him for interview. 
C. Due to his illness he lost that job.  D. Ramesh was working in a factory.  E. Hence he has applied for a job in my office. 
(a) DECAB (b) DCBAE  (c) DCEBA (d) ABDCE

 Ans: C
 
61. Choose the verb in agreement with the subject :  Neither you nor he ______ to blame. 
(a) is (b) are   (c) were (d) have

 Ans: A
 
62. Choose the verb in agreement with the subject :  One hundred paise _____ equal to one rupee. 
(a) are (b) is  (c) has (d) have

Ans: B
 
63. Read the following sentences and choose the correct option : 
(a) Finally, it is the brave who wins the final frontier.  (b) Finally, it is the braves who wins the final frontier. 
(c) Finally, it is the brave who win the final frontier.   (d) None of the above

 Ans: C
 
64. Read the following sentences and choose the correct option : 
(a) When I saw the cart, it lay in the ditch.  (b) When I saw the cart, it had lain in the ditch. 
(c) When I saw the cart, it had been lying in the ditch.  (d) When I saw the cart, it was lying in the ditch.

 Ans: D
 
65. Read the following sentences and choose the correct option : 
(a) Before you reach his home, he will leave that place.  (b) Before you reach his home, he will have left that place.  
(c) Before you reach his home, he left that place.  (d) Before you reach his home, he shall leave that place.

 Ans: B
 
66. Choose the correct meaning of the idiom :  ‘To turn a deaf ear to’ 
(a) Disregard (b) Overheard  (c) Oppose (d) Suggest

 Ans: A
 
67. Choose the correct meaning of :  ‘The order of the day’ 
(a) Law and order (b) Sequence of days   (c) Prevailing state of things (d) None of the above

 Ans: C
 
68. Choose the correct meaning of the following :  ‘At daggers drawn’ 
(a) At a distance (b) Closeness  (c) Strained relations (d) Close relations

 Ans: C
 
69. Choose the correct meaning of :  ‘To be at cross purpose’
 (a) to misunderstand each other (b) dark and light aspects  (c) to fulfil the purpose (d) to cross the road

 Ans: A
 
70. Choose the correct meaning of the idiom :  ‘To add fuel to the fire’ 
(a) To cook (b) To create sparks   (c) Start a fire (d) To make matters worse

 Ans: D
 
71. Combine the pair of sentences given below into one sentence choosing the right conjunction provided below :  He was busy. He attended to me. 
(a) since (b) otherwise  (c) nevertheless (d) lest

Ans: C
 
72. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct connector provided below :  She has changed a lot _____ I saw her last. 
(a) before (b) since  (c) as (d) while 

 Ans: B
 
73. Fill in the blank with suitable connector provided below :   ______ much I tried, I could not help him. 
(a) As (b) Though  (c) So (d) However 

 Ans: D
 
74. Fill in the blank choosing an appropriate connector :  We must leave now ______ it is getting dark. 
(a) since (b) as long as  (c) when (d) as soon as

 Ans: A
 
75. Which one of the choices is the correct passive voice form of the given sentence :  We won the match. 
(a) The match won by us.   (b) The match had been won by us. 
(c) The match had won by us.   (d) The match was won by us.
 Ans: D
76. Select the appropriate Homonym to complete the following sentence :  Bihar is a state _______ with coal mines. 
(a) teaming (b) teeming  (c) taming (d) All of the above

Ans: B
 
77. Select the appropriate Homonym to complete the following sentence :  Yesterday his behaviour with the guests was ________. 
(a) antique (b) antic  (c) intrigue (d) None of the above

 Ans: B
 
78. Select the appropriate Homonym to complete the following sentence :  New Delhi is the _______ of India. 
(a) Capitol (b) Capital  (c) Caple (d) None of the above

 Ans: B
 
79. Select the appropriate Homonym to complete the following sentence :  The ______ to this mountain is not an easy task. 
(a) assent (b) ascent  (c) accent (d) extant

 Ans: B
 
80. Fill in the blank with the appropriate Modal :  ________ you have a glass of fresh lime ? 
(a) Should (b) Would  (c) Could (d) Will
Ans: D
 
Questions 81 – 88 :
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : 

Today perhaps your only association with the word ‘polio’ is the Sabin oral vaccine that protects children from the disease. Fifty-five years ago, this was not so. The dreaded disease, which mainly affects the brain and the spinal cord, causes stiffening and weakening of the muscles, crippling and paralysis – which is why I am in a wheelchair today. If somebody had predicted, when I was born, that this would happen to me, no one would have believed it. I was the seventh child in a family of four pairs of brothers and sisters with a huge 23 year gap between the first and the last. I was told that, unlike the others, I was so fair and golden-haired that I looked more like a foreigner, than a Dawood Bohri. I was also considered to be the healthiest of the brood.
  

81. The narrator of the passage is a patient of  
(a) diabetes (b) cerebral attack  (c) polio (d) heart disease

 Ans: C
 
82. To say something about the future is to 
(a) addict (b) verdict  (c) predict (d) protect

Ans: C
 
83. The narrator was the seventh child of a family that had 
(a) nine children (b) eight children   (c) one score children (d) twenty-three children

 Ans: B
 
84. What made the narrator look like a foreigner ? 
(a) He was fair and skinny. (b) He was fair with red hair.  (c) He was dark and golden haired. (d) He was fair and blonde.

 Ans: D
 
85. Polio, the dreaded disease, mainly affects the  
(a) heart and the spinal cord (b) brain and the spinal cord  (c) brain and bones (d) brain and heart

 Ans: B
 
86. Sabin oral vaccine is commonly known as 
(a) Antibiotics (b) Allopathy  (c) Polio drops (d) None of the above

 Ans: C
 
87. ‘Paralysis’ means  
(a) pain in the bones (b) lack of control over limbs  (c) fracture (d) None of the above

 Ans: B
 
88. In the passage the word ‘foreigner’ implies  
(a) Red Indian (b) Negro  (c) Asians (d) Whites

Ans: D
 
Questions 89 – 100 :
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :


 A recent report in News Week says that in American colleges students of Asian origin out perform not only the minority group students but the majority whites as well. Many of these students must be of Indian origin, and their achievement is something we can be proud of. It is unlikely that these talented young people will come back to India, and that is the familiar brain drain problem. However, recent statements made by the nations policy-makers indicate that the perception of this issue is changing. ‘Brain bank’ and not ‘brain drain’ is the more appropriate idea; it suggests that the expertise of Indians is only deposited in other places and not lost.

 This may be so, but this brain bank, like most other banks, is one that primarily serves customers in its neighbourhood. They will mainly help the U.S.A. No matter how significant what non-resident Indians do for India and what their counterparts do for other Asian lands is only a by-product.

 But it is also necessary to ask why we go to developed countries for higher study. The Asians whose accomplishments News Week records would have probably had a very different tale if they had studied in India. In America they found elbow-room, books and facilities not likely to be available here. The need to prove themselves in their new country and the competition of an international standard they faced there must have cured physical and mental laziness. But other things helping them in America can be obtained here, if we achieve a change in social attitudes, especially towards youth. 

 We need to learn to value individuals and their unique qualities more than conformity and respectability. We need to learn the language of encouragement to add to our skill in flattery. We might also learn to be less liberal with blame and less tight-fisted with appreciation, especially.    
 
89. The students of Asian origin include  
(a) a fair number from India  (b) a small group from India   (c) persons from wealthy families  (d) None of these

 Ans: A
 
90. In general, the talented young Indians studying in America 
(a) have a reputation for being hard-working  (b) will never return to India to pursue their careers  (c) hate India  (d) None of these

 Ans: B
 
91. There is talk now of ‘brain bank’. This idea  
(a) will bring back talented Indians  (b) is a solution to brain drain problem 
(c) is a new way of looking at the role of qualified Indians living abroad  (d) None of these

Ans: C

92. ‘The brain bank’ has limitations like all banks in the sense that  
(a) a bank’s services go mainly to those near it  (b) only what is deposited can be withdrawn and utilised 
(c) it is located in European countries   (d) None of these

 Ans: A
 
93. ‘accomplishments’ means  
(a) achievements  (b) faults  (c) polishing (d) None of these

 Ans: A
 
94. The author suggests that we should  
(a) provide more facilities in schools and colleges  (b) hire talented teachers 
(c) encourage our young talented students  (d) None of these

 Ans: C
 
95. ‘We should be less tight-fisted with appreciation’ means  
(a) we should not appreciate  (b) we should not deprecate 
(c) we should appreciate profusely (d) None of these

 Ans: C
 
96. The writer suggests that we should  
(a) avoid flattery and encourage the unique qualities of an individual  (b) use flattery as a weapon 
(c) avoid going to America  (d) None of these

 Ans: A
 
97. According to the passage, simply by accepting the concept of ‘brain bank’ and forgetting that of ‘brain drain’,  
(a) suddenly a large number of non-resident Indians will come back to India.  (b) ‘brain drain’ will stop. 
(c) we will have to pay the bank to get our trained and talented brain force back.  (d) None of these

 Ans: D
 
98. The reason why Indian youth do not develop their talent in India is 
(a) lack of books and facilities  (b) lack of International competition 
(c) physical and mental laziness (d) All of the above 

 Ans: D
 
99. The passage suggests that in order to prevent brain drain, 
(a) we should flatter our youth.   (b) we need to change our social attitude towards youth. 
(c) the youths should not bother about conformity and respectability.  (d) Indian youth should not go to America.

 Ans: B
 
100. Who are the ‘customers’ of the ‘brain bank’ ? 
(a) Indians  (b) Asians  (c) Non-resident Indians  (d) The United States of America

Ans: D   
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