Q.1 |
It was then he (i)____ (hear) the jostle and squeal of elephants. Below him on each side of (ii)____ shallow river-bed, the elephants traveled. He could see the cows and babies and one great old tusker. He (iii)____(play) his trunk to and fro to learn whatever the breeze could tell him, (iv)___ suddenly he hesitated. Fill in the blank (iii) with appropriate tense? |
a) | play |
b) | was playing |
c) | was played |
d) | playing |
Q.2 |
Choose the correct article: Please meet me at the train station in ___________ hour from now. |
a) | a |
b) | an |
c) | the |
d) | no article |
Q.3 |
Choose the correct option that gives the following idiom: At one's wit's end. |
a) | perplexed |
b) | enlighten |
c) | explain |
d) | clear up |
Q.4 |
Choose the word which means opposite to "attraction". |
a) | bewildered |
b) | repulsion |
c) | benevolent |
d) | impressive |
Q.5 |
Change the voice of the sentence: He has been arrested by the police. |
a) |
The police have arrested him. |
b) | The police had arrested him. |
c) | The police were arrested him. |
d) | The police have him arrested. |
Q.6 |
Choose the pair of words which have a similar relationship to that between the given pair of words: vapid: ______:: rapid: swift |
a) | inspired |
b) | turgid |
c) | wet |
d) | insipid |
Q.7 |
Choose the correct pronoun for the subject of the given sentence: When can Derek and Drew come over to play? |
a) | me |
b) | him |
c) | us |
d) | they |
Q.8 |
Choose the most suitable option. Cheaper houses ____________ provided to workers by factory. |
a) | can be |
b) | could |
c) | might |
d) | will |
Q.9 |
Active-Passive Voice Convert the following passive voice sentence into active voice: A lion may be helped even by a little mouse. |
a) | Even a little mouse may help a lion. |
b) | A little mouse may even help a lion. |
c) | A little mouse can even help a lion. |
d) | Even a little mouse ought to help a lion. |
Q.10 |
Tenses Identify the tense: He was always smiling. |
a) | Past Continuous Tense |
b) | Present Continuous Tense |
c) | Simple Past Tense |
d) | Simple Present Tense |
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Q.1 : b | Q.2 : b | Q.3 : a | Q.4 : b | Q.5 : a | Q.6 : d | Q.7 : d | Q.8 : a | Q.9 : a | Q.10 : a