Q.1 |
Fill in the blank with the appropriate conjunction: She can sing, ____ she can dance. |
a) | as |
b) | and |
c) | but |
d) | none of them |
Q.2 |
Choose the pair of words which have a similar relationship to that between the given pair of words: myopic: farsighted:: ______: obscure |
a) | benevolent |
b) | famous |
c) | turgid |
d) | wasted |
Q.3 |
Choose the correct preposition: The train is ___________ time. |
a) | after |
b) | to |
c) | behind |
d) | for |
Q.4 |
Choose the one word/phrase which could substitute the word/phrase in the 'braces': The warmth of the room made the student 'doze'. |
a) | yawn widely |
b) | sweat profusely |
c) | happy |
d) | faint |
Q.5 |
Choose the word that is closest to the opposite in meaning of the word/phrase which is in braces(" "): It is "obligatory" for a common citizen to follow the rules. |
a) | advisable |
b) | unnecessary |
c) | superflous |
d) | optional |
Q.6 |
Convert the following direct speech into indirect speech: He said, "Where shall I be this time, next year!" |
a) | He asked that where should he be that time next year. |
b) | He wondered where he should be that time the next year. |
c) | He contemplated where shall he be that time the following year. |
d) | He wondered where he would be that time the following year. |
Q.7 |
Select the option which best explains the meaning of the idiom marked in the braces(" "): He is a "queer fish". I have failed to understand him. |
a) | funny person |
b) | sensitive person |
c) | strange person |
d) | quarrelsome person |
Q.8 |
Complete the sentence by filling in the blanks with the appropriate article: I first met him _______ year ago. |
a) | a |
b) | an |
c) | the |
d) | no article |
Q.9 |
Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom: By leaps and bounds? |
a) | very fast |
b) | very slow |
c) | in details |
d) | aimlessly |
Q.10 |
Make an appropriate sentence: believe/your/story/might/i |
a) | I believe might your story. |
b) | I might believe your story. |
c) | story your believe might I. |
d) | none of them |
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Q.1 : b | Q.2 : b | Q.3 : c | Q.4 : a | Q.5 : d | Q.6 : d | Q.7 : c | Q.8 : a | Q.9 : a | Q.10 : b