Part 2 : English Questions 90-120
61. Write the name of the writer of the lesson ‘A Fellow — Traveler’.
(I) Ruskin Bond (2) C.E.M. Joad
(3) A.G. Gardiner (4) James Allen
62. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition. She has been living _______ this city
ten years.
(1) for, to (2) in, for . (3) to, for (4) on, to
63. Transform the following sentence by using ‘too’. Choose the correct alternative given below; She is over anxious for the safety of her son.
(1) She is too anxious that she wants the safety of her son.
(2) She is too anxious for the safety of her son.
(3) She is too anxious that her son may be safe.
(4) She is too anxious so that her son might be safe.
64. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
‘Atheist’
1), Rationalist (2) Theologist (3) Believer (4) Ritualist
65. – Choose the word similar in meaning: Industrious
(1) Successful (2) Sensible ,/(3) Punctual (4) Diligent
66. Change the following into indirect speech by choosing correct alternative
Our teacher said to us, “sugar dissolves in water.”
(1) Our teacher told us that sugar dissolved in water.
(2) Our teacher told us that sugar has dissolved in water.
(3) Our teacher said to us that sugar dissolves in water.
(4) Our teacher told us that sugar dissolves in water.
67. Choose the appropriate synonym of word OPULENT.
(l) Greedy (2) Hungry – (3) Heavy (4) Wealthy
68. Select the appropriate alternative which best expresses the meaning of
the following phrase:
To beat the air
(1) To make frantic effort
(2) To make effort that are useless or vain
(3) To act foolishly
(4) To make every possible effort
69. Select the appropriate synonym of word TRUNCATE.
(1) Cancel (2) Act cruelly (3) Cut off (4) End swiftly
70. Choose the opposite of the word MASTICATE.
(1) Conceal (2) Chew V (3) Review (4) Gobble
71. Select the antonym of underlined word – This frivolous remarks provoked no comments.
(1) serious (2) frantic ./‘ (3) momentous (4) fanciful
72. Pedagogical knowledge includes
(1) knowledge of content (2) knowledge of method
(3) both (1) and (2) (4) None of the above
73. What is the skill among the ones given below that cannot be tested in a formal written examination?
(1) Meaning of words & phrases (2) Extensive reading for pleasure
(3) Analyzing text (4) Reading for information
74. Drills are considered important in which method?
(1) Translation Method (2) Grammar Method
(3) Bilingual Method (4) Pattern Practice
75. Which of the following is a lexical word?
(1) Principal (2) If (3) Some (4) Whether
76. English is a ______ language in India.
(l) second (2) foreign (3) first (4) global
77. ‘Shylock’ is a character in which play?
(1) Othello (2) The Monkeys Paw
(3) The Merchant of Venice (4) Romeo and Juliet
78. Complete the following proverb:
The pen is mightier _____
(1) than the King (2) than the artist
(3) than the actor (4) than the sword/
79. The line ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’ has been written by which of the following?
(1) William Wordsworth (2) John Keats(3) Robert Frost(4) P.B. Shelley
80. Fill in the blank phrasal verb. It isn’t easy to days.
(1) train up (2) Bring Up (3) put up (4) leave out
81. Pick out the comparative form of the sentence.
He is as wise as Soloman
(1) Soloman is wiser than he is
(2) Soloman is not wiser than he is
(3) He is wiser than Soloman
(4) Soloman is the wisest among them
82. Point out the figure of speech in the following sentence:
‘Here’s the smell of the blood still
all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand’
(1) Metaphor (2) Hyperbole (3) Oxymoron (4) Personification
83. Who wrote ‘Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested’?
with the correct children now-a-
(1) E.V. Lucas (2) V.S. Naipaul (3) Francis Bacon (4) E.M. Forster
84. Choose the incorrect part of the sentence given below
One of Mohan’s ambitions / (a)
in life were to visit / (b)
all the historic places / (c)
in the country. /(d)
(1) a (2) b (3) c (4) d
85. Choose the correct part of speech of the underlined word.
It is a unique book.
(1) Verb (2) Noun (3) Adjective (4) Adverb
86. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition.
He killed two birds _____ one stone.
(1) by (2) at (3) of (4) with
87. ‘Arms and the Man’ was written by which playwright?
(1) John Osborne (2) William Shakespeare
(3) George Bernard Shaw ,‘ (4) Eugene O’Neill
88. Point out the active voice of the following sentence:
This notice has been altered.
(1) Alteration has been made in this notice by someone.
(2) Someone has altered this notice.
(3) Already the notice has been altered.
(4) The notice had been altered previously.
89. Fill in the blank using the correct prepositional phrase.
Shall we play indoors _____
sweating out in the sun.?
(l) instead of (2) other than (3) but for (4) because of
90. Fill in the blank with an appropriate choice.
If you make a promise. you must be sure to _______ it.
.(l) accomplish (2) keep (3) follow (4) succeed