1. She insisted on ___ leaving the house.
a)
He
b)
Him
c)
Himself
d)
His
Answer:
His
2. The phrase 'Achilles heel' means—
a)
A strong point
b)
A strong solution
c)
A weak point
d)
A permanent solution
Answer:
A weak point
3. He does not adhere ____ any principle.
a)
By
b)
In
c)
At
d)
To
Answer:
To
4. Millennium is a period of —
a)
100 year
b)
1000 year
c)
1 million year
d)
1 billion year
Answer:
1000 year
5. Identify the passive from of the following sentence: 'Who has broken this jug?'
a)
By whom has this jug been broken ?
b)
By whom has this jug broken ?
c)
By whom this jug has been broken ?
d)
Whom has this jug been broken?
Answer:
By whom has this jug been broken ?
6. Who is not a Victorian poet?
a)
Alfred Tennyson
b)
Robert Browning
c)
William Wordsworth
d)
Matthew Arnold
Answer:
William Wordsworth
7. Which of the following novels was written by George Orwell?
a)
1984
b)
Brave New World
c)
A Clockwork Orange
d)
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Answer:
1984
8. Identify the correct sentence:
a)
She speaks English like English
b)
She speaks English like English
c)
She speaks the English like the English
d)
She speaks English like the English
Answer:
She speaks English like the English
9. When one makes a promise, one must not go ____ on it.
a)
Forward
b)
Back
c)
By
d)
Around
Answer:
Back
10. I can't put up with him anymore. Here 'put up with' means—
a)
To protect
b)
To terminate
c)
To tolerate
d)
To prevent
Answer:
To tolerate
11. The poem 'To his Coy Mistress' was written by —
a)
Andrew Marvell
b)
John Donne
c)
George Herbert
d)
Henry Vaughan
Answer:
Andrew Marvell
12. The synonym of 'altitude' is—
a)
Height
b)
Width
c)
Length
d)
Depth
Answer:
Height
13. This could have worked if I ____ been more far- sighted.
a)
Have
b)
Had
c)
might
d)
Would
Answer:
Had
14. Don Juan was composed by —
a)
W. B. Yeats
b)
E. B. Browning
c)
George Gordon Byron
d)
Alexander Pope
Answer:
George Gordon Byron
15. Identify the imperative sentence:
a)
Shut up!
b)
Shahin is playing football.
c)
I shall cook dinner now.
d)
What is your name?
Answer:
Shut up!
16. 'Black Death' is the name of a—
a)
Fever
b)
Black fever
c)
Plague pandemic
d)
Death of black people
Answer:
Plague pandemic
17. 'Ulysses' is a poem written by —
a)
Robert Browning
b)
Wordsworth
c)
S. T. Coleridge
d)
Alfred Tennyson
Answer:
Alfred Tennyson
18. Who wrote the poem 'Ozymandias'?
a)
Thomas Hardy
b)
Robert Frost
c)
P. B. Shelley
d)
Edmund Spenser I
Answer:
P. B. Shelley
19. The train is running ____ 40 miles and hour.
a)
On
b)
To
c)
At
d)
For
Answer:
At
20. He divided the money ____ the two children.
a)
Between
b)
Over
c)
Among
d)
In between
Answer:
Between
21. No one can ____ that he is clever.
a)
Defy
b)
Deny
c)
Admire
d)
Denounce
Answer:
Deny
22. Choose the right form of verb: The boy (to lie) on the floor yesterday.
a)
Lies
b)
Lied
c)
Lay
d)
Layed
Answer:
Lay
23. She played on the flute. Passive form is—
a)
The flute was played by her.
b)
The flute was played on by her.
c)
The flute was played to her.
d)
The flute was been played by her.
Answer:
The flute was played on by her.
24. Antonym for 'Adieu'—
a)
Farewell
b)
Good bye
c)
Hello
d)
Valediction
Answer:
Hello
25. 'Walk fast lest you should miss the train.' This is a—
a)
Simple sentence
b)
Complex sentence
c)
Compound sentence
d)
Interrogative sentence
Answer:
Complex sentence
26. A number of singers in a church is called —
a)
Choir
b)
Cast
c)
Claque
d)
Clump
Answer:
Choir
27. Anger may be compared ____ fire.
a)
To
b)
Within
c)
Against
d)
Into
Answer:
To
28. Choose the correct sentence:
a)
He discussed the matter.
b)
He discussed about the matter.
c)
He discussed on the matter.
d)
None of the above
Answer:
He discussed the matter.
29. Identify the correctly spelt word.
a)
Horroscope
b)
Pneumonia
c)
Occassion
d)
Embarass
Answer:
Pneumonia
30. Meteorology is related to —
a)
Concrete slabs
b)
Motor vehicles
c)
Weather forecasting
d)
Motor neurone disease
Answer:
Weather forecasting