Wednesday, September 15, 2010

English 2

1.Unhygienic surroundings——————health problems.

(a)Give rise to (b)Call for (c)Call off (d)Set in

Ans:Give rise to

2.The book is not only interesting but also———–

(a)intruding (b)intrinsic (c)endearing (d)instructive

Ans:instructive.

3. Find the word that wrongly spelt.

(a)Courageous (b)encourage (c)Vicious (d)majistrate

Ans:majistrate

4. Place an alphabet before the word love to get the meaning a spice (a)T (b)C (c)S (d)W

Ans:C

5. Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the word immunity:

(a)disinclination (b)freedom (c)protection (d)apathy

Ans:protection

6.The closest meaning of the word benevolence is:

(a)attention (b)attraction (c)patience (d)kindness

Ans:kindness

7. The word which means false reports that damage the reputation of a person:

(a)candour (b)gander (c)banter (d)slander

Ans:slander

8. Choose the correctly spelt word:

(a)peursue (b)purseue (c)persue (d)pursue

Ans:pursue

9. Select the word meaning small branch:

(a)bit (b)stick (c)twig (d)log

Ans:twig

10. Arrears best means:

(a)small pieces (b)works of art (c)unpaid debts (d)the back portion of a building

Ans:unpaid debts

11. Choose the correct preposition for the sentence:

The thief hid all his loot————————–a stone

(a)below (b)under (c)beneath (d)by

Ans:under

12. I don’t want you to be disappointed —————– me

(a)with (b)about (c)for (d)at

Ans:with

13. He said, ”I must go at once”. Change into indirect speech:

(a) He said that he had to go at once

(b) He said that he would go at once

(c) He said that he must have gone at once

(d) He said that he had had to go at once

Ans: He said that he had to go at once

14. Change into indirect speech: ‘Oh dear! I’ve lost my purse’,she said:

(a) She said that she lost her purse

(b) She exclaimed that she had lost her purse

(c) She said that she had lost her purse

(d) She expressed that she had lost her purse

Ans: She exclaimed that she had lost her purse

15. He became philosopher, ————————-?

(a)didn’t he (b)did he (c)has he (d)hasn’t he

Ans:didn’t he

16. I meant —————– your attention to this matter

(a)to be called (b)to call (c)to calling (d)to had called

Ans:to call

17. The car pulled ————– before the front door.

(a)up (b)at (c)by (d)on

Ans:up

18. Home is —————- sweetest place on the earth.

(a)out (b)the (c)a (d)an

ns:the

19. Choose the correct sentence:

(a)The committee are in session (b) The committee is in session

(a)The committee were in session (b) The committee to be in session

Ans: The committee is in session

20. The opposite of vice is:

(a)wickedness (b)goodness (c)virtue (d)silence

Ans: virtue

21. The idiom storm in the tea cup means:

(a)no fuss over trivial matter (b)big fuss over trivial matter

(c)clever idea (d)sudden inspiration

Ans: big fuss over trivial matter

22. The mansion was pulled down to make way for a housing complex. The words italicized mean:

(a)Brought (b)Constructed (c)demolished (d)broken

Ans:demolished

23. Most of the people in India live from hand to mouth. The closest meaning to this idiom is:

(a) a life of plenty providing for the future

(b) with moderate provision for the future

(c) without any provision for the future

(d) with some provision for the future

Ans: without any provision for the future

24. He is quite at sea. At sea means:

(a)by the sea (b)lost in thought (c)determined (d)confused

Ans:confused

25. Mark stands well with his boss. Stands well closely means:

(a) Mark is well thought of by his boss

(b) Mark is not well thought of by his boss

(c) Boss is well thought of by mark

(d) Boss is not well thought of by mark

Ans: Mark is well thought of by his boss

26. I save money by ———– smoking.

(a)carefully (b)frequently (c)ever (d)never

Ans:never

27. I ————- prefer coffee.

(a)ever (b)usually (c)forever (d)never

Ans:usually

28. There is a cat in the kitchen. ——————— is drinking milk.

(a)It (b)He (c)She (d)Them

Ans:It

29. They sell ————– dresses in that store.

(a)lady (b)lady’s (c)ladies (d)ladies’

Ans:ladies’

30. ————— bread and butter the only thing you have for me?

(a)Wasn’t (b)Are (c)Is (d)Aren’t

Ans:Is

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