Total= 50 questions
Time= 25 minutes
Negative= .25 mark
Cut off= 35 marks
1. Spot the error:
Raman with / his wife / went to the village / to sold their land.
1. Raman went
2. with his wife
3. to sold their land
4. to the village
2. Spot the error:
More students / than one / is interested / in the movie 'Pushpa'.
1. More students
2. is interested
3. than one
4. No error
3. Spot the error:
Each boy and every / girl has/ been selected/ for the event.
1. girl has
2. been selected
3. Each boy and every
4. No error
4. Spot the error:
No one / knows/ where / is he living.
1. No one
2. is he living
3. knows
4. No error
5. Rearrangement:
A. At its height, around 1,200 years ago, the city of Calakmul had a population of about 50,000 people, but the kingdom as a whole numbered more than 1.5 million.
B. Deep in the jungle of southern Mexico lie the ruins of a city that thrived for centuries before it was abandoned more than 1,000 years ago.
C. Archaeologists have uncovered 6,750 structures here—the largest is this pyramid temple, called, simply, 'Structure 2.'
D. Calakmul was once one of the two duelling superpowers— along with Tikal— of the Classical Mayan civilisation.
1. ACDB
2. DBCA
3. BDAC
4. BCDA
6. Rearrangement:
A. “I have already spent it,” the thief replied.
B. “What! I will take you to the police right now,” Arun thundered.
C. “Give me back my money,” Arun said to the thief.
D. “Sir, please have some mercy on me,” the thief pleaded.
1. CBAD
2. ADBC
3. CABD
4. BCAD
7. Improve the bracketed part:
The prisoners are [kept at] constant surveillance.
1. No improvement required
2. kept with
3. kept under
4. kept by
8. Improve the bracketed part:
Thirty percent of the books [are] fascinating.
1. No improvement required
2. has
3. have
4. is
9. Improve the bracketed part:
Don't be rude [with] others.
1. No improvement required
2. to
3. from
4. of
10. Improve the bracketed part:
He confused me [with] a thief.
1. No improvement required
2. from
3. of
4. to
11. One word substitution:
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
1. Poetry
2. Rhetoric
3. Bombastic
4. Archaic
12. One word substitution:
An examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death
1. Post-mortem
2. Analysis
3. Suicide
4. Homicide
13. One word substitution:
A group of dogs
1. Canine
2. Set
3. Pack
4. Kennel
14. One word substitution:
Disagreement to a proposal
1. decent
2. descent
3. dissent
4. dense
15. Narration:
He said to her, “I don't have to clean the room today.”
1. He told to her that he didn't have to clean the room that day.
2. She told her that he didn't have to clean the room that day.
3. He told her that he didn't had to clean the room that day.
4. He told her that he didn't have to clean the room that day.
16. Narration:
He said to me, “Why is she late?”
1. He asked me why she was late.
2. He asked me why was she late.
3. He asked me why she was late?
4. He asked to me why she was late.
17. Narration:
Nelson said, “I was playing cricket.”
1. Nelson said that he had playing cricket.
2. Nelson said him that he had been playing cricket.
3. Nelson said that he had been playing cricket.
4. Nelson said that he had been playing with cricket.
18. Narration:
She said to them, ''Will you not be silent?''
1. She asked them if they would be silent.
2. She asked them to be silent.
3. She asked them whether they will be silent.
4. She asked them to became silent.
19. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Humdrum
1. Noisy
2. Boring
3. Exciting
4. Lively
20. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Lug
1. Drag
2. Call
3. Tell
4. Push
21. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Anarchy
2. Aristocracy
3. Monarchy
4. Tyrrany
22. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Cousin
2. Neice
3. Nephew
4. Uncle
23. Idiom/ phrase:
To fight tooth and nail
1. To silently leave the scene of battle
2. To use unusual weapons to fight
3. To keep the enemy guessing about the weapons used
4. To fight or compete with great ferocity and intensity
24. Idiom/ phrase:
Twiddling one’s thumbs
1. Feeling hungry
2. Feeling angry
3. Feeling bored
4. Feeling sad
25. Idiom/ phrase:
To fan the flames
1. To cool the situation
2. To make a bad situation worse
3. To resolve the issue amicably
4. To call for help to solve an issue
26. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Remedy
1. Decrease
2. Cure
3. Minimise
4. Devastate
27. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Allay
1. Appease
2. Provoke
3. Calm
4. Lull
28. Fill in:
The worst possible ______ for human society is that we will destroy ourselves with nuclear weapons.
1. privilege
2. preceptive
3. presentation
4. prediction
29. Fill in:
The tree was ______ by the farmers.
1. fell
2. felled
3. fallen
4. falled
30. Fill in:
The smoke ______ from the window.
1. risen
2. raised
3. rose
4. rise
31. Fill in:
The people of Rajasthan strictly ______ to the traditional customs.
1. abide
2. appeal
3. apply
4. adhere
32. Fill in:
The bag ______ a great number of books.
1. comprise
2. comprises of
3. comprises
4. is comprised
33. Select the CORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Writen
2. Malady
3. Verbol
4. Speach
34. Select the CORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Canceled
2. Untill
3. Cigarete
4. Wrest
35. Voice:
The fielder at the slip position took a brilliant catch.
1. A brilliant catch was taken by the fielder at the slip position.
2. A brilliant catch had been taken by the fielder at the slip position.
3. A brilliant catch was being taken by the fielder at the slip position.
4. A brilliant catch is taken by the fielder at the slip position.
36. Voice:
We shall write to the CM.
1. The CM will be written to.
2. The CM will be written.
3. The CM would be written to.
4. The CM should be written.
37. Voice:
Look at him.
1. He should be looked at
2. Let him look at.
3. You are asked to looked at him.
4. You need to looking at him.
38. Voice:
You should have taught her.
1. She should taught by you.
2. She should have been taught by you.
3. She should have teached by you.
4. She should be taught by you.
Cloze test:
Moore worked without stopping until eleven o’clock. Then he made (39)______ a cup of tea. He was enjoying himself sitting alone (40)______ the fireside. The firelight danced on the walls and (41)______ strange shadows around the room. His tea tasted (42)______ and there was nobody to disturb him. Then, for (43)______ first time he noticed how much noise the rats were making.
39. 1. herself 2. ourself 3. itself 4. himself
40. 1. by 2. over 3. in 4. for
41. 1. picked 2. stuck 3. poked 4. cast
42. 1. excellent 2. attractive 3. skillful 4. desirable
43. 1. only 2. a 3. one 4. the
44. Identify the bracketed part:
Why are you [late]?
1. noun 2. pronoun 3. adjective 4. adverb
45. Identify the bracketed part:
[What] is your name?
1. noun 2. pronoun 3. adjective 4. adverb
46. Identify the bracketed part:
She [became] rude to me.
1. present simple 2. past participle 3. past simple 4. present participle
47. Which type of sentence is this?
He denied that he had stolen my bag.
1.Simple 2.Compound 3.Complex 4.Compound- complex
48. Which type of sentence is this?
Despite her illness, she came to see me.
1.Simple 2.Compound 3.Complex 4.Compound- complex
49. Which type of sentence is this?
He died because he had been ill for a long time.
1.Simple 2.Compound 3.Complex 4.Compound- complex
50. What is plural form of 'Erratum'?
1. Errati
2. Erratumses
3. Errata
4. Erratii
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