CM- 2, 10 questions from previous papers

1. Spot the error: (Previous paper, Year ****)

The street artist Satish Munjal has been painting this wall since one week.

1. since one week

2. has been painting

3. this wall

4. The street artist

2. Fill in: (Previous paper, Year ****)

The State Government argued that it could not ______ the increase in the teachers'salaries as awarded by the court.

1. stand

2. afford

3. spare

4. get

3. Find the synonym: (Previous paper, Year ****)

CHRONIC

1. common

2. persistent

3. temporary

4. ordinary

4. Find the antonym: (Previous paper, Year ****)

EXPANSION

1. augmentation

2. extension

3. compression

4. inflation

5. Rearrangement: (Previous paper, Year ****)

A. The cafe's owner says he's interested in conservation, and hopes customers will realise the animals are worth saving, even though they often have a bad reputation.

B. None of them are venomous, meaning customers can get up close and personal with the reptiles.

C. Here you sip your drink in the company of 35 snakes.

D. This cafe, which has just opened in Tokyo, is not for the faint-hearted.

1. DCBA 2. ABDC

3. DBCA 4. ABCD

6. Voice: (Previous paper, Year ****)

Every passing vehicle was being thoroughly checked by the guards.

1. The guards have thoroughly checked every passing vehicle.

2. Every passing vehicle were thoroughly checking the guards.

3. The guards were thoroughly checking every passing vehicle.

4. The guards have been thoroughly checking every passing vehicle.

7. Narration: 

She said to me, "What a nice shot it is!"

1. She exclaimed with praise that it was very nice shot.

2. She exclaims with praise that it was a very nice shot.

3. She exclaimed praisingly that it is a very nice shot.

4. She exclaimed with praise that it was a very nice shot.

8. Give one word: (Previous paper, Year ****)

A student who idly or without excuse absents himself/hersef from school

1. vagrant

2. truant

3. itinerant

4. migrant

9. Improve the bracketed part: (Previous paper, Year ****)

If you join this job now, (it proves to be good) in the long run.

1. it will prove to be good

2. it proves good

3. No improvement

4. it has proved to be good

10. Find the correctly spelt word: 

1. cemetary

2. concious

3. humourous

4. guard