Find the antonyms:
1.Vacillate- a.unsteady/ b.mammoth/ c.firm/ d.munificent
2.Acrimonious- a.affectionate /b.bitter /c.nettle /d.irk
3.Proceed- a.lead / b.fall back / c.freed / d.knead
4.Lock up- a.restricted / b.chain/ c.confine / d.liberate
5.Reprimand- a.reproach / b.scold / c.laud / d.berate
6.Swiftness- a.fast / b.quick / c.dullness / d.admiration
7.Abhorrence- a.affluence/ b.afraid/ c.affection/ d.affectation
Find the synonyms:
8.Stain- a.lucid / b.limpid / c.tarnish / d.clear
9.Babble- a.chatter / b.reticent / c.baffle / d.introvert
10.Feud- a.agreement / b.harmony/ c.understanding/ d.conflict
11.Haul- a.maroon / b.drag / c.char / d.maul
12.Peevish- a.patient / b.irritable / c.calm / d.invulnerable
13.Bewail- a.bemoan / b.merriment / c.entertainment / d.celebrate
14.Retaliation- a.tolerance / b.counterattack / c.bear / d.ignore
Idioms/ One word substitutions/ Phrasal verbs/ Confusing words:
15.A system where all people are equal- a.bureaucracy/ b.oligarchy/ c.aristocracy/ d.egalitarian
16.Excuse- a.induce / b.alibi / c.truce/ d.refuse
17.The sound of monkeys- a.neigh /b.hiss /c.gibberd/grunt
18.Hear it on the grapevine- a.to be hard of hearing/ b.dumb/ c.to hear rumour/ d.deaf
19.As daft as a brush- a.fool/ b.shrewd / c.intelligible / d.agile
20.Feel down- a.depressed / b.elated / c.overjoyed / d.lofty
21.Splash out- a.miser / b.spend money freely / c.to be frugal / d.terminate
22.Evergreen- a.perennial / b.fleeting / c.transient / d.temporary
23.Identify the bracketed part:
He ran away (when I saw him).
A.Noun clause
B.Adjective clause
C.Adverb clause
D.Prepositional clause
24.What is the past participle form of "win"?
A.wins
B.winning
C.won
D.win
25.What is "not"?
A.pronoun
B.adjective
C.noun
D.adverb
Cloze test:
All her life Ms. Sen had a great fear of missing a train, a plane, a boat or (26)______ a theatre curtain. In other respects, she was not a (27)______ nervous woman. But the mere thought of (28)______ on occasions like these would throw her (29)______ such a nervous state that a tiny muscle in the corner of her left eye would (30)______ twitch .This would disappear once she had boarded the plane etc.
26. A.quite/ B.extremely/ C.even/ D.hardly
27. A.usual/ B.general/ C.particular/ D.particularly
28. A.be later/ B.being late/ C.be late/ D.being later
29. A.into/ B.up/ C.away/ D.in
30. A.begun over/ B.begun to/ C.begin to/ D.begin over
Spot the error:
31. A community is a /a./ group of people /b./ who shares a common culture. /c./ No error /d./
32. I couldn’t hear /a./ what was she saying due to /b./ the noise of the planes taking off. /c./ No error /d./
33. No sooner did we receive /a./ your message when we heaved a /b./ sigh of relief. /c./ No error /d./
34. We ordered a pizza /a./ which is one of /b./ my favourite food item. /c/ No error /d./
35. The staff is being /a./ advise to maintain /b./ distance while working in office. /c./ No error /d./
36. If you walk fastly, /a./ you can manage /b./ to reach your destination in forty minutes. /c./ No error /d./
37. The higher /a./ you go, /b./ the coolest it is. /c./ No error /d./
38. When the boys /a./ were playing the match, /b./ it suddenly starts raining. /c./ No error /d./
39. One of the reason /a./ behind malnutrition /b./ is the improper way of food intake. /c./ No error /d./
40. Despite of /a./ working hard /b./ he failed the exam. /c./ No error /d./
Change the voice:
41. The task should have been completed by the student.
(a) The student should complete the task.
(b) The student should have completed the task.
(c) The student should be completing the task.
(d) The student should have complete the task.
42. The lady is treading on the flowers.
(a) The flowers are being trod on by the lady.
(b) The flowers are being trodden on by the lady.
(c) The flowers are being treaded on by the lady.
(d) The flowers are being treaden on by the lady.
43. I am going to bring him here.
(a) He is going to bring here by me.
(b) He is being brought here by me.
(c) He is going to be brought here by me.
(d) He is being gone to be brought here by me.
44. He was caught by the police for littering up the streets.
(a) The police was catching him littering up the street.
(b) The police caught him for littering up the street.
(c) The police catches him littering up the street.
(d) The police has caught him littering up the street.
45. He has sent me a present.
(a) I have been sent to him a present.
(b) A present have been sent to me.
(c) A present has been sent to me by him.
(d) A present will be sent to me by him.
Change the speech:
46. Navanitha said to her friends, "What a scintillating beauty it is !"
A. Navanitha told to her friends that it was a scintillating beauty.
B. Navanitha asked her friends whether it was a scintillating beauty.
C. Navanitha exclaimed to her friends that it was a scintillating beauty
D. Navanitha exclaimed to her friends what a scintillating beauty it was.
47. Rahul said to his teacher, "Madam, what is the way to solve the question ?"
A. Rahul asked his teacher what the way to solve the question was.
B. Rahul asked to his teacher what the way was to solve the question.
C. Rahul told his teacher what the way was to solve the question.
D. Rahul told his teacher what was the way to solve the question.
48. I said to my brother, "Let us go to some hill station for a change."
A. I permitted my brother to go to some hill station for a change.
B. I asked my brother if he would go to some hill station for a change.
C. I suggested to my brother that we should go to some hill station for a change.
D. I asked my brother to go to some hill station for a change.
49. "Please don't go away," she said.
A. She begged that I not go away.
B. She told me not to go away.
C. She begged me not to go away.
D. She said to please her and not go away.
50. The employer said to him, "I shall pay your wages tomorrow."
A. The employer said that I shall pay my wages the next day.
B. The employer told him that he would pay his wages the next day.
C. The employer said that he shall pay his wages the next day.
D. The employer said that he shall pay your wages the next day.
Fill in:
51. Freedom is not a/an ________ but our birthright.
A. sin B. illusion C. gift D. farce E. presentation
52. Everyone should ________ himself against illness since medical care has now become expensive.
A. vaccinate B. ensure C. insure D. brace E. inoculate
53. One can trace her ________ back to King Charles I.
A. linen B. lining C. lineage D. lineament
54. The manager was able to see that the ________ visitor was carrying a gun.
A. immenent B. eminent C. imenant D. imminent
55. Anita ________ me of a girl I used to know.
A. remembers B. reminds C. recalls D. recollects
56. The stenographer is very efficient. He is ________ to his firm.
A. a credit B. a bane C. a blessed D. an asset
57. He tried to ________ himself against a horde of ruffians.
A. save B. support C. collect D. defend
58. The ________ of the minister's statement cannot be verified by people who have no access to official records.
A. validity B. verbosity C. veracity D. ambiguity
59. Speeding and blocking are traffic offences which lead to ________ accidents.
A. winsome B. minor C. urban D. gruesome
60. However, the group's long term strategy is to ________ on core sector businesses connected with infrastructure and energy.
A. depend B. concentrate C. breed D. develop
Find the correctly spelt word:
61.(A) Occurence (B) Occurrence (C) Ocurence (D) Occurrance
62.(A) Hypocrisy (B) Hypocresy (C) Hipocrisy (D) Hipocrecy
63.(A) Circuiteous (B) Clairvoyant (C) Chivelery (D) Cavelcade
64.(A) Parapharnelia (B) Parsimonious (C) Peccadilo (D) Peadiatrics
65.(A)Choas (B) Chaos (C)Chaaos (D) Chaoss
Find the near synonyms:
66. Alliance- a.accord/ b.dispute/ c.break off/ d.resemblance
67. Independence- a.slavery/- b.reproach / c.adjudication / d.liberty
68. Inexperienced- a.green / b.prior / c.defile / d.neophyte
69. Proclivity- a.debilitate / b.ease/ c.penchant/ d.puzzled
70. Isolate- a.unite / b.patch / c.ache / d.detach
71. Start- a.puerile / b.end / c.fragile / d.inception
72. Deteriorate- a.weaken/ b.strengthen/ c.reinforce/ d.force
73. Annul- a.abrogate/ b.inept/ c.propagate / d.adept
74. Recede- a.carry away / b.fall back/ c.dilute / d.proceed
75. Altercation- a.treaty / b.quack / c.teasing / d.quarrel
Find the incorrectly spelt word:
76. (a) Bureaucratic/ (b) Misdemeaneur/ (c) Expropriate/ (d) Capitulation
77. (a) Skepticism/ (b) Sovereignity/ (c) Susceptible/ (d) Stereotype
78. (a) Camouflage/ (b) Propensity/ (c) Percieved/ (d) Sympathetic
79. (a) Pediatrician/ (b) Resistence/ (c) Patronage/ (d) Phylum
80. (a) Interogative/ (b) Retaliation/ (c) Staggered/ (d) Mercenary
81.Figures of speech:
1.A play on words for humorous effect.
A.metonymy
B.antithesis
C.euphemism
D.synecdoche
E.pun
82.Replacing a harsh term with a milder one.
A.metonymy
B.antithesis
C.euphemism
D.synecdoche
E.pun
83.Using a closely related term to represent something else.
A.metonymy
B.antithesis
C.euphemism
D.synecdoche
E.pun
84.Using a part to represent the whole.
A.metonymy
B.antithesis
C.euphemism
D.synecdoche
E.pun
85.Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas.
A.metonymy
B.antithesis
C.euphemism
D.synecdoche
E.pun
Identify the bracketed part:
86.They helped (each other).
A.adverb
B.conjunction
C.pronoun
D.noun
E.determiner
87.She went (straight).
A.adverb
B.conjunction
C.pronoun
D.noun
E.determiner
88.He is (present) today.
A.adverb
B.conjunction
C.pronoun
D.noun
E.determiner
89.(Why) are you late?
A.adverb
B.conjunction
C.pronoun
D.noun
E.determiner
90.Is it the tv (that) you bought last year?
A.adverb
B.conjunction
C.pronoun
D.noun
E.determiner
91.How many short vowel sounds are there?
A.5
B.21
C.20
D.7
E.8
92.Identify the tense:
She let me go home.
A.past continuous
B.simple present
C.present continuous
D.simple past
E.simple future
93. Out-of-the-box statecraft
P: economic growth
Q: would bring dividends
R: in peace of mind, savings and
(a) RQP (b) QRP (c) PRQ (d) PQR
94. This may be essential at
P: where the market fails to deliver
Q: swath of an economy
R: times, but there is a wide
(a) QRP (b) QPR (c) PRQ (d) RQP
95. For India, therefore,
P: a priority along with nuclear safety
Q: nuclear security is not a new objective,
R: but has always been
(a)RQP (b) RPQ (c) PRQ (d) QRP
Improve the bracketed part:
96. (What does it matter most) is the quality of the goods that we require.
A. What does it matter more
B. What matters most
C. What it matters more
D. No improvement
97. He has said so out of affection; do not take it (to heart.)
A. it in the heart
B. by the heart
C. in heart
D. No improvement
98. The driver was (dazzled) by the bright light of the approaching car.
A. flashed
B. glowed
C. twinkled
D. No improvement
99. Many a man (have died of cancer.)
A. has died of cancer
B. have been dying of cancer
C. have died from cancer
D. No improvement
100. In accordance (to) your instructions, we have returned the amount.
A. With/ B. For/ C. By/ D. No improvement
Thank you- Nishant
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