Q.1 |
Tenses Identify the tense: He was always smiling. |
a) | Past Continuous Tense |
b) | Present Continuous Tense |
c) | Simple Past Tense |
d) | Simple Present Tense |
Q.2 |
Choose the right pronoun to correctly finish this sentence: Palvinder watched the children carefully as _________ crossed the road. |
a) | they |
b) | him |
c) | them |
d) | us |
Q.3 |
Choose the option which is the same as "all in all". |
a) | Every person |
b) | Particular thing same in all |
c) | Call all at once |
d) | Considering everything |
Q.4 |
Convert the following indirect speech into direct speech: The traveler enquired of the farmer if he could tell him the way to the nearest hotel. |
a) | The traveller said to the farmer, "Where is the nearest hotel?" |
b) | The traveller said to the farmer, "Which is the way to the nearest hotel?" |
c) | The traveller said to the farmer, "Can you tell me the way to the nearest hotel?" |
d) | The traveller said to the farmer, "Can you tell me where is the nearest hotel?" |
Q.5 |
Change the voice of the sentence: He has been arrested by the police. |
a) |
The police have arrested him. |
b) | The police had arrested him. |
c) | The police were arrested him. |
d) | The police have him arrested. |
Q.6 |
Choose the word which means opposite to "attraction". |
a) | bewildered |
b) | repulsion |
c) | benevolent |
d) | impressive |
Q.7 |
Read the following and answer the question based on it: What amongst the following is this piece of writing? |
a) | A notice. |
b) | An advertisement. |
c) | A formal letter. |
d) | A poster. |
Q.8 |
Fill in the blank with a suitable article: I live by ______ Crawford street. |
a) | a |
b) | an |
c) | the |
d) | no article |
Q.9 |
Choose the correct article: While I was going to join his team, he backed out from ___ idea. |
a) | the |
b) | a |
c) | an |
d) | no article |
Q.10 |
Naval architects never claim that a ship is unsinkable, but the sinking of the passenger-and-car ferry Estonia in the Baltic surely should have never have happened. It was well designed and carefully maintained. It carried the proper number of lifeboats. It had been thoroughly inspected the day of its fatal voyage. Yet hours later, Estonia rolled over and sank in a cold, stormy night. It went down so quickly that most of those on board, caught in their dark, flooding cabins, had no chance to save themselves: Of those who managed to scramble overboard, only 139 survived. The rest died of hypothermia before the rescuers could pluck them from the cold sea. The final death toll amounted to 912 souls. However, there was an unpleasant number of questions about why Estonia sank and why so many survivors were men in the prime of life, while most of the dead were women, children and the elderly. Based on the above passage, fill in the blank. It is clear from the passage that the survivors of the accident ______. |
a) |
Helped one another to overcome the tragedy that had affected them all |
b) | Were mostly young men but women, children and the elderly stood little chance |
c) | Helped save hundreds of lives |
d) | Are still suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder |
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Q.1 : a | Q.2 : a | Q.3 : d | Q.4 : c | Q.5 : a | Q.6 : b | Q.7 : b | Q.8 : d | Q.9 : a | Q.10 : b