Q.1 |
Fill in the blank with the appropriate adverbs: I ______ endorsed the new restaurant. |
a) | happy |
b) | joyful |
c) | merry |
d) | heartily |
Q.2 |
Identify the part of speech word/phrase which is in braces(" "): The "early" bird catches the worm. |
a) | Adverb |
b) | Pronoun |
c) | Adjective |
d) | Verb |
Q.3 |
Change the direct speech to indirect or indirect speech to direct. They said, "Bravo! We have done well". |
a) | They applauded with saying that they had done well. |
b) | They said that they have done well. |
c) | They applauded with saying that they had been done well. |
d) | They applaud with saying that they have done well. |
Q.4 |
Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition: The plan of the enemy to blow _____ the fly-over was foiled by the police. |
a) | over |
b) | down |
c) | up |
d) | on |
Q.5 |
Choose the word that is the antonym of the word which is in braces(" "): Have you seen that "timid" child? |
a) | brave |
b) | tall |
c) | tender |
d) | big |
Q.6 |
Convert the following direct speech into indirect speech: He said, "Where shall I be this time, next year!" |
a) | He asked that where should he be that time next year. |
b) | He wondered where he should be that time the next year. |
c) | He contemplated where shall he be that time the following year. |
d) | He wondered where he would be that time the following year. |
Q.7 |
Identify the tense: At that time he had been writing the novel for two months. |
a) | Past Perfect Continuous Tense |
b) | Past Continuous Tense |
c) | Present Perfect Continuous Tense |
d) | Present Continuous Tense |
Q.8 |
Spot the error in the sentence: If you saw the amount of samosas he consumed at breakfast this morning, you would know why he is so over-weight. |
a) | If you saw |
b) | the amount of samosas |
c) | he consumed at breakfast this morning, |
d) | you would understand why he is so over-weight. |
Q.9 |
Read the following letter and answer the questions: What type of a letter is this? |
a) | Informal Invitation |
b) | Business Letter |
c) | Informal Acceptance |
d) | Business Acceptance |
Q.10 |
Select the option which best explains the meaning of the idiom marked in the braces(" "): He is a "queer fish". I have failed to understand him. |
a) | funny person |
b) | sensitive person |
c) | strange person |
d) | quarrelsome person |
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Q.1 : d | Q.2 : c | Q.3 : a | Q.4 : c | Q.5 : a | Q.6 : d | Q.7 : a | Q.8 : b | Q.9 : b | Q.10 : c