Q.1 |
Choose the word that can be used in the same meaning as the word in the 'braces' in both the sentences: I. It is certainly a thing which 'tempts' people. II. I 'take exception' to what he has just said. |
a) | object |
b) | prototype |
c) | rejection |
d) | protest |
Q.2 |
Identify the sentence that transitively uses the verb: |
a) | I feel a severe pain in my head. |
b) | The sun shines brightly. |
c) | This horse never kicks. |
d) | Birds fly in the air. |
Q.3 |
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 |
Q.4 |
Choose the right personal pronoun to correctly finish this sentence: I was stopped by a woman who wanted to ask ________ the way to the post office. |
a) | it |
b) | we |
c) | me |
d) | she |
Q.5 |
What will come in blank 5? |
a) | value |
b) | valued |
c) | valuable |
d) | valuesome |
Q.6 |
Fill in the blank with the pronoun: John asked ___ to leave. |
a) | himself |
b) | they |
c) | themselves |
d) | them |
Q.7 |
Choose the word that is closest to the opposite in meaning of the word/phrase which is in braces(" "): It is "obligatory" for a common citizen to follow the rules. |
a) | advisable |
b) | unnecessary |
c) | superflous |
d) | optional |
Q.8 |
Choose the pair of words which have a similar relationship to that between the given pair of words: myopic: farsighted:: ______: obscure |
a) | benevolent |
b) | famous |
c) | turgid |
d) | wasted |
Q.9 |
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.10 |
Identify the sentence that intransitively uses the verb: |
a) | The ants fought the wasps. |
b) | He spoke haughtily. |
c) | I feel a severe pain in my head. |
d) | He spoke the truth. |
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Q.1 : a | Q.2 : a | Q.3 : c | Q.4 : c | Q.5 : c | Q.6 : d | Q.7 : d | Q.8 : b | Q.9 : a | Q.10 : b