1. A pair of scissors is to cloth as a scythe is to....

Wood

Steel

Paper.

Grass

2. The students had no choice but to carry their teacher's order.

Out

On

Through

Away

3. Choose the correctly spelt word

Surveillance

Surveilance

Survaillance

Survellance

4. David ........ to relax at the weekend.

Enjoys

Would rather

Likes better

Prefers

5. If your students are not doing well on their quizzes they must not be very good. In this sentence "they" might refer to

The students

The quizzes

Both the quizzes and the students

None of the above choices

6. The revolution against corruption has not lost steam: it on as fiercely as before.

Rages

Razes

Rambles

Rattles

7. While He hit the dog is a sentence that makes perfect sense, The dog he hit makes incomplete sense, unless we add:

today.

yelped.

when.

helped.

8. Match the following pairs of words minding the oppositional logic of their respective alignment.

I. profound i. placid

II. graceful ii. light

III. vigorous iii. flippant

IV. lush iv. superficial

V. earnest v. awkward

VI. heavy vi. austere

The correctly matched set according to the code is:

I.vi; II.v; III.iv; IV.iii; V.ii; VI.i.

I.i; II.iii; III.ii; IV.vi; V.ii; VI.iv.

I.iv; II.v; III.i; IV.vi; V.iii; VI.ii.

I.ii; II.iii; III.i; IV.v; V.iv; VI.iv.

9. The largest room in this building can take ten dining tables and some forty-odd chairs. Of course the largest room in the world is the room for improvement. What distinguishes the largest room in the first sentence from its use in the second?

The first refers to physical space while the second refers to the metaphorical.

Neither room is tangible or real in a specific sense.

Both rooms are large, the second larger than the first.

The first refers to metaphorical space while the second refers to the physical

10. They organized a party honour. That Ajita was not invited was a shame. She admired him most and it seems unlikely that she would for give the organizers their omission.

at, for, towards

about, at, against

in, to, for

after, on, with

11. In the following pairs of words, identify the pair that is not pronounced alike.

key-quay

plain-plane

die-dye

body-bawdy

12. When I say that the benejits of demonetization are moot, what do I mean?

That I do not understand what the benefits are.

That I do not understand what demonetization is.

That the benefits of demonetization are surely seen.

That the benefits of demonetization are debatable.

13. Choose matching prepositions to complete the following phrases.

I. According source... i. of

II. Different first draft... ii. to

III. Based information... iii. by

IV. Bored turn of events... iv. from

V. Consisting and letters... v. on

According to the code, the correctly matched pairs would be:

II-iv; III-v; IV-iii; V-i.

II-ii; Ill-iii; V-iv.

II-iii; III-i; IV-ii; V-iv.

III-i; IV-iii; V-iv.

14. May be and maybe should be carefully distinguished-the first as the second as

formal, informal

strict, casual

two-word sequence, single word

single-word, two-word sequence

15. You will be given a box of tools,necessary accessories and spare-parts. You will fix all leads and blocks in the drainage by this evening. Complete this utterance using how as the first word of the next sentence which is not a question.

How difficult this task would be, you wouldn't imagine.

How are you going to do this?

How quickly you will do this, let me see!

How you do this well is up to you.

16. He earned his well-paid job after a long struggle; when he laughed at the most inopportune time, it cost him the job. List the verbs in this sentence.

earned, struggle, laughed

earned, laughed, cost

struggle, laughed, cost

job, laughed, inopportune

17. Which word in the following sentence tells us that the speaker's being in the world has not completely robbed him of the sense of surprise? I know enough of the world now, to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything; but it is a matter of some surprise to me that I can have been so easily thrown away at such an age.

almost

but

some

much

18. Which of the statements about the following sentence is TRUE? The Raos had been living so frugally all year that they saved enough money for a Mercedes.

The present perfect continuous tense used here indicates a state that continues into the present.

The past perfect continuous tense used here indicates an ongoing state prior to a past action.

The perfect tense used here is not clear enough to justify the state indicated in the present.

The past perfect tense used here does not indicate an ongoing state prior to a past action.

19. Change this sentence into the active voice, "They were eliminated by us."

They eliminated us.

We eliminated them.

Elimination was done by us.

None of the above

20. The correct active voice form of the sentence "The menu was changed by Sue" is

Sue changes the menu.

Sue is changing the menu.

Sue changed the menu.

Sue was the one who changed the menu

21. "The people does not agree to this measure." Which word needs to be changed to correct this sentence?

Agree

Does

Not

Measure

22. The function succeeded because of the students combined effort. The correct placing of the omitted apostrophe would be

student's

students'

students's

students'es

23. The President is a speech now.

gives

gave

give

giving

24. Choose the right synonym for 'bargaining'

Trading

Arguing

Haggling

Pleading

25. Which of the following statements is prophetic?

You are not better than they are.

You are not Better than they are, are you?

You will never be better than they are.

You shouldn't hope to be better than they are.

26. Who wrote the preface to Mulk Raj Anand's Untouchable?

Yeats

E.M. Forster

Edmund Gosse

Graham Greene

27. If utopia is the fiction of a perfect place, what would the fiction of its opposite be?

Dystopia

Outopia

Mistopia

Detopia

28. In order to read the following authors, which set of contexts would be most relevant? Monica Ali, Chitra Banerjee Divakuruni, Timothy Mo, Buchi Emecheta.

Neocolonialism, Industrialization, Democracy

Neocolonialism, Immigration, Globalization

Globalization, Naturalization, Inoculation

Immigration, Globalization, Industrialization

Read the following poem and answer the questions 29-32 that follow:

Christmas Eve, and twelve ofthe clock.
"Now they are all on their knees,"
An elder said as we sat in a flock
By the embers in hearthside case.

We pictured the meek mild creatures where
They dwelt in their strawy pen,
Nor did it occur to one of us there
To doubt they were kneeling then.

So fair a fancy few would weave
In these years! Yet, I feel,
If someone said on Christmas Eve,
"Come; see the oxen kneel,

"In the lonely barton by yonder coomb
Our childhood used to know,"
I should go with him in the gloom,
Hoping it might be so.

29. The first stanza presents us with a picture of

A family kneeling together

A family at dinner

A group of people at a fireside

The poet as 'elder'.

30. "Meek mild creatures" and "So fair a fancy few..." are both

Examples of alliteration

Examples of assonance

Examples of sibilance

None of the above

31. The poem includes

The past and a possible future

The past, the present and a possible future

Only the future

Only the past and the present

32. The poem also presents to us

Childhood faith and a child's doubtful hope

Adult faith and doubt

Doubt in both childhood and adulthood

Hopeful childhood, doubting adulthood

33. The sentence, "He was prone to bottling up everything," means that...

He was an alcoholic.

He was a perfumer.

He was a hoarder in the kitchen.

He was a person who kept all his feelings hidden.

34. Which of the following combinations of terms describe 'literature in the age of the internet'?

Hypertext, digital literature, Ergodic Literature

Digitalis, Diggitext, Hypertext

Ergodic Literature, hypertext, NetLit

NetLit, Digitalis, Netflix

35. Exaggerated facial features of well-known public figures are the characteristic of. ..

Graphics

Realist cinema

Caricature

Comics

36. When the first line of a printed text starts further in than the rest of the paragraph, it may be said to be...

indented

intended

dented

transcendent

37. Poems which describe a landscape from a higher vantage point are known as ... poems.

Vantage

Tower

Topographic

Accentuated

Read the following passage and answer the questions 38-40 that follow: It's human to want light and warmth. Our pagan ancestors had a calendar of fire festivals, and God's first recorded words, according to the Hebrew Bible, were: "Let there be light." Night belongs to the dark side, literally and metaphorically: ghosts, scary monsters, robbers, the unknown. Electricity's triumph over the night keeps us safer as well as busier. But whatever extends the day loses us the dark.

We now live in a fast-moving, fully lit world where night still happens, but is optional to experience. Our 24/7 culture has phased out the night. In fact we treat the night like failed daylight. Yet slowness and silence -the different rhythm of the night -are a necessary correction to the day.

38. The author in the second sentence

Offers an illustration of her opening remark.

Offers us some random facts

Casts doubt upon the Hebrew Bible

Indicts her ancestors for being pagan

39. The author

Endorses the phasing out of night

Likes the fact that we no longer need the dark

Applauds electricity's role in vanquishing the dark

Regrets the loss of the dark

40. Which of the following is not true, according to the passage:

We have driven away the darkness.

The slowness of night and its quiet are not essential for humans.

Our days are longer and busier because of the advent of electricity.

Most people believe that the dark is demonic.

41. is specific to particular occupations: Bankers, English academics, plumbers, architects and doctors, each group uses language intelligible only within the group.

Virtue

Merit

Jargon

Profit

Read the following passage and answer questions 42-47.

As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left to us, in a N-lCi bad time. I shall get up Sunday morning and wind the clock, as a contribution to order and steadfastness.

Sailors have an expression about the weather: they say, the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society-things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed, sometimes rather suddenly. It is quite obvious that the human race has made a queer mess of life on this planet. But as a people we probably harbor seeds of goodness that have lain for a long time waiting to sprout when the conditions are right. Man's curiosity, his relentlessness, his inventiveness, his ingenuity have led him into deep trouble. We can only hope that these same traits will enable him to claw his way out.

42. The writer compares human society to...

The weather

A clock

A desolate landscape

Clouds

43. The contagion that the writer hopes will spread is the contagion of ...

Trouble making

Darkness

Goodness

Great troubles and disasters

44. The writer sees certain traits as having led mankind into trouble. These traits do not include...

Curiosity

Persistence

Compassion

Resourcefulness

45. If certain traits have led mankind into trouble the author hopes that...

Mankind will jettison those traits and mend its ways.

Evolution will render those traits obsolete for the better.

Man will become extinct and that will be a pity.

Those traits will also prove to be the saving grace for mankind.

46. The author's attitude towards humanity is marked by....

Complete admiration

Clear-sighted evaluation

Utter despair

Contempt and anger

47. The overall tone of this passage is one of.. ..

Guarded hope and determination.

Boundless hope and expectation.

Relief and hope for a bright future.

Passive submission to nature.

48. The phrase "I couldn't care less" expresses...

Maximum disinterest

Some interest

A little disinterest

Moderate disinterest

49. Under what other name does J.K. Rowling publish?

J.R.R. Rowling

J.K. Galbraith

Stephen King

Robert Galbraith

50. "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated" is a satiric response by an author to a misinformed obituary. Identify the author.

Lewis Carroll

Mark Twain

Herman Melville

Ernest Hemingway

51. In which school of criticism would the following subjects/concerns be the focus of analysis? Labour, wage, property, ownership

New Criticism

Economimesis

Historicism

Marxism

Read the following poem and answer questions 52-54.

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great,
And would suffice.

52. According to the speaker, some people believe that ...

The world will end

The end will be caused by fire

The end will be caused by ice

All the choices, from a to are correct

53. If desire is likened to fire, then

Hate is likened to perishing twice

Hate is likened to destruction

Hate is likened to both destruction and ice

Hate is likened to something that is all-sufficient

54. The poet speaks of the end of the world and tells us that

Both desire and hate are equally destructive

For the ending of the world people need to be full of desire

For the world to end people must be consumed by hate

The world will end because of people

55. The publishing sensation of2015 was the sequel to To Kill a Mocking Bird. What was the title of the sequel?

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes

Go Set a Watchman

The Further Adventures ofHuckleberry Finn

56. A poem composed in the form of a letter in verse is called

An epistle

An epigraph

An epithalamion

An ellipsis

57. Central to the idea of the paradox is

Contradiction

Contra-indication

Contours

Counters.

58. Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and John Bunyan's A Pilgrim's Progress both feature the of a long journey. The correct term which can be used in the blank is

Motive

Motif

Theme

Plot

59. Match the birds (column with poets who have written poems on them (Column II)


Eagle Ted Hughes
Hawk Albert, Lord Tennyson
Swan PB Shelley
Skylark WB Yeats

Eagle-Hughes, Hawk-Tennyson, Swan-Yeats, Skylark-Shelley

Eagle-Yeats, Hawk-Hughes, Swan-Shelley, Skylark-Tennyson

Eagle-Tennyson, Hawk-Hughes, Swan-Yeats, Skylark-Shelley

Eagle-Yeats, Hawk-Shelley, Swan-Tennyson, Skylark-Tennyson

60. Which term in the list below describes the practice of teaching? Pedagogy, epistemology, demagogy, ontology

ontology

epistemology

demagogy

pedagogy

Read the passage and answer the questions 61-63 below.

Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know. I had a telegram from the home: 'Mother passed away. Funeral tomorrow. Yours sincerely.' That doesn't mean anything. It may have been yesterday.

61. The speaker in the above passage is uncertain about

the death of his mother

the date of his mother's death

the nature of the last rites

the identity of the dead person

62. 'The home' is possibly a reference to

the narrator's home

the letter writer's home where his mother lived

a home for old people where his mother lived

the home he lives in now

63. The tone of the telegram is

funny

sad

indifferent

angry

64. Match the news item with the headlines so that they correspond in terms of meaning and content:

News Items

The team trumped all opposition to win the trophy.

Man survives 20 days on the ocean without any supplies.

Doctors performed a complicated operation to save his life.

Global warming will wipe out many species of animals.

News headlines

a. "Celebrations over the victory"

b. "Life-saving procedure performed successfully"

c. "Fewer life forms on earth likely"

d. "Heroic feat at sea"

iii-a, iv-b

iii-a, iv-c

iii-b, iv-c

iii-a, iv-c

65. Taking even part of someone else's work and presenting it as your own leaves you open to criminal charges. Theft ofmaterialfromfilm, video, music, andcomputersoftware is Similar theftfrom published work and educational material is

downloading, xerographing.

piracy, plagiarism.

stealing, filching.

duplicating, copying.

Read the passage and answer questions 66-69.

Call me Ishmael. Some years ago -never mind how long precisely -having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off-then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, sometime or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.

66. What is the ostensible reason the narrator gives for going to sea?

He has no money and no particular attachments.

He has lots of money and a desire to see the world.

He has numerous attachments, and no money.

He has no money and no particular attachments.

67. How would you describe the man from his account of himself?

impetuous, moody, violent

impetuous, cheery, generous

moody, calm, generous

impetuous, moody, witty

68. He sees going to sea as a substitute for acts of .... that he may indulge in

philandering

philanthropy

anti-social behaviour

preaching

69. What does he say about other men?

That they also desire escape to the sea.

That they hate the sea.

That they are afraid of the sea.

That they have never seen the sea

70. Complete the series in the order of general, specific, and more specific/concrete detail: Food vegetarian idly-chutney; Media newspaper The Hindu; Place city Hyderabad Literature poetry

Essays of Elia

The Eve of St. Agnes

Treasure Island

Hamlet

71. Metaphor brings out the thisness of a that, or the thatness of a this. Metaphor tells us something about one thing as seen from the point of view of another thing. And to consider A from the point ofviewofB is, of course, to use B as a perspective upon

short, Metaphor's perspective is neither one nor the other.

Metaphor sees one thing in terms of something else.

We see in metaphor a device that allows some perspectival alternatives.

We see in things a device that affords some metaphorical alternatives.

72. In a standard dictionary, words labelled slang, dialect, taboo, colloquial, non-standard, archaic, or obsolete are

helpful in enriching our vocabulary regardless of their usefulness in present contexts and appropriate styles.

helpful in deciding whether they are wholly appropriate for our purpose, audience and context.

listed mainly for those interested in advanced philological and sociolinguistic matters.

listed mainly for those interested in morphological, comparative linguistic, and/or semantic studies.

73. The scientist experiments and the cub plays; both are learning to correct their errors of judgement in a setting (Complete the sentence with the most appropriate phrase.)

most congenial for correction.

in which errors are not fatal.

most vulnerable to hazards.

in which errors cost dearly.

74. Shakespeare often used well-known stories, and though the audience presumably was not surprised by the deaths ofCaesar ad Brutus, it enjoyed the of anticipating them.

surprise

salience

suspense

satisfaction

75. Consider these lines: one sprang up, and stared With piteous recognition in fixed eyes, Lifting distressful hands as if to bless. And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall, By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell. Which words/ phrases indicate that the poet sees a lifeless body?

distressful hands

fixed eyes

dead smile

sullen hall

76. Read this passage and select the best descriptions of the point it makes: Among so much variety, people are still found to ask, and to give an answer to, the question: what is it that makes modem poetry modem? Those who think that they can define modem poetry are more often found among its detractors than among its admirers-for while it is easy to attribute a common quality to everything we like, it is still easier to attribute a common vice to what repels us.

It is not easy to define modem poetry.

It is not easy to define what is modern about modem poetry.

People who do not like modem poetry are more likely to give it a definition.

The very first phrase here ("Among so much variety...") refers to the richness of modem poetry available upon which to base one's definition of modern.

and

and

and

and

77. One of the following is a poetic name for England:

Belarus

Anglia

Albion

Britannica

78. Which of the following is correctly punctuated?

Robert Herrick's poem begins Gather ye rosebuds while ye may," but what it comes to is "And while ye may, go marry, four stanza's later.

Robert Herrick's poem begins "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may," but what it comes to is "And while ye may, go marry," four stanzas later.

Robert Herricks poem begins "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may" but what it comes to is "And while ye may, go marry" four stanzas later.

Robert Herricks' poem begins "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, but what it comes to is And while ye may go marry," four stanzas later.









79. In which classic does one read the story of"The Frogs asking for a King"?

La Fontaine's Fables

Grimm's FailY Tales

Vishnu Sharma's Kathasaritsagara

/Esop's Fables

Questions 80 to 83 are based on your reading of the following passage.

The Spanish bullfight has always been a spectacular public sport, not just because it entertained large crowds but also because matadors came from the ranks ofordinary people. It is this as well as their skills that made bullfighters like Antonio Ordinez such superstars. Jallikattu still does not have its home-bred heroes, but it too is a popular sport that has become culture as it pits man against beast, rather ordinary men against ordinary beasts. It is almost as if we were compelled to demonstrate our mastery over nature at regular intervals. But because we are blessed with cunning, a trait that animals do not possess, we pick on four­legged creatures that are not carnivores, nor are naturally dangerous to us. We hunt faxes that attack poultry, or we fight bulls that have no quarrel with humans. Nobody would like to take on tigers or grizzly bears and call it culture.

As humans we need to show off our cultural might and we do this best by fighting the weak, never the strong, not even those who are our equals. This is what prompted the anarchist Peter Kropotkin to remark that nature is not "red in tooth and claw," but people are.

80. Which word in this passage carries the meaning, "that which is intended or suited to the taste or means of the general public"?

mastery

anarchist

culture

popular

81. Which phrase suggests that man has an urge to prove his superiority over other species of the world?

pits man against beast

show off our cultural might

blessed with cunning

it is almost as if

82. Identify the statement that suggests that culture after all is a tame affair.

[Jallikattu] too is a popular sport that has become culture as it pits man against beast, rather ordinary men against ordinary beasts.

It is almost as if we were compelled to demonstrate our mastery over nature at regular intervals.

Nobody would like to take on tigers or grizzly bears and call it culture.

This is what prompted the anarchist Peter Kropotkin to remark that nature is not "red in tooth and claw," but people are.

83. What trait, according to the author, do the animals not possess in contradistinction to man?

culture

cunning

sportive spirit

mastery over nature

84. Do you carrot all for me? My heart beets for you With your turnip nose And your radish face You are a peach Ifwe cantaloupe Lettuce marry. What characterizes this children's rhyme is its

imperfect rhymes

imperfect puns

nonsense words

archaic words

85. A Rhyme, sentence or phrase etc used for helping with memorization is called a

Memoaid

Mnemonic

Memoriser

Remember all

Read the following passage and answer questions 86-87. The railroad was not the first institution to impose regularity on society, or to draw attention to the importance of precise timekeeping. For as long as merchants have set out their wares at daybreak and communal festivities have been celebrated, people have been in rough agreement with their neighbors as to the time of day. The value of this tradition is today more apparent than ever. Were it not for public acceptance of a single yardstick of time, social life would be unbearably chaotic: the massive daily transfers of goods, services, and information would proceed in fits and starts; the very fabric of modern society would begin to unravel.

86. What is the main idea of the passage?

In modern society we must make more time for our neighbors.

The traditions of society are timeless.

An accepted way of measuring time is essential for the smooth functioning of society.

Society judges people generally by the times at which they conduct certain activities

87. In 'the Value of this tradition", 'this tradition' refers to:

The practice of starting the business day at dawn

friendly relations between neighbors

the railroad's reliance on time schedules

people's agreement on the measurement of time

88. The use of the word 'damsel' for girl is an example of

Anachronism

Archaism

Absurdism

Alliteration

89. "Forth sprang the impassioned Queen her Lord to clasp". Rewrite the sentence in regular prose.

Impassioned, to clasp her Lord, the Queen sprang forth.

To Clasp her Lord, the impassioned queen sprang forth.

The impassioned Queen sprang forth to clasp her Lord.

The Impassioned Queen, to clasp her Lord sprang forth.

90. Choose the correctly spelt word below.

Facetious

Facatious

Facetieous

Facateous

91. Choose the correct sentence from the following

He is a member in the committee

He is a member to the committee

He is a member of the committee

He is committee member

92. In spite of playing hard, India lost the match. Identify the complex conjunction in the above sentence.

In spite of

Playing hard

India

Lost the match

93. What single word would you substitute for a lot of in the following? Our doctors are very busy. They don't have a lot a/time/or listening to your cases. Be brief

whole

great

plenty

much

94. Which of the following is not an appropriate description of"slang"?

a malicious, false, injurious word/ phrase

very informal and spoken

restricted to special contexts

applicable to specific profession, class etc.

95. Whose diary describes the great plague of London.

Samuel Pepys

Villiam Congrave

John Dryden

Alexander Pope

96. Who is the author of the play Remorse?

S.T. Coleridge

William Wordsworth

William Blake

P.B. Shelley

97. William Wilberforce is associated with the

American Civil War

abolition of slavery in Britain

The Great Plague of London

Second World War

98. Fill in the blanks with the most suitable phrase from the options given below: Not for several hours discover the bike had been stolen.

Did we

Had We

Hadn't we

We had.

99. Which form of the verb fits the sentence best? Before a decision, you should consider all the consequences.

take

Make

Making

Fix

100. "On moving day, things were at sixes and sevens". sixes and sevens' means

People were doing sums

Everything was in a state of confusion

Everything was peaceful and tidy

Things were being counted wrongly.