1. Telugu language has many -variations.

dialectical

dialectal

dialogic

diasporic


2. Yesterday, I went to the museum. Before that to Charminar

have hen

was

had been

was been

3. Vimala is the daughter of her parents.

only

alone

alonely

single

4.- Water is precious.

A

An

The

None of the above.

5. Aruna -since morning.

have hen

was

had been

was been

6. A thousand rupees that she asked for.

are

is

were

have

7. The tourists stood there at the lovely scenery. One could see the admiration in their eyes.

peering

gazing

staring

seeing

8. Every man and woman required to check in now.

is

are

were

be

9. I saw a man caught for thieving who did not feel any twinge of

conscience

conscious

conspicuous

conscientious

10. Lekha bought a pen and she was assured that the ink was

inedible

indelible

inexplicable

indomitable

11. My father has to wear expensive business to work everyday.

clothes

dresses

costume

threads

12. What all I am trying to say is that you are an inveterate liar.

Rephrase the underlined part of the sentence to make it idiomatic.

All that

All what

Everything

Anything

13. He has little knowledge of the subject of Astrophysics.

What does the underlined expression mean?

some

great

no

keen

14. Identify the correct spelling.

amature

amateur

amatuer

amatur

15. "Please hold on a minute, 111 be right back!"

The phrase "hold on" means:

"Please wait a minute; don't go away until back."

"Please keep the door open. My hands will be full when I come back".

"Don't even breathe till back".

None of the above.

16. The sentence "Your train leaves at 18.30 hrs.," expresses

scheduled future.

predictable future.

certain future.

uncertain future.

17. "She said, job is interesting'''. When the above sentence is reported to a third person, it will be transformed to

She said that her job was interesting.

She says that her job is interesting.

She said her job is interesting.

She says that her job was interesting.

18. Since Suzanne has three pets -two birds and a dog left them with her boyfriend when she went home for Christmas. This sentence means

Suzanne has three pets along with two birds and a dog.

Suzanne has three pets apart from the two birds and a dog.

Suzanne has pets, among them are the two birds and a dog.

Suzanne has two birds and a dog as pets.

19. Choose the appropriate synonym for "trafficking".

being in the traffic

trading as in drugs

causing a traffic jam

trading merchandise

20. Tick the correct sentence from the following:

One of the reasons to write entrance exam is to secure admission.

One of the reason to write entrance exam is to secure admission.

One of the reasons' to write entrance exam is to secure admission.

One of the reason's to write entrance exam is to secure admission.

21. What an idea
How nice it is

The above sentences should have

exclamation marks

question marks

full stop

none of the above


22. Avoid greasy kitchen walls with a hood.

This advertisement could mean

One should avoid greasy kitchen walis by the use of a hood.

Kitchen walls may be prevented from becoming greasy by the use of a hood.

One should avoid greasy kitchen walls that have a hood.

All of the above.

23. We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

This sentence is unacceptable because it makes use of words that are not normally collocated.

This sentence uses words correctly but is wrong because it is ungrammatical.

This sentence uses words correctly and is grammatically correct.

This sentence does not use words correctly and is wrong also because it is ungrammatical.

24. Which of the follOWing set of sentences is correct?

Either the eqUipment or the samples were contaminated. Neither envelopes nor letterhead was delivered.

Either the eqUipment or the samples were contaminated Neither envelopes nor letterhead were delivered.

Either the equipment or the samples was contaminated. Neither envelopes nor letterhead was delivered.

Either the eqUipment or the samples was contaminated. Neither envelopes nor letterhead were delivered.

25. How many adjectiVes are there in the follOWing phrase? "The half-filled cracked discoloured sink"

1

2

3

4


25. Being Boring
'May you live in interesting times. Chinese curse
If you ask me I have nothing to. say
Except that the garden is growing.
I had a slight cold but it's better today.
content with the way things are going.
Yes, he is the same as he uSllal1y is,
Still eating and sleeping and snoring.
I get on with my work. He gets on with his.
I know this is all very boring.

There was drama enough in my turbulent past:
Tears and passion used up a tankful.
No news is good news, and long may it last,
If nothing much happens, thankful.
A happier cabbage you never did see,
My vegetable spirits are soaring,
If you're after excitement, steer well clear of me.
I want to go on being boring.

I don't go to parties. Well, what are they for,
If you don't need to find a new lover?
You drink and you listen and drink a bit more
And you take the next day to recover.
Someone to stay home with was all my desire
And, now that I've found a safe mooring,
I've just one ambition in life: I aspire
To go on and on being boring.


1. Mention any three details from stanza 1 and show how they work together to create a.
"very bOring" life. .

2. How does the poet create the image of a "turbulent past" for the narrator in stanza

3. What does the narrator indicate by the use of the term "vegetable spirits" in stanza 2

4. Comment on the narrator's dismissal of parties, their uses and the activities that take place
there.

5. Comment on the circularity of the poem, its title and the final line of each stanza.

6. What part does the epigraph play in the poem?