1. Select the correct choice for the blank

France is European country.

the

a

No article required

an

2. Select the correct choice for the blank

I went to town to buy umbrella.

No article required

a

an

the

3. Select the correct choice for the blank

Do not make noise.

No article required

the

an

a

4. Select the correct choice for the blank

He came up with unique solution.

a

an

the

No article required

5. Select the correct choice for the blank

Haridwar is situated on the banks of Ganga.

No article required

an

a

the

6. Select the right answer

The tiger pounced the deer.

upon

on

in

with

7. Select the right answer

A dispute arose the landlord and the tenant.

between

among

within

in

8. Select the right answer

The meeting was presided by the Prime Minister.

up

over

upon

on

9. Select the right answer

If I were you, I do it at once.

would

should

shall

might

10. Point out the sentence with the incorrect use of preposition

The patient is being attended to by the nurse.

Write with ink.

The officer lives in a large bungalow.

He is addicted to smoking.

11. Which one of the following is the correct one-word substitute for

"One who cannot be corrected"

Incurable

Incorrigible

Hardened

Invulnerable

12. Give a one-word substitute for

Soil washed down and carried away by rivers.

Amnesia

Alimony

Alloy

Alluvium

13. Give a one-word substitute for

Yearly celebration of a date or an event.

Birthday

Anniversary

Jubilee

Centenary

14. Give a one-word substitute for

One who sacrifices his life for a cause.

Patriot

Martyr

Soldier

Revolutionary

15. Choose the correct one-word substitute for the following

One who looks at the bright side of things

Pessimist

Atheist

Theist

Optimist

16. Choose the correct synonym for

Evidence

Lodge

Proof

Good

Doubt

17. Choose the correct synonym for

Deadly

Preservative

Valuable

Animating

Fatal

18. The meaning of the word 'coarse' is

Rough

Direction

Syllabus

Polite

19. The meaning of the word 'scanty' is

Scarce

Disgrace

Adulation

None of the above

20. The meaning of the word 'dubious' is

Wander

Rob

Doubtful

Argue

21. Choose the antonym of

Ambiguous

Clear

Dim

Seen

Dark

22. Choose the antonym of

Borrow

Take

Lend

Give

Care

23. Choose the antonym of

Demote

Hope

Kind

Promote

Diffuse

24. Choose the antonym of

Vague

Disunite

Cool

Wicked

Definite

25. Choose the antonym of

Compliance

Refusal

Appreciation

Acceptance

Assistance

26. Fill up the blank with appropriate words

She could never to her parent's expectations.

work as hard

assess the amount

measure up

increase her height as

27. Fill up the blank with appropriate word

Though the programme was originally scheduled for seven days, due to heavy rains it was later to four days.

curtailed

ended

postponed

recommended

28. Fill up the blank with appropriate word

Employees of this office are so that work never gets done on time.

energetic

reflective

lethargic

diplomatic

29. Fill up the blank with appropriate words

Don't forget to give her the message when you her.

are seeing

saw

see

would see

30. Fill up the blank with appropriate words

The students a protest march against the college authorities.

carried on

staged

walked out

caused

31. Make the correct use of the past form of the verb given in brackets to fill in the blank space in the sentence

The soldiers allegiance to the Constitution of India (swear).

swear

sworn

swore

sweared

32. Which of the following sentences is correct

Prepare well lest you should fail the test.

Prepare well lest you will not fail the test.

Prepare well lest you should not fail the test.

Prepare well lest you will fail the test.

33. Which of the following sentences is correct

Either of the sister is coming today.

Either of the sisters is coming today.

Either of the sisters are coming today.

Either of the sisters could have been coming today.

34. Fill in the blank to make subject-verb agreement in the following sentence

You and he birds of the same feather.

is

are

both

had

35. Fill in the blank with the appropriate Modal

you have a glass of fresh lime

Should

Would

Could

Will

36. Which one of the choices is the correct passive voice form of the given sentence

We won the match.

The match won by us.

The match had been won by us.

The match had won by us.

The match was won by us.

37. Which one of the choices is the correct passive voice form of the given sentence

My father will write a letter.

My father writes a letter.

A letter is written by my father.

A letter will be written by my father.

A letter will write by my father.

38. Which one of the choices is the correct passive voice form of the given sentence
He had killed a dog.

A dog killed him.

A dog was killed by him.

A dog had killed by him.

A dog had been killed by him.

39. Which one of the choices is the correct passive voice form of the given sentence

One should keep one's promise.

One's promise should be kept by us.

One's promise has to be kept.

A promise should be kept.

A promise should be kept by one.

40. Which one of the choices is the correct Active voice form of the given sentence

His behaviour vexes me sometimes.

I was vexed by his behaviour sometimes.

Sometimes, I have been vexed by his behaviour.

I am sometimes vexed at his behaviour.

I have been sometimes vexed by his behaviour.

41. Which choice represents the indirect speech form of the given sentence

He said, "Bravo You have done well."

He applauded him saying that he had done well.

He said that he had done well.

He applauded him saying that he has done well.

He applauded him saying that he did well.

42. Which one is the direct speech form of the given sentence

He proposed that they should wait for the award.

He proposed, "We shall wait for the award".

He said, "We shall wait for the award".

He suggested, "We shall wait for the award".

He said, "Let us wait for the award".

43. Which one of the choices is the Indirect Speech form of the given sentence

"Please wait here till I return."

He requested him to wait there till he returned.

He requested him to wait there till he returns.

He requested him please wait there till he returned.

He requested him to wait there till he would return.

44. Which one of the choices shows the Indirect narration of the given sentence

He said to me, "I never eat sweets".

He said that he never eats sweets.

He told me that he never ate sweets.

He told that he did not eat sweets.

He told to me that I never eat sweets.

45. Which one of the choices shows the correct Indirect narration of the given sentence

She said to Hari, "When will you come

She said to Hari when he will come.

She asked to Hari when will he come.

She said Hari when he would come.

She asked Hari when he would come.

46. Which one of the following words has been mis-spelt

Queue

Subservient

Existance

Knowledge

47. Which one of the following words has been mis-spelt

Acid

Alchol

Salt

Ascetic

48. Which one of the following words has been mis-spelt

Photostate

Chalk

Parallel

Catalogue

49. Which one of the following words has been mis-spelt

Dismay

Discord

Deluge

Dilogue

50. Which one of the following words has been mis-spelt

Spade

Ambassador

Temprature

Kitchen

51. Fill in the blank with the appropriate word(s)

My wife always in the evening.

cooks

cook

has cooked

is cooking

52. Fill in the blank with the appropriate word(s)

I depressed when I go for the interview.

felt

am feeling

feels

feel

53. Fill in the blank with the appropriate word(s)

Where are you I in the drawing room.

work

am working

works

working

54. Fill in the blank with the appropriate word

Are you an exercise on Present Tense now

do

does

doing

did

55. Fill in the blank with the appropriate word(s)

She will go out only when the rain

is stopping

stop

stops

stopped

56. Rearrange the following four sentences and in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then choose the correct sequence as your answer

A. He was so busy that he did not get time to eat.
B. Thousands of people came to him and asked different types of questions.
C. No one cared to see that he had his food or rest that might.
D. The great sage once stayed in a small village.

BCDA

CBAD

DBAC

DBCA

57. Rearrange the following four sentences and in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then choose the correct sequence as your answer

A. The peasant, the shoemaker, the sweeper as such other lower classes of India have much greater capacity for work and self-reliance than you.
B. Remember that the nation lives in the village cottages.
C. They are producing the entire wealth of the land without a complaint.
D. This process of production is going on through long ages.

BDAC

BDCA

DCBA

BACD

58. Rearrange the following four sentences and in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then choose the correct sequence as your answer

A. This feeling of an extensive group gives rise to a fellow feeling, a feeling of brotherhood among the citizens.
B. This feeling takes us beyond the bounds of family, caste, religion and region and helps us develop a broad perspective that we all of us together constitute an extensive group called the nation.
C. National Integration is a feeling among all the citizens of a country that they are all a part of one nation.
D. We do not then limit our thinking to our own caste or religion but think about all our fellow citizens.

CBAD

CDAB

CABD

CDBA

59. Rearrange the following five sentences and in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and choose the correct sequence as your answer

A. She said that she was a school teacher and social worker.
B. Then for sometime we discussed her plans for schooling of the children living in slums.
C. Our conversation now took another direction.
D. She also said that social work was her hobby only and not the job. E. I asked Meena about her occupation.

ECDAB

EADCB

ABCDE

EDABC

60. Rearrange the following five sentences and in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and choose the correct sequence as your answer

A. It is fixed for Tuesday.
B. We have, therefore, called him for interview.
C. Due to his illness he lost that job.
D. Ramesh was working in a factory. E. Hence he has applied for a job in my office.

DECAB

DCBAE

DCEBA

ABDCE

61. Choose the verb in agreement with the subject

Neither you nor he to blame.

is

are

were

have

62. Choose the verb in agreement with the subject

One hundred paise equal to one rupee.

are

is

has

have

63. Read the following sentences and choose the correct option

Finally, it is the brave who wins the final frontier.

Finally, it is the braves who wins the final frontier.

Finally, it is the brave who win the final frontier.

None of the above

64. Read the following sentences and choose the correct option

When I saw the cart, it lay in the ditch.

When I saw the cart, it had lain in the ditch.

When I saw the cart, it had been lying in the ditch.

When I saw the cart, it was lying in the ditch.

65. Read the following sentences and choose the correct option

Before you reach his home, he will leave that place.

Before you reach his home, he will have left that place.

Before you reach his home, he left that place.

Before you reach his home, he shall leave that place.

66. Choose the correct meaning of the idiom

turn a deaf ear

Disregard

Overheard

Oppose

Suggest

67. Choose the correct meaning of

'The order of the day'

Law and order

Sequence of days

Prevailing state of things

None of the above

68. Choose the correct meaning of the following

daggers drawn'

At a distance

Closeness

Strained relations

Close relations

69. Choose the correct meaning of

be at cross purpose'

to misunderstand each other

dark and light aspects

to fulfil the purpose

to cross the road

70. Choose the correct meaning of the idiom

add fuel to the fire'

To cook

To create sparks

Start a fire

To make matters worse

71. Combine the pair of sentences given below into one sentence choosing the right conjunction provided below

He was busy. He attended to me.

since

otherwise

nevertheless

lest

72. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct connector provided below

She has changed a lot I saw her last.

before

since

as

while

73. Fill in the blank with suitable connector provided below

much I tried, I could not help him.

As

Though

So

However

74. Fill in the blank choosing an appropriate connector

We must leave now it is getting dark.

since

as long as

when

as soon as

75. Fill in the blank choosing an appropriate connector

The police asked the suspect question after question he did not open his mouth.

however

though

still

although

76. Select the appropriate Homonym to complete the following sentence

Bihar is a state with coal mines.

teaming

teeming

taming

All of the above

77. Select the appropriate Homonym to complete the following sentence

Yesterday his behaviour with the guests was

antique

antic

intrigue

None of the above

78. Select the appropriate Homonym to complete the following sentence

New Delhi is the of India.

Capitol

Capital

Caple

None of the above

79. Select the appropriate Homonym to complete the following sentence

The to this mountain is not an easy task.

assent

ascent

accent

extant

80. Select the appropriate Homonym to complete the following sentence

The office is situated on the second of the building.

story

storey

storied

storeyed

Today perhaps your only association with the word is the Sabin oral vaccine that protects children from the disease. Fifty-five years ago, this was not so. The dreaded disease, which mainly affects the brain and the spinal cord, causes stiffening and weakening of the muscles, crippling and paralysis which is why I am in a wheelchair today. If somebody had predicted, when I was born, that this would happen to me, no one would have believed it. I was the seventh child in a family of four pairs of brothers and sisters with a huge 23 year gap between the first and the last. I was told that, unlike the others, I was so fair and golden-haired that I looked more like a foreigner, than a Dawood Bohri. I was also considered to be the healthiest of the brood.

81. The narrator of the passage is a patient of

diabetes

cerebral attack

polio

heart disease

82. To say something about the future is to

addict

verdict

predict

protect

83. The narrator was the seventh child of a family that had

nine children

eight children

one score children

twenty-three children

84. What made the narrator look like a foreigner

He was fair and skinny.

He was fair with red hair.

He was dark and golden haired.

He was fair and blonde.

85. Polio, the dreaded disease, mainly affects the

heart and the spinal cord

brain and the spinal cord

brain and bones

brain and heart
86. Sabin oral vaccine is commonly known as

Antibiotics

Allopathy

Polio drops

None of the above
87. 'Paralysis' means

pain in the bones

lack of control over limbs

fracture

None of the above

88. In the passage the word 'foreigner' implies

Red Indian

Negro

Asians

Whites

A recent report in News Week says that in American colleges students of Asian origin out perform not only the minority group students but the majority whites as well. Many of these students must be of Indian origin, and their achievement is something we can be proud of. It is unlikely that these talented young people will come back to India, and that is the familiar brain drain problem. However, recent statements made by the nations policy-makers indicate that the perception of this issue is changing. 'Brain bank' and not 'brain drain' is the more appropriate idea; it suggests that the expertise of Indians is only deposited in other places and not lost. This may be so, but this brain bank, like most other banks, is one that primarily serves customers in its neighbourhood. They will mainly help the U.S.A. No matter how significant what non-resident Indians do for India and what their counterparts do for other Asian lands is only a by-product. But it is also necessary to ask why we go to developed countries for higher study. The Asians whose accomplishments News Week records would have probably had a very different tale if they had studied in India. In America they found elbow-room, books and facilities not likely to be available here. The need to prove themselves in their new country and the competition of an international standard they faced there must have cured physical and mental laziness. But other things helping them in America can be obtained here, if we achieve a change in social attitudes, especially towards youth. We need to learn to value individuals and their unique qualities more than conformity and respectability. We need to learn the language of encouragement to add to our skill in flattery. We might also learn to be less liberal with blame and less tight-fisted with appreciation, especially.

89. The students of Asian origin include

a fair number from India

a small group from India

persons from wealthy families

None of these

90. In general, the talented young Indians studying in America

have a reputation for being hard-working

will never return to India to pursue their careers

hate India

None of these

91. There is talk now of 'brain bank'. This idea

will bring back talented Indians

is a solution to brain drain problem

is a new way of looking at the role of qualified Indians living abroad

None of these

92. 'The brain bank' has limitations like all banks in the sense that

a bank's services go mainly to those near it

only what is deposited can be withdrawn and utilised

it is located in European countries

None of these

93. 'accomplishments' means

achievements

faults

polishing

None of these

94. The author suggests that we should

provide more facilities in schools and colleges

hire talented teachers

encourage our young talented students

None of these

95. should be less tight-fisted with appreciation' means

we should not appreciate

we should not deprecate

we should appreciate profusely

None of these

96. The writer suggests that we should

avoid flattery and encourage the unique qualities of an individual

use flattery as a weapon

avoid going to America

None of these

97. According to the passage, simply by accepting the concept of 'brain bank' and forgetting that of 'brain drain',

suddenly a large number of non-resident Indians will come back to India.

'brain drain' will stop.

we will have to pay the bank to get our trained and talented brain force back.

None of these
98. The reason why Indian youth do not develop their talent in India is

lack of books and facilities

lack of International competition

physical and mental laziness

All of the above

99. The passage suggests that in order to prevent brain drain,

we should flatter our youth.

we need to change our social attitude towards youth.

the youths should not bother about conformity and respectability.

Indian youth should not go to America.

100. Who are the 'customers' of the 'brain bank'

Indians

Asians

Non-resident Indians

The United States of America