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1. My father is ……….. NCC officer. He goes to ……….. prison sometimes to give lectures on personality development. (Choose the appropriate Article. The ‘X’ mark suggests that no article is necessary)
1) a, the
2) an, X
3) an, the
4) a, X

2. She insists ………….. going there (Choose the appropriate Preposition)
1) of
2) for
3) to
4) on

3. My friend is a small-time writer. But he thinks he is a Shakespeare. (Here, the underlined word is used as a / an …….)
1) Abstract Noun
2) Proper Noun
3) Common Noun
4) Collective Noun

4. Nobody was absent for the exam. (The underlined word is a / an ………….)
1) Personal Pronoun
2) Relative Pronoun
3) Indefinite Pronoun
4) Interrogative Pronoun

5. He ………. only a few minutes ago. (Choose the appropriate Tense form)
1) left
2) has left
3) had left
4) would leave

6. Choose the sentence that does not have a Transitive Verb.
1) She waited for the bus
2) What are you writing?
3) Let’s watch a film.
4) Do it.

7. In which of the following sentences is the usage of Modal Verb Correct?
1) She needs not fear him
2) He dare not fight with me
3) As a child he uses to play football
4) May you cross the river?

8. Choose the sentence that has No Error with regard to the usage of Subject-Verb Agreement.
1) The details of the case are as follow.
2) A batch of students are studying here.
3) Many a boy is absent today.
4) Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

9. Teaching is a noble profession (The underlined word is a …………)
1) Present participle
2) Gerund
3) Past participle
4) Perfect participle

10. Don’t forget, ……………..
(Choose the appropriate Question Tag to the above sentence)
1) will you?
2) won’t you?
3) do you?
4) don’t you?

11. (Complete the following Conditional Sentence with the correct form of verb) What would you do if you …….. a tiger?
1) see
2) will see
3) saw
4) had seen

12. What nonsense this is! The underlined word is a / an ………..
1) Interrogative Adjective
2) Adjective of Manner
3) Exclamatory Adjective
4) Demonstrative Adjective

13. Have you ever ridden a horse? The underlined word is a / an
1) Adverb of degree
2) Adverb of time
3) Adverb of manner
4) Adverb of frequency

14. ………… fast you may drive, you cannot reach in time. (Choose the appropriate Conjunction to fill in the blank)
1) Whatever
2) However
3) So
4) As

15. I have already shown the child’s photo to the policeman (Choose the correct Passive Voice of the sentence)
1) The police man had already been shown the child’s photo
2) The child’s photo has already shown to the policeman.
3) The police man has already been shown the child’s photo
4) The child’s photo has already been shown to me by the policeman

16. Ganesh said to me, “Last night I met your friend.” (Choose the correct Indirect Speech)
1) Ganesh told me that he met my friend last night
2) Ganesh told me that he had met his friend the earlier night
3) Ganesh asked me whether he had met my friend the day before
4) Ganesh told me that he had met my friend the previous night.

17. Lead is heavier than any other metal (Which of the following best expresses the meaning of the above sentence in Positive Degree?)
1) No metal is not so heavy as lead
2) Lead is as heavy as any other metal
3) Any metal is not so heavy as lead
4) No other metal is as heavy as lead

18. I finished my dinner and went for a walk. (Convert into a Simple Sentence)
1) Having finished my dinner, I went for a walk
2) As I had finished my dinner I went for a walk
3) Being finished dinner, I went for a walk
4) Finishing my dinner, I had gone for a walk

19. He is peerless in the present politics. (Choose the correct Synonym of the underlined word)
1) corrupt
2) unmatched
3) unfit
4) friendless

20. Patience is a virtue. (Choose the correct Antonym of the underlined word)
1) Vice
2) Asset
3) Pain
4) Skill

21. A remedy for all kinds of diseases or troubles. (Choose the appropriate One – Word Substitute to the given expression)
1) utopia
2) panacea
3) abracadabra
4) hocus-pocus

22. Everyone likes him for his ……… behaviour. (Choose the alternative that best completes the sentence)
1) childish
2) childlike
3) childhood
4) None of these

23. Laxman broke down when he heard the news. (Choose the correct meaning of the underlined Phrasal Verb)
1) burst into tears
2) shouted joyously
3) puzzled
4) collapsed

24. You can never win against the wishes of rank and file (Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined Idiom)
1) high-ranking officials
2) rich people
3) common people
4) politicians

25. Even walls have …………. (Complete the Proverb using the appropriate alternative)
1) eyes
2) ears
3) mind
4) soul

26. The police arrested the most ………. criminal yesterday. (Choose the most suitable alternative to fill in the blank in the sentence to make it meaningful).
1) famous
2) notorious
3) renowned
4) celebrated

27. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
1) Prabhakar said there’s no way we can help her.
2) Prabhakar said, “Theres no way we can help her”.
3) Prabhakar said, “There’s no way we can help her”.
4) Prabhakar said “there’s no way we can help her”.

28. Identify the Wrongly Spelt word.
1) Occurrence
2) Until
3) skillful
4) Pavilion

29. Find out the phrase which can correctly substitute the underlined part of the sentence. If the given sentence doesn’t require any correction, choose the option (4) i.e. No improvement. I look forward to meet you during the summer vacation
1) for meeting
2) to meeting
3) meeting
4) No Improvement

30. Read the sentence given below and find out the part that has an error. If there is no error, the answer is ‘4’ i.e. ‘No error’. Never I have seen (1) / such an interesting match (2) / since my childhood (3) No error

In the following passages there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, four words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case Earlier, the subject studied under Political Science …(31)… labelled as Politics …(32)… now a difference has been established …(33)… Politics and Political Science. Politics …(34)… now associated with the activities relating to pursuit of power …(35)… Political Science is the subject related to the theory of governance

31. 1) is              2) has          3) had             4) was

32. 1) and           2) yet           3) but             4) so

33. 1) with          2) between   3) by              4) for

34. 1) is              2) are          3) have           4) can

35. 1) as             2) whereas   3) since           4) though

36. Read the following jumbled words / phrases.
A. about some practical things
B. I am here to speak to you
C. Children of India,
D. and also to remind you about the glories of the past.
What will be the proper sequence of the above words /phrases to form a meaningful sentence?
1) BCDA
2) CBDA
3) ACBD
4) CBAD

37. Read the following six jumbled sentences
(A), (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F).
A. He took a crust of bread with him for his breakfast
B. So he was shocked when he found his bread missing.
C. The peasant did not observe the demon stealing his bread
D. A small demon stole the crust of bread while the peasant was at work.
E. A poor peasant set out early one morning to plough
F. He wrapped the bread in his coat, put it under a bush and set to work.
What will be the proper sequence of the above sentences to form a meaningful paragraph?
1) DCEAFB
2) EAFDCB
3) CFADBE
4) EADFCB

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