General English Solved Question Paper

1. Complete the sentence:
      The deeper she studied ______. 
(A) The great she understood.       
(B) The greatest she understood   
(C) The more great she understood
(D) The greater she understood.
Ans: D

2. Choose the correct form of indirect speech of the following:
       Prakash said, "Please give me another chance."
(A) Prakash asked to gave him another chance
(B) Prakash requested to give him another chance
(C) Prakash requested to gave him another chance
(D) Prakash ordered to give him another chance
Ans: B

3. Find out the word which means 'Agree with':
(A) confirm         (B) confident.
(C) conform        (D) confine
Ans: C

4. What is common _____ a tiger and lion?
(A) between        (C) within
(B) among           (D) amidst
Ans: A

5. The girls will sing well'. Add proper question tag:
(A) Willn't they?           (B) Wouldn't they?
(C) Will they?               (D) Won't they?
Ans: D

6. Which sentence is an example of a present continuous tense?
(A) Manju writes a poem             (B) Manju is writing a poem
(C) Manju was writing a poem   (D) Manju writing a poem
Ans: B

7. You had better ______. 
(A) stay inside the room        (C) staying inside the room
(D) staying inside the room  (D) stayed inside the room
Ans: A

8. Find out the meaning of the word `ignoming':
(A) Public attraction    (B) Public dishonour
(C) Public place              (C) Public show
Ans: B

9. A person who does spy work:
(A) Traitor                    (B) Public dishonour
(C) Espionage               (D) Public dishonor
Ans: C

10.) The house is _____ beautiful. 
(A) much   (B) rather
(A) fairly    (B) often
Ans: C


11. 'My mother gave me a gift' — Identify the indirect object in the sentence:
(A) mother          (B) me
(C) gift                 (D) gave
Ans: B

12. The author of this book usually writes loftynovels, but this is a ___ one.
(A) lowly              (B) easy
(C) short              (D) lengthy
Ans: A

13. Pick out the correct sentence:
(A)- Each must contribute what they can
(B) Each must contribute what who can
(C) Each must contribute what it can
(D) Each must contribute what he can
Ans: D

14. Last week my family _____ to Kodaikanal on a tour.
          (A) gone     (B) went
(C) go         (D) come
Ans: B

15. Find out the opposite word of 'barren':
(A) strong           (B) fertile  
(C) healthy          (D) powerful
Ans: B

16. The miss pelt word is:
(A) frailty             (B) expeditious
(C) indolance       (D) malevolent
Ans: C

17. Would you mind _____ your pen?
(A) lend               (B) to lend
(C) lending          (D) for lending
Ans: C

18. He has been living here _____ his childhood.
(A) for        (B) Since
(C) from     (D) till
Ans: B

19. The headmaster distributed the sweets to the children:
       Pick out the phrasal verb of the underlined word.
(A) gave away      (B) gave up
(C) gave in           (D) gave out
Ans: A

20. The passive voice form of "They do not drink cococola”:
(A) Cococola is not drunk by them
          (B) Cococola did not drunk by them
(C) Cococola is not drinking by them
(D) Cococola did not drink by them
Ans: A