1. Soldiers are committed to _____ the nation even at the cost of their lives.
(a) serve (b) served (c) serving (d) have served
Ans: a
2. The Speaker ordered the member's remarks to be _____ from the records.
(a) excused (b) exhumed (c) exempted (d) expunged
Ans: c
3. Which is the correctly spelt word?
(a) millennium (b) accomodation
(c) privelege (d) ocassion
Ans: a
4. 'Promote is antonym for:
(a) depromote (b) demote (c) denote (d) remote
Ans: b
Directions: Q 5 & 6: In which part of the sentence is the error?
5. He went to the bed (a)/ after switching off (b)/ all lights (c)/ and fans (d).
Ans: a (Delete ‘the’)
6. Our is the only (a)/country in the world (b)/that can boast of (c)/unity in diversity (d)/.
Ans: a (Use ‘Ours’ in place of ‘our’)
Directions: Q 7 & 8: Fill in the blank with the correct tense:
7. He _____ in a cafe when the lightning struck.
(a) sits (b) was sitting (c) had been sitting (d) sat
Ans: b
8. Had he walked fast, he _____ that rain.
(a) can have caught (b) will have caught
(c) would have caught (d) would catch
Ans: c
Directions: Q 9 & 10: Complete the sentence:
9. When I reached home,
(a) it is getting dark (b) it had been getting dark.
(c) it was being getting dark. (d) it was getting dark.
Ans: d
10. The faster you walk,
(a) earlier you will reach there. (b) the earlier you will reach there. (c) the earliest you will reach there. (d) you will reach there early.
Ans: b
11. The reported speech of: He said, "Don't tread on the grass" is:
(a) He ordered them not to tread on the grass.
(b) He said to them not to tread on the grass.
(c) He told to them not to tread on the grass.
(d) He advised to them not to tread on the grass.
Ans: a
12. The passive voice of "Someone broke into the house is:
(a) The house was being been broken into.
(b) The house was broken into.
(c) The house had been broken into.
(d) The house has been broken into.
Ans: b
13. The figure of speech in the sentence "Her silence was eloquent" is:
(a) simile (b) metaphor
(c) personification (d) oxymoron
Ans: d
14. Which of the following is correct?
(a) I could not be able to do it. (b) I was not able to do it.
(c) I cannot be able to do it. (d) I could not able to do it.
Ans: b
15. "He is a bird of passage" means:
(a) He often visits other countries.
(b) He is moves fast from one place to another.
(c) He helps to solve problems.
(d) He does not stick to one job.
Ans: d
16. "He goes to his grandparents' house once in a blue moon" means:
(a) He goes there once in a month.
(b) He is a regular visitor of the house.
(c) He visits the house very rarely.
(d) He visits the house on the full moon day.
Ans: c
Directions: Q 17 & 18: Fill in the blank with the correct preposition.
17. She died _____ malaria
(a) from (b) of (c) by (d) in
Ans: b
18. She is always suspicious _____ strangers.
(a) on (b) at (c) of (d) by
Ans: c
Directions: Q 19 & 20: Fill in the blank with the correct word.
19. He _____ me on my getting into the civil service.
(a) complimented (b) complemented
(c) facilitated (d) complied
Ans: a
20. His handwriting is so _____ that I cannot make out anything.
(a) illegal (b) illegitimate (c) illiterate (d) illegible
Ans: d
