General English Test For Competitive Exams

1. Wood always ______ on wallet
(a) floated (b) float      (c) has floated     (d) floats
Ans: d

2. Seldom does he ______ here nowadays.
(a) come     (b) comes   (c) came     (d) coming
Ans: a

3. Work hard lest you ______ fail.
(a) may       (b) should (c) might    (d) will
Ans: b

4. All that ______ is not gold.
(a) glitter   (b) glittered         (c) glitters           (d) will glitter
Ans: c

5. We can go out now for the sun ______.
(a) shines   (b) shine    (c) is shining       (d) shone
Ans: c

6. There is ______ university in our city.
(a) the        (b) a           (c) an          (d) some
Ans: b

7. He reached home ______ hour ago.
(a) the        (b) a           (c) an          (d) some
Ans: c

8. Columbus discovered America more than five hundred years ______.
(a) ago        (b) before   (c) since     (d) later
Ans: a

9. She is ______ beautiful girls two daughters.
(a) the most        (b) as          (c) the more        (d) so
Ans: c

10. This train is bound _____ New Delhi
(a) for         (b) on         (c) to                    (d) in
Ans: a

11. The opposite of 'accept' is
(a) dislike    (b) refuse            (c) ignore   (d) detest
Ans: b

12. 'Tedious' is a synonym of
(a) boxing  (b) funny             (c) lazy       (d) sluggish
Ans: a

13. Identify the sentence in passive voice:
(a) They have not opened the vault before.
(b) The vault has not been opened before.
(c) She always dresses in white.
(d) She looks funny in that dress.
Ans: b

14. This is the dog ______ bit the boy yesterday.
(a) which    (b) who      (c) that       (d) whom
Ans: c

15. Which is the misspelt word?
(a) noise     (b) voise    (c) vaccination   (d) celebration
Ans: b

16. Which is the correctly spelt word?
(a) courtesy         (b) ecstacy                    (c) embroedery   (d) casulty
Ans: a

17. The bride looked happy, ______?
(a) doesn't she     (b) doesn't it        (c) didn't he         (d) didn't she
Ans: d

18. One word for 'all the animals of an area'.
(a) cattle    (b) fauna   (c) flora      (d) sheep
Ans: b

19. Which of the following sentences is incorrect?
(a) There is a lot of water in the well.
(b) Smoking is injury to health.
(c) He did not like the sweet.
(d) She is always late for work
Ans: b

20. Frogs croak; dogs ______. 
(a) new       (b) low      (c) bark     (d) bleat
Ans: c 
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