MCQ IN ENGLISH -2

English MCQ test For Exams
Multiple Choice Questions MCQ English
Test your English MCQ Questions
Directions (1 – 10) in the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These number are printed below the passage and against each, four words are suggested, one of which suits the black appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
We are in the first decade of the new millennium. The first decade of the last century, sanitation was a difficult affair, in villages. The people were not ..(1)…. to do anything themselves ….(2)…. the field labourers were not ready to do their own scavenging. But our people did not … .(3)…. heart easily. They. ….(4)…. their, energies on ….(5).. a village ideally clean. They ….(6)…. the roads and the courtyards. Cleared out the wells, filled up the pools nearby and lovingly ….(7)…. the villagers to raise volunteers, from …(8)……. Themselves.Our team succeeded In their mission so much that in some villages people were so .(9)…. that they even prepared roads to ….(10)…. our cars to go from place to place.

1.
(1) Prepared
(2) Tempted
(3) Engaged
(4) Reluctant
Ans: 1

2.
(1) Exceptionally
(2) Only
(3) Even
(4) Because
Ans:3

3.
(1) Lend,
(2) Console
(3) Lose
(4) Treat
Ans:3

4.
(1) Conserved
(2) Wasted
(3) Dispensed
(4) Conserved
Ans:3

5.
(1) Washing
(2) Spotting.
(3) Making
(4) Disinfecting
Ans:3

6.
(1) Dug
(2) Swept
(3) Paved
(4)Concreted
Ans:3

7.
(1) Declined
(2) Compelled
(3) Resisted
(4) Persuaded
Ans:4

8. (1) Enrolling
(2) Preparing
(3) Convincing
(4) Relying
Ans:3

9. (1) Generous
(2) Lethargic
(3) Enthusiatic
(4) Courteous
Ans:3

10.
(1) Enable
(2) Feel
(3) Drive
(4) Push
Ans:1

Directions (11-14): Each of the questions below, consists of a word/ group of words
printed in bold, followed by four choices (1), (2), (3) and (4). Choose the word or the group of words or the expression which is the right meaning of the word in the place of the question.

11. The strike was instigated by the rival firm.
(1) alleviate (2) increase (3) provoke (4) seduce
Ans:3

12. Because of public resentment, the king had to rescind his order.
(1) Retain (2) precluded (3) cancel (4) profound
Ans:3

13. She tried to pay the check with a spurious ten dollar bill.
(1) fake (2) false (3) scanty(4) cheat from pernicious.
Ans:1

14. She suffered from pernicious anaemia.
(1) very nexus
2) loss of
(3) hanker
(4) very destructive
Ans:4

Directions (15-19): Each of the questions below consists of a word/ group of words printed in bold, followed by four choices (1), (2), (3), and (4). Choose the word opposite to the right meaning of the word in the palce of the question.

15. Many people are eccentric in their nature..
(1) anomalous (2) whimsical (3) particular (4) regular
Ans: 4

16. She had a sardonic smile on her lips.
(1) spurious (2) winsome
(3) fake (4) vulgar
Ans:2

17. His Intrinsic nature attracts me.
(1) sardonic (2) winsome (3) beautiful (4) handsome
Ans:1

18.I got impunity by the lord’s mercy.
(1) punishment (2) take to task (3) covered (4) None of these
Ans:1

19. 1 strongly dissent from what the last speaker has said.
(1) favour (2) oppose (3) against (4) agree
Ans:4

20. Statement: The Government should provide employment to the students only on basis of merit and not on the basis of reservation.
Assumptions:
1. There are many poor students belonging to upper castes.
II. It is not possible to test the merit of students.
(1) Only I is implicit
(2) Only II is Implicit
(3) Both I and II are implicit
(4) Neither I nor II is implicit
Ans:- 4

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English Grammar Practice test
Solved MCQ objective question on English Grammar for exams

1.What is meaning of idiom “To set the Thames on fire”?
(A) To destroy with fire
(B) To do impossible
(C) To do a heroic deed
(D) To wreak evil on something
Ans. (B)

Directions—(Q. 2—7): In each of the following questions, choose opposite of bold word.

2. NAIVE
(A) Cunning
(B) Wealthy
(C) Sophisticated
(D) Complicated
Ans. (A)

3. FACSIMILE
(A) Reproduction
(B) Sincere
(C) Original
(D) Engineered
Ans. (C)

4. RESPITE
(A) Tension
(B) Exertion
(C) Regularity
(D) Delay
Ans. (B)

5. SPURIOUS
(A) False
(B) Genuine
(C) Simple
(D) Synthetic
Ans. (B)

6. PERTINENT
(A) Indifferent
(B) Detached
(C) Determined
(D) Irrelevant
Ans. (D)

7. VIVACIOUS
(A) Quarrelsome
(B) Sober
(C) Notorious
(D) Drunken
Ans. (B)

8. Who is the author of the book— ‘A passage to India’
(A) T.S Eliot
(B) Oscar Wilde
(C) E.M. Forster
(D) G.B.Shaw
Ans. (C)

9. The play ‘Twelfth Night’ is written by—
(A) Henry fielding
(B) H.G. wells
(C) Shakespeare
(D) Charles Dickens
Ans. (C)

10. Who wrote ‘Broken wing’?
(A) R.N. Tagore
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Mulk Raj Anand
(D) R.K. Narayan
Ans. (B)

Directions—(Q. 1 1—20): In the following questions, groups of four words are given. In each group, one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and indicate your correct response.

11.
(A) Excution
(B) Excitment
(C) Expedition
(D) Extrection
Ans. (C)

12.
(A) Externel
(B) Extrovart
(C) Introvert
(D) Exect
Ans. (C)

13.
(A) Expact
(B) Impact
(C) Exite
(D) Impect
Ans. (B)

14.
(A) Intruisting
(B) Interesting
(C) Intersting
(D) Entertening
Ans. (B)

15.
(A) Supremecy
(B) Suppressor
(C) Surfiet
(D) Surender
Ans. (B)

16.
(A) Spectacular
(B) Spactroscope
(C) Spinache
(D) Splended
Ans. (A)

17.
(A) Sacrosant
(B) Sacrificeal
(C) Sacrilege
(D) Sabotege
Ans. (C)

18.
(A) Discription
(B) Discretion
(C) Dessemination
(D) Dessertation
Ans. (B)

19.
(A) Occurence
(B) Occassion
(C) Occupancy
(D) Octogenarean
Ans. (C)

20.
(A) Humorous
(B) Humanetarianism
(C) Hulabaloo
(D) Hurrecane
Ans. (A)

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English language Solved practice test: one word Substitution
One Word Substitutes – English Objective Questions and Answers
1. One who is well-versed in any subject a critical judge of any art, particularly fine arts?
(a) Veteran
(b) Philistine
(c) Dilettante
(d) Connoisseur
ANSWER: (d)

2. A person who is against the standards of ordinary society especially in dressing
(a) Joker
(b) Hippy
(c) Scapegoat
(d) Butt
ANSWER: (b)

3. Mania for stealing articles
(a) Logo mania
(b) Nymphomania
(c) Kleptomania
(d) Hypomania
ANSWER: (c)

4. One who loves all and sundry
(a) Optimist
(b) Humanist
(c) Altruist
(d) Philanthropist
ANSWER: (d)

5. A person living permanently in a certain place
(a) Native
(b) Resident
(c) Domicile
(d) Subject
ANSWER: (c)

6. Acutely affected by external impressions
(a) Ingenious
(b) Impressionable
(c) Credulous
(d) Sensitive
ANSWER: (d)

7. An assembly of hearers
(a) Audience
(b) Crowd
(c) Congregation
(d) Assemblage
ANSWER: (a)

8. One who is unrelenting and cannot be moved by entreaties
(a) Inexorable
(b) Infallible
(c) Impregnable
(d) Inexplicable
ANSWER: (a)

9. Person who claims to have great love for and understanding of what is beautiful
in nature, art etc.
(a) Critic
(b) Aesthete
(c) Connoisseur
(d) Artist
ANSWER: (b)

10. An animal story with a moral
(a) Fable
(b) Tale
(c) Anecdote
(d) Parable
ANSWER: (a)

11. Person who believes that God is everything and everything is God
(a) Agnostic
(b) Theist
(c) Pantheist
(d) Pantechnicon
ANSWER: (c)

12. Witty, clever retort
(a) Sarcasm
(b) Repartee
(c) Platitude
(d) Invective
ANSWER: (b)

13. Simplest and smallest form of plant life, present in air, Water and soil; essential to
Life but may cause disease
(a) Virus
(b) Amoeba
(c) Bacteria
(d) Toxin
ANSWER: (c)

14. A person who regards the whole world as his country
(a) Patriot
(b) Nationalist
(C) Cosmopolitan
(d) Metropolitan
ANSWER: (c)

15. A story in which ideas are symbolized as people
(a) Allegory
(b) Fable
(c) Legend
(d) Parable
ANSWER: (a)

16. A person who makes love without serious intentions
(a) Consort
(b) Philanderer
(c) Romeo
(d) Goon
ANSWER: (b)

17. Having no beginning or end to its existence
(a) Eternal
(b) Obscure
(c) Universal
(d) Immeasurable
ANSWER: (a)

18. Walking in sleep.
(a) Somniloquism
(b) Somnambulism
(c) Obsession
(d) Hallucination
ANSWER: (b)

19. A formal written charge against a person for some crime or offence
(a) Accusation
(b) Indictment
(c) Allegation
(d) Acrimony
ANSWER: (b)

20. Belief or opinion contrary to what is generally accepted
(a) Unbelief
(b) Superstition
(c) Non conformity
(d) Heresy
ANSWER: (d)

21. A child of unusual or remarkable talent
(a) Scholar
(b) Diligent
(c) Freak
(d) Prodigy
ANSWER: (d)

22. A person who kills somebody especially for political reasons.
(a) Criminal
(b) Murderer
(c) Assassin
(d) Hangman
ANSWER: (c)

23. A small piece of potato
(a) Chunk
(b) Chip
(c) Scrap
(d) Bit
ANSWER: (b)

24. A common place remark
(a) Dialogue
(b) Platitude
(c) Epigram
(d) Statement
ANSWER: (b)

25. A person who rules without consulting the opinion of others
(a) Democrat
(b) Bureaucrat
(c) Autocrat
(d) Fanatic
ANSWER: (c)

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English Previous Questions From UGC NET Exams
UGC NET Exam Questions :English
UGC NET: Solved Sample Question Paper :English

Directions—(Q. 1?4): In these questions some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and indicate it corresponding to the appropriate letter (A. B. C). If there is no error indicate corresponding to letter (D).

1. Good heavens! / (A)
How has she /(B)
grown / (C)
No error/ (D)
Ans. (B)

2. Neither of the two children /(A)
said their prayer / (B)
before going to bed / (C)
No error/ (D)
Ans. (B)

3. I sat down opposite him / (A)
and produced / (B)
the packet of cigarettes / (C)
No error/ (D)
Ans. (D)

3. The doctor advised Mr. Murugan that / (A)
because of his severe cramps / (B)
he should lay in the bed for a few days / (C)
No error/ (D)
Ans. (A)

4. The table’s legs / (A)
have been / (B)
elaborately carved / (C)
No error/ (D)
Ans. (A)

Directions—(Q. 5—9): In these questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given bold/capital word and indicate the correct alternative.

5. EXCEPTIONAL
(A) Great
(B) Occasional
(C) Common
(D) Absorbing
Ans. (C)

6. SHIMMERING
(A) Gloomy
(B) Glimmering
(C) Refreshing
(D) Repining
Ans. (A)

7. TAKES OFF
(A) Travels
(B) Falls
(C) Explodes
(D) Lands
Ans. (D)

8. NIGGARDLY
(A) Hastily
(B) Lavishly
(C) Likely
(D) Gorgeously
Ans. (B)

9. N’IELODIOUS
(A) Harmonious
(B) Tuneless
(C) Odious
(D) Mellifluous
Ans. (B)

Directions—(Q. 10-14): In the following questions, four words are given in each question out of which only one word is wrongly spelt. Find the word and indicate the correct response.

10. (A) Embankment
(B) Deliberately
(C) Preceding
(D) Proleferous
Ans. (D)

11.
(A) Representation
(C) Amplification
(B) Verification
(D) Liberalisetion
Ans. (D)

12. (A) Postar
(B) Pastor
(C) Posture
(D) Pasture
Ans. (A)

13. (A) Agreeablly
(B) Cruelly
(C) Doubtfully
(D) Fatally
Ans. (A)

14. (A) Nomenclature
(B) Non-interfereance
(C) Nonchalant
(D) Non-commissioned
Ans. (B)

Directions—(Q. 15—19): In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the bold or given idiom/phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the bold or given idiom/phrase and indicate the correct sequence.

15. We wanted to give Rita a surprise party but John let the cat out of the bag.
(A) spoilt the party with a cat
(B) gave her a party himself
(C) told her about it unintentionally
(D) prevented her from attending it
Ans. (C)

16. The carefully worked-out plan fell through because of an unexpected even
(A) came out successfully
(B) had a step fall
(C) was shattered
(D) failed
Ans. (D)

17. He has too many irons in the fire.
(A) is engaged in too many enterprises at the same time
(B) has several problems
(C) has many ideas in his head
(D) has a fire burning constantly in his house
Ans. (A)

18. The Earl of Leicester threw down the glove.
(A) accepted defeat
(B) rejected the prize
(C) resorted to wrong tactics
(D) gave a challenge
Ans. (D)

19. Ravi fought to the bitter end.
(A) fought to the last point of enemy’s position
(B) died fighting
(C) carried on a contest regardless of the consequences
(D) fought a losing battle
Ans. (C)

Directions—(Q 20-24): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence indicate the correct sequence.

20. That which cannot be captured—
(A) Untakable
(B) Ungrippable
(C) Impregnable
(D) Slippery
Ans. (D)

21. One who breaks the law —
(A) Aggressor
(B) Politician
(C) Transgressor
(D) Pedestrian
Ans. (C)

22. Study of insects is—
(A) Etymology
(B) Entomology
(C) Ecology
(D) Embryology
Ans. (B)

23. Careful in the spending of money, time etc.—
(A) Punctual
(B) Economical
(C) Miserly
(D) Calculative
Ans. (B)

24. Reproducing or memorizing word for word—
(A) Verbatim
(B) Verbose
(C) Verbiage
(D) Verbalism
Ans. (A)

Directions—(Q. 25—29) In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/ Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested below, select the one which BEST EXPRESSES the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and indicate the correct sequence.

25. Smoke and flames engulfed the area and made rescue operations difficult.
(A) The area was engulfed in smoke and flames and made rescue operations difficult
(B) The area was engulfed in smoke and flames making rescue operations difficult
(C) The area had been engulfed in smoke and flames and made rescue operations difficult
(D) The area was engulfed in smoke and flames and rescue operations were made difficult
Ans. (D)

26. He asked me to finish the work in time.
(A) I was asked that I should finish the work in time
(B) He asked me that I should finish the work in time
(C) I was asked to finish the work in time
(D) I was asked to finish the work in time by him
Ans. (D)

27. Quinine tastes bitter.
(A) Quinine is bitter when it is tasted
(B) Quinine is bitter tasted
(C) The taste of quinine is bitter
(D) Quinine is tasted bitter
Ans. (B)

28. The vintage cars hold a special place in the hearts of their owners.
(A) A special place in the hearts of the vintage car owners is held by them
(B) A special place was held by the vintage cars in the hearts of their owners
(C) A special place is held by the vintage cars in the hearts of their owners
(D) A special place is being held by the vintage cars in the hearts of their owners
Ans. (C)

29. What amused you?
(A) What you are made to amuse by?
(B) By what are you being amused?
(C) By what were you amused?
(D) By what have you been amused?
Ans. (C)

Directions— (Q. 30?34) In the following questions a part of the sentence is bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part of A, B and C which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is ‘D’. Choose the correct alternative.

30. She left the room feeling contrite.
(A) sorry for what she had done
(B) rather ill
(C) extremely irritated
(D) No improvement
Ans. (A)

31. The transport workers have organised a strike asking for more salary.
(A) demanding
(B) begging
(C) requesting
(D) No improvement
Ans. (A)

32. The only way to solve the racial problem is by education.
(A) because of
(B) thanks to
(C) on account of
(D) No improvement
Ans. (D)

33. He may be poor now but he appears to be rich.
(A) to seem rich
(B) rich to be
(C) to have been rich
(D) No improvement
Ans. (C)

34. The suspected couple was taken away from the airport through a side entrance to the police station for interrogation.
(A) whisked
(B) rushed
(C) guided
(D) No improvement
Ans. (A)

Directions—(Q. 35—39): In the following questions the first and the last parts of the sentence are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the parts and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer and indicate the correct response.

35. 1. I think the essence of wisdom is emancipation as far as possible from the tyranny of the here and the now.
P. If any one could, he would hardly he able to remain alive
Q. But it is possible to make continual approach towards impartiality
R. No one can view the world with complete impartiality.
S. This is of course a matter of degree.
6. It is this approach towards impartiality that constitutes growth in wisdom.
(A) QRSP
(B) RQPS
(C) SRPQ
(D) PRSQ
Ans. (C)

36. 1. There are many roads into the world of books, but the way of fiction is probably the most common.
P. Then too the appeal of the story, whether told as poem, play, history, biography, or novel is primitive and strong.
Q. The reason is plain.
R. They are to us what epic poetry was to the Greeks and Romans, what the stage was to the Elizabethans.
S. The novel and the short story come closer to the experience of the modern reader than any other form of contemporary writing.
6. Mankind’s delight in stories is as timeless and universal as the art of the story teller.
(A) QSRP
(B) SRPQ
(C) RSQP
(D) PRSQ
Ans. (A)

37. 1. But at that moment I glanced round at the crowd that had followed me.
P. It was an immense crowd, two thousand at the least and growing every minute.
Q. They were watching me as they would watch a conjurer about to perform a trick.
R. I looked at the sea of yellow faces above the garish clothes — faces all happy and excited over his bit of fun, all certain that the elephant was going to he shot.
S. It blocked the road for a long distance on either side.
6. They did not like me, but with the magical rifle in my hands, I was momentarily worth watching.
(A) RPQS
(B) QSRP
(C) SRPQ
(D) PSRQ
Ans. (D)

38. 1. Venice is a strange and beautiful city in the north of Italy.
P. There are about four hundred old stone bridges joining the islands of Venice.
Q. In this city there are no motor-cars, no horses and no buses.
R. These small islands are near one another.
S. It is not one island but a hundred and seventeen islands.
6. This is because Venice has no streets.
(A) PQRS
(B) RSPQ
(C) SRPQ
(D) PSQR
Ans. (C)

39. I. Nehru spent most part of his childhood in studies.
P. He rushed back to India and led an active political life joining hands with Gandhi.
Q. His studies went on uninterrupted abroad until he received a call from India.
R. He went to Cambridge to study.
S. But now and then, he could not help listening to political discussions in his house.
6. Till the end of his career, he made Gandhi his political master.
(A) RSQP
(B) SRQP
(C) PQRS
(D) SRPQ
Ans. (B)

Directions—(Q. 40—43): In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate and suitable word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and choose the correct alternative.

40. The streets are lighted …… electricity.
(A) with
(B) by
(C) on
(D) in
Ans. (A)

41. The chairman, as well as the members, ….. to blame for this misfortune.
(A) are
(B) were
(C) is
(D) has
Ans. (C)

42. My friends fail to see why I should ride the ….. horse just because I have won a prize.
(A) great
(B) good
(C) big
(D) high
Ans. (B)

43. She feared that she ……
(A) will fail
(B) may fail
(C) might have fail
(D) would fail
Ans. (B)

Directions—(Q. 44—480): Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and indicate the correct answer.

‘The beauty of the Japanese landscape is that it conveys philosophical messages through each feature. The use of curving pathways rather than straight lines, for instance. This feature springs from the belief that only evil travels in straight lines, good forces tend to wander. Then, odd numbers of plants and trees are used in these gardens because these numbers are considered auspicious. Even the plants used are symbolic. For example, the cyprus represents longevity and the bamboo symbolises abundance,’ says Sadhana Roy Choudhary.

The Japan, nature is said to be so closely intertwined with human life that parents actually plant a sapling in their garden when a child is born in the family, letting the growth of the child coincide with the growth of the plant.

44. The Japanese pathways tend to be—
(A) symbolic
(B) beautiful
(C) curved
(D) straight
Ans. (C)

45. They prefer curving pathways because—
(A) they are inauspicious
(B) they can walk easily
(C) they stumble over straight ones
(D) good spirits walk on them
Ans. (D)

46. ‘Abundance’ means—
(A) long life
(B) happiness
(C) plenty
(D) permanent
Ans. (C)

47. The Japanese parents plant a sapling at the time of birth of a child because—
(A) it is auspicious to plant a sapling
(B) it is closely associated with the growth of the child
(C) it gives longevity to the child
(D) it gives happiness to the child
Ans. (B)

48. According to the passage the Japanese are—
(A) superstitious
(B) philosophical
(C) lovers of nature
(D) loves of numerology
Ans. (B)

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english language synonyms and antonyms Sample Test
Synonyms and Antonyms Objective test
Free Online Synonyms and Antonyms Testing for Students

Synonym: The word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Antonym:word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Synonyms
Directions In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

1. EAGER:
(A) clever
(B) enthusiastic
(C) curious
(D) devoted
Ans. (C)

2. GRUESOME:
(A) hateful
(B) painful
(C) tragic
(D) frightful
Ans. (D)

3. SECURE:
(A) secret
(B) comfortable
(C) safe
(D) independent
Ans. (C)

4. BARBARIAN:
(A) arrogant
(B) impolite
(C) uncivilised
(D) unkind
Ans. (C)

5. LETHAL:
(A) unlawful
(B) deadly
(C) excessive
(D) threatening
Ans. (B)

6. REBATE:
(A) loss
(B) refund
(C) compensation
(D) discount
Ans. (D)

7. FALSE:
(A) defective
(B) untrue
(C) incorrect
(D) inaccurate
Ans. (B)

8. REVISE:
(A) edit
(B) alter
(C) correct
(D) reconsider
Ans. (B)

9. DISTINGUISH:
(A) darken
(B) abolish
(C) differentiate
(D) confuse
Ans. (C)

10. ADMONISH:
(A) threaten
(B) praise
(C) appeal
(D) support
Ans. (A)

11. OBSCENE:
(A) objectionable
(B) indecent
(C) displeasing
(D) condemnable
Ans. (B)

12. AMPLE:
(A) sufficient
(B) swift
(C) detail
(D) huge
Ans. (A)

13. FADE:
(A) suffer
(B) fall
(C) wither
(D) lose
Ans. (C)

14. ELUDE:
(A) confuse
(B) dodge
(C) despair
(D) mislead
Ans. (B)

15. DOCILE:
(A) stubborn
(B) stupid
(C) gentle
(D) vague
Ans. (C)

16. ADMIT:
(A) decide
(B) realise
(C) accept
(D) commit
Ans. (C)

17. IMPROVEMENT:
(A) promotion
(B) advancement
(C) betterment
(D) preference
Ans. (C)

18. RECTIFY:
(A) connect
(B) mend
(C) resolve
(D) solve
Ans. (B)

19. RECALL:
(A) speak
(B) receive
(C) face
(D) remember
Ans. (D)

20. COUNSEL:
(A) correct
(B) publish
(C) oppose
(D) advice
Ans. (D)

21. LATENT:
(A) prompt
(B) lethargic
(C) concealed
(D) apparent
Ans. (C)

22. FORETELL:
(A) explain
(B) predict
(C) assert
(D) observe
Ans. (B)

23. INFINITE:
(A) long
(B) indefinite
(C) endless
(D) vague
Ans. (C)

24. UNIFORMITY:
(A) routine
(B) continuity
(C) stability
(D) consistency
Ans. (D)

25. PILFER:
(A) destroy
(B) damage
(C) steal
(D) snatch
Ans. (C)

Antonyms

Directions:In each of the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

26. AUTONOMY:
(A) submissiveness
(B) dependence
(C) subordination
(D) slavery
Ans. (D)

27. LENIENT:
(A) obstinate
(B) annoyed
(C) rude
(D) harsh
Ans. (A)

28. DEEP:
(A) elementary
(B) superficial
(C) shallow
(D) perfunctory
Ans. (C)

29. SPREAD:
(A) subdue
(B) repress
(C) suppress
(D) contract
Ans. (C)

30. MINOR:
(A) heavy
(B) tall
(C) major
(D) big
Ans. (C)

31. LEND:
(A) hire
(B) pawn
(C) cheat
(D) borrow
Ans. (D)

32. PRIDE:
(A) humility
(B) shame
(C) humbleness
(D) debasement
Ans. (A)

33. MAGNIFY:
(A) induce
(B) diminish
(C) destroy
(D) shrink
Ans. (D)

34. CONDENSE:
(A) lengthen
(B) expand
(C) distribute
(D) interpret
Ans. (B)

35. COMPLY:
(A) refuse
(B) agree
(C) disagree
(D) deny
Ans. (A)

36. MALICE:
(A) honour
(B) ecstasy
(C) goodwill
(D) happiness
Ans. (C)

37. EXONERATE:
(A) compel
(B) accuse
(C) imprison
(D) boldness
Ans. (B)

38. HAMPER:
(A) open
(B) release
(C) hold
(D) hasten
Ans. (A)

39. SELDOM:
(A) rarely
(B) daily
(C) often
(D) never
Ans. (C)

40. SUBLIME:
(A) strange
(B) low
(C) ridiculous
(D) mean
Ans. (B)

41. IMPOUND:
(A) release
(B) strengthen
(C) spread
(D) stimulate
Ans. (A)

42. TRAGIC:
(A) funny
(B) comic
(C) light
(D) humorous
Ans. (B)

43. INNOCENT:
(A) sinful
(B) guilty
(C) deadly
(D) corruption
Ans. (B)

44. TEDIOUS:
(A) pleasant
(B) lovely
(C) lively
(D) gay
Ans. (A)

45. CONFESS:
(A) deny
(B) refuse
(C) contest
(D) contend
Ans. (A)

46. SUCCUMB:
(A) curb
(B) resist
(C) injure
(D) shoot
Ans. (B)

47. ACUMEN:
(A) intelligence
(B) imbecility
(C) potentiality
(D) familiarity
Ans. (B)

48. SANCTIFY:
(A) dedicate
(B) patronise
(C) venerate
(D) pollute
Ans. (D)

49. EMBRACE:
(A) suspect
(B) harm
(C) reject
(D) hurt
Ans. (C)

50. SPURIOUS:
(A) false
(B) genuine
(C) simple
(D) systematic
Ans. (B)

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Solved Model Test ITBP Recruitment of Constables (GD)
ITBP recruitment of Constable/GD Written test Model paper English

Directions—(Q. 1—5): The  words given below are followed by four words or phrases out which only one is a Synonym. Choose the correct word.

1. ACRID—

(A) Sour

(B) Bitterly pungent

(C) Sweetish

(D) Hard

Ans. (B)

2. Temporal—

(A) Priestly

(B) Scholarly

(C) Secular

(D) Sleepy

Ans. (C)

3. Tawdry—

(A) Orderly

(B) Showy

(C) Reclaimed

(D) Proper

Ans. (B)

4. Surfeit—

(A) Excess

(B) Drop

(C) Estimate

(D) Claim

Ans. (A)

5. Reprisal—

(A) Retaliation

(B) Assessment

(C) Loss

(D) Re-evaluation

Ans. (A)

Directions—(Q. 6—10): In each of the sentences below there is a blank to be filled in

with appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are given for each question. Choose the correct alternative.

6. Because the enemy had a reputation for engaging in sneak attacks, we were……… on

the alert.

(A) inevitably

(B) frequently

(C) constantly

(D) evident1y

Ans. (C)

7. It was…………… to everyone that the speaker told the truth.

(A) enigmatic

(B) veracious

(C) startling

(D) patent

Ans. (C)

8. To prevent a repetition of this dreadful occurrence, we must discover the………. element in the food that was served.

(A) unknown

(B) toxic

(C) benign

(D) heinous

Ans. (B)

9. His theories were so………… that few could see what he was trying to establish.

(A) logical

(B) crudite

(C) nebulous

(D) scholarly

Ans. (D)

10. Your………. attitude will alienate any supporters you may have won to your cause.

(A) fascinating

(B) humanitarian

(C) logical

(D) truculent

Ans. (D)

Directions—(Q. 11—15): Choose the word with wrong spellings from each set of four words.

11. (A) Stubborn

(B) Pleasant

(C) Succassful

(D) Difference

Ans. (B)

12. (A) Entertainment

(B) Cynicism

(C) Deviation

(D) Posession

Ans. (D)

13. (A) Legitimete

(B) Emigrant

(C) Inevitable

(D) Inflammable

Ans. (A)

14. (A) Refugee

(B) Fugitive

(C) Unmaried

(D) Prevented

Ans. (C)

15. (A) Begining

(B) Superior

(C) Dawn

(D) Hostile

Ans. (A)

Directions—(Q. 16—23): Each of the following (bold) idioms/phrase is followed by

four meanings of which only one is correct. Pick out the correct meaning.

16. The melting Pot

(A) An earthen vessel

(B) An Iron cauldron

(C) A cooking utensil

(D) Circumstances in which things are being greatly changed

Ans. (D)

17. To feather one’s own nest

(A) To rob others to make oneself rich

(B) To work selfishly

(C) To make one’s position safe

(D) None of these

Ans. (B)

18. To be ill at ease

(A) To lie in bed with illness

(B) To backbite others

(C) To be disturbed in mind

(D) To fell sick as well as comfort

Ans. (C)

19. A wild goose chase

(A) A foolish and fruitless search

(B) To tame a wild goose

(C) To chase the thief

(D) To trap a goose

Ans. (A)

20. A house on fire

(A) Like enemies

(B) Always quarreled

(C) Hated each other

(D) Very well

Ans. (B)

Directions—(Q. 21—25): Fill in the blank spaces by picking out the Preposition from the

choices given below each sentence.

21. He was kind enough to accede……….. his request.

(A) with

(B) in

(C) to

(D) over

Ans. (C)

22. She persisted……… doing the job despite its being uninteresting to her.

(A) on

(B) with

(C) at

(D) in

Ans. (D)

23. These days everybody complains……… corruption in the public life.

(A) about

(B) of

(C) on

(D) against

Ans. (B)

24. In the world of today material values take precedence…….. spiritual values.

(A) at

(B) on

(C) over

(D) above

Ans. (C)

25. I complimented him………… his bright success in the examination.

(A) at

(B) on

(C) about

(D) far

Ans. (B)

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This exam will consist of 50 questions of each type
We are presenting a Sample test containing of English containing 50 questions

Directions (Q. 1—10): Find out which parts of the following sentence has a grammatical or idiomatic error in it.

1. Cattle’s /(a) were grazing/(b) in the meadows/(c) near our farm /(d)

Ans. (a)

2. Make haste/(a) lest (b) you (c) should not miss the train /(d)

Ans. (d)

3. We must not complain /(a) that roses have thorns/(b) but, rather grateful/(c) that thorns bear flowers /(d)

Ans. (c)

4. Your flat /(a) is superior than /(b) that of mine/(c) in all respects /(d)

Ans. (b)

5. The leaders of the striking workers/(a) called for/ (b) the directors/(c) for negotiations.(d)

Ans. (b)

6. Mr. Sharma had reached/ (a) the scene of the accident /(b) much before/(c) the police arrived. Isn’t it? /(d)

Ans. (d)

7. Pages after pages/(a) of / (b) the Mahabharata /(c) were read /(d)

Ans. (a)

8. You should watch/ (a) how careful/(b) the sparrow knits/(c) the straws into one another to form a nest.(d)

Ans. (b)

9. More leisure/(a) as well as an abundance of/(b) goods are attainable/(c) through automation. (d)

Ans. (b)

10. In case of his dying/(a) without an issue/(b) his nephew would inherit /(c) the whole property /(d)

Ans. (a)

Directions (Q.11—13): In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase. italicized in the sentence. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

11. He is accused of sitting on the fence—

(a) observing the scene

(b) hesitating which side to join

(c) resting on the fence

(d) confused about the situation

Ans. (b)

12. He is out and but a liar—

(a) surely

(b) consistently

(c) basically

(d) thoroughly

Ans. (d)

13. I stepped forward fully determined to take the bull by the horns—

(a) to meet the danger boldly

(b) to act without any hesitation

(c) to act without any preparation

(d) to be fully alive to one’s interests

Ans. (a)

Directions (Q. 14—23): In the following questions each word is followed by four probable answers (a), (b), (c), and (d). Choose the meaning of the word out of the four choices.

14. CALUMNIATE

(a) slander

(b) denounce

(c) ditch

(d) accuse truthfully

Ans. (a)

15. TITIIATE

(a) waver

(b) tickle

(c) whisper

(d) shiver

Ans. (b)

16. MILITATE

(a) support

(b) pacify

(c) take up arms

(d) work against

Ans. (d)

17. CONSUMMATE

(a) novice

(b) ambiguous

(c) perfect

(d) imperfect

Ans. (c)

18. GLIB

(a) fluent

(b) stammer

(c) tragic

(d) dull

Ans. (a)

19. PRESAGE

(a) as wise as a sage

(b) preceding a wise man

(c) unwise

(d) predict

Ans. (d)

20. ACQUIESCE

(a) strange

(b) agree tacitly

(c) spontaneous

(d) advance

Ans. (b)

21. MASOCHISTIC

(a) very soft

(b) generous

(c) enjoy cruel treatment inflicted on oneself

(d) enjoy suffering of others

Ans. (c)

22. Nom de Plume

(a) writer’s assumed name

(b) an animal

(c) a bird

(d) a real name

Ans. (a)

23. QUISLING

(a) brave

(b) rebel

(c) traitor

(d) patriot

Ans. (c)

24. The opposite of SENSITIVE is—

(a) Cunning

(b) Truthful

(c) Ardent

(d) Thick skinned

Ans. (a)

Directions (Q. 24—31): In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicized in the sentence. Choose the one which best expresses. the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

25. He was unable to account for the deficit in the firm’s bank balance—

(a) give the accounts for

(b) give a satisfactory explanation for

(c) speak the truth about

(d) maintain proper accounts of

Ans. (b)

26. She is a clever girl, and she can put two and two together—

(a) draw a logical conclusion

(b) make a formal statement

(c) look very thoughtful

(d) count very well

Ans. (a)

27. His most trusted friend proved to be a snake in the grass—

(a) a hidden enemy

(b) low and mean

(c) an unreliable person

(d) cowardly and brutal.

Ans. (a)

28. The captors of the kidnapped kept his family on tenter  hooks—

(a) on constant move

(b) in anxious suspense

(c) in seething anger

(d) in excited wait

Ans. (b)

29. I have come to know of your hole and corner methods of dealing with people—

(a) suspicious

(b) strict

(c) servile

(d) secret

Ans. (d)

30. They are sure to steal a march upon their competitors.— .

(a) defy

(b) outshine

(c) challenge

(d) resist

Ans. (b)

31. He was in a brown study and did not seem to catch my point—

(a) in his study room

(b) absent minded

(c) absorbed in reading

(d) in a state of shock

Ans. (b)

Directions (Q.32—41): Each sentence has one or two blanks. Below the sentence, there are four numbered words or set words. Choose the one that best fits meaning of the sentence as a whole.

32. It is wise to begin treatment of a progressive disease when it is still…….. in stage.

(a) climacteric

(b) clinical

(c) incipient

(d) terminal

Ans. (c

33. You should. ….. this paragraph in order to make your essay more………

(a) delete    — succinct

(b) enlarge — redundant

(c) revise    — discursive

(d) excise   — legible

Ans. (a)

34. The teacher suspected cheating as soon as he noticed the pupils………..

glances at his classmate’s paper.

(a) futile

(b) sporadic

(c) furtive

(d inconsequential

Ans. (c)

35. The dispute becomes so that we were afraid the adversaries would come to blow.

(a) ironic

(b) didactic

(c) articulate

(d) acrimonious

Ans. (d)

36. The result does not original conception of the matter.

(a) accord with

(b) correspond with

(c) reconcile

(d) reconcile to

Ans. (b)

37. There was so much……..material in the essay that it was difficult to get the authors message.

(a) variegated

(b) superficial

(c) extraneous

(d) exemplary

Ans. (c)

38. The admiration of Gandhiji earned was ………. by his…….. concern for welfare of the under dogs.

(a) developed    — real

(b) engendered — sincere

(c) aroused       — proverbial

(d) belied         — prudent

Ans. (b)

39. His………. pranks sometimes offended his serious minded friends.

(a) obstruse

(c) childish

(b) slanderous

(d) ugly

Ans. (c)

40. Only her……… voice betrayed her fear.

(a) tremulous

(b) squeamish

(c) peevish

(d) tenacious

Ans. (a)

41. The world is so constructed that if you wish to enjoy its pleasures, you must also…… its pain.

(a) deny

(b) neglect

(c) ignore

(d) endure

Ans. (d)

Directions (Q. 42—46): In the following questions find the, word correct1y spelt.

42 (a) Appearent

(b) Appareant

(c) Apparant

(d) Apparent

Ans:d

43. (a) Discremenate

(b) Descriminate

(c) Discriminate

(d) Discreminate

Ans:c

44. (a) Nuisance

(b) Neusense

(c) Nuesanse

(d) Nuisence

Ans:a

45. (a) Canelation

(b) Cancillatioin

(c) Cancellation

(d) Cansellation

Ans:c

46. (a) Massenger

(b) Messenger

(c) Messanger

(d) Massanger

Ans :b

Directions (Q. 47?50): In the following questions, find the right meaning of each word from the given alternatives.

47. Collude—

(a) to conspire

(b) to conceal

(c) to strike

(d) to allege

Ans. (a)

48.  Naive?

(a) Unfurnished

(b) Clever

(c) Simple

(d) Skilful

Ans. (c)

49. Scant—

(a) Not enough

(b) Malicious

(c) Progressive

(d) Unplanned

Ans. (a)

50. Vex—

(a) To implicate

(b) To exclude

(c) To appease

(d) To irritate

Ans. (d)

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GK english Objective Type Multiple choice for BSF Jobs Head constable (RO/Fitter) and ASI (RM)
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1. Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Deep-Shikha?
(a) Gora
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) Mahadevi Verma
(d Ram Naresh Tripathi
Ans. (c)

2. The author of the book “Meri Eqyavan Kavitayen” is—
(a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(b) Abul Kalam
(c) Dharamveer Bharti
(d) Manmohan Singh
Ans. (a)

3. The Capital of Mizoram is—
(a) Imphal
(b) Shillong
(c) Kohima
(d) Aizawl
Ans. (d)

4. The Book ‘Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire’ is been written by—
(a) Robert Ludlum
(b) J.K. Rowling
(c) Sidney Sheldon
(d) Spencer Johnson
Ans. (b)

5. Which among the fo1lowing is the 28th State of India?
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Uttaranchal
(c) Chattisgarh
(d) Gorkhaland
Ans. (a)

6. Population explosion in a country means —
(a) High birth rate and high death rate
(b) High birth rate and low death rate
(c) Low birth rate and high death rate
(d) Low birth rate and low death rate
Ans. (b)

7. How the poverty line is calculated?
(a) Their house
(b) Nature of employment
(c) Calorie consumption
(d) Standard of education
Ans. (c)

8. Elasticity of demand is a nature
(a) to increase and decrease on the change of price
(b) to increase the price
(c) to decrease the price
(d) none of these
Ans. (d)

9. Capital is—
(a) to earn property
(b) it is kept in boxes and locker
(c) it is earthed
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)

10. For a study of the long-term growth of the economy we use—
(a) personal income
(b) disposable income
(c) money GNP
(d) real GNP
Ans. (d)

11. Who is said to be the father of nuclear research in India?
(a) Raja Ramanna
(b) U.R. Rao
(c) Homi J. Bhabha
(d) C.V.Raman
Ans. (c)

12. The- science dealing with the study of phenomena at very- low temperature is known as—
(a) cryogenics
(b) frozenics
(c) cytogenics
(d) Refrigenics
Ans. (a)

13. Constituent Assembly was presided by—
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) Dr. Ambedkar
(c) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Dr. K.M Munshi
Ans. (a)

14. Which two words were added in the Preamble of the Indian constitution by the 42nd Amendment?
(a) Secular and Democratic
(b) Secular and Socialist
(c) Secular and Republic
(d) None of these
Ans. (b)

15. By which Article of Indian Constitution a citizen can go to the Supreme Court for his Fundamental Rights?
(a) Article-31
(b) Article—29
(c) Article-32
(d) Article-10
Ans. (c)

16. By which constitutional Amendment voter’s age was lowered down to 18 years from 21 years?
(a) 48th
(b) 57th
(c) 61st
(d) 63rd
Ans. (c)

17. Which among the following is now not a Fundamental Right?
(a) Right of Equality
(b) Right of Property
(c) Right to Religion
(d) None of these
Ans. (b)

18. In which Five-Year–Plan the poverty line was defined?
(a) Seventh Five-Year-Plan.
(b) Sixth Five-Year-Plan
(c) Eighth Five-Year-Plan
(d) Fifth Five-Year-Plan
Ans. (d)

19. The Eighth Five Year Plan was started on—
(a) 1991
(b) 1990
(c) 1992
(d) none of these
Ans. (c)

20. When the planning Commission was started?
(a) June, 1949
(b) October, 1951
(c) March, 1950
(d) None of these
Ans. (c)

21. One rupee note in India has the signature of—
(a) The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
(b) Finance Secretary
(c) Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
(d) Note of these
Ans. (b)

22. Vikram Era was started in—
(a) 19 B.C.
(b) 58 B.C.
(c) 78 A.D.
(d) 73 A.D.
Ans. (b)

23. Which among the following is chronologically true?
A. Gandhi-Irwin Pack
B. Nehru Report
C. Non-Cooperation Movement
D. Formation of Forward Block
Find the answer from the codes given below—
(a) C, D, A, B
(b) C, B, A, D
(c) B, C, D, A
(d) B, C, A, D
Ans. (b)

24Who has been referred to as the conscience keeper of Gandhiji?
(a) C. Rajgopalachari
(b) R. Tagore
(c) V. Patel
(d) G.K. Gokhale
Ans. (a)

25. Which among the followiig is the result of Taimur Invasion?
(a) Downfall of Mughal
(b) Downfall of Lodhi dynasty
(c) Downfall of Tughlaq dynasty
(d) Downfall. o Khilji dynasty
Ans. (c)

26. Who was the First Governor General of Independent. India?
(a) Lord Mountbatten
(b) C. Rajgopalachari
(c) J. L. Nehru
(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ans. (b)

27. Tigris river flows through ‘which of the following countries?
(a) Israel
(b) Iran
(c) Italy
(d) Iraq
Ans. (d)

28. BBC is a
(a) broadcasting corporation
(b) news agency
(c) banking company
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)

29. Kroner is the currency of
(a) Sweden
(b) Switzerland
(c) England
(d) Portugal
Ans. (a)

30. Surinam is the new name of—
(a) Dutch Guyana
(b) Cameroon
(c) Indonesia
(d) Papua Guinea
Ans. (a)

Directions (Q. 31-35): Read the passage given below carefully and answer these questions.
PASSAGE
Self poisoned in this fashion, civilization looks as though it might easily decline into a kind of premature senility. With a mind almost atrophied by lack of use, unable to entertain itself and grown so wearily uninterested in the readymade distractions offered from without that nothing but the grossest stimulants of an ever increasing violence and crudity can move it, the democracy of the future will sicken of a chronic and mortal boredom. It will go perhaps, the way the Romans went the Romans who came at last to lose, precise1y as we are doing now, the capacity to distract themselves; the Romans who like us, lived on readymade entertainment in which they had no participation. Their deadly ennui demanded ever more gladiators, more tight rope-walking elephants, more rare and far fetched animals to be slaughtered. Ours would demand no less, but owing to the existence of a few idealists, doesn’t get all it asks for. The most violent forms of entertainment can only be obtained illicitly, to satisfy a taste for slaughter and cruelty you must become a member of Klu Klux Klan: Let us not despair, however; the force of a boredom clamoring to be alleviated may yet prove too much for the idealists.

31. The main, idea of the passage is —
(a) Mind is degenerated
(b) Democracy is spoiled because of boredom
(c) Entertainment are illegal
(d) Civilizations may become imbecile because of ennui
Ans. (a)

32. Why will future democracy be diseased?
(a) Because of the lack of distractions
(b) Because of the lack of entertainment
(c) Because of the degeneration of the mind
(d) Because of idealists
Ans. (c)

33. What does the reference to Romans imply?
(a) Idealists are responsible for degeneration
(b) Ennui result in decay
(c) Romans wanted entertainment like the modern man
(d) None of these
Ans. (c)

34. What is the reference of the writer?
(a) Boredom will be alleviated
(b) There will be more participation
(c) Civilization it seems will decay
(d) None Of these
Ans. (c)

35. The example of the Romans—
(a) adds to the force of the arguments
(b) makes the passage graphic in description
(c) extends the contention
(d) serves as a parallel to the main idea
Ans. (d)

Directions (Q. 36-37): Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences.

36. He jumped as if the scorpion had………… him.
(a) threatened
(b) stung
(c) bitten
(d) brushed
Ans. (b)

37. The doctor had to………… on him to cure him of the disease.
(a) screen
(b) inject
(c) operate
(d) treat
Ans. (c)

Directions (Q. 38-39): Choose the portion of the sentence having error, if any

38. (a) Because he is learned /
(b) so he is /
(c) respected by all /
(d) no error.
Ans. (b)

39. (a) Shankar is greater /
(b) than /
(c) any philosophers /
(d) no error.
Ans. (c)

Directions (Q. 40—41): Pick out the nearest correct meaning or synonym of the words given below.

40. CAPTIVATE
(a) repel
(b) subjugate
(c) dangerous
(d) fascinate
Ans. (d)

41. UNGUENT
(a) ointment
(b) detergent
(c) remnant
(d) dish
Ans. (a)

Directions (Q. 42-43): In each sentence below, a group of words has been underlined. Below each four choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) are given. Pick out the one which can substitute the underlined, group of words correctly, without changing the meaning of the sentence.

42. The centre has decided to take Enron’s arbitration notice head on and chances of out-of-court settlement have seem ruled out
(a) an out-of-court settlement seems ruled out
(b) an out-of-court settlement seems to have been ruled out
(c) an out-of-court settlement seem ruled out
(d) an out-of-court settlement seems to have ruled out
Ans. (c)

43. The finance ministry has initiated, talks with the low and power ministries on an arbitrator being appointed.
(a) for an arbitrator being appointed
(b) on the appointment of an arbitrator
(c) to appoint an arbitrator
so that an arbitrator be appointed
Ans. (b)

Directions (Q. 44-45): Choose the most suitable antonym of the given word.

44. ABOMINATE
(a) love
(b) loathe
(c) abhor
(d) despise
Ans. (a)

45. JOCOSE
(a) humorous
(b) regulated
(c) brief
(d) dull
Ans. (d)

Directions (Q. 46—50): Substitute single words for the following statements.

46. A sad song is a—
(a) ditty
(b) dirge
(c) knell
(d) lay
Ans. (b)

47. A person who goes on horse back —
(a) epicurean
(b) sinecure
(c) equestrian
(d) connoisseur
Ans. (c)

48. A person who is very fond of sensuous pleasures—
(a) philanderer
(b) charlatan
(c) philistine
(d) epicure
Ans. (d)

49. Below the surface—
(a) subterranean
(b) abortive
(c) surreptitious
(d) venial
Ans. (a)

50. A person with full discretionary powers to act on behalf of a country—
(a) emissary
(b) plenipotentiary
(c) ambassador
(d) envoy
Ans. (c)

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Directions (Q. 1-10): Which of the following phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) would replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the sentence grammatically correct ? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (5) as the answer.

1. Despite being tried his best to persuade people to give up smoking, he could not attain success.

1) Despite his best trying

2) Despite of his best

3) Inspite of being tried his best

4) Despite trying his best

5) No correction required

2. His suggestions were so trivial and hence nobody took any cognizance of them

1) so trivial that and have

2) very trivial and hence so

3) too trivial to and hence

4) very trivial and hence

5) No correction required

3. But for your time of helping, we could not have accomplished our goal in such a small time span.

1) But for your timely help

2) Because of your timely helping

3) Despite your time of helping

4) But your time for helping

5) No correction required

4. He failed in his attempt to disperse the mob before the miscreants sets the fire on the bus.

1) set the bus on fire

2) setting fire on the bus

3) set fire to the bus

4) set the fire on to the bus

5) No correction required

5. Even on most critical moments, he is calm, but today he appears very much disturbed.

1) appeared very much disturb

2) appears very much to disturb

3) appeared to be very much disturbing

4) is appearing very much disturbing

5) No correction required

6. Their attempt of rioting was foiled because of the police squad arrived on time.

1) of the police squad being arrived

2) of the arrival of the police squad

3) the police squad arrival

4) of the police squad had arrived

5) No correction required

7. How can one mobilize support from colleagues  without being cordially to them?

1) being cordially for

2) been cordially to

3) being cordial to

4) cordially being to

5) No correction required

8. For every citizen it is mandatory to help the civic administration  for keep up the city clean.

1) for upkeep clean the city

2) for clean and keep the city

3) for keeping of the city cleanliness

4) to keep the city clean

5) No correction required

9. Any one who known to India’s villages knows the meaning of scarcity.

1) knowing India’s villages knows

2) is known to India’s villages knows

3) knows India’s villages knows

4) knew India’s villages knowing

5) No correction required

10. In our country women have opportunities to rise to top in every walk of life.

1) have been having opportunities

2) have had opportunities for a raise

3) have opportunities to raise

4) having opportunities to rise

5) No correction required

Direction (Q. 11-20) In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Economic backwardness of a region is .. . .(11)…. by the co-existence of unutilized or underutilized …(12)…on the one hand, and …(13) …natural resources, on the other. Economic development essentially means a process of . (14)….change whereby the real per capita income of an economy ..(15)… over a period of time Then, a simple but meaningful question arises: what causes economic development? Or what makes a country developed? This question has absorbed the . . .(16) .. .of scholars of socio-economic change for decades. Going through the . ..(17)…history of developed countries like America, Russia and Japan, man is essentially found as …(18)… in the process of economic development. Japan, whose economy was.. .(19). . damaged from the ravages of the Second World War, is the clearest example of our time to.. .(20)… kingpin role in economic development.

11.

1) developed

2) cured

3) improved

4) enhanced

5) characterized

12.

1) sources

2) finances

3) funds

4) manpower

5) industries

13.

1) exhaustive

2) unexploited

3) abundant

4) indefinite

5) unreliable

14.

1) upward

2) drastic

3) negligible

4) incredible

5) sudden

15.

1) diminishes

2) degenerates

3) increases

4) succumbs

5) stabilizes

16.

1) plans

2) attempts

3) attention

4) resources

5) strategy

17.

1) existing

2) glorious

3) ancient

4) economic

5) discouraging

18.

1) pivotal

2) neutral

3) insignificant

4) enchanted

5) vicious

19.

1) increasingly

2) always

3) gradually

4) deliberately

5) badly

20.

1) enlighten

2) validate

3) negate

4) underestimate

5) belittle

Directions (Q. 21-25) Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph. Then answer the questions given below them.

A. While doing so, we may also correct any distortions that we may discern.

B. With all our experience and insight, we should be able to visualize them well in advance.

C. The celebration of the 50th anniversary of the coun try’s independence is a historic moment.

B. Also, it is a time to consolidate on the gains that we have made.

E. But, most of all, it is a time to gear up for the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

F. It is a time to introspect and evaluate what we have achieved in the last five decades.

21. Which of the following should be the FOURTH statement after rearrangement?

1)E       2)D      3)C      4)B      5)A

22. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST statement after rearrangement?

l)A       2)B      3)C      4)D      5)E

23. Which of the following should be the SECOND statement after rearrangement?

l)F        2)E       3)D      4)C      5)B

24. Which of the following should be the THIRD statement after rearrangement?

1)B      2)C      3)D      4)E       5)F

25. Which of the following should be the FIRST statement after rearrangement?

l)F        2)E       3)D      4)C      5)B

Direction (Q. 26-30) : In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

26. People________ to work hard if you _______certain conditions on them.

1) decide, negotiate

2) try, thrust

3) plan, invoke

4) hesitate, impose

5) volunteer, place

27. The recent ________in oil prices has given an unexpected additional _______to the cost-spiral.

1) slump, drawback

2) cut, blow

3) rise, twist

4) development, out

5) deterioration, impetus

28. ________ your colleagues for important decision-making activities ensures their_________ cooperation.

1) Counselling, whole-hearted

2) Helping, occasional

3) Guiding, meagre

4) Neglecting, enthusiastic

5) Dominating, unstinted

29. The only way to ensure best output from your vehicle is

to provide it a _____and ________maintenance.

1) nurturing, expensive

2) proper, timely

3) careful, costly

4) trouble-free, everlasting

5) precious, healthy

30. The issues could be ________ only because of his

______ handling of the situation.

1) dropped, haphazard

2) raised, careful

3) discussed, enthusiastic

4) suppressed, emphatic

5) resolved, tactful

Direction (Q. 31-35) In each question, an in complete statement followed by two fillers is given. From among fillers, pick up the one which can meaningfully complete the sentence.

31. Last night some people had their dinner in a good hotel(________)But there were many people who suffered from food poisoning.

A. The host paid lavish tips to the waiters.

B. The hotel management, however, was careless about the hygienic conditions in the hotel.

1)OnlyA

2)OnlyB

3)EitherAorB

4)BothA&B

5)None of these

32. Certain mammals live in ocean. (________ ). Their giant size is matter of curiosity for all of us.

A. Whale is an example of such mammals.

B. They look like fish and some of them like whales are of enormous size.

1)Only A

2)Only B

3)Either A or B

4) Both A & B

5) None of these

33. She is very much fond of children.(_______ ). The fact that she enjoys teaching them can be attributed to this factor.

A. Though she doesn’t get opportunity to interact with them, she observes them carefully.

B. She glows with happiness while teaching them and some emotional bond is generated between her and the children.

1)Only A

2)Only B

3)Either A or B

4) Both A & B

5) None of these

34. Eradication of illiteracy has been one of the primary objectives of planning in India.   ( __________). Unless we have strong will-power for taking such a vital step, the       realization of the objective is not possible.

A. Every student should come forward on his own for educating at least twelve illiterate persons in a year.

B. Non-availability of funds and lack of manpower are the major problems.

1)Only A

2)Only B

3)Either A or B

4) Both A & B

5) None of these

35. India has made rapid strides in promoting cultivation of potato. (__________ ) Development of 26 high-yielding Varieties in the last one decade has changed the scenario of potato production considerably.

A. During the last three decades, use of nine hybrid varieties has increased the yield.

B. Besides, use of pesticides has reduced the loss in yield.

1)Only A

2)Only B

3)Either A or B

4) Both A & B

5) None of these

Directions (Q. 36-50): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.

The happy man is the man who lives objectively, who has free affections and wide interests, who secures his happiness through these interests and affections and through the fact that they in turn make him an object of interest and affection to many others. To be the recipient of affection is a potent cause of happiness, but the man who demands affection is not the man upon whom it isbestowed. The man who receives affection is, speaking broadly, the man who gives it. But it is useless to attempt to give it as a calculation, in the way in which one might lend money at interest, for a calculated affection is not genuine and is not felt to be so by the recipient.

What then can a man do who is unhappy because he is encased in self? So long as he continues to think about the causes of his unhappiness, he continues to be self-centered and therefore does not get outside it. It must be by genuine interest, not by simulated interests adopted merely as a medicine. Although this difficulty is real, there is n less much that he can do if he has rightly diagnosed his trouble. If for example, his trouble is due to a sense of sin, conscious or unconscious, he can first persuade his conscious mind that he has no reason to feel sinful, and then proceed, to plant this rational conviction in his unconscious mind, concerning himself meanwhile with some more or less neutral activity. If he succeeds in dispelling the sense of sin, it is possible that genuine objective interests will arise spontaneously. If his trouble is self-pity, he can deal with it in the same manner after first persuading himself that there is nothing extraordinarily unfortunate in his circumstances.

If fear is his trouble, let him practice exercises designed to give courage. Courage has been recognized from time immemorial as an important virtue, and a great part of the training of boys and young men has been devoted to producing a type of character capable of fearlessness in battle. But moral courage and intellectual courage have been much less studied. They also, however, have their technique. Admit to yourself every day at least one painful truth, you will find it quite useful. Teach yourself to feel that life would still be worth living even if you were not, as of course you are, immeasurably superior to all your friends in virtue and in intelligence. Exercises of this sort prolonged through several years will at last enable you to admit facts without flinchingand will, in so doing, free you from the empire of fear over a very large field.

36. According to the passage, calculated affection

1) appears to be false and fabricated

2) makes other person to love you

3) turns into permanent affection over a period of time

4) leads to self-pity

5) gives a feeling of courage

37. Who according to the passage is the happy man?

1) Who is encased in self

2) Who has free affection and wide interests

3) Who is free from worldly passions

4) Who has extremely centered passions

5) None of these

38. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE in the

context of the passage?

1) The happy man has wide interests

2) Courage has been recognized as an important virtue.

3) Unhappy man is encased in self.

4) A man who suffers from the sense of sin must tell himself that he has no reason to be sinful.

5) Issue of intellectual courage has been extensively studied.

39. Which of the following virtues, according to the passage,

has been recognized for long as an important virtue?

1) Patriotism

2) Sacrifice

3) Courage

4) Self-consciousness

5) None of these

40. Which of the following words is SIMILAR in meaning of the  word ‘bestowed’ as used in the passage?

1) Conferred

2) Accommodated

3) Trusted

4) Withdrawn

5) Directed

41. Which of the following, according to the passage, has not

been studied much?

1) Feeling of guilt and self-pity

2) The state of mind of an unhappy man

3) How to get absorbed in other interests

4) Moral and intellectual courage

5) None of these

42. What should a man do who is suffering from the feeling

of self-pity?

1) He should control his passions and emotions.

2) He should persuade himself that everything is alright in his circumstances.

3) He should seek affection from others.

4) He should develop a feeling of fearlessness.

5) He should consult an expert to diagnose his trouble.

43. What happens to a man who demands affection?

1) His feelings are reciprocated by others.

2) He tends to take a calculated risk.

3) He becomes a victim of a vicious circle.

4) He takes affection for granted from others.

5) None of these

44. If a man is suffering from a sense of sin,

1) he should invite opinion of others

2) he should admit his sin at once

3) he should consciously realize that he has no reason to feel sinful

4) he should develop a fearless character

5) he should develop an internal focus of control

45. Which of the following statements is TRUE in the context of the passage?

1) All passions stem from unhappiness.

2) The happy man lives subjectively.

3) Any virtue has a dark side also.

4) One feels happy if one receives affection.

5) Any affection is always genuine.

46. Which of the following statements is SIMILAR in meaning to the word ‘flinching’ as used in the passage?

1) wincing

2) convincing

3) explaining

4) providing

5) debating

47. How can one get out of the vicious circle mentioned in

the passage?

1) By practising skills of concentration

2) By inculcating the habit of self-absorption

3) Being true to others and one’s internal circumstances

4) Admitting to oneself that others could be right

5) None of these

48. Which of the following words is OPPOSITE in meaning of the word ‘dispelling’ as used in the passage?

1) giving

2) accumulating

3) projecting

4) scattering

5) receiving

49. What according to the passage is the real cause of happiness?

1) Material rewards and incentives received

2) Critical analysis of the happy state of mind

3) Affection received from others

4) Calculated risk taken

5) None of these

50. What happens when you think about the cause of your unhappiness?

1) You try to introspect and look critically at yourself.

2) You realize that life can be lived in different ways.

3) You try to practice exercise designed to give coverage.

4) You remain a self-centered person.

5) None of these

Answers :

Sl no	Answer
1	4
2	4
3	1
4	1
5	5
6	2
7	3
8	4
9	1
10	5
11	5
12	4
13	2
14	2
15	3
16	3
17	4
18	1
19	5
20	2
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	3
25	4
26	4
27	3
28	1
29	2
30	5
31	2
32	2
33	2
34	1
35	4
36	1
37	2
38	5
39	3
40	1
41	4
42	2
43	3
44	3
45	4
46	1
47	3
48	3
49	3
50	4

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English literature quiz
This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of English literature.Shakespeare,Milton ,Novelists,Poets and works of English Literature icons
Quiz about classics of English Literature.
Objective solve questions of the english literature quiz

1. ‘Brevity is the soul of wit’ is a quotation from?
(A) Milton
(B) William Shakespeare
(C) T. S. Eliot
(D) Ruskin

Ans : B

2. “Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale.” Who speaks the lines given above in Twelfth Night?
(A) Duke Orsino
(B) Malvolio
(C) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
(D) Sir Toby Belch

Ans : D

3. In Paradise Lost, Book I, Satan is the embodiment of Milton’s?
(A) Sense of injured merit
(B) Hatred of tyranny
(C) Spirit of revolt
(D) All these

Ans : C

4. Who calls poetry “the breadth and finer spirit of all knowledge”?
(A) Wordsworth
(B) Shelley
(C) Keats
(D) Coleridge

Ans : A

5. Twelfth Night opens with the speech of?
(A)Viola
(B) Duke
(C)Olivia
(D) Malvolio

Ans : B

6. What was the cause of William’s death in Sons and Lovers?
(A) An accident
(B) An overdose of morphia
(C) Suicide
(D) Pneumonia

Ans : D

7. Which poem of Coleridge is an opium dream?
(A) Kubla Khan
(B) Christabel
(C) The Ancient Mariner
(D) Ode on the Departing Year

Ans : A

8. Which stanza form did Shelley use in his famous poem ‘Ode to theWest Wind’?
(A) Rime royal
(B) Ottava rima
(C) Terza rima
(D) Spenserian Stanza

Ans :C

9. The phrase ‘Pathetic fallacy’ is coined by?
(A) Milton
(B) Coleridge
(C) Carlyle
(D) John Ruskin

Ans : D

10. Tracts for the Times relates to?
(A) The Oxford Movement
(B) The Pre-Raphaelite Movement
(C) The Romantic Movement
(D) The Symbolist Movement

Ans : A

11. The Chartist Movement sought?
(A) Protection of the political rights of the working class
(B) Recognition of chartered trading companies
(C) Political rights for women
(D) Protection of the political rights of the middle class

Ans : A

12. Who wrote “Biographia Literaria”?
(A)Byron
(B) Shelley
(C) Coleridge
(D) Lamb

Ans : C

13. Who was “Fortinbras”?
(A) Claudius’s son
(B) Son to the king of Norway
(C) Ophelia’s lover
(D) Hamlet’s Mend

Ans : B

14. How many soliloquies are spoken by Hamlet in the play Hamlet?
A) Nine
(C) Five
(B) Seven
(D) Three

Ans : C

15. “The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” The above lines have been taken from?
(A) The Waste Land
(B) Tintern Abbey
(C) The Second Coming
(D) Prayer for My Daughter

Ans : C

16 William Morel in Sons and Lovers is drawn after?
(A) Lawrence’s father
(B) Lawrence’s brother
(C) Lawrence himself
(D) None of these

Ans : D

17. The most notable characteristic of Keats’ poetry is?
(A) Satire
(B) Sensuality
(C) Sensuousness
(D) Social reform

Ans : C

18. The key-note of Browning’s philosophy of life is?
(A) agnosticism
(B) optimism
(C) pessimism
(D) skepticism

Ans : B

19. The title of Carlyle’s ‘Sartor Resartus’ means?
(A) Religious Scripture
(B) Seaside Resort
(C) Tailor Repatched
(D) None of these

Ans : C

20. “Epipsychidion” is composed by?
(A) Coleridge
(B) Wordsworth
(C) Keats
(D) Shçlley

Ans : D

21. “The better part of valour is discretion” occurs in Shakespeare’s—?
(A) Hamlet
(B) Twelfth Night
(C) The Tempest
(D) Henry IV, Pt I

Ans : D

22. Epic similes are found in which work of John Milton?
(A) Paradise Lost
(B) Sonnets
(C) Lycidas
(D) Areopagitica

Ans : A

23. Identify the writer who used a pseudonym, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, for much of his early work?
(A) Charles Dickens
(B) W. M. Thackeray
(C) Graham Greene
(D) D. H. Lawrence

Ans : C

24. Pride and Prejudice was originally a youthful work entitled?
(A)‘Last Impressions’
(B)‘False Impressions’
(C)‘First Impressions’
(D)‘True Impressions’

Ans :C

25. Identify the novel in which the character of Charlotte Lucas figures
(A) Great Expectations
(B) The Power and the Glory
(C) Lord of the Flies
(D) Pride and Prejudice

Ans : D

26; ‘There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.”
The line given above occurs in
(A) Hamlet
(B) Henry IV, Pt I
(C) The Tempest
(D) Twelfth Night

Ans :A

27. Who said that Shakespeare in his comedies has only heroines and no heroes?
(A) Ben Jonson
(B) John Ruskin
(C) Thomas Carlyle
(D) William Hazlitt

Ans :B

28. Sir John Falstaff is one of Shakespeare’s greatest?
(A) comic figures
(B) historical figures
(C) romantic figures
(D) tragic figures

Ans : A

29. That Milton was of the Devil’s party without knowing it, was
said by?
(A)Blake
(B) Eliot
(C)Johnson
(D) Shelley

Ans :A

30. Who called Shelley ‘a beautiful and ineffectual angel beating in the void his luminous wings in vain’?
(A) Walter Pater
(B) A. C. Swinburne
(C) Matthew Arnold
(D) T. S. Eliot

Ans :C

31. Essays of Ella are?
(A) full of didactic sermonising
(B) practically autobiographical fragments
(C) remarkable for their aphoristic style
(D) satirical and critical

Ans : B

32. The theme of Tennyson’s Poem ‘The Princess’ is?
(A) Queen Victoria’s coronation
(B) Industrial Revolution
(C) Women’s Education and Rights
(D) Rise of Democracy

Ans : C

33. Thackeray’s “Esmond” is a novel of historical realism capturing the spirit of?
(A) the Medieval age
(B) the Elizabethan age
(C) the age of Queen Anne
(D) the Victorian age

Ans :A

34. Oedipus Complex is?
(A) a kind of physical ailment
(B) a kind of vitamin
(C)a brother’s attraction towards his sister
(D) a son’s attraction towards his mother

Ans : D

35. “My own great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh as being wiser than the intellect.” Who wrote this?
(A)Graham Greene
(B)D. H. Lawrence
(C)Charles Dickens
(D) Jane Austen

Ans :B

36 .Shakespeare makes fun of the Puritans in his play?
(A) Twelfth Night
(B) Hamlet
(C) The Tempest
(D) Henry IV,Pt I

Ans :A

37. “The rarer action is in virtue that in vengeance.” This line occurs in?
(A) Hamlet
(B) Henry IV,Pt I
(C) The Tempest
(D) Twelfth Night

Ans :C

38. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a?
(A) Picaresque novel
(B) Gothic novel
(C) Domestic novel
(D) Historical novel

Ans : C

39. ‘Heaven lies about us in our infancy’. This line occurs in the poem?
(A) Immortality Ode
(B) Tintern Abbey
(C) The Second Coming
(D) Leda and the Swan

Ans :A

40. Wordsworth calls himself ‘a Worshipper of Nature’ in his
poem—
(A) Immortality Ode
(B) Tintern Abbey
(C) The Prelude
(D) The Solitary Reaper

Ans : B

41. When Wordsworth’s ‘Immortality Ode’ was first published in
1802, it had only?
(A) Stanzas I to IV
(B) Stanzas I toV
(C) Stanzas I to VI
(D) Stanzas I to VII

Ans B

42. Which method of narration has been employed by Dickens in his novel “Great Expectations”?
(A) Direct or epic method
(B) Documentary method
(C) Stream of Consciousness technique
(D) Autobiographical method

Ans A

43. Who said ‘Keats was a Greek’?
(A) Wordsworth
(B) Coleridge
(C) Lamb
(D) Shelley

Ans B

44. D. G. Rossetti was a true literary
descendant of?
(A) Keats
(B) Byron
(C) Shelley
(D) Wordsworth

Ans A

45. To which character in Hamlet does the following description apply?
“The tedious wiseacre who meddles his way to his doom.”
(A) Claudius
(B) Hamlet
(C) Polonius
(D) Rosencrantz

Ans : B

46. Browning’s famous poem ‘Rabbi Ben Ezra’ is included in?
(A) Dramatis Personae
(B) Dramatic Idyls
(C) Asolando
(D) Red Cotton Night-Cap Country

Ans : A

47. S. T. Coleridge was an Associate of?
(A) The Royal Society of Edinburgh
(B) The Royal Society ofLondon
(C) Royal Society of Arts
(D) Royal Society of Literature

Ans : D

48. Which of the following is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen?
(A) Sense and Sensibility
(B) Mansfield Park
(C) Sandition
(D) Persuasion

Ans : C

49.Why did Miss Havisham remain a spinster throughout her life in “Great Expectations”?
(A) She was poor
(B) She was arrogant
(C) Because she was betrayed by the bridegroom
(D) She was unwilling to marry

Ans : B

50. W. B. Yeats received the Nobel Prize for literature in the year?
(A)1938
(B) 1925
(C)1932
(D) 1923

Ans : D

51. The Romantic Revival in English Poetry was influenced
by the?
(A) French Revolution
(B) Glorious Revolution of1688
(C) Reformation
(D) Oxford Movement

Ans : A

52. The Pre-Raphaelite poets were mostly indebted to the poets of the?
(A) Puritan movement
(B) Romantic revival
(C) Neo-classical age
(D) Metaphysical school

Ans : B

53. ‘O, you are sick of self-love’ Who is referred to in these
words in Twelfth Night?
(A)Orsino
(B) Sir Andrew
(C)Sir Toby
(D) Malvolio

Ans : D

54. Hamlet is?
(A) an intellectual
(B) a man of action
(C) a passionate lover
(D) an over ambitious man

Ans : C

55. Which of Shakespeare’s characters exclaims; ‘Brave, new, world!’?
(A) Ferdinand
(B) Antonio
(C) Miranda
(D) Prospero

Ans : C

56. Paradise Lost shows an influence of?
(A) Paganism
(B) Pre-Christian theology
(C) Christianity and the Renaissance
(D) Greek nihilism

Ans : C

57. The style of Paradise Lost is?
(A) more Latin than most poems
(B) more spontaneous than thought out
(C) more satirical than spontaneous
(D) more dramatic than lyrical

Ans : A

58. In Pride and Prejudice we initially dislike but later tend to like?
(A) Mr. Bennet
(B) Wickham
(C)Bingley
(D) Darcy

Ans : D

59. Who in Hamlet suggests that one should neither be a lender nor a borrower?
(A)Gertrude
(B) Polonius
(C)Horatio
(D) Hamlet

Ans : B

60. Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Pt I contains his?
(A) senecan attitude
(B) patriotism
(C) love of nature
(D) platonic ideals

Ans : B

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MULTIPLE CHOICE SOLVED QUESTIONS ENGLISH LITERATURE
This is a set of 60 Questions on English Literature
Very useful for
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and any other exam which contains multiple Choice Objective type Questions on English Literature

1. The epigraph of   The Waste Land is borrowed from?

(A) Virgil

(B) Fetronius

(C) Seneca

(D) Homer

2. Who called ‘The Waste Land ‘a music of ideas’?

(A) Allen Tate

(B) J. C. Ransom

(C) I. A. Richards

(D) F. R Leavis

3. T. S. Eliot has borrowed the term ‘Unreal City’ in the  first and third

sections from?

(A) Baudelaire

(B) Irving Babbit

(C) Dante

(D) Laforgue

4. Which of the following myths does not figure in The Waste

Land?

(A) Oedipus

(B) Grail Legend of Fisher King

(C) Philomela

(D) Sysyphus

5. Joe   Gargery is Pip’s?

(A) brother

(B) brother-in-Jaw

(C) guardian

(D) cousin

6. Estella is the daughter of?

(A) Joe Gargery

(B) Abel Magwitch       .

(C) Miss Havisham

(D) Bentley Drumnile

7. Which book of John Ruskin influenced Mahatma Gandhi?

(A) Sesame and Lilies

(B) The Seven Lamps of Architecture

(C) Unto This Last

(D) Fors Clavigera

8. Graham Greene’s novels are marked by?

(A) Catholicism

(B) Protestantism

(C) Paganism

(D) Buddhism

9. One important feature of Jane Austen’s style is?

(A) boisterous humour

(B) humour and pathos

(C) subtlety of irony

(D) stream of consciousness

10. The title of the poem ‘The Second Coming’ is taken from?

(A) The Bible

(B) The Irish mythology

(C) The German mythology

(D) The Greek mythology

11. The main character in Paradise Lost Book I and Book II is?

(A  God

(B) Satan

(C) Adam

(D) Eve

12. In Sons and Lovers, Paul Morel’s mother’s name is?

(A)Susan

(B)Jane

(C)Gertrude

(D) Emily

13. The twins in Lord   of the Flies are?

(A)Ralph and Jack

(B) Simon and Eric

(C) Ralph and Eric

(D) Simon and Jack

14.Mr. Jaggers, in Great Expectations, is a

(A) lawyer

(B) postman

(C)Judge

(D) School teacher

15. What does ‘I’ stand for in the following line?

‘To       Carthage then I came’

(A) Buddha

(B) Tiresias

(C)  Smyrna Merchant

(D) Augustine

16. The following lines are an example……… of image.

‘The river sweats

Oil and tar’

(A) visual

(B) kinetic

(C) erotic

(D) sensual

17. Which of the following novels has the sub-title ‘A Novel Without a Hero’?

(A) Vanity Fair

(B) Middlemarch

(C) Wuthering Heights

(D) Oliver Twist

18. In ‘Leda and the Swan’, who wooes Leda in guise of a swan?

(A) Mars

(B) Hercules

(C) Zeus

(D) Bacchus

19. Who invented the term ‘Sprung rhythm’?

(A)Hopkins

(B)Tennyson

(C)Browning

(D)Wordsworth

20.Who wrote the poem ‘Defence of Lucknow’?

(A) Browning

(B) Tennyson

(C) Swinburne

(D) Rossetti

21.Which of the following plays of Shakespeare has an epilogue?

(A)  The Tempest

(B) Henry IV, Pt I

(C) Hamlet

(D) Twelfth Night

22. Hamlet’s famous speech ‘To be,or not to be; that is the question’

occurs in?

(A) Act II, Scene I

(B) Act III, Scene III

(C) Act IV, Scene III

(D) Act III, Scene I

23. Identify the character in The Tempest who is referred to as an honest old counselor

(A) Alonso

(B) Ariel

(C) Gonzalo

(D) Stephano

24. What is the sub-title of the play Twelfth Night?

(A) Or, What is you Will

(B) Or, What you Will

(C) Or, What you Like It

(D) Or, What you Think

25. Which of the following plays of Shakespeare, according to T. S.

Eliot, is ‘artistic failure’?

(A) The Tempest

(B) Hamlet

(C) Henry IV, Pt I

(D) Twelfth Night

26. Who is Thomas Percy in Henry IV, Pt I?

(A) Earl of Northumberland

(B) Earl of March

(C) Earl of Douglas

(D) Earl of Worcester

27. Paradise Lost was originally written in?

(A) ten books

(B) eleven books

(C) nine books

(D) eight books

28. In Pride and Prejudice, Lydia elopes with?

(A) Darcy

(B) Wickham

(C) William Collins

(D) Charles Bingley

29. Who coined the phrase ‘Egotistical Sublime’?

(A) William Wordsworth

(B) P.B.Shelley

(C) S. T. Coleridge

(D) John Keats

30. Who is commonly known as ‘Pip’ in Great Expectations?

(A) Philip Pirrip

(B) Filip Pirip

(C)Philip Pip

(D) Philips Pirip

31. The novel The Power and the Glory is set in?

(A)Mexico

(B) Italy

(C)France

(D) Germany

32. Which of the following is Golding’s first novel?

(A) The Inheritors

(B) Lord of the Flies

(C) Pincher Martin

(D) Pyramid

33.Identify the character who is a supporter of Women’s Rights in Sons and Lovers?

(A) Mrs. Morel

(B) Annie

(C) Miriam

(D) Clara Dawes

34. Vanity Fair is a novel by?

(A) Jane Austen

(B) Charles Dickens

(C) W. M. Thackeray

(D) Thomas Hardy

35. Shelley’s Adonais is an elegy on the death of?

(A) Milton

(B) Coleridge

(C) Keats

(D) Johnson

36. Which of the following is the first novel of D. H. Lawrence?

(A) The White Peacock

(B) The Trespasser

(C) Sons and Lovers

(D) Women in Love

37. In the poem ‘Tintern Abbey’, ‘dearest friend’ refers to?

(A) Nature

(B) Dorothy

(C) Coleridge

(D) Wye

38. Who, among the following, is not the second generation of British

Romantics?

(A) Keats

(B) Wordsworth

(C) Shelley

(D) Byron

39. Which of the following poems of Coleridge is a ballad?

(A) Work Without Hope

(B) Frost at Midnight

(C) The Rime of the Ancient

Mariner

(D) Youth and Age

40. Identify the writer who was expelled from Oxford for circulating a pamphlet—

(A) P. B. Shelley

(B) Charles Lamb

(C) Hazlitt

(D) Coleridge

41. Keats’s Endymion is dedicated to?

(A) Leigh Hunt

(B) Milton

(C) Shakespeare

(D) Thomas Chatterton

42. The second series of Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb was published in?

(A) 1823

(B) 1826

(C) 1834

(D) 1833

43. Which of the following poets does not belong to the ‘Lake School’?

(A) Keats

(B) Coleridge

(C) Southey

(D) Wordsworth

44.Who, among the following writers, was not educated at Christ’s Hospital School,

London?

(A) Charles Lamb

(B) William Wordsworth

(C) Leigh Hunt

(D) S. T. Coleridge

45. Who derided Hazlitt as one of the members of the ‘Cockney School of Poetry’?

(A) Tennyson

(8) Charles Lamb

(C) Lockhart

(D) T. S. Eliot

46. Tennyson’s poem ‘In Memoriam’was written in memory of?

(A) A. H. Hallam

(B) Edward King

(C) Wellington

(D) P. B. Shelley

47. Who, among the following, is not connected with the Oxford Movement?

(A) Robert Browning

(B) John Keble

(C) E. B. Pusey

(D) J. H. Newman

48. Identify the work by Swinburne which begins “when the hounds of spring are on winter’s traces..”?

(A) Chastelard

(B) A Song of Italy

(C) Atalanta in Calydon

(D) Songs before Sunrise

49. Carlyle’s work On Heroes, HeroWorship and the Heroic in History is a course of?

(A) six lectures

(B) five lectures

(C) four lectures

(D) seven lectures

50. Who is praised as a hero by Carlyle in his lecture on the ‘Hero as King’?

(A) Johnson

(B) Cromwell

(C) Shakespeare

(D) Luther

51. Identify the work by Ruskin which began as a defence of contemporary landscape artist especially Turner?

(A) The Stones of Venice

(B) The Two Paths

(C) The Seven Lamps of Architecture

(D) Modem Painters

52. The term ‘the Palliser Novels’ is used to describe the political novels of?

(A) Charles Dickens

(B) Anthony Trollope

(C) W. H. White

(D) B. Disraeli

53. Identify the poet, whom Queen Victoria, regarded as the perfect poet of ‘love and loss’—

(A) Tennyson

(B) Browning

(C) Swinburne

(D) D. G. Rossetti

54. A verse form using stanza of eight lines, each with eleven syllables, is known as?

(A) Spenserian Stanza

(B) Ballad

(C) OttavaRima

(D) Rhyme Royal

55. Identify the writer who first used blank verse in English poetry?

(A) Sir Thomas Wyatt

(B) William Shakespeare

(C) Earl of Surrey

(D) Milton

56. The Aesthetic Movement which blossomed during the 1880s was  not influenced by?

(A) The Pre-Raphaelites

(B) Ruskin

(C) Pater

(D) Matthew Arnold

57. Identify the rhetorical figure used in the following line of Tennyson “Faith un-faithful kept him falsely true.”

(A) Oxymoron

(B) Metaphor

(C) Simile

(D) Synecdoche

58. W. B. Yeats used the phrase ‘the artifice of eternity’ in his poem?

(A) Sailing to Byzantium

(B) Byzantium

(C) The Second Coming

(D) Leda and the Swan

59. Who is Pip’s friend in London?

(A) Pumblechook

(B) Herbert Pocket

(C) Bentley Drummle

(D) Jaggers

60. Who is Mr. Tench in The Power and the Glory?

(A) A teacher

(B) A clerk

(C) A thief

(D) A dentist

ANSWERS:

1	D
2	A
3	C
4	D
5	C
6	A
7	C
8	A
9	B
10	A
11	B
12	C
13	A
14	A
15	D
16	C
17	A
18	D
19	A
20	C
21	A
22	D
23	C
24	B
25	B
26	A
27	D
28	B
29	C
30	C
31	A
32	B
33	A
34	C
35	C
36	A
37	B
38	B
39	C
40	A
41	D
42	D
43	A
44	A
45	D
46	A
47	A
48	C
49	B
50	B
51	D
52	B
53	D
54	C
55	C
56	D
57	A
58	A
59	D
60	C

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Directions—(Q.1 to 3) Substitute the Bold phrases with any of the given choices to express the opposite meaning in the sentences in following questions

1. She always praises everything I say

(A) picks holes in

(B) dislikes

(C) rebukes

(D) picks holes to

2. He often says how wonderful his school is?

(A) says he is unworthy

(B) appreciates

(C) runs up

(D) runs down

3. She said I was the best boss they’d ever had. It was obvious she was praising me sincerely.

(A) not appreciating me

(B) befooling me

(C) buttering me up

(D) disliking me

Directions—(Q. 4 to 6) Identify the part of speech of the Bold words in the given sentences from the following questions

4. I must perfect the operation to make the perfect robot.

(A)verb

(B) adverb

(C) adjective

(D) noun

5. A kindly person is one who behaves kindly.

(A) noun

(B) preposition

(C) adverb

(D) verb

6. He is not normally a very fast runner, but he runs fast in major events.

(A)adverb

(B) adjective

(C)verb

(D) noun

Directions—(Q. 7 to 16) Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions

Antigone was one of the daughters of Oedipus, that tragic figure of male power who had been cursed by Gods for mistakenly killing his father and subsequently marrying his mother and assuming the throne of Thebes. After the death of Oedipus civil war broke out and a battle was waged in front of the seventh gate of Thebes, his two sons led opposing factions and at the height of the battle fought and killed each other. Oedipus’ brother, Creon, uncle of Antigone, was now undisputed master of the city. Creon resolved to make an example of the brother who had fought against him, Polynices, by refusing the right of honorable burial. The penalty of death was promulgated against any who should defy this order.

Antigone was distraught. Polynices had been left unburied, unwept, a feast of flesh for keen eyed carrion birds. Antigone asks her sister Ismene, for it was a challenge to her royal blood. “Now it is time to show whether or not you are worthy of your royal blood, is he not my brother and yours ? Whether you like it or not ? I shall never desert him- never I” But Ismene responds, “How could you dare,when Creon has expressly forbidden it? Antigone, we are women, it is not for us to fight against men.” With a touch of bitter ness, Antigone releases her sister from the obligation to help her, but argues she cannot shrug off the burden. “If  I die for it what happiness Live, if you will live, and defy the holiest of laws of heaven.”

7. What is the main theme of the story of Antigone?

(A) One must be truthful and honest

(B) There is a conflict between the laws of men and heavenly laws

(C) One must be true to one’s kins

(D) War is an evil

8. Why did Antigone decide to defy the orders of Creon?

(A) She loved her brother

(B) She was to give an honor able burial to her brother

(C) She felt she was bound by her heavenly obligation

(D) To teach Creon a lesson

9. What, in your opinion, would have been the logical end of the story?

(A) Antigone might have agreed with her sister and refrained from giving a burial to Polynices

(B) Antigone might have been allowed by Creon to give a decent burial to her brother

(C) Antigone might have defied the order of Creon but forgiven by him

(D) Antigone might have been executed for defying the order of the king

10. What was the status of women in the contemporary society ? They

(A) were liberated

(B) could have taken their own decisions

(C)considered  themselves inferior and subordinate to men

(D) claimed equality with men

11. Why did a civil war break out in Thebes ? The war broke out because

(A) of the curse of the Gods

(B) the brothers of Antigone were greedy

(C) there was a fight among sons of Oedipus for the inheritance of the kingdom

(D) there was a conflict between a son of Oedipus and Creon

12.       A carrion bird is a bird

(A)       of prey

(B)       which eats human flesh

(C)       which eats dead bodies

(D)       which eats only grain

13.       Why did Creon deny decent burial to Polynices ? He did so

because?

(A) he did not love Polynices

(B) Polynices fought against Creon

(C) Polynices was disobedient to Creon

(D) Polynices did not show bravery

14.       Why did Ismene not support Antigone ? Ismene

(A) was weak and did not have the courage to defy  orders of the powerful king

(B) did not consider it right to defy the king

(C) did not think it fit to defy her uncle especially after the death of her father

(D)did not believe that Polynices deserved better treatment

15.Why did the Gods curse Oedipus? Because  Oedipus

(A) killed his father and married his mother

(B)killed his father

(C)married his mother

(D) committed an unknown sin

16.Does the story approve the principle of vicarious liability ?

(A)No, it does not

(B)Yes, it does, because of the acts of Oedipus his children suffered

(C) Yes, it does, because his father was killed by Oedipus

(D) Yes, it does, because he married his mother

Directions—(Q. 17 to 22) Select the meaning of the Bold idioms and

phrases in sentences in following questions

17. I have hit upon a good plan to get rid of him.

(A) found

(B) chanced upon

(C) decided to beat him

(D) borrowed

18. He is sticking out for better terms.

(A) threatens to take action

(B) insists on using the force

(C) decides to give concessions

(D) persists in demanding

19. He broke off in the middle of the

story.

(A) failed

(B) began crying

(C) stopped suddenly

(D) felt uneasy

20.He refused to be led by the nose.

(A) to follow like an animal

(B) to be treated as a fool

(C) to follow submissively

(D) to be treated violently

21.The new cotton mill is mortgaged up to the eye.

(A) apparently

(B) completely

(C) deceptively

(13) actually

22. When they embraced a new religion, it is safe to say they did

it for loaves and fishes.

(A) selflessly

(B) honest reasons

(C) material benefits

(D) because of fear

Directions—(Q. 23 to 27) Choose the correct spelling out of four

choices

23.

(A)       Misogynist

(B)       Mysogynists

(C)       Mysoginists

(D)       Mysagynists

24.

(A)       Aracnophobia

(B)       Aranchophobia

(C)       Arochnophobia

(13)      Arachnophobia

25.

(A) Cinamon

(B) Cinnamon

(C) Cinnaman

(D) Cinaman

26.

(A) Alcohol

(B) Alchohol

(C) Alchohal

(D) Alchohel

27.

(A) Bioclymatalogy

(B) Bioclimatalogy

(C)   Bioclimatology

(D) Bioclimatelogy

Directions—(Q. 28 to 32) Select the correct meanings of the given

words in the following questions?

28. Lexicon

(A) number

(B)legal document

(C)dictionary

(D)captain’s dog

29.       Hex

(A) Crude person

(B) herb

(C) parrot

(D) evil spell

30.       Seminary

(A) chapel

(B) college

(C) convocation hail

(D) hostel

31. Liturgy

(A)prayer

(B) priest

(C)ritual

(D) church

32.Laity

(A) church members not baptized

(B) church members baptized

(C) priests

(D) church members who are not ordained priests

Directions—(Q. 33 to 37) Fill in the blanks in the following questions

33.       Slavery was not done away………………until the last century.

(A) with

(B) for

(C) to

(D) off

34.Does he not take………. his father?

(A) before

(B) for

(C) after

(D) like

35.       We will have to take………. More staff if we’re to take on more

work.

(A) up

(B) onto

(C) into

(D) on

36. Mother takes everything in her ………………

(A) steps

(B) face

(C) stride

(D) work

37. Sale have really taken…… now.

(A) up

(B) on

(C) of

(D) off

Directions(Q. 38 to 40) The constituent phrases of a sentence are jumbled up in the following questions. Select the most appropriate sequence to make the sentence meaningful

38. (i) built on the site of a church destroyed

(ii) in the hilly area of the city is the famous Shandon Steeple

(iii) the bell tower of St. Anne’s Church

(iv) when the city was besieged by the Duke of Marlborough

(A) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)

(B) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)

(C) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)

(D) (iii), (ii), (i),(iv)

39. (i) no law giving effect to the policy of the state towards securing all or any of the principles laid in part IV

(ii) not withstanding anything contained in Article 13

(iii) and no law containing a declaration that it is for giving effect for such policy shall be called in question in any court on the ground that it does not give effect to such policy

(iv) shell be deemed to be void on the ground that it is inconsistent with or takes away or abridges any of the rights conferred by Article 14 to 19

(A) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)

(B) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)

(C) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

40. (i) neither House shall proceed further with the sill

(ii) if he does so, The houses shall meet accordingly

(iii) but the President may at any time after the date of his notification, summon the Houses to meet in a joint sitting for the purpose specified in the notification and

(iv) where the President has under clause (1) notified his intention of summoning the Houses to meet in a joint sitting

(A)(iv), (i), (iii), (ii)

(B) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)

(C) (iv), (ii) ,(iii), (i)

(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

Answers:

1	B
2	D
3	C
4	A
5	C
6	A
7	A
8	B
9	D
10	C
11	C
12	C
13	B
14	A
15	A
16	B
17	A
18	D
19	C
20	C
21	B
22	C
23	A
24	D
25	B
26	A
27	C
28	C
29	D
30	B
31	C
32	D
33	A
34	C
35	D
36	C
37	D
38	A
39	A
40	B

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1. A moral tale, with animals as characters
(A) legend
(B) myth
(C) fable
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
2. Bringing about a gentle death in case of incurable and painful diseases
(A) immoculation
(B) euthanasier
(C) respite
(D) restitude
Ans: B
3. Wreath of bay leaves as emblem of victory
(A)lark
(B) laurel
(C)laureate
(D) palm
Ans: B

4. Attentive to formality etiquette
(A) punctilio
(B) punctilious
(C) punctual
(D) attention giver

Ans: B
5. The point that you have raised has no bearing on the subject under discussion
(A) no relation to
(B) not affected by
(C) no impact on
(D) no dependence on
Ans: A

6. Some people feel that communism is on its last leg now
(A) about to revive
(B) about to collapse
(C) about to despair
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
Directions.— Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow—

Discrimination implies that there is a preference for some or a prejudice towards others. Wise teachers examine how to provide classroom systems that treat students equally.
In doing so, they may find that equal treatment results from unequal interpretations of rules. The expectation for all children to stay in their seats and not wander around the room may be an unfair expectation for some. In getting to know students well, teachers can come to know what instructional contexts are tolerable, possible and desirable for various individuals. In knowing themselves well, teachers know what alterations in their own preferred style of teaching will be necessary to accommodate different children.
7. Discrimination involves
(A) favoritism
(B) preconceived opinion
(C) partiality
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
8. “Equal treatment results from unequal interpretation of rules”means
(A) biased teachers can inter pret rules in any way
(B) only rules that involve safety can be unilateral
(C) rules ought not to have singular interpretation
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
9. According to the passage, a teacher must
(A) Know his/her lessons well
(B) Know himself/herself well
(C) None of these
(D) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
Ans: D
10. “The expectation for all children to stay in their seats and not wander around the room may be an unfair practice for some” means—
(A) it is expected that all children must stay in their seats
(B) it is expected that all child ren will wander in the classroom
(C) the expectation that all children will display similar behaviour
(D) None of the above
Ans: C

11. According to the passage, teachers need to be?
(A) Considerate
(B) Fair
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above

Ans: C
12. The passage espouses that wise teachers
(A) check the veracity of the students statements
(B) are not in4ifferent to students
(C) are tolerant of the student’s mischief
(D) follow their favoured styles of teaching
Ans: B
13. ‘Unequal’ refers to?
(A)unfair
(B) different
(C)fair
(D) unilateral
Ans: B

14. ‘Alterations’ refers to?
(A) choices
(B) changes
(C) options
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
15. The author wants the teaches to be
(A) wise and tolerant
(B) accommodating and focused
(C) fair and unbiased
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
16. ‘Accommodate’ in the passage refers to
(A) reconcile
(B) serve
(C) harmonize
(D) oblige
Ans: C
Directions—(Q. 17—25) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow—

Once, the word man meant ‘person’ or ‘human being’. It was like the Latin word ‘homo’, a member of the human species, not an adult male of the species. But, man has, gradually, become more specific in meaning and is now a synonym for an adult male human being only. In the words of a popular dictionary for children, “A boy grows up to be a man. Father and Uncle George are both men”. This is the meaning that native speakers understand because they hear used in everyday speech in this way, since childhood.

Later, we learn that man has another generic meaning, but we do not accept it with the same certainty. Studies of college students and school children show that phrases such as economic man and political man or statements such as ‘man domesticated animals’ and ‘man is a dreamer’ create an image of male people only, not female people or male and female people together.

To go on using, in its former sense, a word whose meaning has changed, is unfair. The point is not that we should recognise a semantic change, but that, in order to be precise, in order to be understood, we must. Furthermore, only recently, have we become aware that convential English usage, including the generic use of man and other masculine gender words, often hides the actions, the contributions and, sometimes, the very presence of women. We can refuse to accept this view if we want, but if we do, it is like teaching children that the Earth is flat. Continuing to use English in ways that have become misleading, isno different from misusing information.
17. The passage is about
(A) using language to give correct information
(B) recognising that language is changing and use it appropriately
(C) linguistic confusion arising from the change
(D) All of the above
Ans: C

18. The word ‘man’ means
(A) person and adult male
(B) only person
(C) only adult male
(D) None of the above
Ans: C

19. To use ‘man’ as a generic term
(A) leads to unnecessary confusion
(B) makes women seem less
important
(C) is misleading
(D) All of the above

Ans: D
20. To use the term ‘man’ as it stands now is essential—
(A) as change in semantics must be recognised
(B) in order to communicate with exactitude
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
Ans: A

21. According to the passage, school children and college students
(A) understand ‘man’ as meaning person, both man or woman
(B) associate ‘man’ with only the masculine gender
(C) understands that ‘man’ means both men and women
(D) are confused as they cannot associate ‘man’ with masculine or feminine gender
Ans: B

22. The word Semantic in paragraph refers to?
(A) gradual
(B) contextual
(C) contemporary
(D) meaning

Ans: C
23………… is like teaching the children that the ‘earth is flat’.
(A) ignoring the confusion caused by the semantic change
(B) not following the conventional English usage
(C) not recognising and adapting to the change in meaning
(D) misusing information

Ans: C
24. According to the writer, phrases such as ‘political man’ and ‘man
as a dreamer’ are
(A) confusing
(B) misleading
(C) archaic
(D) All of the above

Ans: D
25. ‘Generic’ refers to?
(A) characteristic of a class
(B) general
(C) characteristic of a genius
(D) None of the above

Ans: B

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