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The questions, 1st and the last sentences of the passage/sentence are numbered 1 and 6.The rest of the sentence/passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S.These four sentences/parts are not given in their proper order.Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.
1. It is not uncommon for close synonyms to be understood to share the same memory.
P. The difference between words like 'hard' and 'difficult' goes unnoticed
Q. One may employ one or other with complete indifference
R. In general this is well and good
S. Most people lack the linguistic sense to quibble over such trifles.
6. But for most of us, it is of no less significance
PQRS
b)SRQP
c)QRSP
d)PRSQ
Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.
Rajan is a salesman. He goes from door to door .................... vacuum cleaners. On his first day of work, the decided to sell his goods by knocking on the doors of a private housing estate. "My first customer ." he thought as he pressed the doorbell of the first house. Amiddle-aged woman with curlers in her hair opened the door. Rajan began to explain who he was and the product he was selling. The next minute, the door was slammed shut. "Not interested I" John heard her shout behind the closed door.
purchasing
b)buying
c)gifting
d)selling
Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If a sentence is free from error.
Nalini says
b)she is living in Chennai
c)since 1991.
d)No error
Identify the positive degree
A car can go faster than a bike.
b)A bike cannot go as fast as a car.
c)The plane is the fastest.
d)The ship is not the fastest.
choose the type of sentence
She is beautiful and so she is arrogant.
complex
b)compound
c)simple
d)negative
Choose the correct plural form
Ovum
Ovums
b)Ovumia
c)Ovumi
d)Ova
Find out the adjective
Absurdity
absurd
b)absurdly
c)absurdingly
d)None of these
Select the correct sentence
Monday is day before Tuesday.
b)Monday is the day before Tuesday.
c)Monday is the day after Tuesday.
d)Monday is the day before Tuseday.
Select the correct answer given under passage
Kautilys's Arthasastra is concerned with the political problems of the government. it describes its machinery and functions both in times of peace and war
Asthasastra is concerned with the..........of the government.
political problems
b)machinery
c)functions
d)all
Fill up the blanks with correct homophones
Please_____for a while
Phase
b)pace
c)pause
d)pass
Identify the sentence pattern
She wrote a letter
SVC
b)SVA
c)SVCO
d)SVO
Choose the correct participles
I want the book........in a week
is written
b)writes
c)written
d)was written
Choose the appropriate active or passive verb form.
I________him ten thousand pounds last year.
lend
b)lent
c)was lent
Choose the suitable past tense verb
I ____________ (read) the book when the light went off.
was reading
b)read
c)has read
d)am reading
Select the Correct Question Tag
The tourists rarely prefer spicy food.
Don't they?
b)Didn't they
c)Do they?
d)Has they?
Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions
Sheela is dressed.............bright colours.
in
b)on
c)at
d)of
Fill in the blanks with suitable Articles
He is..............honour to his profession.
a
b)an
c)the
d)no article
Select the correct PREFIX famous
il
b)non
c)in
d)post
Find out the MOST OPPOSITE for the underlined words
With an irreverent attitude towards life is general.
involved
b)considerate
c)spiritual
d)respectful
Find out the MOST SIMILAR MEANING for the underlined word
Students with their generous mind and unsophisticated hearts naturally fall an easy prey to stirring up emotion.
childlike
b)plain
c)simple
d)unspoiled
Match the following words/phrases given column
A | B | ||
---|---|---|---|
a | folly | 1 | dress |
b | garb | 2 | disdainful |
c | haughty | 3 | a foolish act |
d | idol | 4 | image |
A | B | C | D |
1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
A | B | C | D |
3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
A | B | C | D |
4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
A | B | C | D |
1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Sum from the arithmetic book was dictated to Swaminathan by...
Samuel
b)Krishna
c)Shanker
d)his father
The story "The Selfish Gaint" belongs to
England
b)Russia
c)China
d)France
Migrating birds fly
in pairs
b)in threes
c)single
d)in groups
Name | Life period |
a) Julius Caesar | 1. 88 B.C - 13 B.C |
b) Mark Antony | 2. 85 B.C - 42 B.C |
c) Marcus Brutus | 3. 83. B.C - 30 B.C |
d) Octavius Caesar | 4. 100 B.C - 44 B.C |
a | b | c | d |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
a | b | c | d |
4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
a | b | c | d |
3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
a | b | c | d |
2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
"It is behaviour alone that creates friends and foes" -quotation given by
Chanakya
b)Vivekananda
c)Buddha
d)Bharathi
Therukoothu usually performed in
March - April
b)May - June
c)Jully - August
d)A & C
Wordsworth in 1798 - 99 started an auto-bigraphical poem, which he never named but called as
Poem to People
b)Poem to Calridge
c)Poem to God
d)All of the above
Meaning of Netaji is
Respected leader
b)Honourable man
c)Man of power
d)Man with love
Match the following:
Charcters | Story |
a) Vera | 1.Open window |
b) Prussian Officer | 2.Two Friends |
c) Mrs.Behrman | 3.The Last Leaf |
d) Ivan Dmitritch | 4.Lottery Ticket |
A | B | C | D |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
A | B | C | D |
2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
A | B | C | D |
3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
A | B | C | D |
4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |