1. Choose the correct sentence :
(A) I have a homework to do.
(B) I have homework to do.
(C) I will have homework to do.
(D) I having homework to do.
Ans- B
2. Drivers ……….. drive over the speed limit. (Choose the correct option of auxiliary verb)
(A) should
(B) can
(C) must not
(D) must
Ans- C
3.A lot of energy………wasted on finding the treasure. (Choose the best option)
(A) was
(B) were
(C) can
(D) will
Ans- A
4. John ….. in hospital for two weeks. (Choose the meaingful expression)
(A) has been lying
(B) lies
(C) is lying
(D) lied
Ans- A
5. Look ……………… the painting. (Choose the correct preposition)
(A) in
(B) at
(C) of
(D) off
Ans- B
6. You must start now. You will miss the bus. (Choose the corrrect combination of sentences)
(A) Unless you start now, you will miss the bus.
(B) Will you start now, you will miss the bus.
(C) Till you start now, you will miss the bus.
(D) Until you start now, you will miss the bus.
Ans- A
7. Choose the correct sentence:
(A) She is the girl whose name is Raavi.
(B) She is the girl whom name is Raavi.
(C) She is the girl who name is Raavi.
(D) She is the girl that name as Raavi.
Ans- A
8. They……. here next week. (Choose the correct Verb form)
(A) had come
(B) coming
(C) Came
(D) will come
Ans- D
9. He…… Video games. (Choose the best option)
(A) had playing
(B) am playing
(C) are playing
(D) is playing
Ans- D
10. I bought these books…… auction. (Choose the correct preposition)
(A) for
(B) from
(C) at
(D) of
Ans- C
11. Choose the correctly spelt word:
(A) Committee
(B) Commitee
(C) Comittee
(D) Comittee
Ans- A
12. Patna is situated…….. the bank of the Ganga. (Choose the correct preposition)
(A) at
(B) on
(C) of
(D) to
Ans- B
13. The great scholar and poet…… died. (Choose the best option)
(A) have
(B) has
(C) are
(D) none of these
Ans- B
14. When the sun is shining, we usually …… for swimming. (Choose
the best option)
(A) went
(B) going
(C) to go
(D) go
Ans- D
15. “What do you want ?”, she asked him. (Choose the correct indirect
narration)
(A) She asks what he wants.
(B) She asked him what he wanted.
(C) She will ask what he wants.
(D) She asked what he had wanted.
Ans- B
16. Have you seen …….Taj Mahal. (Choose the best option of article)
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) None of these
Ans- C
17. Marsha is reading a novel. (Choose the best Passive voice)
(A) A novel was read by Marsha.
(B) A novel had read by Marsha.
(C) A novel is being read by Marsha.
(D) A novel must read by Marsha.
Ans- C
18. The house was painted by Tom. (Choose the best Active voice)
(A) Tom was painting the house.
(B) Tom is painting the house.
(C) Tom paints the house.
(D) Tom painted the house.
Ans- D
19. I……. speak Spanish. Choose the best option)
(A) does not
(B) have not
(C) do not
(D) had not
Ans- C
20. Radha asked Ravi where his father was. (Choose the correct direct
narration)
(A) Radha said to Ravi, “Where is your father.”
(B) Radha said to Ravi, “Where is your father ?”
(C) Radha said to Ravi, “Where was his father ?”
(D) None of these
Ans- B
21. Listen ! Radha ……the sitar. (Choose the best option)
(A) will playing
(B) had played
(C) is playing
(D) are playing
Ans- C
22. Choose the correct sentence :
(A) I wish were I young again.
(B) I wish was I young again.
(C) I wish I were young again.
(D) I wish I was young again.
Ans- C
23. The doctor suggested……… take a vacation. (Choose the meaingful
expression.)
(A) the patient
(B) the patient will
(C) that the patient should
(D) the patient ought
Ans- C
24. When Sita…..back, we will discuss the problem. (Choose the best option)
(A) will come
(B) comes
(C) came
(D) has come
Ans- A
25. Those who work in the same department are…….. (Choose the best
option)
(A) college
(B) colleagues
(C) friends
(D) batch mates
Ans- B
26. ……..he come with us ? (Choose the best option)
(A) Will
(B) Is
(C) Do
(D) Have
Ans- A
27. Either of the two…….acceptable. (Choose the best option)
(A) is
(B) are
(C) have
(D) has
Ans- A
28. I am…… my bed. (Choose the best option)
(A) making
(B) make
(C) to make
(D) had making
Ans- A
29. That’s strange, our kids……. watch TV serials. (Choose the best option)
(A) do not
(B) are
(C) be
(D) None of these
Ans- A
30. The man was…… by a dog. (Choose the meaningful expression)
(A) bitten
(B) bit
(C) had bit
(D) had bitten
Ans- A
31. Dr. Radhakrishan never lost his faith in the……… (Choose the correct option)
(A) essential wealth
(B) essential humanity of man
(C) essential knowledge
(D) essential experience
Ans- B
32. The line ‘In hearts at peace, under an English heaven’ is taken from………. (Choose the correct option)
(A) Ode to Autumn
(B) The Soldier
(C) Song of Myself
(D) Fire Hymn
Ans- B
33. ‘Ideas that have helped Mankind’ is written by……..(Choose the correct option)
(A) Germaine Greer
(B) Pearl S. Buck
(C) Shiga Naoya
(D) B. Russell
Ans- D
34. Our forefathers did not invent machinery because……. (Choose
the correct option)
(A) they knew we would become slaves.
(B) they knew we would be happy.
(C) they did not like to see us comfortable.
(D) they were jealous of us.
Ans- A
35. Seibei’s hobby was collecting……… (Choose the correct option)
(A) gourds
(B) flowers
(C) seeds
(D) grass
Ans- A
36. English language is……… than Sanskrit and Persian. (Choose the
suitable option)
(A) older
(B) younger
(C) classical
(D) none of these
Ans- B
37. New varieties of English that have emerged in different parts of the world is called…….. (Choose the suitable option)
(A) Second language
(B) New English
(C)American English
(D) None of these
Ans- B
38. The Great Vowel Shift took place during…….. (Choose the suitable
option)
(A) Modern English
(B) Middle English
(C) Old English
(D) British English
Ans- B
39. And as we walk, we make the pledge that we shall…….. (Choose
the correct option)
(A) always be satisfied
(B) always fight
(C) always hate people
(D) always march ahead
Ans- D
40. John Donne is a ………… poet (Choose the correct option)
(A) nature
(B) metaphysical
(C) cavalier
(D) romantic
Ans- B
41. English used since AD 1500 is called……. (Choose the best option)
(A) Old English
(B) Modern English
(C) Middle English
(D) None of these
Ans- A
42. Walter de la Mare makes us aware of the……. (Choose the suitable option)
(A) inhuman conditions of modern life
(B) poverty
(C) dreams
(D) London life
Ans- A
43. Walter de la Mare was born in the year.(Choose the correct option)
(A) 1853
(B) 1867
(C) 1873
(D) 1889
Ans- C
44. ‘The Waste Land’ has been composed by .(Choose the correct
option)
(A)T.S. Eliot
(B) W. H. Auden
(C)S.T. Coleridge
(D) John Donne
Ans- A
45. The sentence ‘After all, there is something in Hinduism that has kept it
alive up till now’ is taken from (Choose the correct option)
(A) Artist
(B) The Earth
(C) Indian Civilization and Culture
(D) I Have a Dream
Ans- C
46. ‘Macbeth’ and Julius Caesar’ are written by (Choose the correct option)
(A) Johnson
(B) Goldsmith
(C) Shakespeare
(D) Sheridan
Ans- C
47. ‘Savitri’ is written by…….. (Choose the corret option)
(A) Aurobindo Ghosh
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Toru Dutt
Ans- A
48. The line ‘Hoping to cease not till death’ is taken from……..(Choose
the correct option)
(A) Song of Myself
(B) The Soldier
(C)Fire Hymn
(D) None of these
Ans- A
49. The line “And the nightingale is dumb’ is taken from……..(Choose the suitable option)
(A) Fire Hymn
(B) Ode to Autumn
(C) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast
(D) Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe
Ans- C
50. Bertrand Russell was awarded Nobel Prize in literature in the year……..
(Choose the correct option)
(A) 1956
(B) 1952
(C) 1950
(D) 1953
Ans- C