1. A lost opportunity never returns.'Here 'lost' is a__
a) gerund
b) Verbal noun
c) Gerundial infinitive
d) Participle
Answer: Participle
2. Change the voice : 'Who is calling me?'
a) By whom am I Called?
b) By whom I am called?
c) By whom am i being called?
d) Whom am I called by?
Answer: By whom am i being called?
3. William Shakespeare was born in_
a) 1616
b) 1664
c) 1564
d) 1493
Answer: 1564
4. A soporific Speech is likely to__
a) be incomprehensible
b) Appeal primarily to emotions
c) Put one to sleep
d) Stimulate action
Answer: Put one to sleep
5. 'Panacea' means__
a) Cure-all
b) Pancreatic
c) Widespread disease
d) gland
Answer: Cure-all
6. When water __ it turns into ice.
a) Will freeze
b) freezes
c) Would freeze
d) froze
Answer: freezes
7. Which one is the correct antonym of 'frugal'?
a) Extraordinary
b) Spendthrift
c) economical
d) authentic
Answer: Spendthrift
8. A speech of too many words is called__
a) A big speech
b) Maiden speech
c) An unimportant speech
d) A verbose speech
Answer: A verbose speech
9. Select the correctly spelt word:
a) heterogeneous
b) hetarogeneous
c) hetrogeneous
d) hetroganeous
Answer: heterogeneous
10. Whis one in the Correct indirect narration? "Who have you beaten my dog"? he said to me.
a) He demanded me why had I beaten his dog
b) He asked me why I have had beaten his dog
c) He enquired me why had I had beaten his dog
d) He demanded of me why I had beaten his dog
Answer: He demanded of me why I had beaten his dog
11. Which of the following words is in singular from?
a) formulae
b) agenda
c) Oases
d) radius
Answer: radius
12. Choose the Correct sentence :
a) All of it depend on you
b) All of it are depending on you
c) All of it depends on you
d) All of it are depended on you
Answer: All of it depends on you
13. The mother sat vigilantly beside the sick baby.Here ' vigilantly ' is __
a) a noun
b) an adverb
c) an adjective
d) none of the three
Answer: an adverb
14. The phrase ' Achilles heel' means:
a) A strong point
b) A weak point
c) A permanent solution
d) A serious idea
Answer: A weak point
15. 'Gerontion' is a poem by__
a) T.S. Eliot
b) W.B. Yeats
c) Mathew Arnold
d) Robert Browning
Answer: T.S. Eliot
16. What is the funny poem of five lines called?
a) Quartet
b) Sixtet
c) Haiku
d) Limerick
Answer: Limerick
17. Teacher said,'The earth __ round the sun.'
a) moves
b) moved
c) has moved
d) will be moving
Answer: moves
18. He insisted __ there.( Fill in the gap)
a) on my going
b) is to go
c) over going
d) to go
Answer: on my going
19. Which one is the Correct sentence?
a) Paper is made of wood
b) Paper is made from wood
c) Paper is made by wood
d) Paper is made on wood
Answer: Paper is made from wood
20. What would be the right synonym for "initiative "?
a) apathy
b) indolence
c) enterprise
d) activity
Answer: enterprise
