1. Identify the correct sentence:
a) The girl burst out tears.
b) The girl burst into tears.
c) The girl burst with tears.
d) The girl burst in tears.
Answer: The girl burst into tears.
2. Who is the author of the novel 'The Golden Age'?
a) Monica Ali
b) Tahmima Anam
c) Jhumpa Lahiri
d) Zadie Smith
Answer: Tahmima Anam
3. What is the antonym of the word 'Honorific'?
a) Soothing
b) Ritualistic
c) Honorary
d) Humiliating
Answer: Humiliating
4. 'Ulysses' is a poem written by—
a) Robert Browning
b) Alfred Tennyson
c) Matthew Arnold
d) W.B. Yeats
Answer: Alfred Tennyson
5. The phrase 'Sin die' means:
a) For a fixed period
b) Half-hearted
c) Uncertain
d) Ultimately
Answer: Uncertain
6. 'To win a prize is my ambition.' The underlined part is a/an—
a) Prepositional phrase
b) Adjective phrase
c) Noun phrase
d) Adverbial phrase
Answer: Noun phrase
7. Which of the following is the correct spelling?
a) Remittance
b) Omission
c) Occasion
d) Possession
Answer: Remittance
8. Who wrote the play 'She Stoops to Conquer'?
a) Edmund Burke
b) Oliver Goldsmith
c) Samuel Johnson
d) Richard Sheridan
Answer: Oliver Goldsmith
9. 'Moby Dick', a novel, was written by —
a) Herman Melville
b) Nathaniel Hawthorne
c) Mark Twain
d) Ernest Hemingway
Answer: Herman Melville
10. The word 'Substantial' means —
a) Significant
b) Efficient
c) Exorbitant
d) Adaptive
Answer: Significant
11. Who is the author of 'Jane Eyre'?
a) Charlotte Bronte
b) Emily Bronte
c) Jane Austen
d) Mary Shelley
Answer: Charlotte Bronte
12. A speech full of too many words is —
a) A big speech
b) A verbose speech
c) A maiden speech
d) An eloquent speech
Answer: A verbose speech
13. 'The Diamond Necklace' was written by —
a) Guy de Maupassant
b) Leo Tolstoy
c) Anton Chekhov
d) O' Henry
Answer: Guy de Maupassant
14. Choose the appropriate preposition: 'I have no control ___ him.'
a) with
b) on
c) over
d) at
Answer: over
15. Identify the correctly spelled word:
a) Questionaire
b) Questionnaire
c) Questionnare
d) Questionairee
Answer: Questionnaire
16. 'To keep one's head' means —
a) To keep calm
b) To save oneself
c) To be self-respecting
d) To believe in oneself
Answer: To keep calm
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17. 'Measure for Measure' is a —
a) Poem
b) Novel
c) Comedy
d) Tragedy
Answer: Comedy
18. What is the plural of 'Phenomenon'?
a) Phenomenons
b) Phenomenas
c) Phenomenoness
d) Phenomena
Answer: Phenomena
19. 'A Passage to India' is written by —
a) E.M. Forster
b) Rudyard Kipling
c) George Orwell
d) Nirad C. Chaudhuri
Answer: E.M. Forster
20. What is the synonym of 'Authoritarian'?
a) Democratic
b) Elderly
c) Potential
d) Autocratic
Answer: Autocratic
21. 'Giving someone the cold shoulder' means —
a) To satisfy someone
b) To help someone
c) To ignore someone
d) To punish someone
Answer: To ignore someone
22. What is the antonym of 'Venerate'?
a) Condemn
b) Love
c) Respect
d) Admire
Answer: Condemn
23. Identify the word that remains same in its plural form:
a) Horse
b) Tiger
c) Deer
d) Elephant
Answer: Deer
24. 'To genuflect' means —
a) To be genuine
b) To bend the knee
c) To reflect
d) To bend the elbow
Answer: To bend the knee
25. Fill in the blank: 'I finally killed the fly ___ a fly swatter.'
a) through
b) from
c) by
d) with
Answer: with
26. 'The Merchant of Venice' is a Shakespearean play about —
a) A Roman
b) A Moor
c) A Jew
d) A Merchant
Answer: A Merchant
27. Who wrote the picaresque novel 'Tom Jones'?
a) Samuel Richardson
b) Henry Fielding
c) Tobias Smollett
d) Laurence Sterne
Answer: Henry Fielding
28. What is the synonym of 'Cordial'?
a) Rude
b) Cold
c) Amiable
d) Hard
Answer: Amiable
29. Which word is the opposite of 'Sluggish'?
a) Slow
b) Animated
c) Dull
d) Heavy
Answer: Animated
30. 'Patience is its own reward' — Here 'Patience' is a/an:
a) Common Noun
b) Proper Noun
c) Abstract Noun
d) Collective Noun
Answer: Abstract Noun
