General English

1. There was complete peace during his ____.
(a) rain (b) rein
(c) reigne (d) reign

2. Teaching is a ____ profession.
(a) respectful (b) respective
(c) respectable (d) respectfully

3. A Government by the rich:
(a) Aristocracy (b) Plutocracy
(c) Theocracy (d) Oligarchy

4. Choose the one which best expresses the
meaning of the word CHARGES:
(a) Income (b) Payment
(c) Fee (d) Profit

5. When he was about to be arrested he ___
the police.
(a) went in (b) went for (c) went to (d) went by

6. Go at once ____ you will be late.
(a) since (b) although
(c) and (d) or

7. That which cannot be imitated:
(a) Inevitable (b) Invincible
(c) Inimitable (d) Incapable

8. Which is the correctly spelt word?
(a) Succesful (b) Successful
(c) Successfull (d) Succesfull

9. Do we have ____ food for a fortnight?
(a) any (b) many
(c) indeed (d) sufficient

10.He comes here now and then : The
underlined words means:
(a) Frequently (b) Occasionally
(c) Always (d) Suddenly

11. That bag is too heavy for you. Let me ___ you.
(a) help (b) to help
(c) helping (d) helped

12.That was_____ meal I’ve ever eaten.
(a) the more delicious (b) the delicious
(c) most delicious (d) the most delicious

13.Choose the word which best expresses the
meaning of ‘AFFABLE’:
(a) Glum (b) Polite
(c) Reserved (d) Cordial

14.A dog barks; a cat ____.
(a) croaks (b) bleats
(c) mews (d) grunts

15.The opposite of ‘Appoint’ is:
(a) Disappoint (b) Refuse
(c) Decline (d) Dismiss

16.The study of races:
(a) Ethology (b) Ethnology
(c) Etymology (d) Morphology

17.All but ____ were present in the station.
(a) I (b) mine (c) me (d) I am

18.My friend is good at Hindi, but he is weak
___ grammar.
(a) by (b) at (c) in (d) from

19.Even the new drug could not cure him ____
his illness.
(a) of (b) from (c) in (d) at

20.If you think or speak too much of yourself,
you are ____
(a) a pedant (b) a glutton
(c) a pacifist (d) an egotist

21. Those who are jealous ___ others never
get peace in life.
(a) by (b) from
(c) in (d) of

22.____ learning a dangerous thing, says
Alexander the Great.
(a) Little (b) Few
(c) A little (d) A few

23.The meaning of ‘Erratic’:
(a) Cunning (b) Abnormal
(c) Hardened (d) Deadly

24.____ is one who studies the sky and stars.
(a) An astrologer (b) A geologist
(c) An astronomer (d) A prophet

25.It’s late. I must ____ now.
(a) go (b) to go
(c) going (d) gone

Answers

1 (d) 2(c) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5(b) 6(d) 7(c) 8(b) 9(d)
10(b)11(a) 12(d) 13(d) 14(c) 15(d) 16(b) 17(c)
18(c) 19(a) 20(d)21(d) 22(c) 23(b) 24(c) 25(a)