General English

1. A subsequent edition _____ in 1976.
(a) has been published
(b) was published
(c) had been published
(d) was being published

2. A great deal of money _____ on repairs.
(a) were spent
(b) were being spent
(c) have been spent
(d) has been spent

3. ‘The tempest’ is supposed to be
Shakespeare’s swan song (meaning of
the phrase underlined).
(a) last achievement
(b) chief work
(c) most popular work
(d) most interesting work

4. There is no cure _____ common cold.
(a) of
(b) to
(c) from
(d) for

5. I am too tired to help you (Use so …that).
(a) So that I am tired I cannot help you
(b) I am too tired so that I cannot help you
(c) I am tired so that I cannot help you
(d) I am so tired that I cannot help you

6. Scarcely ___had an umbrella with him.
(a) someone
(b) no one
(c) any one
(d) somebody

7. The noun of ‘Obey’:
(a) Obedience
(b) Obediently
(c) Obeisance
(d) Obedient

8. The boys have been playing ___ a long time.
(a) since
(b) about
(c) for
(d) in

9. The noun form of ‘perform’:
(a) Performing
(b) Perfume
(c) Perfumery
(d) Performance

10. Ramu _____ a snake yesterday
evening.
(a) has killed
(b) killed
(c) had killed
(d) was killed

11. The place where bricks are baked:
(a) Foundry
(b) Mint
(c) Cemetery
(d) Kiln

12. ‘To save one’s face’ means:
(a) To hide oneself
(b) To oppose
(c) To evade disgrace
(d) To say plainly

13. Which part of the sentence has an
error?
(a) The climbers will try again /
(b) to reach the summit of the mountain/
(c) their chances of doing so are /
(d) more better than they were last week.

14. Choose the correctly spelt word:
(a) Embarrassing
(b) Embarassing
(c) Embarrasing
(d) Embarasing

15. The synonym of ‘Promptly’:
(a) Obediently
(b) Quickly
(c) Successively
(d) Cleverly

16. He …to all his friends that he was
getting married.
(a) told
(b) related
(c) announced
(d) called

17. The song had a SOPORIFIC effect on
the child (Select the synonym of the
word given in CAPITAL letters)
(a) Soothing
(b) Terrific
(c) Supreme
(d) Sleep-inducing

18. Don’t park your car _____ the gate.
(a) in between
(b) at front of
(c) in the middle of (d) in front of

19. The correctly spelt word:
(a) Vorecious
(b) Varocious
(c) Voracious
(d) Varoceous

20. _____ beautiful she is!
(a) Oh
(b) Why
(c) How
(d) What

21. A new series of hundred-rupee notes
_____ been issued.
(a) has
(b) have
(c) had
(d) None of these

22. Kindly allow me to say _____ words.
(a) a few
(b) the few
(c) few
(d) any few

23. Hundred years is called a _____.
(a) Centaury
(b) Century
(c) Sanctuary
(d) Sentuary

24. The antonym of ‘Diligent’:
(a) Committed
(b) Sharp-witted
(c) Slumber
(d) Lazy

25. The synonym of ‘Vigilant’:
(a) Watchful
(b) Vivacious
(c) Zealous
(d) Vague

26. I wish I _____ how to make cakes.
(a) know
(b) knew
(c) knows
(d) knowing

27. The noun of ‘succeed’ is:
(a) Success
(b) Successful
(c) Successfully
(d) Successive

28. My sister speaks to me (use never at
the appropriate place):
(a) never my
(b) never speaks
(c) never to
(d) me never

29. Advertise the notification (Change into
passive voice):
(a) The notification be advertised
(b) The notification has to be advertised
(c) Advertisement to be given
(d) Let the notification be advertised

30. I don’t mind helping you with your home
work. The gerund in the sentence is:
(a) mind
(b) you
(c) helping
(d) homework

Answers

1 (b) 2(d) 3 (a) 4 (d)
5(d) 6(c) 7(a) 8(c)
9(d) 10(b) 11(d) 12(c)
13(d) 14(a) 15(b) 16(c)
17(d) 18(d) 19(c) 20(c)
21(a) 22(a) 23(b) 24(d)
25(a)26(b) 27(a) 28(b)
29(d) 30(c)