Q81. The synonym of the word ‘confess’ is-
(A) deny
(B) refuse
(C) decline
(D) admit
Answer: D
Q82. Choose the correct option
“The sun smiled down on the flowers and the light danced on them” is an example of:
(A) sarcasm
(B) oxymoron
(C) irony
(D) personification
Answer: D
Q83. In the sentence given below. the underlined phrasal verb means: You should allow for delays when planning a journey.
(A) withdraw you plans and proposals
(B) exclude something in a plan or calculation
(C) include something in a plan or calculation
(D) to make a mathematical total
Answer: C
Q84. Read the following poem and answer the question that follows it:
What did God pour on man?
(A) Rest
(B) Curses
(C) Problems
(D) Blessings
Answer: D
Q85. Choose the correct meaning of “Strike while the iron is hot” from the given options:
(A) to respond angrily
(B) to be ready to fight
(C) to take advantage of an opportunity as soon as it exists
(D) to hit at someone
Answer: C
Q86. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: He cut the apple____a knife.
(A) in
(B) with
(C) by
(D) through
Answer: *
Q87. Choose the correct indirect speech of the given sentencer from the options that follow: He said to me, “How is your mother?”
(A) He asked me how was my mother.
(B) He asked me how my mother is.
(C) He said to me how your mother was.
(D) He asked me how my mother was.
Answer: D
Q88. Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
What is freedom?
(A) to cheat
(B) the right to break law
(C) the right to do as one pleases
(D) the right to violate any rule
Answer: C
Q89. Choose the correct form of indirect narration for the given sentence: He said, “I am a student”.
(A) He says that he was a student.
(B) He says that he is a student.
(C) He said that he was a student.
(D) He said that he is a student.
Answer: C
Q90. Choose the appropriate modal as per the concept in bracket to fill in the blank.
I______be sixteen on Monday. (Simple futurity)
(A) shall
(B) can
(C) should
(D) ought to
Answer: A
Q91. Choose the correct option. Which one of the following is a feature of an Ode?
(A) epic technique
(B) sarcastic style
(C) comic style
(D) elevated style
Answer: D
Q92. Choose the correct form of active voice from the options, for the given sentence:
I was invited to the party by him.
(A) I was instructed to go to the party.
(B) He invited me to the party.
(C) He invited me to go to the party.
(D) I am told to go to the party.
Answer: B
Q93. Choose the correct passive voice of the given sentence from the options that follow:
Does she speak English?
(A) Had English been spoken by her?
(B) Was English spoken by her?
(C) Has English been spoken by her?
(D) Is English spoken by her?
Answer: D
Q94. Read the following passage and answer the question nos. 94-95:
What according to the writer is the highest youthful ambition in the best colleges?
(A) to become a bureaucrat
(B) to become a scholar
(C) to become a scientist
(D) to become doctors and engineers
Answer:A
Q95. Snuffed out means:
(A) instilled
(B) encouraged
(C) urged
(D) killed
Answer: D
Q96. Choose a verb in agreement with its subject in the following sentence:
Politics_____with him the business of his life.
(A) has
(B) were
(C) was
(D) have been
Answer: C
Q97. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank:
What is the time_____your watch?
(A) over
(B) in
(C) by
(D) on
Answer: C
Q98. Chosse the correct option for the given phonetic transcription from the options that follow: si:
(A) only sea
(B) she
(C) only see
(D) both see and sea
Answer: D
Q99. Choose the correct meaning of the given idiom from the options that follow:
Turn a blind eye means to:
(A) be really blind
(B) refuse to acknowledge a known truth
(C) be open eyed
(D) see with naked eye
Answer: B
Q100. Choose the correct exclamatory form of the given sentence from the options that follow: It is very sad that poor Bimla is dead.
(A) Alas, poor Bimla is dead.
(B) Ho! Ho! poor Bimla is dead.
(C) Hurrah, poor Bimla is dead.
(D) Wow, Bimla is dead.
Answer: A
