Subject English
1026. The speaker failed to make the audience ___to him patiently.
Which of the following is the correct verb form in the blank above?
(a) to listen
(b) listening
(c) listened
(d) listen
Ans. d
1027. My uncle has three sons, ___ work in the same office.
which of the following is the best form of pronoun in the abpve sentence?
(a) all of them
(b) who all
(c) they all
(d) all of whom
Ans. a
1028. What is the meaning of the word ‘intrepid’?
(a) arrogant
(b) belligerent
(c) questioning
(d) fearless
Ans. d
1029. What is the meaning of the expression ‘bottom line’?
(a) The final step
(b) The end of a road
(c) The last line of a book
(d) The essential point
Ans. d
1030. The word ‘plurality’ means-
(a) The letter ‘S’
(b) Men and women
(c) Chaos and confusion
(d) The holding of more than one office at a time
Ans. d
1031. `Bootleg’ means to-
(a) distribute
(b) export
(c) import
(d) smuggle
Ans. d
1032. ‘Paediatric’ relates to the treatment of:
(a) adults
(b) women
(c) old people
(d) children
Ans. d
1033. Which of the following is a correct sentence?
(a) He was too clever not to miss the point
(b) He was so clever to miss the point
(c) He was too clever to miss the point
(d) He was too clever to grasp the point
Ans. c
1034. The ‘poet laureate’ is-
(a) the best poet of the country
(b) a winner of the Nobel prize in poetry
(c) the Court poet of England
(d) a classical poet
Ans. c
1035. Which of the following school of literary writings is connected with a medical theory?
(a) Comedy of manners
(b) Theater of the Absurd
(c) Heroic Tragedy
(d) Comedy of Humours
Ans. d
1036. Who of the following was both a poet and painter?
(a) Keats
(b) Donne
(c) Blake
(d) Spenser
Ans. c
1037. Are you doing anything special ___ the weekend?
Fill in the gap with appropriate prepositions.
(a) in
(b) for
(c) on
(d) at
Ans. d
1038. What is the synonym of ‘incredible’?
(a) Unbelievable
(b) Unthinkable
(c) Unlikely
(d) Unthinking
Ans. a
1039. What is the antonym of ‘famous’?
(a) Opaque
(b) Obscure
(c) Illiterate
(d) Immature
Ans. b
1040. Plebiscite is a term related to
(a) Medicine
(b) Technology
(c) Law
(d) Politics
Ans. d
1041. People always remember patriots.
Which of the following is the best passive form of the above sentence?
(a) The patriots will always be remembered by people
(b) The patriots are always being remembered
(c) People are always remembered by the patriots
(d) The patriots are always remembered.
Ans. d
1042. Who wrote ‘Beauty is truth, truth is beauty’?
(a) Shakespeare
(b) Wordsworth
(c) Keats
(d) Eliot
Ans. c
1043. Many islands make up-
(a) an isles
(b) an archipelago
(c) a peninsula
(d) continent
Ans. b
1044. Which of the following sentences is correct?
(a) I forbade him from going.
(b) I forbade him to go.
(c) I forbade him to going.
(d) I forbade him not to go.
Ans. a
1045. Which of the following sentences is correct proverb?
(a) Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
(b) Fools rush in where an angle fears in tread.
(c) A fool rushes in where an angle fears in tread.
(d) Fools rush in where the angels fear to tread.
Ans. a
1046. The correct passive of:
(a) A letter was writing by Sheila
(b) A letter was being writing by Sheila
(c) A letter was being written by Sheila
(d) A letter was written by Sheila
Ans. c
1047. The word ‘ecological’ is related to -
(a) atmosphere
(b) pollusion
(c) environment
(d) Demography
Ans. c
1048. The synonym of ‘genesis’ is -
(a) introduction
(b) preface
(c) beginning
(d) Foreword
Ans. c
1049. The word ‘homogenous’ means –
(a) of the same kind
(b) of the same place
(c) of the same race
(d) of the same density
Ans. a
1050. The word ‘imbibe’ mean –
(a) to learn
(b) to tinge
(c) to drink
(d) to acquire
Ans. c