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| 1. |
Language is a --------- subject |
| A. | style |
| B. | skill |
| C. | passive |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. skill | |
| 2. |
The word "unhappiness" consists of ---------- morphemes |
| A. | Two |
| B. | four |
| C. | Three |
| D. | five |
| Answer» C. Three | |
| 3. |
Speech is ----------- and writing is secondary |
| A. | usual |
| B. | unusual |
| C. | primary |
| D. | open |
| Answer» C. primary | |
| 4. |
Identify the structure: "I bought a text book |
| A. | SVA |
| B. | SVO |
| C. | SVAO |
| D. | SVOC |
| Answer» B. SVO | |
| 5. |
Identify the underlined part: "She stood under the tree |
| A. | clause |
| B. | phrase |
| C. | suffix |
| D. | object |
| Answer» B. phrase | |
| 6. |
old grammar is |
| A. | Descriptive |
| B. | prescriptive |
| C. | simple |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. prescriptive | |
| 7. |
The diphthong in the word "height" |
| A. | /ei/ |
| B. | /ai/ |
| C. | /ea/ |
| D. | /i/ |
| Answer» B. /ai/ | |
| 8. |
The vowel in the word "food" |
| A. | /e/ |
| B. | /u:/ |
| C. | /U/ |
| D. | /i/ |
| Answer» B. /u:/ | |
| 9. |
Tongue is a --------- articulator |
| A. | Active |
| B. | passive |
| C. | creative |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Active | |
| 10. |
A gerund is -------------- |
| A. | verb |
| B. | object |
| C. | verbal noun |
| D. | verbal adjective |
| Answer» C. verbal noun | |
| 11. |
Identify the underlined word: I saw a running dog |
| A. | verbal noun |
| B. | present participle |
| C. | past participle |
| D. | All these |
| Answer» B. present participle | |
| 12. |
An example of an abstract noun is |
| A. | death |
| B. | eat |
| C. | write |
| D. | come |
| Answer» A. death | |
| 13. |
pick out the collective noun from the following |
| A. | Aluminum |
| B. | Government |
| C. | Truth |
| D. | Join |
| Answer» B. Government | |
| 14. |
After dinner the mother --------- the child in the cradle |
| A. | lied |
| B. | laid |
| C. | lay |
| D. | lied |
| Answer» B. laid | |
| 15. |
Yesterday I met ------------ European |
| A. | an |
| B. | a |
| C. | on |
| D. | of |
| Answer» B. a | |
| 16. |
"re" in the word "re examine" |
| A. | suffix |
| B. | prefix |
| C. | phoneme |
| D. | word |
| Answer» B. prefix | |
| 17. |
Affix’s are ----------- morphemes |
| A. | Free |
| B. | bound |
| C. | both free and bound |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. bound | |
| 18. |
The antonym of the word "pessimism" |
| A. | Hopeless |
| B. | optimism |
| C. | mysticism |
| D. | classicism |
| Answer» B. optimism | |
| 19. |
The variety of English that has grarnmar social prestige is ---------- |
| A. | standerd english |
| B. | spoken english |
| C. | written english |
| D. | American English |
| Answer» A. standerd english | |
| 20. |
Noam chomsky is a ----------- |
| A. | poet |
| B. | grammarian |
| C. | Novelist |
| D. | Dramatist |
| Answer» B. grammarian | |
| 21. |
In English there are ----------- phonemes |
| A. | 24 |
| B. | 44 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | 08 |
| Answer» B. 44 | |
| 22. |
Identify the correct spelling |
| A. | possesion |
| B. | possession |
| C. | pocession |
| D. | possecion |
| Answer» B. possession | |
| 23. |
I have not met him ---------- a long time |
| A. | since |
| B. | for |
| C. | in |
| D. | on |
| Answer» B. for | |
| 24. |
The word "branch" is an example of |
| A. | eponym |
| B. | blending |
| C. | compounding |
| D. | Affixing |
| Answer» B. blending | |
| 25. |
Gliding vowels are |
| A. | Diphthongs |
| B. | pure vowels |
| C. | morphemes |
| D. | monopthongs |
| Answer» A. Diphthongs | |
| 26. |
Regional variety of language is |
| A. | Idiolect |
| B. | Dialect |
| C. | Register |
| D. | pidgin |
| Answer» B. Dialect | |
| 27. |
The word "tall" is |
| A. | poly syllabic |
| B. | Disyllabic |
| C. | mono syllabic |
| D. | Tri syllabic |
| Answer» C. mono syllabic | |
| 28. |
stress, rhythm and ---------- are known as supra segmental features |
| A. | syllable |
| B. | phoneme |
| C. | intonation |
| D. | phonetics |
| Answer» C. intonation | |
| 29. |
The study of meaning is |
| A. | semantics |
| B. | linguistics |
| C. | ethics |
| D. | phonetics |
| Answer» A. semantics | |
| 30. |
In the word "remember" there are ----------- syllables |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» B. 3 | |
| 31. |
The intonation in "wh" question is |
| A. | falling |
| B. | rising |
| C. | fall rise |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. falling | |
| 32. |
The syllabic structure of the word "clap" |
| A. | cvc |
| B. | ccvc |
| C. | vccv |
| D. | cvcv |
| Answer» B. ccvc | |
| 33. |
Pick out the modal auxiliary from the following |
| A. | write |
| B. | to |
| C. | can |
| D. | from |
| Answer» C. can | |
| 34. |
The auxiliary verb to indicate remote possibility is |
| A. | will |
| B. | shall |
| C. | must |
| D. | might |
| Answer» D. might | |
| 35. |
The noun "death" is |
| A. | collective noun |
| B. | Abstract noun |
| C. | material noun |
| D. | proper noun |
| Answer» B. Abstract noun | |
| 36. |
She has --------- for a walk |
| A. | went |
| B. | go |
| C. | going |
| D. | gone |
| Answer» D. gone | |
| 37. |
I prefer milk ---------- water |
| A. | than |
| B. | on |
| C. | to |
| D. | at |
| Answer» C. to | |
| 38. |
He is my ----------- brother |
| A. | older |
| B. | elder |
| C. | eld |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. elder | |
| 39. |
When the doctor reached the patient -------- |
| A. | had died |
| B. | dies |
| C. | dying |
| D. | will die |
| Answer» A. had died | |
| 40. |
My brother as well as his wife ----------- coming to meet me |
| A. | is |
| B. | are |
| C. | will |
| D. | were |
| Answer» A. is | |
| 41. |
How ---------- money do you want? |
| A. | more |
| B. | many |
| C. | much |
| D. | any |
| Answer» C. much | |
| 42. |
The moon ---------- round the earth |
| A. | moves |
| B. | moving |
| C. | will move |
| D. | can moving |
| Answer» A. moves | |
| 43. |
No sooner did I reach the station --------- the train started |
| A. | then |
| B. | than |
| C. | only |
| D. | when |
| Answer» B. than | |
| 44. |
Be content ------------ what you have |
| A. | on |
| B. | with |
| C. | at |
| D. | of |
| Answer» B. with | |
| 45. |
There is hardly ---------- salt in the pot |
| A. | some |
| B. | many |
| C. | much |
| D. | any |
| Answer» D. any | |
| 46. |
Nepal lies --------- India and China |
| A. | between |
| B. | among |
| C. | beyond |
| D. | below |
| Answer» A. between | |
| 47. |
"Assassin" means |
| A. | die |
| B. | kill |
| C. | attack |
| D. | run |
| Answer» B. kill | |
| 48. |
Either Anil or Ashok ---------- responsible |
| A. | are |
| B. | were |
| C. | is |
| D. | on |
| Answer» C. is | |
| 49. |
A speech made without preparation is |
| A. | Debate |
| B. | speech |
| C. | extempore |
| D. | prepared |
| Answer» C. extempore | |
| 50. |
An unmarried woman is |
| A. | widow |
| B. | spinster |
| C. | maid |
| D. | Bachelor |
| Answer» B. spinster | |
| 51. |
Something that is "eatable" is |
| A. | portable |
| B. | edible |
| C. | sweet |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. edible | |
| 52. |
A journey by sea is |
| A. | voyage |
| B. | Journey |
| C. | safari |
| D. | flight |
| Answer» A. voyage | |
| 53. |
The words "perfect" and "faultless" are ---------- |
| A. | Antonyms |
| B. | Rhymes |
| C. | synonyms |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. synonyms | |
| 54. |
The phrasal verb "work out" means |
| A. | guess |
| B. | calculate |
| C. | imagine |
| D. | work |
| Answer» B. calculate | |
| 55. |
"Machiavellian" is an example of |
| A. | Antonym |
| B. | onamatopoea |
| C. | eponym |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. eponym | |
| 56. |
The brothers quarrelled ------------ themselves |
| A. | between |
| B. | on |
| C. | among |
| D. | at |
| Answer» C. among | |
| 57. |
My uncle's hotel is --------- the lake |
| A. | Besides |
| B. | beside |
| C. | by |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. beside | |
| 58. |
------------ you tell me your name please?(polite) |
| A. | will |
| B. | may |
| C. | could |
| D. | should |
| Answer» C. could | |
| 59. |
Are you ----------- better now? |
| A. | feel |
| B. | feels |
| C. | felt |
| D. | feeling |
| Answer» D. feeling | |
| 60. |
Fill up with a question tag let us go for a film, ---------- ? |
| A. | should we |
| B. | shall we |
| C. | may we |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. shall we | |
| 61. |
I am very tired, -------- ? |
| A. | am'nt I ? |
| B. | am I ? |
| C. | are I ? |
| D. | aren’t I ? |
| Answer» D. aren’t I ? | |
| 62. |
"Juvenile" means |
| A. | Humorous |
| B. | childish |
| C. | tedious |
| D. | pious |
| Answer» B. childish | |
| 63. |
One who knows many language is |
| A. | linguist |
| B. | libertine |
| C. | polyandrist |
| D. | polyglot |
| Answer» D. polyglot | |
| 64. |
I am ---------- in learning english |
| A. | interested |
| B. | fond |
| C. | interesting |
| D. | disliking |
| Answer» A. interested | |
| 65. |
Did you hear the ----------- news ? |
| A. | lastest |
| B. | latter |
| C. | latest |
| D. | later |
| Answer» C. latest | |
| 66. |
I wish I --------- a bird |
| A. | was |
| B. | am |
| C. | were |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. were | |
| 67. |
I ------------ the letter, but I can't find a stamp |
| A. | have written |
| B. | had written |
| C. | wrote |
| D. | was writing |
| Answer» A. have written | |
| 68. |
If you had called me I -------- helped you |
| A. | would |
| B. | might |
| C. | would have |
| D. | will |
| Answer» C. would have | |
| 69. |
Take --------- your health |
| A. | care after |
| B. | care for |
| C. | care of |
| D. | care at |
| Answer» C. care of | |
| 70. |
There was -------- rain for three days |
| A. | continued |
| B. | continuous |
| C. | continued |
| D. | continuing |
| Answer» B. continuous | |
| 71. |
--------- means "change for the better" |
| A. | inform |
| B. | reform |
| C. | deform |
| D. | confirm |
| Answer» B. reform | |
| 72. |
Identify the correct spelling |
| A. | seperate |
| B. | separate |
| C. | sepearate |
| D. | sepaerate |
| Answer» B. separate | |
| 73. |
The antonym of "dusk" is |
| A. | night |
| B. | day |
| C. | dawn |
| D. | morning |
| Answer» C. dawn | |
| 74. |
Please --------- attention to my words |
| A. | give |
| B. | say |
| C. | pay |
| D. | look |
| Answer» C. pay | |
| 75. |
The sound produced by a bird is |
| A. | bray |
| B. | chirp |
| C. | grow |
| D. | mew |
| Answer» B. chirp | |
| 76. |
She ran --------- the room |
| A. | to |
| B. | in |
| C. | into |
| D. | off |
| Answer» C. into | |
| 77. |
The plural of "thesis" is |
| A. | thesises |
| B. | thesis |
| C. | theses |
| D. | thesisis |
| Answer» C. theses | |
| 78. |
The United Nations -------- our only hope |
| A. | are |
| B. | is |
| C. | were |
| D. | will |
| Answer» B. is | |
| 79. |
"Etymology" means |
| A. | study of meaning |
| B. | study of opposites |
| C. | study of word origin |
| D. | study of grammer |
| Answer» C. study of word origin | |
| 80. |
"Smog" is |
| A. | a blended word |
| B. | an acronym |
| C. | a clipped word |
| D. | an antonym |
| Answer» A. a blended word | |
| 81. |
The feminine gender of "fox" is |
| A. | she-fox |
| B. | bitch |
| C. | lamp |
| D. | vixen |
| Answer» D. vixen | |
| 82. |
Being tired, children ---------- on the bed |
| A. | laid |
| B. | lied |
| C. | lay |
| D. | lain |
| Answer» C. lay | |
| 83. |
He is the ---------- of my two sons |
| A. | older |
| B. | eldest |
| C. | elder |
| D. | oldest |
| Answer» B. eldest | |
| 84. |
Find out the misspelt word |
| A. | picknic |
| B. | receive |
| C. | writing |
| D. | relative |
| Answer» A. picknic | |
| 85. |
Antonym of "ascend" is |
| A. | defend |
| B. | descend |
| C. | dissent |
| D. | arrive |
| Answer» B. descend | |
| 86. |
The verb of "rich" is |
| A. | richen |
| B. | enrich |
| C. | richened |
| D. | richening |
| Answer» B. enrich | |
| 87. |
Past pariciple of "over come" is |
| A. | over came |
| B. | over comed |
| C. | over come |
| D. | overcoming |
| Answer» C. over come | |
| 88. |
"Commend" means |
| A. | defeat |
| B. | order |
| C. | remark |
| D. | praise |
| Answer» D. praise | |
| 89. |
Two miles -------- a long way to walk |
| A. | are |
| B. | is |
| C. | are not |
| D. | were |
| Answer» B. is | |
| 90. |
Carnivorous means |
| A. | meat eating |
| B. | plant eating |
| C. | water drinking |
| D. | fasting |
| Answer» A. meat eating | |
| 91. |
Lexicography is |
| A. | writing letters |
| B. | dictionary writing |
| C. | book printing |
| D. | banking |
| Answer» B. dictionary writing | |
| 92. |
For -------- information, please meet the head of the department |
| A. | farther |
| B. | far |
| C. | further |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. further | |
| 93. |
I have drunk ---------- milk |
| A. | the whole |
| B. | all |
| C. | whole |
| D. | all the |
| Answer» A. the whole | |
| 94. |
Either of these novels --------- worth reading |
| A. | are |
| B. | is |
| C. | were |
| D. | am |
| Answer» B. is | |
| 95. |
Mathematics --------- my favourite subject |
| A. | is |
| B. | are |
| C. | have been |
| D. | has been |
| Answer» A. is | |
| 96. |
My scissors --------- very old |
| A. | are |
| B. | is |
| C. | has been |
| D. | had been |
| Answer» A. are | |
| 97. |
Kalidasa is known as ---------- shakespeare of India |
| A. | a |
| B. | an |
| C. | the |
| D. | zero article |
| Answer» C. the | |
| 98. |
The meeting ----------- well |
| A. | went off |
| B. | went into |
| C. | went by |
| D. | went dowen |
| Answer» A. went off | |
| 99. |
They--------- the orphan. |
| A. | adopted |
| B. | adapted |
| C. | adepted |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. adopted | |
| 100. |
The education minister --------- the prizes to the students |
| A. | gave up |
| B. | gave away |
| C. | gave off |
| D. | gave forth |
| Answer» B. gave away | |
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