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| 101. |
Identify the correct spelling |
| A. | belieeve |
| B. | believe |
| C. | bellive |
| D. | belive |
| Answer» B. believe | |
| 102. |
What are you thinking -------- ? |
| A. | on |
| B. | of |
| C. | at |
| D. | over |
| Answer» B. of | |
| 103. |
The underlined word in “smoking is a bad habit” is |
| A. | gerund |
| B. | participle |
| C. | verb |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. gerund | |
| 104. |
Conjunctions are --------- words |
| A. | joining |
| B. | separating |
| C. | breaking |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. joining | |
| 105. |
Noun qualifiers are |
| A. | Adverbs |
| B. | Pronouns |
| C. | Adjectives |
| D. | Auxiliaries |
| Answer» C. Adjectives | |
| 106. |
“You” and “he” are the examples of |
| A. | Nouns |
| B. | Adjectives |
| C. | pronouns |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. pronouns | |
| 107. |
He can hardly speak English, -------- ? |
| A. | can he ? |
| B. | can’t he ? |
| C. | do he ? |
| D. | does he ? |
| Answer» A. can he ? | |
| 108. |
I ---------- Kumar yesterday |
| A. | have met |
| B. | has met |
| C. | met |
| D. | will have met |
| Answer» C. met | |
| 109. |
I met ------------- one- legged man yesterday |
| A. | an |
| B. | a |
| C. | some |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. a | |
| 110. |
Hardly had I reached home ---------- the telephone rang |
| A. | then |
| B. | than |
| C. | and |
| D. | when |
| Answer» D. when | |
| 111. |
Abdul is --------- best student in the class |
| A. | a |
| B. | an |
| C. | the |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. the | |
| 112. |
This man is too old ------------ |
| A. | for running |
| B. | to run |
| C. | that he ran |
| D. | runs |
| Answer» B. to run | |
| 113. |
Flesh of sheep is |
| A. | beef |
| B. | mutton |
| C. | flesh |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. mutton | |
| 114. |
Regional variety of language is |
| A. | Register |
| B. | idiolect |
| C. | Dialect |
| D. | language |
| Answer» C. Dialect | |
| 115. |
Minimal unit of sound is |
| A. | morpheme |
| B. | phoneme |
| C. | phonology |
| D. | minimal pair |
| Answer» B. phoneme | |
| 116. |
“Ing” in writing is |
| A. | prefix |
| B. | suffix |
| C. | word |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. suffix | |
| 117. |
“Wipe out” means |
| A. | destroy |
| B. | break |
| C. | criticize |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. destroy | |
| 118. |
“Set aside” means |
| A. | break |
| B. | destroy |
| C. | bring |
| D. | cancel |
| Answer» D. cancel | |
| 119. |
“Now and then” means |
| A. | occasionally |
| B. | now |
| C. | then |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. occasionally | |
| 120. |
Pure vowels are also known as --------- |
| A. | Trip thongs |
| B. | monophthongs |
| C. | phonemes |
| D. | Diphthongs |
| Answer» B. monophthongs | |
| 121. |
The root word in “im+possible+ity” is |
| A. | im |
| B. | ity |
| C. | possible |
| D. | possibility |
| Answer» C. possible | |
| 122. |
Prefixes and suffixes are --------- morphemes |
| A. | Bound |
| B. | free |
| C. | root |
| D. | basic |
| Answer» A. Bound | |
| 123. |
The pronunciation of the people of south east England is --------- |
| A. | Register |
| B. | Dialect |
| C. | R .P |
| D. | Idiolect |
| Answer» C. R .P | |
| 124. |
Using standard symbols for standard sounds is known as ---------- |
| A. | writing |
| B. | grapheme |
| C. | Transcription |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Transcription | |
| 125. |
Basic unit of spoken language is --------- |
| A. | word |
| B. | phoneme |
| C. | stress |
| D. | syllable |
| Answer» D. syllable | |
| 126. |
The syllabic structure of the word “late” is ---------- |
| A. | cvvc |
| B. | cvc |
| C. | vcvc |
| D. | cvcv |
| Answer» B. cvc | |
| 127. |
Identify the trisyllabic word from the following |
| A. | young |
| B. | kill |
| C. | remember |
| D. | re examinations |
| Answer» C. remember | |
| 128. |
“es” In the word “matches” is a --------- suffix |
| A. | Inflectional |
| B. | derivational |
| C. | Basic |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Inflectional | |
| 129. |
“age” in “bondage” is a --------- suffix |
| A. | inflectional |
| B. | derivational |
| C. | Besic |
| D. | permanent |
| Answer» B. derivational | |
| 130. |
Identify the pronoun from the following |
| A. | Boy |
| B. | girl |
| C. | him |
| D. | writing |
| Answer» C. him | |
| 131. |
The weak form of “his” is ------- |
| A. | hiz |
| B. | hez |
| C. | iz |
| D. | hiez |
| Answer» C. iz | |
| 132. |
A conjunction is a ---------- word |
| A. | Linking |
| B. | breaking |
| C. | cutting |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. Linking | |
| 133. |
An Auxiliary is a --------- verb |
| A. | Joining |
| B. | Connecting |
| C. | Helping |
| D. | blending |
| Answer» C. Helping | |
| 134. |
The intonation in tag question’s is ------- |
| A. | Rising |
| B. | felling |
| C. | Fall rise |
| D. | rise fall |
| Answer» B. felling | |
| 135. |
The study of ‘morpheme’ is known as --------- |
| A. | phonetics |
| B. | Transcription |
| C. | writing |
| D. | Morphology |
| Answer» D. Morphology | |
| 136. |
G vowel glides are |
| A. | semi vowels |
| B. | pure vowel |
| C. | diphthongs |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. diphthongs | |
| 137. |
The number of pure vowels in English is |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 12 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | 24 |
| Answer» B. 12 | |
| 138. |
The final sound in the word “valves” is |
| A. | s |
| B. | z |
| C. | iz |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. z | |
| 139. |
The basic unit of spoken language known as |
| A. | morpheme |
| B. | phoneme |
| C. | syllable |
| D. | phonetics |
| Answer» C. syllable | |
| 140. |
The syllabic structure of the word ‘late’ is |
| A. | cvc |
| B. | cvcv |
| C. | vcc |
| D. | cvcc |
| Answer» A. cvc | |
| 141. |
When the word “produce” used as a verb the stress on ------- syllable |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 1 and 2 |
| D. | 3 |
| Answer» A. 2 | |
| 142. |
Words with weak prefixes are accented on |
| A. | prefix |
| B. | suffix |
| C. | midel |
| D. | root |
| Answer» D. root | |
| 143. |
The number of syllables in the word “inject” is |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» A. 2 | |
| 144. |
Jury is an example of --------- noun |
| A. | collective |
| B. | Abstract noun |
| C. | proper noun |
| D. | material noun |
| Answer» A. collective | |
| 145. |
Pronouns, articles and prepositions are ------- |
| A. | semantics |
| B. | functional adverbs |
| C. | content words |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. functional adverbs | |
| 146. |
Adjectives and adverbs are ------- words |
| A. | grammatical |
| B. | functional |
| C. | content |
| D. | structural |
| Answer» C. content | |
| 147. |
Identify an adverb of time from the following |
| A. | now |
| B. | There |
| C. | even |
| D. | each |
| Answer» A. now | |
| 148. |
Fill up the following:- Either of the sister -------- coming |
| A. | are |
| B. | were |
| C. | is |
| D. | has |
| Answer» C. is | |
| 149. |
Face to face interaction is --------- communication |
| A. | written |
| B. | oral |
| C. | non verbal |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. oral | |
| 150. |
E mail is an example of --------- communication |
| A. | public |
| B. | spoken |
| C. | written |
| D. | verbal |
| Answer» C. written | |
| 151. |
The study of body language is known as --------- |
| A. | psychology |
| B. | physiology |
| C. | kinesics |
| D. | morphology |
| Answer» C. kinesics | |
| 152. |
“hurrah’’ is a ____________ |
| A. | noun |
| B. | conjunction |
| C. | pronoun |
| D. | interjection |
| Answer» B. conjunction | |
| 153. |
The rise and fall in human voice is ------- |
| A. | speech |
| B. | volume |
| C. | sound |
| D. | pitch |
| Answer» D. pitch | |
| 154. |
An “authoritative leader” --------- the discussion |
| A. | oppose |
| B. | dominate |
| C. | support |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. dominate | |
| 155. |
-------------- leaders are respecting other’s feelings |
| A. | democratic |
| B. | dominative |
| C. | authoritative |
| D. | supportive |
| Answer» A. democratic | |
| 156. |
Amiable leaders support --------- environment |
| A. | doubtful |
| B. | peaceful |
| C. | complicated |
| D. | difficult |
| Answer» B. peaceful | |
| 157. |
Pick out an abstract noun from the following |
| A. | Beauty |
| B. | die |
| C. | laugh |
| D. | friends |
| Answer» A. Beauty | |
| 158. |
Pick out adjective from the following |
| A. | laughter |
| B. | friends |
| C. | richness |
| D. | rich |
| Answer» D. rich | |
| 159. |
The objective case of ‘we’ is ------------- |
| A. | I |
| B. | us |
| C. | our |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. us | |
| 160. |
The subjective case of “them” is --------- |
| A. | Their |
| B. | They |
| C. | This |
| D. | That |
| Answer» B. They | |
| 161. |
The possessive case of “I” is ----------- |
| A. | my |
| B. | me |
| C. | I |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. my | |
| 162. |
An example of distributive adjective is -------- |
| A. | Their |
| B. | each |
| C. | which |
| D. | Those |
| Answer» B. each | |
| 163. |
An example of cardinal adjective is -------- |
| A. | last |
| B. | one |
| C. | This |
| D. | Those |
| Answer» B. one | |
| 164. |
An example of ordinal adjective is -------- |
| A. | one |
| B. | Last |
| C. | all |
| D. | few |
| Answer» B. Last | |
| 165. |
A syllable has always --------- vowel |
| A. | one |
| B. | Two |
| C. | Three |
| D. | many |
| Answer» A. one | |
| 166. |
Weak forms are -------- words |
| A. | Tri syllabic |
| B. | Bi syllabic |
| C. | mono syllabic |
| D. | poly syllabic |
| Answer» C. mono syllabic | |
| 167. |
Variation in the pitch patterns of voice is --------- |
| A. | stress |
| B. | syllable |
| C. | Intonation |
| D. | style |
| Answer» C. Intonation | |
| 168. |
Group of words without subject and predicate is ---------- |
| A. | clause |
| B. | phrase |
| C. | sentence |
| D. | word |
| Answer» B. phrase | |
| 169. |
Group of words with subject and predicate is -------- |
| A. | phrase |
| B. | clause |
| C. | sentence |
| D. | syllable |
| Answer» B. clause | |
| 170. |
‘Neither’ is always followed by --------- |
| A. | or |
| B. | nor |
| C. | than |
| D. | either |
| Answer» B. nor | |
| 171. |
‘No sooner’ is followed by --------- |
| A. | when |
| B. | then |
| C. | than |
| D. | it |
| Answer» C. than | |
| 172. |
‘Not only’ is followed by -------- |
| A. | than |
| B. | or else |
| C. | but also |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. but also | |
| 173. |
‘Hardly had’ is always followed by -------- |
| A. | than |
| B. | This |
| C. | when |
| D. | There |
| Answer» C. when | |
| 174. |
The word ‘England’ is from --------- |
| A. | English land |
| B. | Angle land |
| C. | England land |
| D. | Anglish land |
| Answer» B. Angle land | |
| 175. |
Pick out the correct American spelling from the following |
| A. | colour |
| B. | color |
| C. | kolour |
| D. | kolor |
| Answer» B. color | |
| 176. |
Pick out the coordinating conjunction from the following |
| A. | not only |
| B. | As |
| C. | because |
| D. | but |
| Answer» D. but | |
| 177. |
A transitive verb takes --------- |
| A. | object |
| B. | subject |
| C. | Noun |
| D. | adverb |
| Answer» A. object | |
| 178. |
Identify a regular verb from the following |
| A. | sit |
| B. | walk |
| C. | keep |
| D. | see |
| Answer» B. walk | |
| 179. |
Pick out an irregular verb from the following |
| A. | eat |
| B. | kill |
| C. | arrive |
| D. | study |
| Answer» A. eat | |
| 180. |
A cloze test is a ----------- test |
| A. | study |
| B. | memory |
| C. | comprehension |
| D. | training |
| Answer» C. comprehension | |
| 181. |
Words with different spellings but with similar pronunciation are ---------- |
| A. | Homonyms |
| B. | Homophones |
| C. | prefix |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Homophones | |
| 182. |
Identify homophones from the following |
| A. | day, night |
| B. | die, dye |
| C. | die-death |
| D. | die-died |
| Answer» B. die, dye | |
| 183. |
The number of words that we utter per minute is ---------- |
| A. | pulse |
| B. | speed |
| C. | rate |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. rate | |
| 184. |
---------- Is a tool to study the behavioral and attitudinal responses of the speakers |
| A. | examination |
| B. | Tests |
| C. | Group discussion |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Group discussion | |
| 185. |
Examples of personality traits are -------- |
| A. | Leadership, motivation |
| B. | domination, suppression |
| C. | control, hate |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. Leadership, motivation | |
| 186. |
Identify an appropriate synonym for the word “Enormous” |
| A. | small |
| B. | big |
| C. | short |
| D. | dwarf |
| Answer» B. big | |
| 187. |
If I ---------- a bird I could fly |
| A. | was |
| B. | were |
| C. | am |
| D. | are |
| Answer» B. were | |
| 188. |
Are you ----------- us another song? |
| A. | sing |
| B. | sings |
| C. | singing |
| D. | sang |
| Answer» C. singing | |
| 189. |
He -------- every day to the market |
| A. | walking |
| B. | walks |
| C. | has walked |
| D. | walk |
| Answer» B. walks | |
| 190. |
You must comply --------- the rules |
| A. | on |
| B. | of |
| C. | with |
| D. | at |
| Answer» C. with | |
| 191. |
The police accused him ---------- theft |
| A. | on |
| B. | at |
| C. | by |
| D. | of |
| Answer» D. of | |
| 192. |
I am ------------ than Kareem |
| A. | elder |
| B. | older |
| C. | old |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. older | |
| 193. |
They gave us a ---------- party |
| A. | grand |
| B. | grande |
| C. | grant |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. grand | |
| 194. |
Two hundred rupees --------- not a big amount |
| A. | is |
| B. | are |
| C. | were |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. is | |
| 195. |
Have you ever -------- to your parents |
| A. | laid |
| B. | lied |
| C. | layed |
| D. | lie |
| Answer» B. lied | |
| 196. |
Bread and butter --------- my food |
| A. | are |
| B. | is |
| C. | were |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. is | |
| 197. |
I was seated -------- the speaker |
| A. | besiding |
| B. | by |
| C. | beside |
| D. | besides |
| Answer» C. beside | |
| 198. |
Are you trying to --------- me ? |
| A. | advice |
| B. | advise |
| C. | adviece |
| D. | advisce |
| Answer» B. advise | |
| 199. |
My friend’s death -------- me deeply |
| A. | effected |
| B. | affected |
| C. | effect |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. affected | |
| 200. |
Convey my -------- to your brother |
| A. | complements |
| B. | complement |
| C. | compliments |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. compliments | |
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