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Dec 17, 2015

[QandA] General English Questions (100 Questions) - Part 1



GENERAL ENGLISH – Set 1
(01)
Match:
List – I
(Sentence)
List – II
(Suitable Articles)
(a)
He is ____ M.P
1
an
(b)
Honest men speak ____ truth
2
the
(c)
He is ____ honour to this profession
3
a
(d)
I need ____ eraser


            (a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      1          2          1          1
[B]      1          2          3          1
[C]      1          2          1          3
[D]      1          2          3          3

(02)
I take interest _____ in film making
[A] to
[B] for
[C] on
[D] in

(03)
Select the correct root word using the suffix: ‘cy’
[A] supreme
[B] patent
[C] mix
[D] depend

(04)
Choose the correct order of the preposition from the option given to fill in the blanks of the following passage:
____ first, we sat ___ the shade ____ a tree, but later we went ____ a swim ___ the river
[A] by, in, of, for, in
[B] in, on, of, for, in
[C] at, in, of, for, in
[D] at, in, of, to, in

(05)
“I want to bury Caesar, not to praise him”. Whose words are there?
[A] Antony
[B] Brutus
[C] Casca
[D] Shylock

(06)
Fill in the blanks with the correct verb forms given in sequence:
The teacher ______ the exercises which Sudharshan _______
[A] corrected, had prepared
[B] corrected, prepares
[C] corrects, is preparing
[D] corrects, have prepared

(07)
Select the apt suffix to form a meaningful word from the root word ‘Chronology’
[A] able
[B] ical
[C] ity
[D] ness

(08)
Identify the complex sentence.
[A] As the war had ended, the soldiers returned
[B] The war being ended, the soldiers returned
[C] The war ended and so the soldiers returned
[D] The soldiers returned after the war

(09)
Identify the correct preposition from the option given below:
The papers are to be prepared ____ a month
[A] within
[B] by
[C] in
[D] for

(10)
After all winners don’t do different things. They do things differently.
The above lines suggests
[A] All winners are different
[B] Winners do different things
[C] Winners do things differently
[D] Losers don’t do different things

(11)
Match:
List – I (Autobiographies)
List – II (By)
(a)
Autobiographical fragments
1
Charles Dickens
(b)
Autobiographical Notes
2
Albert Einstien
(c)
Autobiography
3
Jawaharlal Nehru
(d)
My Autobiography
4
Charlie Chaplin
(a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      1          2          3          4
[B]      1          2          4          3
[C]      2          1          4          3
[D]      2          1          3          4

(12)
Match:
List – I (Autobiographies)
List – II (By)
(a)
My Life
1
Helen Keller
(b)
The Story of My Life
2
Bill Clinton
(c)
My Early Life
3
Winston Churchill
(d)
My Life: a spoken autobiography
4
Fidel Castro
(a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      1          2          3          4
[B]      1          2          4          3
[C]      2          1          4          3
[D]      2          1          3          4

(13)
Who of the following is the resin tapper in “After the Storm”?
[A] Saruli
[B] Diwan Singh
[C] Lal Singh
[D] Chaman
(14)
Bishvambhar too Pathik to _____
[A] New Delhi
[B] Patna
[C] Calcutta
[D] Agra

(15)
Match:
List – I (Character Names)
List – II (Profession)
(a)
Jack Poderoso
1
Teacher
(b)
Serge
2
Council Worker
(c)
Monsieur Morissot
3
Painter
(d)
Alan Trevor
4
Watch maker
(a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      1          2          3          4
[B]      1          2          4          3
[C]      2          1          4          3
[D]      2          1          3          4

(16)
Which of the following is not a work of Robert Frost?
[A] Voices of the Night
[B] Going for Water
[C] The Road not taken
[D] Supporting by the words on a snowy evening

(17)
Who of the following is not an American?
[A] D. H. Lawrence
[B] Walt Whitman
[C] H. W. Longfellow
[D] Robert Frost

(18)
“Venus and Adonis” is a poem written by
[A] William Shakespeare
[B] Rudyard Kipling
[C] Stephen Vincent Benet
[D] Edger A Guest
(19)
Who of the following is/are have won Nobel Prize?
1. Pearl S Buck
2. Stephen Vincent Benet
3. Rudyard Kipling
[A] 1 and 2 only
[B] 2 and 3 only
[C] 1 and 3 only
[D] 1, 2 and 3

(20)
Match:
List – I (Poems)
List – II (Author)
(a)
No men are foreign
1
James Kirup
(b)
Laugh and be merry
2
Stephen Vincent Bennet
(c)
The Flying wonder
3
John Masefield
(d)
Bat
4
Randal Jarrel
(a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      1          2          3          4
[B]      1          3          2          4
[C]      4          3          2          1
[D]      4          2          3          1

(21)
Match:
List – I (Poems)
List – II (Authors)
(a)
English Words
1
V. K. Gokak
(b)
Discovery
2
Gayathri Pahlajani
(c)
Inclusion
3
Dipti Bhatia
(d)
Migrant Bird
4
Famida Y Basheer
(a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      1          2          3          4
[B]      1          2          4          3
[C]      2          1          4          3
[D]      2          1          3          4

(22)
How Brutus die?
[A] Brutus kills himself with his sword
[B] Brutus kills himself by consuming poison
[C] People throw stone on Brutus and kill him
[D] Caeser’s wife kill Brutus with the sword of Brutus

(23)
Identify the wrongly matched figures of speech:
[A] “As humble plants by county hedgerow growing” – Idiom
[B] “In the world’s broad field of battle” – Metaphor
[C] “Life is real! Life is earnest!” – Repetition
[D] “And the grave is not its goal” – Alliteration

(24)
Match:
List – I (Phrasal Verb)
List – II (Meaning)
(a)
Hand back
1
Pass On
(b)
Hand Down
2
Return
(c)
Hand In
3
Distribute
(d)
Hand Out
4
Submit
(a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      1          2          3          4
[B]      1          2          4          3
[C]      2          1          4          3
[D]      2          1          3          4

(25)
Match:
List – I (Italicized Word)
List – II (Meaning)
(a)
I’ll drop you off at the Railway Station if you like
1
Deliver
(b)
She decided to go to art school then dropped out after the first month
2
Leaves without finishing
(c)
I sometimes drop in to see my grandparent
3
Visit
(d)
Our sales have dropped behind those of our competitors
4
Fall into
(a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      1          2          3          4
[B]      1          2          4          3
[C]      2          1          4          3
[D]      2          1          3          4

(26)
Which of the following is correctly matched?
1. He is too old to work – Simple Sentence
2. He is so old that he cannot work – Complex Sentence
3. He is very old and so he cannot work – Compound Sentence
[A] 1 and 2 only
[B] 2 and 3 only
[C] 1 and 3 only
[D] 1, 2 and 3

(27)
Identify the correct sentence from the following:
[A] He came by the 4:30 o’clock train
[B] I want a little quantity of milk
[C] He is sick
[D] This is preferable to that

(28)
Identify the incorrect sentence from the following:
[A] Don’t pride yourself on your victory
[B] I have a severe headache
[C] I shall certainly to it
[D] I have a good news for you

(29)
List – I
List – II
(a)
A hater of marriage
1
Misogamist
(b)
One who has more than two wives or husbands at a time
2
Polygamist
(c)
One who marries a second wife or husband while the legal spouse is alive
3
Bigamist
(d)
One vowed to a single or unmarried life
4
Celibate
            (a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      2          1          3          4
[B]      2          1          4          3
[C]      1          2          4          3
[D]      1          2          3          4

(30)
Identify the meaning of the word in the bold italicized:
All he found was a sovereign and some coppers.
[A] Coins of higher denomination
[B] Coins of no use
[C] Coins of lower denomination
[D] Coins used by Kings and Princess

(31)
The theme of the story “After the Storm” is
[A] The lift of the people after a Storm
[B] The danger of a Storm
[C] A small girl saved the forest
[D] A small boy who saved his village

(32)
Select the correct sentence:
[A] Lost time be found again cannot
[B] Lost time cannot be found again
[C] Lost be found time cannot again
[D] Lost again cannot be found time

(33)
Identify the role of Portia in the play Merchant of Venice
[A] Judge
[B] Women’s equality
[C] Liberty and Ahimsa
[D] Welfare of the poor people

(34)
The poet Waltwhitman belonged to
[A] Modernism
[B] Neo – classical
[C] Post – Modernism
[D] Romantic

(35)
Match: (words and their meanings)
List – I
List – II
(a)
Indispensable
1
Struggle
(b)
Tender
2
Base
(c)
Strife
3
Absolutely Essential
(d)
Vile
4
Offer
            (a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      4          3          1          2
[B]      3          4          1          2
[C]      3          4          2          1
[D]      4          3          2          1

(36)
Choose the correct suffix for the word ‘ism’
[A] Organ
[B] Free
[C] Hire
[D] Care

(37)
Choose the correct question tag:
Let’s go for a walk, ______
[A] Aren’t we?
[B] Don’t we?
[C] Shall we?
[D] Won’t we?

(38)
Identify the figure of speech:
“If you can’t be a bush, be a bit of the glass”
[A] Alliteration
[B] Metaphor
[C] Simile
[D] Oxymoron

(39)
Match: (word and their antonyms)
List – I
List – II
(a)
Thriving
1
Encourage
(b)
Pursue
2
Dying
(c)
Rigorous
3
Discontinue
(d)
Deter
4
Arduous
            (a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      2          3          4          1
[B]      2          3          1          4
[C]      3          2          1          4
[D]      3          2          4          1

(40)
Anton Chekhov is one of the greatest writers from
[A] Japan
[B] Italy
[C] Russia
[D] Switzerland

(41)
Dhanesh is gifted ____ an amazing memory power
[A] of
[B] in
[C] for
[D] with

(42)
Match:
List – I
List – II
(a)
I dream every day
1
Noun
(b)
Life is a gift
2
Verb
(c)
I write a letter
3
Adjective
(d)
It is a business letter
4
Adverb
            (a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      4          3          2          1
[B]      4          1          2          3
[C]      4          2          3          1
[D]      1          4          2          3

(43)
Identify the plural form of cargo
[A] Cargos
[B] Cargoes
[C] Cargice
[D] Cargo

(44)
Match: (Suffixes / Prefixes)
List – I
List – II
(a)
hood
1
Award
(b)
ed
2
Small
(c)
ful
3
Child
(d)
er
4
House
            (a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      1          2          3          4
[B]      2          1          4          3
[C]      3          1          2          4
[D]      3          1          4          2

(45)
The final decision rests with ____ director.
[A] the
[B] that
[C] of
[D] by

(46)
Identify the correct degree:
Not other metal is as useful as iron.
[A] Comparative
[B] Positive
[C] Superlative
[D] None of these

(47)
The man who posed as a beggar in the story 'The Model Million Millionaire' was
[A] Austin Ronaldo
[B] Bebeto
[C] Thomas Kaka
[D] Baron Hausberg

(48)
The Selfish Giant stayed with his friend for
[A] ten years
[B} five years
[C] three years
[D] seven years

(49)
Mention the theme observed in the poem, 'Be The Best'.
[A] Optimism
[B] Humanism
[C] Naturalism
[D] Existentialism

(50)
How many plays have been written by the famous Playwright William Shakespeare?
[A] 37
[B] 36
[C] 38
[D] 27



(51)
Who told the following statement?
"Tolerance is the highest result of education".
[A] Dr. Abdul Kalam
[B] Mahatma Gandhi
[C] Helen Keller
[D] Subash Chandra Bose

(52)
Fill the blanks with the correct tense form:
Though they ____ not happy with the service of the management, they ____ quiet
[A] are, kept
[B] were, kept
[C] had, were keeping
[D] were, had kept

(53)
Which one of the following is a correct sentence?
[A] Edison discovered electricity
[B] Edison was invented electricity
[C] Edison invented electricity
[D] Edison invented by electricity

(54)
Give the suitable order of articles in the blanks of the given passage. Choose the correct code given below.
Nayantara read ____ interesting story in a library about ____ "Previce and Giant" and ____ the story had ____ good moral in it.
[A] a, a, the, a
[B] an, the, a, the
[C] an, a, a, the
[D] an, the, the, a

(55)
Find out the appropriate comparative degree for the following sentence.
Pallava architecture is the most intrinsic one.
[A] Pallva architecture is a more intrinsic one
[B] Pallava architecture is more intrinsic than any other architecture
[C] Pallavas had more intrinsic architecture
[D] Pallavas architecture is more intrinsic than most other architecture

(56)
Choose the correct synonym of the underlined word:
Nerves form an astoundingly intricate network carrying message to all parts of our body.
[A] delicate
[B] appreciate
[C] participate
[D] complicated

(57)
List – I
List – II
(a)
Former
1
Organized
(b)
Flower
2
Agricultarist
(c)
Formal
3
First mentioned
(d)
Farmer
4
Part of a plant
            (a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      1          4          3          2
[B]      3          4          1          2
[C]      4          3          2          1
[D]      3          2          1          4

(58)
List – I
List – II
(a)
I suppose she knows Telugu
1
Does she?
(b)
Senthil likes ice-cream
2
Doesn’t he?
(c)
Malathi doesn’t like fish
3
Does he?
(d)
Sudharshan likes apples
4
Doesn’t she?
            (a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      1          3          4          2
[B]      4          2          1          2
[C]      3          4          2          1
[D]      1          2          4          3

(59)
Find the odd sentence which does not belong to the same sentence pattern.
[A] the girl sang sweetly
[B] they became angry
[C] the train arrived late
[D] My brother walks fast

(60)
Which of the sentence has the correct article usage?
[A] The French is a beautiful language
[B] In France people speak the French
[C] I learnt French at school
[D] A French is an easy language

(61)
Fill in the blank with the correct 'homophone'.
A ___ smell came from the kitchen
[A] fowl
[B] fool
[C] foule
[D] foul

(62)
Choose the correct passive voice for the following sentence.
They write books, print them and sell them.
[A] Books are written, printed and sold by them
[B] Books are being written and printed to sell them
[C] Books written, printed and sold by them
[D] Books are written, printed and being sold by them

(63)
Identify the complex sentence
[A] Swetha is an intelligent girl
[B]Swetha, who is an intelligent girl, is my favourite
[C] Swetha is my favourite girl and she is intelligent
[D] Swetha is intellignet and she is my favourite

(64)
Match:
List – I
List – II
(a)
Hot Potato
1
Important Person
(b)
Hard Boiled
2
Sudden Feeling of Heat
(c)
Hot Shot
3
Passionate
(d)
Hot Blooded
4
Without Feeling


5
Difficult Situation
            (a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      5          1          3          2
[B]      4          5          2          1
[C]      5          4          1          3
[D]      4          5          1          2

(65)
Fill in the blank with suitable present participle
I heard him ____ a song
[A] sing
[B] to sing
[C] having singing
[D] singing

(66)
Change the following into comparative degree.
No other subject is as difficult as Statistics.
[A] Statistics is comparatively difficult than other subjects
[B] Statistics is a more difficult subject than most of them
[C] Statistics is a difficult subject
[D] Statistics is more difficult than any other subjects

(67)
Pick out the sentence with a wrong question tag.
[A] Let's go to the beach, shall we?
[B] Let me see the register, can I?
[C] There is a park in that area, isn't there?
[D] Somebody has raised the issue, hasn't they?

(68)
Find the sentence in which the underlined word is used as an adjective
[A] The Sahara is a big desert
[B] Don't desert her
[C] I travelled in a desert
[D] It is a desert animal

(69)
Fill in the blanks with plurals
I love _____, ______ and ______
[A] flowers, butterflies, sheep
[B] flowers, butterfly, sheeps
[C] flowers, butterflies, sheeps
[D] flowers, butterflies, sheeves

(70)
All the tube lights ____with CFL
[A] have been replace
[B] have replaced
[C] have to be replaced
[D] has been replaced

(71)
Match:
List – I
List – II
(a)
Stop be silent for today
1
Walt Whitman
(b)
O Winged seeds! you crossed the furrowed sea
2
H. W. Longfellow
(c)
Trust no future ever pleasant, h
3
V. K. Gokak
(d)
Exult! O Shores and ring, O bells!
4
Elizabeth Barret Browning
            (a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      4          2          3          1
[B]      4          3          2          1
[C]      4          1          2          3
[D]      3          4          1          2

(72)
What is the theme of the poem ‘The Piano’?
[A] The poet’s love for his mother
[B] The pastime of the poet during his schooldays
[C] The poet’s love for music
[D] The poet’s comparison of childhood days with manhood days

(73)
Form a new word by blending the words ‘motorway’ and ‘hotel’
[A] motohotel
[B] mowaytel
[C] motorel
[D] motel

(74)
Which of the following is a riot poem?
[A] Snake
[B] Going for Water
[C] The Man He killed
[D] To the Land of Snow

(75)
Identify the sentence with the wrong question tag:
[A] Ramu went to Australia last week, didn’t he?
[B] The Australians will not win the finals, will they?
[C] People shouldn’t be rude to one another, shouldn’t they?
[D] The bus is early today, isn’t it?

(76)
Identify the tense form of the verb underlined:
They have been building the bridge for several months
[A] Perfect Tense
[B] Present Perfect Continuous Tense
[C] Simple Present Tense
[D] Present Perfect Tense

(77)
____ was the author, whose story has been adapted as “Caught Sneezing
[A] Rudyard Kipling
[B] Rabindranath Tagore
[C] Oscar Wilde
[D] Kamala Das

(78)
Which State does the Poet, Kamala Surraya belongs to?
[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Kerala
[C] Maharashtra
[D] Andhra Pradesh

(79)
Which of the following is not a poem?
[A] Punishment in the Kindergarten
[B] Making Visible the Invisible
[C] Solitary Reaper
[D] The Cry of the Children

(80)
Identify the sentence pattern:
Brutus is an honourable man
[A] S V C A
[B] S V O C
[C] S V C
[D] S V IO DO

(81)
The fear of heights is known as
[A] hydrophobia
[B] acrophobia
[C] claustrophobia
[D] xenophobia

(82)
Match:
List – I
List – II
(a)
Give in
1
Return or relinquish
(b)
Give up
2
Move back
(c)
Give on
3
Yield
(d)
Get back
4
Cope with
            (a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      3          4          1          2
[B]      2          3          4          1
[C]      4          2          3          1
[D]      3          1          4          2

(83)
Dhanesh has ____ medical leave and is expected to join the duty by next month
[A] took
[B] take
[C] taken
[D] tooked

(84)
Identify the correct sentence
[A] Either of the dogs bark ferociously
[B] Road accident at Velacherry was a horrible sight
[C] The hospital has seven lady doctors
[D] He lived in the village since 2001

(85)
Which of the following words is formed with a prefix attached to it?
[A] International
[B] Interest
[C] Interior
[D] Interim

(86)
Which of the following is correctly paired in connected with American and British words?
1. Autumn – Fall
2. Underground – Subway
3. Terminus – Depot
[A] 1 and 2 only
[B] 2 and 3 only
[C] 1 and 3 only
[D] 1, 2 and 3

(87)
Find the odd one
[A] Bless
[B] Praise
[C] Raise
[D] Talkative

(88)
The serial number of the lottery ticket in the story “The Lottery Ticket” is
[A] 9499
[B] 9599
[C] 9699
[D] 9799

(89)
Match:
List – I
List – II
(a)
The King appointed a minister
1
Noun
(b)
Gold is a precious metal
2
Verb
(c)
It is a pleasant evening
3
Adverb
(d)
He always speaks the truth
4
Adjective
            (a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      1          3          2          4
[B]      2          4          3          1
[C]      2          1          4          3
[D]      2          3          4          1

(90)
“Envy is ignorance and imitation is suicide”
Who said this?
[A] Emerson
[B] Mahatma Gandhi
[C] Swami Vivekananda
[D] Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

(91)
Mohan ____ and ____ his leg when he ____ from a bus
[A] slips, injured, is alighting
[B] slipped, injures, was alighting
[C] slipped, injured, was alighting
[D] has slipped, injures, was alighting

(92)
“Not failure but low aim is crime” says Browning.
According to Browning, what is crime?
[A] Failing in an attempt
[B] Aiming at the incredible
[C] Failing repeatedly
[D] Not aiming high

(93)
Identify the speaker:
“___ not that I loved Caser less, but that I love Rome more”
[A] Mark Antony
[B] Casca
[C] Calphurnia
[D] Brutus

(94)
Who said the following?
“If non-violence is the law of our being, the future is with women”
[A] Mahatma Gandhi
[B] Mother Teresa
[C] Rajaram Mohan Roy
[D] Subramania Bharati

(95)
Who has uttered these words?
“Friends Romans, Countryman, Lend me your Ears”
[A] Brutus in ‘Julius Caesar’
[B] Mark Antony in ‘Julius Caesar’
[C] Cassius in ‘Macbeth’
[D] Casca in ‘Macbeth’

(96)
Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:
She accepted it as the kind cruelty of the surgeon’s knife.
[A] Euphemism
[B] Pun
[C] Oxymoron
[D] Irony

(97)
Don’t ____ on the wall
[A] written
[B] write
[C] write – up
[D] writing

(98)
Find the right meaning of the idiom.
His partner threw coldwater on his scheme
[A] encouraged
[B] discouraged
[C] disagreed
[D] appreciated

(99)
If the sun had not been bright ___________
[A] the pictures would have come out well
[B] the pictures would not have come out well
[C] the pictures would have been come out well
[D] the pictures would come out well

(100)
Match:
List – I
List – II
(a)
His trip
1
was gifted to her
(b)
The house
2
was not fed properly
(c)
The doll
3
was sponsored by his company
(d)
The camel
4
was dressed up beautifully
            (a)       (b)       (c)       (d)
[A]      3          1          4          2
[B]      3          1          2          4
[C]      1          3          4          2
[D]      1          3          2          4

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