Question Paper Title :
TI_06 Date of Exam : 04-07-2019 & 02:30 PM
Choose the option that best punctuates the given
sentence:
What are you saying, Meeta said to her friend
Dolly.
A. what are you saying? Meeta said to her friend
Dolly
B. “What are you saying?” Meeta said to her
friend, Dolly.
C. “What are you saying,” Meeta said to her
friend Dolly.
D. “ What are you saying, “ Meeta said to her
friend, Doll
Answer: B. “What are you saying?” Meeta said to
her friend, Dolly.
Choose the correct form of verb that is in
agreement with the subject:
Every man, woman and child in the hall _____
given a pair of glasses with coloured lens to
watch the 3D movie.
A. have
B. are
C. were
D. was
Answer: D. was
Choose the option that correctly spells the
words to be filled in the given sentence
The _____________ told the _____________ that he
was a _______.
A. beggar ,
passenger , liar
B. begger ,
passengar , liare
C. beggar ,
pasenger , lair
D. beger ,
passenger , lari
Answer: A. beggar ,
passenger , liar
Choose the appropriate conjunction for the given
sentence:
____ they were on a picnic ____ were enjoying
themselves, it began to rain suddenly.
A. Whether, if
B. As, so
C. If, so
D. While, and
Answer: D. While, and
Choose the option that best expresses the
meaning of the highlighted idiom/phrase:
At the end of the meeting, the chairman proved
to be the only man of substance.
A. Rich and
powerful person
B. flexible person
C. worthless person
D. an unreasonable
person
Answer: A. Rich and
powerful person
Choose the option that correctly spells the
words to be filled in the given sentence:
The _____________ office ___________ is an
elegant woman.
A. insurence ,
assistant
B. insurance ,
asistant
C. insurance ,
assistant
D. insurance ,
assistent
Answer: C. insurance ,
assistant
Choose the correct form of verb for the given
sentence:
We usually_______ the festival of Diwali by
putting up lights in our house.
A. have enjoyed
B. has enjoyed
C. enjoy
D. is enjoying
Answer: C. enjoy
Choose the correct form of adjective for the
given sentence:
Raw green mangoes are used to make pickle. They
are ________ the ripe yellow ones that we get in summer.
A. sour as
B. the sourest
C. the sourer
D. sourer than
Answer: D. sourer than
Choose the correct word to complete the
sentence:
Don’t worry Sham. You will easily ______yourself
to your new job as you are quite ______ at public relations.
A. adept, adapt
B. adept, adept
C. adapt, adept
D. adapt, adapt
Answer: C. adapt, adept
Choose the appropriate pronoun form to complete
the given sentence.
_____ did the former President, Abdul Kalam,
encourage to think differently?
A. Whose
B. What
C. Whom
D. Which
Answer: C. Whom
Choose the correct form of the noun for the
given sentence:
Nehru’s _______ for children made him be called
Chachaji.
A. fondness
B. fond
C. founder
D. fondly
Answer: A. fondness
Choose the most suitable determiner for the
given sentence:
The couple doesn’t have _____ money but they are
extremely happy with each other.
A. little
B. many
C. plenty
D. much
Answer: D. much
Choose the correct form of adjective for the
given sentence:
The children roared with laughter at his _____
stories.
A. fun
B. funny
C. funnier
D. funfair
Answer: B. funny
Choose the correct form of modal auxiliary verb
for the given sentence:
I ______have to go to Delhi on Thursday.
A. ought
B. might
C. could
D. should
Answer: B. might
Choose the most suitable conjunction to complete
the given sentence.
I have been to London ___ I met you last.
A. for
B. since
C. because
D. as
Answer: B. since
Out of the following options, identify the
complex sentence.
A. The whole extended family arrived in Lucknow
for their holiday
B. The family had finished with lunch and they
all went for sightseeing.
C. Feeling nauseated, Seema fainted in the
cinema hall.
D. A very elaborate dinner had been arranged at
night.
Answer: C. Feeling nauseated, Seema fainted in
the cinema hall.
Out of the following options, choose the
sentence that is punctuated correctly.
A. The pilot cried, The camels smell water and
grass. An oasis is near!
B. The pilot cried, “The camels smell water
and grass. An oasis is near!”
C. The pilot cried,
“The camels smell water and grass. An oasis is near?”
D. The pilot cried,
“The camels smell water and grass? An oasis is near!”
Answer: B. The pilot cried,
“The camels smell water and grass. An oasis is near!”
Choose appropriate articles for the given
sentence:
The I.T.D.C. (India Tourism Development Corporation)
established by___Government of India with ___view to promoting International
tourism has
___very significant role to play.
A. a, the, the
B. the, a, a
C. the, the, an
D. an, a, the
Answer: B. the, a, a
Choose the option with the appropriate suffix to
complete the given sentence:
The parents were filled with excite____ when
they heard about their son’s success_____ story
A. -d, -ing
B. -edly, -ion
C. -d, -ive
D. -ment, -ful
Answer: D. -ment, -ful
Choose the correct form of tense for the given
sentence:
The country ____ rapidly ______ as an
eco-tourism hotspot.
A. is, emerging
B. has been, emerging
C. had, emerged
D. is being, emerged
Answer: A. is, emerging
Choose the option with the appropriate question
tag for the given sentence:
You aren’t hurt, _______
A. aren’t you?
B. were you?
C. was you?
D. are you?
Answer: D. are you?
Choose appropriate articles for the given
sentence:
____Brahmaputra river, Assam’s lifeline has
turned muddy and its water has changed colour which is ___cause for alarm.
A. A, a
B. The, the
C. The, a
D. An, the
Answer: C. The, a
Choose the appropriate preposition for the given
sentence:
Initially, progress may be slow but never give
________ a child who isn’t reading.
A. out of
B. up at
C. over
D. up on
Answer: D. up on
Choose the option with the appropriate suffix to
complete the given sentence:
The young boy was optimist_____ about his test
marks as he had put in many hours of study before taking it.
A. -ically
B. -ic
C. -ism
D. -aly
Answer: B. -ic
Choose the appropriate prepositional phrase for
the given sentence:
Mary overcame her sorrow ________her children.
A. for the sake on
B. for the sake of
C. for the sake by
D. for the sake
with
Answer: B. for the sake of
Choose the most appropriate usage to fill in the
blanks in the given sentence:
Maharani Gayatri Devi was a ________ and
________ lady.
A. gracious, elegance
B. graceful, elegant
C. gracefully, elegantly
D. graceful, elegance
Answer: B. graceful, elegant
Choose the option that best punctuates the given
sentence:
The traffic policeman said don’t go that way as
its not permitted
A. The traffic
policeman, said, “ Don’t go that way as it`s not permitted.”
B. The traffic
policeman said, “Don’t go that way as it`s not permitted?”
C. The traffic
policeman said , “Don’t go that way? as it`s not permitted.”
D. The traffic
policeman said, “Don’t ?go that way as it`s not permitted.”
Answer: A. The traffic
policeman, said, “ Don’t go that way as it`s not permitted.”
Choose the appropriate preposition for the given
sentence:
The police arrested Raju _______his accomplices.
A. along with
B. with
C. along
D. from
Answer: A. along with
Choose the correct form of adjective for the
given sentence:
It is _____ to have an education to get a good
job.
A. necessarily
B. necessitated
C. necessity
D. necessary
Answer: D. necessary
Choose the correct form of tense for the given
sentence:
When he ____ the results, he got off the chair
and ____ with joy.
A. hears, jump
B. get, was jumping
C. was getting,
have been jumping
D. heard, jumped
Answer: D. heard, jumped
Choose the most suitable determiner for the
given sentence:
Where should we go on holiday this year? Let’s
go _______ where warm and sunny.
A. no
B. neither
C. none
D. some
Answer: D. some
Choose the option with the appropriate suffix to
complete the given sentence:
People should depict kind____ towards each
other, especially towards their neighbours.
A. -ness
B. -ly
C. -ment
D. -fulness
Answer: A. -ness
Choose the correct form of verb for the given
sentence:
The little boy _______ very fast to catch the
bus.
A. was run
B. was running
C. is runs
D. has running
Answer: B. was running
Choose the appropriate conjunctions for the
given sentence:
The animals on the farm decided to hold a
meeting ____ discuss the matter;____ the lion did not want to attend.
A. and, but
B. and, if
C. so, and
D. and, so
Answer: A. and, but
Choose the option that has all words spelt
correctly:
A. theif , receive , patience
B. thief , recieve , patience
C. thief , receive
, patience
D. thief , receive
, patiense
Answer: C. thief , receive
, patience
Choose the correct form of verb that is in
agreement with the subject:
All the people ____ standing together in a group
and discussing the
problem.
A. is
B. are
C. has
D. have
Answer: B. are
Choose the option that correctly spells the
words to be filled in the given sentence:
The _______ of the school said that the boy
behaved like an _______.
A. principle , angle
B. principal , angel
C. principal ,
engle
D. principel ,
angle
Answer: B. principal , angel
Choose the option that best expresses the
meaning of the highlighted idiom/phrase:
The orator’s comment about the recession was way
off the mark.
A. very scanty
B. pertinent
C. inaccurate
D. premeditated
Answer: C. inaccurate
Choose the appropriate possessive noun to
complete the given sentence.
St. Joseph’s is a ____ school.
A. boys’
B. boy’s
C. boys
D. boy’
Answer: A. boys’
Choose the appropriate prepositional phrase for
the given sentence:
The college results have been good ______our
expectations.
A. contrary to
B. contrary by
C. contrary with
D. contrary in
Answer: A. contrary to
Out of the following options, choose the
sentence that is punctuated correctly.
A. One day, in
order to have some fun, he cried out with all his might, The wolf is coming!
The wolf is coming!”
B. One day, in
order to have some fun, he cried out with all his might, “The wolf is coming!
The wolf is coming!”
C. One day, in
order to have some fun, he cried out, “with all his might, The wolf is coming!
The wolf is coming!”
D. One day, in
order to have some fun, he cried out with all his might, ‘The wolf is coming.
The wolf is coming.”
Answer: B. One day, in
order to have some fun, he cried out with all his might, “The
wolf is coming! The wolf is coming!”
Choose appropriate articles for the given
sentence:
India launched ___ first artificial satellite
Aryabhata on 19th April 1975 at___cost of about five crores.
A. A, the
B. The, a
C. The, the
D. A, the
Answer: B. The, a
Choose appropriate articles to complete the
given sentence.
Kumaranaashan is ___ Keats of Malayalam
literature. ____Keats is ___
Romantic poet.
A. no article, the,
a
B. the, no article,
the
C. the, no article,
a
D. a, no article,
the
Answer: C. the, no article,
a
Choose the most suitable conjunction for the
given sentence:
The students tried their level best _____
failed.
A. but
B. and
C. so
D. yet
Answer: A. but
Which one of the following choices is NOT a
complex sentence?
A. On feeling the winter chill, she wrapped
herself with a shawl
B. She stepped aside to make room for the maid
to go inside and serve tea.
C. On his arrival to the city, Ronny took time
off to visit the monuments.
D. The Sheikh opened his eyes slowly.
Answer: D. The Sheikh
opened his eyes slowly.
Choose the option with the appropriate question
tag for the given sentence.
The Patils had a BMW, ________
A. didn’t they?
B. hadn’t they?
C. did they?
D. had they?
Answer: A. didn’t they?
Choose the correct form of the noun for the
given sentence:
As a result of the _____ of freedom fighters,
the Republic of India was born.
A. determiners
B. determined
C. determination
D. deterrence
Answer: C. determination
Choose the option with the appropriate suffix to
complete the given sentence:
Festivals are a great time for festiv____ and
fest_____.
A. -itiy, -ing
B. -als, -ity
C. -ing, -oons
D. -al, -ings
Answer: A. -itiy, -ing
Choose the correct form of modal auxiliary verb
for the given sentence:
We ________to have listened to her advice.
A. will
B. ought
C. should
D. must
Answer: B. ought
Choose the correct form of adjective for the
given sentence:
Chapter 5 is ___________ Chapter 6 and both must
be studied equally well for the examination.
A.as important as
B. not so important
as
C. the most
important
D. more important
than
Answer: A. as important as
