Questions
Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.
The noise of the traffic kept me awake.
- I remained awake by the noise of the traffic.
- I was kept waking by the noise of the traffic.
- I was kept awake by the noise of the traffic.
- The traffic kept me awake by the noise.
Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.
Four policemen were guarding me.
- I was guarded by four policemen.
- I was being guarded by four policemen.
- I was being guarded by the four policemen.
- I was guarding the four policemen.
Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one that best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.
A stone struck me on the head.
- I was struck by a stone on my head.
- My head was struck by a stone.
- I had been struck by a stone on the head.
- I was struck on the head by a stone.
Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
GENIAL
- sociable
- blue-blooded
- childish
- fierce
Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
COMBAT
- defeat
- sport
- battle
- effort
Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Bankrupt
- Dishonest
- Penniless
- Failed
- Incapable
Directions: Select the correct change of narration.
The boys said, ''Hurrah! We have won the game.''
- The boys asked with joy that they have won the game.
- The boys exclaimed with joy that they had won the game.
- The boys told with joy that they had won the game.
- The boys told with joy that they have won the game.
Directions: Select the correct change of narration.
The boy said, ''I am not feeling well.''
- The boy said that he was not feeling well.
- The boy says that he was not feeling well.
- The boy said that he is not feeling well.
- The boy told that he was not feeling well.
Directions: Select the correct change of narration.
He said, ''If it rains tomorrow, I shall not come.''
- He said that if it rained the next day, he would not come.
- He said that it would rain the next day if he did not come.
- He told that if it rains tomorrow, he will not come.
- He said that if it rains the next day, he will not come.
Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
He is a ___________ man, so everybody dislikes him.
- miser
- miserable
- miserly
- misery
Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
We _________ ourselves away from rogues.
- keep
- put
- place
- hide
Directions: The sentence/part of the sentence is underlined to which alternatives (1), (2) and (3) are given below which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. If no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
Being a fine day, we remained at home.
- It being
- Having been
- Having
- No improvement
Directions: The sentence/part of the sentence is underlined to which alternatives (1), (2) and (3) are given below which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. If no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
I have never seen a so beautiful girl.
- such a beautiful
- so beautiful a
- so very beautiful
- No improvement
Directions: The sentence/part of the sentence is underlined to which alternatives (1), (2) and (3) are given below which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. If no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
Fruits and vegetables provide the important source of food in a horticultural society.
- powerful
- cheap
- principal
- No improvement
Directions: The sentence below is divided into three parts (A), (B) and (C). Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no error, then choose (D) as your answer.
(A) Some people can always be (B) heard talking (C) about them. (D) No error
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
Directions: The sentence below is divided into three parts (A), (B) and (C). Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no error, then choose (D) as your answer.
(A) I have been (B) suffering with bad cold (C) for the past one week. (D) No error
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
Directions: The sentence below is divided into three parts (A), (B) and (C). Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no error, then choose (D) as your answer.
We have (A) no objection; he (B) should leave (C) any moment. (D) No error
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
Directions: The sentence below is divided into three parts (A), (B) and (C). Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no error, then choose (D) as your answer.
It (A) was not until he (B) spoke to me that I (C) came to know of the real facts. (D) No error
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
Directions: The sentence below is divided into three parts (A), (B) and (C). Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no error, then choose (D) as your answer.
He (A) had never carried his wife on (B) the bar of his bicycle like (C) this. (D) No error
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
ADDICT
- announcement
- carefree
- habitual
- order
Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the correctly spelt word.
- marytyr
- martyr
- maryter
- martyer
Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the correctly spelt word.
- occurrence
- ocurrence
- occurence
- occurance
Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the correctly spelt word.
- seperate
- saperate
- saparate
- separate
Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
___________ punishment still takes place in some schools.
- Corporeal
- Corporal
- Capital
- Capitation
Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be susbstituted for the given phrase.
A person who acts for money
- Commercial
- Merciful
- Merchant
- Mercenary
Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
It was difficult for the police to control the mob's ___________.
- furry
- fury
- feary
- ferry
Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be susbstituted for the given phrase.
Investigative science to study origin of diseases
- Physiology
- Pharmacology
- Technology
- Pathology
Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be susbstituted for the given phrase.
The study of religion
- Philosophy
- Philology
- Theology
- Ecology
Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
AMICABLE
- agreeable
- unconvincing
- unrelated
- hostile
Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
HYPOTHESIS
- conclusion
- logic
- rhetoric
- assumption
Rhyming word of "chalk" is
- stalk
- hulk
- folk
- milk
The plural form of "bacillus" is
- bacilli
- baccila
- bacilluses
- None of these
Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
SABOTAGE
- construct
- destroy
- damage
- liberate
Directions: Choose the alternative that correctly rewrites the given sentence using superlative degree.
He has a scheme, which he thinks is preferable to that of any other person.
- He has a scheme, which he thinks is most preferable to that of any other person.
- He has a scheme, which he thinks is much preferable to that of any other person.
- He has a scheme, which he thinks is most preferable.
- None of these
Directions: Identify the form of the sentence given below (punctuation mark omitted).
Get up and get going
- imperative
- assertive
- interrogative
- exclamatory
How did Rupert prove to be a good cavalry horse?
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.
Rupert was born and raised in the vast, open interior of the Australian continent.
His only unpleasant childhood memory was when he was separated from his mother and brought in with many other young horses of his age and branded with a hot iron. The pain was only momentary: but the mark ….. 2GD/20 ….. remained on his nearside shoulder for the rest of his life. The brand indicated that Rupert’s birthplace was Gordon Downs Station in the Australian state of Queensland.
It was shortly after this experience that Rupert was driven to the coast and then put onboard a ship and sent to India. He showed the stamina to tread the rugged terrain with ease. Rupert was selected to be a cavalry horse in the Indian Army.
Rupert was a magnificent looking horse and was a great cavalry horse as he performed his duties extremely well. He was clever, brave, strong and fast.
On one occasion, the heir to the British throne – the Prince of Wales – was visiting India when he saw Rupert. The Prince was so taken by this beautiful black cavalry horse that he was determined to buy him: which he did. And he sent him to England by ship.
Eventually the Prince of Wales became King of England and Emperor of India. For the rest of his life, Rupert remained the King’s favourite charger and lived in the Royal Stables in London. What a story Rupert could have told had he been able to write it down!
- He had been selected to be a cavalry horse.
- He was a very good looking horse.
- He performed his duties extremely well.
- He remained the King’s favourite charger.
Horses employed in the army needed to possess stamina so that they can
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.
Rupert was born and raised in the vast, open interior of the Australian continent.
His only unpleasant childhood memory was when he was separated from his mother and brought in with many other young horses of his age and branded with a hot iron. The pain was only momentary: but the mark ….. 2GD/20 ….. remained on his nearside shoulder for the rest of his life. The brand indicated that Rupert’s birthplace was Gordon Downs Station in the Australian state of Queensland.
It was shortly after this experience that Rupert was driven to the coast and then put onboard a ship and sent to India. He showed the stamina to tread the rugged terrain with ease. Rupert was selected to be a cavalry horse in the Indian Army.
Rupert was a magnificent looking horse and was a great cavalry horse as he performed his duties extremely well. He was clever, brave, strong and fast.
On one occasion, the heir to the British throne – the Prince of Wales – was visiting India when he saw Rupert. The Prince was so taken by this beautiful black cavalry horse that he was determined to buy him: which he did. And he sent him to England by ship.
Eventually the Prince of Wales became King of England and Emperor of India. For the rest of his life, Rupert remained the King’s favourite charger and lived in the Royal Stables in London. What a story Rupert could have told had he been able to write it down!
- show how clever and fast they are
- look magnificent
- charge in the right direction
- endure long, challenging situations
Which word from the second paragraph indicates that the pain from Rupert’s branding was short-lived?
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.
Rupert was born and raised in the vast, open interior of the Australian continent.
His only unpleasant childhood memory was when he was separated from his mother and brought in with many other young horses of his age and branded with a hot iron. The pain was only momentary: but the mark ….. 2GD/20 ….. remained on his nearside shoulder for the rest of his life. The brand indicated that Rupert’s birthplace was Gordon Downs Station in the Australian state of Queensland.
It was shortly after this experience that Rupert was driven to the coast and then put onboard a ship and sent to India. He showed the stamina to tread the rugged terrain with ease. Rupert was selected to be a cavalry horse in the Indian Army.
Rupert was a magnificent looking horse and was a great cavalry horse as he performed his duties extremely well. He was clever, brave, strong and fast.
On one occasion, the heir to the British throne – the Prince of Wales – was visiting India when he saw Rupert. The Prince was so taken by this beautiful black cavalry horse that he was determined to buy him: which he did. And he sent him to England by ship.
Eventually the Prince of Wales became King of England and Emperor of India. For the rest of his life, Rupert remained the King’s favourite charger and lived in the Royal Stables in London. What a story Rupert could have told had he been able to write it down!
- Momentary
- Mark
- Remained
- Unpleasant
What is the most likely reason for branding horses in Australia?
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.
Rupert was born and raised in the vast, open interior of the Australian continent.
His only unpleasant childhood memory was when he was separated from his mother and brought in with many other young horses of his age and branded with a hot iron. The pain was only momentary: but the mark ….. 2GD/20 ….. remained on his nearside shoulder for the rest of his life. The brand indicated that Rupert’s birthplace was Gordon Downs Station in the Australian state of Queensland.
It was shortly after this experience that Rupert was driven to the coast and then put onboard a ship and sent to India. He showed the stamina to tread the rugged terrain with ease. Rupert was selected to be a cavalry horse in the Indian Army.
Rupert was a magnificent looking horse and was a great cavalry horse as he performed his duties extremely well. He was clever, brave, strong and fast.
On one occasion, the heir to the British throne – the Prince of Wales – was visiting India when he saw Rupert. The Prince was so taken by this beautiful black cavalry horse that he was determined to buy him: which he did. And he sent him to England by ship.
Eventually the Prince of Wales became King of England and Emperor of India. For the rest of his life, Rupert remained the King’s favourite charger and lived in the Royal Stables in London. What a story Rupert could have told had he been able to write it down!
- To show which horses would be suitable for cavalry
- To indicate a king’s horse
- To indicate the horse's birthplace
- To show which horses should be sent to India
How does the reader know that this story belongs to a distant past?
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.
Rupert was born and raised in the vast, open interior of the Australian continent.
His only unpleasant childhood memory was when he was separated from his mother and brought in with many other young horses of his age and branded with a hot iron. The pain was only momentary: but the mark ….. 2GD/20 ….. remained on his nearside shoulder for the rest of his life. The brand indicated that Rupert’s birthplace was Gordon Downs Station in the Australian state of Queensland.
It was shortly after this experience that Rupert was driven to the coast and then put onboard a ship and sent to India. He showed the stamina to tread the rugged terrain with ease. Rupert was selected to be a cavalry horse in the Indian Army.
Rupert was a magnificent looking horse and was a great cavalry horse as he performed his duties extremely well. He was clever, brave, strong and fast.
On one occasion, the heir to the British throne – the Prince of Wales – was visiting India when he saw Rupert. The Prince was so taken by this beautiful black cavalry horse that he was determined to buy him: which he did. And he sent him to England by ship.
Eventually the Prince of Wales became King of England and Emperor of India. For the rest of his life, Rupert remained the King’s favourite charger and lived in the Royal Stables in London. What a story Rupert could have told had he been able to write it down!
- India has long been free from British rule.
- Horses are not branded today.
- Horses do not travel by ship today.
- India currently does not have a cavalier troop.