421. My trousers ___ too long.
(a) are (b) is
(c) has (d) was
Answer: (a)
422. The reported speech of : The police officer said to us ‘Where are you going?’ is -The Police officer asked us where ______
(a)are you going (b) we were going
(c) he was going (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
423. I shall not desert him _____ all the world.
(a) for (b) by
(c) from (d) with
Answer: (a)
424. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word ‘SPURIOUS’:
(a)Truthful (b) Authentic
(c) Credible (d) Original
Answer: (b)
425. Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
(a) Leisure (b) Nuisance
(c) Opineon (d) Mystery
Answer: (c)
426. The public have _____ a protest against the new rules of the budget.
(a) constructed (b) demonstrated
(c) pursued (d) launched
Answer: (d)
427. The meaning of ‘ERUDITE’:
(a) Learned (b) Literate
(c) Uneducated (d) Bookish
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
428. A system in an organisation in which people are organised into dif ferent levels of importance from highest to lowest:
(a) Structure (b) Profile
(c) Hierarchy (d) Matrix
Answer: (c)
429. Bitter or violent attack in words:
429. Bitter or violent attack in words:
(a)
Diaderm (b) Diatribe
(c)
Dia Criticism (d) Diaspora
Answer:
(b)
430.‘Gif
t of the gab’ means:
(a)A
t alent for speaking (b) Flattery
(c)
A huge attraction (d) The final blow
Answer:
(a)
431.
The men who stood under the tree died as they were struck by:
(a)
Lighting (b) Lightning
(c)
Lightening (d) Light
Answer:
(b)
432.‘Vegetate’
means:
(a)
Feed on vegetables
(b) Contemplate
(c)
Live a dull life with little activity (d) Medit ate
Answer:
(c)
433.
They opposed the motion ___ was proposed by the rival group.
(a)
who (b) which
(c)
where (d) when
Answer:
(b)
434.
The criminal was totally taken ____ when the police recognised him.
(a)
aback (b) up
(c)
for (d) away
Answer:
(a)
435.
C a p able of being drawn into wire:
(a)
Brittle (b) Malleable
(c)
Ductile (d) Prehensile
Answer:
(c)
436.
The meaning of ‘Fortitude’:
(a)
Composure (b) Confidence
(c)
Courage (d) Prudence
Answer:
(c)
437.
The young one of a butterfly is known as:
(a)
Moth (b) Caterpillar
(c)
Cub (d) Fawn
Answer:
(b)
438.
Which is opposite in meaning to ‘Meticulous:
(a)Unmerited
(b) Unimaginative
(c)
Carefree (d) Careless
Answer:
(d)
439. The train is arriving ___ plat form number 4:
440.
Witty, ready reply:
(a)on (b) before
(c) upon (d) at
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
(a)Repartee (b) Rhetoric
(c)
Pun (d) Refrains
Answer:
(a)
441.
Choose the correctly spelt word:
(a)
Farenheat (b) Farrenheat
(c)
Fahrenheit (d) Fahrenheit
Answer:
(d)
442.
Ramu is interested _____ reading novels.
(a)in
(b) on
(c)
by (d) with
Answer:
(a)
443.
One of the boys _____ a thief.
(a)
are (b) has
(c)
is (d) have
Answer:
(c)
444.
W e _____ a very enjoyable holiday in Ooty last summer.
(a)
have had (b) had
(c)
were (d) was
Answer:
(b)
445.
My mother usually cooks food in the morning, but today she _____ in the
evening.
(a)
cooks (b) has been cooking
(c)
is cooking (d) would have cooked
Answer:
(c)
446.The
person who has long experience:
(a)
Pioneer (b) Scholar
(c)
Veteran (d) Boss
Answer:
(c)
447.
The passive voice of ‘Did you do it?’:
(a)You
were done by it (b) He has done by
it
(c)
Was it done by you (d) Were it
done by you
Answer:
(c)
448.
It was _____ cats and dogs.
(a)rained
(b) raining
(c)
will rain (d) had rain
Answer:
(b)
449.
The word ‘Alacrity’ means:
(a)
Eagerness (b) Loud
(c)
Critical (d) Pale
Answer:
(a)
450.
The boy cried aloud _____ he saw a snake:
(a)
yet (b) and
(c)
but (d) when
Answer:
(d)
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