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Question 1 of 30

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English 1.00 Marks

Identify the RHETORICAL DEVICE in: "Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."

1. Anaphora

2. Antithesis

3. Chiasmus

4. Oxymoron

Question 2 of 30

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Identify the FIGURE OF SPEECH in: "The pen is mightier than the sword."

1. Simile

2. Personification

3. Metaphor

4. Hyperbole

Question 3 of 30

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Select the word that best fills the blank: "The scientist's theory was so _______ that even experts struggled to understand it."

1. lucid

2. abstruse

3. manifest

4. transparent

Question 4 of 30

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Identify the PASSIVE VOICE of: "Someone has stolen my wallet."

1. My wallet has been stolen by someone.

2. My wallet was stolen by someone.

3. My wallet has been stolen.

4. My wallet had been stolen.

Question 5 of 30

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Select the meaning of the PHRASAL VERB "To egg on"

1. To discourage someone

2. To urge or encourage someone to do something

3. To prepare breakfast

4. To ignore completely

Question 6 of 30

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Choose the correct INDIRECT SPEECH: Direct: She said, "I am going to the market tomorrow."

1. She said that she was going to the market the next day.

2. She said that she is going to the market tomorrow.

3. She said that I was going to the market the next day.

4. She told that she was going to market next day.

Question 7 of 30

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Choose the CORRECTLY formed CONDITIONAL sentence:

1. If it will rain, we will stay inside.

2. If it rains, we will stay inside.

3. If it rained, we will stay inside.

4. If it had rained, we will stay inside.

Question 8 of 30

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Select the correct meaning of the ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION: "A person who pretends to be what he is not"

1. Hypocrite

2. Pessimist

3. Egoist

4. Cynic

Question 9 of 30

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Choose the CORRECT meaning of the idiom: "To throw the baby out with the bathwater"

1. To waste resources carelessly

2. To eliminate something good while getting rid of something bad

3. To solve a problem by creating another

4. To treat someone unfairly

Question 10 of 30

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Identify the ERROR in the following sentence: "Each of the students have submitted their assignments on time."

1. Each of

2. have submitted

3. their assignments

4. on time

Question 11 of 30

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Choose the CORRECT sentence (Tense usage):

1. I have seen him yesterday.

2. I saw him yesterday.

3. I had seen him yesterday.

4. I was seeing him yesterday.

Question 12 of 30

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Choose the correctly spelt word:

1. Accomodation

2. Acommodation

3. Accommodation

4. Accomodatoin

Question 13 of 30

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Identify the ERROR: "Neither the manager nor the employees was present at the meeting."

1. Neither the manager

2. nor the employees

3. was present

4. at the meeting

Question 14 of 30

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Choose the CORRECT sentence:

1. He is one of those people who never admits mistakes.

2. He is one of those people who never admit mistakes.

3. He is one of those people whom never admits mistakes.

4. He is one of those people which never admit mistakes.

Question 15 of 30

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Identify the CLAUSE TYPE in the underlined part: "I will help you [whenever you need me]."

1. Noun Clause

2. Adjective Clause

3. Adverb Clause of Time

4. Adverb Clause of Condition

Question 16 of 30

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Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of "Perfidious"

1. Loyal

2. Treacherous

3. Courageous

4. Generous

Question 17 of 30

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Fill in the blank with the correct ARTICLE: "She is _______ MA in English Literature."

1. a

2. an

3. the

4. No article

Question 18 of 30

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Choose the sentence with CORRECT SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT:

1. The news are shocking.

2. Mathematics are my favourite subject.

3. The jury have given their verdict.

4. The number of students has increased.

Question 19 of 30

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Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: "To burn the candle at both ends"

1. To work very efficiently

2. To waste money on luxuries

3. To exhaust oneself by doing too much

4. To illuminate a dark place

Question 20 of 30

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Fill in the blank with appropriate word: "The ambassador's _______ remarks offended the host country and nearly caused a diplomatic crisis."

1. judicious

2. tactful

3. diplomatic

4. incendiary

Question 21 of 30

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Select the CORRECTLY punctuated sentence:

1. Let's eat, Grandma.

2. Let's eat Grandma.

3. Lets eat, Grandma.

4. Let's eat Grandma!

Question 22 of 30

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Fill in the blank with the correct PREPOSITION: "He was acquitted _______ all charges by the court."

1. from

2. of

3. for

4. against

Question 23 of 30

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Select the ANTONYM of "Ebullient"

1. Enthusiastic

2. Vivacious

3. Lethargic

4. Exuberant

Question 24 of 30

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Choose the sentence that uses "FEWER" and "LESS" correctly:

1. There are less students in class today.

2. I have fewer money than yesterday.

3. Fewer than ten candidates qualified the exam.

4. He takes less tablets than before.

Question 25 of 30

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Choose the ANTONYM of "Sycophant"

1. Flatterer

2. Parasite

3. Critic

4. Follower

Question 26 of 30

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Fill in the blank: "The new policy will _______ affect millions of farmers across the country."

1. adversely

2. adverse

3. adversity

4. adversarial

Question 27 of 30

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Choose the word CLOSEST in meaning to "Ephemeral"

1. Eternal

2. Transitory

3. Permanent

4. Substantial

Question 28 of 30

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Select the word which means the OPPOSITE of "Laconic"

1. Terse

2. Verbose

3. Concise

4. Reticent

Question 29 of 30

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Select the ONE WORD for: "Fear of open or public spaces"

1. Claustrophobia

2. Agoraphobia

3. Xenophobia

4. Acrophobia

Question 30 of 30

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Fill in the blank with the correct option: "The committee _______ its decision after reviewing new evidence."

1. rescinded

2. proliferated

3. exacerbated

4. capitulated