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English I Quiz 2: 13 March 2022, Set QPE1 (January 2022 term)

The IIT Madras BS English I (English 1) Quiz 2 paper sat on 13 Mar 2022, in the January 2022 term, set QPE1: 40 questions for 50 marks in 120 minutes. Every question is below with its answer. Take it as a timed mock test to be marked, or read it through first.

Questions
40
Marks
50
Duration
120 min
MCQ
40

Updated

Official paper: IIT M FOUNDATION QUIZ2 EXAM QPE2 13 Mar 2022 · No negative marking.

Question 1

+2 marksOne correct option

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions
Sir Mohan Lal looked at himself in the mirror of a first-class waiting room at the railway station. The mirror was obviously made in India. The red oxide at its back had come off at several places and long lines of translucent glass cut across its surface. Sir Mohan smiled at the mirror with an air of pity and patronage.
The mirror smiled back at Sir Mohan. “You are a bit of all right, old chap,’ it said. ‘Distinguished, efficient-even handsome. That neatly trimmed moustache-the suit from Saville Row with the carnation in the button-hole-the aroma of eau de cologne, talcum powder, and scented soap all about you! Yes, old fellow, you are a bit of all right.’
Sir Mohan threw out his chest, smoothed his Balliol tie for the umpteenth time and waved a goodbye to the mirror.
Outside the waiting room Sir Mohan Lal’s luggage lay piled along the wall. On a small grey steel trunk Lachmi, Lady Mohan Lal, sat chewing a betel leaf and fanning herself with a newspaper. She was short and fat and in her middle forties. She wore a white sari with a red border. On one side of her nose glistened a diamond nose-ring and she had several gold bangles on her arms. She had been talking to the bearer until Sir Mohan had summoned him inside. As soon as he had gone, she hailed a passing railway coolie.
‘Where does the zenana stop?’
‘Right at the end of the platform.”
The coolie flattened his turban to make a cushion, hoisted the steel truck on his head, and moved down the platform. Lady Lal picked up her brass tiffin-carrier and ambled along behind him. On the way she stopped by a hawker’s stall to replenish her silver betel-leaf case, and then joined the coolie. She sat down on her steel truck (which the coolie had put down) and started talking to him, ‘Are the trains very crowded on these lines?’
‘These days all trains are crowded, but you’ll find room in the zenana.’
‘Then I might as well get over the bother of eating.’
Lady Lal opened the brass carrier and took out a bundle of cramped chapatties and some mango pickle. While she ate, the coolie sat opposite her, drawing lines in the gravel with his finger. ~Karma - Khushwant Singh

Sir Mohan smiled at the mirror with an air of pity and patronage. Here the word air means _____.

  1. A

    Gas

  2. B

    Impression

  3. C

    Refresh

  4. D

    Both Impression and Refresh

Show answer

Correct answer

  • B

    Impression

Question 2

+2 marksOne correct option

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions
Sir Mohan Lal looked at himself in the mirror of a first-class waiting room at the railway station. The mirror was obviously made in India. The red oxide at its back had come off at several places and long lines of translucent glass cut across its surface. Sir Mohan smiled at the mirror with an air of pity and patronage.
The mirror smiled back at Sir Mohan. “You are a bit of all right, old chap,’ it said. ‘Distinguished, efficient-even handsome. That neatly trimmed moustache-the suit from Saville Row with the carnation in the button-hole-the aroma of eau de cologne, talcum powder, and scented soap all about you! Yes, old fellow, you are a bit of all right.’
Sir Mohan threw out his chest, smoothed his Balliol tie for the umpteenth time and waved a goodbye to the mirror.
Outside the waiting room Sir Mohan Lal’s luggage lay piled along the wall. On a small grey steel trunk Lachmi, Lady Mohan Lal, sat chewing a betel leaf and fanning herself with a newspaper. She was short and fat and in her middle forties. She wore a white sari with a red border. On one side of her nose glistened a diamond nose-ring and she had several gold bangles on her arms. She had been talking to the bearer until Sir Mohan had summoned him inside. As soon as he had gone, she hailed a passing railway coolie.
‘Where does the zenana stop?’
‘Right at the end of the platform.”
The coolie flattened his turban to make a cushion, hoisted the steel truck on his head, and moved down the platform. Lady Lal picked up her brass tiffin-carrier and ambled along behind him. On the way she stopped by a hawker’s stall to replenish her silver betel-leaf case, and then joined the coolie. She sat down on her steel truck (which the coolie had put down) and started talking to him, ‘Are the trains very crowded on these lines?’
‘These days all trains are crowded, but you’ll find room in the zenana.’
‘Then I might as well get over the bother of eating.’
Lady Lal opened the brass carrier and took out a bundle of cramped chapatties and some mango pickle. While she ate, the coolie sat opposite her, drawing lines in the gravel with his finger. ~Karma - Khushwant Singh

The mirror smiled back at Sir Mohan. The figure of speech used here is _____.

  1. A

    Simile

  2. B

    Metaphor

  3. C

    Personification

  4. D

    Hyperbole

Show answer

Correct answer

  • C

    Personification

Question 3

+2 marksOne correct option

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions
Sir Mohan Lal looked at himself in the mirror of a first-class waiting room at the railway station. The mirror was obviously made in India. The red oxide at its back had come off at several places and long lines of translucent glass cut across its surface. Sir Mohan smiled at the mirror with an air of pity and patronage.
The mirror smiled back at Sir Mohan. “You are a bit of all right, old chap,’ it said. ‘Distinguished, efficient-even handsome. That neatly trimmed moustache-the suit from Saville Row with the carnation in the button-hole-the aroma of eau de cologne, talcum powder, and scented soap all about you! Yes, old fellow, you are a bit of all right.’
Sir Mohan threw out his chest, smoothed his Balliol tie for the umpteenth time and waved a goodbye to the mirror.
Outside the waiting room Sir Mohan Lal’s luggage lay piled along the wall. On a small grey steel trunk Lachmi, Lady Mohan Lal, sat chewing a betel leaf and fanning herself with a newspaper. She was short and fat and in her middle forties. She wore a white sari with a red border. On one side of her nose glistened a diamond nose-ring and she had several gold bangles on her arms. She had been talking to the bearer until Sir Mohan had summoned him inside. As soon as he had gone, she hailed a passing railway coolie.
‘Where does the zenana stop?’
‘Right at the end of the platform.”
The coolie flattened his turban to make a cushion, hoisted the steel truck on his head, and moved down the platform. Lady Lal picked up her brass tiffin-carrier and ambled along behind him. On the way she stopped by a hawker’s stall to replenish her silver betel-leaf case, and then joined the coolie. She sat down on her steel truck (which the coolie had put down) and started talking to him, ‘Are the trains very crowded on these lines?’
‘These days all trains are crowded, but you’ll find room in the zenana.’
‘Then I might as well get over the bother of eating.’
Lady Lal opened the brass carrier and took out a bundle of cramped chapatties and some mango pickle. While she ate, the coolie sat opposite her, drawing lines in the gravel with his finger. ~Karma - Khushwant Singh

Choose an appropriate substitute for the word umpteenth.

  1. A

    Empty

  2. B

    Hollow

  3. C

    Repeat

  4. D

    Countless

Show answer

Correct answer

  • D

    Countless

Question 4

+2 marksOne correct option

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions
Sir Mohan Lal looked at himself in the mirror of a first-class waiting room at the railway station. The mirror was obviously made in India. The red oxide at its back had come off at several places and long lines of translucent glass cut across its surface. Sir Mohan smiled at the mirror with an air of pity and patronage.
The mirror smiled back at Sir Mohan. “You are a bit of all right, old chap,’ it said. ‘Distinguished, efficient-even handsome. That neatly trimmed moustache-the suit from Saville Row with the carnation in the button-hole-the aroma of eau de cologne, talcum powder, and scented soap all about you! Yes, old fellow, you are a bit of all right.’
Sir Mohan threw out his chest, smoothed his Balliol tie for the umpteenth time and waved a goodbye to the mirror.
Outside the waiting room Sir Mohan Lal’s luggage lay piled along the wall. On a small grey steel trunk Lachmi, Lady Mohan Lal, sat chewing a betel leaf and fanning herself with a newspaper. She was short and fat and in her middle forties. She wore a white sari with a red border. On one side of her nose glistened a diamond nose-ring and she had several gold bangles on her arms. She had been talking to the bearer until Sir Mohan had summoned him inside. As soon as he had gone, she hailed a passing railway coolie.
‘Where does the zenana stop?’
‘Right at the end of the platform.”
The coolie flattened his turban to make a cushion, hoisted the steel truck on his head, and moved down the platform. Lady Lal picked up her brass tiffin-carrier and ambled along behind him. On the way she stopped by a hawker’s stall to replenish her silver betel-leaf case, and then joined the coolie. She sat down on her steel truck (which the coolie had put down) and started talking to him, ‘Are the trains very crowded on these lines?’
‘These days all trains are crowded, but you’ll find room in the zenana.’
‘Then I might as well get over the bother of eating.’
Lady Lal opened the brass carrier and took out a bundle of cramped chapatties and some mango pickle. While she ate, the coolie sat opposite her, drawing lines in the gravel with his finger. ~Karma - Khushwant Singh

Lady Mohan Lal, sat chewing a betel leaf and fanning herself with a newspaper. Choose an appropriate substitution for the underlined part.

  1. A

    Using a newspaper

  2. B

    Below a newspaper

  3. C

    On a newspaper

  4. D

    In a newspaper

Show answer

Correct answer

  • A

    Using a newspaper

Question 5

+2 marksOne correct option

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions
Sir Mohan Lal looked at himself in the mirror of a first-class waiting room at the railway station. The mirror was obviously made in India. The red oxide at its back had come off at several places and long lines of translucent glass cut across its surface. Sir Mohan smiled at the mirror with an air of pity and patronage.
The mirror smiled back at Sir Mohan. “You are a bit of all right, old chap,’ it said. ‘Distinguished, efficient-even handsome. That neatly trimmed moustache-the suit from Saville Row with the carnation in the button-hole-the aroma of eau de cologne, talcum powder, and scented soap all about you! Yes, old fellow, you are a bit of all right.’
Sir Mohan threw out his chest, smoothed his Balliol tie for the umpteenth time and waved a goodbye to the mirror.
Outside the waiting room Sir Mohan Lal’s luggage lay piled along the wall. On a small grey steel trunk Lachmi, Lady Mohan Lal, sat chewing a betel leaf and fanning herself with a newspaper. She was short and fat and in her middle forties. She wore a white sari with a red border. On one side of her nose glistened a diamond nose-ring and she had several gold bangles on her arms. She had been talking to the bearer until Sir Mohan had summoned him inside. As soon as he had gone, she hailed a passing railway coolie.
‘Where does the zenana stop?’
‘Right at the end of the platform.”
The coolie flattened his turban to make a cushion, hoisted the steel truck on his head, and moved down the platform. Lady Lal picked up her brass tiffin-carrier and ambled along behind him. On the way she stopped by a hawker’s stall to replenish her silver betel-leaf case, and then joined the coolie. She sat down on her steel truck (which the coolie had put down) and started talking to him, ‘Are the trains very crowded on these lines?’
‘These days all trains are crowded, but you’ll find room in the zenana.’
‘Then I might as well get over the bother of eating.’
Lady Lal opened the brass carrier and took out a bundle of cramped chapatties and some mango pickle. While she ate, the coolie sat opposite her, drawing lines in the gravel with his finger. ~Karma - Khushwant Singh

Lady Lal picked up her brass tiffin-carrier and ambled along behind him. Choose an appropriate substitute for the underlined word

  1. A

    Stroll

  2. B

    Race

  3. C

    Both Stroll and Race

  4. D

    None of these

Show answer

Correct answer

  • A

    Stroll

Question 6

+2 marksOne correct option

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions
Sir Mohan Lal looked at himself in the mirror of a first-class waiting room at the railway station. The mirror was obviously made in India. The red oxide at its back had come off at several places and long lines of translucent glass cut across its surface. Sir Mohan smiled at the mirror with an air of pity and patronage.
The mirror smiled back at Sir Mohan. “You are a bit of all right, old chap,’ it said. ‘Distinguished, efficient-even handsome. That neatly trimmed moustache-the suit from Saville Row with the carnation in the button-hole-the aroma of eau de cologne, talcum powder, and scented soap all about you! Yes, old fellow, you are a bit of all right.’
Sir Mohan threw out his chest, smoothed his Balliol tie for the umpteenth time and waved a goodbye to the mirror.
Outside the waiting room Sir Mohan Lal’s luggage lay piled along the wall. On a small grey steel trunk Lachmi, Lady Mohan Lal, sat chewing a betel leaf and fanning herself with a newspaper. She was short and fat and in her middle forties. She wore a white sari with a red border. On one side of her nose glistened a diamond nose-ring and she had several gold bangles on her arms. She had been talking to the bearer until Sir Mohan had summoned him inside. As soon as he had gone, she hailed a passing railway coolie.
‘Where does the zenana stop?’
‘Right at the end of the platform.”
The coolie flattened his turban to make a cushion, hoisted the steel truck on his head, and moved down the platform. Lady Lal picked up her brass tiffin-carrier and ambled along behind him. On the way she stopped by a hawker’s stall to replenish her silver betel-leaf case, and then joined the coolie. She sat down on her steel truck (which the coolie had put down) and started talking to him, ‘Are the trains very crowded on these lines?’
‘These days all trains are crowded, but you’ll find room in the zenana.’
‘Then I might as well get over the bother of eating.’
Lady Lal opened the brass carrier and took out a bundle of cramped chapatties and some mango pickle. While she ate, the coolie sat opposite her, drawing lines in the gravel with his finger. ~Karma - Khushwant Singh

What is the antonym of the word replenish?

  1. A

    Refill

  2. B

    Recharge

  3. C

    Exhaust

  4. D

    Plenish

Show answer

Correct answer

  • C

    Exhaust

Question 7

+2 marksOne correct option

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions
Sir Mohan Lal looked at himself in the mirror of a first-class waiting room at the railway station. The mirror was obviously made in India. The red oxide at its back had come off at several places and long lines of translucent glass cut across its surface. Sir Mohan smiled at the mirror with an air of pity and patronage.
The mirror smiled back at Sir Mohan. “You are a bit of all right, old chap,’ it said. ‘Distinguished, efficient-even handsome. That neatly trimmed moustache-the suit from Saville Row with the carnation in the button-hole-the aroma of eau de cologne, talcum powder, and scented soap all about you! Yes, old fellow, you are a bit of all right.’
Sir Mohan threw out his chest, smoothed his Balliol tie for the umpteenth time and waved a goodbye to the mirror.
Outside the waiting room Sir Mohan Lal’s luggage lay piled along the wall. On a small grey steel trunk Lachmi, Lady Mohan Lal, sat chewing a betel leaf and fanning herself with a newspaper. She was short and fat and in her middle forties. She wore a white sari with a red border. On one side of her nose glistened a diamond nose-ring and she had several gold bangles on her arms. She had been talking to the bearer until Sir Mohan had summoned him inside. As soon as he had gone, she hailed a passing railway coolie.
‘Where does the zenana stop?’
‘Right at the end of the platform.”
The coolie flattened his turban to make a cushion, hoisted the steel truck on his head, and moved down the platform. Lady Lal picked up her brass tiffin-carrier and ambled along behind him. On the way she stopped by a hawker’s stall to replenish her silver betel-leaf case, and then joined the coolie. She sat down on her steel truck (which the coolie had put down) and started talking to him, ‘Are the trains very crowded on these lines?’
‘These days all trains are crowded, but you’ll find room in the zenana.’
‘Then I might as well get over the bother of eating.’
Lady Lal opened the brass carrier and took out a bundle of cramped chapatties and some mango pickle. While she ate, the coolie sat opposite her, drawing lines in the gravel with his finger. ~Karma - Khushwant Singh

Choose an appropriate substitute for the word summon.

  1. A

    Call for someone

  2. B

    Instruct

  3. C

    Issue

  4. D

    Produce

Show answer

Correct answer

  • A

    Call for someone

Question 8

+2 marksOne correct option

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions
Sir Mohan Lal looked at himself in the mirror of a first-class waiting room at the railway station. The mirror was obviously made in India. The red oxide at its back had come off at several places and long lines of translucent glass cut across its surface. Sir Mohan smiled at the mirror with an air of pity and patronage.
The mirror smiled back at Sir Mohan. “You are a bit of all right, old chap,’ it said. ‘Distinguished, efficient-even handsome. That neatly trimmed moustache-the suit from Saville Row with the carnation in the button-hole-the aroma of eau de cologne, talcum powder, and scented soap all about you! Yes, old fellow, you are a bit of all right.’
Sir Mohan threw out his chest, smoothed his Balliol tie for the umpteenth time and waved a goodbye to the mirror.
Outside the waiting room Sir Mohan Lal’s luggage lay piled along the wall. On a small grey steel trunk Lachmi, Lady Mohan Lal, sat chewing a betel leaf and fanning herself with a newspaper. She was short and fat and in her middle forties. She wore a white sari with a red border. On one side of her nose glistened a diamond nose-ring and she had several gold bangles on her arms. She had been talking to the bearer until Sir Mohan had summoned him inside. As soon as he had gone, she hailed a passing railway coolie.
‘Where does the zenana stop?’
‘Right at the end of the platform.”
The coolie flattened his turban to make a cushion, hoisted the steel truck on his head, and moved down the platform. Lady Lal picked up her brass tiffin-carrier and ambled along behind him. On the way she stopped by a hawker’s stall to replenish her silver betel-leaf case, and then joined the coolie. She sat down on her steel truck (which the coolie had put down) and started talking to him, ‘Are the trains very crowded on these lines?’
‘These days all trains are crowded, but you’ll find room in the zenana.’
‘Then I might as well get over the bother of eating.’
Lady Lal opened the brass carrier and took out a bundle of cramped chapatties and some mango pickle. While she ate, the coolie sat opposite her, drawing lines in the gravel with his finger. ~Karma - Khushwant Singh

She had been talking to the bearer until Sir Mohan had summoned him inside. The tense used here is ______.

  1. A

    Past continuous

  2. B

    Present perfect continuous

  3. C

    Past perfect continuous

  4. D

    Past perfect

Show answer

Correct answer

  • C

    Past perfect continuous

Question 9

+2 marksOne correct option

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions
Sir Mohan Lal looked at himself in the mirror of a first-class waiting room at the railway station. The mirror was obviously made in India. The red oxide at its back had come off at several places and long lines of translucent glass cut across its surface. Sir Mohan smiled at the mirror with an air of pity and patronage.
The mirror smiled back at Sir Mohan. “You are a bit of all right, old chap,’ it said. ‘Distinguished, efficient-even handsome. That neatly trimmed moustache-the suit from Saville Row with the carnation in the button-hole-the aroma of eau de cologne, talcum powder, and scented soap all about you! Yes, old fellow, you are a bit of all right.’
Sir Mohan threw out his chest, smoothed his Balliol tie for the umpteenth time and waved a goodbye to the mirror.
Outside the waiting room Sir Mohan Lal’s luggage lay piled along the wall. On a small grey steel trunk Lachmi, Lady Mohan Lal, sat chewing a betel leaf and fanning herself with a newspaper. She was short and fat and in her middle forties. She wore a white sari with a red border. On one side of her nose glistened a diamond nose-ring and she had several gold bangles on her arms. She had been talking to the bearer until Sir Mohan had summoned him inside. As soon as he had gone, she hailed a passing railway coolie.
‘Where does the zenana stop?’
‘Right at the end of the platform.”
The coolie flattened his turban to make a cushion, hoisted the steel truck on his head, and moved down the platform. Lady Lal picked up her brass tiffin-carrier and ambled along behind him. On the way she stopped by a hawker’s stall to replenish her silver betel-leaf case, and then joined the coolie. She sat down on her steel truck (which the coolie had put down) and started talking to him, ‘Are the trains very crowded on these lines?’
‘These days all trains are crowded, but you’ll find room in the zenana.’
‘Then I might as well get over the bother of eating.’
Lady Lal opened the brass carrier and took out a bundle of cramped chapatties and some mango pickle. While she ate, the coolie sat opposite her, drawing lines in the gravel with his finger. ~Karma - Khushwant Singh

She hailed a passing railway coolie. Here the word hail means ____.

  1. A

    Call

  2. B

    Throw

  3. C

    Clap

  4. D

    None of these

Show answer

Correct answer

  • A

    Call

Question 10

+2 marksOne correct option

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions
Sir Mohan Lal looked at himself in the mirror of a first-class waiting room at the railway station. The mirror was obviously made in India. The red oxide at its back had come off at several places and long lines of translucent glass cut across its surface. Sir Mohan smiled at the mirror with an air of pity and patronage.
The mirror smiled back at Sir Mohan. “You are a bit of all right, old chap,’ it said. ‘Distinguished, efficient-even handsome. That neatly trimmed moustache-the suit from Saville Row with the carnation in the button-hole-the aroma of eau de cologne, talcum powder, and scented soap all about you! Yes, old fellow, you are a bit of all right.’
Sir Mohan threw out his chest, smoothed his Balliol tie for the umpteenth time and waved a goodbye to the mirror.
Outside the waiting room Sir Mohan Lal’s luggage lay piled along the wall. On a small grey steel trunk Lachmi, Lady Mohan Lal, sat chewing a betel leaf and fanning herself with a newspaper. She was short and fat and in her middle forties. She wore a white sari with a red border. On one side of her nose glistened a diamond nose-ring and she had several gold bangles on her arms. She had been talking to the bearer until Sir Mohan had summoned him inside. As soon as he had gone, she hailed a passing railway coolie.
‘Where does the zenana stop?’
‘Right at the end of the platform.”
The coolie flattened his turban to make a cushion, hoisted the steel truck on his head, and moved down the platform. Lady Lal picked up her brass tiffin-carrier and ambled along behind him. On the way she stopped by a hawker’s stall to replenish her silver betel-leaf case, and then joined the coolie. She sat down on her steel truck (which the coolie had put down) and started talking to him, ‘Are the trains very crowded on these lines?’
‘These days all trains are crowded, but you’ll find room in the zenana.’
‘Then I might as well get over the bother of eating.’
Lady Lal opened the brass carrier and took out a bundle of cramped chapatties and some mango pickle. While she ate, the coolie sat opposite her, drawing lines in the gravel with his finger. ~Karma - Khushwant Singh

Choose the odd one out: summon, hail, beckon, bestow

  1. A

    Summon

  2. B

    Hail

  3. C

    Beckon

  4. D

    Bestow

Show answer

Correct answer

  • D

    Bestow

Question 11

+1 markOne correct option

One of my colleagues are a dancer. This sentence has the correct subject - verb agreement.

  1. A

    TRUE

  2. B

    FALSE

Show answer

Correct answer

  • B

    FALSE

Question 12

+1 markOne correct option

Rose was terrible in the play. In this sentence, there is subject-verb agreement.

  1. A

    TRUE

  2. B

    FALSE

Show answer

Correct answer

  • A

    TRUE

Question 13

+1 markOne correct option

Context: A professor to a student
‘Come by my office tomorrow and we can discuss your idea’ is a command.

  1. A

    TRUE

  2. B

    FALSE

Show answer

Correct answer

  • A

    TRUE

Question 14

+1 markOne correct option

‘Please send me an email about our discussion today’. This can be categorically identified as being a request.

  1. A

    TRUE

  2. B

    FALSE

Show answer

Correct answer

  • B

    FALSE

Question 15

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Jogging is good for your health. Here the subject is _______.

  1. A

    Jogging

  2. B

    Jogging is

  3. C

    Good for your health.

Show answer

Correct answer

  • A

    Jogging

Question 16

+1 markOne correct option

‘She goes to bed early’. Here, the predicate is:

  1. A

    She

  2. B

    Goes

  3. C

    Goes to bed early

  4. D

    To bed early

Show answer

Correct answer

  • C

    Goes to bed early

Question 17

+1 markOne correct option

The dog or the cats ______ outside.

  1. A

    Is

  2. B

    Are

  3. C

    Both Is and Are

Show answer

Correct answer

  • B

    Are

Question 18

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Half a dozen plants ________ by my balcony.

  1. A

    Are accommodated

  2. B

    Is accommodated.

Show answer

Correct answer

  • A

    Are accommodated

Question 19

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George and Tamara ______ want to see that movie.

  1. A

    Doesn't

  2. B

    Don't

Show answer

Correct answer

  • B

    Don't

Question 20

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Every one of those books _____ fiction.

  1. A

    Is

  2. B

    Are

Show answer

Correct answer

  • A

    Is

Question 21

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Two pairs of scissors ________ missing since morning.

  1. A

    Has been

  2. B

    Have been

Show answer

Correct answer

  • B

    Have been

Question 22

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Neither Rakesh nor Ajeesh __________ attend the meeting.

  1. A

    Is

  2. B

    Will

  3. C

    Are

  4. D

    Am

Show answer

Correct answer

  • B

    Will

Question 23

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“John likes pizza.” What is the negative form of this sentence?

  1. A

    John does not likes pizza

  2. B

    John do not like pizza

  3. C

    John does not like pizza

  4. D

    John did not like pizza

Show answer

Correct answer

  • C

    John does not like pizza

Question 24

+1 markOne correct option

“She sent her friend an email.” What is “her friend” here?

  1. A

    Direct object

  2. B

    Indirect object

  3. C

    Subject

  4. D

    Complement

Show answer

Correct answer

  • B

    Indirect object

Question 25

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‘Move heaven and earth’ and ‘cutting corners’ are opposite in meaning

  1. A

    TRUE

  2. B

    FALSE

Show answer

Correct answer

  • A

    TRUE

Question 26

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Reema is living within her budget. She is_____.

  1. A

    Pulling herself together

  2. B

    Getting a taste of her own medicine

  3. C

    Between the devil and the deep sea

  4. D

    Cutting her coat according to her cloth

Show answer

Correct answer

  • D

    Cutting her coat according to her cloth

Question 27

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In the words ‘mountaineer’, ‘disassemble’, and ‘souvenir’, the stressed syllable is the ____________.

  1. A

    First syllable

  2. B

    Second syllable

  3. C

    Third syllable

  4. D

    In different places in each word

Show answer

Correct answer

  • C

    Third syllable

Question 28

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Directing and swimming are examples of:

  1. A

    Verbs stressed on the pre-final syllable

  2. B

    Verbs stressed on the final syllable

  3. C

    Adjectives stressed on the pre-final syllable

  4. D

    Adjectives stressed on the final syllable

Show answer

Correct answer

  • A

    Verbs stressed on the pre-final syllable

Question 29

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The sentences ‘Reema analyses bones for a living’ and ‘Reports published by the WHO draw on numerous analyses’ have the word ‘analyses’ pronounced differently.

  1. A

    TRUE

  2. B

    FALSE

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Correct answer

  • A

    TRUE

Question 30

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Identify whether the vowel sound (in bold) in the following word is short or long.
Food

  1. A

    Short

  2. B

    Long

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Correct answer

  • B

    Long

Question 31

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Identify whether the consonant sound (in bold) in the following word is voiced or voiceless: Juicy

  1. A

    Voiceless

  2. B

    Voiced

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Correct answer

  • B

    Voiced

Question 32

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Identify the number of consonant sounds in the following word:
Determined

  1. A

    3

  2. B

    4

  3. C

    5

  4. D

    6

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Correct answer

  • C

    5

Question 33

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Identify the number of consonant sounds in the following word:
Quickly

  1. A

    1

  2. B

    2

  3. C

    3

  4. D

    4

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Correct answer

  • D

    4

Question 34

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Identify whether the vowel sound (in bold) in the following word is a monophthong or a diphthong.
Cure

  1. A

    Monophthong

  2. B

    Diphthong

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Correct answer

  • B

    Diphthong

Question 35

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Identify whether the vowel sound (in bold) in the following word is a monophthong or a diphthong.
Fought

  1. A

    Monophthong

  2. B

    Diphthong

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Correct answer

  • A

    Monophthong

Question 36

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How many consonant sounds are there in the English language?

  1. A

    22

  2. B

    20

  3. C

    24

  4. D

    21

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Correct answer

  • C

    24

Question 37

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Read the following situation and answer the given subquestions.
You are the team leader of an important project at a start-up, and you have to present a business proposal to a group of investors tomorrow so that your project can be realised. However, with less than a day to go, your team has been slacking off a lot, and have only begun to resume panic- induced work at the (1) ____________. When you, in a fit of anger, ask them to get their act together, one of them gets offended and hurls abuses at you. To add (2) ___________, one other colleague walks out of the room, tired of the raised voices and the hostile environment.
As the situation gets (3) ____________, you realise it is time for you to take the bull by its horns, and get to work yourself, so that you can present the proposal yourself by the next morning. You calm down, ask your team members to leave the room in a low and firm voice, roll up your sleeves, and get down (4) ___________.

Choose the correct expression for blank (1)

  1. A

    Eleventh hour

  2. B

    Twelfth hour

  3. C

    Final call

  4. D

    First instance

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Correct answer

  • A

    Eleventh hour

Question 38

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Read the following situation and answer the given subquestions.
You are the team leader of an important project at a start-up, and you have to present a business proposal to a group of investors tomorrow so that your project can be realised. However, with less than a day to go, your team has been slacking off a lot, and have only begun to resume panic- induced work at the (1) ____________. When you, in a fit of anger, ask them to get their act together, one of them gets offended and hurls abuses at you. To add (2) ___________, one other colleague walks out of the room, tired of the raised voices and the hostile environment.
As the situation gets (3) ____________, you realise it is time for you to take the bull by its horns, and get to work yourself, so that you can present the proposal yourself by the next morning. You calm down, ask your team members to leave the room in a low and firm voice, roll up your sleeves, and get down (4) ___________.

Choose the correct answer for blank (2)

  1. A

    Heat to blood

  2. B

    Insult to injury

  3. C

    Fire to fuel

  4. D

    Ice to water

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Correct answer

  • B

    Insult to injury

Question 39

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Read the following situation and answer the given subquestions.
You are the team leader of an important project at a start-up, and you have to present a business proposal to a group of investors tomorrow so that your project can be realised. However, with less than a day to go, your team has been slacking off a lot, and have only begun to resume panic- induced work at the (1) ____________. When you, in a fit of anger, ask them to get their act together, one of them gets offended and hurls abuses at you. To add (2) ___________, one other colleague walks out of the room, tired of the raised voices and the hostile environment.
As the situation gets (3) ____________, you realise it is time for you to take the bull by its horns, and get to work yourself, so that you can present the proposal yourself by the next morning. You calm down, ask your team members to leave the room in a low and firm voice, roll up your sleeves, and get down (4) ___________.

Choose the correct answer for blank (3)

  1. A

    Out of mind

  2. B

    Out of hand

  3. C

    Out of habit

  4. D

    Out of sight

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Correct answer

  • B

    Out of hand

Question 40

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Read the following situation and answer the given subquestions.
You are the team leader of an important project at a start-up, and you have to present a business proposal to a group of investors tomorrow so that your project can be realised. However, with less than a day to go, your team has been slacking off a lot, and have only begun to resume panic- induced work at the (1) ____________. When you, in a fit of anger, ask them to get their act together, one of them gets offended and hurls abuses at you. To add (2) ___________, one other colleague walks out of the room, tired of the raised voices and the hostile environment.
As the situation gets (3) ____________, you realise it is time for you to take the bull by its horns, and get to work yourself, so that you can present the proposal yourself by the next morning. You calm down, ask your team members to leave the room in a low and firm voice, roll up your sleeves, and get down (4) ___________.

Choose the correct answer for blank (4)

  1. A

    To business

  2. B

    To matters

  3. C

    To workers

  4. D

    To the office

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Correct answer

  • A

    To business