Post on 06-Aug-2020
Directions Read the following passage carefully and
answer the questions based on it.
There is an incident which occured at an
examination during Gandhiji's first year at the
High School. Mr. Giles, the inspector, had come on
a visit. He had set up five words as a spelling
exercise. One of these words was 'Kettle'. Gandhiji
had mis-spelt it. The teacher tried to prompt
Gandhiji but he would not be prompted.
He would not copy the spelling from his
neighbour's state. The result was that all the boys
except Gandhiji were found to have spelt each
word correctly. Once he had been stupid, the
teacher later tried to bring the stupidity home to
him and prompted him to copy it out from his
neighbour's state, but without effect. He never
could learn the art of copying.
1. Who was Mr. Giles ?
(a) a teacher
(b) the inspector
(c) Gandhiji follower
(d) An examiner
1.
Answer - B
2. What did the teacher do to Gandhiji?
(a) tried to prompt him
(b) tried to convince him
(c) tried to spel the word
(d) None of these
2.
Answer - A
3.Why did Mr. Giles come to school ?
(a) to meet Gandhiji
(b) for a spelling exercise
(c) to meet the teacher
(d) to teach the boys
3.
Answer - B
4. Was the teacher convinced with Gandhiji?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Partially
(d) None of these
4.
Answer - B
5. Who did not spell each word correctly?
(a) all the boys
(b) Gandhiji
(c) the teacher
(d) Gandhiji's neighbours
5.
Answer - B
6. Candid (Synonym) –
(a) Obvious
(b) Vogue
(c) Frank
(d) Gloomy
6.
Answer - C
Solution - candid - frank, friendly e.t.c.
7. Find the correctly spelt-word.
(a) Eropian
(b) European
(c) Europion
(d) Iropian
7.
Answer - B
8. He is ......... home in English. (Preposition)
(a) of
(b) at
(c) with
(d) into
8.
Answer - B
Solution - at home is the correct phrase.
9. It is for ....... sale. (Article)
(a) of
(b) an
(c) the
(d) No article
9.
Answer - D
Solution - “sale” is an uncountable noun.
10. He is very anxious ...... the result. (Preposition)
(a) to
(b) about
(c) for
(d) of
10.
Answer - B
Solution - anxious about something.
11. One who has the knowledge of ‘Astronomy’.
(One word)
(a) Astronomy
(b) Astrologer
(c) Astronomer
(d) Anarchist
11.
Answer - C
Solution - Astronomer - An astronomer is a scientist
in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies
on a specific question or field outside the scope of
Earth.
12. Spread (Antonym) -
(a) Widened
(b) Shrink
(c) Explicit
(d) None of these
12.
Answer - B
Solution - spread - extend over a large or increasing
area
“Shrink” is the opposite word.
13. Gorgeous (Synonym)
(a) Fashionable
(b) Sumptuous
(c) Desperate
(d) None of these
13.
Answer - A
Solution - Gorgeous - engaging, charming,
charismatic, enchanting, sumptuous e.t.c.
14. He walks ......... the morning. (Preposition)
(a) on
(b) in
(c) for
(d) by
14.
Answer - B
Solution - “in the morning, in the afternoon e.t.c.”
15. He said to me, 'Are you going to school?
(a) He told me if I was going to school.
(b) He asked me if I was going to school.
(c) He told me that I was going to school.
(d) None of these
15.
Answer - B
Solution - when we convert direct speech of
interrogative into indirect then “said to” is
converted into “asked or inquired” and
conjunction “if/whether” is used.
16. Change the voice of the sentence
'I have to write a poem.'
(a) A poem has to be written by me
(b) A poem have to be written by me
(c) A poem is to be written by me
(d) None of these
16.
Answer - A
Solution - the given active voice is an example of
infinitive so interchange the subject and object and
use “has/have + to be + V3 ”
17. It is too cold. (Remove too)
(a) It is colder than it is proper
(b) It was very cold
(c) It is very cold
(d) None of these
17.
Answer - A
18. A ......... of birds. (Collective Noun).
(a) herd
(b) flock
(c) fleet
(d) group
18.
Answer - B
19. .......... of the three boys reads there. (Pronoun)
(a) Either
(b) Neither
(c) Anyone
(d) None of these
19.
Answer - C
Solution - pronoun “either and neither” are used
for two entities.
20. Comparative degree of 'little' is
(a) less
(b) low
(c) lite
(d) None of these
20.
Answer - A
21. Superlative degree of Near' is
(a) Nearer
(b) Next
(c) Nearest
(d) None of these
21.
Answer - C
22. Plural of 'Buffalo' is
(a) Buffalos
(b) Buffalose
(c) Buffaloes
(d) None of these
22.
Answer - C
Solution - The plural form of the noun "buffalo"
can be "buffaloes" or "buffalo"
23. Masculine Gender of “bitch” is
(a) Dog
(b) Fox
(c) Cow
(D) Bull
23.
Answer - A
Solution - “dog” is the musculine form of “bitch”.
24. The rich should help ……. Poor . (Article)
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
(d) No article
24.
Answer - C
Solution - the poor means poor people.
25. They entered …… the class – room.
(Preposition)
(a) in
(b) into
(c) on
(d) No preposition
25.
Answer - D
Solution generally we use the preposition “into”
with moving action inside something, but we do not
use any preposition after “enter” in this case.