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Question 1

There’s — dust on these books. Fetch me a duster
a good deal of
a lot of
plenty of
lots of

Question 2

The more she learnt — the American civil war, the more fascinated with it she became
about
of
into
in

Question 3

which one is the adjective of the word ‘Tax” ?
Taxable
Taxi
Taxation
Taxability

Question 4

The principle ” congratulated” the student on his outstanding display of leadership
alluded
praised
contacted
scolded

Question 5

Julian spent most of his holiday in the bathroom. He ate some seafood that did not agree– him
about
on
to
with

Question 6

Ranu’s “important ” speech given at the state competition won her the first prize
interesting
informative
expressive
extemporaneous

Question 7

Not only the — are fooled by propaganda. we can all be misled if we are not—–
ignorant — cynical
illiterate—- mature
credulous—- headstrong
gullible — wary

Question 8

If the crops are not ” irrigated soon” the harvest will be sparse
watered
fertilized
plowed
planted

Question 9

The speaker walked ” confidently” and quickly to the podium
carefully
clumsily
assuredly
thoughtfully

Question 10

SONG: CYCLE
sonnet : sequence
tune : arrangement
waltz : dance
agenda : meeting

Question 11

The synonym for ‘ Abortive’–
familiar
fruitful
consuming
unsuccessful

Question 12

Debut
contradiction
conclusion
gracious response
first appearance

Question 13

Find out the parts of speech of the following word Equity
Adjective
Pronoun
Adverb
Noun

Question 14

What is the correct meaning of the phrase “At daggers drawn” ?
In a state of violent enmity
Very poor
Crack brain
Without any delay

Question 15

The antonym for ” Devoid” —
evident
suspecting
latent
full of

Question 16

It is somewhat paradoxical that, nine times out of ten, the coarse word is the word that— an evil and the —- word is the word that excuses it
condones — genteel
admits — clever
exonerates— vulgar
condemns — refined

Question 17

A compound sentence has–
a subject and a finite verb
two or more sub-ordinate clauses
two or more co-ordinate clauses
one principle clause and one sub- ordinate clause

Question 18

Collage
meeting of professionals
chorus
part of a university
art form

Question 19

‘Plebiscite’ is a term related to–
Technology
Medicine
Law
Politics

Question 20

GLOSSARY : WORDS
lexicon : numbers
catalog : dates
atlas : maps
thesaurus : rhymes