English Content 24 Marks
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1 ) Choose the linking word that can be used to express 'contrast'..
1. so
2. but
3. thus
4. moreover
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2. The doctor took off his coat
The meaning of the phrasal verb 'took off' is:
1. cleaned
2. washed
3. removed
4. folded
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3. I would like a cup of tea.This sentence expresses:
1. preference
2. order
3. compulsion
4. future of the past
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4. Choose the sentence that has a noun clause
1. The student said that he would come the next day.
2. That book is not mine.
3. I don't like that book.
4. India is a land of many languages.
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5. Napoleon, who won the French honour, died at St. Helena
The part of the sentence, 'who won the French honour' in the
sentence above is:
1. a defining relative clause
2. a non-defining relative clause
3. a finite clause
4. a non-finite clause
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6. Sit down a moment, …………..
Choose the correct question tag to complete this sentence
1. would you ?
2. shall you ?
3. don't you?
4. Isn't it ?
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7. Jumping on the horse, the former rode to the market.
The part of the sentence, "Jumping on the horse" is:
1. a finite clause
2. a relative clause
3. a non-finite clause
4. a non-defining relative clause
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8. . Choose the correct 'Yes / No' question.
1. Don't you like coffee ?
2. Do you likes coffee ?
3. Does he liked coffee ?
4. You does like coffee ?
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9. Sindhu finished her project several days ……… the deadline
Choose the correct compound prepositional phrase that fits the
context
1. Instead of
2. Instead off
3. ahead of
4. in spite of
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10. If I ………….. the class teacher, I would not punish that student.
Choose the correct verb to complete the meaning.
1. have
2. were
3. have been
4. am
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11. Harish wants to be a great wrestler but he is ……………
Choose the correct phrase to fill in the blank in the sentence above
1. strong enough
2. not strong enough
3. not enough strong
4. enough strong
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12. I arrived at the station. Then the bus came in.
The meaning of these two sentences can be expressed as:
1. No sooner had I arrived at the station than the bus came in.
2. Before I arrived at the station, the bus has come in.
3. As soon as the bus came in, I arrived at the station.
4. All buses came in when I arrived at the station.
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13. Choose the word that cannot be used to write an adverbial clause of
reason.
1. Since
2. As
3. Because
4. When
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14. Choose the correct expression with the correct order of adjectives.
1. A silk nice saree
2. A nice silk saree
3. A saree nice silk
4. A silk saree nice
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15. A: Do you know Mrs. Geetha?.
B: Yes, I do. I ……………… her for nearly four years
Choose the correct verb phrase that fits the context
1. know
2. do know
3. have not known
4. have known
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16. Swimming is good for health.
In the above sentence, 'swimming' is :
1. a past participle
2. a present participle
3. a gerund
4. a helping verb
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17. Choose the sentence that is not in the present perfect tense:
1. I have already been here for five days
2. She has just completed her work.
3. You have never met me before
4. You have no broken chairs
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18. The weaver said, "Ramya, do you want to buy it?"
Choose the reported speech of this sentence.
1. The weaver told Ramya that he wanted to buy it.
2. The weaver told to Ramya that he wanted to buy it.
3. The weaver asked if Ramya wanted to buy it.
4. The weaver asked what Ramya wanted to buy it.
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19. He arrived at the station by ……….. car
Choose the article that fits the context.
1. a
2. an
3. the
4. no article is needed
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20. He feels as if he were a Prime Minister.
1. A simple sentence
2. A compound sentence
3. A complex sentence
4. A compound complex sentence
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Read the following passage and choose the correct answers to
the questions given after
The greatest thing this ager can be proud of is the birth of
man in the consciousness of men. In this drunken orgies of
power and national pride, man may flout and jeer at it. When
organized national selfishness, racial antipathy and
commercial self seeking begin to display their ugly
deformities in all their nakedness, then comes the time for
man to know that his salvation is not in political organizations
and extended trade relations, not in any mechanical rearrangement of social system but in a deeper transformation
of life, in the liberation of consciousness in love, in the
realization of God in man. |
21. In this passage, the phrase 'God in man' implies:
1. God having assumed the shape of man.
2. Neither fully godly nor fully human.
3. Man being transformed into God.
4. The divine qualities in man.
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22. The author uses the expression, 'ugly deformities' to show his
indignation at :
1. Political organizations
2. The liberation of human consciousness
3. Selfishness and materialism of the people
4. The drunken orgies of power
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23. According to the author, 'salvation' of human beings lies in the:
1. Extended trade relations
2. Spiritual transformation of life
3. Orgy of National pride
4. Wholehearted participation in political organizations
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24. Choose the synonym of 'serenity'
1. calmness
2. murmur
3. dragging
4. earnest
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