Language I – English
Direction (Q. No. 31): Select the most suitable conjunction to fill in the blank
31. You can borrow the book ________ you return it soon.
(A) if
(B) when
(C) unless
(D) provided that
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Direction (Q. No. 32): Select the correct conversion of the following direct sentence into indirect –
32. He said “I saw this man long ago.”
(A) He said that he had seen that man long before.
(B) He replied that he had seen the man long before.
(C) He told that he had seen the man long ago.
(D) He answered that that man was seen by him long ago.
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Direction (Q. No. 33): Change the given Active sentence into Passive –
33. Circumstances will oblige me to go.
(A) I should be obliged by circumstances to go.
(B) I shall be obliged to go by circumstances.
(C) I shall have to be obliged by circumstances.
(D) It will be obligation on me of circumstances to go.
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Direction (Q. No. 34-35): Select the most suitable word from the given options that convey the meaning of the italicized words-
(A) supportive
(B) peaceable
(C) belligerent
(D) impulsive
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35. Do we really commiserate with people who have suffered a bereavement?
(A) sympathize
(B) discriminate
(C) scorn
(D) indifferent
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Direction (Q. No. 36-37): Choose the most suitable option that describes the meaning of the underlined idioms/phrases –
36. It is unwise to cast pearls before swine.
(A) to shape wrong behaviour
(B) to help others without any good intention
(C) to rectify the wrong
(D) to offer something valuable to someone who does not appreciate it
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37. The rank and file in a trade union do not always agree with their leaders.
(A) powerful people
(B) ordinary members
(C) culprits
(D) opponents
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Direction (Q. No. 38): Identify the figure of speech used in the given sentence.
38. He passed a sleepless night-
(A) Antithesis
(B) Epigram
(C) Metonymy
(D) Transferred Epithet
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39. In which of the following, question tag is incorrectly put?
(A) You aren’t busy, are you?
(B) They haven’t come yet, have they come?
(C) Let’s go to the beach, shall we?
(D) We must hurry, must not we?
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40. Letter, e-mail and telephone are examples of ________ in communication.
(A) Message
(B) Feedback
(C) Channel
(D) Encoding
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41. ________ introduced the theory of Universal Grammar in language development.
(A) Piaget
(B) Vygotsky
(C) Kohlberg
(D) Chomsky
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42. Select the incorrectly spelt word from the following –
(A) maintanance
(B) pyorrhea
(C) quiescence
(D) scribble
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43. Identify the form of Mood in the sentence:
Merry goes to school daily.
(A) Subjunctive
(B) Imperative
(C) Interrogative
(D) Indicative
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44. Complete the following sentence using appropriate participle preposition from the given option –
________ accident, the mail will arrive tomorrow.
(A) concerning
(B) barring
(C) assuming
(D) considering
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45. Multilingual nature of a pedagogical strategy means-
(A) teaching of many languages to the learner.
(B) teaching learning of mother tongue of all learners.
(C) making use of the language of learners to teach.
(D) enabling learners to learn many languages.
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