1. The children ate the cake. (Choose the correct passive voice)
Answer: (B) The cake was eaten by the children.
2. The house is cleaned by her everyday. (Choose the correct active voice)
Answer: (A) She cleans the house everyday.
3. He ________ the work that I gave him. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (B) finished
4. He has not ________ to school for many days. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (D) gone
5. Samira says, “This was my fault.” (Choose the correct indirect narration)
Answer: (B) Samira says that that is her fault
6. The teacher said, “Why are you so late?” (Choose the correct indirect narration)
Answer: (A) The teacher asked why he was so late (p. 4)
7. Harish says that he wants to buy that pen. (Choose the correct direct narration)
Answer: (A) Harish says, “I want to buy this pen.” (p. 4)
8. He told me that he had been to Chennai. (Choose the correct direct narration)
Answer: (D) He said to me, “I have been to Chennai.” (p. 4)
9. He walked ________ the park. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (A) through (p. 5)
10. Choose the correct spelling:
Answer: (C) Military (p. 5)
11. I will travel ________ Boston next month. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (C) to (p. 5)
12. Choose the correct spelling:
Answer: (B) Technique (p. 5)
13. I ________ not be insulted. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (A) shall (p. 5)
14. Choose the correct synonym of: ‘Distant’:
Answer: (B) Faraway (p. 6)
15. Choose the correct antonym of ‘Lenient’:
Answer: (D) Strict (p. 6)
16. Choose the correct synonym of ‘Confusion’:
Answer: (A) Commotion (p. 6)
17. Choose the correct antonym of ‘Modest’:
Answer: (B) Conceited (p. 6)
18. Would you like ________ cheese? (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (B) some (p. 6)
19. There’s ________ at the door. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (C) someone (p. 7)
20. They were at the party yesterday. (Choose the correct negative sentence)
Answer: (D) They weren’t at the party yesterday (p. 7)
21. I am ________ repair it for you. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (C) going to (p. 7)
22. The moon is the ________ planet to earth. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (D) closest (p. 7)
23. This is the ________ chocolate I have ever eaten. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (A) best (p. 8)
24. I didn’t see her ________ the party. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (B) at (p. 8)
25. The bird flew ________ the room through the window. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (A) into (p. 8)
26. My father built the tree house. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (D) himself (p. 8)
27. Choose the correct meaning of “stiff-necked person”:
Answer: (C) Stubborn (p. 9)
28. The whole investigation was just ________. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (B) an eyewash (p. 9)
29. Choose the correct sentence:
Answer: (B) Seldom does he come to Delhi (p. 9)
30. Choose the correct meaning of “Baffle”:
Answer: (B) Confuse (p. 9)
31. Give one word substitution for: “Story of old time Gods or heroes”
Answer: (B) Epic (p. 10)
32. He ________ creates trouble. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (B) frequently (p. 10)
33. Choose the incorrect sentence:
Answer: (C) The garden was covered from flowers (p. 10)
34. Choose the correct meaning of “Dearth”:
Answer: (D) Lack of (p. 10)
35. My cousin ________ Turkish and English at University London. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (B) studies (p. 11)
36. Sugandha ________ a bus to college. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (A) always takes (p. 11)
37. Choose the correct spelling:
Answer: (C) Resolution (p. 11)
38. There are seven days in a ________. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (C) week (p. 11)
39. I have finished the assignment. (Choose the correct passive voice)
Answer: (A) The assignment has been finished by me (p. 12)
40. Choose the correct sentence:
Answer: (A) He said, “I have finished my work.” (p. 12)
41. The restaurant is located ________ the city centre. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (A) in (p. 12)
42. “________ do you do your homework?” “After dinner.” (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (D) When (p. 13)
43. Shamim was accused ________ bribery. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (D) of (p. 13)
44. There isn’t ________ juice in the glass. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (B) any (p. 13)
45. Choose the odd one out:
Answer: (B) Snake (p. 13)
46. He explained the tasks. He walked away from the discussion. (Choose the correct combination)
Answer: (B) Explaining the tasks, he walked away from the discussion. (p. 14)
47. He is going to the United States, ________? (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (D) isn’t he (p. 14)
48. Choose the correct spelling:
Answer: (A) Spectacles (p. 14)
49. Mumbai is the ________ city in the world. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (C) busiest (p. 15)
50. This is a hospital. Please speak ________. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (C) quietly (p. 15)
51. The wise leader and politician ________ killed. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (C) has been (p. 15)
52. I had ________ weirdest day yesterday. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (D) the (p. 15)
53. ________ you like to go to the movie with me? (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (D) Would (p. 16)
54. The gardener ________ his job efficiently. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (C) did (p. 16)
55. Sanju will be sitting ________ Raghav and Keshav. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (B) between (p. 16)
56. ________ I am ill, I cannot go. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (C) As (p. 16)
57. The crowd ________ the police barriers and attacked the hunters. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (D) broke through (p. 17)
58. You ________ smoke in a public place. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (A) should not (p. 17)
59. “I don’t speak French,” she said. (Choose the correct indirect speech)
Answer: (C) She said that she didn’t speak French (p. 17)
60. ________ having several health problems, she is very cheerful. (Choose the correct option)
Answer: (A) Despite (p. 17)
61. Our forefathers did not invent machinery because
Answer: (B) they knew we would become slaves
62. Dr. Radhakrishnan never lost his faith in the
Answer: (D) essential humanity of man (p. 18)
63. Nanukaka opened his silver snuffbox and took a
Answer: (C) pinch (p. 18)
64. One hundred years later, the Negroes are still
Answer: (C) languishing (p. 18)
65. Survival for homosapiens was primarily
Answer: (C) difficult (p. 19)
66. The type of gourds that appealed to Seibei was
Answer: (B) symmetrical (p. 19)
67. In ________ children under the age of six are looked after by the whole family.
Answer: (C) India (p. 19)
68. Free people must see to it that when peace comes ________ is restored.
Answer: (C) full freedom (p. 19)
69. Benjy asked his parents to eat in the
Answer: (C) kitchen (p. 19)
70. ________ advised the Indians not to blame the Britishers for everything.
Answer: (A) Pearl S. Buck (p. 20)
71. The ownership of ________ is disputed.
Answer: (A) Cow-Meadows (p. 20)
72. “Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe” is
Answer: (B) a lyric (p. 20)
73. “For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you” is written by
Answer: (D) Walt Whitman (p. 20)
74. The prams are ________ in the poem “Now the Leaves are Falling Fast”.
Answer: (B) rolling (p. 20)
75. ________ died of tuberculosis at the age of 26.
Answer: (C) John Keats (p. 21)
76. The lady who died, lies in the
Answer: (A) grave (p. 21)
77. The poet in ‘The Soldier’ is depicting the miseries of
Answer: (C) war (p. 21)
78. According to T. S. Eliot, Macavity is a/an
Answer: (D) master criminal (p. 21)
79. Tower of silence is related to
Answer: (B) Parsis
80. “And lifted his head, dreamily, as one who has drunken” is from
Answer: (D) Snake (p. 22)
81. The poetess in “The Grandmother’s House” begs at ________ doors.
Answer: (D) stranger’s (p. 22)
82. The Old English Period ended in the year
Answer: (B) AD 1066 (p. 22)
83. The history of English language is about ________ years old.
Answer: (A) fifteen hundred (p. 22)
84. The ________ had a huge impact on the English language.
Answer: (D) Renaissance (p. 22)
85. “Train to Pakistan” is written by
Answer: (C) Khushwant Singh
86. Morality plays developed in
Answer: (B) Middle Ages (p. 23)
87. ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ was written by
Answer: (A) Mark Twain (p. 23)
88. The Romantic Revival is associated with
Answer: (B) William Wordsworth (p. 23)
89. ________ was also known as the Augustan Age.
Answer: (C) 18th Century (p. 23)
90. Standard British English speech came to be known as
Answer: (B) Received Pronunciation (p. 24)
91. ________ is the synonym of drama.
Answer: (B) Play (p. 24)
92. ________ has taught us to be friendly with each other.
Answer: (D) Civilization (p. 24)
93. The Negroes took a pledge to always
Answer: (B) march ahead (p. 24)
94. When Lomov visited Choobookov, he was
Answer: (B) welcomed (p. 24)
95. The ________ is dumb in “Now the Leaves are Falling Fast”.
Answer: (B) Nightingale (p. 24)
96. “Thou watched the last oozings hours by hours” is from
Answer: (C) Ode to Autumn (p. 25)
97. The taming of ________ animals made life much safer.
Answer: (B) domestic (p. 25)
98. Dr. Zakir Hussain feels greatly obliged to the people of
Answer: (B) India (p. 25)
99. In democracy, the freedom of press is
Answer: (B) necessary (p. 25)
100. Germaine Greer is a/an ________ writer.
Answer: (A) Australian (p. 25)