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1. Theperiodof WilliamWordsworth is
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(C)
1770- 1850
1836- 1907
(B) 1807- 1882
(D) 1840- 1928
2. Whichoneof the followingpoemshas not l5eenwritten bythe poet "H.W. Longfellow"?
.fi BeTheBest (B) APsalmof Life
(C) Tales of aWaysideInn (D) Hiawatha
3. "'Ahimsa' means infinite love, whichagain means infinite capacity for suffering".
Theaboveisaquoteby
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
( B)
(C)
Abdul KaIam
Swami Vivekananda
Mahatma Gandhiji
4. Identify thepoeminwhichthis lineoccurs.
"I oftencontemplate myChildhoodMom"
(A) TheFlyingWonder
~ ASonnet for myIncomparable Mother
(C} InSearch of aFriend
(D) Laugh andbeMerry
5. Identify thecorrect degree..
Noother metal is as useful asiron.
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(A)
(C)
Comparative
Superlative
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( D)
Positive
Noneof these
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6. Find out theoddword.
(A)
( C)
Bless
Raise
( E) .Praise
Talkative
7. Abandoned Bhutia villages dot our path and I increasingly get the feeling that we are
traversing along-forgotten route. Onthe fourth day wecross theghost villages of Burfu and
Biljubeforewereach Milam.
'Ghost Villages' are
(A) villages full of ghosts
(B) villages ruled byghosts
$villageswithout people
(D) villages oftenvisited byghosts
8. Select thecorrect option tocompletethe givensentence.
If youdonot submit your assignment today,
(A) theteacher will havepunished you.
") theteacher will punish you.
(C) theteacher punished you.
(D) theteacher had punished you.
9. Identify thepart containing anerror.
Oneof theboyslookhappy inmyclass.
a b c d
(A) Oneof theboys
v&l look
(C) happy
(D) inmyclass
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10. -Matchthe characters givenunder ColulllnA with the titles given under Colunin B:
Colullln A Column B
(a) Vera I. Holiday
(b) Old man 2. Open Window
. (c) Phatik 3. Lottery Ticket
(d) Masha 4. TheRefugee
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(a) .(b) (c) (d)
2 4 1 3
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 3 2 1 4
11. Hetaught meHindi.
Identify the sentence pattern
(A) S
"v
DO 10
(B) S V 0 C
(C) S V 0 A
J'f
s V 10 DO
12. Fill inthe blank with an appropriate infinitive.
Herefused ------ the orders.
(A) obey
; toobey
(B) obeying
(D) obeyed
13. Towhich nationality does the poet V.K. Gokak belong?
(A) China ~ India
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(C) Australia
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(D) England
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14. Identify the sentence.
Theboywas disobedient, sothe teacher punished him.
(A) Simple ~ Compound
(C) Complex (D) None
15. Match the following words given in Column A with the blending words in Column Band
select the answer fromthe codesgivenbelow:
ColumnA Column B
(a) Electro +execute 1. Heliport
(b) . Helicopter +airport 2. Smog
(c) Smoke+fog 3. Telex
(d) Teleprinter +exchange 4. Electrocute
(a) (b) (c) (d)
.(A)
2 4 3 1
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4 1 2 3
(C) 3 2 1 4
( D) 1 3 4 2
16. Identify the sentence that contains the Superlative formofthe adjective.
,/J Mr. Soundar is oneof the most helpful persons
(B) Veryfewpersons are as helpful as Mr. Soundar
(C) Mr. Soundar is morehelpful than most other persons
(D) Noother street in this area is as busy as this one
17. Identify the sentence:
I had towalk back homeas the transport workers were onstrike.
(A) Simple . "" Complex
(C) Compound (D) Noneof the above
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18. Thefollowing~inesaretaken fromthepoem
'Themusicinmyheart I bore
Longafter it washeard nomore'.
(A) 'APsalmof Life'
(B) 'Sonnet No. 116'
(C) 'BeTheBest'
{jI! 'TheSolitary Reaper'
19. Whosaidthis?
'Womanisthecompanionof man, giftedwithequal mental capacities'.
(A) Kalpana Chawla
,j1f Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Rani ofJhansi
(D) HelenKeller
20. 'Sonnet No.: 116'iswritten by
(A) WilliamWordsworth
(B) Wadsworth Longfellow
'" WilliamShakespeare
(D) WilliamBlake
21. Namethegreedymoneylender intheplay'TheMerchant ofVenice'.
22. 'Failure isanacceptedprocedureinexperimenting, research, testing andall scientificforms
of "findingout". Failure issimply themeans of findingout what \villnot worksothat it can
beeliminated inthesearch forwhat will work'.
What canbeeliminated?
lilt things that will not work
(B) failures inlife
(C) scientificprocesses
(D) searches for success
23. Choosetheappropriate prefixfortheword: .
'Fortune'
(A)
(C)
dis-
il-
~
( D)
mis-
un-
24. "Knowledgeis an exacting mistress; sheneeds devotion, whole-hearted, onthepart of the
personwhoseeks her".
What requires whole-hearted devotion?
(A)
(C)
Amistress
Thepursuer
(B) Anation.
!/' Knowledge
25. "Anyorganisation, societyor evenanation without avisionis like aship cruising onthe
high seas without any aimor direction: It is clarity of nationai vision which constantly
drives thepeopletowards thegoal".
What drivesthepeopletowards thegoal?
(A) ashipinthehighseas
". aclear national vision
(C) aguideinthesea
(D) anorganisation or society
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26. ABoat beneath asunny sky
Lingeringonward dreamily
What islingering onward?
(A)
(C)
aship
afish
( B) asunny sky
aboat
(B) .apam
(D) adormitory
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27. 'Insolit'ry confinement ascompleteas any goal'.
Solit'ry refers to
~ beingalone
(C) agroup
28. "Weran asif tomeet the moon
That slowlydawned behind thetrees"
Theselines are taken fromthe poem
(A) APsalmof Life
(B) Sonnet No: 116
vIf GoingforWater
(D) TheSolitary Reaper
29. Theman whoposedas abeggar inthe story 'TheModel Millionaire' was
(A) Austin Ronaldo
(B) Bebeto
(C) Thomas Kaka
..:; Baron Hausberg
30. I liketoeat Maize.
Replacethe underlined wordwithits American equivalent
(A) Candy (B) Chips
,. Corn (D) Cookies
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31. Identifythesentencewiththeverbinits passiveform.
,,/j Thesymposiumwasinaugurated bytheDirector.
(B) TheDirector inaugurated thesymposium.
(C) Theworkers arepainting thewalls.
(D) Gopi has written apoem.
32. Identifythesentencethat contains averbinits activeform.
(A) Theworkw~scompletedbythestudents.
~ Theoldmancompletedhiswork.
(C) Thegiftswereissuedtothechildren.
(D) Theculprits must bearrested bythepolice.
33. Choosethecorrect verb:
_ Tendulkar ---- (bat) sincethematchstarted thismorning.
(A) batted (B) isbatting
. : f ! ' hasbeenbatting (D) hasbatted
34. Fill intheblanks withasuitable tenseform:
I ---- (talk) tomymother, whentheguests arrived.
(A) talked (B) istalking
(C) talk Pwastalking
35. Selectthecorrect questiontag:
Hismother cookswell,
(A) didshe?
(C) doesshe?
"
( D)
doesn't she?
don'tshe?
ness
ish
( D)
ism
ful
Matchthewordchildwiththecorrect suffix.
- JJ
(A)
( C)
36.
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37. Match the followingsynonymfromColumn A with Column Band select the correct answer
fromthe givencodes
ColumnA
Column B
(a) Logic
1. Focus
(b) Electron
2. Inability towait
(c) Concentration 3. Reasoning
(d) Impatience 4. Particle inacell
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 4 2 3
(B) 4 3 1 2
(C) 2 1 3 4
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3 4 1 2
38. . Fill intheblank with asuitable gerund.
----well isanart.
(A) Tocook
(8) Having cooked
~ Cooking
(D) Cook
39. Kalpana Chawla was bornin
(A) Pakistan
( B) California
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Karnal
(D) NewDelhi
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40. Helivesinaflat.
Replacethe underlined wordwith itsAmerican equivalent.
(A) hotel
(B) cottage
v ! ! ' r apartment
(D) bungalow
41:.t Shehired ataxi totheairport.
Replacethe underlined wordwithits American equivalent.
(A) cycle
~ cab
(C) bike
(D) tricycle
42. Identify theauthor of theshort story 'TheSelfishGiant'.
(A) Anton Chekhov
(B) 0'Henry
tI'f) Oscar Wilde
(D) Rudyard Kipling
43. Shylockwas envious ofAntonio, a
~ merchant
(B) .teacher
(C) farmer
(D) lawyer
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44. TheSelfish Giant stayed with his friend for
(A)' tenyears
(B) fiveyears
(C) three years
"" sevenyears
45. Match the followingpoems under ColumnA with the poets under Column Band select the
correct code:
ColumnA
ColumnB
(a) TheCryof the Children
l. Jack Prelutsky
(b)
BeGladYour NoseisonYour Face
2. Stephen Vincent Benet
(c) TheFlyingWonder
3. D.H. Lawrence
(d) Snake
4.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 4 3 2
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4 1 2 3
(C) 1 3 4 2
( D) 2 3 1 4
46. Choosetheoptionthat completes the givensentenc~.
Rabindranath Tagorewas awarded theNobel prizeforhis work

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(A)
( B)
( C)
Galpaguccha
Chitra
Binodini
Gitanjali
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47. Inwhichstory doyoucomeacrossthecharacter 'Saruli'?
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After theStorm
(B) Kari, theElephant
(C) TheNeemTree
( D) TheFarmer
48. 'Ingratitude, morestrongthan traitor's arms'.
Whoutters thesewords?
(A) Antonioin, 'TheMerchant of Venice'
(B) Antonyin, 'AntonyandCleopatra'
..fJ '\ MarkAntonyin, 'J ulius Caesar'
(D). Romeoin, 'RomeoandJ uliet'
49. Fill intheblank withasuitablearticle.
Wherethereis-----will there isaway.
(A) an
~a
(C) the
(D) no
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50. Pickout therhyming words inthegivenlines:
'Through thecoal-dark underground-
Or, all day, wedrivethewheels of iron
Inthefactories round andround'
(A) the, through
~ underground, round
(B) we, wheels
(D) dark, drive
51. Towhichnationality doesthepoet Robert Frost belong?
(A) Lebanon
./jf America
(B) France
(D) England
52. Mentionthetheme observedinthepoem, 'BeTheBest'.
~) Optimism
(C) Humanism
(B) Naturalism
(D) Existentialism
53. Identify thepoet inwhoseworkdothefollowinglines occur?
'Loveisnot love
Whichalters whenit alteration finds'.
(A) WilliamWordsworth
(C) WilliamBlake
(B) . H.W. Longfellow

,y; WilliamShakespeare.
54. Whichoneof the followingliterary works isconcernedwith'Global Warming'?
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(A) Migrant Bird
(C) TheSunBeam
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(B) Tothe Landof Snow
~ GaiaTellsHer Tale
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55. Inwhichpoemdothefollowinglines occur?
'Weextract your elements tq make
Cannons and bombsout of
Our elements youcreate liliesand roses'.
(A)
(C)
Shilpi
TheFlyingWonder
( B)
WithaFriend
Earth
56. "For thesoul isdeadthat slumbers"
Identify theoptionwithwordsinalliteration.
Wi l i a~~~ M~i s
~ soul, slumbers (D) soul, dead
57.
Select thecorrect plural formof theword"Story".
(A) Storys (B)
(C) Storyses ~
Storeys
Stories
58.
Findout theoddword.
(A) Donkey
(C) Dawn
(B)
..?'
De\V
Draw
59. Identify thecorrect sentence.
(A) Either of thedogsbark ferociously.
(B) Roadaccident at AnnaSalai was ahorriblesight.
,.". Thehospital has three lady doctors.
(D) Helivedinthevillagesince2001.
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60. Thepostcamelate.
Replacetheunderlined wordwithitsAmericanequivalent.
(A) letter
(C) message
61. 'Tell menot inmournful numbers,
Lifeisbut anemptydream'.
Theselinesarefromthepoem
.;I tr 'APsalmof Life'
(C) 'Sonnet No. 116'
62. 'Listentothesoundsof nature .....
Takegoodcareofour fragileplanet'.
Whosaidthis?
(A) Dr. SalimAli
'" KalpanaChawla
63. . ~dentify.thepart containingan!lrror :
Raghuprefers milkthan tea.
(B) news
.JlIf mail
(B) 'TheSolitary Reaper'
(D) 'WheretheMindisWithout Fear'
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

a b c d
(A) Raghu
(C) milk
(B) prefers
?than'tea
64. Fill intheblanks withthecorrecthomophones.
I paidthe------to gotothe------
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, / J fare, fair
(C) fare, fear
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(B) fair, fire
(D) fair, fare
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65. Identify theauthor of theshort story 'TheRefugee'.
(A) GuydeMaupassant
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Pearl SBuck
(C) AntonChekhov
( D) Oscar Wilde
66. Whoistheauthor oftheshort story "SweptAway"?
(A) Saki
(B). Pearl SBuck
(C) Sundara Ramaswamy
~ Susannah Hickling.
67. Inwhichcountry doesthestory "TwoFriends" takeplace?

(A)
( C)
England
India
~ France
(D) Africa
68. Howmanyplayshavebeenwritten bythefamousPlaywright WilliamShakespeare?
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(C) 36
(B) 38
(D) 27
69. Identify thecorrect degree.
Usha Riranisnot thetallest of all thebuildingsinthecity.
(A) Positive
(B) Negative
(C) Comparative
" j j 1 . Superlative
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70. - Identify thefigureof speechintheline:
'0wingingwords! Likehomingbeesyouborrow'.
rII'f Simile
(C) Oxymoron
(B) Metaphor
(D) Onomatopoeia
71. 'Andthe graveisnot its goal'
Theword'grave' refers to
(A)
(C)
Winning
Defeat
.jI!{ Death
(D) Victory
72. 'For I'mofftoouter spacetomorrowmorning'.
Whereisthepoet going?
(A) office
.? f outer space
73. 'Or, all day, wedrivethewheels of iron'
What dothechildren doall day?
, (A) drivethecar
(B) playwiththewheels
,J IIf 'drivethf' wheels
'(D) beat theiron
74. 'Wherethemindiswithout fear
Andtheheadisheldhigh'
Thegivenlines arewritten ,by
(A) Rudyard Kipling
~
Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Robert Frost
(D) Robert Browning
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(B) abroad
(D) home
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75. Where did Antony address the public while displaying Caesar's body to the Romans?
(A) from the graveyard
.fI' at the market place
(C) . at the senate house
(D) from Caesar's palace
76. Alan Trevor was a
(A) writer
~
painter
(C) teacher
(D) colonel
77. In the story 'The Selfish Giant', the Giant was covered with - blossoms when he
lay dead under the tree in his garden .
.J f' White
(B) Golden
(C) Yellow
(D) Silver
.78. 'The Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre' is situated in
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New York
( B) New Delhi
(C) New J ersey
(D) New Zealand
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79. 'It is heartening to meet Laxmi, our porter, the following morning. He is a sturdy young
luan'.
Sturdy means
(A)
(C)
Learned
Short
(B) Tall
; Strong
80. .Match the British English words under ColumnAwith their American English equivalents
under ColumnB:
ColumnA ColumnB
(a) Autumn 1. Truck
(b) Holiday 2. Freight
(c) Lorry 3. Fall
(d) Goods 4. Vacation
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 3 1 2
'3
4 1 2
(D) 3 2 1 4
81. What is theAmerican English wordfor theBritish English word'Underground'?
(A) Pavement
(B) First floor
,
Subway
(D) Pathway
82. What istheAmerican English wordfor theBritish English word, 'Terminus'?
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(A) .Final
(C) Bus stand
. ; J l I f Depot
(D) Shop
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83. BaronHausberg wasoneof the---- inEurope.
(A) famousScientists
(B) greatest Football Players
~ richest Men
(D) talented Neurosurgeons
84. Useatorchwhenthereisnopower supply.
Replacetheundedined wordwithitsAmericanequivalent.
~ flashlight
(C) tubelight
(B) candle
(D) pentorch
85. Identify thewordsinalliteration inthelines:
'Likegnomesthat hidusfromthemoon
Readytoruntohidingnew
Withlaughter whenshefoundussoon'.
(A) moon, soon
(B) like, from
( C) laughter, found
.If
ready, run
86. Fill intheblanks withagerund.
-----is his favouritepastime.
(A) Toread
~
Reading
( C) Theread
( D) Read
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87, Whichof thefollowingwordsisformedwithaprefixattached toit?
~ International
(B) .Interest
(C) Interior
(D) Interim
88. Choosethecorrect antonymoftheunderlined wordfromtheoptions given: .
Nowadays, thecciteriatoavail Educational Loanisflexible.
(A) Supple
~ Stiff
(C) Stupid
(D) Expandable
89. Choosethecorrect antonymof theunderlined wordfromtheoptionsgiven:
Napoleonfacedacatastrophic defeat.
~ Success
(B) Failure
(C) Excitement
(D) Danger
90. Choosethecorrect synonymoftheunderlined word:
Mostof its inhabitants werestill inthearms of sleep.
(A) Habitats
~ Residents
(C) Truants
. (D) Tyrants
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91. Match the followingpoems under Column A with the poets under Column Band select the
correct code:
ColumnA
Column B
(a)
APsalmof Life
1. Khalil Gibran
(b)
TheMan HeKilled
2. Douglas Malloch
(c) BeTheBest
3. Thomas Hardy
(d) Earth
4.
H.W. Longfellow
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 1 3 4
(8)
3 4 1 2
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4 3 2 1
(D) 2 4 3 1
92. Whichoneof the followingoptions is not afamous tragedy of WilliamShakespeare?
(A) Hamlet
(B) KingLear
(C) Othello
..;'!l AMidsummer Night's Dream
93. Acquiring knowledge is one's primary duty - not only for one's success in the examination
but alsofor one's life.
What isone's primary duty?
(A) Playing well
(B) Succeeding in the examination
(C) Workingearnestly
~ Acquiring k~nowledge
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94. Kalpana Chawlawasafamous
(A) astrologer
ve rt astronaut
(C) teacher
(D) doctor
95. Whoisthe'BirdMan' ofIndia?
(A) Dr. Abdul Kalam
~ Dr. SalimAli
(C) R.K.Narayanan
(D) Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai
96. "Wheretheclear streamof reason
has notlost its wayintothedreary desert
sandof deadhabit"
Theselines aretaken fromthepoem
(A) APsalmof Life
(B) BeTheBest
.". WheretheMindisWithout Fear
(D) TheSolitary Reaper
97. 'The 16
th
century palace complex was built by the N(iyaks and later renovated by the
Marathas'.
Whorenovated thepalacecomplex?
(A) Nayaks
~ Marathas
(C) Cholas
(D) Pallavas
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98. Match the authors given under Column A with the characters given under Column Band
choose the correct answer fromthe codes given:
ColumnA Column B
(a) Sundara Ramasamy l. Hughie
(b) Oscar Wilde 2. Mark Antony
(c) William Shakespeare 3. Gunga Ram
(d) Kushwant Singh 4. Rowther
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 4 2 1 3
(C) 3 1 2
4.
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4 1 2 3
99. "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him"
Whose words are these?

(A) Marcus Brutus

~ Mark Antony
(C) Casca
(D) Cassius
100. "Good Heavens! I gave him asovereign!".
Identify the speaker.
(A) Alan Trevor
"" Hughie
(C) Shelley
(D) Diane
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