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I I I I.I I I: General English With General Studies
I I I I.I I I: General English With General Studies
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GENERAL ENGLISH WITH GENERAL STUDIES
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potential
2.
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ferocious
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(d)
success
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Even researchers are finding that introverts make better leaders than extroverts for the
simple reason that they are more likely to listen and pay attention to what other people are
saying. By taking a backseat, introverted leaders encourage others to suggest ideas,
contribute actively and take initiative, thus increasing morale and motivation.
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interested
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attention-seeking
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attentive
(D)
alluring
(C)
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(D)
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(C)
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pale blue
(B)
seafood
well defined
outsourcing
Which figure of speech does the ex.pression, "the hissing noise of the snake" contain?
(A)
logopoeia
(C)
diaspora
(B)
anaphora
gl'f" onomatoepia
"The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done" The figure of speech used by Walt Whitman in these lines is - - - - - -
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(A)
Oxymoron
(C)
Simile
(B)
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Metaphor
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Appeal
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Society at large
A particular misogynist group
(B)
(C)
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(B)
Mahatma Gandhi
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(D)
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Helen Keller
Subash Chandra Bose
"To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; It is man's injustice to woman".
Who said these words about Women?
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(A)
Jawaharlal Nehru
(B)
Swami Vivekananda
(C)
Rabindranath Tagore
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Mahatma Gandhi
Battle of.Plassey
~ Sepoy Mutiny
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(C)
British Government
(D)
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In Oscar Wildc.'s "The Model M1lhonaire Hughu. 1s human<.' and handsome hut
(A)
irn.ffahl(>
(C)
heartless
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(D)
man of no means
a paranoid
In Oscar Wilde's 'The Selfish Giant', the giant's heart melted when he saw
(A)
(C)
(B)
tree
In Oscar Wilde's 'The Model Millionaire' what did Hughie do in Alan Trevor's ahsence?
(A)
(C)
(D)
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In Oscar Wilde's 'The Selfish Giant' only one little boy did not run away on seeing the giant
because
(A)
he was blind
(B)
(C)
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he did not see the giant coming
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"The habit of co-operation once required will continue with you all your life"
Which among the options best conveys the meaning of the above passage?
(A)
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(C)
(D)
"No
matter
what
happened,
always
insisted
on
their
being themselves".
What does the writer mean by this statement? Choose the right option from the following.
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(A)
(B)
(C)
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the writer wants human beings to be individuals and not to imitate others
What is a refrain?
(A)
(C)
The first line and the last line are one and the same in the last stanza
(D)
The last two lines of the first stanza and the last two lines of the last
st~za
are one
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Chronic Glaucoma
Retinitis Pigmentosa
(C)
Astigmatism
(D)
Myopic Vision
(A)
(C)
(D)
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35.
Identify the pair of British English and American English expressions with incorrect
spelling:
British
American
(A)
plough
plow
(B)
cheque
check
(C)
theatre
theater
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skilful
skilfull
British English
(a)
Jam
1.
Fall
(b)
nappy
2.
Antenna
(c)
Aerial
3.
Jelly
(d)
Autumn
4.
Diaper
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(A)
(B)
.,r
(D)
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(B)
Calpurnia
(C)
Pompey
(D)
Mark Antony
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O'Henry
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(b)
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(D)
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Match Column A with Column B. Select the correct code given below :
Column A
Column R
(a)
My country my lifo
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Sa chin
(b)
My story
2.
Nehru
(c)
Play It My Way
3.
Kamala Das
(d)
Toward Freedom
4.
L.K. Advani
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(A)
(B)
(D)
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(D)
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(D)
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(b)
(c)
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(C)
(D)
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Cunningness
Caesar's balour
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(B)
(D)
Brutus' nobility
Being ambitious
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3.
4.
Sonnet 116
Kuttichovan
Is Life but a dream?
Be the Best
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2.
3.
Title
The road to success
0 Captain! My Captain!
The Solitary Reaper
Off to outer space tomorrow morning
(d)
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3
4
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(b)
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(D)
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In Julius Caesar, Antony says, 'He hath brought .m any captives home to Rome,
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill".
'Ransoms' in this line means
(A)
payment for the release of refugees
(B)
payment for the release of criminals
.qilf' payment for the release of prisoners
(D)
payment for the release of leaders
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American
Briti:-1h
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Australian - born
born
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48.
49.
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not
born
(A)
Rudyard Kipling
(B)
William Golding
Oscar Wilde
(D)
Pearl S. Buck
Match the poems under Column 'A' with the poets under Column 'B' and select the
correct code :
Column A
Column B
(a)
The Apology
1.
Jack Prelutsky
(b)
2.
Emerson
(c)
3.
David Roth
(d)
4.
Tagore
(a)
(l>)
(A)
(B)
(d)
(c)
3
(D)
The ozone gas that acts like a canopy, protecting you from the harmful ultra violet rays of
the Sun is depleting.
Identify the option closest in meaning to the underlined word :
(A)
a preventive medicine
(B)
a damage-control system
(D)
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a storehouse of gases
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50.
Match the following idiomatic e?'pressions under column A with their core meaning under
Column B
Choose the right code:
Column B
Column A
(a)
1.
(b)
2.
Theoretical possibility
(c)
(d)
4.
Ability
Possibility
Responses:
(a)
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(c)
(d)
(b)
(B)
3.
(C)
(D) 2
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muscle .
(C)
strength
(B)
(D)
blood
weakness
Choose the correct synonym for the underlined word from the options given :
He made himself indispensable to his institution.
(B) short
(A)
major
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negligible
Some people argue that computerisation will aggravate the unemployment problem.
Find out the antonym for the underlined word.
(B) consolidate
(A)
wipe out
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(D)
essential
(D)
alleviate
remove
Choose the appropriate stem-word with which the prefix 'mal' can combine.
(A)
directional
(C)
colon
(B)
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nourished
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Complete the following sentence wnng a smtahle form of the passive voice :
In primitive timeR, :;;tone implements----- to kill animals .
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(A)
was employed
(C)
will be employed
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(D)
were employed
had been employed
Fill out the blank with the most appropriate option given below :
Alexander's h o p e - - - - - the whole of India was not materialised due to his ill health.
(A)
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to conquer
(B)
of conquer
of conquering
(0)
conquered
Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the options :
We will have to f i n d - - - - - sources of energy in the future.
(A)
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(B)
altered
alternative
(D)
adulterated
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delicious
(B)
expensive
(C)
industrious
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61.
jubilantly
(A)
SOJO
(B)
countenance
(C)
species
f"jlf
recreate
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They failed to add an appendix to the book. Which of the following is the right plural form
for the underlined word?
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appendices
(B)
indices
(C)
appendixes
(D)
a.nnexures
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The man endured all the horrors qf the campaign without any one of them making
complaint.
(C)
(D)
Not only did his father give him money, but his mother too.
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metaphor
metamorphosis
In tlw pol'm "Going for Water", why did the children have to go to tlw brook?
(A)
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(C)
(D)
Hockey
(C)
Dice
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Lifo
Goldsmith
(B)
Divine Artist
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(D)
Blacksmith
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69.
(A)
England
(B)
America
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Scotland
(D)
Ireland
Find out the meaning of the underlined word in the following lines from Sonnet No. 116 :
"Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit Impediments ...... .
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(C)
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Obstacles
(B)
Victory
Success
(D)
Happiness
(B)
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(D)
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72.
(A)
Be the best
(C)
A Psalm of Life
(B)
Tables turned.
The Solitary Reaper
"She left India as a student, but she would see the nation of her birth, all of it, from
hundreds of miles above' George W.Bush spoke these lines about whom?
~ Kalpana Chawla
(C)
Meena Alexander
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(B)
Sunita Williams
(D)
Chitra Diwakaruni
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a~
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75.
Antonio
(R)
Shylock
Portia
(D)
Duke
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(A)
Antithesis
(C)
Metaphor
~ Personification
(D)
Oxymoron
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(A)
Admiration
(C)
Friendship
(D)
Hero - worship
Carsius
(B)
Lepidus
Ca sea
(D)
Brutus
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79.
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(B)
(C)
(D)
Which one of the following statements is not related to the lesson "Music - The Hope
Raiser"?
(B)
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(D)
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of human survival
(A)
Messiaen
Johannes Brahms
(C)
Charles Tindley
(D)
Karl Paulnack
Who wrote the following motivational poem, "Yo~ can't be that, No, You can't be that''?
(A)
Hope Spencer
(B)
Dale Carnegi
(D)
Brian Patten
Rupert Brooke
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84.
What it-j the name of the porter who accompanied Ahtushi Deshpande?
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Laxmi
(B)
Kundu
(C)
Bamon
(D)
Raman Singh
(B)
(D)
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85.
Match the following British/American expressions in Column A with Column B and select
the correct answer from the options given below
Column B
Column A
86.
87.
(a)
trash
1.
faucet
(b)
cookie
2.
candy
(c)
sweets
3.
rubbish
(d)
tap
4.
biscuit
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Parking space
(B)
Parking fees
(C)
Parking plot
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Parking lot
Winter
(B)
Summer
(C)
Spring
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Autumn
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(a)
A Psalm of Life
1.
Lewis Carroll
(b)
2.
H . W . Longfellow
(c)
3.
Kamala Das
(d)
Punishment in Kindergarten
4.
Robert Frost
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(A)
(B)
(C)
Shilpi
(13)
Be the Best
(C)
91.
(8)
'.\fatrh the poem!' under Column 'A "'ith the authors under Column B and select the correct
code.
Column A
Column n
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Be the Best
(C)
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(D)
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92.
Pangolin figures in
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(B)
(C)
Reflowering
(D)
Who uttered the line "I craved the law" in "The Merchant of Venice"?
(A)
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Shylock
(C)
Antonio
(D)
Bassanio
II
(a)
Randall Jarell
1.
(b)
Indira Anav.dakrishnan
2.
Nobel Prize
(c)
Tagore
3.
Bombay
(d)
Rudyard Kipling
4.
Bat
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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(B)
(C)
4'
(D)
95.
Portia
~ Kerala
(B)
Bihar
(C)
Kashmir
(D)
Tamllnadu
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(C)
(B)
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What is the title of H.W. Longfellow's volume of poems which included "A Psalm of Life"?
(A)
Hiawatha
Evangeline
(C)
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To India
Laugh and be Merry
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(D)
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Voices of the Night
Author/Character
(a)
1.
Kamala Surayya
(b)
2.
Kesavan Nair
(c)
3.
4.
Rabindranath Tagore
(d)
(a)
(b)
1
3
4
(c)
(d)
3
4
3
(A)
2
2
(C) 2
(D) 2
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