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ENGLISH TEST DEVELOPED BY SIR SALMAN UL WAHEED
AND CONDUCTED IN ALL PUNJAB CAMPUSES OF STARS

ENGLISH TEST E7
VERB
(A) Each question below contains one blank space, indicating that something has been omitted. Each
sentence is followed by four options, read and insert in the sentence the word that best fits the
meaning of sentence.
Q.7 He belongs to a/an __________ mindset because he favors the rightists.
A) Crescent C) Orthodox
B) Craven D) Premonition
Q.8 Only a person with sensibility would feel the ____________ behind indignation of nadir class.
A) Disdain C) Decant
B) Pathos D) Deference
Q.9 In Murree the ______________ levels are high and the tourists enjoy rain daily.
A) Precipitation C) Patisserie
B) Potpourri D) Opportune
Q.10 Newton is supposedly the first modern scientist whose _____________ laid down the foundation of
arriving at better corollaries in sciences.
A) Obsequiousness C) Nip and Tuck
B) Discrepancy D) Premise

(B)) SPOT THE ERROR: In the following sentences, some segments of each sentence are underlined.
Your task is to identify that underlined segment of the sentence, which contains the mistake that
needs to be corrected. Fill the bubbles / circle corresponding to that letter under the segment in the
MCQ Response Form
Q.1 When the corrupt leader arrived, demonstrators had thrown eggs and tomatoes at his limousine.
A B C D
Q.2 There were little, very dim flecks of new gold captured into the blue of his eyes.
A B C D
Q.3 In her record collection of capital, there is several wonderful recordings worth thousands of rupees.
A B C D
Q.4 If the speed limit hadn’t been reduced, the number of highway fatalities wouldn’t fall in Pakistan.
A B C D
Q.5 It had a long strap, and she carried it sling across her shoulder.
A B C D
Q.6 The evidence of their tombs suggests that the ancient Egyptians believed that each man could provide for
A B C D
his happy afterlife.

(C) In each of the following question, four alternative sentences are given. Choose the CORRECT
one and fill the bubble/ circle corresponding to that letter in the MCQ Response Form.
Q.11
A) We will be able to speeded up that day when all of us, black men and white men, will be able to join
hands and sang in the words of the old Negro spiritual.
B) We will be able to speed up that day when all of us, black men and white men, will be able to join
hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual.

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C) We will be able to sped up that day when all of us, black men and white men, will be able to join hands
and sang in the words of the old Negro spiritual.
D) We will be able to speed up that day when all of us, black men and white men, will be able to join hands
and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual.

Q.12
A) Hardly he had reached half way across the road than a truck full of bricks came from behind like a
gust of wind and crushing him down speeded off towards Mcleod Road.
B) Hardly had he reached half way across the road than a truck full of bricks came from behind like a
gust of wind and crushing him down speeded off towards Mcleod Road.
C) Hardly had he reached half way across the road when a truck full of bricks came from behind like a
gust of wind and crushing him down speeded off towards Mcleod Road.
D) Hardly he reached half way across the road when a truck full of brick came behind like a gust of wind
and crushing him down speeded off towards Mcleod Road.

Q.13
A) It is important that adults and children should be familiar with the Heimlich maneuver.
B) It is important that adults and children are familiar with the Heimlich maneuver.
C) It is important that adults and children be familiar with the Heimlich maneuver.
D) It is important that adults and children to be familiar with the Heimlich maneuver.
Q.14
A) She gathered up all the apples and, putting them in a basket, carries them into the house.
B) She gathered up all the apples and, putting them in a basket, carried them into the house.
C) She gathered up all the apples and, put them in a basket, carried them into the house.
D) She gathered up all the apples and, putting them in a basket, carrying them into the house.
Q.15
A) One of the cornerstone of modern physics, the principle of the conservation of energy was formulated
by Leibniz in the seventeenth century.
B) One of the cornerstones of modern physics, the principal of the conservation of energy were
formulated by Leibniz in the seventeenth century.
C) One of the cornerstones of modern physics, the principle of the conservation of energy was
formulated by Leibniz in the seventeenth century.
D) One of the cornerstones of modern physics, the principal of the conservation of energy was
formulated by Leibniz in the seventeenth century.
Q.16
A) Though he had awakened before the birds began to twitter, he laid in bed until long after the sun had
arisen.
B) Though he had awakened before the birds began to twitter, he had laid in bed until long after the sun
had arisen.
C) Though he had awakened before the birds began to twitter, he lay in bed until long after the sun had
arisen.
D) Though he had awakened before the birds began to twitter, he has lain in bed until long after the sun
had arisen.
Q.17
A) He is the only one of my older relative who has never criticized at my taste in music.
B) He is the only one of my older relatives who have never criticized my taste of music.
C) He is the only one of my older relatives who has never criticized my taste in music.
D) He is the only one of my older relative who have never criticized on my taste of music.
Q.18
A) The good old red-faced squire shovelling out plum pudding from the crowd of grateful villagers.
B) The good old red-faced squire shovelling out plum pudding to the crowd of grateful villagers.
C) The good old red-faced squire shovelling out plum pudding up the crowd of grateful villagers.

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D) The good old red-faced squire shovelling out plum pudding for the crowd of grateful villagers.
Q.19
A) The sergeant had had many close calls, and he had even once been left for dead by the enemy.
B) The sergeant have had many close calls, and he had even once been left for dead by the enemy.
C) The sergeant had had many close calls, and he had even once left for dead by the enemy.
D) The sergeant had many close call, and he had even once been left for dead by the enemy.
Q.20
A) Beneath the scarf there were neither a tie nor a collar.
B) Beneath the scarf there was either a tie or a collar.
C) Beneath the scarf there were either a tie or a collar.
D) Beneath the scarf there was neither a tie nor a collar.

(D) In each of the following questions, four alternative meanings of a word are given. You have to select
the NEAREST CORRECT MEANING of the given word and fill the appropriate Bubble/ Circle on the MCQ
Response Form.

Q.21 OBLITERATE
A) Wily C) Diminish
B) Derision D) Dale
Q.22 ONEROUS
A) Deadhead C) Appeasing
B) Tedious D) Deflated
Q.23 OVERLIE
A) Ditch C) Unveiling
B) Maturate D) Superimpose
Q.24 PARAGON
A) Deprecate C) Quintessence
B) Politesse D) Eminence
Q.25 PARE
A) Frothing C) Denomination
B) Prune D) Introverted
Q.26 PENINSULA
A) Isthmus C) Bay
B) Island D) Gorge
Q.27 PERIPHERY
A) Dexter C) Fringe
B) Reticent D) Attenuation
Q.28 PRE-EMPTIVE
A) Imitate C) Assiduity
B) Skirmish D) Anticipatory
Q.29 PLEXUS
A) Rete C) Treatise
B) Chaos D) Prying
Q.30 PAMPAS
A) Contradiction C) Prairies
B) Discretion D) Lee

ANSWER KEY
(A) Each question below contains one blank space, indicating that something has been omitted. Each
sentence is followed by four options, read and insert in the sentence the word that best fits the
meaning of sentence.
Q.7 He belongs to a/an __________ mindset because he favors the rightists.
A) Crescent C) Orthodox
B) Craven D) Premonition
Q.8 Only a person with sensibility would feel the ____________ behind indignation of nadir class.
A) Disdain C) Decant

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B) Pathos D) Deference
Q.9 In Murree the ______________ levels are high and the tourists enjoy rain daily.
A) Precipitation C) Patisserie
B) Potpourri D) Opportune
Q.10 Newton is supposedly the first modern scientist whose _____________ laid down the foundation of
arriving at better corollaries in sciences.
A) Obsequiousness C) Nip and Tuck
B) Discrepancy D) Premise

(B)) SPOT THE ERROR: In the following sentences, some segments of each sentence are underlined.
Your task is to identify that underlined segment of the sentence, which contains the mistake that
needs to be corrected. Fill the bubbles / circle corresponding to that letter under the segment in the
MCQ Response Form
Q.1 When the corrupt leader arrived, demonstrators had thrown eggs and tomatoes at his limousine.
A B C D
Q.2 There were little, very dim flecks of new gold captured into the blue of his eyes.
A B C D
Q.3 In her record collection of capital, there is several wonderful recordings worth thousands of rupees.
A B C D
Q.4 If the speed limit hadn’t been reduced, the number of highway fatalities wouldn’t fall in Pakistan.
A B C D
Q.5 It had a long strap, and she carried it sling across her shoulder.
A B C D
Q.6 The evidence of their tombs suggests that the ancient Egyptians believed that each man could provide for
A B C D
his happy afterlife.

(C) In each of the following question, four alternative sentences are given. Choose the CORRECT
one and fill the bubble/ circle corresponding to that letter in the MCQ Response Form.
Q.11
A) We will be able to speeded up that day when all of us, black men and white men, will be able to join
hands and sang in the words of the old Negro spiritual.
B) We will be able to speed up that day when all of us, black men and white men, will be able to join
hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual.
C) We will be able to sped up that day when all of us, black men and white men, will be able to join hands
and sang in the words of the old Negro spiritual.
D) We will be able to speed up that day when all of us, black men and white men, will be able to join hands
and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual.

Q.12
A) Hardly he had reached half way across the road than a truck full of bricks came from behind like a
gust of wind and crushing him down speeded off towards Mcleod Road.
B) Hardly had he reached half way across the road than a truck full of bricks came from behind like a
gust of wind and crushing him down speeded off towards Mcleod Road.
C) Hardly had he reached half way across the road when a truck full of bricks came from behind like a
gust of wind and crushing him down speeded off towards Mcleod Road.
D) Hardly he reached half way across the road when a truck full of brick came behind like a gust of wind
and crushing him down speeded off towards Mcleod Road.

Q.13

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A) It is important that adults and children should be familiar with the Heimlich maneuver.
B) It is important that adults and children are familiar with the Heimlich maneuver.
C) It is important that adults and children be familiar with the Heimlich maneuver.
D) It is important that adults and children to be familiar with the Heimlich maneuver.
Q.14
A) She gathered up all the apples and, putting them in a basket, carries them into the house.
B) She gathered up all the apples and, putting them in a basket, carried them into the house.
C) She gathered up all the apples and, put them in a basket, carried them into the house.
D) She gathered up all the apples and, putting them in a basket, carrying them into the house.
Q.15
A) One of the cornerstone of modern physics, the principle of the conservation of energy was formulated
by Leibniz in the seventeenth century.
B) One of the cornerstones of modern physics, the principal of the conservation of energy were
formulated by Leibniz in the seventeenth century.
C) One of the cornerstones of modern physics, the principle of the conservation of energy was
formulated by Leibniz in the seventeenth century.
D) One of the cornerstones of modern physics, the principal of the conservation of energy was
formulated by Leibniz in the seventeenth century.
Q.16
A) Though he had awakened before the birds began to twitter, he laid in bed until long after the sun had
arisen.
B) Though he had awakened before the birds began to twitter, he had laid in bed until long after the sun
had arisen.
C) Though he had awakened before the birds began to twitter, he lay in bed until long after the sun had
arisen.
D) Though he had awakened before the birds began to twitter, he has lain in bed until long after the sun
had arisen.
Q.17
A) He is the only one of my older relative who has never criticized at my taste in music.
B) He is the only one of my older relatives who have never criticized my taste of music.
C) He is the only one of my older relatives who has never criticized my taste in music.
D) He is the only one of my older relative who have never criticized on my taste of music.
Q.18
A) The good old red-faced squire shovelling out plum pudding from the crowd of grateful villagers.
B) The good old red-faced squire shovelling out plum pudding to the crowd of grateful villagers.
C) The good old red-faced squire shovelling out plum pudding up the crowd of grateful villagers.
D) The good old red-faced squire shovelling out plum pudding for the crowd of grateful villagers.
Q.19
A) The sergeant had had many close calls, and he had even once been left for dead by the enemy.
B) The sergeant have had many close calls, and he had even once been left for dead by the enemy.
C) The sergeant had had many close calls, and he had even once left for dead by the enemy.
D) The sergeant had many close call, and he had even once been left for dead by the enemy.
Q.20
A) Beneath the scarf there were neither a tie nor a collar.
B) Beneath the scarf there was either a tie or a collar.
C) Beneath the scarf there were either a tie or a collar.
D) Beneath the scarf there was neither a tie nor a collar.

(D) In each of the following questions, four alternative meanings of a word are given. You have to select
the NEAREST CORRECT MEANING of the given word and fill the appropriate Bubble/ Circle on the MCQ
Response Form.

Q.21 OBLITERATE

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A) Wily C) Diminish
B) Derision D) Dale
Q.22 ONEROUS
A) Deadhead C) Appeasing
B) Tedious D) Deflated
Q.23 OVERLIE
A) Ditch C) Unveiling
B) Maturate D) Superimpose
Q.24 PARAGON
A) Deprecate C) Quintessence
B) Politesse D) Eminence
Q.25 PARE
A) Frothing C) Denomination
B) Prune D) Introverted
Q.26 PENINSULA
A) Isthmus C) Bay
B) Island D) Gorge
Q.27 PERIPHERY
A) Dexter C) Fringe
B) Reticent D) Attenuation
Q.28 PRE-EMPTIVE
A) Imitate C) Assiduity
B) Skirmish D) Anticipatory
Q.29 PLEXUS
A) Rete C) Treatise
B) Chaos D) Prying
Q.30 PAMPAS
A) Contradiction C) Prairies
B) Discretion D) Lee

Professor Salman ul Waheed

Pakistan’s Leading MDCAT English Expert
Ph.D. Scholar English Linguistics