General English-Test-2 Questions and answers

  1. General English
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    2. Antonyms
    3. Synonyms
    4. Idioms and Phrases
    5. Ordering of sentences
    6. Comprehension
1). Identify the sentence that is different from the others in structure :
A). Being sick, my brother did not attend the class
B). In spite of his povery he helps the poor.
C). You must run fast or you will not win.
D). in case of the cat being away the mice are at play.
2). The wounded man was being helped by some boys. The active form of the above sentence is :
A). Some boys were helping the wounded man.
B). Some boys are helping the wounded man.
C). Some boys have been helping the wounded man.
D). Some boys have not been helping the wounded man.
3). Choose the option that contains the answer that would complete the sentence : ________is easy; but practising is difficult.
A). Have been preaching
B). Preaching
C). Having been preaching
D). Having preached
4). In which short story of Oscar Wilde does the character Baron Hausberg appear ?
A). The Selfish Giant
B). The Happy Prince
C). Two Friends
D). The Model Millionaire
5). "What an amazing model? !" Whispered Hughie. Who is referred as, 'an amazing model' in Oscar Wilde's 'The Model Millionaire'?
A). Alan Trevor
B). Laura Merton
C). Baron Hausberg
D). Colonel Dumoulin


6). Choose the correct passive voice of the sentence given below : He will have written a letter.
A). A letter will have written by him
B). A letter will have write by him
C). A letter will be written by him
D). A letter will have been written by him
7). In 'Music-The Hope Raiser' Dr. Karl Paulnack says : "The Greeks said that music and astronomy were two sides of the same coin" "Two sides of the same coin\" would mean
A). similar in every way
B). similar in approach but different in aim
C). opposite in every way
D). none of the above
8). Match the following words given under column A with their meanings under column B and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Column A  Column B
a) avocation  1. relevant
b) tranquility  2. distraction
c) squashed  3. calmness
d) pertinent  4. silenced

Below codes are given in A B C D order

A). 2 1 4 3
B). 3 2 1 4
C). 2 3 4 1
D). 1 2 3 4
9). Which of the following lines are not from John Masefield's 'Laugh and be merry?
A). Better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.
B). The longing in my heart, the everlasting life in my soul.
C). God made heaven and earth for joy. He took in a Rhyme.
D). Laugh till the game is played.
10). Identify the author of the poem 'Sonnet No : 116'
A). Alfred Shakespeare
B). John Keats
C). William Wordsworth
D). William Shakespeare
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