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Model Questions - Engl'lsh Questions 1-5 choose the right alternatives 1. .......... his ill - health, he retired from business. Owing to According to Instead of In spite of 2. He acted ..............to my instructions in addition according aswellas Against 3. Why don't you go .........with your brother? mirontof beside along with in addition to 4. He passed away, fighting on his country. (a) along with (b)becauseof behalf of by way of 5. He resigned from the job........... of his eldest son. in order to in spite of (c)in favour (d) without Questions 6-8 choose the one alternative, which is opposite in meaning to the given word: 6. Fresh Old Stale (c)New (d) Sharp 7. Create Make Build Destroy End 8. Diligent Active Lazy Easy Bad Questions 9-11. Pick out the correct meaning of the phrases given 9. Smooth sailing Having no problems Could not thing of Examine something None of these 10. Toyingwith the idea Reached in a conclusion Not considering an idea Considering an idea None of these 11.Make ago of it. become successful utterly failed becoming famous none of these Questions 12-16. Complete the proverbs choosing the suitable words.

12. Don't. ............... more than you can chew. cut bite (c)put (d) do 13. ................ is only skin-deep. Beauty Honesty Complexion None of these 14. An enemy's enemy isa enemy friend thief None of these 15. An empty vessel makes much food noise seat None of these 16. Once a liar always a robber truthful liar. None of these Questions 17-20. Choose the word, which best expresses the meaning of the words given: 17. Perish exist danger Priest ruin 18. Odour Smell Fresh Sweet Older 19. Broth Juice Soup (c)Milk (d) Curd 20. Beast Bird Snake Animal Bee Questions 21-25. Choose the correct form of the words given in brackets. 21. India is proud of her past (glory) glories glorious gloried glorying 22. I was born in Mumbai, but I (grow) up in Delhi. grew grows will grow growing 23. Mohan ...............weak in Mathematics (be) (a) is (b)was (c)has (d) have

24. Meera.................for America last September (leave) will leave left leaves (d)leaved 25. John reads a lot of books. He ever since his boyhood (read) has been reading has reading had reading reads Questions 26-29. Choose the correct plural forms: 26. Son-in-law Sons-in-law Son-in-laws Sons-in-laws None of these 27. Piano Pianoes Pianos Pianoses None of these 28. Pony (a) Ponies (b) Ponys (c)Ponyses (d) None of these 29. Louce Louces Louses Lice None of these Questions 30-33 -Supply the appropriate Articles 30. This is............hotel,wherewe stay (a)an (b) the (c) a (d)as 31.Isaw ........... Americanlady. (a)an a the some 32. There is...........school for the deaf. the an a some 33. Yesterday............European called at my office. an a (c)the (d) one Questions 34 and 35-Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense form of the verbs given in brackets. 34. Rita.............very interesting stories (write) wrote written writes writing 35. She ......................her work sincerely (do)

does did done doing Q1EST1ONS 36 AND 37-CHoosE THE CORRECTLY SPEI,T WORI): 36. Partikular Participate Partysipation Partishion 37. (a)Jasmin Jealous Jaket Jaile Questions 3840 Re-arrange the following words to make meaningful sentences 38. P-Mental Exercise Q-Fresh R-Makes the S-Mind PSRQ QPRS RQPS PRSQ 39. P-Sharp too Q-Makes R-It S-The Mind RQSP PSQR SPRQ (d)QRPS 40. P-A great place Q-Forwildlife R-Itis S-Lovers RSPQ QPSR RPQS SRQP Questions 4144-Write one-. word for the following group of words: 41. A period of Hundred Years Anniversary Golden Jubilee Century Centurion 42. One who speaks for others (a) Spokesman (b)Orator (c) Preacher (d) Activist 43. The life history of a person written by himself. Biography Autobiography Diary Anecdote 44. One who doesn't know how to read and write Illiterate Literate Literal Literacy

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Questions 45-50-Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below

Passage I Cricket grew out of the many stick-and-ball games played in England 500 years ago. The word 'bat' is an old English word that simply means stick or club. By the 17th century, cricket had evolved enough to be recognisable as a distinct game. Till the middle of the 18th century, bats were roughly the same shape as hocky sticks, curving outwards at the bottom. There was simple reason forthis: the ball was bowled underarm, along the ground and the curve at the end of the bat gave the batsman the best chance of making contact. 45. Where was cricket born? America England India None of these 46. When was cricket accepted as a distinct game? 500years ago seventeenth century Eighteenth century None of these 47. Find the word from the passage that means 'developed' Distinct bowled evolved grew

Passage 2 The Technology of statellite television and the world-wide reach of multinational television companies created a global market for cricket. Matches in Sydney could now

be watched live inSurat. Since India had the largest viewership for the game amongst the cricket playing nations and the largest market in the cricketing world, the game's centre of gravity shifted to ' South Asia. This shift was syinbolized by the shifting of the ICC Head Quarters from London to tax-free Dubai. 48. Where has the head office of International Cricket been shifted? London Sydney India Dubai 49. Find the word from the passge that means 'marked'? Shifted Symbolized (c)Created (d) None of these 50. What do you understand by 'satellite television'? The telecaste of live test games via satellites World-wide reach of multinational T.V. companies A Global market for cricket None of these ANSWERS 1.(a),2.(b),3.(c),4.(c),5.(c), 6.(b), 7.(c), 8.(b), 9.(a), 10.(c), 1l.(a), 12.(b), 13.(a), 14.(b), 15(b), 16.(c), 17(d), 18.(a), 19.(b), 20(c), 21.(b), 22.(a), 23.(a), 24.(b), 25.(a), 26(a), 27.(b), 28.(a), 29(c), 30.(b), 31.(a), 32.(c), 33.(b), 34. (c), 35.(a), 36. (b), 37.(b), 38(d), 39.(a), 40.(c), 41.(c), 42.(a), 43.(b), 44.(a), 45.(b), 46.(a), 47.(c), 48(d), 49. (b), 50(a) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIII