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71. Unhygienic surroundings ____ health problems. (a) give rise to (b) call for (c) call off (d) set in
72. The book is not only interesting but also ___
(a) intruding (b) intrinsic (c) endearing (d) instructive
73. Find the word that is wrongly spelt:
(a) courageous (b) encourage (c) vicious (d) majistrate
74. Place an alphabet before the word love to get the meaning a spice:
(a) T (b) C (c) S (d) W
75. Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the word immunity:
(a) disinclination (b) freedom (c) protection (d) apathy
76. The closest meaning of the word benevolence is :
(a) attention (b) attraction (c) patience (d) kindness
77. The word which means false reports that damage the reputation of a person:
(a) candour (b) gander (c) banter (d) slander
78. Choose the correctly spelt word :
(a) peursue (b) purseue (c) persue (d) pursue
79. Select the word meaning small branch :
(a) bit (b) stick (c) twig (d) log
80. Arrears best means :
(a) small pieces (b) works of art (c) unpaid debts (d) the back portion of a building
81. Choose the correct preposition for the sentence The thief hid all his loot ___a stone.
(a) below (b) under (c) beneath (d) by
82. I don't want you to be disappointed____me.
(a) with (b) ab out (c) for (d) at
83. He said, 'I must go at once.' Change into indirect speech :
(a) He said that he had to go at once (b) He said that he would go at once (c) He said that he must have gone at once (d) He said that he had had to go at once
84. Change into indirect speech : ‘Oh dear! I’ve lost my purse’, she said:
(a) She said that she lost her purse (b) She exclaimed that she had lost her purse (c) She said that she had lost her purse (d) She expressed that she had lost her purse
85. He became a philosopher, _____.
(a) didn't he ? (b) did he ? (c) has he ? (d) hasn't he ?
86. I meant____your attention to this matter.
(a) to be called (b) to call (c) to calling (d) to had called
87. The car pulled ____ before the front door.
(a) up (b) at (c) by (d) an
88. Home is ____ sweetest place on earth.
(a) our (b) the (c) a (d) an
89. Choose the correct sentence :
(a) The committee are in session (b) The committee is in session (c) The committee were in session (d) The committee to be in session
90. The opposite of vice is:
(a) wickedness (b) virtue (c) goodness (d) silence
91. The idiom ‘storm in the tea cup’ means
(a) no fuss over trivial matter (b) big fuss over trivial matter (c) clever idea (d) sudden inspiration
92. The mansion was pulled down, to make way for a housing complex. The words italicised mean:
(a) brought (b) constructed (c) demolished (d) broken
93. Most of the people in India live from hand to mouth. The closest meaning to this idiom is:
(a) a life of plenty providing for the future (b) with moderate provision for the future (c) without any provision for the future (d) with some provision for the future
94. He is quite at sea. At sea means :
(a) by the sea (b) lost in thought (c) determined (d) confused
95. Mark stands well with his boss. Stands well closely means :
(a) Mark is well thought of by his boss (b) Mark is not well thought of by his boss (c) Boss is well thought of by Mark (d) Boss is not well thought of by Mark
96. I save money by____smoking.
(a) carefully (b) frequently (c) ever (d) never
97. I____prefer coffee.
(a) ever (b) usually (c) forever (d) never
98. There is a cat in the kitchen.____is drinking milk.
(a) It (b) He (c) She (d) Them
99. They sell___dresses in that store.
(a) lady (b) lady's (c) ladies (d) ladies’
100. ____bread and butter the only thing you have for me?
(a) Wasn't (b) Are (c) Is (d) Aren't
ANSWER
71. (a) give rise to - cause
72. (d) instructive
73. (d)
74. (b) C+love = clove
75. (c) Protection
76. (d) Kindness
77. (d) Slander
78. (d) pursue
79. (c) twig
80. (c) unpaid debts
81. (b) under
82. (a) with
83. (a) He said that he had to go at once.
84. (b) She exclaimed that she had lost her purse.
85. (a) didn’t he ?
86. (b) to call
87. (a) up
88. (b) the
89. (b) The Committee is in session
90. (b) Virtue
91. (b) big fuss over trivial matter
92. (c) demolished
93. (c) without any provision for the future
94. (d) confused
95. (a) Mark is well thought of by his boss.
96. (d) never
97. (b) usually
98. (a) It
99. (d) Ladies’
100. (c) Is
