61. Fill in the blanks: Ritu is …….. most active girl in …….. family.

• (a) the, a
• (b) the, the
• (c) a, the
• (d) a, a

62. A person who regards the whole world as his country is called:

• (a) patriot
• (b) nationalist
• (c) cosmopolitan
• (d) metropolitan

63. ‘Quarried’ means:

• (a) extract
• (b) measure of capacity
• (c) used in glass windows
• (d) floor tile

64. Change the following into past perfect continuous tense: “The boys are playing cricket.”

• (a) has played
• (b) have played
• (c) have been playing
• (d) had been playing

65. The lesson ‘Torch Bearers’ is written by:

• (a) AG Gardiner
• (b) WM Ryburn
• (c) HG Wells
• (d) Rhoda Power

66. Choose the correct figure of speech: ‘The wind lies asleep in the arms of dawn’.

• (a) Metaphor
• (b) Hyperbole
• (c) Personification
• (d) Oxymoron

67. Choose the correct meaning of the phrase: ‘Foot the bill’

• (a) To tear the bill
• (b) To kick the bill
• (c) To pay
• (d) To throw the bill

68. Indicate the tense: “I have sent a letter to him.”

• (a) Present indefinite
• (b) Past perfect
• (c) Present perfect
• (d) Present perfect continuous

69. Phonetic is the Science of:

• (a) sounds
• (b) reading
• (c) pronunciation
• (d) writing

70. Language learning starts from:

• (a) listening
• (b) speaking
• (c) reading
• (d) writing

71. General aim of prose teaching is to help the students to develop:

• (a) interest in reading
• (b) critical thinking
• (c) comprehension ability
• (d) All of the above

72. Which Indian reformist supported English education?

• (a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
• (b) MK Gandhi
• (c) Swami Vivekananda
• (d) Swami Dayananda

73. Choose the correct meaning of the phrase: ‘To bring to light’

• (a) To reveal
• (b) To conceal
• (c) To appeal
• (d) To praise

74. Choose the synonym for the word ‘Consequence’:

• (a) Proof
• (b) Conclusion
• (c) End
• (d) Result

75. Change the verb ‘Succeed’ into noun:

• (a) Successful
• (b) Succeeding
• (c) Success
• (d) Successfully

76. Who stated: ‘Language is one of the most important and characteristics forms of human behaviour’?

• (a) Gleason
• (b) Maclver and Page
• (c) Mahatma Gandhi
• (d) Dr. R K Agarwal

77. Fill in the blank: “He is blind ……… his own fault.”

• (a) with
• (b) to
• (c) of
• (d) for

78. The poem ‘The Nation Builders’ is composed by:

• (a) HW Longfellow
• (b) William Wordsworth
• (c) Ralf Waldo Emerson
• (d) Ben Jonson

79. Complete the sentence: “The soldiers …………. through the town.”

• (a) walked
• (b) marched
• (c) ran
• (d) suggested

80. Which of the following is in possessive case?

• (a) I
• (b) Me
• (c) You
• (d) Mine

81. What is difficult to do without paying large amount of money?

• (a) To lodge a police complaint
• (b) To hire an auto
• (c) To reach a side street
• (d) To board a flight

82. Who wrote: ‘They also serve who only stand and wait’?

• (a) Shelley
• (b) Keats
• (c) Milton
• (d) Wordsworth

83. Complete the sentence: “Walk carefully lest”

• (a) you may fall down
• (b) you should fall down
• (c) you will fall down
• (d) you can fall down

84. Find out the incorrect sentence:

• (a) The quality of the mangoes was not good
• (b) You, he and I am good friends
• (c) The ‘Arabian Nights’ is still a great favourite
• (d) Each of the scholars has done well

85. Change into passive voice: ‘Do not insult your elders’.

• (a) Let not your elders be insulted
• (b) Your elders let not be insulted
• (c) Let your elders not be insulted by you
• (d) Let us insult your elders

86. Find out the grammatically correct sentence:

• (a) Politics are the subject which is taught
• (b) It is you who are responsible for the downfall
• (c) I, you and he is good friend
• (d) Ganga is a famous river of India

87. State the part of speech of ‘above’: “He looked above in the sky.”

• (a) Adjective
• (b) Noun
• (c) Verb
• (d) Adverb

88. Choose the correct preposition: “The passengers alighted …….. the bus.”

• (a) for
• (b) to
• (c) from
• (d) at

89. Where is the error: “I am reaching (a) / school (b) / in time (c) / everyday (d).”

• (a) Part (a)
• (b) Part (b)
• (c) Part (c)
• (d) Part (d)

90. Point out figure of speech: ‘And having nothing he hath all’.

• (a) Onomatopoeia
• (b) Oxymoron
• (c) Simile
• (d) Apostrophe