61. The substitution table method was adopted by:

• (a) Dr. West
• (b) HE Palmer
• (c) Prof. DJ Dodson
• (d) Rober Manger

62. Choose the correct word to fill in the blank: Ten miles ________ a long way to walk.

• (a) are
• (b) is
• (c) are being
• (d) None of these

63. Choose the appropriate synonym of the word ‘ways’ in “There can be different ways of solving the same problem”:

• (a) routes
• (b) manners
• (c) methods
• (d) path

64. Write one word for: Which cannot be read?

• (a) Incorrigible
• (b) Illegible
• (c) Eligible
• (d) Illiterate

65. Choose the opposite of: Particularly

• (a) Elaborately
• (b) Generally
• (c) Entirely
• (d) Comprehensively

66. Phonetic aspect of language deals with:

• (a) writing
• (b) reading
• (c) sound, spelling and pronunciation
• (d) understanding

67. Causes of spelling errors are:

• (a) silent letters
• (b) poor pronunciation
• (c) one letter different sounds
• (d) All of the above

68. Identify the odd word from the following:

• (a) joy
• (b) sorrow
• (c) happiness
• (d) bliss

69. Which of the following is an ‘Oxymoron’?

• (a) Bright light
• (b) Cluster beans
• (c) Deafening silence
• (d) Misty eyed

70. Give one word substitution for: One hundred years

• (a) decade
• (b) century
• (c) score
• (d) annual

71. Fill in the blanks with the correct articles: ________ Taj Mahal is ________ monument symbolizing love.

• (a) The, a
• (b) A, an
• (c) The, an
• (d) A, the

72. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions: I tried ________ relieve them ________ their poverty.

• (a) to, with
• (b) to, of
• (c) by, form
• (d) into, with

73. Choose the correct phrase to complete the proverb: God helps those who ________

• (a) pray to him
• (b) help themselves
• (c) turn to him
• (d) worship him

74. Fill in the blank with correct preposition: When she parted ________ her parents, her eyes were full of tears.

• (a) off
• (b) with
• (c) from
• (d) to

75. Fill in the blank with past perfect tense: The train ________ the platform before I reached the station.

• (a) left
• (b) has left
• (c) have left
• (d) had left

76. Choose the synonym of the word: inundate

• (a) to flood
• (b) sink
• (c) batter down
• (d) pass by

77. The girl child ‘Lucy’ is in poems written by:

• (a) John Keats
• (b) William Wordsworth
• (c) William Shakespeare
• (d) P B Shelley

78. Choose the incorrect part of the sentence: The man / standing next to / the pillar is / my older brother.

• (a) The man
• (b) standing next to
• (c) the pillar is
• (d) my older brother

79. Fill in the blank with the correct idiom: I ________ of Rama at the theater but she did not see me.

• (a) held a glimpse
• (b) threw a glimpse
• (c) wanted a glimpse
• (d) caught a glimpse

80. Fill in the blank with the appropriate modal: The villagers ________ read and write their mother tongue.

• (a) may
• (b) can
• (c) should
• (d) with

81. Choose the correct form of the verb: We ________ the matter yesterday.

• (a) discussed about
• (b) discussed of
• (c) discussed
• (d) discussed well

82. Fill in the blank with the correct prepositional phrase: The deaf learn to communicate with one another ________ sign language.

• (a) according to
• (b) by means of
• (c) inspite of
• (d) but for

83. Choose the best word: He was tired and ill and ________ on the stairs and fell all the way down.

• (a) stumbled
• (b) stuck
• (c) stumped
• (d) steered

84. Find the error part: They invited Jaya and I / to the function / to be held in the next month.

• (a) They invited Jaya and I
• (b) to the function
• (c) to be held in the next month
• (d) No error

85. Choose meaning of phrase: The little girl with her flawless performance stole the show.

• (a) Disappeared from the show
• (b) Crept into the show
• (c) Stole something from the show
• (d) Won everybody’s praise

86. Fill in suitable article: We were watching ________ news on BBC last evening.

• (a) a
• (b) the
• (c) an
• (d) None of these

87. Fill in suitable adverb: It took us ________ five hours to reach the airport.

• (a) nearly
• (b) always
• (c) enough
• (d) None of these

88. Choose preposition: We have been living here ________ six months.

• (a) ever
• (b) at
• (c) since
• (d) for

89. Which of the following ‘laugh’?

• (a) Goats
• (b) Hyenas
• (c) Lions
• (d) Deer

90. Mark the synonym of ‘Carcass’:

• (a) Bulk
• (b) Federation
• (c) Quality
• (d) Corpse