Some people think that the aim of education is merely to give knowledge. These people want students to read books and do nothing else and add on to their knowledge. Others believe that knowledge alone is not enough; only that which enables a man to earn his living can be called education. Such people think that bread is more important than anything else. Still others believe that education should aim solely at making good citizens and good patriots. Education should give men knowledge, make them self-reliant and be able to serve others. Education should produce men who love their country….
“Some people think that bread is more important than anything else” means -
(A)
They only like to eat bread
(B)
Earning a living is more important than anything else
(C)
Knowledge and education are equal to eating bread
(D)
They don’t like to eat rice
Q.2
“These residential complexes are quite new.”
The word “complexes” in the above sentence is:
(A)
Noun
(B)
Adverb
(C)
Adjective
(D)
Verb
Q.3
Read the poem and answer the questions - (62-66)
A great Hope fell
You heard no noise.
The Ruin was within
Oh cunning Wreck
That hold no tale
And let no Witness in
The mind was built for mighty Freight
For dread occasion planned
How often foundering at Sea
Ostensibly, on Land
A not admitting of the wound
Until it grew so wide
That all my life had entered it
And there were troughs beside -
A closing of the simple lid
That opened to the sun
Until the tender Carpenter
Perpetual nail it down -
Who / What is personified in the $1^{st}$ stanza?
(A)
Witness
(B)
Hope
(C)
Ruin
(D)
Wreck
Q.4
Identify the Parts of Speech of the underlined words (1 – 3) –
He still <u>owes</u> me a lot of money.
(A)
adverb
(B)
adjective
(C)
noun
(D)
verb
Q.5
“To see animals being treated this way makes me furious.”
The word “furious” in the above sentence is:
(A)
Verb
(B)
Adverb
(C)
Noun
(D)
Adjective
Q.6
Fill in the blanks with the correct Articles/Determiners choosing from the options given (4 – 6) –
Don’t write your name on ……………………… page of the booklet.
(A)
many
(B)
few
(C)
both
(D)
every
Q.7
Fill in the blanks with the correct Articles/Determiners choosing from the options given (4 – 6) –
It seems that …………. of the committee members are absent.
(A)
a lots
(B)
every
(C)
any
(D)
some
Q.8
Fill in the blanks with the correct Articles/Determiners choosing from the options given (4 – 6) –
……………………… of the students were found exchanging notes during the examination.
(A)
several
(B)
much
(C)
almost
(D)
every
Q.9
Fill in the blanks with the correct verb form in given sentence (7 – 9) –
Do you also …………….. a strange noise coming from the backyard?
(A)
hears
(B)
hearing
(C)
hear
(D)
heared
Q.10
Fill in the blanks with the correct verb form in given sentence (7 – 9) –
The newspapers ……………….. its going to rain all of next week.
(A)
says
(B)
saying
(C)
say
(D)
be saying
Q.11
Fill in the blanks with the correct verb form in given sentence.
I ……………………… a copy of the 0 A.D. only yesterday.
(A)
had buy
(B)
bought
(C)
had been bought
(D)
buyed
Q.12
Fill in the blanks in sentences with appropriate prepositions (10 - 12) -
The guests complained ……………………… the food quality.
(A)
at
(B)
off
(C)
about
(D)
with
Q.13
Fill in the blanks in sentences with appropriate prepositions (10 - 12) -
……………………… the beginning of a book there is often a Table of Contents.
(A)
From
(B)
At
(C)
By
(D)
On
Q.14
Fill in the blanks in sentences with appropriate prepositions (10 - 12) -
We are on the fourth floor and our friends live ……………………… us on the third.
(A)
below
(B)
under
(C)
beneath
(D)
lower
Q.15
Fill in the blank with appropriate Modal Auxiliary choosing according to the notion given in brackets (13 - 15) -
If he started at nine, he ……………………… be here by four. (probability)
(A)
should
(B)
used to
(C)
need to
(D)
must to
Q.16
Fill in the blank with appropriate Modal Auxiliary choosing according to the notion given in brackets (13 - 15) -
You ……………………… make a little less noise. (suggestion)
(A)
had
(B)
would
(C)
might
(D)
lets
Q.17
He…….easily have helped me in my hour of need. (Past possibility)
(A)
used to
(B)
could
(C)
shall
(D)
able to
Q.18
Choose the option that uses the correct superlative degree of transformation in the following sentence –
No other exercise is so invigorating as cycling.
(A)
Cycling is most invigorating than all exercises.
(B)
Cycling is more invigorating amongst all the exercises.
(C)
Cycling is the most invigorating of all exercises.
(D)
Cycling is most invigorating from all exercises.
Q.19
Choose comparative & superlative degrees for the given blanks –
Ramans’s work is bad, Hari’s is …………………… Govind’s is the ………………………………….
(A)
more bad, most bad
(B)
badder, baddest
(C)
much bad, most bad
(D)
worse, worst
Q.20
Use the appropriate form of “far” to fill in the blank -
This was the …………………………………. point they reached in their discussion.
