General English Questions & Answers –
Part 1
1) Fill in the blank with correct Tense of the verb given
Tom ______(move) to his home town in 1994.
a) moved
b) is moving
c) was moved
d) moves
2)Select the correct Homophones
You will mar your ……… if you do not work hard.
a) Carrier
b) Career
c) Carier
d) None of the above
3) Select the correct question tag
They promised to repay the money within two months, ________?
a) didn’t
they?
b) did they not?
c) aren’t they?
d) either of the above
4) Select the Correct Prepositions
You frequently see this kind of violence ____ television.
a) with
b) in
c)on
d) Upto
5) Choose the correct “synonym” for the underlined word from the options
given
The vessel is built indigenously in India.
a)
locally
b) indirectly
c) invisibly
d) Creatively
6) Match Column A with Column B(Suffixes)
Column A Column B
I. -archy 1.Bureau
II. -cracy 2.Social
III. -ist 3.Path
IV. -ology 4. Hier
a) 2,1,4,3
b) 2,4,3,1
c) 4,2,1,3
d)
4,1,2,3
7) Select the correct Gerund
I enjoyed ____________test
cricket final match against England.
a) watch
b) to watch
c)
watching
d) Watched
8) Blend the following words and select the correct codes given below.
Column A Column B
(a) Lecture 1. Broadcast
(b) Technology 2.
Music
(c) News 3. Wizard
(d) Pop 4. Demonstration
a) 3 1 4 2
b) 2 4 3 1
c) 4 3 1
2
d) 1 4 2 3
9) Identify the odd word among the options
a) delicious
b) expensive
c) industrious
d)
jubilantly
10) Select the correct question tag
You didn’t play tennis last week, _________?
a) did
you
b) didn’t you
c) aren’t you
d) haven’t you
11)Choose the correct sentence from the option
1.Supposing if we start early, we can reach on time
2.He remains brave and confidence in a difficult
situation
3.He joined a European university last year
4.If I had started in time, I would caught the train
a) 1 only
b)2 only
c)3 only
d)4 only
12) Identify an errors
Girls usually / are taking / more time / for dressings.
a) girls usually
b)are
taking
c) more time
d) for dressings
13) Select the antonyms
You don’t have to use any
auxiliary means of repulsion.
a) disgust
b) revolution
c) repercussions
d)
attraction
14) Select the proper articles
They waited about _________ hour at the bus stop.
a) a
b) an
c) the
d) near
15) Select the correct sentence of the following sentence
Muthu is a man of great courage
a)
Statement
b) Interrogative
c) Imperative
d) Exclamatory
16) Find out the correct Plural form of the word Antenna
a) Antenney
b) Antenne
c)
Antennae
d) Antenae
17) which one is related to Gerund + Noun?
a) White wash
b) Cry -baby
c) Black board
d)
Swimming pool
18) Fill in the blanks with suitable degree of comparison
This is the __________(delicious) dish that I have ever tasted
a) So delicious
b) More Delicious
c) Most
delicious
d) Delicious
19) Choose the suitable Suffix word
Joining the Navy, he hoped to one day serve on a sub______.
a) merge
b) marine
c) lime
d) stance
20) Fill in the blanks with correct homophones
Due to this ______handwriting, he is not ____for the post
a) adapted/adopted
b)
illegible/eligible
c) weak/week
d) credible/credulous
21)Find out the odd word.
a) Bless
b) Praise
c) Raise
d)
Talkative
22) Find a proper statement.
a) Raja has liked to play Hockey.
b) Raja was liking to play Hockey.
c) Raja
likes to play Hockey.
d) Raja is liking to play Hockey
23) Identify the errors
Ram was / senior to / Sam in college.
a) Ram was
b) senior to
c) Sam in college
d) No
Error
24) Select the Proper article
There is ________ interesting city in the south of England.
________ city is called Brighton.
a) the / The
b) an /
The
c) an / a
d) a / The
25) Find the error in one of the following fragments/parts.
a) A poorly regulated pharmaceutical
b)
industry mean that antibiotics (means)
c) are freely available to
d) those who can afford them
26) Select the correct word
He wanted to improve his piano playing _______ he wanted to win the
competition.
a) so
b) but
c)
because
d) therefore
27) In the world’s broad field ,of battle, In the bivouac of life. What
is the meaning of the phrase “Bivouac of life”?
a) A
simple temporary stay in this world
b) A permanent peaceful life in this world
c) A pitiable life in this world
d) A grand palace in this world
28) Choose the future indefinite tense form of the given sentence. “The
parcel has been delivered.”
a) The parcel had been delivered.
b) The
parcel will be delivered.
c) The parcel was delivered.
d) The parcel would have been delivered.
29) Choose the correct passive form for the following sentences in
active voice. The tiger was chasing the deer.
a) The deer was chased by the tiger.
b) The deer
was being chased by the tiger,
c) The deer had chased by the tiger
d) The deer was chased the tiger
30) Select the correct antonyms
So my contention was to go by the
rules of circumnavigation.
a) disagreement
b)
agreement
c) dispute
d) deputation
