Practice

Question 51

What is the role of the storyteller in Naga society?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 52

Which colloquial word is an equivalent of the term ‘grandmother’ that has been used in the extract?

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Correct answer: (B) Granny

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 53

Why does the storyteller feel that the ‘youngsters of today have forgotten how to listen to the voice of the earth and the wind’?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 54

What is the initial note of the song compared to in the extract of the story?

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Correct answer: (A) A hymn

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 55

Pick up an equivalent of the word ‘cadence’ or ‘rhythm’ from the extract of the story.

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 56

Which phrase in the extract of the story describes the feeling of surprise or astonishment with reference to the storyteller?

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Correct answer: (C) As though seeing them for the first time

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 57

The narrator seemed out of joint because

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Correct answer: (C) She was trapped in dark thoughts

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Question 58

Which phrase in the extract is a close equivalent of ‘pin-drop silence’?

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Correct answer: (A) Death-like silence

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Question 59

What made the listeners ‘skeptical’?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 60

Which elemental feeling is most prominent in the story?

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Correct answer: (B) Elegiac

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Question 61

Which word in the extract is closest in meaning to the phrase ‘whips around’?

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 62

Why is the narrator described as ‘chirpy’?

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Correct answer: (B) As she is cheerful

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 63

What memories did the song bring back to the narrator and the listeners?

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Correct answer: (A) Anniversary of that dreadful Sunday

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Question 64

Why is that particular day referred to as ‘Black Sunday’?

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Correct answer: (A) Death of Apenyo and atrocities suffered by the villagers on a certain Sunday

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 65

Why do you think the narrator ‘squats on the bare earth’?

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Correct answer: (C) It was a common way of sitting by the village folk of Nagaland

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 66

Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part: Distribute these mangoes between all the fifty students.

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Correct answer: (B) mangoes between all

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 67

Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part: Unless you don’t work hard, you can’t get success.

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Correct answer: (A) Unless you don’t

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 68

Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part: Start early, lest you should miss the train.

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 69

Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part: He talked as if he was a mad.

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Correct answer: (C) was a mad

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 70

Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part: My watch, which was damaged is now useless.

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 71

Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part: She ought to have obey her parents.

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Correct answer: (B) to have obey

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 72

Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part: You will get wet if you will go out in the rain.

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Correct answer: (B) if you will

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 73

Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part: He is one of greatest leader of my country.

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 74

Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part: Neither you nor he are guilty.

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Correct answer: (C) are guilty

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 75

Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part: Neither of the three pens will do.

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 76

She _____ alone in the city for almost a decade now. (Use past perfect continuous)

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Correct answer: (B) had been living

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 77

He fled where his pursuers could not follow. The underlined section is

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Correct answer: (B) An adverb clause

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 78

The umbrella with a wooden handle is mine. (Identify the correct clause/phrase for the underlined part)

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 79

I have some duties. I must perform them. (Use an infinitive to join the sentences)

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Correct answer: (C) I have some duties to perform.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 80

He deserved to succeed. He failed. (Use an adverb or an adverbial phrase to join the sentences)

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Correct answer: (B) He failed undeservedly.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 81

Her husband died. She heard the news. She fainted. (Use a preposition with a noun or gerund to join the sentences)

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Correct answer: (B) On hearing the news of her husband’s death she fainted.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 82

He jumped up. He ran away. (Use a participle to join the sentences)

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Correct answer: (A) Jumping up he ran away.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 83

Insert the punctuation marks in the following: She read the short story Kafan and adapted it to a radio play

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Correct answer: (C) She read the short story ‘Kafan’ and adapted it to a radio play.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 84

If he is at home, I shall see him. It is a

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Correct answer: (C) complex sentence

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 85

You must hurry or you will miss the train. It is a

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Correct answer: (B) compound sentence

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 86

Choose the correct option: ‘You ate fish’ is an example of

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Correct answer: (C) sentence

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 87

Which one of the following options is correct about the sentence, “That which cannot be read.”?

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Correct answer: (A) Illegible

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 88

The antonym of the word ‘scurrilous’ is

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 89

“I left that house.” What is the underlined word ‘that’, according to English grammar?

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 90

The correctly spelt word in the following is

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Correct answer: (A) Synchronize

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 91

The misspelt word in the following is

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 92

A person who is bad in spelling is known as

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Correct answer: (C) cacographist

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Question 93

The word most nearly opposite to the word ‘opprobrious’ is

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Correct answer: (B) Complimentary

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Question 94

The term ‘quinquennial’ stands for

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 95

A compound sentence consists of

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Correct answer: (A) Two principal clauses

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 96

The Prince said, “It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening.” (Change into reported speech)

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 97

He inquired whether his name was not Ahmed. (Change into direct speech)

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Correct answer: (B) He said to him, “Is not your name Ahmed?”

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 98

dot your is and cross your ts then add two 5s and four 2s (Use punctuation marks)

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Correct answer: (C) Dot your i’s and cross your t’s; then add two 5’s and four 2’s.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 99

‘Moonlight’ is a compound word that is formed by

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Correct answer: (A) noun + noun

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 100

‘Red-hot’ is a compound word that is formed by

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Correct answer: (B) adjective + adjective

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

TRE1 — General Studies And English