1.Toni Morrison is the author of ………….
(A) Little Girls Wiser Than Men
(B) Once Upon a Time
(C) Gillu
(D) The Pace for Living
Ans :- B
2. Civilization has changed and grown in ….
(A) England
(B) Amercia
(C) Africa
(D) India
Ans :- D
3. “Old woman, I hold in my hand a bird” is from:
(A) Once Upon a Time
(B) Me and the Ecology Bit
(C) Gillu
(D) The Pace for Living
Ans :- A
4. Slow thinkers are handicapped in the business of getting
(A) a living
(C) respect
(B) wealth
(D) amenities of life
Ans :- A
5. ……….. has been one of the most significant developments of our times :
(A) painting
(B) competition
(C) agriculture
(D) cinema
Ans :- D
6. The people of Buma sacrificed everything in the pursuit of a ……….. Buma.
(A) happy
(B) autocratic
(C) democratic
(D) monarch
Ans :- C
7. ……. is the most amazing aspect of Indian culture.
(A) myth
(B) courage
(C) vitality
(D) logic
Ans :- C
8. The cinema also combines the cold ………. of science.
(A) art
(B) logic
(C) technology
(D) experiments
Ans :- B
9. The speech The Unity of Indian Culture has been deliv ered by ………
(A) Toni Morrison
(B) Leo Tolstoy
(C) Aung San Sui Kyi
(D) Humayun Kabir
Ans :- D
10. One of most remarkable features of Indian culture is …….
(A) Many religions
(B) many languages
(C) various feastivals
(D) spirit of underlying unit
Ans :- D
11. The girl in ‘Once upon a Time’ offers bread and pieces of ……
(A) chicken
(B) fruits
(C) cheese
(D) meat
Ans :- D
12. Aris in ‘Acceptance Speech’ says that the Noble Peace Prize epitomizes the ideals of ……
(A) democracy
(B)humanism
(C) autocracy
(D) peace
Ans :- D
13. Civilization is the organization of ……… which creates the condition of culture.
(A) family
(B) office
(C) school
(D) society
Ans :- D
14. Who told the crowd that the two little girls were wiser than them ?
(A) a passerby
(B) neighbours
(C) Akoulya’s grandmother
(D) Malasha’s grandfather
Ans :- C
15. The splendour of your lamps; but they eclipse’ ….. is from:
(A) Polythene Bag
(B) God Made the Country
(C) Thinner than a Crescent
(D) The Empty Heart
Ans :- B
16. The poet in ‘Ode to Solitude’ wants to live unseen and ……
(A) unknown
(B) quietly
(C) unheard
(D) peacefully
Ans :- D
17. The polythene bag does not get ……
(A) decomposed
(B) dissolved
(C) soiled
(D) sullied
Ans :- B
18. ‘You ask her one thing, She speaks of another is from:
(A) Polythene Bag
(B)Koel
(C) The Empty Heart
(D) Thinner than a Crescent
Ans :- D
19. ‘The shades of mangoes burn!’ is from:
(A) Koel
(B) Ode on Solitude
(C) The Empty Heart
(D) God Made the Country
Ans :- A
20. The rich man left home because he wanted to earn more
(A) knowledge
(B) respect
(C) money
(D) gold
Ans :- A
21. The children used to listen to Martha, lying on their …..
(A) elbows
(B) hands
(C) bed
(D) backs
Ans :- B
22. The green garden …….. the Koel’s heart :
(A) teases
(B) chases
(C) mocks
(D) burns
Ans :- D
23. ‘Her tears carved a river’…….. who is ‘her’ that the poet is referring to ?
(A) Mitra
(B) Radha
(C) Rukmini
(D) Laxmi
Ans :- B
24. ‘Illantamiza’ has been written by ……
(A) Periasamy Thooran
(B) Durga Prasad Panda
(C) Vidyapati
(D) Puran Singh
Ans :- A
25. ‘The sight of mango-blossoms fires me all the more!’ is from ………
(A) The Empty Heart
(B) Ode on Solitude
(C) Koel
(D) Martha
Ans :- C
26. ‘Yugvani’ was edited by:
(A) Puran Singh
(B) Periasamy thooran
(C)Alexander Pope
(D) Laxmi Prasad Devokota
Ans :- A
27. Quality’ is about the quality of ……….
(A) boots
(B) chicken
(C) sweets
(D) fruits
Ans :- A
28. The cook in the story ‘Sun and Moon’ is ………..
(A) Sun
(B) Minnie
(C) Moon
(D) Florie
Ans :- B
29. The narrator in ‘Love Defied’ realised that he was not ……. enough to become an IAS officer.
(A) intelligent
(B) determined
(C) hardworking
(D) strong
Ans :- A
30. In ‘The Bet’, the prisoner read only ……….. after the tenth year.
(A) Shakespeare
(B) Eliot
(C) Gita
(D) The New Testament
Ans :- D
31. The drawing room in ‘Sun and Moon’ was full of …..
(A) servants
(B) guests
(C) labourers
(D) priests
Ans :- B
32. The daughter in ‘Two Horizons’ feels a huge …….. inside :
(A) happiness
(B) storm
(C) emptiness
(D) burden
Ans :- A
33. Moon’s shoes were ………. in colour.
(A) black
(B) brown
(C) grey
(D) white
Ans :- D
34. The mother wants her daughter to seek ……. within her self.
(A) solace
(B) fulfilment
(C) peace
(D) happiness
Ans :- D
35. Making shoes, according to Mr. Gessler, is a/an …….
(A) Ardt (art)
(B) skill
(C) profession
(D) performance
Ans :- A
36. The terms and conditions of the bet were decided by the banker and the ………
(A) doctor
(B) lawyer
(C) cashier
(D) teacher
Ans :- B
37. Passive Voice of ‘Can he break this stick ?”
(A) Can he broken this stick?
(B) Can this stick be broken by him ?
(C) He can break this stick ?
(D) Stick can be broken by him?
Ans :- D
38. Active Voice of ‘I was shocked at this news’.
(A) This news shocked me
(B) News was shocking for me
(C) News has been shocking me
(D) Shocking was this news
Ans :- A
39. Passive Voice of ‘Everybody knows me’.
(A) Knows me everybody
(B) I am known by everybody
(C) I am known to everybody
(D) Everybody me knows
Ans :- B
40. Active Voice of ‘The needy should be helped’.
(A) Needy must be helped
(B) We should help the needy
(C) Help the needy
(D) One may help the needy Direction
Ans :- C
41. He said, “You are a great fool.”
(A) He said that he is a great fool.
(B) He said that he was a great fool.
(C) He said that he had been a great fool.
(D) He says that he is a great fool
Ans :- C
42. He said to me, “The man will come tomorrow.”
(A) He said to me that the man can come tomorrow.
(B) He is saying that the man would come tomorrow.
(C) He told me that the man would come the next day.
(D) He says that the man should come tomorrow.
Ans :- C
43. Rita said to me, “Please help me.”
(A) Rita says to help her.
(B) Rita ordered me to help her.
(C) Rita asked to help her.
(D) Rita requested me to help her.
Ans :- D
44. He says to me, “You are my best friend.”
(A) He tells me that I am his best friend.
(B) He says that I am going to be his best friend.
(C) He stated that I am his best friend,
(D) He told that I was his best friend.
Ans :- A
45. I ………… in the morning.
(A) walk
(B) walks
(C) walking
(D) walked
Ans :- A
46. He never ………… a lie.
(A) telling
(B) have told
(C) will tell
(D) tells
Ans :- D
47. I ………… this place before he comes.
(A) will leave
(B) leaving
(C) left
(D) leave
Ans :- A
48. He is ………… to buy a flat.
(A) went
(B) going
(C) gone
(D) go Direction
Ans :- B
49. Come and sit ………… me.
(A) with
(B) for
(C) at
(D) by
Ans :- A
50. He is bent ………… taking revenge.
(A) to
(B) on
(C) for
(D) through
Ans :- B
51. He prohitied me ……….. going to movie.
(A) at
(B) by
(C) from
(D) in
Ans :- B
52. Hard work is key ……….. Success.
(A) of
(B) to
(C) from
(D) for
Ans :- A
53. Choose the correctly spelt world.
(A) Progress
(B) Progres
(C) Proggres
(D) Prograce
Ans :- A
54. Choose the correctly spelt world.
(A) Opportunity
(B) Oporchunity
(C) Oportunity
(D) Auportunity
Ans :- A
55. Choose the correctly spelt world.
(A) Addapted
(B) Adipted
(C) Adapted
(D) Adipted
Ans :- C
56. Choose the correctly spelt world.
(A) Simpathy
(B) Sempathy
(C) Simpaethy
(D) Sympathy
Ans :- D
57. दरबाजा बंद करो ।
(A) Shut the door
(B) You shut the door
(C) Door be shutted
(D) Door should be shut
Ans :- A
58. रोगी को बचाया नहीं जा सकता ।
(A) Saved cannot the patient
(B) The patient cannot be save
(C) Patient must be saved
(D) The patient would not be saved
Ans :- B
59. सड़क के दोनों ओर पड़े थे ।
(A) Both sides of the road were trees
(B) All sides of roads were trees
(C) Trees were there beside road
(D) Therte were trees on either side of the road
Ans :- A
60. हमलोग मैच जित सकते है ।
(A) The matches can be won
(B) Matches were won
(C) Matches must be wion
(D) We can win the match
Ans :- D
61. Who didn’t dislike the rapid movemnt of life ?
(A) corn-merchant
(B) the author
(C) nephew of corn-merchant
(D) wife of com-merchant
Ans :- B
62. Where was Mrs. Greene pilling newspapers ?
(A) Next to her garbage bag
(B) Anywhere in the campus
(C) In the corner of the garden
(D) In the flower pot
Ans :- A
63. Which tribe did the author belong to in ‘The Pace for Living ?’
(A) fast thinkers
(B) steady thinkers
(C) slow thinkers
(D) lazy thinkers
Ans :- C
64. What does Mr. Williams actually mean to say to Jim in ‘Me and the Ecology Bit’ ?
(A) Compost is not suitable for plants
(B) Compost is not environment friendly
(C) Compost spoils the kitchens
(D) Compost stinks in the whole street
Ans :- D
65. How many wounds did the squirrel have in ‘Gillu’ ?
(A) One
(B)Five
(C) Two
(D) Seven
Ans :- C
66. ………. University conferred an honorary doctorate on Satyajit Ray.
(A) Cambridge
(B) Oxford
(C) California
(D) Mumbai
Ans :- B
67. Aung San Suu Kyi is a ………..
(A) revolutionary
(B) classical dancer
(C) pro-democracy activist
(D) poetess
Ans :- C
68. When did Toni Morrison receive the Nobel Prize ?
(A) 1990
(B) 1992
(C) 1993
(D) 1994
Ans :- C
69. What is the name of the political party headed by Aung San Suu Kyi ?
(A) National Congress
(B) National League for Democracy in Burma
(C) Myanmar League
(D) Myanmar Congress
Ans :- B
70. ………… were considered the earliest invaders of India.
(A) Aryans
(B) Turks
(C) Greek
(D) Afghans
Ans :- A
71. Where does the koel conceal itself ?
(A) In the forest
(B) In mango-leaves
(C) In the leaves
(D) In peepal-leaves
Ans :- B
72. What does the porter’s body emit ?
(A) coloured lights
(B) radiation
(C) sulphur like smell
(D) fragrance
Ans :- C
73. The author in ‘Allergy’ talks about different types of ……..
(A) allergies
(B) doctors
(C) medicines
(D) diseases
Ans :- A
74. ‘Two Horizons’ has been trnaslated from Oriya into English by ……..
(A) Binapani Mohanty herself
(B) Giridhar Jha
(C) Jayanta Mahapatra
(D) John Galsworthy
Ans :- C
75. ‘Love Defiled’ is a story about the narrator and his ……
(A) brother
(B) girlfriend
(C) father
(D) sister
Ans :- D
76. ‘The Empty Heart’ tells us about ………
(A) greed
(B) poverty
(C) sickness
(D) over-eating
Ans :- A
77. In the poem “Polythene Bag’, what keeps coming again and again ?
(A) Anxiety of the future
(B) Comfortable feeling
(C) Pain cuased by the hurt
(D) Fits of depression
Ans :- C
78. Who is the author of “Little Girls Siser Than Men’?
(A) Bladimir Narakov
(B) Maxim Gorki
(C) Leo Tolstoy
(D) Katherine Mansfield”
Ans :- C
79. According to the poet of ‘God Made the Country’, who made the town ?
(A) God
(B) NGOs
(C) Government
(D) Man
Ans :- D
80. According to Pope, a man is happy if he is ….
(A) rich
(B) contented
(C) famous
(D) poor
Ans :- D
81. Which work of Premchand was banned by the British Government ?
(A) Godan
(B) Soje Vatan
(C)Nirmala
(D) Gaban
Ans :- B
82. ‘It was ……….. to go to him (Mr. Gessler) very often.
(A) not possible
(B) occasionally possible
(C) possible
(D) maybe possible
Ans :- A
83. Like a conjurer Walter De La Mare creates an atmosphere of……
(A) mystery
(B) town
(C) school
(D) country
Ans :- A
84. Radha’s friends were ……… about her.
(A) angry
(B) happy
(C) worried
(D) ecstatic
Ans :- C
85. Passive Voice of ‘When do you take milk” ?
(A) When is milk taken by you ?
(B) When has milk taken by you ?
(C) Is milk taken by you ?
(D) You have taken milk ?
Ans :- A
86. Active Voice of ‘My watch was stolen’.
(A) Stole my watch.
(B) Someone stole my watch.
(C) Watch is stolen.
(D) Watch was stolen.
Ans :- B
87. “Who has done this work?” said Ram to Shyam.
(A) Ram asked Shyam who had done that work.
(B) Ram asking Shyam who did the work.
(C) Ram has asked Shyam about who did the work.
(D) Ram will ask Shyam as who will do the work.
Ans :- A
88. He said, “I like this song”.
(A) He says that he likes this song.
(B) He said that he liked that song.
(C) He is saying that he likes this song.
(D) He may say that he likes this song.
Ans :- B
89. It………….. since last evening.
(A) is raining
(B) has been raining
(C) will rain
(D) rains
Ans :- B
90. Have you …………. her ?
(A) see
(B) seen
(C) saw
(D) will see
Ans :- B
91. I saw him ………….. for you.
(A) waited
(B) will wait
(C) wait
(D) waiting
Ans :- A
92. They were invited ………….. lunch
(A) of
(B) on
(C) for
(D) By
Ans :- B
93. He is ………….. his office.
(A) at
(B)in
(C) on
(D) by
Ans :- B
94. Take care ………….. your health.
(A) of
(B) with
(C) in
(D) to
Ans :- A
95. Choose the correctly spelt world.
(A) Convinse
(B) Cunvince
(C) Convense
(D) Convince
Ans :- D
96. Choose the correctly spelt world.
(A) Probelam
(B) Problem
(C) Prublam
(D) Preblem
Ans :- B
97. Choose the correctly spelt world.
(A) Describe
(B) Deescribe
(C) Discribe
(D) Daescribe
Ans :- A
98. धार्मिक पुस्तकों का अध्ययन करो ।
(A) Studying religious books.
(B) Books study religious.
(C) Study religious books.
(D) You should study religious books.
Ans :- A
99. मोहन इतना मोटा है की वह दौड़ नहीं सकता ।
(A) Mohan is so fat that he cannot run.
(B) Fat is so Mohan that he can’t run.
(C) Running is difficult for Mohan.
(D) Mohan is just fat that he cannot run.
Ans :- A
100. अभी दो बजे है ।
(A) It was two o’clock.
(B) It is two o’clock
(C) It has been two o’clock
(D) It will be two o’clock
Ans :- B