1. The bird flew … the room through the window.
Answer: (A) into
2. My father built the tree house …
Answer: (D) himself (p. 3)
3. Choose the correct meaning of “stiff-necked person”:
Answer: (C) Stubborn
4. The whole investigation was just …
Answer: (B) an eyewash
5. Choose the correct sentence:
Answer: (B) Seldom does he come to Delhi
6. Choose the correct meaning of “Baffle”:
Answer: (B) Confuse
7. Choose the correct spelling:
Answer: (C) Resolution (p. 4)
8. There are seven days in a …
Answer: (C) week (p. 5)
9. I have finished the assignment.
Answer: (A) The assignment has been finished by me (p. 5)
10. Choose the correct sentence:
Answer: (A) He said, “I have finished my work.” (p. 5)
11. The restaurant is located … the city centre.
Answer: (A) in (p. 6)
12. “… do you do your homework ?” “After dinner.”
Answer: (D) When (p. 6)
13. Mumbai is the … city in the world.
Answer: (C) busiest (p. 6)
14. This is a hospital. Please speak …
Answer: (C) quietly (p. 6)
15. The wise leader and politician … killed.
Answer: (C) has been (p. 7)
16. I had … weirdest day yesterday.
Answer: (D) the (p. 7)
17. … you like to go to the movie with me?
Answer: (D) Would (p. 7)
18. The gardener … his job efficiently.
Answer: (C) did (p. 7)
19. Give one word substitution for: “Story of old time Gods or heroes”
Answer: (C) Legend (p. 8)
20. He … creates trouble.
Answer: (B) frequently (p. 8)
21. Choose the incorrect sentence:
Answer: (C) The garden was covered from flowers (p. 8)
22. Choose the correct meaning of “Dearth”:
Answer: (D) Lack of (p. 8)
23. My cousin … Turkish and English at University of London.
Answer: (B) studies (p. 9)
24. Sugandha … a bus to college.
Answer: (A) always takes (p. 9)
25. The children ate the cake.
Answer: (B) The cake was eaten by the children. (p. 9)
26. The house is cleaned by her everyday.
Answer: (A) She cleans the house everyday. (p. 10)
27. He … the work that I gave him.
Answer: (B) finished (p. 10)
28. He has not … to school for many days.
Answer: (D) gone (p. 10)
29. Samira says, “This was my fault.”
Answer: (A) Samira says that that was her fault (p. 11)
30. The teacher said, “Why are you so late ?”
Answer: (A) The teacher asked why he was so late (p. 11)
31. Shamim was accused … bribery.
Answer: (D) of (p. 11)
32. There isn’t … juice in the glass.
Answer: (B) any (p. 12)
33. Choose the odd one out :
Answer: (B) Snake (p. 12)
34. He explained the tasks. He walked away from the discussion.
Answer: (B) Explaining the tasks, he walked away from the discussion. (p. 12)
35. He is going to the United States, … ?
Answer: (D) isn’t he (p. 12)
36. Choose the correct spelling:
Answer: (A) Spectacles (p. 13)
37. Harish says that he wants to buy that pen.
Answer: (A) Harish says, “I want to buy this pen.” (p. 13)
38. He told me that he had been to Chennai.
Answer: (D) He said to me, “I have been to Chennai.” (p. 13)
39. He walked … the park.
Answer: (A) through (p. 14)
40. Choose the correct spelling:
Answer: (C) Military (p. 14)
41. I will travel … Boston next month.
Answer: (C) to (p. 14)
42. Choose the correct spelling:
Answer: (B) Technique (p. 14)
43. There’s … at the door.
Answer: (C) someone (p. 14)
44. They were at the party yesterday.
Answer: (D) They weren’t at the party yesterday (p. 15)
45. I am … repair it for you.
Answer: (C) going to (p. 15)
46. The moon is the … planet to earth.
Answer: (D) closest (p. 15)
47. This is the … chocolate I have ever eaten.
Answer: (A) best (p. 15)
48. I didn’t see her … the party.
Answer: (B) at (p. 16)
49. Sanju will be sitting … Raghav and Keshav.
Answer: (B) between (p. 16)
50. … I am ill, I cannot go.
Answer: (C) As (p. 16)
51. The crowd … the police barriers and attacked the hunters.
Answer: (D) broke through (p. 16)
52. You … smoke in a public place.
Answer: (A) should not (p. 17)
53. “I don’t speak French,” she said.
Answer: (C) She said that she didn’t speak French (p. 17)
54. … having several health problems, she is very cheerful.
Answer: (A) Despite (p. 17)
55. I … not be insulted.
Answer: (A) shall (p. 17)
56. Choose the correct synonym of: ‘Distant’:
Answer: (B) Faraway (p. 18)
57. Choose the correct antonym of ‘Lenient’:
Answer: (D) Strict (p. 18)
58. Choose the correct synonym of ‘Confusion’:
Answer: (A) Commotion (p. 18)
59. Choose the correct antonym of ‘Modest’:
Answer: (B) Conceited (p. 18)
60. Would you like … cheese ?
Answer: (B) some (p. 18)
61. The poetess in “The Grandmother’s House” begs at … doors.
Answer: (D) stranger’s (p. 19)
62. The Old English Period ended in the year
Answer: (B) AD 1066 (p. 19)
63. The history of English language is about … years old.
Answer: (A) fifteen hundred (p. 19)
64. The … had a huge impact on the English language.
Answer: (D) Renaissance (p. 19)
65. “For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you” is written by
Answer: (D) Walt Whitman (p. 20)
66. The prams are … in the poem “Now the Leaves are Falling Fast”.
Answer: (B) rolling (p. 20)
67. … died of tuberculosis at the age of 26.
Answer: (C) John Keats (p. 20)
68. The lady who died, lies in the …
Answer: (A) grave (p. 20)
69. “Train to Pakistan” is written by
Answer: (C) Khushwant Singh (p. 20)
70. Morality plays developed in
Answer: (B) Middle Ages (p. 21)
71. ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ was written by
Answer: (A) Mark Twain (p. 21)
72. The Romantic Revival is associated with
Answer: (B) William Wordsworth (p. 21)
73. Our forefathers did not invent machinery because
Answer: (B) they knew we would become slaves (p. 21)
74. Dr. Radhakrishnan never lost his faith in the
Answer: (D) essential humanity of man (p. 22)
75. Nanukaka opened his silver snuffbox and took a
Answer: (C) pinch (p. 22)
76. One hundred years later, the Negroes are still
Answer: (C) languishing (p. 22)
77. The taming of … animals made life much safer.
Answer: (B) domestic (p. 22)
78. Dr. Zakir Hussain feels greatly obliged to the people of
Answer: (B) India (p. 22)
79. In democracy, the freedom of press is
Answer: (B) necessary (p. 23)
80. Germaine Greer is a / an … writer.
Answer: (A) Australian (p. 23)
81. … was also known as the Augustan Age.
Answer: (C) 18th Century (p. 23)
82. Standard British English speech came to be known as
Answer: (B) Received Pronunciation (p. 23)
83. … is the synonym of drama.
Answer: (B) Play (p. 23)
84. … has taught us to be friendly with each other.
Answer: (D) Civilization (p. 24)
85. Benjy asked his parents to eat in the
Answer: (C) kitchen (p. 24)
86. … advised the Indians not to blame the Britishers for everything.
Answer: (A) Pearl S. Buck (p. 24)
87. The ownership of … is disputed.
Answer: (A) Cow-Meadows (p. 24)
88. “Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe” is
Answer: (B) a lyric (p. 24)
89. The Negroes took a pledge to always
Answer: (B) march ahead (p. 24)
90. When Lomov visited Choobookov, he was
Answer: (B) welcomed (p. 25)
91. The … is dumb in “Now the Leaves are Falling Fast”.
Answer: (B) Nightingale (p. 25)
92. “Thou watched the last oozings hours by hours” is from
Answer: (C) Ode to Autumn (p. 25)
93. The poet in ‘The Soldier’ is depicting the miseries of
Answer: (C) war (p. 25)
94. According to T. S. Eliot, Macavity is a / an
Answer: (D) master criminal (p. 25)
95. Tower of silence is related to
Answer: (B) Parsis (p. 25)
96. “And lifted his head, dreamily, as one who has drunken” is from
Answer: (D) Snake (p. 26)
97. Survival for homosapiens was primarily
Answer: (C) difficult (p. 26)
98. The type of gourds that appealed to Seibei was
Answer: (B) symmetrical (p. 26)
99. In … children under the age of six are looked after by the whole family.
Answer: (C) India (p. 26)
100. Free people must see to it that when peace comes … is restored.
Answer: (C) full freedom (p. 26)