QN : 1
Which of the following words is/are synonymous with the idoms 'out of elbows'
  1. Penurious
  2. Guilty
  3. Impoverished
[A] Only iii
[B] Only ii and iii
[C] Only i and iii
[D] All of the above (i, ii and iii)
QN : 2
Turn into the Passive :
She knows the musician personally.
  1. The musician is personally known to her.
  2. The musician was personally known by her.
  3. THe musician was personally known to her
[A] Only i
[B] Only ii and iii
[C] Only iii
[D] None of the above
QN : 3
Find one world substitute/s for 'A person who hates and avoids other people'
  1. Anthropologist.
  2. Philanthropist
  3. Misanthrope.
[A] Only i and ii
[B] Only ii and iii
[C] Only ii
[D] Only iii
QN : 4
Identify the wrongly spelt word/s
  1. Narciscistic
  2. Vacuum
  3. Nausious
[A] Only iii
[B] Only ii and iii
[C] Only i and iii
[D] Only i
QN : 5
Change into Indirect speech :
He has said to me; 'I have a bicycle'.
  1. He had told me that he has a bicycle.
  2. He has told me that he has a bicycle.
  3. He had told me that he had a bicycle
[A] Only i and ii
[B] Only ii
[C] Only i an iii
[D] Only iii
QN : 6
Which of the following statements is true with regard to the sentence.
'Walk quickly or you will not reach the railway station in time'?
  1. The sentence has two Main Clauses.
  2. The sentence is a Compound Sentence.
  3. The sentence is a Complex Sentence.
[A] Only i
[B] Only iii
[C] Only i and ii
[D] Only i and iii
QN : 7
Identify the plural forms.
  1. Synopses
  2. Paparazzi
  3. Symposia
[A] Only i and iii
[B] Only i and ii
[C] Only ii and iii
[D] All of the above (i, ii and iii)
QN : 8
Pick the word/s opposite to the word in italics :
The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.
  1. Detest
  2. Divest
  3. Debut
[A] Only i and ii
[B] Only ii
[C] Only i and iii
[D] Only i
QN : 9
Choose the appropriate form of the verb
Latha's career would have been ruined if she (not pass) the promotion test.
  1. Have not passed
  2. Has not passed
  3. Had not passed
[A] Only i and ii
[B] Only iii
[C] Only i
[D] None of the above
QN : 10
Correct the sentence :
She must either be a novelist or playwright.
  1. She must be either a novelist or playwright
  2. She must either be a novelist or be a playwright
  3. She must be a novelist or a playwright
[A] Only i and ii are correct
[B] Only ii and iii are correct
[C] Only i and iii are correct
[D] Only iii is correct