English Grammar Test Level-2

 

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Sub. – English Grammar  Test level - 2 

Date: 16/02/2021                                                                                                       Marks: 50

Day: Tuesday                                                                                                            Name:______________             

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Instructions:    (1) All objective questions in this part are compulsory.

                        (2) All objective questions carry equal marks.

(3) Before each question in your OMR Sheet, option A O, B O, C O and D O have been given. Choose the right option by making the circle dark.

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* Fill the blank with appropriate word:       

1) Where do you ………………….?

  A) live                       B) lives                            C) lived                       D) to live

2) Dad, have you got………. work in the office today?     

A) many                               B) few                                        C) much                         D) little

3) I don’t have ………….. stamps in my collection yet.

A) many                               B) few                              C) much                     D) little

4) Where is …………. book I bought this morning?

A) a                           B) an                                C) some                      D) the

5) Would you like ………………… cup of tea?

A) a                           B) an                                C) some                      D) the

6) Delhi is ………….. Ahmadabad

A) bigger                    B) bigger than                   C) big than                 D) biggest

7) I hurt ……………….. in the playground.

A) me                        B) myself                         C) I                            D) my

8) Last weekend we ……………….. in the sea.

A) swim                               B) swims                          C) swum                     D) swam

9) Bye Mann, see you…………. Monday ?

A) at                          B) on                                C) in                           D) by

10)  At one point, it looked as if an area of agreement would ________ especially over the issue of productivity linked wages.

A) grow                     B) create                           C) develop                  D) emerge

11) Sorry, Mrs Dipali, I ……………… finish my homework. I was ill.

A) shouldn’t               B) don’t                            C) couldn’t                 D) wasn’t able 

12) She knew everything better than anybody else, and it was an affront to her ______ vanity that you should disagree with her.

A) Overwrought         B) overstrung                    C) overwhelming        D) overweening

13) The earth is at present in great danger because of ______ pollution which is going on at an incredible rapid pace.

A) inhuman                B) gigantic                       C) colossal                 D) stupendous

 

* Read the comprehension and answer the following questions.

Research shows that young children who are read to on a regular basis will grow up to be better readers. When children sit in their parent's lap and listen to stories, they are learning about the pleasures of reading and the patterns of language. When you see children turning the pages of a book, looking at the pictures, and telling the story, often from memory, they are engaged in what is called emergent literacy. Parents can foster this early language and literacy development by talking with their children, telling them stories, reading to them every day, and surrounding them with books. 

14) The writer's main point is that…………………………..

A) parents should read to their children every day

B) children must learn the alphabet before they can learn to read

C) pretend reading is one of the first steps toward learning how to read

D) parents reading buy their children lots of books

15) Emergent literacy is best defined as…………………

A) The practice of pretend reading

B) Reading to children every day

C) Patterns of language

D) Early language and reading development

* Some parts of the sentences in the passage given below are omitted. Fill them with best alternative.

If we have so many young people with good qualifications (16) _____ for a job, how come there is such a (17) _____ of good talent in the market? Millions of students graduate every year in India and enter the job market, but in reality, they are (18)______. The bulk of our diploma, vocational, engineering and management graduates come from institutions that (19) _____ them poorly and are unable to assist them with good job opportunities. On the other hand, organizations have a short-term focus on talent where buying existing talent seems easier than (20) ______ in-house. 

16) _________ 

A) wanting                  B) trying                           C) waiting                   D) applying

17) _________

A) scarcity                   B) dread                           C) requirement             D) less supply

18) _________

A) uninterested           B) unemployable               C) not of good quality      D)dumb

19) _________

 A) teach                     B) prepare                        C) train                        D) lecture

20) _________

A) building                 B) teaching                       C) preparing               D) studying

 

* Read the question carefully. Try to rearrange the phrases A, B, C, D and E to form a   

   meaningful sentence and then choose the correct sequence from the options given below.

 

21) Arrange the given statements in a logical order to form a meaningful sentence.

   A) where to he was exiled                                   B) Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from Elba

   C) after the signing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau D) a remote island off the coast of Italy

   E) one year earlier

The Proper sequence should be:

A) EABCD                       B) ACEBD            C) BCADE                     D) BDACE

22) Arrange the sentences in a sequence to make a coherent paragraph.

A) It has offices at both Bangalore and Mumbai.

B) Out of these, perhaps Goldman Sachs is the most well known in India.

C) Some of the leading ones include Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers etc.

D) There are many investment banks.

The Proper sequence should be:

A) DBCA                    B) BCDA               C) DCBA                    D) CBDA

* In the following questions, choose the option which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given word.

23) Fatigue

A) Inqisitive             B) Diet                             C) Inexact               D) Refresh

24) Subtle 

A) obvious               B) correct                         C) valuable             D) under cover

25) Precocious

A)  Forward            B) Backward                    C) Elusive              D) Isolated

26) Foremost

A) Hindmost            B) Unimportant                 C) Mature               D) Premature

27) Terrible

A) Soothing             B) Frightening                  C) Delectable          D) Scaring

* Correct spelling and word:

28) Which of the following words is correctly spelt?

A) wran                  B) wrin                             C) wring                 D) wranged

29) Find the correctly spelt word.

A) Adulation           B) Adlation                       C) Aduletion                    D) Addulation

30) Find the correctly spelt word.

A) Affevdavit         B) Affedevit                     C) Affidavit            D) Afidevit

* Read the Following Idioms/Phrases and choose the option which expresses the meaning of  the idiom/phrase.

31) To cut the Gordian knot ………………….

 A) To perform a difficult task                B) To act unreliably

C) To avoid difficulties                         D) To cut a lot of threads

32) To keep the wolf away from the door…………….

A) To keep away from extreme poverty B) To keep off an unwanted and undesirable person

C) To keep alive                                   D) To hold the difficulties and dangers in check

33) Gift of the gab……………..

A) Outstanding                                     B) The ability to speak in an impressive manner

C) Absence from work                          D) A triumph to one’s credit

34) To make clean breast of …………………

A) To gain Prominence                         B) To praise oneself

C) To confess without of reserve           D) To destory before it blooms

35) To keeps one's temper……………

A) To become hungry                           B) To hold back anger

C) To Preserve ones energy                   D) To be aloof from

 

* Questions on puzzles and reasoning:

36) In a row of trees, a tree is 7th from left end and 14th from right end. How many trees are there

      in the row?

A) 18                        B) 19                               C) 20                      D) 21

37) Ramesh ranks 13th in the class of 33 students. There are 5 students below Suresh rankwise.

      How many students are there between Ramesh and Suresh?

A) 12                        B) 14                                C) 15                      D) 16

38) If each of the digits in the number 92581473 is arranged in ascending order, what will be the

      difference between the digits which are fourth from the right and third from left in the new

      arrangement? The ascending order of the number is 123456789.

A) 1                          B) 2                                  C) 3                        D) 4

39) How many such pairs of letters are there in the word SENDING, each of which has as many

      letters between its two letters as there are between them in the English alphabets?

A) No such letters     B) one                             C) two                    D) three

40) A Parking lot Contains 160 Vehicles. Each Vehicle is either a car or a truck, and each vehicle

      is either red or green. 70 vehicles are red, and 120 vehicles are cars. If there are 18 green       

      trucks, how many red cars are there?

A) 54                       B) 50                                C) 48                      D)45

* Match the phrases in Column A with those in Column B to make complete sentences. Put

   the correct letters on the lines provided. Use each phrase once.

                    Column-A                                                               Column-B

41) To make an enquiry is to                 A. money sent as payment.

42) A remittance is                                B. put something off until later.

43) To disregard is to                            C. preserve or keep the same.

44) A statement is                                 D. show admiration and give thanks.

45) To delay is to                                  E. an announcement or warning.

46) An invoice is                                  F. an explanation of something.

47) To maintain is to                             G. ignore or pass something over.

48) To appreciate is to                           H. ask for information.

49) A notice is                                      I. a formal report or comment.

50) A description is                               J. a list of things purchased and the amount     owed.

Ans.   (41- ______ )   (42- ______ )   (43- ______ )   (44- ______ )   (45- ______ )

(46- ______ )   (47- ______ )   (48- ______ )   (49- ______ )   (50- ______ )

 

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