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Group 4 VAO General English Model Test 2

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Question 1
Which one among the following poems speaks about ‘True Love’?
A
A Psalm of life
B
Be the Best
C
Sonnet No : 116
D
The Solitary Reaper
Question 2
“He thought it was the only place on earth.” In the above sentence from the short story “After twenty years” – ‘it’ refers to which place on earth
A
London
B
Japan
C
Western countries
D
New York
Question 3
Select the correct answer for the question from the options given below: Looking quickly over a section of the text to get a general idea of the meaning is referred to -----------
A
Scanning
B
Note making
C
Skimming
D
Summarising
Question 4
I ______ the car until Mrs. Andy ________.
A
Would not get off, apologizes
B
Won‟t get off, apologizes
C
Can‟t get off, apologizes
D
Would not got off, apologizes
Question 5
What was the Theme behind Ruskin Bond’s short story ,”When the Trees Walked” is
A
Spread love
B
Help each other
C
Plant more trees
D
Plant more medicinal flowers
Question 6
Select the correct question tag: Your son is married last week ,--------------- ?
A
didn‟t he
B
isn‟t he
C
hasn‟t he
D
won‟t he.
Question 7
Match the synonyms with their meanings
(a) Coarse 1. Push Roughly in a crowd
(b) Invidious 2. Unjust
(c) Exodus 3. Rough
(d) Jostle 4. Mass movement from one place
A
3 2 4 1
B
3 2 1 4
C
2 3 4 1
D
4 3 2 1
Question 8
Which of the following is the title of a poem written by Berton Braley?
A
Prayer for My daughter
B
Where the mind is without fear
C
Silent prayer
D
Prayer of a sportsman.
Question 9
Identify the sentence which is not of the same pattern as the others:
A
At the age of 60, everyone is happy
B
The whole day we were happy
C
Immediately it became dark
D
My Friend Nancy presented me a Birthday Hamper
Question 10
Who is the author of the short story “Think to Win”?
A
Deepa Agarwal
B
Lata Singh
C
Lata Kaku
Question 11
The constant twitter of budgerigars. The word Budgerigars means ____.
A
Small rats
B
Small Australian bird
C
Vintage clock
D
Kind of Church bell
Question 12
According to the Robert Lynd, what kinds of person who have exceptional memory powers?
A
Composers
B
Writers
C
Stockbrokers
D
All the above
Question 13
Which of the following lines found in the poem “A Psalm of Life” by H.W. Longfellow?
A
And you O may soul where you stand
B
All human roads are dark and dry
C
Your minstrel has no wreath to weave for you
D
Art is long and time is fleeting.
Question 14
What is “Possessive Adjectives”?
A
They answer the question which
B
They answer to the question whose.
C
They answer the question How many
D
They answer the question How much
Question 15
Mississippi river is at _____.
A
Cape town
B
Brazil
C
St. Petersburg
D
Cuba
Question 16
What is the Nick name of William Shakespeare ?
A
War poet
B
People poet
C
Bard of Avon
D
Romantic Poet
Question 17
Match the following italicized words of the sentences given in Column A with their parts of speech in Column B and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  • Column A                   Column B
  1. a) They have a plan     adjective
  2. b) I live here                             noun
  3. c) She walks fast                        Verb
  4. d)I have a gift wrapper    . adverb
A
1 4 3 2
B
2 4 1 3
C
2 3 1 4
D
2 3 4 1
Question 18
That is how Gandhi became a leader par excellence: that made Churchill the greatest and the most successful war time leader. Choose a word from the passage that means “by way of special eminence”.
A
Traits
B
Hurdles
C
Par excellence
D
Hazards
Question 19
Betrays me back, till the heart of me weeps to belong To the old Sunday evenings at home, Who does the word ‘me’ refer to?
A
The Poet D.H. Lawrence
B
The Poet H.W. Longfellow
C
Archibald Lampman
D
Douglas Malloch
Question 20
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway connects
A
Coimbatore and Udhagamandalam
B
Coimbatore and Cunnoor
C
Udhagamandalam and Mudhumalai
D
Udhagamandalam and Mettupalayam
Question 21
“The bleeding bark will heal.” Find the figure of speech observed in the above line?
A
Personification
B
Metaphor
C
Simile
D
Irony
Question 22
In Oscar wilde‟s “The Model Millionaire ,what did Hughie do in Alan Trevor‟s absence?
A
Hughie spoke to the beggar
B
Hughie gave the beggar some money
C
Hughie enjoyed a smoke
D
Hughie was dreaming
Question 23
Which one of the following has the correct gerund form?
A
I remember to read about the earthquake in the papers
B
I remember having read about the earthquake in the papers.
C
I remember having been read about the earthquake in the papers.
D
I remember reading about the earthquake in the papers.
Question 24
Which one of the following played an Important role in Indian Metaphor Trade?
A
Silk
B
Corn
C
Precious Stones
D
Spices
Question 25
Who is the mother of the little girl Dorothea?
A
Women 6
B
Women 7
C
Women 8
D
Women 2
Question 26
Match the lines under Column A with the poets under Column B
  • Column A
 Column B
(a) For learning how to rule the air 1. Lewis Carroll
(b) Athwart Time’s dark resistless stream 2. Stephen Vincent Benet
(c) If you can’t be a sun, be a star 3. Walt Whitman
(d) But I, with mournful tread 4. Douglas Malloch
A
4 2 1 3
B
3 2 1 4
C
2 4 1 3
D
2 1 4 3
Question 27
Which of the following sentences are in active voice?
  • I.They sing songs in the School Annual Day Fest.
  • II.A notice was sent by the Water supply Management.
  • III.You gave him your pen.
  • iv.He has built a house in his native place.
 
  1. He has built a house in his native place.
A
Only I,III and IV are correct
B
Only II,III and IV are correct
C
I,II and III are correct
D
All are correct
Question 28
Which among the following is an example for onomatopoeic words?
A
Clip – clopped
B
Tongue – Twister
C
Ambitious
D
Entertainment
Question 29
According to Kris Srikkanth, what plays an important role in choosing the type of career?
A
The environment
B
Personal aspirations
C
Personality
D
Parental influence
Question 30
Lilliputians hailed Gulliver as a hero because he_______
A
fought with the army of Blefuscu
B
made the army of Blefuscu giddy
C
defeated the emperor of Blefuscu
D
defeated the army of Blefuscu
Question 31
The period of William Wordsworth is
A
1770 – 1850
B
1807 – 1882
C
1836 – 1907
D
1840 – 1928
Question 32
The “Girl Star” – Anitha Kushwaha lives in a village in the district of --------------
A
Delhi
B
Haryana
C
Bihar
D
Chennai
Question 33
They squeezed past irritated people who moved their legs this way and that to make space. The seats of the chairs had to be pulled down. She climbed on. She wasn‟t heavy enough. So the chair folded her into itself like sandwich stuffing and she watched from between he knees. Find out the irrelevant word for the phrase used in the passage
A
Retreated
B
Demolished
C
Ascended
D
Squeeze in between
Question 34
In Frederic Ogden Nash’s poem, it always have ______.
A
Conventional rhyming scheme
B
Unconventional rhyming scheme
C
Non-comprising fact
D
Unexpected twist in the end
Question 35
Choose the option containing the author of the following line: ”Where words come out from the depths of truth‟
A
Kamala Das in „Punishment in kindergarden‟
B
Deepa Agarwal in „After the storm‟
C
Dhar Gopal Mukherji in „Kari- the Elephant‟
D
Rabindranath Tagore is „Where the Mind is without fear
Question 36
Who is the author of the short story, “Little cyclone”.
A
Rudyard Kipling
B
Ruskin Bond
C
Kamala Das
D
William Temple Hornaday
Question 37
Choose the correct synonym for the italicized word: I am a convict
A
a cruel man
B
a person imprisoned for a crime
C
an honest man
D
a dishonest man.
Question 38
Choose the correct plural form of the following compound word. ‘grown-up’
A
grown-ups
B
growns-up
C
growns-ups
D
growns-ups
Question 39
Which place is described in the Ahtushi Deshpande‟s travelogue “To the land of snow”?
A
Ruskin Bond
B
Munsiyari
C
Surat
D
Manipur
Question 40
Grandmother of Khushwant Singh used to throw Chapattis to
A
Birds
B
Sparrow
C
Village dogs
D
Linnet
Question 41
Gruff as a bear. Find the meaning of the above idiom.
A
Making loud noise
B
Fighting with others
C
Speaking in a rude way
D
Walking like a bear
Question 42
The Poem, “The Crocodile” by Lewis Carroll appears in which of the following book
A
Alice in Wonderland
B
Snow White
C
Ice age
D
The Jungle Book
Question 43
The soldiers had to pass______ a dark tunnel. Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition.
A
To
B
In
C
Through
D
Away
Question 44
“Witty and you’re wise” Find the figure of speech.
A
Simile
B
Personification
C
Metaphor
D
Alliteration
Question 45
Fill in the blanks: .................. play football?
A
You can
B
Can You
C
Have You
D
You could
Question 46
What is the title of H.W Longfellow‟s volume of poems which included “A Psalm of Life”?
A
Hiawatha
B
Tales of a wayside- Inn Evangeline
C
Evangeline
D
Voices of the Night
Question 47
Which of the following sentences has correct use of articles?
A
The rose is the sweetest of all flowers
B
Rose is the sweetest of all flowers
C
A rose is the sweetest of all flowers
D
An rose is the sweetest of all flowers.
Question 48
. “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested;” – Identify the author
A
E.M. Forster
B
Francis Bacon
C
Ben Johnson
D
Jane Austine
Question 49
Who is known as “The Poet of the people”?
A
Thomas Hardy
B
Stephen Bennet
C
Edger A.Guest
D
Annie Lousia Walker
Question 50
Who has uttered these words? “Friends Romans, countrymen Lend me your ears”.
A
Brutus in „Julius Caesar‟
B
Mark Antony in „Julius Caesar‟
C
Cassius in „Macbeth‟
D
Casca in „Macbeth‟
Question 51
In the story ‘After Twenty Years”, The impressiveness was habitual and not for show” Whose impressiveness is habitual?
A
O. Henry
B
Bob
C
The policeman
D
An Army officer
Question 52
But the true elixir lies near our hand”. Who said this?
A
R.K Narayanan
B
Abdul Kalam
C
V.P. Singh
D
Sir C.V. Raman
Question 53
David Herbert Lawrence occupies a unique position among the leading __________ of England.
A
Modernist writers
B
Classical writers
C
Victorian writers
D
Neo - classical writers
Question 54
The child looks very sick and___________. I need a ___________ of water to wash these cups.  Fill in the blanks with suitable homophones
A
Pail, pale
B
Pail, pale
C
Tan, pail
D
Tan, pail
Question 55
Fill in the blank with. the suitable verb form :· I —— (surf) the net when the explosion occurred.
A
will surf
B
was surfing
C
will be surfing
D
had surfed
Question 56
The land was parched and there wasn’t a bush or tree in sight Parched means?
A
moist
B
very dry
C
wasted
D
covered with snow
Question 57
the poem “Confessions of a Born  Spectator”,  the following line says:
  • I’m glad that when my struggle begins ‘Twixt prudence and ego,” Who won in the struggle?
A
Ego
B
Prudence
C
Author
D
Spectator
Question 58
Match the following:
  • A                B
  • a) Engine 1. Some
  • b) Moderate    2. Or
  • c) Hand    3. er
  • d) Half                4. Em
  1. way
A
2 3 1 5
B
3 2 1 4
C
3 2 1 5
D
2 3 1 4
Question 59
  • Whose autobiography is this? One Life is Not Enough
A
K. Natwar singh
B
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
C
Jawaharlal Nehru
D
Malala
Question 60
Fill in the blank The whole village celebrates _____ there is a thiruvizha.
A
that
B
when
C
which
D
where
Question 61
The author of the story “The portrait of a lady” had a good friendship
A
His mother
B
His classmate
C
His grandmother
D
His father
Question 62
Change the following verb into noun. Admit
A
admitted
B
admits
C
admissible
D
admission
Question 63
The poet khabil Gibran was born in ____________ Fill in the blanks by choosing the right options given below.
A
Greece
B
Lebanon
C
Syria
D
Egypt
Question 64
Who suggested to chant aksharaslokams to forget the fear of storm?
A
Cheriamma
B
Ammamma
C
Muthassi
D
Ammayi
Question 65
In the poem “ A Poison Tree” the line says ,
  •  “ Till it bore an bright apple Here the an apple is
A
A symbol of love
B
A symbol of passion
C
A symbol of fear
D
A symbol of sin
Question 66
Identify the incorrect statement
A
Listening to music agitates our minds
B
Music consoles and soothes our aching hearts
C
Music refreshes and rejuvenates our mind
D
Music refreshes and rejuvenates our mind
Question 67
Fill in the blank with the correct option Gandhi married in………..
A
1800
B
1882
C
1889
D
1887
Question 68
The cat ran behind. The above question is the example of
A
Adverb of place
B
Adverb of manner
C
Adverb of time
D
Adverb of frequency
Question 69
People of Tom Sawyer’s village thought that Tom Sawyer and his friends were
A
Escaped to other continent
B
arrested
C
Dead
D
None of the above
Question 70
Identify the odd word among the options.
A
Delicious
B
Expensive
C
Industrious
D
Jubilantly
Question 71
In the short story of Saki, “A shot in the dark” who made a wrong guess about Bertie?
A
Mrs Saltpen
B
Jago
C
Philip Sletherby
D
The K.C.
Question 72
Pick out the sentence with SVIODO pattern:
A
Painters paint pictures
B
I eat apples every day
C
He gave me a book
D
Raju speaks English fluently
Question 73
Find out the wrong pair
A
Conch - Sea product
B
fish hawk - Sea animal
C
Pelican - Sea bird
D
Ferry - water transport
Question 74
Pick out the sentence which is grammatically correct and meaningful:
A
Do not altar the course of action
B
The Carpenter cut off a large bow of timber
C
The landscape was bear
D
The site of our college building is very beautiful.
Question 75
The site of our college building is very beautiful.
A
Bihar
B
Patna
C
Calcutta
D
Panipat
Question 76
Fill in the blank from the options given below: ZIP codes are a system of postal code used by ______ postal service.
A
The Australian
B
The Indian
C
The United states
D
The Japan
Question 77
Choose the correct word to complete the following sentences I _________________ rather request you to check my exercise before giving it to the teacher.
A
Should
B
Would
C
Can
D
Must
Question 78
” The darkest evening of the year” Find the season mentioned in the above line
A
summer
B
rainy
C
winter
D
spring
Question 79
Identify the degree and choose the correct answer: Very few batsmen in the world are so powerful as Tendulkar.
A
Comparative degree
B
Positive degree
C
Superlative degree
D
None of these
Question 80
How the court mentioned in the short story ‘Brought to book’ different from other courts?
A
judgement provided by public
B
punishment provided by victims
C
punishment provided by voting
D
penalty given as per wish of victims
Question 81
In the portrait the author’s grandfather looked at least
A
50 years old
B
70 years old
C
85 years old
D
100 years old
Question 82
Comprehension: The Greek word for wisdom is „Sophia‟, and „philos‟ means a friend. So „philosopher‟ means a friend of wisdom and this is the best possible description of Socrates who was one of the wisest and bravest teachers the world has ever known. In Greek „Sophia‟ means
A
wisdom
B
friend
C
friend of wisdom
D
brave
Question 83
Rahul has decided to submit his books in the library by tomorrow In the above sentence find the adverb.
A
decided
B
tomorrow
C
submit
D
project
Question 84
Whose role in the growth of children’s literature was recognized by Indian Council for Child Education?
A
Amrutha Roy
B
Ruskin Bond
C
Deepika Singh
D
Rudyard Kipling
Question 85
Through primrose tufts ,in that sweet bower,” In the above sentence primrose is the wild plant that gives
A
White flowers
B
Yellow flowers
C
Purple fruits
D
Red flowers
Question 86
“Though I gave premium to rationalism then, I had difficulty thinking of YaanaiMalai as a non-living, huge chunk of stone”. Choose the right idea conveyed by the statement mentioned above.
A
The speaker gives importance to YaanaiMalai
B
The speaker is not bothered about the non-living things
C
The speaker believes that YaanaiMalai is a small thing
D
The speaker being a rational person feels difficult to consider YaanaiMalai as an inanimate thing
Question 87
Read the lines and choose the answer to fill the blank from the options given below: “O! ye wheels Stop be silent to-day” The children want the whole to stop because _______________
A
they want to repair the wheels.
B
they want to break the wheels
C
they are very weary and tired
D
they have to oil the wheels
Question 88
Tamilnadu consist of 5,000 species of flora which contributes ..................of total flora of India
A
1/4th
B
1/3rd
C
1/2nd
D
3/4th
Question 89
”When we add fractions ½ and ¼ .......” Identify the character who belongs the short story, “The fun
A
Country inspector
B
Mechanical techer
C
Margie’s mother
D
Tommy’s mechanical teacher
Question 90
The compound word Weighing machine is of the form:
A
Noun + Noun
B
Verb + Noun
C
Gerund + Noun
D
Gerund + Noun
Question 91
Choose from the following the two short stories written by Oscar Wilde
  1. a. The Selfish Giant.
  2. b. A Man who had no eyes.
  3. c. The Happy Prince.
  4. d. The Wooden Bowl.
A
a, d
B
a, c
C
b, d
D
c, b
Question 92
If one should come too close to earth The atmosphere will shake.” Who closeness causes the shake in earth?
A
Sun
B
Comet
C
Solar wind
D
Aurora
Question 93
Find out the error: Yesterday   the horse  ran  fastly.       A                    B          C     D
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
Question 94
A mirror of his changing moods Now sure, now steeped in thought. Who does the word “his” refer to?
A
the Poet
B
the Shilpi
C
the Tourist
D
the Dramatist
Question 95
Match the British English words with their American equivalents: British English American English
  • a) Jam                1. Fall b) Nappy           2. Antenna c) Aerial   3. Jelly d) Autumn        4. Diaper
A
3 2 4 1
B
2 4 3 1
C
3 4 2 1
D
1 2 4 3
Question 96
Lakshmibai is the most famous Indian woman to have defied the British
A
Opposed
B
Accepted
C
Considered
D
Joined
Question 97
The British farthing coin is
A
one quarter of a penny
B
half of a penny
C
one third of a penny
D
two third of a penny
Question 98

Who is a villainous personality in the play ‘Othello’?

A
Miranda
B
Iago
C
Shylock
D
Olivia
Question 99
  • Match the characters in Column A with their association in Column B as seen in Julius Caesar and select the correct code given below
  • :Column A                   Coulmn B
  • a) Calphurnia            1. Eloquence of speech.
  • b) Decius Brutus       2. Casear‟s wife.
  • c) Marcus Brutus      3. One of the conspirators.
  • d) Mark Antony        4. Beloved friend.
A
1 3 4 2
B
2 3 4 1
C
3 4 2 1
D
2 4 3 1
Question 100
Choose the option containing the correct sequence of words suiting the given passage : The benefit of —— is not only —— our body but also —— us happy in —— our health always.
  • 1. to keep 2. to develop
  • 3. exercising 4. maintaining
A
4 3 2 l
B
3 2 1 4
C
1 2 3 4
D
2 4 3 1
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