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Group 4 VAO General English Model Test 10

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Group 4 VAO General English Model Test 10

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Question 1
Fill in the blanks with suitable articles:
  • ________ Woodcock flies from _______ Himalayas to _______ Nilgiris without ____ pause.
A
A, the, a, the
B
The, the, a, the
C
A, the, the, the
D
The, the, the, a
Question 2
Joe Harper and Huck are the
A
Best friends of Tom Sawyer
B
Enemies of Tom Sawyer
C
Relatives of Tom Sawyer
D
School mate of Tom Sawyer
Question 3
“Their thoughts I cannot measure” Whose thought cannot be measure by the author?
A
Human
B
Trees
C
Birds
D
Flowers
Question 4
Identify the sentence which is in the positive degree
A
His age is a matter of minor importance.
B
This is the most perfect specimen I have seen.
C
The last time I saw him, “he was in high spirits.
D
The longest lane has a turning.
Question 5
Walt Whitman, a famous poet, started his career as an
A
Typist
B
Office boy
C
Clerk
D
Teacher
Question 6
Fill in the blanks with the correct Homophone:
  • The teacher gave -------------- to the students.
A
council
B
councilor
C
counsel
D
councel
Question 7
The meaning of scrabble is moving the hands and feet around
  • Find out the meaning of rumble
A
running fastly
B
sound sleep
C
a low sound like thunder
D
shouting anonymously
Question 8
______ is the study of fish.
A
Ichthyology
B
Cynology
C
Ornithology
D
Zoology
Question 9
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 healthy always.
  1. To keep 2. To develop 3. Exercising 4. Maintaining
A
4 3 2 1
B
3 2 1 4
C
1 2 3 4
D
2 4 3 1
Question 10
  • When the night had veiled the pole
  • Explain the phrase “night had veiled”.
A
Night had covered up under darkness
B
Night is over
C
Night is filled with snow fall
D
Night is chill and long
Question 11
Which of the following works is not a poem?
A
Tiger
B
A Tiger in the Zoo
C
Snake
D
Road To Success
Question 12
Find the odd one
A
kindly
B
constantly
C
loudly
D
bright
Question 13
“Now drops that floated on the pool Like pearls, and now a silver blade”
  • What figure of speech can you find in the underlined part of the above lines?
A
Personification
B
Metonymy
C
Metaphor
D
Transferredepithet
Question 14
The rhyme scheme of the following line is
  •  Let us, be up and doing
  • With a heart for any fate;
  • Still achieving, still pursuing
  • Learn to labour and to wait.
A
a a a b
B
a b a b
C
a b b b
D
a b c a
Question 15
According to Bob which is the big proposition?
A
North
B
South
C
East
D
West
Question 16
Fill in the blanks.
  • Every morning I ________(drink) a cup of tea
A
drinks
B
will drink
C
drink
D
drank
Question 17
Fill in the blanks with the suitable preposition:
  • Rohini is fond -------------- music.
A
of
B
with
C
from
D
at
Question 18
Match the following phrases given column A with their meaning in Column B.
  • Column A
  •  Column B
  • a) Pass on
  • 1. Begin a journey.
  • b) Put up with
  • 2. Postpone
  • c) Set out
  • 3. Convey
  • d) Put off
  • 4. Tolerate.
A
3 4 1 2
B
3 2 4 1
C
1 2 3 4
D
4 1 3 2
Question 19
You ______ stop when the traffic lights turn red. Fill in the blanks with suitable modal verb.
A
Can
B
Must
C
Must not
D
Might
Question 20
”We want to swim”
  • Identify the character belongs to short story “A childhood in Malabar”.
A
Kamala Das
B
Malathikutty
C
Ettan
D
Servant women
Question 21
As per Khushwant Singh, the author of “The portrait of a lady” who is always beautiful?
A
His mother
B
His sister
C
His wife
D
His grandmother
Question 22
Like a golden swarm of fireflies you came” Identify the figure of speech employed in the poetic lines:
A
Metaphor
B
Personification
C
Transferred epithet
D
Simile
Question 23
The good we do are always interred with our bones.
  • Pick out the antonym of interred.
A
Buried
B
Exhumed
C
Forgotten
D
Covered
Question 24
Whose honour should be respected?
A
Great leaders
B
Historical figures
C
Farmers
D
Indian soldiers
Question 25
Match the following British / American expressions in Column A with Column B and select the correct answer from the options given below.
  1. a) Trash                  Faucet
  2. b) Cookie                   Candy
  3. c) Sweets                      Rubbish
  4. d) Tap                                    Biscuit
A
3 4 2 1
B
4 2 3 1
C
3 2 4 1
D
1 3 2 4
Question 26
To idle, silly faltering words, I pray you ne’er give head.” Who does “I” refer to?
A
The fly
B
The spider
C
The butterfly
D
The author
Question 27
Arribada means
A
A Tribal Festival
B
A variety of Sea Turtle
C
A mass nesting of Olive Ridley
D
A Sea Shore on Indian coast
Question 28
Match Column A with Column B and select the correct code given below:
  •        Column A
  • Column B
  • a) please avoid use of plastic bags
  •  1. Assertive sentence
  • b) why are you in a hurry?
  • 2. Exclamatory sentence
  • c) What a simple question it is !
  • 3. Imperative sentence
  • d) Education refines one‟s mind
  • 4. Interrogative sentence
A
3 4 2 1
B
1 2 3 4
C
4 3 2 1
D
2 1 4 3
Question 29
Select the incorrect sentence from the following:
A
Swarna cannot run fast, can she?
B
The lessons are quite interesting, aren‟t they?
C
You know thus story, didn‟t you?
D
He should see a doctor, shouldn‟t he?
Question 30
Complete the following sentences using appropriate prepositional phrases _____ fire, break the glass to escape
A
in case
B
in case of
C
en case with
D
in case with
Question 31
Where Mary Kom was greeted with garlands and drumbeats and dancing?
A
Mizoram
B
Imphal
C
Tripura
D
Shilling
Question 32
Find out the odd one (verb):
A
Last
B
Final
C
Lost
D
Truthful
Question 33
Match the following homophones given in Column A with their related meanings in Column B and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1. a) career                           An attendant at court
  2. b) courier                                person or animal transmitting disease
  3. c) carrier                                Job
  4. d) Courtier                                        a person who delivers messages
A
2 3 1 4
B
3 1 4 2
C
3 4 2 1
D
1 2 4 3
Question 34
Name the writer who spend her childhood in Malabar?
A
Deepa Agarwal
B
Neeraja Raghavan
C
Lakshmi Mukuthan
D
Kamala Das
Question 35
Find the wrong match:
A
Sara – Fractured leg
B
Jim – Junior Red cross
C
Penny Marsh – Amy’s mother
D
Dad – To Chicago on business
Question 36
  • Mention the poem in which the following lines occur.
  • Your eagle pinion is chained down at last
  • And gravelling in the lowly dust are you.
A
Laugh and Be Merry
B
The Apology.
C
To India – My Native Land
D
A Tiger in the zoo.
Question 37
Match the. following words and phrases in Column A with their meaning in Column B.
  • Column A
  • Column B
  • (a) on account of
  • 1. in the middle of
  • (b) in the midst of
  • 2. to put up with
  • (c) to bear with
  • 3. to get used to
  • (d) to be accustomed to
  • 4. owing to
A
1 2 3 4
B
4 2 1 3
C
4 1 2 3
D
3 1 2 4
Question 38
Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov – these three are known as
A
Big Three’ of Science Fiction
B
The crater of science
C
The three creators of science
D
All the above
Question 39
Nationality of William Makepeace Thackeray.
A
English
B
German
C
French
D
Italian
Question 40
Pauri lived through the night. ______ did not.
A
Molthi
B
Chowri
C
Patna
D
Garhwal
Question 41
Select the correct sentence:
A
My desire is to sea you again
B
My desire is to saw you again
C
My desire is to scene you again
D
My desire is to see you again
Question 42
Who said this?
  • If non- Violence is the law of our being the future is with women.
A
Mahatma Gandhi
B
Mother Teresa
C
Rajaram Mohan Roy
D
Subramania Bharathi
Question 43
Match the following
  1. Forming     1. Sticking
  2. Clinging             2. Making
  3. Curving             3. Overflowing
  4. Bubbling                 4. Bending
A
2 1 4 3
B
2 4 1 3
C
2 3 1 4
D
2 4 3 1
Question 44
______ was eighteen years old when they had their last meeting in Big Joe Brady’s restaurant.
A
Jimmy
B
Bob
C
O. Henry
D
An army officer
Question 45
Who is a villainous personality in the play ‘Othello’?
A
Miranda
B
Iago
C
Shylock
D
Olivia
Question 46
Match the following words given under Column A with the blended forms under Column B:
  • (a) medical + claim
  • (b) transfer + resistor
  • (c) telephone + telegram
  • (d) communication + statellie
  1. comsat
  2. mediclaim
  3. transistor
  4. Phonogram
A
1 2 3 4
B
2 3 4 1
C
4 2 3 1
D
3 2 1 4
Question 47
“Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits” In the poem “Hollow Crown” Antic refers to
A
King
B
Ministers
C
Court Jester
D
Decision makers
Question 48
The speech in response to the student‟s address was rendered by Gokhale at the Victoria Hall in
A
Delhi
B
Calcutta
C
Agra
D
Mumbai
Question 49
  • “It was really only a little ‘linnet’ singing out side the window”
  • What does the word “linnet” indicate?
A
seed
B
dragon fly
C
bird
D
lizard
Question 50
Pick out the noun that undergoes a change in its plural form:
A
equipment
B
staff
C
goose
D
luggage
Question 51
Find the famous works of Robert Frost
A
The Road Not Taken
B
West Running Brook
C
Mending wall
D
All the above
Question 52
In which of the following state is Ottan koothu performed
A
Tamil Nadu
B
Andhra Pradesh
C
Kerala
D
Karnataka
Question 53
Which year Vasco-da-Gama reached Kozhikode?
A
1492 A.D.
B
1498 A.D.
C
1598 A.D.
D
1587 A.D
Question 54
“In universities we have to recall the struggles of the past and realize the perils and possibilities, the challenges and opportunities, of the present”
  • Who delivered the above quote to the students?
A
Annadurai
B
Rajagopalachari
C
Radhakrishnan
D
Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 55
Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition given as option; He cuts the cake -------------- a knife.
A
in
B
for
C
over
D
with
Question 56
_______ are the words with similar sound and different spelling and meaning
A
Repetition
B
Homophones
C
Homonyms
D
An anagram
Question 57
Find the words that are not related to the underlined word.
  • He just tugged the edges.
  1. Joined 2. Pushed 3. Pulled 4. Passed. 5. Cut.
A
1,2,4 and 5
B
2,3,4 and 5
C
1,2,3 and 4
D
1,3,4 and 5
Question 58
Hugh Erskine got ________ pounds as his wedding present from Baron Hausberg.
A
10,000
B
20,000
C
30,000
D
40,000
Question 59
In the play The Never-Never Nest what makes Aunt Jane to worry?
A
The lifestyle of Jack and Jill
B
Her health condition
C
The cheque given by her to Jack and Jill
D
Her repaired watch
Question 60
“You should no doubt study public questions but wait for your time. But while you are students, you should give no cause to anybody”. These are the words of
A
Abdul Kalam
B
Abraham Lincoln
C
Swami Vivekananda
D
Gopala Krishna Gokhale
Question 61
Select the correct sentence from the options given below:
A
River Mississi is one of the longer river in the world.
B
My dress is old than yours
C
Stephen drives as rash as Rafi.
D
No other road is more narrow as this one
Question 62
Select the correct question tag: They have sold the house,------------------?
A
haven‟t they
B
have they
C
do they
D
don‟t they.
Question 63
Ooty is located is
A
Eastern Ghats
B
Western Ghats
C
Himalayas
D
Palani Hills
Question 64
Fill in the blanks with suitable modal verbs.
  • The theme_______ be time-travel, parallel universes or extra-terrestrial life. It_______ be just a fantasy and _______ avoid the supernatural.
A
May, need not, must
B
Must, will not, must
C
Should, need not, must
D
May, might not,
Question 65
Select the compound sentence.
A
providing direction to your behavior, goals your thoughts.
B
As the goals guide your thoughts, direction is provided
C
Directions are provided in order to guide your goals
D
Goals provide direction to your behavior and guide your thoughts
Question 66
All through the meadows the horses and cattle. Meadows – means?
A
Mountain
B
Shadow
C
Grassland
D
River bed
Question 67
William Temple Hornaday is a
A
A doctor
B
Wild life photographer
C
Zoologist
D
A painter
Question 68
Which book earned Sahitya Akademi Award to Prof. V.C. Kulandaiswamy?
A
Vaazhum Valluvam
B
Everest is not the Only Peak
C
Tiger in a zoo
D
Meditation
Question 69
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
  • There was never mystery
  • But‟tis figured in the flowers,
  • Was never secret history
  • But birds tell it in the bowers”
These lines are taken from the poem.
A
My Native Land
B
To India
C
The Apology
D
Laugh and be Merry
Question 70
Match
  1. Stubby    1. People who trade
  2. Sailors             2. Tasty
  3. Merchants           3. Short and thick
  4. Delicious                    4. People who travel in boat or ships
A
4 3 2 1
B
3 4 2 1
C
3 4 1 2
D
4 3 1 2
Question 71
I stood in awe, astonishment and reverence when I saw a walled fortress inside – a standing testimony of the Chola‟s Opulence and vision. Given the antonym for the underlined word.
A
Kindness
B
Richness
C
Hardness
D
Poverty
Question 72
Who is the writer of the short story, “Seventeen oranges”?
A
William Temple Hornaday
B
Ruskin Bond
C
Charles Dickens
D
Bill Naughton
Question 73
Pick out the sentence that contains a complement
A
My aunt remained a spinster all her life
B
The thief stole all the silver articles
C
I shall collect the books next week
D
The programme has started on time
Question 74
Which of the following is not a tragedy by William Shakespeare?
A
Julius Caesar
B
Romeo and Juliet
C
Antony and Cleopatra
D
Twelfth Night
Question 75
What does Tagore suggest to lead us to perfection in the poem “Where the mind is without fear”?
A
Tireless striving
B
Equality and harmony
C
Religious spirit
D
Political dogmas
Question 76
My brother buys a load of books at the book fair every year. He is a great lover of books and has a huge collection at home.
  • He is a _________
A
Bibliophile
B
Psychologist
C
Pathologist
D
Linguist
Question 77
Who is the main character in the story “The fun they had”?
A
Tommy
B
Isaac
C
Gee
D
Margie
Question 78
“ The cry of the children”- this poem tells about the theme of ----------------
A
Time passing
B
Child Labour
C
work is worship
D
Willing to work
Question 79
 “We, the Tamilians, have been holding aloft this ideal for more than two thousand years as expressed in Purananuru”
  • The above words are quoted by
A
Annadurai
B
Rajagopalachari
C
Radhakrishnan
D
Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 80
Fill in the blank: At present my friends ______ for the friendly match.
A
is practising
B
are practising
C
was practising
D
were practicing
Question 81
Match the sentences in column A with the sentence pattern in Column B and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1. a) Cosmetics are costly nowadays                      SVOC
  2. b) She became the secretary of Lioness club           SVOA.
  3. c) A gas plant was set up                                              SVC.
  4. d) He won the prize last year                                                   SV
A
2 4 1 3
B
3 1 4 2
C
4 1 3 2
D
1 4 2 3
Question 82
  • They may sound your praise and call you great,
  • They may single you out for fame,
A
Team members
B
Team captain
C
Spectators
D
God
Question 83
________ is an international organisation that helps people who are suffering as a result of war, floods, or disease.
A
Blue cross
B
Red cross
C
World bank
D
UNESCO
Question 84
The author Savita singh had beaten by whom in cycle race?
A
her friends
B
coach
C
her brother
D
her father
Question 85
What is the name of the British born poetess who wrote “Women‟s Rights”?
A
Elizabeth Barret Browning
B
Emily Dickinson
C
C) Sarojini Naidu
D
Annie Lousia Walker
Question 86
  • At home, once, twice
  • There will be no thrice –
  • Find the rhyming word in the above line
A
Twice-thrice
B
Once-thrice
C
Once-twice
D
None of the above
Question 87
  • “In one minute mix and two minutes bake”
  • Identify the speaker
A
Little Sarah
B
Miller
C
Plough man
D
Sarah’s grandmother
Question 88
Which one of the following has the correct infinitive?
A
Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.
B
Music hath charms to soothing the savage beast.
C
Music hath charms to having soothe the savage beast.
D
Music hath charms to having soothing the savage beast.
Question 89
_______ was the crown jewel of all spices.
A
Clove
B
pepper
C
Garlic
D
Ginger
Question 90
Fill in the blank with the suitable infinitive:
  • you are supposed ------------- the rules of the road.
A
knowing
B
Know
C
to know
D
having known.
Question 91
Red-handed Find the parts of speech.
A
Noun
B
Verb
C
Adjective
D
Adverb
Question 92
In the story 'The Singing Lesson' what is the name of dance teacher?
A
Muriel
B
Miss meadows
C
Rosy
D
Cherry
Question 93
Choose the sentence which has no error.
A
I place great confidence on you
B
I place great confidence in you
C
I place great confidence of you
D
I place great confidence with you
Question 94
Find out the British English equivalent of “Fall”
A
Winter
B
Summer
C
Spring
D
Autumn
Question 95
Identify the correct preposition from the options given below: There is not enough space ---------------- the desk and the bench. Arrange them properly,-----the classes commence.
A
before,between
B
between, before
C
beside,behind
D
near,on
Question 96
Is Life, But a Dream?
  • Choose the correct answer from the options to fill in the blank :
  • This poem is a/an —— of the poet.
A
Dream
B
Trekking Experience
C
Expedition
D
Recollection
Question 97
Change into superlative degree:
  • Aerospace engineering is more fascinating subject to the students than other subjects.
A
Aerospace engineering is the most fascinating subject to the students.
B
Aerospace engineering is one of the fascinating subject o the students.
C
Aerospace engineering is the only fascinating subject to the students.
D
Aerospace engineering is not the only fascinating subject to the students.
Question 98
According to Karl Paulnack the first organised public expression of grief after the attack in 2011 of September 11th was
A
Public Meeting
B
Prayer meeting
C
Concert
D
Peace rally
Question 99
-------------- was the author, whose story has been adapted as “Caught Sneezing‟
A
Rudyard Kipling
B
Rabindranath Tagore
C
Oscar Wilde
D
Kamala Das
Question 100
_________ composed the German Requiem.
A
Messiaen
B
Johannes Brahmas
C
Charles Tindley
D
Karl paulnack.
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