What is the theme of the poem Confessions of a Born Spectator?

Who is a round little man with a red face and a whole box of tools with dials and wires?

Identify the words which blend to form the word intercom and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

________ said, “Don’t let anyone tell you„ you can’t do it!’”

Fill in the blank with suitable collective noun:

A _____ of fish swam past for boat.

You will ultimately become what your innermost and deep-rooted desire is.” Who said this?

• Comprehension:
• Reserve Bank of India is not a commercial bank. It is an autonomous body regulating banking service in India. It makes banking laws and controls the flow of money. It safeguards the value of Indian currency. The head of the R.B.I is the Governor’.
• Who is the head of the Reserve Bank?

• The Greek Word for Earth is______

• In Julius Caesar, Antony says,
• “The evil that men do lives after them;
• The good is oft interred with their bones”,
• This means

The good that men do is remembered after their death.

If I have the stuff in my pockets, I forget about it as soon as the hour approaches at which I ought to swallow it.”

In the above line from the essay “Forgetting”, ‘I’ refer to

Fill in the blanks with the correct (tense) verb forms given in sequence:

We ________ (live) in this house since 2011 which __________ (build) in 2010.

Match the following sentences in Column A with the patterns in Column B and select the correct answer from the codes given :

• Column A                            Column B
• (a) We call Gandhi ‘Mahatma’.                           1. S V C A
• (b) Velu grew tired after the match.                 2. S V IO DO
• (c) We wear woollen clothes in winter.  3. S V O C
• (d) Kumar gave me the right answer.                 4. S V O A

Car park’ in British English is _________ in American English.

In the short story, “Think to Win”, Which team do the girls belong to?

He was a kind of plodder.

What do you mean by plodder?

“For whom goes up your winding stair can never come back again.”

• Identify the speaker

Fill in the blank with the suitable article---------- MP is a member of the parliament.

Match the following:

• a) Freelance               1. Temporary stay
• b) Freak              2. Self employed
• c) Sojourn                   3. Cheating
• d) Sneaky                    4. Sensible
•                              5. Extraordinary

Which year the American Comedy Award started?

In the play The Never-Never Nest, Jack and Jill brought the baby for installment from

His health ______ after a while.

• Fill the blank with suitable phrasal verb.

GOAL COMMAND” is a________

Identify the compound sentence

• And pour the water of the Nile
• On every golden Scale!”
• The above lines are taken from the poem of Lew Carroll.

Find out the Creature mentioned here.

A _______ sentence has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

Find out the odd.

• 1. Antedate 2. Backdate 3. Sedate 4. Consolidate 5. Update

The printed book found by Tommy was about

Which of the following is adapted from a short story written by Oscar wilde?

In the drama, “Old man river” Amy Marshall is

In the poem “Once upon a Time” the poet condemns

Which one of the following has the correct infinitive?

Find the Present Progressive Tense

The moral of the poem “The spider and the fly” is.

Match the following words given under Column A with their meanings under column B

• Column A         Column B
• a) Grim      1. Brilliance
• b) Splender       2. Shine
• c) Gleam   3. A View
• d) Vista     4. Stern

“---------- the journey matters as much as the goal-listen to the sounds of nature ------- Take good care of our fragile planet”

• • These are the words of

In the short story “After twenty years” the appointment fixed by two friends is

Royal Society of Literature honoured Robert Lynd with

It ______ rain tomorrow.

Fill in the blanks with suitable modal verb.

Jai Hindh’ – whom inspiring words of salutation are these?

Whose attitude is ‘never –say-die-sprit’

William Wordsworth belongs to………………. century.

Find the odd word (Adverb):

The only thing to kill is “impatience and rashness” because it makes you act without applying thought”

• This advice is given by -------------

Every dawn is preceeded by a thick darkness.

Out of the four given context – select the correct antonym for the underlined word

What happened after Columbus discovered America?

Choosing correct option from the given to complete the sentence

If we had saved rain water more in ponds and lakes____________

We ran as if to meet the moon.

• Identify the figure of speech.

Who is Nilu?

•  In Julius Caesar, Antony says,
• “For Brutus is an honourable man”
• - Here the tone of Antony is one of

The poem “The Crocodile” is written by

Match the following articles in Column A with their suitable words in Collumn B and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

• Column A             Column B
• a) a            1. Second  Rank
• b) zero                2. MLA
• c) an                    3. English Language
• d) the                  4. Man

The clipped word of “demarcate” is

In the poem “A poison tree” who was found lying outstretched beneath the tree?

The line “ A slender tinkling fall that made “ Contains __________

. “If this belief from heaven be sent, ”

What does ‘heaven’ refers to?

Find the odd one

In the short story “Tight Corners” the author narrates how he was rescued from humiliation at

Select the correct sentence:

Hindu Philosophy advises equanimity under all circumstances It says, man should try to remain calm in face of both pleasure and pain, success and failure Whatever may happen he should remain unperturbed.

1. Find out the relevant option/options.

1. Man should appreciate success.

2. Man should not be disturbed by success or failure.

3. Man should react to every incident.

4. Men are rewarded for their right deeds.

Gulliver managed to reach the land as he was_________

John played piano when he was a child.

• Find the form of tense employed in the above sentence.

Identify the nationality of the author, of the story, The Lottery Ticket”

Choose the American English equivalent of the word “freight car’

In the following find the clause

Identify the sentence pattern ·

• Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears.

I had done an unwarrantable thing in breaking in on the privacy of this man’s scientific pursuits” The author did an illegal thing in breaking the privacy of

What is the significance of the following day 5th June?

Select the suitable of compound words for the blanks in the given passage from the options given below:

• _________ I used a ______ table in which there was a __________ that took me to _______.

Select the correct option from given stating the kind of sentence:

• Please leave your footwear outside the hall.

Choose the correct option.

• All memories of the bizarre journey vanish When I landed in

Dogs were first domesticated in

Grandfather of Ruskin Bond on his retirement built a bungalow in

Match the following phrases given in Column A with their meanings in Collumn B and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

•           Column A                   Column B
• a) advance and retreat             1. to write something as a record
• b) Keep an account of                 2. Keep an account of
• c) arrive in                           3. move to and fro
• d) pour out from                 4. reach

• . “But that’s gone, son
• Now they shake hands without hearts”
• Who are ‘they ‘refer to?

My legs ached and my skirt billowed out .

• Find out the meaning of the underlined word

Rani of Jhansi was associated with __________

Bill Naughton spend his childhood in

In the short story “A dark in the Dark” who is bound on a rustic holiday?

The first step in the road to success, according to Edwin C Bliss, is to

Find out the part of speech that is not used in the underlined words.

• 1. His brother is a diligent man
• 2. The cat is away.
• 3. He is very hopeful.
• 4. He shared his experience with me.

The theme observed in the poem ‘Where the mind is without Fear’ is……………….

Find out the reason: 

• In early centuries, spice traders became rich

Which fruit is given in pairs as a symbol of friendship?

Para Olympics was initially supported by

Match the following and write the correct answers from the codes given below.

•          Column A                     Column B
• (a) The first organised public expression of grief.    1. Collapse of the Twin Towers
• (b) Concentration camps                              2. The Brahms Requiem
• (c) September 11, 2001                                              3. Oliver Messiaen
• (d) Quartet for the End of Time                                     4. The Nazi Germany

Match the characters given under Column „A’ with the stories given under Column „B’ and select the correct option from those given below:

• a) Vera                          1. Holiday
• b) Johnsy                      2. The Last Leaf
• c) Phatik Chakrabarthi             3. The selfish Giant
• d) The Cornish Ogre           4. Open window

“ It was really only a little „Linnet’ singing out side the window”

• What does the word “Linnet” indicate?

Who is the author of the poem “Indian seasons”?

”And miles to go before I sleep”

Here sleep symbolises

Which of the following sentence is wrong?

Which state does the poet kamala Surraya belong to?

have an old-fashioned taste for them, and I buy them frequently but no-sooner do I pay a visit to a friend’s house or go a journey in a train”

• In the above the article/thing mentioned by the author is

Select the incorrect sentence from the following:

Select the correct question tag:   Hema solved all her problems, _________?

In the drama, “Old man River” who was looking pictures in the magazine?