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Qu.1 – He gave me a pencil. In the sentence, the underlined noun phrase is:

(a) A complement

(b) An indirect object

(c)  A direct object

(d) An adverb

Ans – A direct object

Qu.2 – He painted the door white. In the above sentence, the underlined element is:

(a) A noun phrase

(b) An adjective phrase

(c)  An adverb phrase

(d) A verb phrase

Ans – An adjective phrase

Qu.3 – I always book my seats in advance. There is a book on the table. The underlined word are:

(a) Verb and adjective  

(b) Verb and noun

(c)  Noun and noun

(d) Noun and adjective

उत्‍तर – Verb  and noun  

Qu.4 – He is quite friendly with me. The underlined word is:

(a) An adverb

(b) An adjective

(c)  A noun

(d) A verb

Ans – An adjective

Qu.5 – The early train reached early. The underlined words are:

(a) An adjective and an adverb

(b) An adverb and an adjective

(c)  An adverb and an adverb

(d) An adjective and an adjective

Ans – An adverb and an adjective

Qu. 6 – That pen is mine.  That is my pen. The underlined ‘that’ is the above two sentences are:

(a) A noun and a pronoun

(b) A noun and an adjective

(c)  A pronoun and a noun

(d) A determiner and a pronoun

Ans – A determiner a pronoun

Qu.7 – I hurt myself. The underlined word is a :

(a) Personal pronoun

(b) Demonstrative pronoun

(c)  Reflexive pronoun

(d) Possessive pronoun

Ans – Reflexive pronoun

Qu.8 – There are twenty boys in this class. The  underlined word is:

(a) A noun

(b)  A pronoun  

(c)  A verb

(d) An adjective

Ans – An adjective

Qu.9 – He worked quickly. ‘Quickly’ is  

(a) An adjective

(b) An adverb

(c)  A verb

(d) A preposition

Ans – An adverb

Qu.10 – He is on the committee. ‘On’ is

(a) A conjunction

(b) An interjection

(c)  A proposition

(d) An adverb

Ans – A proposition

Qu.11 – That which adds to the meaning of a noun is:

(a) A pronoun

(b) An adjective

(c)  A verb

(d)  An adverb

Ans – An adjective

Qu.12 – A word that joins words or sentences together is:

(a) An interjection

(b) A conjunction

(c)  A proposition

(d) A verb

Ans – A verb

Qu.13 – One must try ………………… best to achieve success.

(a) Their 

(b) Everyone’s

(c)  One’s

(d) Someone’s

Ans – One’s

Qu.14 – You should practice so that you do not. ……….., The match

(a) Loose

(b) Lose

(c)  Losing

(d) Lost

Ans – Lose

Qu.15 – Choose the best option to remove any ambiguity. It was ……………… of you to help me.

(a) Considerable

(b) Consecrate

(c)  Considerate

(d) Consuinate

Ans – Considerate

Qu.16 – A word which gives impression both of verb and adjective is

(a) Noun

(b) Pronoun

(c)  Gerund

(d) Particle

Ans – Particle

Qu.17 – He was a very ……………. Person.

(a) Industrial

(b) Industrialized

(c)  Industrious

(d) Industry

Ans – Industrious

Qu.18 – Which tense do the following sentence belong to: I see a flat stretch of ground.

(a) Simple present

(b) Simple past

(c)  Present perfect

(d) Present continuous

Ans – simple present

Qu.19 – I get up early and eat my breakfast listening to the radio.

(a) Present continuous

(b) Present perfect

(c)  Simple present

(d) Present perfect continuous

Ans – Simple present

Qu.20 – The Bible says love of money is the root of all evil.

(a) Simple past

(b) Simple present

(c)  Present perfect

(d) Past perfect

Ans – Simple present

Qu.21 – Drive cautiously. The children ………. On the road

(a) Is playing

(b) Will playing

(c)  Are playing 

(d) Played

Ans – Are playing

Qu.22 – The stars …………. At night.

(a) Shines

(b) Shine

(c)  Is shining

(d) Are shine

Ans – Shine

Qu.23 – There ……………… four hundred people in the hall now.

(a) Is

(b) Are

(c)  Were

(d) Was

Ans – Are

Qu.24 – We ………………. Each other for the past five years.

(a) Have been knowing

(b) Know

(c)  Have known

(d) Is knowing

Ans – Have known

Qu.25 – Don’t talk while you …………….car.

(a) Were driving

(b) Have driven

(c)  Are driving

(d) Had driven

Ans – Are driving

Qu.26 – I shall have finished my work before I ……………….

(a) Sleep

(b) Slept

(c)  Will sleep

(d) None of these

Ans – Sleep

Qu.27 – Here are your shoes; I ……………… just brought them.

(a) Have

(b) Had

(c)  Shall have

(d) None of these

Ans – Have

Qu.28 – Ten years have passed since his brother …………………..

(a) Had died

(b) Died

(c)  Has died

(d) Dies

Ans – Died

Qu.29 – I ……………… him for a doctor every time I met him.

(a) Am mistaken

(b) Mistook

(c)  Have mistaken

(d) Has mistaken

Ans – Mistook

Qu.30 – I …………….. tea before I left for school.

(a) Take

(b) Have taken

(c)  Had taken

(d) Had been taken

Ans – Had taken

Qu.31 – The old painting of Rajasthan …………… fabulous price in America.

(a) Fetch

(b) Fetched

(c)  Is fetched

(d) Is fetching

Ans – Is fetching

Qu.32 – All suggestions sent  to the chairman ………….. in the next meeting.

(a) Are taken up

(b) Will be taken up

(c)  Have been taken up

(d) Is taken up

Ans – Will be taken up

Qu.33 – The pick pocket …………………… red handed by the police.

(a) Has caught

(b) Caught

(c)  Was caught

(d) Was being caught

Ans – Was caught

Qu.34 – Mica …………… in Rajasthan.

(a) Found

(b) Is founded

(c)  Is found

(d) Founded

Ans – Is found

Qu.35 – Hundreds of books …………….. every year but only a few of them are of use to students.

(a) Are written

(b) Were written

(c)  Have written

(d) Had written

Ans – Are written

Qu.36 – No sooner did the train ………….. at the platform than the passengers rushed towards it.

(a) Arrive

(b) Arrived

(c)  Will arrived

(d) Had arrived

Ans – Arrive

Qu.37 – Much …………….. since they were here last.

(a) Has happened

(b) Was happened

(c)  Would happened

(d) Have happening

Ans – Has happened

Qu.38 – She …………… the best apples from the basket.

(a) Choose

(b) Chose

(c)  Was chosen

(d) Chosing

Ans – Chose

Qu.39 – He ……………….. to the teacher about his homework.

(a) Lie

(b) Lying

(c)  Laid

(d) Lied

Ans – Lied

Qu.40 – The prisoner was …………. to death.

(a) Hung

(b) Hanging

(c)  Hanged

(d) Hunged

Ans – Handed