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1.

Choose the correct sentence?
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He refrained to take any drastic action
He refrained to taking any drastic action
He refrained i taking any drastic actions
He refrained from taking any drastic action
2.

Which word is closest in meaning to "Franchise"?
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ttility
Frankness
Privilege
superficial
3.

"Once in a blue moon" means ---
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always
very rarely
nearly
hourly
4.

"Jecobean Period" of English Literature refers to ---
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1558-1603
1625-1649
1603-1625
1649-1660
5.

A retired officer lives next door. Here "retired" word is used as a/an :
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Gerund
adverb
Preposition
participle
6.

Choose the appropriate preposition in the blank of the following sentence : Eight men were concerned --- the plot.
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at

with

In

For
7.

Fill in the gap with the right tense : When water --- it turns into ice.
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will freeze
freezes
would freeze
froze
8.

Which one is the correct antonym of "frugal"?
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Extraordinary
Spendthrift
economical
authentic
9.

Choose the meaning of the idiom --- "Take the bull by the horns."
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To challenge the enemy with courage
Force the enemy to submit
Out of one's wit
Surrender before the enemy
10.

Fill in the blank with the correct quantifier. I still have --- money.
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a few
quite a few
many
a little
11.

Select the right compound structure of the sentence : "Though he is poor, he is honest"
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He is poor and honest
As he is poor, he is honest
He is poor but honest
Since he is poor, he is honest
12.

Where do the following lines occur in? "Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide,k wide sea ......"
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Kubla khan
The Nightingle
The Dungeon
13.

"For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love." This line is written by ----
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Emily Dickinson
T.S Eliot
Mathew Arnold
John Donne
14.

Fill in the blank : Tourists ---- their reservations well in advance if they want to fly to Cox's Bazar.
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better to had get
had better to get
had better got
had better get
15.

The sun went down. The "down" word is used here as a/an :
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Preposition
adverb
noun
conjuction
16.

Identify the right passive voice of "It is impossible to do this".
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Doing this is impossible
This is impossible to be done
This is must be done
This can't be done
17.

Of the following authors, who wrote an epic?
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John Milton
Jane Mansfield
William Cowper
William Shakespeare
18.

The literary term "euphemism" means---
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vague idea
in offensive expression
a sonnet
wise saying
19.

Reading is an excellent habit, Here, the "Reading" word is a -----
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verbal noun
Praticiple
verb
Greund
20.

Which one of the following words is an example of a distributive pronoun?
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such
Either
that
any
21.

Who is not a Victorian poet?
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Mathew Arnold
Alexander Pope
Robert Browning
Alfred Tennyson
22.

A speech of too many words is called---
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a big speech
maiden speech
An unimportant speeech
a verbose speech
23.

"Strike while the iron is hot" is an example of ----
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Noun clause
Adjective clause
Adverbial clause
Subordinate clause
24.

The play "The Spanish Tragedy" is written by----
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Thomas Kyd
Christopher Marlowe
Shakespeare
Ben Jonson
25.

Who among the following Indian English writers is a famous novelist?
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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
R.K. Narayan
Nissim Ezekiel
Kamala Das
26.

The word "Panegyric" means
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Criticism
elaborate prasie
curse
high sound
27.

Select the correctly spelt word :
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Heterogeneous
hetarogeneous
Hetrogeneous
hetroganeous
28.

Which period is known as "The golden age of English literature ?
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The Victorian age
The Elizabethen age
The Restoration age
The Eighteenth century
29.

Which one in the correct indirect narration? "Why have you beaten my dog"? he said to me.
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He demanded me why had I beaten his dog
He asked me why I have had beaten his dog
He enquired me why had I had beaten his dog
He demanded of me why I had beaten his dog
30.

Who is the author of "Man and Superman"?
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G.B. Shaw
Thomas Hardy
Ernest Hemingway
Charles Dickens
31.

The most famous satirist in English literature is ---
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Jonathan Swift
Alexander Popy
Joseph Addison
Richard Steel
32.

"Among" is a preposition that is used when ----- people are involved.
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Two
more than two
two or more than two
four only
33.

What is the plural form of the word "louse"?
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louses
Lice
lices
licess
34.

"Mutton" is a/an
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common noun
Abstract noun
Materiel noun
Proper noun
35.

The novelist has a hold of ---- in writing.
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