1.

Question
Match the lines with the appropriate figures of speech

Column A column B

(a) And the grave is not its goal 1.Metaphor

(b) In the bivouac of life 2. Oxymoron

(c) A forlorn and shipwrecked brother 3. Alliteration

(d) Not enjoyment, and not sorrow 4. Personification

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) 1 3 4 2
B) 1 4 2 3
C) 3 1 4 2
D) 4 3 2 1
Correct
C) 3 1 4 2
2. Question
Where do you find this line?

And worshipped as a deity you were

A) With a Friend
B) To cook and Eat
C) To India - My native land
D) No men are foreign
Correct
C) To India My native land
3. Question
Who is known as grand old man of Indian ornithology?

A)Ramanuja
B)Dr.Salim Ali
C)Gopala Krishna Gokhale
D)Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam
Correct
B)Dr.Salim Ali
4. Question
In which category the newspapers include music?

A)Special column
B)Editorial
C)arts and entertainment
D)Doesnt include
Correct
C)arts and entertainment
5. Question
Choose the option which is suitable British word for Holiday
A)Vacation
B)Leave
C)Picnic
D) Day off
Correct
A)Vacation
6. Question
The author of the Refugee is

A) Oscar Wilde
B) Paulo Coelho
C) O Henry
D) Pearl S Buck
Correct
D) Pearl S Buck
7. Question
Where do you find the following line?

Just Iisten to the frozen air

A) Punishment in Kindergarten
B) My Grandmothers House
C)Going for water
D)Be the Best
Incorrect
B) My Grandmothers House
8. Question
In the following literary works, which one is about awareness of protecting our
Earth?

A)Migrant Bird
B)Going for Water
C)Gaia tells her tale
D)Swept Away
Correct
C)Gaia tells her tale
9. Question
Choose the period where the poet D.H.Lawrence belongs to?

A) Modernism
B) Romanticism
C)Renaissance
D)Traditionalism
Incorrect
A) Modernism
10. Question
In the following, which storys theme is Proved science is better than
superstitious beliefs?

A) The Mark of Vishnu

B)Snake
C) Greedy Govind
D) Our Local Team
Correct
A) The Mark of Vishnu
11. Question
Who is the poet of Discovery?
 A) Gayatri Pahlajani
B) Grace Nichols
C) Judith Nicholls
D) T V Padma
Correct
A) Gayatri Pahlajani
12. Question
Match the Poet given in Column A with their nationality given in Column B

Column A Column B

(a) Archibald Lampman 1. UK

(b) Kamala Das 2. Canada

(c) William Wordsworth 3. Indian

(d) Khalil Gibran 4.

Lebanon

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) 1 2 3 4
B) 2 3 1 4
C) 3 4 1 2
D) 4 2 3 1
Correct
B) 2 3 1 4
13. Question
Choose the correct American English for the British English word underground

A)Pavement
B)Sidewalk
C) subway
D)Subground
Correct
C) subway
14. Question
What is the reaction of Duke on seeing Antonio?

A)Angry
B)Sympathy
C)happy
D)Sad
Incorrect
B)Sympathy
15. Question
Read the following lines and answer the question

Within your ear,your nose would be

an absolute catastrophe

What is meant by catastrophe?

A)Sudden great happiness

B)Sudden laziness
 C)Sudden severe illness
D)Sudden great disaster
Correct
D)Sudden great disaster
16. Question
Match the Poem given in Column A with their poets given in Column B

Column A Column B

(a) Womens rights 1. Henry Wadsworth

Longfellow

(b) Earth 2. Jack

Prelutsky

(c) A Psalm of Life 3. Annie Louisa

Walker

(d) Be Glad your nose is on your face 4. Kalil Gibran

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) 3 4 1 2
B) 1 4 2 3
C) 3 1 4 2
D) 4 3 2 1
Correct

A) 3 4 1 2
17. Question
Who is the poet of Biking?

A) Lewis Carroll
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Dipti Bhatia
D) Judith Nicholls
Incorrect
D) Judith Nicholls
18. Question
Who gave a silver and a copper penny to Refugee?

A) A trespasser
B) A Prussian officer
C) Behrman
D) Djinn
Incorrect
A) A trespasser
19. Question
Who wrote Venus and Adonis?

A) Thomas Hardy
B) William Shakespeare
C) H.W.Longfellow
D)D.H.Lawrence
Correct
B) William Shakespeare
20. Question
Whose quote is this?

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, but just
felt in the heart

A) Helen Keller
B) Jessica Cox
C) Socrates
D) Ralph Waldo Emerson
Correct
A) Helen Keller
21. Question
Choose the correct meaning of the following phrase

turn down

A)single out
B)ignore
C)enter
D)reject
Correct
D)reject
22. Question
Match the following words given under Column A with their meanings given under
Column B

Column A Column B

(a) literally 1. travelling

(b)insists 2. exactly

(c)sturdy 3. stresses

(d)traversing 4. strong

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) 1 2 3 4
B) 2 3 4 1
C) 2 1 3 4
D) 4 2 3 1
Correct
B) 2 3 4 1
23. Question
Read the following lines and answer the question

As humble plants by country hedgerows

growing that treasure up the rain

Who are compared to humble plants?

A)Children
B)Citizens of the country
C)Women
D)Men
Correct
C)Women
24. Question
Choose the correct new word in option by blending the given words

prim + sissy ?

A)prissy
B)priss
C)primsissy
D)primi
Correct
A)prissy
25. Question
Choose the correct American English for the British English word petrol

A)Kerosene
B)gasoline
C) faucet
D)Biome
Correct
B)gasoline
26. Question
Whose words?

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears

A)Ceaser
B) Antony
C)Brutus
D) Flavius
Correct
B) Antony
27. Question
Who is Blind employee in the textile shop?

A) Rowther
B) Kolappan
C) Ambi
D) Appa
Correct
A) Rowther
28. Question
Who founded a weekly newspaper, Long Islander?

A)Walt Whitman
B)Rabindranath Tagore
 C) Douglas Malloch
D) Annie Louisa Walker
Incorrect
A)Walt Whitman
29. Question
From whom Matilda borrows necklace?

A) Ivan Dmitrich
B) Mme.Forestier
C) Framton Nuttle
D) Mrs. Sappleton
Correct
B) Mme.Forestier
30. Question
Match the Characters given in Column A with their stories given in Column B

Column A Column B

(a) Kesavan Nair 1. money lender

(b) Outhakutty 2. poor farmer

(c) Thirumulpad 3.
arch diplomat

(d) Diwan Singh 4.

head man of the village

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) 2 3 1 4
B) 1 3 2 4
C) 3 4 1 2
D) 4 2 3 1
Correct
A) 2 3 1 4
31. Question
Identify the complex sentence in the following

A) Sha was busy also and he could not attend the function
B) Since Sha was busy he could not attend the function
C) Being busy, Sha could not attend the function
D) Due to bad weather, match was postponed
Correct
B) Since Sha was busy he could not attend the function
32. Question
Choose the correct sentence pattern of the following

Fortunately the doctor came on time

A)S V O
B) S V IO DO
C)A S V A
D)S V C A
Correct
C)A S V A
33. Question
The Prime Minister - our village next month

A)visits
B)visited
C)had visit
D)have visited
Correct
A)visits
34. Question
How much does Trevor gets for his picture?

A) Two thousand pounds

B)Twenty Two thousand pounds
C) Thirty thousand pounds
D) Three thousand pounds
Incorrect
A) Two thousand pounds
35. Question
Match the Poem given in Column A with their poets given in Column B

Column A Column B

(a) Going for Water 1. Ralph Waldo Emerson

(b) Manliness 2. James Kirkup

(c) No men are Foreign 3. Rudyard Kipling

(d) The Apology 4.

Robert Frost

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) 3 4 1 2
B) 1 4 2 3
C) 3 1 4 2
D) 4 3 2 1
Correct
D) 4 3 2 1
36. Question
To which Gratiano compare Shylock to?

A)Dog
B)God
C)Wolf
D)Snake
Incorrect
C)Wolf
37. Question
Choose the correct option where you find the following quote

After you big guys came, can we drain out the water at the right times?

A) Swami and the sum

B) The Neem Tree
C) Farmer
 D) The Sun Beam
Correct
C) Farmer
38. Question
Choose the correct word which suitable for bi as prefix as well as ly as suffix

A)week
B)operate
C)grace
D)moral
Correct
A)week
39. Question
Match the following phrases given under Column A with their meanings given under
Column B

Column A Column B

(a) hand in 1. transmit

(b)hand on 2. submit

(c)hand over 3. transfer

(d)hand down 4. give

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) 1 2 3 4
B) 3 2 1 4
C) 2 1 3 4
D) 4 2 3 1
Correct
C) 2 1 3 4
40. Question
Choose the positive degree of the following comparative degree sentence

The Tajmahal is more beautiful than many other building in India

A)The Tajmahal is one of the more beautiful buildings in India

B)The Tajmahal is the beautiful buildings in India
C)Very few buildings in India are as beautiful as the Tajmahal
D)No other buildings in India is beautiful as Tajmahal
Correct
C)Very few buildings in India are as beautiful as the Tajmahal
41. Question
The magazine Indian Opinion was in

A)India
B)British
C)South Africa
D)United states
Incorrect
C)South Africa
42. Question
Keep your sprits high is adopted from

A)Hope The Music raiser

B)Hope Spencer
C)Hope cape of storm
D)Hope raiser
Correct
B)Hope Spencer
43. Question
Choose the nationality of the poem Two friends

A)France
B)USA
C)Burma
D)India
Correct
A)France
44. Question
Fill in the blank with suitable phrasal verb

A friend of mine has her wedding

A)called off
B)turn off
C)turn over
D)work out
Correct
A)called off
45. Question
Identify the figures of speech observed in the following line of the poem A Psalm
of Life

For the soul is dead that slumbers

A) Personification
B) Allusion
C) Anaphora
D) Simile
Correct
A) Personification
46. Question
According to Greeks, what are all the two sides of coin?

A) Music and Astronomy

B) Music and Dance
C) Dance and Astronomy
D) Music and Drama
Incorrect
A) Music and Astronomy
47. Question
Where do you find this famous dialogue?

It is a wise father that knows his own child

 A)Merchant of Venice
B)Julius Ceaser
C)The Night Cometh
D)Be Glad your Nose is on your face
Incorrect
A)Merchant of Venice
48. Question
Fill in the blanks with the correct articles

- doctor had to perform operation and he said that he would return in

hour and half

A)a,an,a,an
B)the,an,a,an
C)the,an,an,a
D)the,a,an,a
Correct
C)the,an,an,a
49. Question
Choose the correct active form sentence in the following

A)The students were given the books

B)Children are said to be afraid of ghosts
C)The professor gave them the books
D)They were given the books
Correct
C)The professor gave them the books
50. Question
With whom Helen keller founded Helen Keller International (HKI) organization?

A) Kate Adams
B) Arthur H. Keller
C) Dr. J. Julian Chisolm
D) George Kessler
Correct
D) George Kessler
51. Question
The Poem The Lottery Ticket belongs to

A)UK
B)USA
C)China
D)Russia
Correct
D)Russia
52. Question
Choose the correct plural form of radius

A)radius
B)radiuses
C)radii
D)radium
Correct
C)radii
53. Question
not knowing,
not caring,
that others
may not have this thing

In which of the following poem, the above lines occur?

A) The Nation United

B) English Words
C) The Man He Killed
D) To cook and Eat
Correct
D) To cook and Eat
54. Question
For how many years did the Giant stayed with his friend?

A)10
B)2
C)3
D)7
Correct
D)7
55. Question
How many terms had Nelson Mandela been as a President of South Africa?

A)2
B)3
C)1
D)4
Incorrect
C)1
56. Question
O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark

Where do you find those above line?

A)Sonnet no 116
B) The Solitary Reaper
C) A sonnet for my Incomparable Mother
D) Shilpi
Correct
A)Sonnet no 116
57. Question
The nationality of the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson

A)USA
B)UK
C)Lebanon
D)Australia
Correct
A)USA
58. Question
The students - when the librarian came.

A) stopped to talk
B) stopped talking
C) stopped talk
D) stopped talked
Correct
B) stopped talking
59. Question
She was returned her office Seven O Clock

A) from, by
B) to, on
C) under, away
D) over, at
Correct
A) from, by
60. Question
Choose the correct poem in which the following line occurs

Theres big work to do and theres lesser to do

A) Where the mind is without fear

B) Be the Best
C) The cry of the Children
D) Going for water
Correct
B) Be the Best
61. Question
Choose the option which is suitable British word for mould

A)Mold
B)Melt
C)Molten
D)Molls
Correct
A)Mold
62. Question
The author of the A Man who had no eyes is

A) Walt Whitman
B) V.K. Gokak
C) Mackinlay Kantar
D) Kamala Das
Correct
C) Mackinlay Kantar
63. Question
Who is Octavius?

A) friend of Caesar
B) Caesars adopted son
C) Caesars wife
D) Brutuss wife
Correct
B) Caesars adopted son
64. Question
Who is Radha?

A) Sauruli's friend
B)Farmers daughter
C) Kesavan Nairs sister
D)Nilas Friend
Correct
A) Saurulis friend
65. Question
Choose the author of the story Sam

A) James Kirkup
B) Emma Richards
C) Tammy Ruggles
D) Anton Chekhov
Correct
C) Tammy Ruggles
66. Question
Choose the correct sentence which is suitable for the question tag will you?

A)I am ready
B)lets play
C)lets go out
D)Dont play here
Correct
D)Dont play here
67. Question
Choose the correct plural form of loaf

A)loaves
B)loafs
C)loavii
D)loavies
Correct
A)loaves
68. Question
The height of Shiva Linga is

A)8.5 m
B)8.7 m
C)7.8 m
D)8.8 m
Correct
B)8.7 m
69. Question
What is the important thing said by Gopala Krishna Gokhale one must secure other
than knowledge?

A)Character
B)Goal
 C)Responsibility
D)Friendship
Correct
A)Character
70. Question
The author of the The Piano Lesson is

A) Paulo Coelho
B) Anton Chekhov
C) Saki
D) Rob Reilly
Correct
D) Rob Reilly
71. Question
Who is Leonardo in the drama Merchant of Venice?

A) Bassanio's servant
B) friend of Shylock
C) A lawyer
D) Portia's servants
Incorrect
A) Bassanios servant
72. Question
Find out the words in the following

Conclusion,monetize,observe,publicize
A) monetize
B) observe
C) Conclusion
D) publicize
Correct
C) Conclusion
73. Question
Choose the correct sentence which suits the pattern S V O A

A)He scolded his sister violently

B)The boss presented me a gift
C)Usually she is busy
D)He made his son captain
Correct
A)He scolded his sister violently
74. Question
Choose the correct figures of speech

Yon solitary Highland Lass

A)Allusion
B)Simile
C)Metaphor
D)Oxymoron
Correct
A)Allusion
75. Question
Who first stabbed Caesar?
 A) Marcus Brutus
B) Antony
C) Casca
D) Decius Brutus
Correct
C) Casca
76. Question
Select the correct question tag

I am the tallest boy in our class

A)am nt I?
B)am I?
C)arent I?
D)are I?
Correct
C)arent I?
77. Question
The hometown of Manohar Devadoss is

A)Madurai
B)Tanjore
C)Delhi
D)Bihar
Correct
A)Madurai
78. Question
In the following, which one is Grace Nicholss work?

A) Punishment in Kindergarten
B) Nine Gold Medals
C) Sam
D) Granny, Granny please comb my hair
Correct
D) Granny, Granny please comb my hair
79. Question
In the following literary works , which one speaks about the nations border?

A)Migrant bird
B)Gaia tells her tale
C)Swept away
D)flying with moon on their wings
Correct
A)Migrant bird
80. Question
Choose the period where the poet William Shakespeare belongs to?

A) Renaissance
B) Romanticism
C) Modernism
D)Traditionalism
Incorrect
A) Renaissance
81. Question
Fill in the blanks with the suitable homophones

I dont know - the will be fine today

A)weather ,whether
B)whether,weather
C)reigned,rained
D)rained,reigned
Correct
B)whether,weather
82. Question
Fill in the blank with correct prefix

Our headmaster is a active leader

A)dis
B)bi
C)pro
D)pre
Correct
C)pro
83. Question
The Dance Padayani belongs to

A) Ladakh
B) Kerala
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Mizoram
Correct
B) Kerala
84. Question
The hero painted by Sue is -

A) Johnsy
B) Colonel Dumoulin
C) Idaho Cowboy
D) Ivan Dmitrich
Incorrect
C) Idaho Cowboy
85. Question
Who wrote the Ideal One?

A) Pearl S. Buck
B) Oscar Wilde
C) H.W. Longfellow
D) Rabindranath Tagore
Incorrect
D) Rabindranath Tagore
86. Question
Pick out the correct figure of speech of the following line

You were the dawn, and sunlight filled the spaces

 A) Personification
B)Simile
C)Metaphor
D)Anaphora
Correct
C)Metaphor
87. Question
Choose the correct suffix for the word Atom

A)ish
B)ly
C)ify
D)ic
Correct
D)ic
88. Question
Who is Cicero?

A) Roman senator
B) member of the conspiracy
C) A friend of Caesar
D) Brutuss wife
Incorrect
A) Roman senator
89. Question
There are totally - sonnets of William Shakespeare

A)154
B)116
C)150
D)117
Correct
A)154
90. Question
The real freedom told by Rabindranath Tagore in Where the mind is without fear is?

A) freedom of thought and expression

B) freedom of education
C)freedom of employment
D) freedom of politics
Correct
A) freedom of thought and expression
91. Question
Whose quote is this?

Man is born free but is everywhere in chains.

A) Avvaiyar
B) Carl Sandburg
C) Jean Jacques Rousseau
D) D.H.Lawrence
Correct
C) Jean Jacques Rousseau
92. Question
Choose the exact meaning of the underline word in the following sentence

I am transfixed

A)stressed
B)stunned
C)cried
D)jumped
Correct
B)stunned
93. Question
Who uttered these words?

I like not fair terms and a villains mind

A)Bassanio
B)Portia
C)Shylock
D)Antonio
Incorrect
A)Bassanio
94. Question
Who is called as Lumbermans poet?

A) Douglas Malloch
B) Anne Louisa Walker
C) Walt Whitman
D)H.W.Longfellow
Correct
A) Douglas Malloch
95. Question
The Night Cometh was written by

A) Shakespeare
B) Annie Louisa Walker
C) William Wordsworth
D) Rabindranath Tagore
Incorrect
B) Annie Louisa Walker
96. Question
In the following literary works , which one speaks about the women struggle against
nature disaster?

A)Migrant bird
B)Gaia tells her tale
C)Swept away
D)flying with moon on their wings
Incorrect
C)Swept away
97. Question
Choose the dance which belongs to Kashmir
 A) Dumhal Dance
B) The Padhar Dance
C) Cheraw
D) Garadi
Incorrect
A) Dumhal Dance
98. Question
Choose the antonym of the underlined word in the following

He wanted implicit obedience from her

A)pertinent
B)high
C)humble
D)explicit
Correct
D)explicit
99. Question
In the poem Migrant Bird the poet contrasts the life of a migrant bird with that
of the

A) weapons
B) human beings
C) animals
D) enemies
Correct
B) human beings
100. Question
Mention the poem in which these lines occur.

You have all the time in the world

A)with a friend
B)To India My Native land
C)My Grandmothers house
D)Granny Granny please comb my hair
Correct
D)Granny Granny please comb my hair