1. What is the collective noun for ‘fish’?
(A) Swarm
(B) Pack
(C) School
(D) Herd
Ans:- (C) School
2. Identify the adverb in the following sentence :
He could not go deep into the forest.
(A) Deep
(B) Go
(C) He
(D) Into
Ans:- (A) Deep
3. From the list below, identify the antonym of ‘cheap’.
(A) Price
(B) Poor
(C) Expensive
(D) Rice
Ans:- (C) Expensive
4. What is the synonym of ‘furious’?
(A) Laughter
(B) Witch
(C) Impure
(D) Angry
Ans:- (D) Angry
5. Identify the incorrectly spelt word.
(A) Square
(B) Parpendicular
(C) Diagonal
(D) Triangle
Ans:- (B) Parpendicular
6. Give one-word substitution for ‘a person who loots and plunders ships’.
(A) Robber
(B) Pirate
(C) Dacoit
(D) Looter
Ans:- (B) Pirate
7. What is meant by ‘to get the green signal’ ?
(A) To stop others
(B) To go away
(C) To get permission
(D) To get the keys of a car
Ans:- (C) To get permission
8. Fill in the blank :
Lokesh can jump very _____.
(A) high
(B) higher
(C) highest
(D) tall
Ans:- (A) high
9. Fill in the correct conjunctions in the following :
_____ Reshma _____ Padma knew the directions, and now they are lost.
(A) Either, or
(B) Both, and
(C) Not only, but also
(D) Neither, nor
Ans:- (D) Neither, nor
10. Which of the following punctuation marks is called ‘apostrophe’ ?
(A) (-)
(B) (/)
(C) (’ )
(D) (:)
Ans:- (C) (’ )
11. Which of the following means similar to ‘elevated’ ?
(A) Topped
(B) Wished
(C) Promoted
(D) Transferred
Ans:- (C) Promoted
12. What is meant by ‘to create a ruckus’ ?
(A) Make loud noise
(B) An artistic work
(C) Produce music
(D) Bake a cake
Ans:- (A) Make loud noise
13. Which of the following sentences is correct?
(A) She had not coming to the wedding.
(B) She is not come to the wedding.
(C) She did not coming to the wedding.
(D) She is not coming to the wedding.
Ans:- (D) She is not coming to the wedding.
14. Choose the correct option :
We _____ the National Anthem every morning at school.
(A) sanged
(B) sing
(C) sings
(D) singed
Ans:- (B) sing
15. Which of the following pronouns refers to ‘myself’ ?
(A) We
(B) They
(C) I
(D) You
Ans:- (C) I
16. Identify the incorrectly spelt word.
(A) Damsel
(B) Wicked
(C) Volcano
(D) Mountein
Ans:- (D) Mountein
17. Identify the correctly spelt word.
(A) Mongrel
(B) Marval
(C) Martal
(D) Middel
Ans:- (A) Mongrel
18. Identify the preposition in the following sentence :
The cat was sleeping under the cot.
(A) Sleeping
(B) Under
(C) Cot
(D) Was
Ans:- (B) Under
19. Identify the incorrect set.
(A) Bad : Worse : Worst
(B) Poor : Poorest : Poorer
(C) Rich : Richer : Richest
(D) Good : Better : Best
Ans:- (B) Poor : Poorest : Poorer
20. Identify the verb in the following sentence :
Neeraj ran very fast.
(A) Very
(B) Neeraj
(C) Fast
(D) Ran
Ans:- (D) Ran
21. Which word of the following is an example of pronoun?
(A) Again
(B) Pink
(C) They
(D) Speed
Ans:- (C) They
22. What would be the antonym of ‘friend’ ?
(A) Foe
(B) Unfriend
(C) Dislike
(D) Buddy
Ans:- (A) Foe
23. From the list below, identify the synonym of ‘lament’.
(A) Sad
(B) Mourn
(C) Copied
(D) Molecule
Ans:- (B) Mourn
24. Which word is incorrectly spelt?
(A) Basically
(B) Essentially
(C) Primarily
(D) Varbally
Ans:- (D) Varbally
25. Give one-word substitution for ‘life history of a person written by another person’.
(A) Autobiography
(B) Biography
(C) Monograph
(D) Bigamy
Ans:- (B) Biography
26. What does ‘in a nutshell’ mean?
(A) Peanuts and almonds
(B) Very tough explanation
(C) Expressed in short
(D) Important discussion
Ans:- (C) Expressed in short
27. Fill in the blank :
Tuhin ran _____ than Zubin to win the race.
(A) fast
(B) faster
(C) fastest
(D) fasting
Ans:- (B) faster
28. Identify the collective noun for ‘dogs’.
(A) Gang
(B) Herd
(C) Team
(D) Pack
Ans:- (D) Pack
29. Which of the following punctuation marks is called ‘hyphen’?
(A) (-)
(B) (/)
(C) (’ )
(D) (:)
Ans:- (A) (-)
30. What is the opposite of ‘sorrow’?
(A) Joy
(B) Happy
(C) Laugh
(D) Beauty
Ans:- (A) Joy
31. Which of the following means ‘to get rid of a problem’ ?
(A) To hammer it out
(B) To get to the bottom of
(C) To get the monkey off one’s back
(D) To get the acts together
Ans:- (C) To get the monkey off one’s back
32. Identify the grammatically incorrect sentence.
(A) I want to go home now.
(B) I wish to go home now.
(C) I shall go home now.
(D) I went to go home now.
Ans:- (D) I went to go home now.
33. Choose the correct option :
Is your brother _____ to the gym?
(A) gone
(B) going
(C) go
(D) went
Ans:- (B) going
34. Which pronoun is used for ‘non-living thing’ ?
(A) I
(B) We
(C) Us
(D) It
Ans:- (D) It
35. Identify the incorrectly spelt word.
(A) Monkey
(B) Moniker
(C) Matress
(D) Molten
Ans:- (C) Matress