Mock Test of 20 English Questions LDC Main / Degree Level Prelims

 

1. The football match had to be ________ because of the weather?

A) called out

B) called on

C) called over

D) called off

2. He would better __________ than study without concentration.

A) play

B) have been playing

C) to play

D) playing

3. One who deserts his religion _____.

A) Turn coat

B) Deserter

C) Apostate

D) Fanatic

4. There are too many boys ______ the room.

A) on

B) with

C) by

D) in

5. A match made in heaven means _____.

A) a marriage that is solemnized formally

B) a marriage that is unsuccessful

C) a marriage that is likely to be happy and successful

D) a marriage of convenience

6. Praful spends _________ weekends at a holiday resort.

A) alternate

B) alternatively

C) alternately

D) alternatively

7. Inflexible means _________.

A) Bitter

B) Rigid

C) Good-natured

D) Sarcastic

8. I assume their apartment is on the tenth floor. The underlined part is a ____.

A) sentence

B) proverb

C) phrase

D) clause

9. Select the correct spelling.

A) Moratorium

B) Moretorium

C) Morotorium

D) Moratoriam

10. Do not cry _______ spilt milk.

A) by

B) over

C) for

D) at

11. Can you remind me _______ Sudhi tomorrow?

A) phoning

B) to be phoned

C) to phone

D) phoned

12. The meaning of 'illicit':

A) Improper

B) Infamous

C) Disgraceful

D) Unlawful

13. I felt like a fish out of water among all those business tycoons. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the underlined phrase/idiom.

A) Troubled

B) Uncomfortable

C) Stupid

D) Inferior

14. Two dozen mangoes _______ only 50 rupees.

A) costed

B) are costing

C) cost

D) costs

15. His lectures are often wordy and pointless. Select the option that is antonym to the underlined word.

A) concise

B) voluble

C) diffuse

D) garrulous

16. Commencement of words with same letters:

A) Homonym

B) Alliteration

C) Pangram

D) Synonym

17. I cut myself when I was peeling the potatoes. The underlined word is a _____.

A) gerund

B) emphatic pronoun

C) personal pronoun

D) reflexive pronoun

18. She was struck ______ lightning.

A) by

B) with

C) for

D) of

19. The principal _______ the prizes.

A) gave over

B) gave away

C) gave out

D) gave up

20. At present he _______ (read) a biography. Choose the correct form of the verb given in bracket.

A) had read

B) was reading

C) is reading

D) had been reading

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