Model Test 5

1. The passive form of “he is writing a book”
   (a) A book is written by him (b) A book was written by him  (c)A book is being written by him  (d) A book was being written by him.
2. A brave man does not boast …….. his great acts
   (a) off  (b) of  (c) for (d)to
3. The price of gold as well as silver …….. risen
   (a)has  (b)were  (c)have  (d)are
4. Allowance paid by a husband to his wife on legal separation is
   (a)compensation  (b)honorarium  (c)remuneration  (d)alimony
5. A period of thousand years
   (a)century  (b)centenary  (c)millennium  (d)recommendation
6. Which word is wrongly spelt?
   (a)maintenence  (b)correlative  (c)accommodation  (d)recommendation
7. Choose the correctly spelt word
   (a)comprihension  (b)comprihention  (c)comprehension  (d)comprehention
8. Give the opposite of ‘freedom’
   (a)Liberal  (b)Liberty  (c)Independence  (d)slavery
9. ‘Abdicate’ means
   (a)to renounce  (b)to accept  (c)to win  (d)to lose heart
10. Which one is in the plural form?
    (a)crisis  (b)stimulus  (c)syllabus  (d)children
11. Give the meaning of  ‘ipso facto’
    (a)contrary to the fact  (b)one sided  (c)by the very nature of the case  (d)false step
12. Add suitable tag. You are twenty years old,…………?
    (a)don’t you  (b)aren’t you  (c)doesn’t it  (d)are you
13. (a)on  (b)of  (c)from  (d)at
14. The head quarters of Kerala University is …….. Palayam, ……. Thiruvananthapuram.
    (a)in, in  (b)at, at  (c)at, in  (d)in, at
15. Kalidas is regarded as …….Shakespeare of India.
    (a)a  (b)the  (c)an  (d)some
16. The pen is mightier than the …………
    (a)sword  (b)paper  (c)writer  (d)pencil
17. ‘Passed away’ means
    (a)succeed  (b)went far away  (c)dead  (d)passed the examination
18. ‘To have an axe to grind’ means
    (a)sharpen an axe  (b)have no selfish motive  (c)have selfish motive  (d)put an axe in the enemy’s territory
19. As the festival approaches, the number of customers
    (a)increases  (b)is increasing  (c)will be increased  (d)will increase
20. Find out which part of the sentence has an error.
    (a)The audience  (b)are requested to be  (c)in its seats  (d)No error