MOCK TEST 1 ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (1-4): In these questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase given in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in bold.
1. In a nutshell
a. In translation
b. A decorative language
c. A well-packed parcel
d. Briefly and concisely
Ans. D
2. Strain every nerve
a. Try all tricks
b. work very hard
c. beg before others
d. spend a large amount
Ans. B
3/. Leaps and bounds
a. Slowly
b. Rapidly
c. Jumping
d. Stationary
Ans. B
4. Wild goose chase
a. An admirable enterprise
b. An honest effort
c. A foolish, unprofitable adventure
d. A powerful effort
Ans. C
Directions (5-6): In these questions, out of the four
alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the
meaning of the word given in bold.
5. Synonym of Spew
a. take up liquids
b. throw in water
c. to come forth in a flush
d. split
Answer: C
Explanation:
6. Synonym of Sozzled
a. drunk
b. moderate
c. culturad
d. burning
Answer: A
Directions (7-8): In these questions, choose the word
opposite in meaning to the word given in bold.
7.Foremost :
a. Hindmost
B. Unimportant
C. Disposed
D. Mature
Answer: B
8.Protects :
A. Defends
B. Deprives
C. Deserts
D. Devises
Answer: Option C
Directions (9-12): In the following questions, out of the
four alternatives choose the one which can be
substituted for the given words/sentence.
9. One who will do any job for anyone for money
a. Mercenary
b. Recruit
c. Hoodlum
d. Merchant
Ans. A
Recruit means to employ somebody on job
Hoodlum means a person who engages in crime and violence
Merchant means a person or company involved in wholesale trade
10. A child born after the death of father
a. post dated
b. premature
c. paternal
d. Posthumous
Ans. D
post dated means affix or assign a date later than the actual one to
premature means occurring or done before the usual or proper time; too early.
Paternal means related through the father
11. A person who complet4ely abstains from alcohol
a. Teetotaller
b. Drunkard
c. Alcoholic
d. Imposter
Ans. A
Drunkard means a person who is habitually drunk.
Alcoholic means a person suffering from alcoholism.
Imposter means a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others
12. One who is able to use both hands
a. sinister
b. Ambidextrous
c. Ambivalent
d. Amateur
Ans. B
Sinister means giving the impression that something harmful
Ambivalent means having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
Amateur means a person who has done something in an unskilful or inept way.
Direction for Q13- :In these questions, four words are given out of which only one is correctly spelt. Find that correctly spelt word
13.
Accoomodate
Accommodate
Accomodate
Acommodate
Answer: Option b
Directions(14-17): In these questions, sentences are
given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate
word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each
question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four
alternatives.
14. ..........you need a duplicate voter card, you must present the ........ of your residence.
A.) Should, proof
B.) If, numbers
C.) Had, guarantee
D.) Do, number
Answer: 'A'
Should, proof
15. The manager ......... that she should .......... her help to him to solve the puzzles.
A.) express, give
B.) desires, extend
C.) wanted, take
D.) mentioned, assist
Answer: B : desires, extend
16. Please do not ....... time on such .......... issues.
A.) take, significant
B.) waste, trivial
C.) synchronise, insignificant
D.) take, vital
Show Answer
Answer: 'B' : waste, trivial
17. He ........... all his money ..........
A.) squandered, wisely
B.) deposited, prudence
C.) spent, foolishly
D.) earned, decent
Answer: 'C': Spent, foolishly
Directions: (18-19): In these questions, read each
sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The
error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The
number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the
answer is (D). (Ignore errors of Punctuation, if any.)
18. (a) Mohan is one of the students
(b) in the class who has not been absent
(c) for a single day
(d) during the entire year.
Answer: (b) Instead of “has not been” it should be “was not “
19. (a) Mira claimed that she had
(b) not only gone to Jaipur
(c) but also to Agra
(d) and had seen the Taj Mahal.
Ans. (b) it should be “not only seen Delhi”
Question 20 : A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No Improvement”
20. The more they earn, more they spend.
a. The more they earn, the4 more they spend
b. More they earn, the more hey spend
c. More they earn, more hey spend
d. No improvement
Ans. A
Directions (21-25): In the following questions, you have four brief passages with 5 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives
A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Albert Moran, is “that form of television that works with a continuous open narrative. Each episode ends with a promise that the storyline is to be continued in another episode.”
In 2012, Robert. Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times wrote of daily dramas, “Although melodramatically eventful, soap operas such as this also have a luxury of space that makes them seem more naturalistic, indeed, the economics of the form demand long scenes and conversations that a 22-episodes-per-season weekly series might dispense with half a dozen lines of dialogue may be drawn out, as here, for pages. You spend more time even with the minor characters the apparent villains grow less a apparently villainous.
Soap opera storylines run concurrently, intersect and lead into further developments An individual episode of a soap opera will generally switch between several different concurrent “.arrative threads that may at times interconnect and affect one another or may run entirely independent of each other. Evening soap operas and serials that run for only a part of the year tend to bring things to a dramatic end-of-season cliffhanger.
21. What does the author mean ‘by the open -ended nature of soap operas?
(a) Every episode ends shruptly
(b) Consecutive episodes nave no connection
(c) Each episode ends with a promise that the storyline is to be continued in another episode
(d) Every episode has a different story
22. A soap opera has the space for it to be more
(a) dramatic
(b) tragic
(c) artistic
(d) naturalistic
23. The economics of a soap opera form demands for it to have
(a) melodramatic events
(b) promising storylines
(c) long scenes
(d) luxurious space
24. An individual episode of a soap opera generally switches between
2a) successive intersections of events
(b) different concurrent narrative threads
(c) more time spent with minor characters
(d) apparent villains that grow less apparent villainous
25. Soap operas that run for a part of the year usually end in
(a) a cliffhanger
(b) a sequence
(c) a cliff
(d) an episode
Solutions
21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (a
Directions (1-4): In these questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase given in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in bold.
1. In a nutshell
a. In translation
b. A decorative language
c. A well-packed parcel
d. Briefly and concisely
Ans. D
2. Strain every nerve
a. Try all tricks
b. work very hard
c. beg before others
d. spend a large amount
Ans. B
3/. Leaps and bounds
a. Slowly
b. Rapidly
c. Jumping
d. Stationary
Ans. B
4. Wild goose chase
a. An admirable enterprise
b. An honest effort
c. A foolish, unprofitable adventure
d. A powerful effort
Ans. C
Directions (5-6): In these questions, out of the four
alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the
meaning of the word given in bold.
5. Synonym of Spew
a. take up liquids
b. throw in water
c. to come forth in a flush
d. split
Answer: C
Explanation:
6. Synonym of Sozzled
a. drunk
b. moderate
c. culturad
d. burning
Answer: A
Directions (7-8): In these questions, choose the word
opposite in meaning to the word given in bold.
7.Foremost :
a. Hindmost
B. Unimportant
C. Disposed
D. Mature
Answer: B
8.Protects :
A. Defends
B. Deprives
C. Deserts
D. Devises
Answer: Option C
Directions (9-12): In the following questions, out of the
four alternatives choose the one which can be
substituted for the given words/sentence.
9. One who will do any job for anyone for money
a. Mercenary
b. Recruit
c. Hoodlum
d. Merchant
Ans. A
Recruit means to employ somebody on job
Hoodlum means a person who engages in crime and violence
Merchant means a person or company involved in wholesale trade
10. A child born after the death of father
a. post dated
b. premature
c. paternal
d. Posthumous
Ans. D
post dated means affix or assign a date later than the actual one to
premature means occurring or done before the usual or proper time; too early.
Paternal means related through the father
11. A person who complet4ely abstains from alcohol
a. Teetotaller
b. Drunkard
c. Alcoholic
d. Imposter
Ans. A
Drunkard means a person who is habitually drunk.
Alcoholic means a person suffering from alcoholism.
Imposter means a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others
12. One who is able to use both hands
a. sinister
b. Ambidextrous
c. Ambivalent
d. Amateur
Ans. B
Sinister means giving the impression that something harmful
Ambivalent means having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
Amateur means a person who has done something in an unskilful or inept way.
Direction for Q13- :In these questions, four words are given out of which only one is correctly spelt. Find that correctly spelt word
13.
Accoomodate
Accommodate
Accomodate
Acommodate
Answer: Option b
Directions(14-17): In these questions, sentences are
given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate
word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each
question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four
alternatives.
14. ..........you need a duplicate voter card, you must present the ........ of your residence.
A.) Should, proof
B.) If, numbers
C.) Had, guarantee
D.) Do, number
Answer: 'A'
Should, proof
15. The manager ......... that she should .......... her help to him to solve the puzzles.
A.) express, give
B.) desires, extend
C.) wanted, take
D.) mentioned, assist
Answer: B : desires, extend
16. Please do not ....... time on such .......... issues.
A.) take, significant
B.) waste, trivial
C.) synchronise, insignificant
D.) take, vital
Show Answer
Answer: 'B' : waste, trivial
17. He ........... all his money ..........
A.) squandered, wisely
B.) deposited, prudence
C.) spent, foolishly
D.) earned, decent
Answer: 'C': Spent, foolishly
Directions: (18-19): In these questions, read each
sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The
error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The
number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the
answer is (D). (Ignore errors of Punctuation, if any.)
18. (a) Mohan is one of the students
(b) in the class who has not been absent
(c) for a single day
(d) during the entire year.
Answer: (b) Instead of “has not been” it should be “was not “
19. (a) Mira claimed that she had
(b) not only gone to Jaipur
(c) but also to Agra
(d) and had seen the Taj Mahal.
Ans. (b) it should be “not only seen Delhi”
Question 20 : A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No Improvement”
20. The more they earn, more they spend.
a. The more they earn, the4 more they spend
b. More they earn, the more hey spend
c. More they earn, more hey spend
d. No improvement
Ans. A
Directions (21-25): In the following questions, you have four brief passages with 5 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives
A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Albert Moran, is “that form of television that works with a continuous open narrative. Each episode ends with a promise that the storyline is to be continued in another episode.”
In 2012, Robert. Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times wrote of daily dramas, “Although melodramatically eventful, soap operas such as this also have a luxury of space that makes them seem more naturalistic, indeed, the economics of the form demand long scenes and conversations that a 22-episodes-per-season weekly series might dispense with half a dozen lines of dialogue may be drawn out, as here, for pages. You spend more time even with the minor characters the apparent villains grow less a apparently villainous.
Soap opera storylines run concurrently, intersect and lead into further developments An individual episode of a soap opera will generally switch between several different concurrent “.arrative threads that may at times interconnect and affect one another or may run entirely independent of each other. Evening soap operas and serials that run for only a part of the year tend to bring things to a dramatic end-of-season cliffhanger.
21. What does the author mean ‘by the open -ended nature of soap operas?
(a) Every episode ends shruptly
(b) Consecutive episodes nave no connection
(c) Each episode ends with a promise that the storyline is to be continued in another episode
(d) Every episode has a different story
22. A soap opera has the space for it to be more
(a) dramatic
(b) tragic
(c) artistic
(d) naturalistic
23. The economics of a soap opera form demands for it to have
(a) melodramatic events
(b) promising storylines
(c) long scenes
(d) luxurious space
24. An individual episode of a soap opera generally switches between
2a) successive intersections of events
(b) different concurrent narrative threads
(c) more time spent with minor characters
(d) apparent villains that grow less apparent villainous
25. Soap operas that run for a part of the year usually end in
(a) a cliffhanger
(b) a sequence
(c) a cliff
(d) an episode
Solutions
21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (a
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