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1. Match the following poetic lines in Column A
with their correct poets in Column B and select
the correct code :
Column A Column B
(a) Stop be silent for today 1. Walt
Whitman
(b) O Winged seeds ! you 2. H.W.
crossed the furrowed sea Longfellow
(c) Trust no future, however pleasan 3. V.K.
Gokak
(d) Exult ! O Shores and ring, O bells !4.
Elizabeth
Barrett
Browning
(a) (b)(c)(d)
(A) 4 2 3 1
(B) 4 3 2 1 
(C) 4 1 2 3
(D) 3 4 1 2
2. Match the poetic lines in Column A with the
related poets in Column B and select the
appropriate code :
Column A Column B
(a) Glad till the dancing
stops and the lilt
of the music ends 1. Khalil Gibran
(b) We plant your fields
with skulls and bones 2. Robert Frost
(c) We ran as if to meet
the moon 3. Leslie Norris
(d) But he’s locked in a concrete cell 4. John
Masefield
(a)(b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 1 2 3 
(B) 3 4 1 2
(C) 4 2 3 1
(D) 2 3 4 1
3. The poem ‘Be the best’ by Douglas Malloch is
about
(A) being optimistic
(B) being contented
(C) self-acceptance
(D) all the above 
4. What is the theme of the poem ‘Piano’?
(A) The poet’s love for his mother
(B) The pastime of the poet during his school
days-
(C) The poet’s love for music
(D) The poet’s comparison of childhood days
with manhood days 
5. Combine the words given under Column A with
those given under Column B to form
compound words :
Column A Column B
(a) flash 1. dream
(b) day 2. set
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(c) sun 3. green
(d) sea 4. light
(a)(b) (c)(d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 1 2 3 
(C) 2 3 1 4
(D) 3 2 4 1
6. Choose the right word to complete the idiom :
I go to movies once in a moon.
(A) blue  (B) grey
(C) green (D) yellow
7. Match the following phrases/idioms given under
Column A with their meanings under
Column B and select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Column A Column B
(a) to stir up 1. healthy
(b) to be on cloud nine 2. to stay away
without permission
(c) to play truant 3. to initiate
(d) in the pink of 4. to be very happy
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A) 3 4 2 1 
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 1 2 3 4
8. Choose the American English equivalent of the
word ‘freight car’
(A) van (B) wagon
(C) tempo (D)truck 
9. “Like a golden swarm of fireflies you came”.
Identify the figure of speech employed in the
poetic line :
(A) Metaphor (B) Personification
(C) Transferred epithet (D)Simile 
10. Identify the poetic line that differs in figure of
speech from the other poetic lines :
(A) Be not like dumb driven cattle
(B) He lifted his head from his drinking as cattle
do
(C) You were the dawn 
(D) Like homing bees you borrow
11. Choose the option with the right meaning of the
idiom given below :
Show one’s yellow streak
(A) displaying yellow coloured stripes
(B) being inexperienced
(C) exhibiting one’s cowardice 
(D) painting the place yellow
12. Match the following words given under Column
A with their meanings under Column B and
select the correct answer from the codes given
below :
Column A Column B
(a) interred 1. weapon
(b) ruffle 2. abundant

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(c) copious 3. buried
(d) armament 4. disturb
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A) 3 2 1 4
(B) 3 4 2 1 
(C) 2 1 3 4
(D) 1 2 3 4
13. From the given options, choose the author who
has written. ‘The Return of the Native’
(A) Thomas Hardy 
(B) Douglas Malloch
(C) Patrick French
(D) Robert Louis Stevenson
14. Read the passage and answer the question that
follows :
In building up a strong, free and democratic India,
openmindedness and constructive approach are
required so that she could make a speedy progress
crossing the hurdles of communalism, separation
and untouchability. The passage points out that :
(A) Communalism, separation and
untouchability were prevalent in India,
then.
(B) India had overcome the hurdles of
communalism, separation and untouchability.
(C) India was too openminded to make a speedy
progress.
(D) India did not need a constructive approach.
15. ‘If the Himalayan ice disappears, the future will
be worse’. This statement is about
(A) communal disharmony
(B) advantages of science and technology
(C) an alarming global issue 
(D) astrological science
16. “Where the world has not been broken up into
fragments by narrow domestic walls”
Name the poet who dreamt of a world with
equality and harmony.
(A) RuskinBond
(B) Robert Frost
(C) Rabindranath Tagore 
(D) Walt Whitman
17. Mention the poem in which the following lines
appear :
“He should be lurking in the shadow
Sliding through the long grass”.
(A) The Bird and the Crumb
(B) A Tiger in the Zoo 
(C) The Road Not Taken
(D) Snake
18. ______ was the author, whose story has been
adapted as ‘Caught Sneezing’.
(A) Rudyard Kipling
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Oscar Wilde 
(D) Kamala Das
19. Which of the following is not a poem?
(A) Punishment in Kindergarten
(B) Making Visible the Invisible 
(C) The Solitary Reaper
(D) The Cry of the Children
20. Which of the following poems is written by Lewis
Caroll?
(A) Is life, but a dream? 
(B) The Man he kiUed
(C) The Apology
(D) English Words
21. Why did your brother write such a letter?
Choose the passive form of the above sentence :
(A) None
(B) Why did such a letter was written by your
brother?
(C) Why was such a letter written by your
brother? 
(D) Why has he written such a letter?
22. Read the passage and answer the question that
follows :
The chief characteristic of heroism is persistency.
A true hero is never wavering in his intentions,
but is always firm and fearless. The word
‘persistency’ means :
(A) Idiosyncrasy (B) Democracy
(C) Intricacy (D)Consistency 
23. Read the statement given below and answer the
question that follows :
Dress and address make the first and foremost
impression. The word underlined means :
(A) the place where we live
(B) our speech and manners 
(C) our surroundings and neighbourhood
(D) a stylish accent in speech
24. Identify the sentence which is not of the same
pattern as the others :
(A) At the age of 60, everyone is happy
(B) The whole day we were happy
(C) Immediately it became dark
(D) My uncle presented me a lap-top 
25. Read the passage and choose the option that
indicates the idea contained in the passage :
For the sake of enjoying literature it is not
necessary for us to be indifferent towards many
other affairs of social life.
(A) Literature renders us disinterested in social
affairs
(B) We enjoy literature only when we ignore
other affairs of social life
(C) Literature includes developing in one social
awareness too 
(D) Literature alienates Man from the society
26. After all, winners don’t do different things. They
do things differently.
Pick out the right antonym of the word
“different”.
(A) dissimilar (B) similar 
(C) indifferent (D)constant
27. I Stood in awe, astonishment and reverence when
I saw a walled fortress inside — a standing
testimony of the Chola’s. Opulence and vision.
Give the antonym for the underlined word.
(A) Kindness (B) Richness
(C) Hardness (D) Poverty 
28. Select the apt suffix to form a meaningful word
from the root word Chronology
(A) able (B) ical 
(C) ity (D) ness
29. Choose the correct prefix to form a meaningful
word from the root word - filament
(A) pre (B) un
(C) mono  (D) unm
30. Match the words under Column A with the
words under Column B to form compound
words :
Column A Column B -
(a) good 1. forgotten
(b) nerve 2. humoured
(c) long 3. fangled
(d) new 4. racking
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A) 2 1 3 4
(B) 1 2 3 4
(C) 2 4 1 3 
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31. Complete the sentence choosing an option from
those given below :
Yesterday-------------------------European met me.
(A) an (B) a 
(C) the (D)no article
32. Fill in the blank with the suitable article
-----------------MP is a member of the parliament.
(A) a (B) an 
(C) the (D)no error
33. Match the underlined words in Column A with
their parts of speech in Column B and select
the connect answer from the codes given :
Column A Column B
(a) The King appointed a minister 1. noun
(b) Gold is a precious metal 2. verb
(c) It is a pleasant evening 3. adverb
(d) He always speaks the truth 4. adjective
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A) 1 3 2 4
(B) 2 4 3 1 .
(C) 2 1 4 3 
(D) 2 3 4 1
34. Match the underlined words in Column A with
their parts of speech in Column B and select
the correct answer from the codes given :
Column A r
Column B
(a) I dream of my happy days 1.verb
(b) We are always busy 2.noun
(c) The teacher teaches History 3.adverb
(d) He plays cricket 4.adjective
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A) 1 3 2 4
(B) 4 3 2 1 
(C) 2 3 1 4
(D) 4 2 3 1
35. Choose the option which contains the correct
sequence of words to be filled.
Ranjith------------------------ and------ his leg when
he--------------from a bus.
(A) slips, injured, is alighting
(B) slipped, injures, was alighting
(C) slipped, injured, was alighting 
(D) has slipped, injures, was alighting
36. Match the following sentences given in Column
A with their patterns given in Column B and
select the correct answer from the codes given
below :
Column A Column B
(a) The teacher teaches a lesson 1.SVOA
(b) The sun shines brightly 2.SVC
(c) He broke his cycle yesterday 3.SVO
(d) The car is cheap 4.SVA
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A) 1 2 4 3.
(B) 3 2 1 4
(C) 3 4 1 2 
(D) 3 4 2 1
37. Match Column A with Column B to make
meaningful sentences. Select the correct code
given below :
Column A Column B
(a) The police found the thief1.weeping allthe
while
(b) I saw the bats 2.racing towards
the earth
(c) We noticed the lady 3.hiding behind the
door
(d) The astronomer observed a
meteor 4. hanging from
the roof
(a) (b)(c)(d)
(A) 1 3 2 4
(B) 2 1 4 3
(C) 4 2 3 1
(D) 3 4 1 2 
38. Fill in the blanks choosing the right pair of words
in order :
The woman wearing a------(1)----went to the hotel
to have-----(2)-----for dinner.
(1) (2)
(A) wail and veal
(B) veal and veil
(C) vile and wail
(D) veil and veal 
39. Pick out the noun that undergoes a change in its
plural form :
(A) equipment (B) staff
(C) goose  (D)luggage
40. Form a new word by blending the words
‘motorway’ and ‘hotel’.
(A) motchotel (B) mowaytel
(C) inotorel (D)motel 
41. Select the compound sentence :
(A) The power of garlic is widely discussed by
the medical community.
(B) There is increasing evidence that garlic can
lower cholestrol levels.
(C) Doctors advise us to include garlic in our
diet.
(D) The garlic may smell bad, but it can save
our lives from heart diseases. 
42. Fill in the blank with a suitable article :
Students are asked to attend _______ special class,
to be held in the evening.
(A) a (B) an
(C) the  (D)no article
43. Select the complex sentence :
(A) Arun attended the interview and got selected
(B) We could not guess what he actually
wanted 
(C) My uncle has gone to Mumbai to finalise a
business proposal
(D) The pilgrims had to cancel the trip because of
bad weather
44. Form a new word by blending the words.
news + broadcast
(A) newcast (B) newsbroad
(C) newsbroadcast (D)newscast 
45. Identify the superlative degree in the sentences
given below :
(A) Mr. Robertson is more helpful than most
other persons
(B) Mr. Robertson is helpfuller than other
persons
(C) Mr. Robertson is one of the most helpful
persons 
(D) Very few persons are as helpful as Mr.
Robertson
46. Choose the correct passive form of the sentence
given below :
We should help the poor.
(A) The poor have to be helped.
(B) The poor should be helped. 
(C) The poor must be helped.
(D) The poor was to be helped.
47. Match the characters in Column A with the
authors in Column B and select the correct
answer from the codes given below :
Column A Column B
(a) Lady Anstey 1. Lakshmi Mukundan
(b) Tendai 2. Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai
(c) Gunga Ram 3. E.M. Forster

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(d) Outhakutty 4. Khushwant Singh
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A) 3 2 1 4
(B) 2 1 4 3
(C) 2 4 1 3
(D) 3 1 4 2 
48. Match the titles of poems under Column A with
the names of poets under Column B and
choose the correct codes.
Column A Column B
(a) The Cry of the Children 1. Archibald
Lampman
(b) A Psalm of Life 2. Elizabeth
Barrett Browning
(c) To a Millionaire 3. William
Wordsworth
(d) The Solitary Reaper 4. Henry
Wadsworth
Longfellow
(a) (b)(c)(d)
(A) 4 2 3 1
(B) 2 4 1 3 
(C) 1 2 4 3
(D) 3 2 1 4
49. Match the titles of the stories given under
Column A with the names of the author under
Column B and select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Column A Column B
(a) The Last Leaf 1. Saki
(b) Two Friends 2. O’Henry
(c) The Refugee 3. Guy de
Maupassant
(d) The Open Window 4. Pearl S. Buck
(a)(b) (c)(d)
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 2 3 4 1 
(C) 4 1 3 2
(D) 3 2 1 4
50. The story “Caught Sneezing” is adapted from the
short story written by .
(A) O’Henry (B) Robert Frost
(C) Bonnie Chamberlain (D) Oscar Wilde 
51. Find the odd pair from the following :
(A) The Face of Judas Iscariot - Bonnie
Chamberlain
(B) A Close Encounter - Rex Coker
(C) Caught Sneezing - Oscar Wilde
(D) The Tears of the Desert - Rob Reilly 
52. Identify the work which is not an autobiography :
(A) My Experiments with Truth
(B) Wings of Fire
(C) My Story
(D) Glimpses of World History 
53. The only people who were pleased to stay in the
selfish Giant’s garden were .
(A) Spring and Summer
(B) The Snow and the Frost 
(C) The Birds and the animals
(D) The trees and flowers
54. Fill in the blank with the correct answer from the
following options.
“The Story of My Life” is the autobiography of.
(A) Albert Einstein
(B) Winston Churchill
(C) Annie Besant
(D) Helen Keller 
55. The first astronaut who stayed in space for the
longest period of 195 days is .
(A) Sunitha Williams (B) Rakesh Sharma
(C) Neil Armstrong (D) Kalpana Chawla
56. “My first duty on rising is to tender my most sincere
and grateful thanks to the students for their address
which they have just how presented to me...”
By whom were these words uttered?
(A) Mother Teresa
(B) Indira Gandhi
(C) Gopala Krishna Gokhale 
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
57. Match the authors with the relevant characters
from their books :
Column A Column B
(a) Alice 1. Guy de Maupassant
(b) Bertie Wooster 2. P.G. Woodhouse
(c) Mowgli 3. Lewis Carroll
(d)Matilda 4. Eudyard Kipling
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 2 4 1 
(B) 1 2 3 4
(C)4 2 1 3
(D) 2 4 3 1
58. Which of the following literary works does not
exhibit the theme of ‘Optimism’?
(A) Be the Best
(B)Keep your spirits high
(C)The Mark of Vishnu 
(D) Where the Mind is without fear
59. Which of the following lines do not belong to
Shakespeare’s Sonnet no : 116?
(A) ‘O’, no! it is an ever-fixed mark
(B)It is the star to every wandering bark
(C)Echoes fade and memories die... 
(D) Love’s not Time’s fool
60. Identify the correct preposition from the options
given below :
The papers are to be prepared ________ a month.
(A) within  (B) by
(C) in (D) for
61. Identify the correct prepositions from the options
given below :
There is not enough space ______ the desk and the
bench. Arrange them properly, ______ the classes
commence.
(A) before, between (B) between, before 
(C) beside, behind (D) near, on
62. Choose the correct order of the prepositions from
the options given to fill in the blanks of the following
passage :
______________
first, we sat ______________
the shade
______________
a tree, but later we went ______________
a swim
______________
the river.
(A) by, in, of, for, in (B) in, on, of, for, in
(C)at, in, of, for, in(D)at, in, of, to, in
63. Choose the appropriate question tag for the
following statement:
She hasn’t submitted the note, _______?
(A) hasn’t she? (B) doesn’t she?
(C)has she?  (D) does she?
64. They sometimes “skinned their noses”. What is the
figurative meaning of the phrase “Skinned their
noses”?
(A) were upset by failures
(B)rubbed the nose accidentally
(C)scratched the nose 
(D) encouraged by failures
65. “I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him”.
Whose words are these?
(A) Antony  (B) Brutus
(C) Casca (D)Shylock
66. Choose the correct antonym of the word
underlined in the following sentence :
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(A) sedation (B) irritation
(C) agitation  (D) desperation
67. Things become better, when you expect the best
instead of the worst. Expecting the best means,
that you put your whole heart into what you
want to accomplish. People are defeated in life
not for lack of ability, but for lack of whole-
heartedness.
The reason for defeat in life is :
(A) failure
(B)affordability
(C)lack of ability
(D) lack of whole heartedness 
68. Identify the sentence which is in the comparative
degree
(A) Tennyson is not the greatest of all Poets
(B)Some Poets are atleast as great as Tennyson
(C)Tennyson is not greater than some other
Poets 
(D) Tennyson is the great Poet
69. Identify the complex sentence.
(A) As the war had ended, the soldiers
returned.
(B)The war being ended the soldiers returned.
(C)The war ended and so the soldiers returned.
(D) The soldiers returned after the war.
70. Fill in the blanks with the correct verb forms
given in sequence :
The teacher .................. the exercises which Nila
........
(A) corrected, had prepared 
(B)corrected, prepares
(C)corrects, is preparing
(D) corrects, have prepared
71. “Every man may profit by the example of truly great
men, if he is bent on making the most of himself
and his circumstances”. This theme is reflected in :
(A) ‘Laugh and Be Merry’ by John Masefield
(B)‘Leisure’ by Walter De la Mare
(C) ‘A Psalm of life’ by H.W. Longfellow
(D) ‘O Captain, My Captain’ by Walt
Whitman
72. Identify the option that contains the answer to the
following statement:
_________ was the tribal leader who wrote a
letter to the President of the USA.
(A) Chief Norman (B) Chief Njumba
(C)Chief Seathl (D)Chief Houda
73. “Not failure but low aim is crime”, says
Browning. What according to Browning is a
crime?
(A) Failing in an attempt
(B)Aiming at the incredible
(C)Failing repeatedly
(D) Not aiming high
74. “Envy is ignorance and imitation is suicide”.
Who said this?
(A) Emerson
(B) Gandhiji
(C)Swami Vivekananda
(D) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
75. Which of the following poems is written by an
Indian Poet?
(A) The Apology
(B)Where the mind is without fear
(C)Going for water
(D) Earth
76. Tick the correct plural for the given word :
Criterion
(A) criterium (B) criteria
(C)criterions (D)none of these
77. Identify the type of this sentence :
The old TV belongs to my sister and it needs
repair
(A) Simple (B) Complex
(C)Compound (D)None of these
78. Change the following sentence into comparative :
The apple is not so sweet as the mango
(A) the mango is sweeter than the apple
(B)the apple is sweeter than the mango
(C) the mango is not sweeter than the apple
(D) the apple is more sweet than the mango
79. Identify the words which blend to form the word
‘slang’ and choose the correct answer from the
codes given below :
(A) slow + language (B) slovenly + language
(C)sleep + language (D) slum + language
80. Match the following words given under Column
A with the blended forms under Column B :
Column A Column B
(a) medical + claim 1. comsat
(b) transfer + resistor 2. mediclaim
(c) telephone + telegram 3. transistor
(d)communication + satellite 4. phonogram
(a)(b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 4 2 3 1
(D) 3 2 1 4
81. The compound word sewing machine is of the form:
(A) Noun + Noun
(B)Verb + Noun
(C)Gerund + Noun
(D) Adjective + Noun
82. Match the poetic lines under Column A with the
figures of speech under Column. B and select the
correct answer from the codes given below :
Column A Column B
(a) So now it is Vain
for the singer to
burst into clamour 1. simile
(b) Laugh till the game
is played 2. alliteration
(c) The reddest flower
would look as
pale as snow 3. metaphor
(d)Through fears
and fright
I fly my flight 4. onomatoepia
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 3 1 2 4
(C) 4 3 1 2 
(D) 2 4 3 1
83. Having overloaded myself I reached the Palace in
search of all the glory of the old Chola capital.
The 16th
Century Palace was built by the Nayaks
and later renovated by the Marathas.
Who built the Palace in Thanjavur?
(A) The Marathas (B) The Cholas
(C)The Nayaks  (D)The Pandavas
84. Music has a way of finding the big, invisible moving
pieces inside our hearts and soul and helping us
figure out the position of things inside us. What
does ‘figure out’ mean?
(A) make out  (B) take out
(C) look out (D)seek out
85. Laugh till the game is played and be you merry,
my friends. In the above quoted lines from
‘Laugh and be Merry’ by John Masefield the
figure of speech that occur is
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(C)alliteration (D)apostrophe
86. Match the following characters and the plays they
appear in :
Column A Column B
(a) Portia 1. The Taming of the shrew
(b) Mark Antony 2. Hamlet
(c) Bianca 3. The Merchant of Venice
(d)Claudius 4. Julius Caesar
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 3 4 2
(B)2 1 3 4
(C) 3 4 1 2 
(D) 4 1 2 3
87. Identify the incorrect statement.
(A) Listening to music agitates our minds 
(B)Music consoles and soothes our aching hearts
(C) Music refreshes and rejuvenates our minds
(D) Music strengthens our hopes
88. “Specific goals are better than general ones. Self
chosen goals are better than assigned ones.
Choose goals that are challenging, but reachable”.
In this context, the opposite of the word ‘assigned’
is _________.
(A) challenging (B) specific
(C)self-chosen  (D)given
89. After all, winners don’t do different things. They
do things differently.
The above lines suggests
(A) All winners are different
(B) Winners do different things
(C) Winners do things differently 
(D) Losers don’t do different things
90. Which place is described in the Ahtushi
Deshpande’s travelogue ‘To the land of snow’?
(A) Raipur (B) Munsiyari 
(C)Surat (D)Manipur
91. Which state does the poet Kamala Surraya belong
to?
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala 
(C) Maharastra (D) Andra Pradesh
92. Match the pen names in Column A to the writers
in Column B and choose the correct answer from
the codes given below :
Column A Column B
(a) O Henry 1. Charles Lutwidge
Dodgson
(b) Madhvikutty 2. William Sydney Porter
(c) Lewis Carroll 3. Hector Hugh Munro
(d)Saki 4. Kamala Das
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 2 4 1 3 
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 4 3 2 1
93. Match the short stories under Column “A” with
their authors under Column “B” and select the
correct code:
Column A Column B
(a) A Man Who Had
No Eyes 1. James Harriot
(b) Sorry, Best Friend 2. Charles
(c) God, This is Charles 3. Hemangini Ranade
(d)Every Living Thing 4. Mackinlay Kantor
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 3 4 2
(B)4 3 2 1 
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 1 2 3 4
94. Match the characters, with the relevant story title
and select the correct codes given below :
(a) Mr. Parsons 1. Holiday
(b) Bishvambhar 2. Reflowering
(c) Djinn 3. A Man Who Had No
Eyes
(d)Rowther 4. How the Camel got
His Humph
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 4 2 1
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 3 1 4 2 
95. In which of the poem do the following lines
occur?
And in the hush we joined to make
We heard, we knew we heard the brook.
(A) The cry of the children
(B)Going for water 
(C)Be the best
(D) Migrant Bird
96. Which of the following is not a poem?
(A) Snake
(B) Women’s Rights
(C) The Man He Killed
(D) To the Land of Snow 
97. In whose biography do you find this statement?
‘I’ would sweep them out of existence if I had the
power’.
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Nelson Mandela
(C) Abraham Lincoln
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
98. Identify the sentence with the wrong question
tag:
(A) Ramu went to Assam last week, didn’t he?
(B) The Australians will not win the finals, will
they?
(C) People shouldn’t be rude to one another,
shouldn’t they? 
(D) The bus is early today, isn’t it?
99. Identify the tense form of the verb underlined :
They have been building the bridge for several
months.
(A) Perfect tense
(B)Present perfect continuous tense 
(C)Simple present tense
(D) Present perfect tense
100. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct tense
forms from the options given below :
I will go to meet him rather than for him.
(A) wait for him 
(B)to wait for him
(C)will wait for him
(D) shall wait for him

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