 “ ”   c) I II III IV   

  d) I, II, III, IV  “”

 a)   
 
a)  b)  
‘’ b) 
c)  d) 
a)  c)   
 
b)  
a)  b) 
 d) 
c)  d) 
c)   
 
d)  “”
I.     a) 
  
“   b) 
II.     c) 
  
” d) 
III.    
   a)   
‘   
 

IV.     b)    ’
     a) 
 c)  b) 
a) I II III IV  d)    c) 
b) I II III IV   d) 

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1. “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
2. After all, winners don’t do differ-
ent things. They do things differ-
ently.
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
3. “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
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4. Have you the determination to
succeed?
Are you willing to devote the time 7. I told them
and energy necessary to achieve
success?
One must devote ----- to reach his/
her goal.
a) time and energy
b) time and tide
c) crest and fall
d) unit and determination
5. I had three close friends in my
childhood, Ramanadha Sastry,
Aravindran and Sivaprakasan. Who
does the I refer to?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Abraham LincoIn
c) Swami Vivekananda
d) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul kalam
6. The road to success is not a bed of
roses. It is full of thorns, pitfalls
and gins. Only those who wade
through the hazards and hurdles
with grit and determination could
smell success. who could smell
success in life?
a) One who has the will power 9. The next step is to develop proper
and courage to overcome the
obstacles
b) One who is walks on a bed of
roses
c) One who has faith in fate
d) One who believes in God
I’m not going to be a DJ.
Here DJ refers to:
a) A journalist who collects
information in a district
b) Someone who is the judge of
a particular district
c) someone who plays CDS and
records in a club or restaurant
d) Someone whose job is to
introduce speakers at a public
event
8. My austere father used to avoid all
in essential comforts and luxuries.
This means --------
a) Dr. Kalam’s father preferred a
luxurious life style
b) Dr. Kalam’s father preferred a
lavish life style
c) Dr. Kalam’s father preferred a
simple life style
d) Dr. Kalam’s father preferred all
comforts in his life
self-concept. What you think
about yourself is very important?
‘Self-concept’ is -------
 a) What you think about your
colleagues?
b) What you think about others?
c) What you think about
yourself?
d) What others think about you?
10. “Any organization, society or even
a nation without a vision is like a
ship cruising on the high seas with-
out any aim or direction. It is clar-
ity of National vision which con-
stantly drives the people towards
the goal”
What drives the people towards
the goal?
a) a ship in the high seas
b) a clear national vision
c) a guide in the sea
d) an organization or society
11. ‘The life of a student is, compara-
tively speak ing, a sheltered life’
What does Gokhale mean by this?
Choose the one statement which
is inappropriate.
a) They are protected by their
parents
b) They have lesser
responsibilities
c) They need not discharge their
duties as students
d) They have the privi lege of
being helped by others
12. “Count your blessings, not your
troubles” - Here the writer’s em-
phasis is on ----
a) Pessimism b) Nihilism
c) Optimism d) Truism
13. The attainment of a developed sta-
tus by 2020 does not mean that we
can then rest on our laurels.
‘rest on one’s laurel’s means -------
a) stop seeking further success
b) have a good rest and sleep
c) have no rest at all
d) not to let anyone take rest
14. “Though hit for six,
In came their slogger’
Which game is referred to here?
Choose the right option from the
following?
a) Hockey b) Cricket
c) Foot ball d) Snooker
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15. “They do not realize I can fulfil any
ambition”.
What does this line from “You
can’t be that. ....” reveal?
a) people have fixed mindsets b)
people don’t allow others to do
things as they like c)
by consulting others, one
should try to fulfi l one’s
ambition
d) one should be determined in
one’s attempt to fulfil one’s
ambition
16. The attainment of a developed
status by 2020 does not mean that
we can then rest on our laurels.
In this context, the synonym of the
word ‘Laurels’ is -------
a) Failures b) Rewards
c) Wealth d) Appreciation
17. Gopala Krishna Gokhale was
a) a freedom fighter
b) a thespian
c) the first President of India
d) the first Prime Minister of India
18. The speech in response to the
student’s address was rendered by
Gokhale at the Victoria Hall in
a) Delhi b) Calcutta
c) Agra d) Mumbai
19. “The duty to Yourself is two fold”,
said
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Viswanathan Anand
c) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
d) Subash Chandra Bose
20. “Streams will flow through me, I’
ll be the home of eagles
I’ ll be full of nooks, crannies, val-
leys and fountains”
I am going to be ----------
a) an ocean b) a tree
c) a range of mountains d) a bush
21. The road to success is not a bed of
-------------
a) Lotus b) Jasmine
c) Sunflowers d) Roses
22. “GOAL COMMAND” is a ------
a) Project
b) Mental picture of our goal
c) Banking movement
d) Vision
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23. What resource is required to attain
the developed status?
a) Natural resource
b) Human resource
c) Oil resource
d) Water resource
24. “But it is not merely knowledge
that will help you or help any class
of human beings by itself.”
This is addressed by Gokhale to
a) The Freedom Fighters
b) The Students
c) His friends
d) The teachers
25. Identify the incorrect sentence
from the following:
a) Apples are not so sweet as
Mangoes
b) Mangoes are sweeter than
Apples
c) Japanese are the industrious
people in the world
d) Gold is costlier than silver
26. Find out the correct sentence:
a) One of the bicycle is defective
b) One of the bicycles is defective
c) One of the bicycle are
defective
d) One of the bicycles were
defective
27. Identify the correct sentence from
the four options given below :
a) All that glitters are not gold
b) All that glitter are not gold
c) All that glitter was not gold
d) All that glitters is not gold
28. Pick out the correct words from the
options given below :
He gave me ------notes.
a) a ten five rupee
b) ten five rupees
c) a ten five rupee’s
d) ten five rupee
29. Select the correct sentence from
the following;
a) Dams has faci litated the
Stanley reservoir
b) Dam have faci litated the
Stanley reservoir
c) Dams is facilitated the Stanley
reservoir
d) The dam has facilitated the
Stanley reservoir
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30. Select the correct sentence. 31. Identify the incorrect sentence 41. Select the correct plural form of
a) We won the football match by from the following ‘Alphabet.’
three goals a) Mr. Soundar is one of the most a) Alphabets b) Alphabeta
b) We beated our opponents by helpful persons.
c) Alphabet d) alphabeti
three goals b) very few persons are as helpful
c) We lost the three goals under as Mr. Soundar. 42. Which of the following plural forms
the football match c) Mr. Soundar is more helpful is correct?
d) We played the football match than all other persons. a) Passers-by
on three goals d) Mr. Soundar is more helpful b) Brother-in-laws
than most other persons. c) Runner ups
32. Match the following d) Commander-in-chiefs
Column A Column B 43. Choose the right word to complete
A) He threw the stone 1. do well the sentence from the given op-
B) Whatever you do 2. that you have heard tions.
C) Man proposes 3. but God disposes A -------- of birds flew high in the
D) Tell me the news 4. but it missed the dog sky.
A B C D A B C D a) Flock b) Block
a) 4 1 2 3 b) 3 1 2 4
c) Black d) Folk 44.
c) 3 2 1 4 d) 4 1 3 2
The correct plural form of the word
‘louse’ is. ...............
33. Which one of the following is a cor- 37. Select the correct sentence :
a) louses b) loves
rect sentence? a) Can coffee be made with cold
c) lice d) lees
a) Very few city in India are as water?
45. They have to revise the syllabus
populous as Mumbai b) Need coffee be made with cold
periodically. Which of the follow-
b) Very few cities in India are as water?
ing is the right plural form of the
populous as Mumbai c) Might coffee be made with
word underlined.
cold water?
c) Few cities in India will be a) syllabuses b) syllabi
d) Shall coffee be made with cold
populous in Mumbai c) syllable d) syllabys
water?
d) Very few city in India is as 46. The right plural form for the word
38. Select the correct sentence from underlined in the following sen-
populous as Mumbai
the following: tence is ---------
34. Find out the part of speech that is
a) He is the good batsman in our John speaks without basis.
NOT used in the underlined words.
team. a) basises b) basics
a) Manoj revealed the truth b) He is one of the talkative boys c) basal d) bases
b) He is a man to be respected in the class.
47. Fill in the blank with the right word:
c) He missed a chance c) Lekha is most clever than her Nehru loved all ------
d) She arranged the books neatly sister.
a) Child b) Childs
35. Which one of the following is a cor- d) Apples are not sweet as c) Children d) childrens
rect sentence? mangoes.
48. Choose the appropriate answer.
a) I had been living here since 1995 39. Which one of the following is a cor-
The ---- in Italy are dangerous.
rect sentence?
b) I have been living here since a) Volcano b) Volcanoes
a) Ramu is more tall than Somu.
1995 c) Volcanos d) Volcanose
b) Ramu is not more tall than
c) I were living here from 1995 49. Choose the correct plural :
Somu.
d) I was living here since 1995 The nucleus of atoms consist of
c) Ramu is taller than Somu. protons and neutrons.
36. Which one of the following is a cor-
d) Ramu is taller to Somu. a) nucleusos b) Nuclei
rect sentence?
40. What is the plural form for the c) Nucleous d) None of these
a) Edison discovered electricity word : 50. Pick out the word that does not
b) Edison was invented electricity Lioness take ‘-ves’ in its plural form
c) Edison invented electricity a) Liones b) Lions a) thief b) proof
d) Edison invented by electricity c) Lionees d) Lionesses c) shelf d) wolf
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51. Select the correct plural form of 62. Choose the best answer and com- c) V.K. Gokak
erratum plete the sentence. d) Ahtushi Deshp
a) erratia b) erratums 70. Select the correct sentence.
The first collected edition of
c) erratiums d) errata
Shakespeares sonnets appeared in a) We won the football match by
52. Select the plural form of “datum”
a) 1609 b) 1611 three goals
a) datums b) datem
c) 1671 d) 1680 b) We beated our opponents by
c) data d) datume
63. Which one of the following is a cor- three goals
53. Find out the correct plural form for
the underlined word. rect sentence? c) We lost the three goals under
The recent analysis on womens the football match
a) Ramu is more tall than Somu.
education show a tremendous d) We played the football match
b) Ramu is not more tall than
change on three goals
Somu.
a) analyses b) analysises 71. The theme observed in the poem
c) analysiss d) none of these c) Ramu is taller than Somu.
“Where the mind is without Fear”
54. Pick out the noun that undergoes d) Ramu is taller to Somu. is --------
a change in its plural form: 64. Which of the following works is not a) A truly free and liberated ideal
a) equipment b) staff a drama by Shakespeare? world
c) goose d) luggage a) Richard III b) Henry V b) A world where there is green
55. Select the plural form of “Life”.
c) Charles II d) King John everywhere
a) Lifes b) Lives
65. Many of Pearl S. Buck’s books have c) A dream world where there is
c) Laifes d) Leaves
56. Select the correct plural form for ------ background. fear
the given word a) American b) Chinese d) A dream world where
book c) Scottish d) Burmese everybody is happy
a) bookes b) books 66. Which one of the following options 72. What is the theme observed in
c) book d) bookkes. is not a famous tragedy of William “The Piano Lesson”
57. Select the correct plural form : a) Time and tide waits for none
Shakespeare?
Ovum
a) Hamlet b) Cleanliness is next to Godliness
a) ovums b) ovumes
b) King Lear c) Look before you Leap
c) ovum d) ova
58. Select the correct plural form : c) Othello d) Practice makes one Perfect
Proof d) A Midsummer Night’s Dream 73. What is the theme observed in the
A) proofs B) proof 67. Who among the following writers story “The mark of Vishnu”?
C) proofes D) proofeses is not a dramatist? a) Upholding patriotism
59. Select the correct plural form of : a) Oscar Wilde b) Quest for freedom
cactus
b) William Shakespeare c) Abolition of communism
a) Cacti b) Cactii
c) Charles Babbage d) Riddance of superstition
c) Cactum d) Cactuses
60. “The National anthem” was written d) Rabindranath Tagore 74. The poem “Be the best” highlights
by 68. Mention the work of Pearl S. Buck the idea that one Should be ------
a) Sundaram Pillai a) A tiger in the zoo a) a Pessimist b) an Optimist
b) Rabindranath Tagore b) My native land c) a Scientist d) a Chemist
c) Thiru V. Ka 75. Pick out the correct words from the
c) The good earth
d) Namakkal Kavignar options given below :
d) To cook and eat
61. Which of the following is not a trag-
69. Find out the correct answer : He gave me ------notes.
edy by William Shakespeare?
a) Julius Caesar “The Happy Prince” is a famous a) a ten five rupee
b) Romeo and Juliet short story written by --------- b) ten five rupees
c) Antony and Cleopatra a) Oscar Wilde c) a ten five rupee’s
d) Twelfth Night b) Ruskin Bond d) ten five rupee
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1 C 26 B 51 D
2 C 27 D 52 C
3 C 28 D 53 A
4 A 29 D 54 C
5 D 30 A 55 B
6 A 31 D 56 B
7 C 32 D 57 D
8 C 33 B 58 A
9 C 34 D 59 A
10 B 35 B 60 B
11 C 36 C 61 D
12 C 37 A 62 A
13 A 38 B 63 C
14 B 39 C 64 C
15 B 40 D 65 B
16 B 41 C 66 D
17 A 42 A 67 C
18 D 43 A 68 C
19 C 44 C 69 A
20 C 45 B 70 A
21 D 46 D 71 A
22 B 47 C 72 D
23 B 48 B 73 D
24 B 49 B 74 B
25 C 50 B 75 D