English Assessment Sheet

Time: 30 Minutes

Directions (Q1-5) : In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage and against each four words are suggested one of
which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. Also mentioned the
reason in the space below:
Let children learn to judge their own work. A child ...(1)... to talk does not learn ...(2)... being
corrected all the time ...(3)... corrected too much, he will ...(4)... talking. He notices a thousand
times a day the difference between the ...(5)... he uses and the language those around him use.
1.
a) endeavouring

c) experimenting

b) learning

d) experiencing

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a) in

c) by

b) on

d) to

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a) unless

c) until

b) being

d) if

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a) stop

c) avoid

b) halt

d) shun

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a) speech

c) talk

b) language

d) skill

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make the sentence meaningfully complete.. Also mentioned the reason in the space below:
6. The instructor added the restriction that all projects had to be _______: no student could research
an area that had been investigated previously by anyone else.
i) acceptable

IV) authoritative

II) useful

V) original

III) extensive
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7. Just as congestion plagues every important highway, so it _______ the streets of every city.
i) delimits

IV) obviates

II) delays

V) destroys

III) clogs
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8. Although we know that our adversaries pace is _______ compared to our own, we would be foolish
to be _______.
i) languid, vigilant

iv) accelerated, prudent

ii) torpid, complacent

v) dilatory, pessimistic

iii) rapid, callous

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9. The _______ theory of the nature of art is vulnerable to the _______ that much art makes no
attempt to create likenesses of objects.
i) abstract, rebuttal

iv) modern, hypothesis

ii) aesthetic, criticism

v) imitation, objection

iii) expression, challenge

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10. Eastlake is a colourful and _______ commentator, equally at home in high art, folk rock, theology,
and economics.
i) obtuse

iv) versatile

ii) austere

v) provincial

iii) insipid

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Directions (Q6-10) : Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase
underlined to make the grammatically correct? Also mentioned the reason in the space below:
11. This week's bingo session will have an even greater amount of winners than won last week.

(I) an even greater amount of winners

(IV) a number of people even winners

(II)

(V) an even greater number of winners

an

ever

larger

amount

of

winners

(III) an amount of people even winners

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12. It was once believed that dinosaurs and humans coexisted, an assertion that, after many years,
was ultimately proved to be untrue.
I) was ultimately proved to be

IV) was soon proven to be

II) was at one time proven to be

V) was disproved to be

III) was ultimately proven to be

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13. The Ancient Egyptians made numerous significant contributions to artistic techniques, with the
most notable one being the use of natural materials to make paint and the use of stone to produce
religious statues.
I) the most notable one being

IV) the least notable among these being

II) the most notable among these being

V) the most notable ones

III) the most notable among this being

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14. Because of rising operating costs in recent years, managers of large corporations are finding it
increasingly necessary to reduce benefits paid to employees.
I) finding it is increasing necessarily

IV) increasingly finding that it is necessary

II) finding it increases

V) necessarily finding it increasingly

III) increasingly finding it necessary

unavoidable

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15. In the thirties and forties, devotees of Willa Cathers maintained that her writing has all the
qualities found in the highest order of American writers of the nineteenth and twentieth century.
I. Cathers maintained that her writing has
II. Cathers maintained that her writing had

III. Cathers have maintained that her writing

had
IV. Cather maintained that her writing had

V. Cather maintained that her writing has

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Q16 Write an Essay on the any one of the following topic: (200 Words)
TRADITION AND MODERNITY: FRIENDS OR FOES?
OR
INFLUENCE OF ADVERTISING ON DAILY LIFE
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