ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER (OBJECTIVE TYPE)
**Instructions to the Candidate:**
* Questions 1 through 70 are optional questions.
* Answer any 50 of these questions.
* Each question carries 1 mark.
* Choose the most appropriate option for each question.
### Section A: Grammar and Vocabulary
**Choose the correct tense form to fill in the blanks:**
1. He ________ (leave) for Delhi two days ago.
A) leaves
B) left
C) is leaving
D) has left
2. If it rains, I ________ (stay) at home tomorrow.
A) stay
B) stayed
C) shall stay
D) am staying
3. He ________ (come) here everyday.
A) comes
B) coming
C) has come
D) came
4. I often ________ (spend) my holidays with my parents.
A) spends
B) spend
C) spent
D) spending
5. They ________ (live) here since 2005.
A) lived
B) are living
C) have been living
D) live
6. When he ________ (arrive), I was reading a book.
A) arrived
B) arrives
C) is arriving
D) has arrived
7. He never ________ (tell) a lie.
A) telling
B) tells
C) told
D) has told
8. My friend ________ (go) to Delhi last week.
A) goes
B) is going
C) went
D) has gone
9. I ________ (read) a novel now.
A) read
B) reads
C) am reading
D) have read
**Fill in the blanks with suitable modal auxiliary verbs:**
10. ________ you climb a palm tree?
A) Can
B) Must
C) May
D) Should
11. We ________ obey the laws of the country.
A) might
B) could
C) must
D) can
12. Be careful lest you ________ fall into the mud.
A) will
B) should
C) can
D) would
13. One ________ do one's duty sincerely.
A) can
B) should
C) might
D) could
14. ________ you drive a car?
A) Must
B) Should
C) Can
D) Ought
15. ________ I open the window?
A) May
B) Must
C) Would
D) Ought
16. You ________ as well do it.
A) must
B) might
C) ought
D) should
17. We ________ follow the traffic rules.
A) can
B) could
C) must
D) might
18. I ________ do it. (Indicating ability or determination)
A) can
B) might
C) would
D) should
**Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech:**
19. The old man said to me, "Do you know me?"
A) The old man asked me if I knew him.
B) The old man asked me do I know him.
C) The old man asked me if I know me.
D) The old man said to me if I knew him.
20. You said, "Madhur, you have finished your work in time."
A) You told Madhur that he had finished his work in time.
B) You asked Madhur if he finished his work in time.
C) You told Madhur he finished your work in time.
D) You said to Madhur that you have finished work.
21. He said, "How lovely a picture it is!"
A) He asked if it was a lovely picture.
B) He exclaimed with joy that it was a very lovely picture.
C) He said that how lovely the picture is.
D) He exclaimed that a picture is lovely.
22. I said to him, "I don't trust you."
A) I told him that I didn't trust him.
B) I said to him that I don't trust you.
C) I told him I do not trust him.
D) I asked him if I trusted him.
23. The girl said, "Mother, will you give me one hundred rupees tomorrow?"
A) The girl asked her mother if she would give her one hundred rupees the next day.
B) The girl asked mother will she give her rupees tomorrow.
C) The girl told her mother to give her one hundred rupees tomorrow.
D) The girl requested her mother if she will give her rupees.
24. The teacher said, "Birds of a feather flock together."
A) The teacher said that birds of a feather flocked together.
B) The teacher told that birds of a feather flock together.
C) The teacher said that birds of a feather flock together.
D) The teacher asked if birds of a feather flock together.
25. Manju said to Mohan, "I am not so tall as you are."
A) Manju told Mohan that she was not so tall as he was.
B) Manju told Mohan that I am not so tall as you are.
C) Manju told Mohan that she is not so tall as he is.
D) Manju asked Mohan if she was as tall as him.
**Transform the sentences as directed without changing the meaning:**
26. He is too proud to beg. (Remove 'too')
A) He is proud so he does not beg.
B) He is so proud that he cannot beg.
C) He is very proud to beg.
D) He cannot beg because he is proud.
27. Ashoka was one of the greatest kings. (Change into Positive degree)
A) Ashoka was a great king.
B) No other king was as great as Ashoka.
C) Very few kings were as great as Ashoka.
D) Ashoka was greater than many other kings.
28. What a ridiculous idea! (Change into Assertive)
A) It is a ridiculous idea.
B) The idea is ridiculous!
C) It is a very ridiculous idea.
D) How ridiculous the idea is.
29. He is too honest to accept a bribe. (Remove 'too')
A) He is very honest to accept a bribe.
B) He is so honest that he cannot accept a bribe.
C) He is honestly not accepting a bribe.
D) He cannot accept a bribe for he is honest.
30. What a beautiful flower it is! (Change into Assertive)
A) The flower is beautiful.
B) It is a very beautiful flower.
C) This flower is beautiful.
D) It is a beautiful flower!
31. He is one of the cleverest boys. (Change into Comparative)
A) He is cleverer than any other boy.
B) He is cleverer than most other boys.
C) Very few boys are cleverer than him.
D) No other boy is as clever as him.
**Change the following sentences into Passive Voice:**
32. Who wrote this novel?
A) By whom was this novel written?
B) Who was this novel written by?
C) By whom this novel is written?
D) This novel was written by whom?
33. You can teach them.
A) They can taught by you.
B) They could be taught by you.
C) They can be taught by you.
D) They are taught by you.
34. Meera is singing a song.
A) A song was being sung by Meera.
B) A song is sung by Meera.
C) A song is being sung by Meera.
D) A song has been sung by Meera.
35. I know him.
A) He is known by me.
B) He is known to me.
C) He was known to me.
D) He knows me.
36. She was writing a letter.
A) A letter was written by her.
B) A letter is being written by her.
C) A letter was being written by her.
D) A letter has been written by her.
37. Someone has stolen my watch.
A) My watch was stolen.
B) My watch has been stolen.
C) My watch had been stolen.
D) My watch is stolen.
38. They are pulling down the wall.
A) The wall is pulled down by them.
B) The wall was being pulled down by them.
C) The wall is being pulled down by them.
D) The wall has been pulled down.
39. Please help me.
A) You are requested to help me.
B) Let me be helped.
C) I should be helped.
D) Both A and B are acceptable.
**Combine the following sentences into one sentence each:**
40. Mohan worked hard. He felt tired.
A) Mohan worked hard so he felt tired.
B) Working hard, Mohan felt tired.
C) Because Mohan worked hard, he felt tired.
D) Having worked hard, Mohan felt tired.
41. The sun rose. The stars disappeared.
A) The sun rising, the stars disappeared.
B) The sun rose and the stars disappeared.
C) The sun having risen, the stars disappeared.
D) When the sun rose, the stars disappeared.
42. I saw him. I was very glad.
A) I was very glad to see him.
B) I saw him and I was very glad.
C) Seeing him made me very glad.
D) I was glad seeing him.
43. He finished his work. He left for home.
A) Finishing his work, he left for home.
B) He finished his work and left for home.
C) Having finished his work, he left for home.
D) All of the above are valid combinations.
44. The boy got a prize. He was very glad.
A) Getting a prize, the boy was very glad.
B) The boy was very glad to get a prize.
C) The boy got a prize and was very glad.
D) All of the above.
45. The captain was killed. The soldiers were seized with panic.
A) The captain being killed, the soldiers were seized with panic.
B) The captain was killed and the soldiers were seized with panic.
C) Because the captain was killed, panic seized the soldiers.
D) The soldiers were seized with panic because the captain killed.
### Section B: Literature (Prose & Poetry)
**Name the authors of the following works:**
46. Who is the author of 'Ideas That Have Helped Mankind'?
A) Dr. Zakir Hussain
B) Bertrand Russell
C) Pearl S. Buck
D) H.E. Bates
47. Who wrote the prose piece 'Bharat is My Home'?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Dr. Zakir Hussain
C) Anton Chekhov
D) Shiga Naoya
48. Name the author of 'India Through a Traveller's Eyes'.
A) Pearl S. Buck
B) Germaine Greer
C) Dorothy L. Sayers
D) Bertrand Russell
49. Who wrote the play 'As You Like It'?
A) John Milton
B) William Shakespeare
C) T.S. Eliot
D) John Keats
50. Name the author of 'The Old Man and the Sea'.
A) Ernest Hemingway
B) Mark Twain
C) Charles Dickens
D) R.K. Narayan
51. Who is the author of 'Pride and Prejudice'?
A) Jane Austen
B) George Eliot
C) Emily Brontë
D) Virginia Woolf
52. Name the author of 'Train to Pakistan'.
A) Mulk Raj Anand
B) R.K. Narayan
C) Khushwant Singh
D) Raja Rao
53. Who wrote 'The Wasteland'?
A) W.H. Auden
B) T.S. Eliot
C) Rupert Brooke
D) Walt Whitman
54. Name the author of 'Paradise Lost'.
A) William Shakespeare
B) John Milton
C) William Wordsworth
D) John Keats
55. Who wrote 'The Merchant of Venice'?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Christopher Marlowe
C) George Bernard Shaw
D) Ben Jonson
56. Name the author of 'The Guide'.
A) R.K. Narayan
B) Mulk Raj Anand
C) Khushwant Singh
D) Anita Desai
57. Who is the author of 'The Gitanjali'?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Toru Dutt
D) A.K. Ramanujan
58. Who wrote the novel 'Tom Jones'?
A) Henry Fielding
B) Charles Dickens
C) Thomas Hardy
D) Jane Austen
59. Name the author of 'Coolie'.
A) Mulk Raj Anand
B) R.K. Narayan
C) Raja Rao
D) Anita Desai
60. Who wrote 'David Copperfield'?
A) Charles Dickens
B) Thomas Hardy
C) H.G. Wells
D) D.H. Lawrence
**Match the poets with their corresponding poems:**
61. Who is the poet of 'The Soldier'?
A) Walter de la Mare
B) John Keats
C) Rupert Brooke
D) Walt Whitman
62. Who is the poet of 'Fire-Hymn'?
A) Keki N. Daruwala
B) Kamala Das
C) W.H. Auden
D) T.S. Eliot
63. Who is the poet of 'An Epitaph'?
A) Walter de la Mare
B) John Keats
C) Rupert Brooke
D) D.H. Lawrence
64. Who is the poet of 'Song of Myself'?
A) Walt Whitman
B) W.H. Auden
C) John Keats
D) Walter de la Mare
65. Who is the poet of 'To Autumn'?
A) John Keats
B) Walt Whitman
C) Rupert Brooke
D) Keki N. Daruwala
66. Who is the poet of 'Snake'?
A) D.H. Lawrence
B) Kamala Das
C) W.H. Auden
D) John Keats
**Identify the poems from which the following lines have been taken:**
67. "For he seemed to me again like a king, Like a king in exile, uncrowned in the underworld..."
A) Snake
B) Fire-Hymn
C) To Autumn
D) Song of Myself
68. "Where are the songs of Spring? Aye, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too."
A) To Autumn
B) The Soldier
C) An Epitaph
D) Fire-Hymn
69. "If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England."
A) The Soldier
B) Song of Myself
C) An Epitaph
D) Snake
70. "I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume..."
A) Song of Myself
B) The Soldier
C) To Autumn
D) Fire-Hymn
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