Choose the apt word showing the meaning of the underlined words
in the sentence: The landslide and heavy rain "caused much damage and
misfortune" in Amboori near Kattakada.
(A) calamity
(B) cascade
(C) penury
(D) fertility

One-word for ‘the practice of those in power of favouring relatives’
(A) favourism
(B) samaratinism
(C) bias
(D) nepotism

“Don’t drive too fast” Meera said to her husband. ( Change the
speech)
(A) Meera said to her husband don’t drive too fast.
(B) Meera told her husband not to drive too fast.
(C) Meera told her husband he didn’t drive too fast.
(D) Meera told her husband he doesn’t drive too fast.

The appropriate meaning of the phrase ‘en bloc’ :
(A) whole as a group
(B) a small group
(C) different groups
(D) one block

A little progress has been achieved ------?
(A) has a little
(B) hasn’t a little
(C) has it
(D) hasn’t it

------ rose is ----- beautiful flower
(A) A, a
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(B) The, a
(C) The, the
(D) A, the

I never buy detective stories. In this sentence the adverb is -----
(A) never
(B) detective
(C) stories
(D) buy

The object in the sentence 'I must get my shoes mended’ is:
(A) must
(B) get
(C) my shoes
(D) mended

In the sentence, ‘India has started producing atomic bombs’ the
gerund is :
(A) started
(B) has
(C) bombs
(D) producing

We set out our journey when the rain stopped. The principal clause
in the sentence is :
(A) our journey
(B) when the rain stopped
(C) we set out our journey
(D) set out

‘Poaching’ means:
(A) cooking
(B) an act of preservation
(C) illegal killing of protected animals
(D) a possible reaction