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The phrase `called on` means
(A) invited
(B) visited
(C) telephoned
(D) greeted

What is the collective noun for a group of whales?
(A) pack
(B) heard
(C) fleet
(D) school

If the driver........... the brake, the car would have hit the oldman
(A) did not apply
(B) has not applied
(C) had applied
(D) had not applied

It was with great difficulty he gained entry to the auditorium but he
made a sudden ...........
(A) exit
(B) departure
(C) arrival
(D) passage

The thieves not only robbed the travellers............beat them up
(A) but
(B) and
(C) also
(D) but also

I.......him the truth, if I were you
(A) I will tell
(B) would tell
(C) told
(D) shall tell

Would you mind....... the door?
(A) to shut
(B) to have shut
(C) shut
(D) shutting

I wish he .... settle the issue soon
(A) will
(B) would
(C) shall
(D) may

One must always be careful in .......dealings with others
(A) his
(B) their
(C) one’s
(D) our

Ram said do you enjoy cricket? [Change into indirect speech]
(A) Ram asked me if I enjoyed cricket
(B) Ram asked me if I enjoy cricket
(C) Ram asked me if I did not enjoy cricket
(D) Ram asked me if I have enjoyed cricket

Meaning of the phrase ‘Ad hoc’
(A) permanent
(B) initial
(C) formed for some special purpose
(D) substitute

Opposite of the word ‘rigid’
(A) flexible
(B) rough
(C) smooth
(D) soft

Nothing could be worse _______
(A) Could it
(B) couldn’t it
(C) did it
(D) do it

The synonym, of ‘laud’ is
(A) lewd
(B) elegy
(C) Praise
(D) excel

The boy ____ book I borrowed was absent
(A) Whose
(B) Whom
(C) Who
(D) Where

I _____ all the rooms before I left the house.
(A) have locked
(B) had locked
(C) am locking
(D) was locked

Anil is the _____ of my threesons
(A) eldest
(B) elder
(C) oldest
(D) older

The child _______ his new dress on his birthday party
(A) Put out
(B) put off
(C) put down
(D) put on