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Misc. questions.

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Give the synonym of the underlined word as used in the sentence:

He was a naivete when it comes to flying a kite. He bought one this Makar Sankranti but failed to make it soar  high in  the sky.

a)

horrible

b)

.transgender

c)

.beginner

d)

.pathetic

2.

Zakky, together with his classmates, ________ donating some of their money.

a)

is

b)

are

c)

will

d)

be

3.

For some people, 10 thousand rupiahs ________ very valuable.

a)

have

b)

be

c)

are

d)

is

4.
Neither of those sharks circling your boat _____ hungry enough to bite.
a)
look
b)
looks
c)
did no look
d)
looking
5.

Today, more than 200 species of fish _(lives/live)_ in the 18,000-acre marine park.

a)

live

b)

lives

6.

If you drink too much, it will …………………….... your judgment.

a)

impede

b)

impair

c)

impose

d)

impel

7.

Alice Walkers The Temple of My Familiar, far from being a tight, ------- narrative, is instead------- novel that roams freely and imaginatively over a half million years.

a)

traditional .. a chronological

b)

provocative .. an insensitive

c)

forceful . . a concise

d)

focused .. an expansive

8.

The theory of the ------- of cultures argues that all societies with highly developed technologies will evolve similar social institutions.

a)

isolation

b)

aesthetics

c)

convergence

d)

fragmentation

9.

In sharp contrast to the previous nights revelry, the wedding was ------- affair.

a)

a fervent

b)

a dignified

c)

a chaotic

d)

an ingenious

10.

.Choose the precis of the below- given passage.

Books are a delightful society. If you go into a room filled with books even without taking them down from the shelves, they seem to speak to you, seem to welcome you, seem to tell you that they have something inside their covers that will be good for you and that they are willing to impart it to you. Value them and Endeavour to turn them to good account. As to the books which you should read there is hardly anything definite that can be said. Any good book, that is wiser than yourself, will teach you something a great many things directly or indirectly. If your mind is open to lazar, the very wish and curiosity, you have to read it, indicates that you are a person who likes to get good out of it.

a)

Life would be dull in the absence of books. Books provide all the excitement that is needed to make life interesting. Children find in books an outlet from boredom. They first read stories of children and they pass on to books of adventures and exploitation. Books keep them away from unsocial activities.

b)

Life would be full of excitement in the absence of books. Books make our life dull and boring.

c)

Of all the goals in life, personality is the most difficult to gain. For the development of personality, the most important thing is self-confidence. A self-confident man is sure of his own thoughts and actions whether right or wrong. He has a firm belief in himself and is strong enough to endure the most discouraging experiences. His belief in himself and his fearlessness of others. Opinions give him more and more confidence in himself. And this confidence builds up him personality.

d)

The disadvantages in reading relate to the quality of the book; if it has too many negative messages such as propaganda or romanticism of loose morals.

11.

The graduate of a school of architecture expects to be an architect; the graduate of a dental school expects to be a dentist. But the graduate of a liberal arts college, what lies fit for? The very purpose of his training is to make him larger than any special task and to enable him to change, if need be, from one task to another without serious loss. A small knows in his first year in the college just what he is going to do. His range is narrow and his possibilities so little that life stretches before him as the steel track lies sharp and clear before the locomotive driver. But the larger a man is, the greater his perplexity on the day of his graduation from college. We congratulate him that he does not possess the certainty of a one-trade mind.

Choose appropriate title for the above-mentioned paragraph.

a)

Professional education Vs liberal education

b)

 Importance of profession

c)

.Education

d)

None of the above

12.

What does the root word "ego" mean, such as in the word "egotistical" or "egocentric"?

a)

Earth

b)

Environmen

c)

I or self

d)

Money

13.

What does the root word "aud" mean, such as in the word "audience" or "audible"?

a)

to hear

b)

to see

c)

to touch

d)

to smell

14.

What does the root word "lum" mean, such as in the word "luminescence" or "illuminate"?

a)

darkness

b)

light

c)

shade

d)

sun

15.

 Select the correct answer -

Which of these are not allowed in a precis?

a)

Semicolon

b)

Verbs

c)

Heading

d)

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