UPTET / NVS 2019 Exam Mock Test – Practice English Questions Now | 19th August 2019

(a) but
(b) either
(c) unless
(d) as

Q2. Choose the correct figure of speech in the following sentence.
Death lays his icy hand on kings.

(a) metaphor
(b) personification
(c) apostrophe
(d) simile

Q3. The study of population is known as
(a) ecology
(b) astronomy
(c) demography
(d) genealogy

Q4. Give the meaning of the following proverb.
A bird in hand is worth two in a bush.

(a) to catch two birds with your hands
(b) to be dissatisfied with what you have
(c) it is better to be satisfied with what you have than to try to get what is not yours
(d) to trap birds in bushes

Q5. Which of the following sounds is not associated with the sound of a bell?
(a) chime
(b) jingle
(c) ring
(d) dang

Q6. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition.
Are you sorry ….. what you have done?

(a) with
(b) for
(c) by
(d) over

Q7. Pick out the correct synonym of the following word.
Attenuate
(a) repent
(b) force
(c) divide
(d) make thin

Q8. Pick out the compound sentence.
(a) to add to their troubles the servant ran away.
(b) having no money with me, I could not give the beggar anything.
(c) I loved him because he was my friend.
(d) the servant ran away and added to their troubles

Q9. Select the most appropriate e preposition to complete the following sentence.
Why are you always to suspicious …. me

(a) to
(b) with
(c) of
(d) for

Q10. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentence.
The Headmaster …. To speak to you.
(a) wants
(b) is wanting
(c) was wanting
(d) none of these

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol.

S2. Ans.(b)

Sol.

S3. Ans.(c)

Sol.

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol.

S5. Ans.(d)

Sol. ‘Dang’ is not associated with the sound of a bell as it associated with the sound of an empty drum.

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol.

S7. Ans.(d)

Sol. ‘Attenuate’ means to make thin or reduce in thickness, so they are synonyms.

S8. Ans.(c)

Sol. ‘I loved him because he was my friend’, is a compound sentence as it hastwo subject or predicate.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. ‘Suspicious of’ is used to show somebody’s illegal or wrong act. So ‘of’ is the preposition to be used here.

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol. ‘Wants’ is the correct from of verb ‘want’ which makes the sentence meaningful.