UPTET / NVS 2019 Exam Mock Test – Practice English Questions Now | 20th August 2019

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Directions (1-2): In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

Q1. Arun has _________ his work.

(a) completely

(b) completing

(c) complete

(d) completed

Q2. Rather than ________ others, why don’t you look for your own mistakes?

(a) helping

(b) pointing

(c) blaming 

(d) watching

Directions (3-4): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Q3. Greet

(a) welcome

(b) hostile

(c) unsociable

(d) aloof

Q4. Happiness

(a) grief

(b) sorrow

(c) misery

(d) bliss

Directions (5-6): In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in bold. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Q5. It poured cats & does

(a) rained heavily

(b) rained lightly

(c) dazzled

(d) hail storm

Q6. The Manager was above board in all his dealings with his employees.

(a) dishonest

(b) rude

(c) honest

(d) charitable

Directions (7-8): In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).

Q7. He had hardly gone when his friend came.

(a) Hardly he had gone

(b) He had gone hardly

(c) Hardly had he gone

(d) No improvement

Q8. Neither Ted nor Johan are going.

(a) have been going

(b) were going

(c) is going

(d) No improvement

Directions (9-10): In the following questions, groups of four words are given. In each group, one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

Q9. 

(a) omission 

(b) ocassion

(c) comision

(d) posesion

Q10. 

(a) comemmorate

(b) commemorate

(c) comemorate

(d) comemorrate

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. The sentence is in Present Perfect. Hence, V₃ i.e. completed …… should be used.

Look at the structure:

Subject + has/have + V₃ (Past Participle)

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. Blame = to think or say that somebody/something is responsible for something bad.

S3. Ans.(a)

Sol. The word Greet (Verb) means: welcome; to say hello to somebody.

Look at the sentence: 

He greeted all the guests warmly as they arrived.

S4. Ans.(d)

Sol. The word Happiness (Noun) means: bliss, pleasure.

Look at the sentence:

Swimming on a hot day is sheer happiness.

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol. Be raining cats and dogs = to be raining heavily.

S6. Ans.(c)

Sol. Above board = legal and honest; in a legal and honest way.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. The correct structure is: Hardly had he gone, when his friend came.

S8. Ans.(c)

Sol. Nearest subject (Johan) is singular. Hence, Singular verb should be used.

S9. Ans.(a)

Sol. The correct spellings are: Occasion, commission, possession.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. The correct spelling is: commemorate.