Chennai Coaching Centre 2nd Floor, Arul Complex, Chettikulam Junction, Nagercoil -2 Ph: 04652-422233, Mob: 9003779971, 9597615030 24.07.2019 1) Match the following words and phrases given in 8) Find out the antonym for the underlined word. column A with their meaning in column B. His look is Whimsical. A B 1) normal 2) sad 3) dramatic A) annoy 1) knock down 4) Rational 5) serious B) cogitate 2) think a) 1,2,4 and 5 b) 1,2,3 and 5 C) demolish 3) irritate c) 2,3,4 and 5 d) 1,2,3 and 4 D) notice 4) attention 9) In 2010, all commodities have become dearer. a) 2 1 3 4 b) 13 4 2 c) 3 2 1 4 d) 2 4 3 1 a) cheap b) cheaper 2) Match the following c) costly d) scarce A B 10) Our neighbouring countries are always enimical. A) slumber 1) see a) hostile b) unfriendly B) behold 2) sleep c) friendly d) social C) biography 3) complete disorder 11) The management of the school has closed all D) chaos 4) the life history of a person admissions. a) 2 1 4 3 b) 1 4 3 2 c) 4 1 3 2 d) 3 2 4 1 a) shut b) disclose c) limited d) open 3) Find out the meaning for the italicized words: 12) Whatever he writes is hazy. His brother‟s worthy suggestions changed Sachin to a) sorry b) sorrow a steadfast Cricketer. c) sorrowful d) mirth i) determined ii) firm 13) Find out the word that has got a wrong prefix: iii) famous iv) committed a) Invincible b) Indelible a) i,ii,iii b) i,ii,iv c) i,iii,iv d) none of these c) Malnourished d) Unaccessible 4. Choose the correct synonym for the underlined 14)Find out the correct prefix: Minister word from the option given. a) over b) ex c) on d) bi ___________Seek to restore the harmony of bygone 15) Find out the correct prefix: Post days. a) age b) ne c) on d) out a)Future b) Present 16)Choose the correct suffix: Employ c) Olden d) Modern a) est b) em c) er d) ist 5. All but kaushik were present at the wedding. 17) Choose the correct suffix: Scholar a) without b)except c) include d) reckon a) ship b) hood c) er d) ty 6) Can you differentiate a planet and a star? 18) Choose the correct suffix: King a) similar b) distinguish a) er b) dom c) en d) hood c) differ d) resemble 19) Many of Pearl S.books have _____ background 7) Choose the correct sequence of words from the a) American b) Chinese options given below: c) Scottish d) Burmese While _____________ to the actors, the Director 20) The other name of Poikkal Kudhirai is said, “You realize that ____ is not easy. You need a) Oyilattam b) Thappattam ______ according to the situation ___________ the c) Puravi attam d) Bommalattam nature of the character”. 21) The Puppeteers Stand _____________ the screen 1. to reveal 2) to act during the puppet show. 3) acting 4) speaking a) in front of b) on side of c) behind d) on a) 4 3 2 1 b) 3 4 1 2 c) 2 1 4 3 d) 1 2 3 4 2nd Floor, Arul complex, Chettikulam Jn, Nagercoil-2. Mob: 9789554488, 9487772090 Page 1 Chennai Coaching Centre 2nd Floor, Arul Complex, Chettikulam Junction, Nagercoil -2 Ph: 04652-422233, Mob: 9003779971, 9597615030 24.07.2019 22) Skilled Puppeteers manipulate the puppets using 34) V.K. Gokak was a professor of ______________. a) Sticks b) Switches a) Hindi b) English c) Strings and wires d) Ribbons c) Telugu d) Kannada 23) Mohiniyattam is a classical dance form from 35) Thomas Hardy was an __________ poet. a) Kerala b) Bihar a) American b) English c) Canadian d) Italian c) Kashmir d) Tamilnadu 36) At 16, Hardy became an apprentice 24) Who among the following wrote the play “Julius a) musician b) novelist Caesar”? c) architect d) play writer a) William Shakespeare b) Ben Jonson 37) Which short story is not written by Thomas c) Marlow d) John Keats Hardy 25) In which of the following does Ivan Dimitritch a) The Fiddler of the Reels b) Alicia’s Diary appear? c) A Mere Interlude d) The Sphinx a) The Selfish Giant b) The Last Leaf 38) Which of the following is not related with H. W. c) The Lottery Ticket d) The Open Window Longfellow 26) Mr. Pneumonia figures in _______ a) Voices of the Night b) There Books of Song a) The Last Leaf b) The Selfish Giant c) Alice in Wonderland d) Birds of Passage c) The Lottery Ticket d) The Open Window 39) How many Biographies did Annie Louisa 27) Brother of Rabindranath Tagore is __________ Walker edited? a) Bhuvanesh Tagore a) Only five b) Only two b) Jyothirndranath Tagore c) Only three d) Only one c) Subash Chandranath Tagore 40) Walker‟s first novel is d) Surrendranath Tagore a) A comedian hero b) A British heroine 28) Internationally, ____ is Tagore‟s best known c) A British hero d) Canadian Heroine collection of all time 41) Walker‟s fifth novel “Two rival lovers” was a) Mahayana b) Gitanjali published in the year of c) Vedic Period d) Charulata a) 1884 b) 1880 c) 1881 d) 1885 29) Wordsworth was Britain‟s Poet Laureate from 42)”Life is Precious than money” the theme __________ until his death in 1850 observed in the Literary work of a) 1841 b) 1842 c) 1843 d) 1844 a) Where the mind is without fear b) Greedy Govind 30) Which year Wordsworth‟s brother John died? c) Snake d) Keep your Spirits high a) 1818 b) 1805 c) 1804 d) 1800 43) “Child Labour is a major Social Injustice” the 31) In which year Wordsworth family moved to theme observed in the Literary work of Ryal Mount, Ambleside (between Grasmere and a) The Cry of Children b) Greedy Govind Ryal water)? c) Our Local Team d) The Model Millionaire a) 1813 b) 1812 c) 1811 d) 1819 44) “Don‟t be so superstitious. Do your duty 32) H.W. Longfellow was an ______________ poet sincerely” the theme observed in the literary work of a) British b) Swedish a) Greedy Govind b) The Mark of Vishnu c) Irish d) American c) Keep your Spirits high d) The Model Millionaire 33) Walker‟s father was an 45)”Success is not something to wait for; it is a) Scientist b) Civil Engineer something to work for” quoted by c) Chief Electrical Officer d) Doctor a) Jessie Owens b) Peter 2nd Floor, Arul complex, Chettikulam Jn, Nagercoil-2. Mob: 9789554488, 9487772090 Page 2 Chennai Coaching Centre 2nd Floor, Arul Complex, Chettikulam Junction, Nagercoil -2 Ph: 04652-422233, Mob: 9003779971, 9597615030 24.07.2019 c) Kalpana Chawla d) Jessica cox 57) Panthalassa means 46) Expanding like the petals of young flowers I a) air mass b) land mass watch the gentle opening of your minds‟ quoted by c) water mass d) All the above a) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio b) Henry Broadman 58) What is the result of global warming? c) Andrews clay d) Benjamin a) Glaciers are melting b) Forests are burning 47) “Good Luck is round the corner. So have c) River are dying d) All the above smiling face.” Quoted by 59) Dr. George earned the nickname a) Hope spencer b) D.H. Lawrence a) Dr. Marsh b) Dr. Carver c) Randall Jarell d) Andrews clay c) The Plant Doctor d) The nature Doctor 48) “Man is born free but is everywhere in chains” 60) Dr. George carver died on a) Benjamin b) Jean Jacques Rousseau a) Jan 5, 1943 b) Jan 4, 1942 c) Helen keller d) Jessica Cox c) Jan 3, 1943 d) Jan 6, 1943 49)"The Customer is the boss” –by 61) Match the following words and phrases given in a) Tom peters b) Alan sugar Column A with their meaning in Column B. c) Victor kiam d) Ambani A B 50)”You can never plan the future by the past” A) rear 1) strong smell or taste a) Edmund Bruke c) Syrun B) accidental 2) the back part c) Peter d) John C) pungent 3) unexpected happening 51) Which period Rudyard Kipling belongs to D) barge 4) move in roughly a) 1865-1936 b) 1885-1930 a) 2 4 3 1 b) 4 1 3 2 c) 2 3 1 4 d) 3 1 2 4 c) 1881-1959 d) 1806-1861 62) Match the following 52) Birds migrate A B a) Regularly and seasonally A) clash 1) a rough person b) Three times a year B) forbid 2) fight c) Only when in danger C) boor 3) journey d) When the surroundings get polluted D) drive 4) preventing one‟s act 53) Birds spend summer in the a) 1 3 4 2 b) 4 2 1 3 c) 2 4 1 3 d) 2 4 3 1 a) higher reaches of mountains b) lower foot hills 63) Choose the correct meaning for the following: c) plains d) forests Maraimalai Adigal wrotes in Chaste Tamil 54) The wild duck to our lakes flying a distance of a) Pure b) new c) spotless d) unpolluted ______________k.m over the Himalayas 64) He comes from a royal family a) 3,000 to 4,000 b) 3,500 to 5,000 a) prince b) noble c) regal d) great c) 3,200 to 4,800 d) 2,400 to 3,200 65) Select the antonym for the following: 55) Two–thirds of Delhi‟s population depend on There were copious rains.