Quiznetik
Foundation Compulsory English | Set 1
1. Boman Desai was born in ______.
A. 1930
B. 1950
C. 1940
D. 1960
Correct : B. 1950
2. The story "Between the Mosque and the Temple" is derive from Boman Desai's which novel?
A. "The Memory of Elephants"
B. "A Woman Madly in love"
C. "A Woman from Bombay"
D. "Asylum, USA"
Correct : A. "The Memory of Elephants"
3. How did the common people refers to Babu?
A. Baiji
B. Sisterji
C. Ammaji
D. Maiji
Correct : D. Maiji
4. How did Babu visit the place?
A. By bus
B. By walking
C. by car
D. by bike
Correct : B. By walking
5. How many footsteps did Banu measure "Between the Mosque and the Temple"?
A. 230
B. 235
C. 232
D. 237
Correct : C. 232
6. What was the issue between the Hindus and Muslims?
A. Placement of temple
B. Placement of mosque
C. placement of school
D. Placement of a rubbish bin
Correct : D. Placement of a rubbish bin
7. Who wrote "My Financial Career"?
A. Boman Desai
B. Stephen Leocock
C. Langston Hughes
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Correct : B. Stephen Leocock
8. Where did the narrator want to go?
A. Bank
B. Jail
C. Station
D. Temple
Correct : A. Bank
9. "My Financial Career" was first published in _____.
A. 1920
B. 1915
C. 1910
D. 1917
Correct : C. 1910
10. How much salary has been raised a month by narrator?
A. 60 dollars
B. 50 dollars
C. 6 dollars
D. 56 dollars
Correct : B. 50 dollars
11. How much dollars the narrator wants to deposite?
A. 59 dollars
B. 50 dollars
C. 59 dollars
D. 56 dollars
Correct : D. 56 dollars
12. Instead of six dollars the narrator withdraw how much dollars?
A. 58 dollars
B. 52 dollars
C. 56 dollars
D. 55 dollars
Correct : C. 56 dollars
13. Who gave the " Speech on Indian Independence"?
A. Gandhiji
B. Sardar Patel
C. Rabinranath Tagor
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Correct : D. Jawaharlal Nehru
14. When did Nehru deliver a "speech on Indian Independence" to the nation
A. Midnight at 14th August,1947
B. Midnight at 14th August,1945
C. Midnight at 14th August,1948
D. Midnight at 14th August,1946
Correct : A. Midnight at 14th August,1947
15. Who was the first prime minister of Independent India?
A. Gandhiji
B. Rajendr Prasad
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Indira Gandhi
Correct : C. Jawaharlal Nehru
16. According to Nehru, who was the architect of Indian freedom?
A. Sardar Patel
B. Gandhiji
C. B.R.Ambedkar
D. Aurobindo
Correct : B. Gandhiji
17. The life span of Jawaharlal Nehru is ____.
A. 1889-1964
B. 1880-1960
C. 1875-1935
D. 1878-1964
Correct : A. 1889-1964
18. Who wrote the poem ' The World Is Too Much With Us '?
A. Emily Dickinson
B. William Wordsworth
C. Boman Desai
D. William Blake
Correct : B. William Wordsworth
19. What type of the poem ' The World Is Too Much With Us'?
A. Sonnet
B. epic
C. ballad
D. elegy
Correct : A. Sonnet
20. The World Is Too Much With Us' was first published in....
A. 1809
B. 1808
C. 1807
D. 1811
Correct : C. 1807
21. Where people have sold their hearts?
A. to the God of wealth
B. to the God of nature
C. to the God of revenge
D. to the God of piece
Correct : A. to the God of wealth
22. In which religion dislike the poet in this sonnet?
A. Muslim
B. Jain
C. Christian
D. Hindu
Correct : C. Christian
23. What is the rhyme scheme of the sonnet "The World is too much with Us"?
A. ABBAABBACDDDCC
B. ABBAABBACCDDEE
C. AABBCCDDEE
D. ABBAABBACDCDCD
Correct : D. ABBAABBACDCDCD
24. How many lines in sonnet?
A. 18
B. 14
C. 20
D. 12
Correct : B. 14
25. Which kind of natural imagined are not presented in "The World is too much with Us"?
A. the sun
B. the moon
C. the wind
D. the river
Correct : D. the river
26. What is described as baring "her bosom to the moon" in the poem?
A. the moon
B. the river
C. the sea
D. the sun
Correct : C. the sea
27. Who wrote the poem "Success is Counted Sweetest"?
A. Emily Dickinson
B. Emily Bronte
C. Charles Dickens
D. William Wordsworth
Correct : A. Emily Dickinson
28. Emily Dickinson bis _____ poet.
A. Russian
B. Indian
C. American
D. British
Correct : C. American
29. Emily Dickinson had written about ____ poems.
A. 1500
B. 1700
C. 1609
D. 1800
Correct : B. 1700
30. Who gave the clear definition of victory?
A. defeated soldier
B. defeated politician
C. defeated boxer
D. none of them
Correct : A. defeated soldier
31. "I Too Sung America" was first published in ____.
A. 1935
B. 1911
C. 1925
D. 1945
Correct : C. 1925
32. What is synonym for "company" as it is used in "I Too Sing America"
A. Factory
B. Slavery
C. both a and b
D. guests
Correct : D. guests
33. Where does the poet eat when guest visits in the home?
A. in a dining table
B. in a room
C. in a kitchen
D. in a bad
Correct : C. in a kitchen
34. If he does not work hard, he will fail.(Use "Unless")
A. Unless he work hard,he will fail.
B. Unless he works hard,he will fail.
C. Unless he did works hard,he will fail.
D. Unless he did not work hard,he will fail.
Correct : A. Unless he work hard,he will fail.
35. If you do not love God , God will not love you. (Use "Unless")
A. If you love God,God will not love you.
B. Unless you love God,God will love you.
C. Unless you do not love God,God will not love you.
D. Unless you love God,God will not love you.
Correct : D. Unless you love God,God will not love you.
36. He is really sobber.(Make it exclamatory)
A. ob sobber is he!
B. ob sobber he is !
C. ob sobber he was!
D. ob sobber was he !
Correct : B. ob sobber he is !
37. O that a life of joy.(Make it assertive)
A. I wish I have a life of joy.
B. I wish I has a life of joy.
C. I wish I had a life of joy.
D. I wish I was a life of joy.
Correct : A. I wish I have a life of joy.
38. Sravan plays like a professional batsman.(Use "as if")
A. Sravan plays as if he is a professional batsman.
B. Sravan plays as if he was a professional batsman.
C. Sravan plays as if he were a professional batsman.
D. Sravan plays as if he are a professional batsman.
Correct : C. Sravan plays as if he were a professional batsman.
39. He is handsome.(Make it Negative)
A. He is not beautiful.
B. He is not handsome
C. both a and b
D. He is not ugly.
Correct : D. He is not ugly.
40. My pocket has been picked.(Change the voice)
A. Someone has picked my pocket.
B. Someone have picked my pocket.
C. Someone was picked my pocket.
D. Someone were picked my pocket.
Correct : A. Someone has picked my pocket.
41. Do we make mistakes?(Change the voice)
A. Were mistakes made by us?
B. Is mistakes made by us?
C. Are mistakes made by us?
D. Was mistakes made by us?
Correct : C. Are mistakes made by us?
42. Change the voice.(Change the voice)
A. Let the voiced be change.
B. Let the voiced be changed.
C. The voiced be changed.
D. Let the voice changed.
Correct : B. Let the voiced be changed.
43. God is great . Everybody knows it. ( join the sentences)
A. because
B. since
C. but
D. that
Correct : D. that
44. I can not see. It is very dark.(join the sentence)
A. but
B. because
C. that
D. where
Correct : B. because
45. Everyone ____seen it.
A. have
B. has
C. was
D. were
Correct : A. have
46. Politics ___ a dirty game.
A. is
B. was
C. are
D. were
Correct : A. is
47. Two and two____ four.
A. make
B. made
C. Makes
D. none
Correct : C. Makes
48. Lata Mangeshkar is one of ___ best singers of India.
A. a
B. the
C. an
D. none
Correct : B. the
49. Listen ! the peacock ____ for rain.
A. calling
B. called
C. call
D. calls
Correct : A. calling
50. I saw the man. He had three eyes. ( join the sentence)
A. whose
B. who
C. whom
D. that
Correct : B. who
51. I met a man. His father live in U.K.
A. whom
B. that
C. whose
D. who
Correct : C. whose