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Communication Skills in English | Set 2
1. Identify the correct spelling
A. belieeve
B. believe
C. bellive
D. belive
Correct : B. believe
2. What are you thinking -------- ?
A. on
B. of
C. at
D. over
Correct : B. of
3. The underlined word in “smoking is a bad habit” is
A. gerund
B. participle
C. verb
D. None of these
Correct : A. gerund
4. Conjunctions are --------- words
A. joining
B. separating
C. breaking
D. none of these
Correct : A. joining
5. Noun qualifiers are
A. Adverbs
B. Pronouns
C. Adjectives
D. Auxiliaries
Correct : C. Adjectives
6. “You” and “he” are the examples of
A. Nouns
B. Adjectives
C. pronouns
D. None of these
Correct : C. pronouns
7. He can hardly speak English, -------- ?
A. can he ?
B. can’t he ?
C. do he ?
D. does he ?
Correct : A. can he ?
8. I ---------- Kumar yesterday
A. have met
B. has met
C. met
D. will have met
Correct : C. met
9. I met ------------- one- legged man yesterday
A. an
B. a
C. some
D. none of these
Correct : B. a
10. Hardly had I reached home ---------- the telephone rang
A. then
B. than
C. and
D. when
Correct : D. when
11. Abdul is --------- best student in the class
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. none of these
Correct : C. the
12. This man is too old ------------
A. for running
B. to run
C. that he ran
D. runs
Correct : B. to run
13. Flesh of sheep is
A. beef
B. mutton
C. flesh
D. none of these
Correct : B. mutton
14. Regional variety of language is
A. Register
B. idiolect
C. Dialect
D. language
Correct : C. Dialect
15. Minimal unit of sound is
A. morpheme
B. phoneme
C. phonology
D. minimal pair
Correct : B. phoneme
16. “Ing” in writing is
A. prefix
B. suffix
C. word
D. none of these
Correct : B. suffix
17. “Wipe out” means
A. destroy
B. break
C. criticize
D. none of these
Correct : A. destroy
18. “Set aside” means
A. break
B. destroy
C. bring
D. cancel
Correct : D. cancel
19. “Now and then” means
A. occasionally
B. now
C. then
D. none of these
Correct : A. occasionally
20. Pure vowels are also known as ---------
A. Trip thongs
B. monophthongs
C. phonemes
D. Diphthongs
Correct : B. monophthongs
21. The root word in “im+possible+ity” is
A. im
B. ity
C. possible
D. possibility
Correct : C. possible
22. Prefixes and suffixes are --------- morphemes
A. Bound
B. free
C. root
D. basic
Correct : A. Bound
23. The pronunciation of the people of south east England is ---------
A. Register
B. Dialect
C. R .P
D. Idiolect
Correct : C. R .P
24. Using standard symbols for standard sounds is known as ----------
A. writing
B. grapheme
C. Transcription
D. None of these
Correct : C. Transcription
25. Basic unit of spoken language is ---------
A. word
B. phoneme
C. stress
D. syllable
Correct : D. syllable
26. The syllabic structure of the word “late” is ----------
A. cvvc
B. cvc
C. vcvc
D. cvcv
Correct : B. cvc
27. Identify the trisyllabic word from the following
A. young
B. kill
C. remember
D. re examinations
Correct : C. remember
28. “es” In the word “matches” is a --------- suffix
A. Inflectional
B. derivational
C. Basic
D. None of these
Correct : A. Inflectional
29. “age” in “bondage” is a --------- suffix
A. inflectional
B. derivational
C. Besic
D. permanent
Correct : B. derivational
30. Identify the pronoun from the following
A. Boy
B. girl
C. him
D. writing
Correct : C. him
31. The weak form of “his” is -------
A. hiz
B. hez
C. iz
D. hiez
Correct : C. iz
32. A conjunction is a ---------- word
A. Linking
B. breaking
C. cutting
D. none of these
Correct : A. Linking
33. An Auxiliary is a --------- verb
A. Joining
B. Connecting
C. Helping
D. blending
Correct : C. Helping
34. The intonation in tag question’s is -------
A. Rising
B. felling
C. Fall rise
D. rise fall
Correct : B. felling
35. The study of ‘morpheme’ is known as ---------
A. phonetics
B. Transcription
C. writing
D. Morphology
Correct : D. Morphology
36. G vowel glides are
A. semi vowels
B. pure vowel
C. diphthongs
D. none of the above
Correct : C. diphthongs
37. The number of pure vowels in English is
A. 10
B. 12
C. 8
D. 24
Correct : B. 12
38. The final sound in the word “valves” is
A. s
B. z
C. iz
D. none of these
Correct : B. z
39. The basic unit of spoken language known as
A. morpheme
B. phoneme
C. syllable
D. phonetics
Correct : C. syllable
40. The syllabic structure of the word ‘late’ is
A. cvc
B. cvcv
C. vcc
D. cvcc
Correct : A. cvc
41. When the word “produce” used as a verb the stress on ------- syllable
A. 2
B. 1
C. 1 and 2
D. 3
Correct : A. 2
42. Words with weak prefixes are accented on
A. prefix
B. suffix
C. midel
D. root
Correct : D. root
43. The number of syllables in the word “inject” is
A. 2
B. 1
C. 3
D. 4
Correct : A. 2
44. Jury is an example of --------- noun
A. collective
B. Abstract noun
C. proper noun
D. material noun
Correct : A. collective
45. Pronouns, articles and prepositions are -------
A. semantics
B. functional adverbs
C. content words
D. none of these
Correct : B. functional adverbs
46. Adjectives and adverbs are ------- words
A. grammatical
B. functional
C. content
D. structural
Correct : C. content
47. Identify an adverb of time from the following
A. now
B. There
C. even
D. each
Correct : A. now
48. Fill up the following:- Either of the sister -------- coming
A. are
B. were
C. is
D. has
Correct : C. is
49. Face to face interaction is --------- communication
A. written
B. oral
C. non verbal
D. none of these
Correct : B. oral
50. E mail is an example of --------- communication
A. public
B. spoken
C. written
D. verbal
Correct : C. written
51. The study of body language is known as ---------
A. psychology
B. physiology
C. kinesics
D. morphology
Correct : C. kinesics
52. “hurrah’’ is a ____________
A. noun
B. conjunction
C. pronoun
D. interjection
Correct : B. conjunction
53. The rise and fall in human voice is -------
A. speech
B. volume
C. sound
D. pitch
Correct : D. pitch
54. An “authoritative leader” --------- the discussion
A. oppose
B. dominate
C. support
D. none of these
Correct : B. dominate
55. -------------- leaders are respecting other’s feelings
A. democratic
B. dominative
C. authoritative
D. supportive
Correct : A. democratic
56. Amiable leaders support --------- environment
A. doubtful
B. peaceful
C. complicated
D. difficult
Correct : B. peaceful
57. Pick out an abstract noun from the following
A. Beauty
B. die
C. laugh
D. friends
Correct : A. Beauty
58. Pick out adjective from the following
A. laughter
B. friends
C. richness
D. rich
Correct : D. rich
59. The objective case of ‘we’ is -------------
A. I
B. us
C. our
D. none of these
Correct : B. us
60. The subjective case of “them” is ---------
A. Their
B. They
C. This
D. That
Correct : B. They
61. The possessive case of “I” is -----------
A. my
B. me
C. I
D. none of these
Correct : A. my
62. An example of distributive adjective is --------
A. Their
B. each
C. which
D. Those
Correct : B. each
63. An example of cardinal adjective is --------
A. last
B. one
C. This
D. Those
Correct : B. one
64. An example of ordinal adjective is --------
A. one
B. Last
C. all
D. few
Correct : B. Last
65. A syllable has always --------- vowel
A. one
B. Two
C. Three
D. many
Correct : A. one
66. Weak forms are -------- words
A. Tri syllabic
B. Bi syllabic
C. mono syllabic
D. poly syllabic
Correct : C. mono syllabic
67. Variation in the pitch patterns of voice is ---------
A. stress
B. syllable
C. Intonation
D. style
Correct : C. Intonation
68. Group of words without subject and predicate is ----------
A. clause
B. phrase
C. sentence
D. word
Correct : B. phrase
69. Group of words with subject and predicate is --------
A. phrase
B. clause
C. sentence
D. syllable
Correct : B. clause
70. ‘Neither’ is always followed by ---------
A. or
B. nor
C. than
D. either
Correct : B. nor
71. ‘No sooner’ is followed by ---------
A. when
B. then
C. than
D. it
Correct : C. than
72. ‘Not only’ is followed by --------
A. than
B. or else
C. but also
D. none of these
Correct : C. but also
73. ‘Hardly had’ is always followed by --------
A. than
B. This
C. when
D. There
Correct : C. when
74. The word ‘England’ is from ---------
A. English land
B. Angle land
C. England land
D. Anglish land
Correct : B. Angle land
75. Pick out the correct American spelling from the following
A. colour
B. color
C. kolour
D. kolor
Correct : B. color
76. Pick out the coordinating conjunction from the following
A. not only
B. As
C. because
D. but
Correct : D. but
77. A transitive verb takes ---------
A. object
B. subject
C. Noun
D. adverb
Correct : A. object
78. Identify a regular verb from the following
A. sit
B. walk
C. keep
D. see
Correct : B. walk
79. Pick out an irregular verb from the following
A. eat
B. kill
C. arrive
D. study
Correct : A. eat
80. A cloze test is a ----------- test
A. study
B. memory
C. comprehension
D. training
Correct : C. comprehension
81. Words with different spellings but with similar pronunciation are ----------
A. Homonyms
B. Homophones
C. prefix
D. None of these
Correct : B. Homophones
82. Identify homophones from the following
A. day, night
B. die, dye
C. die-death
D. die-died
Correct : B. die, dye
83. The number of words that we utter per minute is ----------
A. pulse
B. speed
C. rate
D. none of these
Correct : C. rate
84. ---------- Is a tool to study the behavioral and attitudinal responses of the speakers
A. examination
B. Tests
C. Group discussion
D. None of these
Correct : C. Group discussion
85. Examples of personality traits are --------
A. Leadership, motivation
B. domination, suppression
C. control, hate
D. none of these
Correct : A. Leadership, motivation
86. Identify an appropriate synonym for the word “Enormous”
A. small
B. big
C. short
D. dwarf
Correct : B. big
87. If I ---------- a bird I could fly
A. was
B. were
C. am
D. are
Correct : B. were
88. Are you ----------- us another song?
A. sing
B. sings
C. singing
D. sang
Correct : C. singing
89. He -------- every day to the market
A. walking
B. walks
C. has walked
D. walk
Correct : B. walks
90. You must comply --------- the rules
A. on
B. of
C. with
D. at
Correct : C. with
91. The police accused him ---------- theft
A. on
B. at
C. by
D. of
Correct : D. of
92. I am ------------ than Kareem
A. elder
B. older
C. old
D. none of these
Correct : B. older
93. They gave us a ---------- party
A. grand
B. grande
C. grant
D. None of these
Correct : A. grand
94. Two hundred rupees --------- not a big amount
A. is
B. are
C. were
D. none of these
Correct : A. is
95. Have you ever -------- to your parents
A. laid
B. lied
C. layed
D. lie
Correct : B. lied
96. Bread and butter --------- my food
A. are
B. is
C. were
D. none of these
Correct : B. is
97. I was seated -------- the speaker
A. besiding
B. by
C. beside
D. besides
Correct : C. beside
98. Are you trying to --------- me ?
A. advice
B. advise
C. adviece
D. advisce
Correct : B. advise
99. My friend’s death -------- me deeply
A. effected
B. affected
C. effect
D. none of these
Correct : B. affected
100. Convey my -------- to your brother
A. complements
B. complement
C. compliments
D. none of these
Correct : C. compliments