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Group II (Pre) – 2024

Test 2 – General English Explanation

1. Answer : A
The above words are taken from the poem the “Indian Seasons” written by Nisha
Dyrene.
Blaze - bright flame or fire
Dusty - covered with tiny bits of sand
Leap - to jump hig
Toad - a small brown animal similar to a frog

2. Answer : A
The above lines are taken from the poem “Indian Seasons” written by Nisha
Dyrene.

3. Answer : C
Here the poet Nisha Dyrene says Summer exposes heat with Sunny smiles and
dusty feet = “No rain in summer”

4. Answer : B
Here the poet says you can smell the grass from your garden seat , the one who
owns the Garden

5. Answer : C
Here roads- toads have same ending sounds while pronouncing.
The lines are taken from the Poem “Indian Seasons”

6. Answer : D
Alliteration is the repetition of consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning of
words or stressed syllables.
Sunny smiles- both of these have same consonant sound /s/
The above lines taken from the “Indian Seasons” written by Nisha dyrene

7. Answer : C
Indian Seasons talks about 4 seasons of India – Summer , Monsoon(rainy),
Spring and Autumn

8. Answer : A
Blaze – bright flame of heat , So it refers to extremely hot

9. Answer : B
The Poet Nisha Dyrene,talks about the beauty of various seasons of India and
its nature

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10. Answer : B
During the monsoon season roads become muddy,mangoes ripen, leapfrogs sing
together.

11. Answer : B
Mystery – suspicious,puzzle
Yore – Long past
Stout – Thick in Structure

12. Answer: B
Throughout the poem sage is struggling with the pig tail that hung behing him.
The Above lines are taken from the Poem “A tragic story” written by William
Makepeace Thackeray

13. Answer : C
All the efforts made by the Sage were ended in vain, the tail remained behind
him.

14. Answer : A
Rhyming words are two or more words that have the same or similar ending
sound.
Rhyme scheme is a regular pattern of rhyme at the end of the lines in a poem. It
is mentioned by alphabetical letters for the words with same ending sound.
Slack, tack, back – aaa
Him –b
aaab

15. Answer : A
And right and left and round about,
And up and down and in and out
He turned; but still the pigtail stout
Hung steadily behind him
The above lines are taken from the poem “A tragic story” written by William
Makepeace Thackeray.

16. Answer : B
Synonym
Sage – wise man

17. Answer : A
(A) We arrived in the village at night. - incorrect
We arrived at the village at night. – correct (Use ‘arrive at’ with small places)
Use ‘arrive in’ with large cities and countries.
(e.g.) Mr. Balu has arrived in India

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18. Answer : B
Humorous – sarcastic (Comedy) behaviour of the sage
Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their
intended meaning is different from the actual meaning. It may also be a situation
that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. In simple
words, it is a difference between appearance and reality.

19. Answer : B

20. Answer : B
Idioms and Phrases
“Bite the Bullet” – facing the situation in brave manner without any hesitation.

21. Answer : D
Anticipation – expectation or hope
Menacingly – threateningly
Frantically – in an uncontrolled manner
Staunchly – faithfully

22. Answer : B
“Indian Seasons” is a poem written by NishaDyrene. the poet says “Autumn is
English
In red, yellow and brown” – the colours of leaves in the trees during autumn
season in English countries

23. Answer : B
“Then seasons change
to muddy roads
monsoons and mangoes
leapfrogs and toads”
During Monsoon season , water stagnates and the road becomes wet,dirty and
covered with mud.

24. Answer : A
“I'll turn me round," he turned him round;
But still it hung behind him”.
The poet William Makepeace Thackeray says he turn round ,round again and
again. This adds to the Humour to the poem.

25. Answer : B
Here the poet says the sage tries to change the unchangeable things of the
nature shows his foolishness and stubbornness to the poem.

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26. Answer : C
Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their
intended meaning is different from the actual meaning. It may also be a situation
that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. In simple
words, it is a difference between appearance and reality.

27. Answer : B
And though his efforts never slack,
And though he twist and twirl, and tack,
Alas! Still faithful to his back,
The pigtail hangs behind him

Despite of his efforts,The pig tail remain hung around his back.

28. Answer : C
“And though his efforts never slack,
And though he twist and twirl, and tack,
Alas! Still faithful to his back,
The pigtail hangs behind him.”
The sage twisted and twirled and All the efforts of sage went in vain . he couldn’t
change the nature of pigtail.

29. Answer : B
“Then round and round, and out and in,
All day the puzzled sage did spin;
In vain–it mattered not a pin –
The pigtail hung behind him.”

He turn round and round, in and out

30. Answer : B
Then round and round, and out and in,
All day the puzzled sage did spin
Throughout the day he did round and round in and out

31. Answer : B
Personification ---the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics
to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human
form

Human Character smile is given as “Sunny smiles”

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32. Answer : A
The pigtail of the sage cannot be removed.and it is a minor problem which cannot
be solved.

33. Answer : A
“And right and left and round about,
And up and down and in and out”
The sage repeatedly tries to remove the pigtail and it results none. This shows
the monotony nature of the poem.

34. Answer : B
“Spring is pretty
but short and sweet
when you can smell the grass
from your garden seat”
- NISHA DYRENE

35. Answer: D
The past perfect tense tells us about an action that took place before another
action in the past
Here the word already is hint word

36. Answer : C
The past perfect tense tells us about an action that took place before another
action in the past.
Example: The train had left before he reached the station.

37. Answer : C
The word ending with –ous mostly comes under Adjective. Rest all comes under
noun

38. Answer : B
Singular Plural
Dining room Dining rooms
Woman student Women students
(Plural is formed by converting both the elements in the compound word)
Grown – up Grown – ups
Most Compound nouns form their plural with an addition of ‘-S’ – ‘Grown – ups’
Innings Innings
The singular and plural form of ‘Innings’ is ‘Innings’.

39. Answer : B

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40. Answer : A
Will have completed --- future perfect tense
Here the hint word “by next week” that time the action would be completed

41. Answer : A
Many would be used for countable noun
Only few – is a phrase

42. Answer : B
The sun already came in this phrase. so usage of Past perfect tense would be
good.

43. Answer : C
Taxi – Noun
Driver – Noun

44. Answer : C
Will have completed --- future perfect tense
Here the hint word “by tomorrow evening” that time the action would be
completed.

45. Answer : C
Has been helping – Present perfect continuous
For, since – mostly prefer Present perfect continuous the action starts in the past
and continuous in the present

46. Answer : A
Over denotes the movement of the object.

47. Answer : D
Details about the incident which is specific here

48. Answer : C
The lines are taken from the poem Your space written by David beats

49. Answer : A
Rhyming words are two or more words that have the same or similar ending
sound
Thing , bring – a,a
Well, tell – b,b

50. Answer : C
TOIL- hard work

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51. Answer :B
Speak gently! – It is better far
To rule by love, than fear
Here the poet says better to rule by love not by fear

52. Answer : B

53. Answer : C
Alliteration --the use of the same sound at the beginning of words in a sentence.
Harsh, heard

54. Answer : D

55. Answer : A
Speak gently – let not harsh words mar
The good we might do here!
Here the poet says not to use harsh words

56. Answer : A
“We” the reader of the poem

57. Answer : C
“Speak gently – let not harsh words mar
The good we might do here!”
Here the poet says harsh words would lose the one’s good deeds

58. Answer : D
These lines are taken from poem Your space written by David Bates

59. Answer : C
Speak gently to the aged one,
Grieve not the care-worn heart

60. Answer : A
Rhyming words are two or more words that have the same or similar ending
sound
they, may
bear,care

61. Answer : C
William Makepeace Thackeray was one of the great novelists of the English
Victorian Age.

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62. Answer : B
Speak gently to the little child!
Its love be sure to gain;
Teach it in accents soft and mild:
It may not long remain.

Speak gentle to the child that love will remain back

63. Answer : C
Phrasal verb
Put down – crush

64. Answer : B
Verb is a word or phrase that describes an action, condition, or experience:
Receive- is the action here

65. Answer : C
Rhyme scheme is a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines
in a poem or a stanza.
Child, mild - aa
Gain,remain- bb

66. Answer : B
William Makepeace Thackeray was one of the great novelists of the English
Victorian Age. His 'Vanity Fair' is one of the finest and best-known novels in
English literature.

67. Answer : A

68. Answer : C
The central theme of th poem “Your space” is communication to all age groups
– child, old , young

69. Answer : C
None, never, neither comes under in negative sense
All of us are used to asking questions when we need to gather some information.
Using interrogative sentences is one way to do it.

Using be form verbs

70. Answer : A
In active voice, the subject of the verb is doing the action, but in passive voice
the subject of the verb is being acted on

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71. Answer : B
A preposition is a word that is placed before a noun or a pronoun to show its
relationship to other words in a sentence.
I was studying in the morning.( Prepositions of Time)
I went to the book store. (Prepositions of Movement)

72. Answer : C
The word ending with –ly mostly comes under Adverb,
An adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb

73. Answer : C
“Your space” poem theme is communication to all age groups – child, old , young

74. Answer : A
Animate means living
Inanimate means non living

75. Answer: B
Group name for wolves – pack of wolves
Flock of sheep
Bunch of grapes
Shoal/ school of fish
Swamp of bees
Pair of shoes
Pair of scissors

76. Answer: B
We use ‘the’ before names of most buildings, landmarks, monuments and
natural wonders.
(e.g.) The Park Hotel, The Taj Mahal
We use ‘the’ before names of places containing of
(e.g.) The Republic of China.
The names of places ending in plurals.
(e.g.) The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, The Netherlands.

77. Answer: C
Parts of speech
(A) Tremendous – Adjective
(B) Satisfied- Adjective
(C) Hatred – Noun
(D) Petite– Adjective

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78. Answer : D
A compound word is two or more words linked together to produce a word with
a new meaning
Ex : Tooth + brush = Toothbrush
Rain+bow = Rainbow
Sail+boat = Sailboat
Tender+coconut = Tender coconut
Happiness is a single word which cannot be separated into two meaningful
words.

79. Answer : A
Prefixes are a letter or group of letters attached to the beginning of a word to
make a new word, and A suffix is a letter or group of letters added at the end of
a word which makes a new word.

Prefix Examples
anti- antibiotic, antisocial
auto- autobiography, auto-pilot
be- befriend, belittle
bi- bicycle, bilingual

suffix new words

-ful forgetful, useful

statement,
-ment
government

complication,
-ion
creation

80. Answer : B
The plural form of Daughter- in-law is Daughters-in-law
Sister in law - sisters- in law
Brother in law - brothers in law

81. Answer : C
Patriotism
Consumerism
Diversity
Enslaved
Inanimate
Nakedness

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82. Answer : C
Preposition: A preposition comes before a noun or pronoun in a sentence
and shows its relationship to another word or part of the sentence.

83. Answer : C
Use ‘in’ for large places.
E.g. countries, cities etc.(she is in japan, we live in delhi)
Use ‘at’ for small places.
E.g. park, school etc. (We shall meet them at the club this evening)

84. Answer : D
Positive , successful and kind are adjectives
‘Fast’ is both adjective and adverb

85. Answer : A
Its raining cats and dogs- raining heavily (7th term 1)

86. Answer : B
Until the fading sun- until evening

87. Answer : C
The plural form of 'fish' is the same as the singular form when you are talking
about one kind of fish
Ex: I have one fish in my fish tank.
When you are talking about more than one kind or species of fish, both 'fish'
and 'fishes' are ok to use.
Ex: There are many different fishes in our pond.

88. Answer : D
‘Across’ means on the other side of something, or from one side to the other of
something which has sides or limits such as a city, road or river.

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‘Above’ as a preposition, it means ‘higher than’. Its meaning is close to that of
the preposition over.
Ex : The waves came up above her head and she started screaming.
Prepositions of place are used to indicate the location and come before a noun
or a Pronoun. These include: in, on, between, behind, under, over, near etc.

89. Answer : B

90. Answer : B
Article usage-We use ‘an’ before a vowel sound:
Ex : an apple, an old shoe , an umbrella, an information

91. Answer : C
Adverb is used to mention the frequency of the action.

92. Answer : C
Prepositions of Place
These prepositions are used to indicate the location and come before a noun or
a pronoun These include: in, on, between, behind, under, over, near etc.

93. Answer : B
Article ‘an’ is used before the words starts with vowel sounds.

94. Answer : B
A compound word is a Noun, verb or an Adjective made of two or more words
or parts of words.
Tooth ache
Noun Verb
Note book
Noun Noun
Pale blue
Adjective Adjective
Well defined
Adverb Verb
Gentle man
Adjective Noun

95. Answer : C
Adverbs modify a verb by giving information about
Where an action occurs (place)
How often an action occurs (frequency)
How an action occurs (manner)
When an action occurs (time)

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96. Answer : D
Adverbs modify a verb by giving information about
Where an action occurs (place)
How often an action occurs (frequency)
How an action occurs (manner)
When an action occurs (time)

97. Answer : C
Adverbs modify a verb by giving information about
Where an action occurs (place)
How often an action occurs (frequency)
How an action occurs (manner)
When an action occurs (time)

98. Answer : D
‘Hastly’ means very quickly

99. Answer : A
Charged up- agitated, excited

100. Answer : A

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