1. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Take something with a pinch of salt

• To believe only part of something

2. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

The police used tear gas to _ the crowd.

• disperse

3. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

• Pnemonia

4. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

Ritu is an _ reader. I always find her with a book.

• avid

5. Select the word with same meaning.

Happening every two years

• Biennial

6. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Full of sound and fury

• Merely loud and angry words but ineffective

7. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

You must make a choice immediately because there is few time left.

• few time left

8. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

PROLIFIC

• Unproductive

9. Select the wrongly spelt word.

A. rendezvous

• renassaince

Fill in the blanks 10 – 13

10. She _ preparing for SSC since 1995.

• Has been

11. Children _ Look after their parents in old age.

• Ought to

12. I bought __ flowers

• Some

13. My brother runs __ fast as my old friend

• As

Use the suitable article 14

14. _ apple fell from _ tree

• An, The

15. Properly part of speech

• Adverb

Directions (16-17): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

16. Rebellious or opposing the authority

• insurgent

Directions (16-17): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

17. To banish or turn out of society and fellowship

• ostracise

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

18. lead someone by the nose

• to dominate someone

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

19. couch potato

• a person who watches too much television

Select the antonym of the given word

20. FINITE

• endless

21. She said, ” let me sing song

• She wished that she should sing a song

Change the voice in passive Q (22 -23)

22. Does he purchase books?

•  Are books purchased by him?

23.Vijay will have washed a shirt.

•  A shirt will have been washed by Vijay.

24. Select the synonym of the given word.

DUBIOUS

• fishy