English Test 2

ENGLISH TEST 2 1. The beggar told Sergei that owing to Olga’s words and ____________, a change took place in his heart. (a) noble deeds (b) scolding (c) weeping (d) misery 2. Sergei got angry with the beggar since he was ___________. (a) begging (b) lying (c) drinking (d) stealing 3. Sergei asked the beggar to _________ the wood for him. (a) carry (b) collect (c) chop (d) pile 4. At last Lushkoff became a well to do __________. (a) collector (b) judge (c) notary (d) magistrate 5. Sergei in “The Beggar” is a ___________. (a) a beggar (b) a teacher (c) a musician (d) an advocate 6. When the aunt named Algu Choudhary as the chief judge, Jumman was __________. (a) surprised (b) disappointed (c) overjoyed (d) sad 7. Samjhoo Sahu used __________ to go the market with different goods. (a) a trolley (b) a cart (c) a tractor (d) an ekka 8. God lives in __________ of the panch. (a) mind (b) body (c) spirit (d) heart 9. Who was Jumman’s wife? (a) Nariman (b) Merrian (c) Kariman (d) Danial 10. Who is the author of the story “The Village Judge”? (a) R.N. Tagore (b) Leo Tolstoy (c) Prem Chand (d) Anton Chekhov 11. Who sold the grain of corn to the king as a curiosity? (a) traveller (b) some children (c) wiseman (d) an old peasant 12. In grandfather’s time, ____________ was the only thing the people call their own. (a) land (b) labour (c) water (d) air 13. The old peasant was ___________. (a) old and bent (b) toothless (c) ashy pale (d) all of the above 14. The old man could hardly hear because he was ____________. (a) deaf (b) dumb (c) partially deaf (d) very deaf 15. In the past people was leading a ___________ life. (a) miserable (b) healthy (c) happy (d) unhealthy 16. An act of writing letters is __________. (a) correspondant (b) correspondence (c) corresponding (d) all of the above 17. The highest part of the hill is called __________. (a) apex (b) crest (c) hillock (d) none of the above 18. He looked at me ____________. (a) anger (b) angry (c) angerness (d) angrily 19. Try to ___________ the poem. (a) memory (b) memorize (c) memorable (d) memorial 20. Mrs. Dash is an _______ lady. (a) ambition (b) ambitional (c) ambitious (d) none of these. 21. She is a woman ________ husband died recently. (a) that (b) who (c) whom (d) whose 22. ________ is opposite to ‘logical’. (a) Illogical (b) inlogical (c) unlogical (d) mislogical 23. _________ is the opposite of ‘continue’ (a) miscontinue (b) decontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue 24. We should not be _____________. (a) irresponsible (b) inresponsible (c) unresponsible (d) disresponsible 25. The body is material but the soul is ____________. (a) immaterial (b) inmaterial (c) unmaterial (d) dismaterial 26. Peace is ____________. (a) misdivisible (b) undivisible (c) indivisible (d) ildivisible

27. ‘The earth goes round the sun’. The simple present is used to express ________. (a) general truth (b) habitual action (c) permanent state (d) present fact 28. Look! ________________. Fill with appropriate answer. (a) The dog will attack you. (b) The dog can attack you. (c) The dog is biting you. (d) The dog is going to attack you. 29. The match _____________ at 4 p.m. tomorrow. (a) begin (b) begins (c) will begin (d) can begin 30. When father came in, I ___________ a book. (a) read (b) was reading (c) am reading (d) had read 31. The thief ___________ away when he saw the policeman. (a) run (b) ran (c) is running (d) was running 32. Have you ever __________ to Puri? (a) been (b) gone (c) do (d) done 33. Lisa _____________ a few minutes ago. (a) has left (b) had left (c) left (d) leaves 34. Tigers _________ in forests. (a) live (b) are living (c) lives (d) have lived 35. The Parliament __________ tomorrow. (a) opens (b) will open (c) is going to open (d) is opening 36. We __________ matriculation by may next. (a) are going to pass (b) will pass (c) are passing (d) will have passed 37. It was a public holiday, _____ all the shops are shut. (a) so (b) or (c) and (d) but 38. The day went on ______ the weather got worse. (a) and (b) but (c) or else (d) still 39. Life has few enjoyments, ___________ we cling to it. (a) besides (b) otherwise (c) still (d) thereof 40. Lencho continued working till sunset _________ he wasn’t tired. (a) yet (b) so (c) or (d) and 41. He finished his exercises___________ put away his books. (a) and (b) but (c) or (d) still 42. He practised daily __________ he became an expert player. (a) so (b) or (c) since (d) otherwise 43. Your character is bad _________ I hate you. (a) otherwise (b) or else (c) besides (d) thereof 44. ‘Birds builds nests.’ It is called a _______ sentence. (a) declarative (b) imperative (c) interrogative (d) exclamatory 45. ‘Take care. You will fail.’ The above sentences can be joined by co-ordinating conjunction ______. (a) and (b) for (c) otherwise (d) yet 46. A complete sentence has at least one _____________. (a) independent clause (b) independent finite clause (c) non-finite clause (d) sub-ordinate clause 47. It ________ ten minutes past eleven. (a) is (b) are (c) were (d) have 48. The cattle ___________ grazing in the field. (a) is (b) are (c) was (d) none of the above 49. Your trousers ___________ nice on you. (a) looks (b) look (c) is looking (d) was looking 50. Sugar made from beet __________ cheaper. (a) is (b) are (c) has (d) were