MAHATET 2020 Paper-1 English language Questions Practice Test

1. Choose the most suitable alternative in accordance with the correct use of tense.

2. Choose the most correct alternative to complete the following sentence.

For modern man there are a number of diseases……………

3. Fill in the blank with the most suitable alternative:

I have not written to her………………. she left for America.

4. Fill in the blank with the most suitable ‘Prepositions”.

Don’t side………..those who act contrary……………. national interests.
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5. Find out which part of the sentence has an error.

Your statement that(A) / you find this bag(B) / in the street(C) / will not be trusted.(D)

6. Choose the Grammatically correct sentence.

7. Choose the word nearest in meaning to the underlined part.
He is quite parsimonious by nature.

8. Select the world which is closest to the opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

He appears to be a phony person.

9. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched as ‘one-word substitution for the given phrase.

10. The young one of a cat is a kitten. The young one of a frog is called …………

11. The cry of a dog is “bark. The cry of an ape is called………..

12. Sudhir is afraid of books. His family thinks that he is suffering from……….

13. Fill in the blanks with the suitable word. ‘Life is to death as pleasure is to…………………

14. Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom in the sentence.
We should guard against our green-eyed friends.

15. Choose the most suitable verb phrase for the sentence..
While giving evidence in the court, she………..

16. Select the combination of numbers so that letters arranged accordingly will form meaningful word.

R  U  S  G  A
1  2  3  4  5

17. Select the one which best, expresses the given sentence in ‘Passive voice’.

‘I know her’

18. Choose the one which best expresses the following sentence in ‘Indirect Speech.”

He said to her, “Are you coming to the party?”

19. Choose the ‘correctly spelt’ word

20. Choose the mis-spelt word.

21. Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank.

He bought …………..ice-cream.

22. Choose the correct ‘Question Tag’ for the following sentence.

I shall phone you tomorrow.

23. Name the underlined subordinate clause. What you said is absolutely correct.

24. Choose the appropriate alternative to fill in the blank.

The players remonstrated………..the umpire…………….. his partiality.

25. (56 to 60): Read the following passage and answer the questions by selecting the most appropriate alternative:

Ernest Rutherfor was the son of a scot emigrant to New Zealand. His parents had 12 children, of whom Ernest was the fourth. His education was in a state primary school from which children at the age of 13 could get grants of scholarships to secondary schools and to the universities. Rutherford had no intention of following an academic career. He was no book-worm. He was good in any rough-and tumble and a teen foot-ball player. But he was good at latin and he had a passion for music and a mechanical bent of mind. At nelson college, a state boarding school, he was an outstanding pupil, he
sat for a scholarship to conterbury college and this was because his masters expected it of him, and he won it. There, Rutherford as a student was fascinated by Hertz’s work on radio waves and he began to conduct his own experiments in the clock room of the college, where the students hung their gown.

56. Rutherford was his parents……….child.

26. (56 to 60): Read the following passage and answer the questions by selecting the most appropriate alternative:

Ernest Rutherfor was the son of a scot emigrant to New Zealand. His parents had 12 children, of whom Ernest was the fourth. His education was in a state primary school from which children at the age of 13 could get grants of scholarships to secondary schools and to the universities. Rutherford had no intention of following an academic career. He was no book-worm. He was good in any rough-and tumble and a teen foot-ball player. But he was good at latin and he had a passion for music and a mechanical bent of mind. At nelson college, a state boarding school, he was an outstanding pupil, he
sat for a scholarship to conterbury college and this was because his masters expected it of him, and he won it. There, Rutherford as a student was fascinated by Hertz’s work on radio waves and he began to conduct his own experiments in the clock room of the college, where the students hung their gown.

57. Nelson college was…………

27. (56 to 60): Read the following passage and answer the questions by selecting the most appropriate alternative:

Ernest Rutherfor was the son of a scot emigrant to New Zealand. His parents had 12 children, of whom Ernest was the fourth. His education was in a state primary school from which children at the age of 13 could get grants of scholarships to secondary schools and to the universities. Rutherford had no intention of following an academic career. He was no book-worm. He was good in any rough-and tumble and a teen foot-ball player. But he was good at latin and he had a passion for music and a mechanical bent of mind. At nelson college, a state boarding school, he was an outstanding pupil, he
sat for a scholarship to conterbury college and this was because his masters expected it of him, and he won it. There, Rutherford as a student was fascinated by Hertz’s work on radio waves and he began to conduct his own experiments in the clock room of the college, where the students hung their gown.

58.Rutherford sat for a scholarship test because.

28. (56 to 60): Read the following passage and answer the questions by selecting the most appropriate alternative:

Ernest Rutherfor was the son of a scot emigrant to New Zealand. His parents had 12 children, of whom Ernest was the fourth. His education was in a state primary school from which children at the age of 13 could get grants of scholarships to secondary schools and to the universities. Rutherford had no intention of following an academic career. He was no book-worm. He was good in any rough-and tumble and a teen foot-ball player. But he was good at latin and he had a passion for music and a mechanical bent of mind. At nelson college, a state boarding school, he was an outstanding pupil, he
sat for a scholarship to conterbury college and this was because his masters expected it of him, and he won it. There, Rutherford as a student was fascinated by Hertz’s work on radio waves and he began to conduct his own experiments in the clock room of the college, where the students hung their gown.

59.Rutherford carried out his own private experiments in…………….

29. (56 to 60): Read the following passage and answer the questions by selecting the most appropriate alternative:

Ernest Rutherfor was the son of a scot emigrant to New Zealand. His parents had 12 children, of whom Ernest was the fourth. His education was in a state primary school from which children at the age of 13 could get grants of scholarships to secondary schools and to the universities. Rutherford had no intention of following an academic career. He was no book-worm. He was good in any rough-and tumble and a teen foot-ball player. But he was good at latin and he had a passion for music and a mechanical bent of mind. At nelson college, a state boarding school, he was an outstanding pupil, he
sat for a scholarship to conterbury college and this was because his masters expected it of him, and he won it. There, Rutherford as a student was fascinated by Hertz’s work on radio waves and he began to conduct his own experiments in the clock room of the college, where the students hung their gown.

60.The phrase ‘mechanical bent’ suggests that Rutherford…………….

30. Fill in the blank with the most suitable alternative to make the sentence logical in sense.
Pranesh told her that he………..her very well.”