Solved Question Paper - ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Held on 28 Oct 2012)
Directions: In questions no. 1 to 6, some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of sentence has an error and blacken the oval corresponding to the appropriate letter (A, B, C). If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval corresponding to (D) in the Answer Sheet.
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1. The speaker (A)/ left the scene (B) / before long. (C) / No error. |
2. We shall (A)/ go out (B) / if it does not rains. (C) / No error. |
3. The President (A)/ overtakes (B) / in Bangladesh. (C) / No error. |
4. It is high time (A)/ that we leave (B) / this place (C) / No error. |
5. The Hindu is (A)/ most popular, than any other (B) / newspaper in India. (C) / No error. |
6. My elder brother (A)/ asked me (B) /that what I was doing. (C)/ No error. |
Directions: In questions no. 7 to 11, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
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7. I _______ your house yesterday.
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8. I have never seen __________ animal before.
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9. She is _______ girls I know.
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10. He said to me, "You are _________".
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11. In the tragic incident, none of the 145 passengers _________ .
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Directions: In questions no. 12 to 14, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
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12. Pleasure
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13. Onus
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14. Essential
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Directions: In questions no. 15 to 17, choose the word opposite in meaning to given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
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15. Compassionate
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16. Wither
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17. Tasty
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Directions: In questions no. 18 to 22, Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
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18. To give vent to :
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19. To get wind :
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20. Under the thumb of :
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21. Part and parcel :
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22. Stand –by :
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