ANM/GNM English Asked in 2017
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E01
Directions: Complete the second sentence using alternatives given below, so that it means the same as the first sentence. Use the words given in brackets.
(i) I did very badly at school because I really hated boarding school. (stand)
(ii) I didn’t do well at all because ____________boarding school.
(A) I could stand
(B) I couldn’t stand
(C) I can stand
(D) I could
Explanation: …………
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E02
Directions: Complete the second sentence using alternatives given below, so that it means the same as the first sentence. Use the words given in brackets.
(i) My father was not too well off and was only just able to afford the school fees. (hardly)
(ii) My father wasn’t too well off and________ the school fees:
(A) Can hardly afford
(B) Couldn’t hardly afford
(C) Could afford
(D) Could hardly afford
Explanation: …………
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E03
Directions: Complete the second sentence using alternatives given below, so that it means the same as the first sentence. Use the words given in brackets.
(i) Fortunately it is possible to go to university at any age now. (you)
(ii) Fortunately__________go to university at any age now.
(A) You couldn’t (B) You could
(C) You can (D) I could
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E04
Directions: Choose the best phrase or word (A, B, C or D) to complete the following.
__________you have finished your meal you can go and practise the Piano.
(A) In spite of (B) Although
(C) And also (D) As soon as
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E05
Directions: Choose the best phrase or word (A, B, C or D) to complete the following.
We could go ice skating in Shimla__________the weather is fine.
(A) even though (B) provided that
(C) as soon as (D) as if
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E06
Directions: Choose the best phrase or word (A, B, C or D) to complete the following.
It is really important to practise every day___________ you are feeling tired.
(A) even if (B) provided that
(C) such as (D) in spite of
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E07
Directions: One of the four words given in each of these questions is wrongly spelt. The number of that wrongly spelt word is the answer.
1. Defamation 2. Arrogant
3. Solitude 4. Exhorbitent
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 1
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E08
Directions: One of the four words given in each of these questions is wrongly spelt. The number of that wrongly spelt word is the answer.
1. Decompose 2. Veteran
3. Ventursome 4. Definition
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) 3
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E09
Directions: One of the four words given in each of these questions is wrongly spelt. The number of that wrongly spelt word is the answer.
1. Prosperous 2. Glumy
3. Dormant 4. Derogatory
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 4
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E10
Directions: Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error if any will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer.
He gave me all the details of when he (1)/had visited all the temples (2) / while he will be going (3) / on official tour (4).
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E11
Directions: Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error if any will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer.
Let’s all work (1) / together as like homogeneous (2) / group so that (3) / success would be obvious (4).
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 1
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E12
Directions: Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error if any will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer.
What to make people (1)/ tense is actually (2)/ a mystery, which (3) /is difficult to unfold (4).
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 4
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E13
Directions: In the following questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
CORPULENT
(A) Lean (B) Gaunt
(C) Emaciated (D) Obese
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E14
Directions: In the following questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
BRIEF
(A) Limited (B) Small
(C) Little (D) Short
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E15
Directions: In the following questions choose the word which is the exact opposite of the given words.
ENORMOUS
(A) Soft (B) Average
(C) Tiny (D) Weak
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E16
Directions: In the following questions choose the word which is the exact opposite of the given words.
COMMISSIONED
(A) Started (B) Closed
(C) Finished (D) Terminated
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E17
Directions: Each question consists of two words which have a certain relationship to each other followed by four pairs of related words. Select the pair which has the same relationship.
DIVA: OPERA
(A) Producer: Theatre
(B) Director: Dramas
(C) Conductor: Bus
(D) Thespian: Play
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E18
Directions: Each question consist of two words which have a certain relationship to each other followed by four pairs of related words. Select the pair which has the same relationship.
LIGHT: BLIND
(A) Speech: Dumb
(B) Language: Deaf
(C) Tongue : Sound
(D) Voice: Vibrato
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E19
Directions: Each question consist of two words which have a certain relationship to each other followed by four pairs of related words. Select the pair which has the same relationship.
AFTER : BEFORE
(A) First: Second
(B) Present: Past
(C) Contemporary: Historic
(D) Successor: Predecessor
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E20
Directions: Choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence from the options below.
The study of ancient societies
(A) Anthropology (B) Archaeology
(C) History (D) Ethnology
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E21
Directions: Choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence from the options below.
State in which the few govern the many.
(A) Monarchy (B) Oligarchy
(C) Plutocracy (D) Autocracy
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E22
Directions: Choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence from the options below.
Leave or remove from a place considered dangerous
(A) Evade (B) Evacuate
(C) Avoid (D) Exterminate
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E23
Directions: Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/phrase.
To roll out the red carpet.
(A) To give a grand welcome
(B) To decorate the room
(C) To give a warning signal
(D) To buy a gift
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E24
Directions: Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/phrase.
To put his foot down
(A) Resign
(B) Not to yield
(C) Concede
(D) Withdraw
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E25
Directions: Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/phrase.
A hornet’s nest
(A) A comfortable position
(B) A dilemma
(C) Among thorns
(D) An unpleasant situation
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E26
Read the following sentences and use the words given in brackets to fill up the blanks.
(worst, worse, best, better)
Shridhar played________than Nagesh but did______than Balu. Renu played the ________.Nagesh played badly but Mohan did________.
(A) Better, worse, best, worst
(B) Worse, better, best, worst
(C) Best, better, worse, worst
(D) Worst, better, worse, best
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E27
Use the words from the options to fill up the blanks.
There is___________ink in my pen; I can’t write even a word. There is______ money with me, I can buy a plantain. There is__________ rice in the kitchen; but there isn’t_________sugar.
(A) any, a little, little, some
(B) little, a little, any, some
(C) a little, little, some, any
(D) some, little, a little, any
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E28
Complete the following sentences using deep, thick, wide, high.
How ________is the wall?
How________is that book ?
The well in our house is twenty feet________.
This Pencil is 10 inches______.
(A) wide, deep, thick, high
(B) thick, deep, high, wide
(C) deep, thick, high, wide
(D) high, wide, deep, thick
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E29
Identify the grammatically correct sentence from the options below.
(A) I wish I knew swimming
(B) I wish I knew how to swim
(C) I wish I knew to swim
(D) I wish I knew how to do swimming
TM Exam App Question Code: PYQ(2017)-E30
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions given in brackets: (a, an, the, about, from)
The author plucked some leaves _________ the creeper and took them to his friend Raju, who was____________Pathologist. The author told him what people said ____________that plant. They decided to conduct _________ experiment to find out the truth.
(A) a, about, an, from
(B) about, an, a, from
(C) from, a, about, an
(D) an, a, about, from