ENGLISH (ARTS) QUESTION 2025 GROUP-A with Answer

 Q NO. 1 AND Q NO.2

MCQS

ENGLISH
2025 (A)
SET-A
FULL MARKS: 80
TIME : 3 HOURS

GROUP-A

1. Answer the following questions, choosing the correct option from the ones given below each:             1×15=15

(a) What were a great trial to Churchill at Harrow?

(i) Rules and regulations

(ii)Examinations

(iii) Fond subjects of the examiners

(iv)Qualifying for the entrance tests

 

(b) Who were taught only English at Harrow?

(i) Students of standard IV

(ii) The poor students

(iii) The intelligent students

(iv) The slow learners/dunces

 

(c) How was the physique of the narrator's grandmother?

(i) Bulky

(ii) Tall and slim

(iii) Short, fat and slightly bent

(iv) Pretty

(d) What did the narrator learn from the priest in his village?

(i) Mother tongue

(ii) The alphabet and the morning prayer

(iii) Arithmetic

(iv) Addition and subtraction

 

(e) What is the serious problem that affects progress in India?

(i) Cooperation

(ii) Unemployment

(ii) Lack of teamwork and cooperation

(iv) Lack of policy

 

(f)When was Father Gilligan nodding on a chair?

(i) In the evening

(ii) At night

(iii) At dawn

(iv) At the moth-hour of eve

 

(g) Who performed the religious rites of the sick man?

(i) A priest

(ii) An angel in the guise of Father Gilligan

(iii) God

(iv) Father Gilligan

 

(h) What, according to the poet, is life?

(i) An empty dream

(ii) A bed of roses

(iii) A sorrowful journey

(iv) Real and earnest

 

(i) What does the poet say about television?

(i) It is a source of entertainment

(ii) It improves knowledge

(iii) It is an idiotic thing

(iv) It is wonderful

 

(j) What, according to the poet, is our madness?

(i) Greed for power

(ii) Property

(iii) Status

(iv) Money

 

(k) What was the ambition of Sri Moharana?

(i) To become a minister

(ii) To become an MP

(iii) To become a Member of the State Legislature

(iv) To become a distinguished social worker

 

(1) Who had composed the welcome song for the reception of the minister?

(i) Sri Moharana

(ii) The Head-pundit of the primary school

(iii) A village lyricist

(iv) A learned person

 

(m) What was the magic power of the monkey's paw?

 (i) It could vanish at any time

(ii) It could fulfil unlimited wishes

(iii) Three people could each have three wishes

(iv) It could bring back a dead person to life

 

(n) What was the cause of the separation between Charlie's parents?

 (i) His father's arrogance

(ii) His mother's dominant spirit

(iii) Excessive drinking by his father

(iv) His mother's singing profession

 

(o) What is the first story narrated by Steve Jobs about?

 (i) Connecting the dots or his birth and education

(ii) Love and loss

(iii) Death

(iv) Success and failure

 

2. Answer the following, as directed, choosing the correct option from the ones given below each: 1×15-15

 

(a) He (play) cricket for the last ten years.

(Use the correct tense form of 'play')

(i) was playing

(ii) is playing

(iii) has been playing

(iv) played

 

(b) I (talk) to him just now.

(Use the correct tense form of 'talk')

(i) talked

(ii) have talked

(iii) shall talk

(iv) am talking

 

(c) I (forget) to drink water before I went to bed.

(Use the correct tense form of 'forget')

(i) forgot

(ii) have forgotten

(iii) was forgetting

(iv) had forgotten

 

d) If you were my true friend, you (help) me at the time of need.

(Use the correct conditional)

(i) will help

(ii) would have helped

(iii) must help

(iv) helped

 

(e) If it (rain) heavily, the classes will remain suspended.

(Use the correct conditional)

 i)It’s raining

(ii) will rain

(iii) would rain

(iv) rains

 

f) He said, "The interview will be conducted tomorrow."

 (Change into indirect speech)

(i) He said that the interview would be conducted tomorrow.

(ii) He said that the interview will be conducted the next day.

(iii) The old man had been taken to hospital by a kind person.

(iv) The old man was being taken to hospital.

g) The beggar said, "Please give me at least five rupees." 

    (Change into indirect speech)

(i) The beggar asked to give him at least five rupees.

(ii) The beggar urged to give him at least five rupees.

(iii) The beggar urged to give him at least five rupees.

(iv) The beggar told to give him at least five rupees.

h)  A kind person took the old man to hospital.

( change into passive form)

(i) The old man was taken to hospital by a kind person.        

(ii) The old man was taken to hospital.

(iii) The old man had been taken to hospital by a kind man.

(iv) The old man was being taken to hospital.

(i) People should not do such things in public.

(Change into passive form)

(i) Such things should not do in public by people.

(i) Such things should not be done in public.

(iii) Such things are never done in public.

(iv) People are requested not to do such things in public.

 

(j) Somebody has picked my purse.

(Change into passive form)

(i) My purse was picked by somebody.

(ii) My purse is picked by somebody.

(iii) My purse has been picked.

(iv) My purse must have been picked.

 

(k) I never smoke in future.

(Use the correct modal )

(i) shall

(ii) will

(iii) can

(iv) may

 

l) _________you explain this to me?

(Use the correct modal for polite expression)

(i) Can

(ii) Should

(iii) Will

(iv) Could

 

(m) He was taken care of by his grand-father after his parents' untimely death.

(Use the correct phrasal verb for the underlined words)

(i) brought up

(ii) carried out

(iii) brought down

(iv) brought in

n) I am unable to understand his teaching.

(Use the correct phrasal verb for the underlined word)

(i) make for

(ii) make out

(iii) make up

(iv) make off

 

(o) He never tells lies.

(Change into the correct interrogative form )

(i) Does he never tell lies?

(ii) Is he never telling lies?

(iii) Does he ever tell lies?

(iv) Is he telling lies?

2025(A)

ENGLISH

SET - A

ARTS

FULL MARKS : 80

TIME : 3 HOURS

1.

a)   (ii) Examination

b)  (iv) The slow learners

c)    (iii) Short, fat and slightly bent

d)  (ii) The alphabet and the morning prayer

e)   (iii) Lack of teamwork and cooperation

f)     (iv) At the moth-hour of eve

g)   (ii) An angel in the guise of Father Gilligan

h)  (iv) Real and earnest

i)      (iii) It is an idiotic thing

j)      (iv) Money

k)   (iii) To become a Member of the State Legislature

l)      (ii) The Head-pundit of the primary school

m)                       (iii) Three people could each have three wishes

n)  (iii) Excessive drinking by his father

o)  (i) Connecting the dots or his birth and education

 

2.

 (a) (iii) has been playing

(b) (ii) have talked

(c) (i) forgot 

(d) (ii) would have helped

(e)(iv) rains

 (f) (ii) He said that the interview will be conducted the next day.

g) (ii) The beggar urged to give him at least five rupees.

h) (i) The old man was taken to hospital by a kind person.

i) (ii) Such things should not be done in public.

j) (iii) My purse has been picked.

k) (ii) will

l) (iv) Could

m)(i) brought up

(n)(ii) make out

o) (iii) Does he ever tell lies?