SNAP Quiz: General English Exam!

Direction: Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiomatic phrase. I was supposed to give a speech to my English class, but I got cold feet and I didn't go.

• My English class-room makes my feet feel too cold

• My feet got cold so I didn't go

• I got too nervous and I didn't go

• It was winter time and I had no socks for my feet

Direction: Choose the option that is the closest in meaning to the phrases in bold. I racked my brains to solve this difficult problem.

• I read a large number of books

• I consulted several people

• I used my commonsense

• I subjected my mind to hard thinking

Re-arrange the scrambled segments in a logical order to make a complete sentence. 1. to places opportunities 2. and so there for English 3. for professional and economic growth 4. because it takes one outside one's own community 5. English is the language of opportunities

• 1, 2, 5, 3, 4

• 5, 4, 1, 3, 2

• 3, 1, 4, 2, 5

• 2, 1, 3, 5, 4

Direction: Which punctuation mark is missing in the following sentences? I know that you want to learn to drive Rima but you are too young.

• Inverted commas

• Semicolon

• Comma

• Hyphen

Complete the given sentence by choosing the correct phrase. You cannot succeed unless

• You do not work hard

• You shall not work hard

• You will work hard

• You work hard

Choose the correct option: The man __________ his appearance completely since then.

• Is changing

• Changed

• Has changed

• Is changed

Direction: Choose the correct option to fill the blank for correct grammatical use. He took care of her __________ she was restored to health.

• When

• Before

• After

• Till

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct pair of words. He lives __________ Bengaluru __________ 115, Richmond Road.

• At, in

• In, at

• At, on

• In, on

Direction: Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiomatic phrase. Take care of what you say! You will have to eat your words!

• You have no food to eat

• You will have to take back what you have said

• You are not good with your language

• None of the above

Direction: Choose the correct option. At times, we are all __________ to be mistaken.

• Apt

• Likely

• Considered

• Able

Direction: Which punctuation mark is missing in the following sentences? Part of Australia is known to the natives as The Outback.

• Inverted commas

• Semicolon

• Comma

• Hyphen

1. Recently I read about a unique wedding that took place in the newspaper. 2. Recently I read in the newspaper about a unique wedding that took place.

• If the first sentence is correct

• If the second sentence is correct

• If both sentences are correct

• If both sentences are wrong

Direction: Select as an option the word closest in meaning to the given word. Perturb

• Stipulate

• Turn around

• Disturb greatly

• Compatible

Direction: Identify the figures of speech in the following sentences. Death lays his icy hand on kings.

• Personification

• Exclamation

• Simile

• Anticlimax

Choose the best construction:

• If you would have taken care you wouldn't have got typhoid

• If you took care you wouldn't have got typhoid

• If you take care you wouldn't have got typhoid

• If you had taken care you wouldn't have got typhoid

Direction: Match the items in column I with those in column II. Choose, the correct answer combination given below: I 1. As deaf as 2. As bitter as 3. As unpredictable as 4. As slippery as II 5. gall 6. an eel 7. a post 8. the weather

Direction: Identify the figures of speech in the following sentences. As proud as a peacock.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Apostrophe

• Epigram

Direction: Choose the segment with the error. If there is no error choose 'd'.

• Your account should

• Have been credited

• With three months' interest

• No error

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct pair of words. If error is a __________ , fault is __________.

• Defect - a mistake

• Mistake - a defect

• Slip - an inaccuracy

• Blunder - to blame

Direction: Choose the correct option. He hardly cares, __________ ?

• Does he

• Doesn't he

• Will he

• Won't he

Direction: Select as an option the word closest in meaning to the given word. Veracious

• False

• Varied

• Image

• Truthful

Direction: Choose the segment with the error. If there is no error choose 'd'.

• Idli and Sambar

• Make the breakfast

• In the South

• No error

Direction: Read the passage carefully and answer within the context. "A way to deal with Frozen Feelings". Every child experiences all that happens around him with total awareness. In the first seven years, the child's brain is like a sponge, taking in all sensory inputs and building his idea of his surroundings. As long as the environment is safe, the child learns with incredible speed. However, when the environment is scary or stressful, the child unlearns past learning just as rapidly. In the early years of every child's life, whenever there is shock, violence, fear, or pain, these intense emotions are imprinted deeply into memory. Whenever the same activity or situation is repeated, the nervous system and body subconsciously re-experience the memory of that trauma. Any emotional situation that takes us out of the present and into the past means that whenever the same kind of emotion crops up later in our life we return to the past for our reference point. If that point was at age three, we find ourselves behaving like a three-year-old. We feel childish and we behave childishly. Our feelings are the cause of this 'glitch' in our learning process. We know we should be able to make a positive change, but that doesn't change anything. The process of change need not be traumatic. We couldn't have done any better because we didn't know how to. But we should realize that was then and this is now! We can choose to choose' again. It's up to us. It's our movie! Identify the correct statement, based on the paragraph.

• The process of change needs to be traumatic

• We feel childish and we behave childishly

• Both the sentences are incorrect

• Both the sentences are correct

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct pair of words. 'Aurally challenged' is a __________ for the__________.

• Metaphor, blind

• Euphemism, deaf

• Simile, disabled

• Synonym, dumb

Direction: Choose the option that is the closest in meaning to the phrases in bold. He was a king who ruled his subjects with a high hand.

• Sympathetically

• Oppressively

• Democratically

• Generously

Choose the sentence where the underlined word is used appropriately.

• Who's car are you planning to borrow?

• Whose planning to have a birthday party?

• He is the person who you met at the junction

• Does he know whom to call about the hotel reservations?

Direction: Read the passage carefully and answer within the context. "A way to deal with Frozen Feelings". Every child experiences all that happens around him with total awareness. In the first seven years, the child's brain is like a sponge, taking in all sensory inputs and building his idea of his surroundings. As long as the environment is safe, the child learns with incredible speed. However, when the environment is scary or stressful, the child unlearns past learning just as rapidly. In the early years of every child's life, whenever there is shock, violence, fear, or pain, these intense emotions are imprinted deeply into memory. Whenever the same activity or situation is repeated, the nervous system and body subconsciously re-experience the memory of that trauma. Any emotional situation that takes us out of the present and into the past means that whenever the same kind of emotion crops up later in our life we return to the past for our reference point. If that point was at age three, we find ourselves behaving like a three-year-old. We feel childish and we behave childishly. Our feelings are the cause of this 'glitch' in our learning process. We know we should be able to make a positive change, but that doesn't change anything. The process of change need not be traumatic. We couldn't have done any better because we didn't know how to. But we should realize that was then and this is now! We can choose to choose' again. It's up to us. It's our movie! The "Frozen Feelings" being talked about are about,

• Negative childhood experiences

• Childhood learning patterns

• Inability to learn as an adult

• None of the above

Match the parts of speech (in bold) to their usage (down): 1. Adjective 2. Preposition 3. Noun 4. Verb 5. The fire engine came rushing down the hill. 6. He has seen the ups and downs of life. 7. Down with the tyrant! 8. The porter was hit by the down train.

• 1-8, 2-5, 3-6, 4-7

• 1-6, 2-5, 3-8, 4-7

• 1-5, 2-6, 3-7, 4-8

• 1-5, 2-7, 3-6, 4-8

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct pair of words. The man has __________    the rules of ethical conduct; he is __________ a beast.

• Flaunted - literally

• Ignored - basically

• Broken - as

• Flouted - virtually

Direction: Choose a single word that is opposed to the meaning contained in the sentence. He was magnanimous and his benevolence made him give to charity.

• Mean

• Cruel

• Snobbish

• Tyrannical

Choose the word spelt correctly:

• Superintendant

• Seive

• Alloted

• Dissipate

Direction: Read the passage carefully and answer within the context. "A way to deal with Frozen Feelings". Every child experiences all that happens around him with total awareness. In the first seven years, the child's brain is like a sponge, taking in all sensory inputs and building his idea of his surroundings. As long as the environment is safe, the child learns with incredible speed. However, when the environment is scary or stressful, the child unlearns past learning just as rapidly. In the early years of every child's life, whenever there is shock, violence, fear, or pain, these intense emotions are imprinted deeply into memory. Whenever the same activity or situation is repeated, the nervous system and body subconsciously re-experience the memory of that trauma. Any emotional situation that takes us out of the present and into the past means that whenever the same kind of emotion crops up later in our life we return to the past for our reference point. If that point was at age three, we find ourselves behaving like a three-year-old. We feel childish and we behave childishly. Our feelings are the cause of this 'glitch' in our learning process. We know we should be able to make a positive change, but that doesn't change anything. The process of change need not be traumatic. We couldn't have done any better because we didn't know how to. But we should realize that was then and this is now! We can choose to choose' again. It's up to us. It's our movie! A 'glitch' is

• A ditch

• Uneasy emotions

• Sudden malfunction or breakdown

• Learning patterns

Direction: Match the parts of speech (in bold) to their usage. ABOVE 1. adjective 2. adverb 3. noun 4. preposition 5. Rain comes from above. 6. His conduct is above suspicion. 7. Look above the mantel piece. 8. The above information is for the public

From the options below, choose the word with the incorrect spelling:

• Diarrhoea

• Diaper

• Dichotomy

• Dias

Choose the odd one out:

• Temporal

• Ephemeral

• Transient

• Eternal

Choose the correct option: If 'inter' means between as In interstate, 'intra' as in intravenous means

• Into

• Onto

• Within

• Without

Which two sentences convey the same idea? 1. Shouldn't they have checked your tickets? 2. I wonder if they should have checked your tickets. 3. I want to know if they checked your tickets. 4. They should have checked your tickets.

• 2, 3

• 1, 2

• 1, 4

• 2, 4

Direction: Choose a single word that is opposed to the meaning contained in the sentence. Biannual is

• Once in two years

• Every year

• Twice a year

• After every two years

1. Can you imagine his forgetting his own birthday? 2. Can you imagine him forgetting his own birthday?

• If the first sentence is correct

• If the second sentence is correct

• If both sentences are correct

• If both sentences are wrong