English Grammar Quiz-ENG-2020/03 (FROM TGT ARTS COMM. 2019)

Q.1 “He came before the appointed time.’ Which part of speech is before in the sentence?(FROM TGT ARTS COMM. 2019)
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(A) Adverb
(B) Adjective
(C) Preposition✔️
(D) Noun

Q.2 The news that he is dead is false. The clause in italics is :(FROM TGT ARTS COMM. 2019)
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(A) Co-ordinate clause
(B) Noun clause✔️
(C) Adverb clause
(D) Adjective clause

Q.3 A speech made to oneself when one is alone is:(FROM TGT ARTS COMM. 2019)
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(A) Heresy
(B) Soliloquy✔️
(C) Extempore
(D) Monologue

Q.4 The synonym of Erudite is:
(FROM TGT ARTS COMM. 2019)
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(A) Ill-read
(B) Unlearned

(C) Scholarly✔️
(D) Noxious

Q.5 The antonym of chaste is:
(FROM TGT ARTS COMM. 2019)
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(A) Unrefined✔️
(B) Pure
(C) Refined
(D) Scrupulous

Q.6  He goes to his office _____ 7:30 bus. Choose appropriate preposition.(FROM TGT ARTS COMM. 2019)
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(A) in
(B) by
(C) on✔️
(D) at

Q.7 No sooner did the woman see the snake____she cried. Choose appropriate conjunction.(FROM TGT ARTS COMM. 2019)
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(A) when
(B) then
(C) and
(D) than✔️

Q.8 Choose the correct option from the following to transform sentence from affirmative to negative. “My eyesight is bad.”
(FROM TGT ARTS COMM. 2019)
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(A) My eyesight is not bad.
(B) My eyesight is not good.✔️
(C) Nothing is good as my eyesight.
(D) My eyesight is not as bad as that of yours.

Q.9 None of the students_______ allowed to enter the hall before the principal asked them to do so.
(FROM TGT ARTS COMM. 2019)
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(A) have been
(B) were
(C) are
(D) was✔️

Q.10 Four alternatives are given to four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet :
“I have no truck with death”.
FROM TGT ARTS COMM. 2019)
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(A) Have no means of conveyance
(B) To have no trade with
(C) An unsuccessful attempt
(D) To have no dealing with✔️