PA/SA GENERAL ENGLISH MODEL QUESTION PAPER

1. I had just finished lunch when the phone …………

a)Rang

b)Had rung

c)Is ringing

d)Will ring

Ans. Rang

2. If my brother had not grabbed my arm I …………..

a)Might have slipped

b)May have slipped

c)Will have slipped

d)Shall have slipped

Ans. Might have slipped

3. We …………. a trip to Delhi last summer.

a)Have had

b)Had

c)Was

d)Were

Ans. Had

4. I ………….. home since last Christmas.

a)Haven’t gone

b)Hadn’t gone

c)Wouldn’t go

d)Shouldn’t go

Ans. Haven’t gone

5. We usually …………. Early and go for a walk.

a)Get up

b)Got up

c)Had got up

d)Getting up

Ans. Get up

6. Last Saturday we ………….. to visit our ancestral home.

a)Went

b)Will go

c)Have gone

d)Go

Ans. Went

7. Even though it was hard at first, I came ………….. the work in the factory.

a)To enjoy

b)Enjoyed

c)Enjoying

d)Enjoys

Ans. To enjoy

8. …………….. one of us should tell them the sad news?

a)Which

b)What

c)Who

d)Where

Ans. Which

9. The novel on …………… the film is based was written by an Indian.

a)Which

b)Whom

c)What

d)Who

Ans. Which

10. Agriculture has ………….. most prominent place in Indian economy.

a)A

b)An

c)The

d)No article

Ans. The

11. Compliment means ……………..

a)What completes

b)Good wishes

c)Complaint

d)Request

Ans. What completes

12. Ingenious means ……………

a)Foolish

b)Mismanaged

c)Clever

d)Cowardly

Ans. Clever

13. Diffident is the antonym of ……………..

a)Defeat

b)Clever

c)Confident

d)Disastrous

Ans. Confident

14. Exotic is the antonym of ……………….

a)Indigenous

b)Chaotic

c)Neurotic

d)Myopic

Ans. Indigenous

15. The synonym of avaricious is …………….

a)Greedy

b)Ready

c)Capricious

d)Audacious

Ans. Greedy

16. Which of the following words is spelt correctly ?

a)Embarrassment

b)Embarassment

c)Embarasment

d)Embarrasment

Ans. Embarrassment

17. We thought ………….. the matter.

a)In

b)About

c)Upon

d)On

Ans. About

18. The train is always ………….

a)Panctually

b)Panctuality

c)Panctual

d)Be punctual

Ans. Panctual

19. If you go to the doctor, he ………….. you some medicine.

a)Give

b)Would give

c)Will give

d)Would have given

Ans. Will give

20. The story of this book is based ………….. truth.

a)On

b)With

c)To

d)For

Ans. On