SIRI PSG ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, SANKARI

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
TALENT EXAM – 2024
1. Choose the synonym for the Italicised word. .
a) Tale b) poem c) play d) fiction
2. In “The portrait of a Lady” the narrator returned back to the home after_____
years.
a) Six b) five c) eight d) seven
3. Choose the correct antonyms of “Protest”.
a) Promote b) apprehend c) accept d) project

4. Form the compound word of “Water ______”.

a) Lashes b) hive c) gate d) proof
5. Choose the appropriate prefix for the word “Honest”.
a) Un b) dis c) in d) ir
6. Choose the appropriate suffix for the word “care”.
a) ness b) ty c) less d) ly

7. Fill in the blanks with suitable homophones

We have a short ___________ between the sessions.
a) Brake b) break c) broke d) brooke
8. Fill in the blanks with
Anand invited ____ friends for the birthday party
a) few b)a few c) an few d) the few
9. Choose the correct tense form.
She _____ everyday.

a) Worked b) working c) work d) works

10. Gabriel Okara is a ______ poet and novelist.

a) Indian b) American c) Nigerian d) Australian

11. Mention the figure of speech used here.

I have learned to wear my faces like dresses …
a) Simile b) metaphor c) alliteration d) personification
12. Choose the expansion of “ECG”.
a) Electrocomputergram b) Electrocardiogram
c) Electrocoursegraph d) compass gravity
13. Which idiom refers to something extremely rare in occurrence?
a) Once in a blue moon b) beat about the bush
c) Thick and thin d) break the leg
 14. Fill in the blanks with suitable modal verbs.
When Koushik was a child, he ________ play in the street.
a) May b) can c) will d) used to
15. Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition.
He climbed _____ the stairs.
a) On b) at c) up d) down
16. Pick the clipped word for “demonstration”.
a) Demo b) demi c) demonstrate d) demons
17. Select the description of the profession
“studies languages and their structure”
a) Sociologist b) entomologist c) linguist d) pathologist
18. Identify the voice of the following sentence.
“The bananas were eaten by the monkey”.
a) Active b) Passive c) both d) none
19. Choose the correct verb form for the following sentence:
One of the cookies ____missing.
a) Is b) are c) do d) does
20. “Lines Written in the Early Spring” was written by____.
a) Frost b) Wordsworth c) Shakespeare d) William Blake
21. Fill in the blank with appropriate phrasal verb
My father always ___ truth and honesty.
a) Stand of b) stand by c) stand up d) stand for
22. Complete the following with appropriate conditional clauses
If you stand in the rain, you_____.
a) Will wet b) can wet c) get wet d) would wet
23. Choose the correct question tag:
You are a student,_____?
a) Did you b)aren’t you c) is it d) don’t you
24. The meaning of the word ‘Optimism’ is
a) Positive and hopeful b) brave c) option d) danger
25. “I am healthy and I am active “is which type of sentence?
a) Simple b) past c) compound d) complex
26. “The Hollow Crown” is a poem form Shakespeare’s ___
a) Richard III b) Richard II c) Tempest d) Henry IV
27. Find out the word and its phonetic form of ‘a brief summary’
a) Rapport - /ræˈpɔː(r)/ b) viva voce - /ˌvaɪvə ˈvəʊtʃi/
c) Rapport - /ræˈpɔː(r)/ d) resume- /ˈrezjuːmeɪ/
28. Shakespeare wrote how many plays?
a) 37 b) 38 c) 39 d) 40
29. Identify the correct short form of the four skills.
a) RSLW b) LRSW c) LSRW d) WRLS
30. Wow! Rose is a beautiful flower.
a) Noun b) Verb c) Interjection d) Adjective
31. ____did you met in the railway station?
a) Who b) Whom c) Whose d) Where
 32. ____is the process of identifying quickly the main ideas of a given text.
a) Skimming b) Scanning c) In-depth Reading d) Post – Reading
33. ___means ‘act of being friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors’.
a) Productivity b) Activity c) Community d) Hospitality
34. Choose the appropriate synonym for the word ‘Emigrate’.
a) Exile b) Residentance c) Refugee d) Citizenship of another country
35. Choose the appropriate prefix for the word “obey”.
a) In b) Un c) Dis d) Im
36. Unscramble the jumbled letters given below to form words that denote human rights.
‘ ejtucis’
a) Justice b) Juice c) Just d) Tease
37. Read the following words and phrases carefully and arrange them in meaningful
sentences
Kind words/ the speaker/ helped/ by speaking / the proud man.
1 2 3 4 5
a) 23514 b) 35241 c) 53241 d) 14235
38. Identify the suitable vocabulary for ‘collector of books’
a) Anopheles b) bibliophile c) Anglophile d) Cryptophyte
39. Identify the correct word for the phrase
“talking or a speech ‘to one self’
a) Circumlocution b) Colloquialism c)Ventriloquism d) Soliloquy
40. Link the sentence with the idiom given below

Vehicles that are close together and moving very slowly

a) Bumper to bumper b) Runny funny c) Zig Zag d) Hum drum

41. Choose the correct Modal Auxiliaries verb.

How ___ you enter my room?

a)Dare to b) Used to c) Dare d) Might
42. Find out the synonym of the underlined word.
They only drink it in order to be warmed and stimulated.
a) motivated b) discouraged c) passive d) admired
43. Find out the antonym of the underlined word.
Predicting the arrival of visitors.
a) journey b) departure c) migration d) perusal
44. 44. Choose the appropriate Preposition for the sentence.
Yuvan has been playing badminton well _____2014.
a) For b) Before c) After d) Since
45. Choose the appropriate linker from within the option and complete the sentence.
I could not complete my paper in the examination _________ I was slow in answering the
questions.
a) Because b) But c) And d) So
46. An _____is an attempt or a trial in writing a piece of composition.

a) Poem b) Travelogue c) Essay d) Fiction

47. Add suitable question tags to the following sentences.

The children are very happy today.

a) Are they? b) Aren’t they? c) Are we? d) Aren’t we?

48. The message conveyed by the story is called as _____.

a) Plot b) Conclusion c) Character d) Theme
49. _____ is called as a immediate firsthand accounts from people or original documents,
reports by people who witnessed the events.
a) Primary b) Secondary c) Tertiary d) None
50. A train should go on the _________ to reach its destination.
a) track b) line c) road d) path
51. Neither Veena ____ her sisters has been informed of the accident.
a) Or b) Than c) Nor d) And
52. Figure out the correct figure of speech.
_____is the repetition of the same consonant sound in successive or nearby words.
a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Personification d) Alliteration
53. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles.
Please give me ______ hammer and ______ nail.
a) a, the b) a, a c) a, an d) the , the
54. An _____ is a conversation between an employer and a prospective applicant.
a) Interview b) Public speech c) Meeting d) Announcement
55. Every morning she ____ up early and gets ready for work.
a) is waking b) has woken c) had woken d) wakes

56. Nowadays everyone ______ internet.

a) Had used b) Use c) Uses d) Uses

57. Person who does not believe in the existence of God.

a) Theist b) Heretic c) Atheist d) Fanatic

58. Find out the Error.

Ram was/ senior to / Sam in college.

a) Ram was b) senior to c) Sam in college d) No Error

 59. Find out the correct spelt word.

a) Calander b) Calender c) Celander d) Calendar

60. Improve the statement with appropriate word.

Will you kindly open the knot?

a)untie b)break c) loose d) improve

61. Identify the sequence of the phrases.

1. left 2. The 3. House 4. He 5. Suddenly

a)12345 b) 21354 c) 45123 d) 24135

62. Select the pair which has the same relationship. Distant : Mile

a) liquid: litre b) bushel : corn c) weight : scale d) fame : television

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