31. Find the word that is wrongly spelt
a) Courageous
b) Encourage
c) Vicious
d) Majistrate
Ans: d) Majistrate
Correct word – Magistrate
32. Home is ………….. sweetest place on earth.
a) Our
b) The
c) A
d) An
Ans: b) The
Note: sweetest
superlative അയതുà´•ൊà´£്à´Ÿ് à´®ുà´¨്à´¨ിà´²് ‘the’ à´šേà´°്à´•്à´•ുà´¨്à´¨ു.
33. Choose the correct sentence
a) The committee are in session
b) The committee is in session
c) The committee were in session
d) The committee to be in session
Ans: b) The committee
is in session
Note: ഇവിà´Ÿെ committee singular ആയിà´Ÿ്à´Ÿ് use à´šെà´¯്à´¤ിà´°ിà´•്à´•ുà´¨്നതുà´•ൊà´£്à´Ÿ് ‘is’ ഉപയോà´—ിà´•്à´•ുà´¨്à´¨ു
33. The opposite of vice is
a) Wickedness
b) Virtue
c) Goodness
d) Silence
Ans: b) Virtue
Note: Vice- à´¤ിà´¨്à´®
Virtue – നന്à´®
Wickedness –à´•ുà´Ÿിലത
34. The idiom ‘storm in the tea cup’ means
a) No fuss over trivial matter
b) Big fuss over trivial matter
c) Clever idea
d) Sudden inspiration
Ans: b) big fuss
over trivial matter
Note: Big fuss over trivial matter – à´¨ിà´¸്à´¸ാà´°à´•ാà´°്യങ്ങളെà´š്à´šൊà´²്à´²ി വലിà´¯ കലഹമാà´£്
35. The mansion was pulled down, to make way for a
housing complex
The words
underlined means
a)
Brought
b)
Constructed
c)
Demolished
d)
Broken
Ans: c) Demolished
Note: Pulled down –
demolished (നശിà´ª്à´ªിà´š്à´šു, ഇടിà´š്à´šു à´¨ിà´°à´¤്à´¤ി)
36. The earth ……….. round the sun
a) Moved
b) Moves
c) Is moving
d) Will be moving
Ans: b) moves
Note: universal
truth പറയുà´¬ോൾ simple present tense ഉപയോà´—ിà´•്à´•ുà´¨്à´¨ു.
Eg: The sun rises
in the east
37. Joy Thomas ………… the marathon for
the first time in 2009
a) Runs
b) Is running
c) Ran
d) Has run
Ans: c) ran
Note: in 2009 – à´ൂതകലതിà´²െ time period à´¸ൂà´šിà´ª്à´ªിà´•്à´•ുà´¨്à´¨ു.
à´ൂതകലതിà´²െ time period à´¸ൂà´šിà´ª്à´ªിà´•്à´•ുà´¨്à´¨ sentence simple past ആയിà´°ിà´•്à´•ും
38. We often go fishing………….. the river bank.
a) Along
b) Inside
c) Towards
d) Around
Ans: a) along
Note: along the
river bank – à´¤ീà´°à´¤്à´¤ിà´²ൂà´Ÿെ
39. The police asked:
a) Where is your home
b) Where his home was
c) Where was his home
d) Where is his home
Ans: b) Where his
home was.
40. Peter ………… his homework before the teacher arrived
a) Was completing
b) Was complete
c) Had complete
d) Had completed
Ans: d) Had
completed
Note: à´ൂതകാലത്à´¤ിൽ നടന്à´¨ുà´ªോà´¯
à´°à´£്à´Ÿു à´ª്രവർത്à´¤ിà´•à´³െ à´•ാà´£ിà´•്à´•ാൻ അവയിൽ ആദ്à´¯ം നടന്à´¨ à´ª്രവർത്à´¤ിà´¯െ à´¸ൂà´šിà´ª്à´ªിà´•്à´•ാൻ past perfect à´‰ം à´°à´£്à´Ÿാമത് നടന്à´¨ à´ª്à´°à´µൃà´¤്à´¤ിà´¯െ à´¸ൂà´šിà´ª്à´ªിà´•്à´•ാൻ simple past à´‰ം ഉപയോà´—ിà´•്à´•à´£ം