Question

8. Do you want ________ my address?(Fill in the blank with suitable non-finite.) *

a) know

b) to know

c) knowing

d) known

9. He will explain it to you when he _______ back. *

a) come

b) comes

c) will come

d) has come

10. He was feeling weak __________ he went to his office. *

a) so

b) never

c) but

d) and

11. What did the Prince ask the swallow? (The Happy Prince) *

a) to take the ruby from his eyes

b) to take the ruby from his crown

c) to take the ruby from his sword hilt

d) to take the sapphires from his sword hilt

12. What is there in the personality of every man? (Secret of Happiness) *

a) a store of unused power

b) a great preacher

c) an unsuccessful story

d) fear

13. The proud possession of Jim was _______. (A Gift for Christmas) *

a) his salary

b) his wife, Della

c) a gold watch

d) a flat

14. The blind man was selling _______ on the sidewalk. (One Thousand Dollars) *

a) books

b) pencils

c) pens

d) cheques

15. 'Rice was in his blood' means _____ (Half A Rupee Worth) *

a) he ate nothing but rice

b) he likes the smell of rice

c) he knew all about rice

d) one of these

16. The name of the poet of the poem 'A Ballad of Sir Pertab Singh' is *

a) James Kirkup

b) Rabindranath Tagore

c) Sir Henry Newbolt

d) John Keats

17. Which of the following is not true: (A Gift For Christmas) *

a) Jim and Della were husband and wife.

b) They had great love for each other.

c) Jim earned only 20 dollars a week.

d) Della couldn't manage to buy a gift for Jim.

18. The ultimate fate of all human beings is _________.(Death the Leveller) *

a) old age

b) life

c) youth

d) death

19. Machines give us more and more hours of _______.(Where is Science Taking Us?) *

a) hard work

b) leisure

c) health

d) life


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Answer 1

Answer:

8.to know

9. comes

10. but

Answer 2

Answer:

8)a) to know

9)b) comes

10)a) so

11)a) to take ruby from his eyes

12)a) a store of unused power

13)b) his wife, Della

14)b) pens

15)a) he ate nothing but rice

16)a) James kirkup

17)d) Della couldn't manage to buy a gift for Jim

18)d) death

19)b) leisure