1. He tries to ........smoking , but did not succeed.
a. Do away
b. Get away
c. Put out
d. Give up
2. The officer warned me ..........the office until five O' clock.
a. To not leave
b. Not to leave
c. Don't leave
d. To leave
3. There is an exception ........ every rule.
a. In
b. For
c. On
d. To
4. Please distribute these sweets ........ the children.
a. Amid
b. Among
c. In
d. Between
5. what a sensation it would cause if it .........now discovered that such a man had left behind a diary.
a. Was
b. Were
c. Is
d. Be
6. Ever since his parents died, his uncle has ..........all his needs.
a. Seen by
b. Seen through
c. Seen to
d. Seem off
7. It should be the aim of every educated Indian to see that as ........... people as possible become literate.
a. Many
b. Much
c. Few
d. Most
8. The old man could not remember where he ........ his money.
a. Will deposit
b. Had deposited
c. Deposits
d. Is depositing
9. The robbers were arrested and ......... prison yesterday.
a. Brought in
b. Brought into
c. Taken to
d. Taken into
10. By trying to take revenge, a man tries to get .......... his enemy.
a. Equal with
b. Better than
c. Stronger than
d. Even with
11. ........ adequate pre- emptive action to avert this tragedy?
a. Shall you not have taken
b. Should you not have taken
c. Would you not be taking
d. Would you have not taken
12. They attributed his success ........ sheer hard work.
a. Upon
b. To
c. Down
d. Up
13. I told him not to be afraid ........ his father.
a. With
b. From
c. To
d. Of
14. It .......... too cold to go out last night, so we stayed at home.
a. Was
b. Used to be
c. Had been
d. Has been
15. ............ work hard, you won't succeed.
a. Unless you do not
b. Lest you
c. Unless you don't
d. Unless you
16. Of only he ........... told us the truth in the first place, things wouldn't have gone wrong.
a. Had
b. Should have
c. Has
d. Would have
17. There were not more than ............ supporters of this proposal in the Parliment.
a. A few
b. The few
c. A little
d. Few
18. History records seventeen incursions of Sultan Mahmood ...........India.
a. Upon
b. On
c. Against
d. Into
19. She smiled ..........my words.
a. On
b. Over
c. At
d. Upon
20. There being no evidence against him, he was acquitted ............ the charge.
a. Of
b. From
c. Off
d. With
21. My friends has a strange habit of turning ..............at odd hours.
a. Down
b. Out
c. Over
d. Up
22. Man cannot live ........... bread alone.
a. Without
b. With
c. Except
d. By
23. By air you ............. almost half the distance to Bombay before I reach back home by my car.
a. Would cover
b. Would have covered
c. Will cover
d. Shall have covered
24. Because of the heavy rain, the match was ............
a. Called off
b. Set aside
c. Broken off
d. Fallen off
25. Mr. Manmohan's property was divided ............his daughter and sons.
a. Between
b. In
c. Amidst
d. Among
