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47 previous year questions.

Volume: 47 Ques
Yield: High

High-Yield Trend

47
2023

Chapter Questions
47 MCQs

01
PYQ 2023
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John Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress' is an example of ____ .
1
science fiction
2
allegory
3
detective fiction
4
autobiography
02
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Everyone is entitled to a ticket ___ of where they came from.
1
irrelevant
2
prerequisite
3
incidental
4
irrespective
03
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She may win and surprise us all but I wouldn't ____on it.
1
guess
2
back
3
bet
4
stake
04
PYQ 2023
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Hopes are ____ of finding the machine boat.
1
darkening
2
going
3
draining
4
fading
05
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This latest ___ of meningitis eclipses any other disease over the past few years.
1
breakout
2
outbreak
3
offset
4
outburst
06
PYQ 2023
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His happy go lucky Attitude means that on the field he exhibits a ___ disregard.
1
flagrant
2
required
3
glaring
4
permissible
07
PYQ 2023
medium
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The Silver medalist was later __ for running outside her lane.
1
banned
2
disqualified
3
disallowed
4
outlawed
08
PYQ 2023
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We are in two minds as to how to ___ with these latest problems.
1
little
2
tackle
3
deal
4
handle
09
PYQ 2023
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I am __ the opinion that nothing we say, will change anything at all.
1
in
2
of
3
after
4
with
10
PYQ 2023
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As far as costs __, there is little difference between the two opinions.
1
matter
2
concern
3
go
4
make
11
PYQ 2023
medium
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The secretary was _ to tears by the manager's behaviour.
1
brought down
2
diminished
3
reduced
4
belittled
12
PYQ 2023
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The effect of anaesthetic ___ after a couple of hours.
1
wiped out
2
finished off
3
dried up
4
wore off
13
PYQ 2023
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We were forced to __ our account because of financial pressure.
1
end
2
fold
3
break-off
4
close
14
PYQ 2023
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If I don't believe there is a __ of the evidence that could be held against him.
1
grain
2
shred
3
drop
4
strain
15
PYQ 2023
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These people are in __ need of help, I can tell you.
1
short
2
dire
3
big
4
full
16
PYQ 2023
medium
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There's a __ of stars below the pole star that has always fascinated me.
1
cluster
2
set
3
crowd
4
gathering
17
PYQ 2023
hard
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Saying you enjoy rock music is ____ to admitting you are completedly cloth-earned.
1
bound
2
virtually
3
tantamount
4
liable
18
PYQ 2023
easy
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She gave a ____ performance of the concert that had the audience on its feet.
1
matchless
2
suitable
3
listless
4
competent
19
PYQ 2023
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The builders told us that pile of cement was ____ to their requirement.
1
excess
2
extra
3
space
4
surplus
20
PYQ 2023
medium
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It was a long dispute with neither side giving ____ easily.
1
clearance
2
ground
3
inch
4
hand
21
PYQ 2023
medium
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The ____ of the trouble was the decision to allow non-members into the club.
1
root
2
stem
3
mould
4
trigger
22
PYQ 2023
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Van Gogh suffered from depression _____ by overwork and ill-health.
1
comming about
2
taken up
3
brought on
4
put through
23
PYQ 2023
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I feel we should adopt his final words as our ___ light.
1
leading
2
glowing
3
guiding
4
gleaming
24
PYQ 2023
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If young children listen to stories told by different people, they begin to... them
1
discriminate and select between
2
differentiate and evaluate
3
discriminate and reject
4
differentiate and interpret
25
PYQ 2023
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Fill in the blank with suitable word from the options given below :
I was astounded at his ________ lack of knowledge about the continent of Africa.
1
colossal
2
huge
3
great
4
abundent
26
PYQ 2023
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Manager claim we were in desperate _____ of greater investment in our industries.
1
requirement
2
excess
3
lack
4
need
27
PYQ 2023
hard
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I have rarely seen such an impressive site as a ____ off buffalo roaming over the Planes.
1
flock
2
swarm
3
herd
4
pack
28
PYQ 2023
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I seem to be ____ in energy this morning.
1
Bereft
2
Short
3
Low
4
Lack
29
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This neighbourhood looks a little ____ and tatty these days.
1
Well heeled
2
Well-off
3
run down
4
down and out
30
PYQ 2023
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The ____ of people who attended the public meeting was surprisingly large.
1
number
2
figure
3
amount
4
sum
31
PYQ 2023
hard
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The film ends with sheriff lying in a ____ half blood.
1
bath
2
pool
3
puddle
4
jet
32
PYQ 2023
medium
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I don't think its fair to ____ a comparison between the two sisters.
1
do
2
strike
3
take
4
draw
33
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The shoplifter claimed she had every ____ of putting the goods back.
1
purpose
2
intention
3
hope
4
aim
34
PYQ 2023
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April is the cruellest month, breeding / lilacs out of the dead land ____ Which path - breaking poem in English Literature begins with these lines?
1
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
2
The Waste Land
3
Ode to a Nightingale
4
The Prelude
35
PYQ 2023
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Unfortunately ____ to often one of our players gives the ball away.
1
every
2
none
3
once
4
all
36
PYQ 2023
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Interpellation, according to Althusser, is a process by which a concrete individual becomes a concrete ____ .
1
Citizen
2
Agent
3
Subject
4
Individual
37
PYQ 2023
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"Close reading" is the term often used to describes the method of ____ .
1
Marxism
2
New Criticism
3
Structuralism
4
Formalism
38
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According to Longinus, sublimity is a certain loftiness and excellence in the use of ____ .
1
Imagery
2
Language
3
Style
4
Grammar
39
PYQ 2023
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Milton's 'Lycidas' is ____ .
1
a ballad
2
an epic
3
an elegy
4
a sonnet
40
PYQ 2023
medium
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Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition:
You have no right to trespass ___ the law of the land.
1
on
2
across
3
against
4
upon the law of the land
41
PYQ 2023
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Its ____ that he forgot three consecutive appointments.
1
unintelligible
2
inscrutable
3
incompatible
4
inconceivable
42
PYQ 2023
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I don't think anything would ____ me to leave this house.
1
prevail
2
induce
3
entail
4
instigate
43
PYQ 2023
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I gather there was ____ doubt as to who should pay the bill.
1
any
2
the
3
some
4
every
44
PYQ 2023
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The painting bears a ____ resembalance to El Greco's earlier work.
1
heated
2
striking
3
fine
4
comparable
45
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The performance in the last scene was quite ____ .
1
describable
2
notable
3
noticeable
4
remarkable
46
PYQ 2023
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French ____ was inaugurated in the 1950s by cultural anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss.
1
Feminism
2
Structuralism
3
Modernism
4
Transculturalism
47
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A negative correlation occurs when __________ scores on one variable are associated with __________ scores on a second variable.
1
Higher; higher
2
Higher; lower
3
Higher; equal
4
Lower: equal