UPTET 2019: Mostly Asked English Grammar Questions

UPTET 2019 : Practice Important English Questions

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Directions (Q1-4): Find out whether there is any grammatical error. The error if any will be in one of the parts (1), (2) or (3) as marked in the sentence. If there is no error, your answer is (4)

Q1. Myself and Gopalan (1)/will take care of (2)/ the function on Sunday (3)/ No error (4)
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Q2. May I (1)/ know who you want (2)/to see please (3)/ No error (4)
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Q3. A group of friends (1)/ want to visit (2)/the new plant as early as possible (3)/No error(4)
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Q4. On a holiday (1)/Sudha prefers reading (2)/than going out visiting friends (3)/No error (4).
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Directions (Q5-6): Out of the four alternatives given in each question. Find the one which is most opposite in meaning to the word given in capitals.

Q5. CONCEDE
(a) object
(b) accede
(c) grant
(d) refuse

Q6. MALIGN
(a) praise
(b) purify
(c) disparage
(d) repress

Directions (Q7-8): Choose the word or phrase which is most nearly the same in meaning to the key word.

Q7. Trivial
(a) momentous
(b) frivolous
(c) important
(d) truss

Q8. Magnanimous
(a) luxurious
(b) generous
(c) low-minded
(d) vindictiveness

Directions (Q9-10): Select the most appropriate word from the four words given below the sentence to fill in the blank in it and complete its meaning.

Q9. When I called _________ his residence this morning he was still in bed
(a) in
(b) on
(c) at
(d) for

Q10. Priya worked _______ midnight.
(a) until
(b) till
(c) to
(d) along

Solutions

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. Replace “myself and Gopalan” by ‘Gopalan and and I”.
The personal pronouns should be in the order 231, that is 2nd person 3rd person 1st person.
Any name is the third person.
So, it will be “Gopalan and I’.
Here myself can’t be used as subjective pro-noun is needed.

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Replace ‘who’ by ‘whom’.

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Replace “want” by “wants”
Subject “a group” is singular.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Replace “than” by “to”.
Verb “Prefer” is followed by preposition “to.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Concede (Verb) = to accede, to admit.
Refuse (Verb) = deny, turn down.

S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. Malign (Verb) = slander, to say bad things about somebody/something publicly.
Praise (Verb) = express warm approval or admiration of.

S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. Trivial (Adjective) = not important or serious: frivolous

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. Magnanimous (Adjective) = kind, generous and forgiving.

S9. Ans.(c)
Sol.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol.

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