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First Semester B.E. Degree Examination, June/Jul 2019
Technical English - I
(COMMON TO ALL BRANCHES)
Time: 3 hrs.] [Max. Marks: 100
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES
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- Answer all the hundred questions, each question carries ONE mark.
- Use only Black ball point pen for writing / darkening the circles.
- For each question, after selecting your answer, darken the appropriate circle corresponding to the same question number on the OMR sheet.
- Darkening two circles for the same question makes the answer invalid.
- Damaging/overwriting, using whiteners on the OMR sheets are strictly prohibited.
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Select the correct Prefix or Suffix from the Options given to complete the gap : (Q.No. 1 to Q.No.7)
- dextrous
- Anit
- Amb
- Ante
- An
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- bolism
- meta
- theta
- mega
- Hypo
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- adventure
- dis
- mis
- un
- mal
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- dontics
- ortho
- nano
- Demo
- out
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- Block
- aid
- ade
- ail
- ant
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- Colon
- tion
- ship
- isation
- ment
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- Fear
- ship
- less
- ous
- ent
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Choose the correct synonym for the following words (Q.No.8 to Q.No.12)
- Assent:
- Consent
- Present
- Content
- Contempt
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- Bias:
- Proportion
- Prejudice
- Probe
- Peace
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- Comprehend :
- Understand
- Smart
- Good
- Disagree
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- Deceit :
- ailment
- Fraud
- Dear
- Crime
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- Care:
- need
- Seed
- heed
- bleed
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- My elder brother is M.A, where as I am only a B.A.
- a
- on
- the
- that
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- USA is the richest country in the World
- A
- An
- The
- That
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- He is European but his wife is Indian.
- a, an
- an, a
- a, the
- An, the
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- Honesty is one of the choicest gift.
- A
- An
- The
- No article is needed
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- He is ablest man in town.
- the
- a
- an
- None
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- I learning English grammar for many days
- have
- has
- have been
- has been
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- your failures known to all?
- Are
- is
- Has
- was
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- I him very well
- Knowing
- know
- known
- knows
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- He told me that he solve all the sums
- can
- could
- were
- did
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- She playing table tennis since morning
- has been
- has
- have
- have been
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- She not come here unless I invite her
- shall
- will
- has
- has been
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- We eat so that we live.
- should
- would
- may
- Dare
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Choose the suitable Homophones for the following words: (Q.No.25 to Q.No.29)
- Air:
- Heir
- ear
- dear
- hire
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- Bare:
- Bale
- Bear
- Brake
- Hair
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- Cast:
- Caste
- Chaste
- taste
- waste
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- Die:
- Due
- Dye
- Day
- Dice
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- Gate:
- Guilt
- Gilt
- Gait
- Mate
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- The Pronunciation of Definite article the betbre a consonant is
- thee
- th-uh
- th-hu
- th-eh
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- Which of the following is an adjective derived from adjective root?
- Active
- Single
- Golden
- Boyish
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- Jack and Peter dislike
- One another
- each other
- each one
- each another
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- I hear foot steps
- Bravo!
- Oops!
- Hark!
- Fie!
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- Cautious in speech or action is called
- Discreet
- Discrete
- Degree
- Decree
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- I have learnt these by heart
- Poetry
- Poetries
- Poems
- Poem
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- Which of the following word has /i :/ sound?
- Car
- Seat
- Fit
- books
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- Which of the following word has /æ/ sound
- Car
- bad
- said
- dot
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- Which of the following word has/t/ sound
- father
- but
- love
- beat
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Select the missing silent letters from the options given. Check the spelling carefully. (Q.No.39 to Q.No.43)
- Crum:
- d
- b
- t
- s
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- Su tle
- b
- t
- d
- p
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- Han Kerchief
- p
- t
- b
- d
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- Co nac
- b
- c
- g
- d
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- Clou
- gh
- ht
- ch
- hg
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- Which of the following skills has the largest share in communication time in schools/colleges?
- Listening
- Reading
- Writing
- Spelling
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- Body language is also known as
- Leakage
- Physical communication
- Overflow
- Noise
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- Which of these is a communication skill?
- talking clearly
- Looking bored
- Laughing
- Running
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- Which of these is a Intrapersonal Communication barrier?
- Lack of knowledge
- Reading
- Listening
- Writing
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- Which of the following can become a type of written communication?
- Pictures
- Meetings
- Letters
- Rules
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Select the correct spelling for each of these commonly misspelled words (Q.No.49 to Q.No.53)
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-
- abandon
- abondan
- abandan
- abanden
-
- beleive
- believe
- belive
- believ
-
- Calendar
- Calender
- Calandar
- Calaner
-
- deceive
- decieve
- deceve
- decive
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- Grammore
- Gramor
- Grammar
- Gramer
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Identify the Parts of Speech of the underlined words from the given options : (Q.No.54 to Q.No 57)
- "Unfortunately, they haven't been paying on time recently.
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Verb
- Adverb
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- "His colour is very dark"
- Verb
- Noun
- Preposition
- Adverb
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- "Hunger made me steal"
- Abstract noun
- Common noun
- Proper noun
- Collective noun
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- "India is a great Country".
- Proper noun
- Verb
- Common noun
- Adverb
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Choose the appropriate Antonym for the following words: (Q.No.58 to Q.No.62)
- Abundance
- earth
- dearth
- birth
- death
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- Discount :
- differ
- premium
- few
- retreat
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- Enthusiaism :
- Zeal
- indifference
- more
- differ
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- Postpone :
- Prepone
- Advance
- Often
- Before
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- Numerous :
- some
- few
- all
- many
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Choose the appropriate Question Tag, to complete the following sentences (Q.No.63 to Q.No.67)
- 'You can't take exams lightly'.
- can you?
- could you?
- can't you?
- couldn't you?
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- "Mother is so happy"
- was she?
- isn't she?
- can't she?
- did she?
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- "We played well"
- Didn't we?
- Did we?
- weren't we?
- don't we?
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- 'The question was not so easy'
- was it?
- is it?
- wasn't it?
- isn't it?
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- 'Let us start the meeting'
- can't we?
- shall we?
- are we?
- didn't we?
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Choose the correct pair of words from the given options. (Q.No.68 to Q.No.69)
- Ankle:
- angle
- uncle
- banker
- bangle
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- Shoes :
- Choose
- Chase
- Chide
- base
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- China lies the north of India
- To
- for
- above
- on
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- Translate this passage from English Kannada
- in
- into
- to
- from
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- Let us discuss `Female literacy in India".
- on
- about
- of
- No preposition is needed
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- It is hardly ten years the reform was introduced
- on
- over
- since
- about
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- It was because of you, that he was able to see his plans
- of, on
- to with
- of through
- to, of
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- He kept telling me to give smoking
- on, up
- at, on
- on, to
- up, on
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- Can you bring me books?
- few
- a few
- the few
- little
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- I can't write this letter now as I have other matters to attend
- At
- To
- for
- on
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- With your help, I could tide my difficulties
- away
- off
- against
- over
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- Entry this auditorium is ticket
- to, by
- in, through
- to, of
- into, by
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- The Plural of the word "Furniture" is
- Furnitures
- Furniture
- Furnitureses
- More Furnitures
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- Which of the following noun is not used as plural?
- Mankind
- Sisters
- Wages
- Goods
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- We are of the same Profession.
- Brothers
- Sons
- Brethren
- Cousins
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- Have you heard of
- His
- Him
- He
- You
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- It was that gave the first blow.
- Me
- Mine
- I
- his
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- of the players was given a medal
- Every
- Each
- their
- whom
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- Your description was
- More perfect
- Most perfect
- Perfect
- Perfectest
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- Your performance gave me satisfaction
- Full
- Fuller
- Fullest
- Most full
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- He is the member of the club
- Eldest
- Oldest
- Elder
- None
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- He comes from a village than mine.
- Further
- Furthest
- Farther
- Father
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- 'Later' denotes Time, 'Latter' denotes.
- Number
- Position
- Measure
- Close to.
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- The cattle grazing.
- was
- were
- is
- has
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- Either of the two boys welcome
- are
- were
- is
- have
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- It was hot to drink.
- Too
- Very
- Much
- Most
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- I got up at 6 a.m and it was dark
- Yet
- Untill
- Still
- till
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- The experiments are not over
- still
- of course
- yet
- Quite.
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- lf, "Commonsense" is objective, then "Common sense" is
- an adverb
- a noun
- a verb
- An adjective
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- The teacher ordered me to write ink
- with
- in
- on
- over
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- The Lion sprang the cow to kill it
- upon
- on
- over
- above
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- Sheela resembles her mother
- with
- on
- from
- No preposition needed
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- I have been waiting for you the last three days
- since
- for
- over
- from
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