ENGLISH FOR SKILL ENHANCEMENT

QUESTION BANK
SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. What is sentence? Mention its different types.
2. Why does the author label the word check as the American National Expression?
3. What is Word formation? Mention its types with its examples.
4. Explain the techniques for Precise writing.
5. Explain the phrase “Bharat Brand of English” according to R K Narayan.
6. Why does Sudha Murthy think that JRD Tata is a great man?
7. Distinguish Skimming and Scanning.
8. ‘Lady Candidates need not apply’ by seeing this ad, how Sudha Murty was reacted?
9. Sketch the character of JRD Tata? Explain how he inspired Sudha Murty?
10. Describe any object about 200 words?
A) Mobile Phones or B) Trees
11. Summaries the journey of Sudha Murty as a college student to entrepreneur?
12. Convey in your own words what Sudha Murty, wrote in her postcard to JRD Tata. What
reply did she receive?
13. Distinguish intensive reading and extensive reading?
14. Write a leave letter in to the principal for seeking permission of two days leave?
15. Analyze blending of offline learning and online learning is useful to students?

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
I. Fill in the blanks by adding suitable Affix to the word given in the bracket
1. You need a ………………………… (Combine) of hard work and determination to succeed.
2. She ………………………….. (estimate) her strength, she lacks confidence.
3. It is _____________ to kill endangered animals (legal)
II. Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with suitable articles
4. I always use ----- pencil.
5. Have you been to -------- Nilgiri hills.
6. I have been waiting here for ________ hour.
7. ___________ Andaman and Nicobar Islands and _____________ Srilanka are both close to
India.
III. Fill in the blanks
8. In _______country bus you will not hear the conductor cry 'TICKET, TICKET'
9. ____________ is the process of making new words.
10. Are you ____________ right now? (Write the antonym for busy)
11. “Toasted English” is written by ____
12. Toasted English is a ____________ essay.
13.“Appro JRD” is a famous essay written by ____

14. _____________ means “our” in Guajarati

15. ____________was the uncrowned king of the Indian Industry.
16. Sudha left TELCO to help her husband build________
17. ---------- is the Head quarter of the Tata Group
18. I bought a ____________ of gloves. (pare, pair, pear)

19. She wanted to ___________ her favorite outfit (wear, ware).

Fill in the blanks with suitable pronoun.

20. Everyone should bring …………. own textbook.

21. The United States is known for ………… military strength.

22. The members of the jury disagreed among _____________.

23. You and I have wasted _________ time.

24. Rs 20000 a month __________ a good salary for a beginner. (Simple present of be form).

25. Neither Murali nor Tara ____________ the answer to this questions (Simple present of know).

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Can you cook lunch?

a) Imperative sentence b) Interrogative sentence

c) Exclamatory sentence d) Assertive sentence

2. The food made him happy

a) Imperative sentence b) Interrogative sentence

c) Assertive sentence d) exclamatory sentence

3. “Toasted English" is a famous essay written by____

a) R.K Narayan b) Shashi Tharoor c) Kamala Suraiyya d) Chetan Bhagat

4. ‘ly’ in the word ‘slowly’ is an example for____

a) Preposition b) Adjectives c) Prefix d) Suffix
5. ‘Un’ in the word ‘unhappy’ is an example for ____
a) Preposition b) Adjectives c) Prefix d) Suffix

6. ____ is an essay by R.K Narayan

a) Toasted English b) Malgudi Days c) The Coolie d) The Guide

7. Choose the synonym for "happy"

a) Sad b) Joyful c) Angry d) Confused
8. Antonym of ‘powerful’___________.
a) powerless b) unpower c) pre power d) none

9. I have known her_______ last year

a) for b) since c) at d) to
10. Refrigerator – fridge is an example of ______
a) Compounding b) blending c) clipping d) conversion

11.’Appro’ means………………………….

a) Our b) your c) we d) m

12. One who helps poor is called?

a) Philanthropist b) entrepreneur c) optimist d) scholar

13. Who is the co-founder of Infosys?

a) Sudha Murthy b) NarayanMurthy c) JRD Tata d) Ratan Tata

14. Who won ‘Bharat Ratna’?

a) Sudha Murthy b) Jamsetji Tata c) JRD Tata d) Moolgaokar

15. Who is the uncrowned king of Indian Industry?

a) JRD Tata b) Jamsetji Tata c) Tata’s d) Sudha Murty

16. Who is the writer of “Appro JRD”?

a) R K Narayan b) Sudha Murty c) JRD Tata c) None

17. Who is Sudha Murthy?

(a)Technologist b) Philanthropist c) Writer d) All the above

18. Who said this - "Never start with diffidence, Always Start with Confidence"?
a). Sudha Murthy b) Ratan Tata c) JRD d) Jamshetji

19. Whose photos does Sudha Murthy have on her office wall?
a)Her parents b) Narayana Murthy c) Her children d) JRD and Jamshetji Tata
20. Why did Sudha Murthy raise against Gender discrimination?
a. She loved to work
b. She saw an advertisement, which tells "Lady candidates need not apply"
c. She was humiliated a lot.
d. None of the above
I MATCH THE FOLLOWING
1. Yearly (a) compulsory
2. Broad (b) careful
3. Appear (c)clear
4. Lucid (d) annually
5. Mandatory (e) seem
(f) wide

II MATCH THE FOLLOWING

1. He was fair – skinned (a) slightly above average quality
2. It wasn’t a fair deal (b) financial institution
3. I sat on the bank of a river (c) free from bias or deception
4. She withdrew money from the bank (d) lightly coloured
5. His performance was fair (e) sloping land beside a water body

ANSWERS

Fill in the blanks

S.NO ANSWER S.N ANSWER S.NO ANSWER
O
1 Combination 11 R K Narayan 21 Its

2 Underestimate 12 humorous 22 Themselves

3 Illegal 13 Sudha Murty 23 our

4 A 14 Appro 24 is

5 the 15 JRD 25 knows

6 an 16 Infosys

7 The, no article 17 Bombay

8 London (UK) 18 Pair

 9 neologism 19 Wear

10 Free/leisure 20 their

MULTIPLE CHOICE

S.NO ANSWER S.NO ANSWER

1 b 11 a
2 c 12 a
3 a 13 a
4 d 14 c
5 c 15 a
6 a 16 b
7 b 17 d
8 a 18 c
9 b 19 d
10 c 20 b

MATCH THE FOLLOWING

I SET

1-d, 2- f, 3- e, 4- c, 5 –a

II SET

1-d, 2-c, 3-e, 4-b, 5-a