SI & Receptionist • General English
Based on the passage provided, from which city did Graham Bell make the telephone call of his invention to the Emperor?
A)
Brazil
B)
Edinborough
C)
Philadelphia
D)
Boston
The well-known Bell–Brazil episode took place in Philadelphia.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom 'true to their salt' in the statement: 'The soldiers were true to their salt'
A)
unfaithful to their employers
B)
faithful to their employers
C)
hard-working
D)
brave
“True to their salt” means faithful to their employers.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Choose the word which best fills the blank: As a last ____________ he has appealed to the Principal
A)
method
B)
resort
C)
chance
D)
course
“As a last resort” is the standard phrase.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom 'by long odds' in the statement: 'He is by long odds the greatest living magician'
A)
probably
B)
not by fact
C)
most decidedly
D)
very far
“By long odds” means by a large margin/most decidedly.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word 'above' in the sentence: 'The moral law is above the civil law'
A)
Noun
B)
Preposition
C)
Adjective
D)
Adverb
“Above” precedes a noun phrase, so it functions as a preposition.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom 'at sixes and sevens' in the statement: 'When I entered the house everything was at sixes and sevens'
A)
in accordance
B)
in disorder
C)
at par
D)
in sync
“At sixes and sevens” means in disorder.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Based on the passage provided, why was the teaching activity undertaken by Bell considered 'noble'?
A)
he was teaching the physically underprivileged persons.
B)
there was nobody else in the field of education
C)
he did not accept any salary for the job.
D)
he was a very famous scientist of his times.
Teaching disadvantaged/physically underprivileged people made the work noble.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word 'itself' in the sentence: 'The town itself is not very large'
A)
Noun
B)
Verb
C)
Pronoun
D)
Adjective
“Itself” is a reflexive pronoun.
SI & Receptionist • General English
According to its use in the passage, what does the word 'dedicated' mean?
A)
Appointed
B)
Devoted
C)
Deployed
D)
Religious
Dedicated means devoted.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Use the correct verb-form to fill in the blank: The train ____________ before we reach the station
A)
will have left
B)
will leave
C)
will be leaving
D)
will have been leaving
Future perfect: the train will have left before the future point.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Choose the word which best fills the blank: The truth had been ____________ into them.
A)
spoken
B)
drummed
C)
dictated
D)
digested
“Drummed into them” means taught/repeated until firmly learned.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom 'after a fashion' in the statement: 'She knows the language after a fashion'
A)
at the last moment
B)
just in time
C)
completely
D)
to a certain degree
“After a fashion” means to a certain degree or imperfectly.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom 'made ducks and drakes of' in the statement: 'The young man made ducks and drakes of his inheritance'
A)
gave up
B)
made use of
C)
digress
D)
squandered
“Make ducks and drakes of” means squander or waste.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom 'put me in my kettle' in the statement: 'This unexpected new difficulty put me in my kettle'
A)
burned my efforts
B)
roused me to do my best
C)
turned everything into ashes
D)
made me helpless
The idiom means the difficulty left him helpless or in a fix.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom 'turns even his errors to account' in the statement: 'He turns even his errors to account'
A)
accept
B)
remember
C)
submit
D)
profits by them
“Turn errors to account” means profit from or make use of them.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Choose the word which best fills the blank: The criminal seems to have acted in ____________ with three others
A)
coalition
B)
collision
C)
collusion
D)
cohesion
Collusion means secret cooperation, especially for deceitful purposes.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Based on the passage provided, how did the North Americans pay their last respects to Bell?
A)
attending his funeral
B)
suspending telephone lines for sometime during funeral
C)
establishing an institution for the deaf and dumb
D)
showing their readiness to help the poor and needy
Telephone lines were suspended briefly as a tribute during the funeral.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Use the correct verb-form to fill in the blank: If she ____________ hard, she would have passed.
A)
had been working
B)
worked
C)
had worked
D)
works
Third conditional: “If she had worked hard, she would have passed.”
SI & Receptionist • General English
Pick the correct clause for the underlined words in the sentence: 'He met a girl whose eyes were blue'
A)
Noun Clause
B)
Adverb Clause of Reason
C)
Adjective Clause
D)
Adverb Clause of Comparison
“Whose eyes were blue” is an adjective (relative) clause describing the girl.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom 'came to a head' in the statement: 'The dispute over the land came to a head this week'
A)
reached a crises
B)
came to a stop
C)
was overturned
D)
in full swing
“Came to a head” means reached a crisis or critical point.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Use the correct verb-form to fill in the blank: My sister ____________ treatment these days.
A)
takes
B)
has been taking
C)
is taking
D)
took
“These days” calls for present continuous: “is taking.”
SI & Receptionist • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom 'gall and wormwood' in the statement: 'Prohibition is gall and wormwood to the distillers'
A)
abhorrent
B)
hurtful
C)
hateful
D)
profitable
“Gall and wormwood” means something intensely bitter/abhorrent.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word 'enough' in the sentence: 'You know well enough what I mean'
A)
Noun
B)
Preposition
C)
Adverb
D)
Verb
“Enough” modifies “well” and is an adverb.
SI & Receptionist • General English
According to its use in the passage, what does the word 'Patent' mean?
A)
official right to buy an invention
B)
blatant
C)
without doubt
D)
official right to use or sell an invention
A patent gives an official right to use/sell an invention.
SI & Receptionist • General English
Choose the word which best fills the blank: He is extremely ____________, he would believe anything you tell him.
A)
affable
B)
reliable
C)
believable
D)
gullible
Gullible means easily persuaded or deceived.
