1. This building has been built _____ the new plan.
A) Accordance to
B) about
C) in accordance with
D) for
2. He is going ____ this afternoon.
A) to have his hair cut
B) having his hair cut
C) to have cut his hair
D) to having cut his hair
3. If I had known you were coming, I _____ baked a cake.
A) will have
B) won’t have
C) wouldn’t have
D) would have
4. He came in as quietly as he could ______ not to wake the sleeping children.
A) almost
B) so as
C) whether or
D) although
5. The dancer _____ career was ruined by health problems was on a TV show last night.
A) which
B) whom
C) whose
D) that
6. _____ your help, I would never have managed.
A) not
B) unless
C) despite
D) but for
7. I wish I ______ go to party on saturday.
A) could
B) should
C) would
D) will
8. Let’s go tonight, _____?
A) will we
B) would we
C) won’t we
D) shall we
9. She has her dog put ______ sleep because of its malignant tumor.
A) to
B) down
C) through
D) for
10. A bouquet of flowers _____ required for the function.
A) are
B) have
C) is
D) has
11. Please walk slowly. I can’t ______ with you.
A) hold up
B) come up
C) put up
D) keep up
12. The robbers _______ by the police.
A) have arrested
B) have been arrested
C) was arrested
D) had arrested
13. _______ ! I forgot my wallet
A) shoot
B) alas
C) hurrah
D) hello
14. _________ the bus arrived, the passengers rushed to board it.
A) In order that
B) Just that
C) no sooner
D) As soon as
15. Pick out the antonym of ‘noble’.
A) innoble
B) unnoble
C) ignoble
D) disnoble
16. The adverb of ‘public’ is
A) publicly
B) publicise
C) publically
D) publicaly
17. Pick out the meaning of the idiom in the sentence.
She stood by her husband in weal and woe.
A) during the surgery
B) by hood and crook
C) in prosperity and adversity
D) during illness
18. Choose the sentence with the proper word order.
Which/with/has/not/form/she/an accident/ las February/ recovered/ me Apurva.
A) Last February Apurva met with an accident from which she has not recovered.
B) Apurva met with an accident last February from which she has not recovered.
C) Apurva met with an accident from which she has not recovered last February.
D) Apurva has not recovered from last February an accident which she met with.
19. Pick out the right expression in reported speech:
He said to her, “What a cold day”!
A) He told her that it was a cold day.
B) He told her sorrowfully that it was a cold day.
C) He exclaimed that it was a cold day.
D) He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was a cold day.
20. Choose the right word which means “propel”.
A) drive
B) Jettison
C) Burst
D) Acclimatize
Reporter Grade II (NCA- AT) 130/23
Answer Key
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. A
8. D
9. A
10. C
11. D
12. B
13. A
14. D
15. C
16. A
17. C
18. B
19. C
20. A
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