Directions (11 – 15): In the following questions, sentences ar | GOPAL VERMA ENGLISH

Directions (11 – 15): In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by blackening the appropriate oval in the Answer Sheet.

11. My tennis player is a ____; she will not play mixed doubles in shorts or a tennis skirt; she is overly concerned about being proper or modest.
(a) admonish                  (b) prude
(c) rude                          (d) loyal
12. Sometimes it is good to __ your soul in front of your friends.
(a) bear                          (b) bare
(c) beer                          (d) bar
13. If you are worried about the problem, you should do something ___ it.
(a) against                      (b) with
(c) for                                      (d) about
14. This is entirely ____ you and me.
(a) between                    (b) from
(c) among                       (d) amidst
15. The mother parted ____ her married daughter in sorrow.
(a) for                                      (b) off
(c) away                         (d) from
16. This movie is directed by Steven Spielberg, _____?
(a) hasn’t he                            (b) hasn’t it
(c) isn’t it                        (d) isn’t he
17. ____ can be no excuses this time, students!
(a) They’re                      (b) They
(c) Their                         (d) There
18. Tables are usually made ___ wood.
(a) from                          (b) of
(c) with                           (d) by
19. All of them are surprised ___ her rudeness.
(a) with                          (b) upon
(c) at                              (d) on
20. When Wilbur Wright tried to sell his flying machine to the U.S. Government, the officials in charge were _____
(a) highly misunderstood
(b) grudging sceptical
(c) grudgingly unhappy
(d) highly sceptical