In competitive exams, General English evaluates your functional understanding of English Language and English Grammar. The Bihar government has entrusted the BPSC with conducting the Teacher Eligibility Test this year. The BPSC Bihar Teacher syllabus for this examination has been released. If you are preparing for the Bihar Teacher Recruitment exam, please note that the English language section carrying 9 marks having 1/3rd negative marking has been made mandatory. In CTET 30 marks English Questions carrying 30 marks is mandatory.
Scoring well in the General English section is often the deciding factor in clearing prestigious recruitment tests. Whether you are preparing for central and state teacher eligibility exams like CTET, KVS, DSSSB, NVS, REET, Super TET, HPTET, UPTET, BPSC TET ,MPTET ,Bihar STET, BPSC TRE 4.0 or aiming for broader government tests such as SSC, Banking (IBPS/SBI), and State PSCs, a firm command of basic and advanced English grammar rules is non-negotiable.
English Grammar Mock Test for Teacher & Competitive Exams
Q. Choose the correct sentence.
A. The committee was divided on this point.
B. The committee was one on this point.
C. The committee have one on this point. way
D. The committee were one on this point
Answer: – B
Q. Which of the following is an example of Simile ?
A. Anxiety is sitting on her face
B. Life is a dream
C. A lie has no legs
D. I wandered lonely as a cloud
Answer: – D
Q. Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
“The visitors were shown the new-born by the woman.”
A. The woman showed the visitors the new-born.
B. The woman has shown the new-born
C. The woman might have shown the new-born.
D. The new-born was shown to the visitors by the woman.
Answer: – A
Q. Select the antonym for the word.
‘Adverse’
A. Inimical
B. Friendly
C. Unwilling
D. Hostile
Answer: – B
Q. Fill in the blank with correct word to complete the proverb.
“Blood is ______ than water.”
A. Purer
B. Thicker
C. Precious
D. Thinner
Answer: – B
Q. Give one word substitution for :
The scientific study of insects.
A. Mycology
B. Entomology
D. Criminology
C. Meteorology
Answer: – B
Q7. Point out the correct direct speech of the following.
I asked why he was looking through the keyhole.
A. Why are you looking through the keyhole ?’ I said.
B. Do not look through the keyhole’ 1 said.
C. You are looking through the keyhole ?’ I said.
D. ‘Are you looking through the keyhole ?” I said.
Answer: – A
Q. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense.
My daughter never (write) to me so I never (know) what she (do).
A. My daughter never writes to me so I never know what she is doing.
B. My daughter never write to me so I never knew what she does.
C. My daughter never writes to me so I never knew what she does.
D. My daughter never wrote to me so I never knew what she do.
Answer: – A
Q. Pick out the correct synonym of the word.
‘Cantankerous’
A. Noisy
B. Quarrelsome
C. Disrespectful
D. Rash
Answer: – B
Q. Pick out the sentence that has a demonstrative adjective in it.
A. Each of them received ten rupees.
B. This kind of question is often asked in examinations.
C. His written statement differs from his oral one.
D. It is a twenty-kilometers walk.
Answer: – B
Read the given passage and the questions that follow (Q. No. 01 to 05) by selecting the most appropriate option.
Helicopters are very different from airplanes. They can do three things that airplanes cannot do. First, when airplanes move upward, they must also move forward, but helicopters can move straight up without moving ahead. Second, helicopters can fly backward, which airplanes cannot do. Third, helicopters can use their rotors to hover in the air, which impossible for planes. Helicopters can perform actions that airplanes. cannot, they are used for different tasks. Since helicopters can take off without moving forward, they do not need a runway for take off. They are used in congested areas where there is no room for airplanes or in isolated areas, which do not have airports. Because they can hover, they are used on fire fighting missions to drop water on fires. They are used in logging operations to lift trees out of forests. Helicopters are used as air ambulances to airlift patients out of situations, which are difficult to reach, by conventional ambulances. The police use helicopters to follow suspects on the ground or to search for cars on the ground. Of course, helicopters have military uses because of their design and capabilities.
Q01. The word ‘congested’ in the passage means
A. The place can be accessed by police vans
B. The place has no place
C. The place has so much of smoke due to fire
D. The place is roomy
Answer: – B
Q02. A helicopter can hover while an airplane cannot, according to the passage. ‘Hover’ in the passage means
A. Go backward in the air
B. Move straight up in the air
C. Fly sideways
D. Stay at one place in the air
Answer: – D
Q03. Point out the grammatical category of the word ‘perform’ in the passage.
A. Adverb
B. Verb
C. Helping verb
D. Noun
Answer: – B
Q04. Why is a helicopter used as an ambulance?
A. It reaches the inaccessible places easily
B. It crosses all difficulties of traffic
C. It can firefight
D. Its movement can be manoeuvred easily
Answer: – A
Q05. Point out the grammatical category of the underlined word ‘very’ in the above passage.
A. Noun
B. Adjective
C. Verb
D. Adverb
Answer: – D
Q. Bees are kept in
A. An apiary
B. A nursery
C. An aquarium
D. A pantry
Answer: – A
7. The idiom ‘green-eyed monster’ means
A. To be angry
B. To be sick
C. To be blind
D. To be jealous
Answer: – D
Q. Select the sentence in which the article has been wrongly used.
A. A pupil should obey his teacher.
B. Twelve inches make a foot.
C. He is a European.
D. He is a M.A.
Answer: – D
Q. Pick the correct question tag from the options.
People shouldn’t drink and drive, ______
A. isn’t it?
B. should not they?
C. shall they?
D. should they?
Answer : – D
Q. Point out the part that has an error in the sentence.
A. You are learning English
B. for the last one year
C. but you show
D. no improvement at all.
A. C
B. B
C. D
D. A
Answer: – D
Q. ‘To chew the cud’ correctly means
A. To meditate
B. To die on duty
C. To inculcate virtues
D. Contrive against someone
Answer: – A
Q. Complete the following sentence with most appropriate choice.
‘He was very much ashamed ____________his mischief.’
A. with
B. of
C. over
D. for
Answer: – B
Q. Complete the following sentence with appropriate choice.
‘_______he stood first, he would have gone to America.’
A. Have
B. Had
C. Anyways
D. If
Answer: – B
Q. Fill in the blank.
‘Of the sword and pen the ________is more powerful.’
A. latter
B. later
C. last
D. last one
Answer: – A
Q. Which prefix can be used with the following words?
behave, guide, use
A. mis
B. dis
C. re
D. in
Answer: – A
Read the following passage and Answer the questions from 86 to 90 based on it.
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. The general recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase, It is the busiest man who has time to spare.’ Thus, an elderly lady at leisure can spend the entire day writing a postcard to her niece. An our will be spent in finding the postcard, another hunting for spectacles, half an hour to search for the address, an hour and a quarter in composition and twenty minutes in deciding whether or not to take an umbrella when going to the pillar box in the street. The total effort that would occupy a busy man for three minutes, all told, may in this fashion leave another person completely exhausted after a day of doubt, anxiety and toil.
Q. What is the total time spent by the elderly lady in writing a postcard?
A. Four hours and five minutes
B. A full day
C. Half an hour
D. Three minutes
Answer: – B
7. What happens when the time to be spent on some work increases ?
A. The work consumes all the time
B. The work is done leisurely
C. The work needs additional time
D. The work is done smoothly
Answer: – A
8. What does the expression pillar box’ stand for ?
A. Box office
B. A box in the pillar
C. A pillar-type post box
D. A box attached to the pillar
Answer: – C
Q. Who is the person likely to take more time to do work ?
A. A man of leisure
B. An elderly person
C. An exhausted person
D. A busy man
Answer: – A
Q. Point out the most appropriate explanation of the sentence. ‘Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.’
A. If you have more time, you can do more work.
B. Whatever time is available for a given amount of work, all of it will be used.
C. If you have some important work to do, you should always have some additional time.
D. The more work there is to be don more the time needed.
Answer: – B
English Grammar mock test for teacher exam (BPSC TRE 4.0 English Language Practice MCQ’s)
Q. Choose the alternative which best expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The invitation cards will be sent today.
(A) they will be sending the invitation cards today.
(B) they will send the invitation cards today.
(C) they will sent the invitation cards today.
(D) they will have sent the invitation cards today.
(E) not attempted
Answer – (A)
Q. Choose the most appropriate alternative to fill in the blank.
The noise comes from ________ the river.
(A) over
(B) across
(C) against
(D) besides
(E) not attempted
Answer – (B)
Q. Find out the correct indirect speech of the following sentence.
He said, “do you know german ?”
(A) he asked me if i knew german.
(B) i asked him if he knew german.
(C) he asked me to know german.
(D) he asked me if he knew german.
(E) not attempted
Answer – (A)
Q. Find out the part of the sentence which has an error.
A. If he is a millionaire,
B. he would help
C. the millennium project
D. in the future
(1) (c)
(B) (d)
(C) (a)
(D) (b)
(E) not attempted
Answer – (A)
Q. Find out the antonym of ‘absurd’.
(A) sane
(B) refuse
(C) silly
(D) anxious
(E) not attempted
Answer – (A)
Q. Pick out the synonym of the underlined word in the following sentence.
The cellphone industry has ushered a new phase of communication.
(A) heralded
(B) collapsed
(C) completed
(D) given up
(E) not attempted
Answer – (A)
Q. Fill in the blank with the appropriate option given below.
If you ________ no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in life.
(A) have
(B) having
(C) has
(D) had not
(E) not attempted
Answer – (A)
Q. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom.
He had to confess his crime because he was caught red handed.
(A) caught very late
(B) caught while doing the crime
(C) caught sleeping
(D) caught easily
(E) not attempted
Answer – (B)
Q. Pick out the correctly spelt word.
(A) minipulation
(B) manipeulation
(C) manipulation
(D) menipulation
(E) not attempted
Answer – (C)
Q. Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Many beggars sat ________ the wall of the temple.
(A) along
(B) in
(C) on
(D) besides
(E) not attempted
Answer – (A)
Q. Choose the correctly spelt word.
(A) Humorus
(B) Humorous
(C) Humoros
(D) Humarous
(E) Not Attempted.
Answer – (B)
Q. Choose the alternative which best expresses the given sentence in Passive Voice.
The accountant took the cheque from the Customer.
(A) The cheque is taken from the customer by the accountant.
(B) The cheque was taken from the customer by the accountant.
(C) The customer was taken the cheque by the accountant.
(D) The cheque had been taken from the customer by the accountant.
(E) Not attempted
Answer – (B)
Q. In the following question, the first and the last part of the sentence are numbered S1 & S6.
The rest of the sentence is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are jumbled. Re-arrange them in correct order.
S1 – Even today in many countries
P – neglected and there are far
Q – women continue to be
R – who have had the benefit of
S – fewer women than men
S6 – education and vocation training
(1) PQRS
(B) QPSR
(C) RQPS
(D) SQRP
(E) Not Attempted
Answer – (B)
Q. Change the following sentence into Indirect Speech.
Shakti said to his friend, “Look out! there is a snake behind you”.
(A) Shakti told his friend to look out as there is a snake behind him.
(B) Shakti exclaimed to his friend with surprise that there could be a snake behind him.
(C) Seeing a snake behind him, shakti asked his friend to look out.
(D) Shakti warned his friend that there was a snake behind him.
(E) Not attempted
Answer – (B)
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