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FIFTH SEMESTER (CBCSS—UG) DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2022
English

ENG 5D 01—ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS
(2019 Admission onwards)
Time : Two Hours Maximum : 60 Marks
I. Answer the following in a sentence or two (2 marks each)
1 Select the most appropriate synonym for the word ‘adulterated’
(a) Combined. (b) Fused.
(c) Contaminated. (d) Concentrated.
2 Select the most appropriate antonym for the word ‘provoke’.
(a) Encourage. (b) Beckon.
(€) Appease. (d) Stimulate.

3 A Government run by a dictator is termed ———————_.

(a) Autocracy. (b) Democracy.
(c) Oligarchy. (d) Theocracy.
4 Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression ‘to burn one’s fingers’ from the given
options :
(a) Get into trouble. (b) Burn oneself.
(c) Getinsulted. (d) Get rebuked.

5 Choose the correct spelling :
(a) Commitee. (b) Comittee
(c) Committee. (d) Committey

6 Fill the blanks with an appropriate preposition :

Eggs are sold ———————— the dozen.
(8) at. (b) 10.
(c) by. (d) in

7 Fill the blanks with articles, if needed :

I go to Madurai by ‏ل ب ب‎ Vaigai Express.

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