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 Question 1  | 
Kris Srikkanth, an experienced sports person in the field of
Foot ball  | |
Cricket  | |
Hockey  | |
Table Tennis
  | 
Question 2  | 
A children’s classic Alice in Wonderland is written by
Rudyard Kipling  | |
Edger A. Guest  | |
Lewis Carroll  | |
Ruskin Bond  | 
Question 3  | 
When Alice came to a crossroads during her travel she was guided by?
a dog	  | |
a pig  | |
a deer	  | |
a cat  | 
Question 4  | 
” You will ultimately become what your innermost and deep-rooted desire is.”
Who said this?
Sachin Tendulkar  | |
Virat Kholi  | |
Kapil Dev	  | |
Kris Srikkanth  | 
Question 5  | 
How many steps are there in Goal Setting?
4 steps  | |
5 steps  | |
6 steps  | |
7 steps  | 
Question 6  | 
Which is the important step in goal setting process?
Put your goals on paper	  | |
Analyse what the benefits are  | |
Identify obstacles and challenges  | |
Put down milestone with dates  | 
Question 7  | 
Again, it was in my subconscious mind that I wanted to play for India”
Who said this?
Sachin Tendulkar  | |
Virat Kholi	  | |
Kapil Dev  | |
Kris Srikkanth  | 
Question 8  | 
Deep-rooted desire of Kris Srikkanth, a former cricketer is
To open cricket academy  | |
To became Indian coach  | |
To play for India  | |
To became an athlete.  | 
Question 9  | 
Which year India won its first cricket World cup?
1984  | |
1986  | |
1996  | |
1983  | 
Question 10  | 
- After the 1983 world cup, unfortunately my form deteriorated”
 
Kapil dev	  | |
Mohammed Ansari	  | |
Kris Srikkanth	  | |
Sunil Kavaskar  | 
Question 11  | 
- “Don’t worry, cheeka .....you will make it. You will make a comeback in the Indian team, you will be a successful cricketer”
 
Sachin Tendulkar  | |
Virat Kholi  | |
Kapil Dev	  | |
Kris Srikkanth  | 
Question 12  | 
Who is L.Sivaramakrishnan?
Former Indian cricket coach  | |
Famous cricket commentator.  | |
Close friend of Kris Srikkanth  | |
Former BCCI chairman  | 
Question 13  | 
Boss, you wait and watch. In five years time, I’ll captain India.”
Kris Srikkanth, said this words to L.Sivaramakrishnan and others during a Ranji Trophy match in
Delhi  | |
Mumbai  | |
Chennai  | |
Coimbatore  | 
Question 14  | 
Whose deep-rooted desire is to win world cup one day?
Sachin Tendulkar  | |
Virat Kholi	  | |
Suresh Raina  | |
M.S.Dhoni  | 
Question 15  | 
Sachin Tendulkar deep-rooted desire ultimately happened in
1996  | |
2011  | |
2007      | |
2015  | 
Question 16  | 
When you put your heart and soul and you are passionate, you start enjoying what you do”         
Whose words are this?
Sachin Tendulkar  | |
Virat Kholi		  | |
Kapil Dev  | |
Kris Srikkanth  | 
Question 17  | 
According to Kris Srikkanth which is the key word ?
deep rooted desire  | |
passion  | |
attitude  | |
hard work  | 
Question 18  | 
What is the secret of Sachin Tendulkar’s success?
Deep rooted desire  | |
Passion in cricket  | |
Passion in cricket  | |
Hard working  | 
Question 19  | 
According to Kris Srikkanth,the important thing to achieve goal is
Hard work		  | |
Time management  | |
Smart work		  | |
Dreaming about the goal
  | 
Question 20  | 
According to Kris Srikkanth, what plays an important role in choosing the type of career?
The environment	  | |
Personal aspirations  | |
Personality  | |
Parental influence  | 
Question 21  | 
Apart from cricketer Kris Srikkanth also a
Broadcaster  | |
Expert commentator  | |
Former chairman and senior selection committee of the 2011 World cup winning Indian team  | |
All the above  | 
Question 22  | 
Which is the only team to won all forms of world cup in cricket (60 overs,50 overs and 20 overs) ?
Australia  | |
England  | |
India  | |
Srilanka  | 
Question 23  | 
In which part of life Kris Srikkanth had a desire to play cricket?
Childhood  | |
during schooling	  | |
third or fourth year engineering	  | |
post schooling  | 
Question 24  | 
According to Kris Srikkanth, one should not do anything without
goal  | |
passion  | |
involvement  | |
personality  | 
Question 25  | 
Whose great wish was to be part of world cup winning team for India?
Sachin Tendulkar  | |
Virat Kholi  | |
Suresh Raina  | |
v  | 
Question 26  | 
Kris Srikkanth, a part of 1983 world cup winning team who is the captain of that team?
Kris Srikkanth  | |
kapil Dev  | |
Sunil Gavaskar  | |
Amarnath  | 
Question 27  | 
Stopping by woods on snowy evening, is the famous poem of
Robert Frost  | |
William Wordsworth  | |
Walt Whitman  | |
H.W.Longfellow  | 
Question 28  | 
Nationality of Robert Frost
French  | |
American  | |
German  | |
Britain  | 
Question 29  | 
Name the poet who spend his first forty years of life as an unknown entity
Robert Frost  | |
William Wordsworth  | |
Walt Whitman  | |
H.W.Longfellow
  | 
Question 30  | 
How many Pultizter prizes for poetry was won by Robert Frost?
three  | |
seven  | |
five  | |
four  | 
Question 31  | 
Robert Frost was the special guest at the inauguration of
Winston Churchill  | |
Bill Clinton  | |
John F. Kennedy  | |
Abraham Lincoln  | 
Question 32  | 
Find the famous works of Robert Frost
The Road Not Taken   | |
The Road Not Taken   | |
Mending wall  | |
All the above  | 
Question 33  | 
After Apple Picking, is the famous work of
Robert Frost  | |
William Wordsworth  | |
Walt Whitman	  | |
H.W.Longfellow  | 
Question 34  | 
Theme of the poem stopping by woods on a Snowy evening
Nature is beautiful  | |
Love the snowy winter and help the poor.  | |
Life is a gift, live in a healthy manner.  | |
Duty is the important thing, one should not temped by other attraction.  | 
Question 35  | 
“ His house is the village though;”
- Whose house is in the village?
 
The author  | |
The farmer  | |
The child   | |
The owner of the woods  | 
Question 36  | 
“Whose woods these are I think I know”
- What is mean by woods?
 
Hard material from tree.  | |
Raw material for furniture.  | |
An area smaller than forest, consist of thick trees.  | |
Wooden box  | 
Question 37  | 
To watch his woods fill up with snow
Find the figure of speech
Alliteration  | |
Metaphor  | |
Personification  | |
Simle  | 
Question 38  | 
”He gives his harness bells a shake”
Whose shakes harness bells?
The author  | |
The dog	  | |
The horse  | |
The owner  | 
Question 39  | 
”He will not see me stopping here”
Whom does He refers to?
The author	  | |
The narrator  | |
The horse  | |
The owner of the woods
  | 
Question 40  | 
”He will not see me stopping here”
Find the figure of speech
Alliteration  | |
Metaphor  | |
Personification  | |
Simile  | 
Question 41  | 
”My little horse must think it queer”.
Find the figure of speech
Alliteration  | |
Metaphor  | |
Personification  | |
Simile  | 
Question 41 Explanation: 
 Horse is personified with human character of thinking.
Question 42  | 
”______ are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep”
Fill in the blank.
Farmhouse  | |
Woods  | |
Village  | |
Valley  | 
Question 43  | 
” But I have promises to keep”
The above line symbolises
Responsibilities of the narrator  | |
Promise of maintaining nature  | |
Safeguarding the treasure	  | |
Travel a long distance  | 
Question 44  | 
”He will not see me stopping here”
Find out the figure of speech
Simile  | |
Metaphor  | |
Personification  | |
Alliteration  | 
Question 45  | 
”And miles to go before I sleep”
Here sleep symbolises
Rest   | |
maintaining  silence  | |
Heaven  | |
death  | 
Question 46  | 
- The woods are lovely, dark and deep
 - But I have promises to keep,
 - And miles to go before I sleep
 - And miles to go before I sleep
 
aabb  | |
aaba  | |
aaaa  | |
abab  | 
Question 47  | 
”And miles to go before I sleep”
Above is the famous quote of
Robert Frost  | |
William Wordsworth  | |
Walt Whitman  | |
H.W.Longfellow  | 
Question 48  | 
” The darkest evening of the year”
Find the season mentioned in the above line
summer  | |
rainy  | |
winter  | |
spring  | 
Question 49  | 
”And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep”
Above two lines were written in block letters in the desk of
R.K Narayan	  | |
Jawaharlal Nehru	  | |
Obama  | |
Indira Gandhi    
  | 
Question 50  | 
”Of easy wind and downy flake”
Above line symbolise
Sound of the woods  | |
Beauty of the woods  | |
Nature of the forest  | |
Beauty of the farmhouse  | 
Question 51  | 
Who is the main character in the story “The fun they had”?
Tommy  | |
Isaac   | |
Gee  | |
Margie  | 
Question 52  | 
The short story “The fun they had”, set in
past  | |
present  | |
future  | |
decade ago  | 
Question 53  | 
In the short story  “The fun they had” who found the real book?
Tommy  | |
Isaac   | |
Gee  | |
Margie  | 
Question 54  | 
Who wrote in her/his diary that real book found by Tommy?
country inspector  | |
Tommy  | |
Margie  | |
Gee  | 
Question 55  | 
Margie writes dairy on night of
May 10, 2157  | |
May 17, 2157	  | |
May 26, 2157  | |
May 28, 2157  | 
Question 56  | 
Whose grandfather told that his grandfather studied the books printed on paper?
Tommy  | |
Isaac   | |
Gee  | |
Margie  | 
Question 57  | 
Tommy and Margie found very funny to read real book, because
Book is very colourful  | |
Story is very funny  | |
Words in book is stood still  | |
Words in book are running
  | 
Question 58  | 
Who felt that his television screen contains more books and also no need to throw it away?
Tommy  | |
Isaac   | |
Gee  | |
Margie  | 
Question 59  | 
In short story,” The fun they had” Margie is
10 years old	  | |
11 years old  | |
12 years old	  | |
15 years old  | 
Question 60  | 
In short story,” The fun they had” Tommy is
10 years old	  | |
11 years old	  | |
12 years old  | |
13 years old  | 
Question 61  | 
Tommy found the printed book in attic. Attic means
old age box		  | |
old age box		  | |
Shelf   | |
a space below the roof (used as store room)   | 
Question 62  | 
The printed book found by Tommy was about
nature  | |
gardening  | |
proper hygiene  | |
school  | 
Question 63  | 
Identify the speaker
“School? What’s there to write about school? I hate school”
Tommy  | |
Isaac   | |
Gee  | |
Margie  | 
Question 64  | 
Why Margie hate school?
School is very strict  | |
School is at far distance  | |
The mechanical teacher is giving Home Work  | |
She hate her friends  | 
Question 65  | 
The mechanical teacher had been giving her test.
Mechanical teacher refers to
A machine that teaches lesson  | |
A person teaching mechanics  | |
A instructor of the school  | |
None of the above  | 
Question 66  | 
Margie’s school consist of
students, teachers  and mechanical teacher  | |
Students and mechanical teacher  | |
Margie and mechanical teacher  | |
Margie and country instructor  | 
Question 67  | 
Whose mechanical teacher gave test in Geography?
Tommy  | |
Isaac   | |
Gee  | |
Margie  | 
Question 68  | 
Who is a round little man with a red face and a whole box of tools with dials and wires?
Mechanical teacher  | |
Country instructor  | |
Ghee  | |
Robot  | 
Question 69  | 
Why did country instructor came to Margie’s home?
To repair mechanical teacher	  | |
To tech maths to Margie  | |
To repair virtual screen  | |
To update the data  | 
Question 70  | 
Which part of Mechanical teacher is hated by Margie?
Screen showing lesson  | |
Slot for inserting  Homework and test papers  | |
Virtual test paper	  | |
E-books   | 
Question 71  | 
The Mechanical teacher gave test to Margie in which subject?
History  | |
Maths  | |
Geography  | |
Chemistry  | 
Question 72  | 
Margie writes her home work in
Note Book  | |
Slate  | |
Digital paper  | |
Punch code  | 
Question 73  | 
Margie learnt write in punch code when she is
Five years old  | |
Six years old		  | |
Four years old  | |
Seven years old  | 
Question 74  | 
”It’s not little girl’s fault Mrs.Jones”
Who is Mrs.Jones?
Margie’s mother	  | |
Tommy’s sister		  | |
Margie’s guardian  | |
Margie’s niece  | 
Question 75  | 
Why Margie is getting low marks in Geography?
Geography is a difficult subject  | |
Margie hates Geography  | |
Mechanical teacher was geared up to high level  | |
Mechanical teacher doesn’t teach properly  | 
Question 76  | 
Tommy’s Mechanical teacher was taken away because
Tommy broke his Mechanical teacher  | |
Mechanical teacher needs to be updated  | |
History sector of Mechanical Teacher blanked out completely   | |
Tommy brought new Mechanical teacher  | 
Question 77  | 
”A man? How could a man be a teacher?”
Identify the speaker
Margie  | |
Tommy  | |
Country inspector  | |
Margie’s mother  | 
Question 78  | 
”He knows  almost as much, I betcha”
Betcha means
I bet you	  | |
I find you	  | |
I prove you  | |
I believe him  | 
Question 79  | 
Where is Margie’s school?
Near to her home  | |
Next to her bedroom  | |
Opposite building	  | |
Next city  | 
Question 80  | 
Margie went to Schoolroom everyday for learning except
Monday and Tuesday  | |
Friday and  Saturday  | |
Sunday and Monday  | |
Saturday and Sunday  | 
Question 81  | 
When Margie’s Mechanical teacher starts a new lesson in Arithmetic,Margies mind is thinking about
Fun the school students had in olden days  | |
Tomorrow’s test  | |
Geography assignment  | |
Mother  | 
Question 82  | 
The following statement are about Margie’s school .Pick out the wrong statement
Her teacher is a machine  | |
School is at next room  | |
Margie is the only student in her schoolroom  | |
There is a playground in Margie’s school  | 
Question 83  | 
Who is the writer of the imaginary story, “The fun they had”?
Ruskin Bond  | |
Isaac Asimov		  | |
Rudyard Kipling  | |
Charles Dickens  | 
Question 84  | 
Isaac Asimov was
An American writer  | |
A German writer	  | |
A Britain writer	  | |
A Scottish writer  | 
Question 85  | 
Isaac Asimov was a_____ professor at Boston University
Physics  | |
Biochemistry  | |
Aeronautical  | |
Robotics  | 
Question 86  | 
Isaac Asimov was considered as the best
Science fiction writer  | |
Imaginary writer  | |
Detective story writer  | |
Nature oriented writer  | 
Question 87  | 
Along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C.Clake ,Isaac Asimov wrote
The fun they had  | |
Popular science  | |
Science for life	  | |
Future Science  | 
Question 88  | 
Perforated paper tape is
a tape used to measure height  | |
a tape used to analyse the chemical composition  | |
a form of tape for data storage  | |
a form of tape for doing mathematical operation  | 
Question 89  | 
”When we add fractions ½ and ¼ .......”
Identify the character who belongs the short story, “The fun they had”
Country inspector	  | |
Mechanical techer  | |
Margie’s mother			  | |
Tommy’s mechanical teacher  | 
Question 90  | 
Sophia, the first robot who got citizenship of
Saudi Arabia  | |
Singapore  | |
England  | |
India  | 
Question 91  | 
United Nation’s Development  programme named Sophia as
Future minds	  | |
Champion of the decade  | |
Smartest person  | |
First ever Innovation Champion  | 
Question 92  | 
Match the synonym:
- A) fructify - 1) plan
 - B) concrete - 2) oppose
 - C) relevant - 3) appropriate
 - D) contradict - 4) fruitful
 - E) strategy - 5) real
 
43215  | |
54321  | |
45312  | |
45321  | 
Question 93  | 
Match the antonym:
- A) Success - 1) forget
 - B) Remember - 2) failure
 - C) Gradually - 3) physically
 - D) Destruction - 4) suddenly
 - E) Mentally - 5) creation
 
43215  | |
21453  | |
31245  | |
45321  | 
Question 94  | 
_______ are the words with similar sound and different spelling and meaning.
Repetition  | |
Homophones   | |
Homonyms  | |
An anagram  | 
Question 95  | 
_____ are the words with similar sound and spelling but different meaning.
Repetition  | |
Homophones   | |
Homonyms  | |
An anagram  | 
Question 96  | 
Cricket is a game. Cricket is also a
insect active at night  | |
a device  | |
a reptile  | |
a machine  | 
Question 97  | 
_____ is the words or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different words or phrase.
Repetition  | |
Homophones   | |
Homonyms  | |
An anagram  | 
Question 98  | 
Fill in the blank using suitable preposition
I will reach there ___ 6’o clock.
on  | |
in  | |
for  | |
at  | 
Question 99  | 
Fill in the blank using suitable preposition
We have been living in Chennai ______  eight years.
on  | |
since  | |
for  | |
at  | 
Question 100  | 
Fill in the blank using suitable preposition
We will be visiting our grandparents ____ summer vacation.
on  | |
since  | |
in  | |
at  | 
Question 101  | 
Fill in the blank :
The Sharma couple _____ their pets.
care for	  | |
care at	  | |
take after  | |
care in  | 
Question 102  | 
Fill in the blank using suitable preposition
- Mani divided his toys ______ his brothers and sisters.
 
with  | |
along  | |
among  | |
between   | 
Question 103  | 
Fill the sentences using the preposition phrase given in the box
- The farmers except to _______ the government.
 
Prepare for  | |
attend to  | |
benefit from  | |
believe in  | 
Question 104  | 
Fill the sentences using the preposition phrase given in the box
- Everybody ______ my accent
 
care for	  | |
agree at  | |
stand for	  | |
laughs at  | 
Question 105  | 
Complete the following sentences using appropriate prepositional phrases
- I would like to order coffee _____ tea
 
instead of	  | |
instead at  | |
instead from	  | |
instead to	  | 
Question 106  | 
Complete the following sentences using appropriate prepositional phrases
- _____ fire, break the glass to escape
 
in case  | |
in case of		  | |
en case with  | |
in case with  | 
Question 107  | 
Complete the following sentences using appropriate prepositional phrases
We solved the problem _____ a new device developed by our engineers.
by means of  | |
by means  | |
by means to	  | |
by means at  | 
Question 108  | 
Complete the following sentences using appropriate prepositional phrases
_____ we are impressed with their performance.
In general  | |
On general  | |
In generally	  | |
Generally  | 
Question 109  | 
in, inn and know , no are the examples of
Repetition  | |
Homophones   | |
Homonyms  | |
An anagram  | 
Question 110  | 
Match the prefix to the relevant suffix
- A) sub - 1) turn
 - B) re - 2) like
 - C) en - 3) way
 - D) dis - 4) sure
 
3142  | |
1243  | |
3124  | |
2431  | 
Question 111  | 
Find the antonym of the underlined word
After 1983 world cup his form deteriorated.
improved  | |
collapsed  | |
damaged  | |
appreciated  | 
Question 112  | 
Match the prefix to the relevant suffix
- A) neat - 1) ian
 - B) music - 2) er
 - C) preach - 3) ness
 - D) sudden - 4) ly
 
3142  | |
1243  | |
3124  | |
2431  | 
Question 113  | 
In the following find the clause
the black hat  | |
blown away  | |
blown away  | |
The pots are decorated
  | 
Question 114  | 
In the following find the verb phrase
on the boat	  | |
over the tree  | |
in the school  | |
ran quickly to catch  | 
Question 115  | 
Find the synonym of underlined word
Margie was scornful
expressing contempt  | |
confused about future  | |
angry  | |
dedicative in work  | 
Question 116  | 
Find the synonym for the given word
- Nonchalantly
 
happily  | |
sadly  | |
casually calm  | |
extremely anger  | 
Question 117  | 
When it is raining
The above sentence is
phrase  | |
Dependent clause  | |
Independent clause  | |
noun phrase  | 
Question 118  | 
Fill in the blank
The whole village celebrates _____ there is a thiruvizha.
that   | |
when  | |
which  | |
where  | 
Question 119  | 
The Paralympics games are for_____
children  | |
disabled people  | |
women  | |
old age people  | 
Question 120  | 
The Paralympics games usually happen______
in Greece  | |
every four years  | |
after the Olympics	  | |
every two years  | 
Question 121  | 
In 1960 the first Paralympics games happened in
Italy  | |
Greece  | |
Rome  | |
France  | 
Question 122  | 
Who stopped the Greece Olympic Games in 394 B.C?
Romans  | |
Arabians  | |
British  | |
Americans  | 
Question 123  | 
Who is the author of the poem ‘Leisure’?
Robert Frost	  | |
William Henry Davies		  | |
Walt Whitman	  | |
William Wordsworth  | 
Question 124  | 
Poikal Kudhirai Aattam is the dance of
Andhra   | |
Tamilnadu  | |
Kerala  | |
Goa  | 
Question 125  | 
Which form is similar to puppertry?
Bommalatam  | |
Therukoothu		  | |
Silambattam  | |
Parai Attam  | 
Question 126  | 
______  are the pots decorated with cone of flower arrangements topped by a parrot
Bommalatam  | |
Karakattam  | |
Silambattam  | |
Parai Attam
  | 
Question 127  | 
How many divisions are in Karakattam?
two divisions	  | |
four divisions  | |
three divisions  | |
five divisions   | 
Question 128  | 
Name the art banned in Tamilnadu during British rule
Bommalatam  | |
Karakattam  | |
Silambattam  | |
Parai Attam  | 
Question 129  | 
________ is metamorphosed into a non-violent form of folk dance and teaches about self defence
Bommalatam  | |
Karakattam  | |
Silambattam  | |
Parai Attam  | 
Question 130  | 
Century is a
period of 100 years	  | |
period of 1000 years  | |
period of 10000 years  | |
period of 100000 years  | 
Question 131  | 
The first true Paralympic Games happened Which year
1960  | |
1952  | |
1848  | |
1965  | 
Question 132  | 
________ was a doctor at the Stoke Mandeville hospital in England.
Pierre de Coubertin		  | |
Sir Ludwig Guttmann  | |
Natalie du Tiot  | |
John F.Shore  | 
Question 133  | 
________ is made of Bamboo strips and a light pole.
Karagam   | |
Kavadi  | |
Parai  | |
Silambam  | 
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