SSSIHL Admissions Test General English Question Paper : Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

Name of the Organisation : Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning
Exam : SSSIHL Admissions Test Question Paper
Degree : Undergraduate Programme
Subject : General English
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SSSIHL Admissions Test General English Question Paper

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General English

Questions: 40
Time : 40 minutes
Max. Marks : 40

Note : Objective type questions of General English are given below. SHADE the correct Response viz., A, B, C, D or E in the RESPONSE SHEET.
Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions that follow by selecting the best answer from among the given choices.

Application for admission to the Graduate School at this university must be made on forms provided by the Director of Admissions. An applicant whose undergraduate work was done at another institution should request that two copies of undergraduate transcripts and degrees be sent directly to the Dean of the Graduate School. Both the application and the transcripts must be on file at least one month prior to the registration day, and must be accompanied by a non-refundable ten-dollar cheque or money order to cover the cost of processing the application.

An undergraduate student of this university who has senior status and is within ten credit hours of completing all requirements for graduation may register for graduate work with the commendation of the Chair Person of the department and the approval of the Dean of the Graduate School.

1) What is the author’s main point?
A) how to resubmit transcripts
B) how to obtain senior status
C) how to register for graduate course work
D) how to apply for graduation
E) how to apply to the graduate school

2) Where would this passage most probably be found?
A) in a university prospectus
B) in a travel folder
C) in a newspaper
D) in a text book
E) in a magazine

3) According to this passage, where would a student secure application forms for admission to the university?
A) from the chairperson of the department
B) from the Dean of the Graduate School
C) from the institution where the undergraduate work was done
D) from the Director of Admissions
E) from the Registrar of the university

4) Which of the following documents must be on file thirty days before the registration date?
A) two copies of recommendations from former professors
B) application and transcripts
C) one set of transcripts and an English proficiency score
D) a written approval of the Dean of the Graduate School
E) nonrefundable ten-dollar cheque

5) The author uses the word ‘nonrefundable’ to refer to:
A) a process
B) an application
C) a cheque
D) a date
E) a transcript

6) The phrase ‘in advance of’ is closest in meaning to:
A) into
B) on either side of
C) after the end of
D) prior to
E) later than

7) The author makes all of the following observations about non-degree students except:
A) they may be admitted after the deadline
B) they may enroll for six credit hours
C) they must change their status during the first semester
D) they need not submit transcripts
E) they are considered non-degree if they do not submit applications at least eight weeks in advance of the session.

8) The word ‘commendation’ could best be replaced by which of the following?
A) approval
B) comments
C) memo
D) circular
E) mail

9) Students who have already been admitted to the Graduate School:
A) never need to apply for readmission
B) must reapply if they have not been registered at the university during the previous semester
C) must reapply every semester
D) must reapply when they are within the credit hours of graduation
E) must reapply only if they are ten credits away from graduation

10) What special rule applies to undergraduate students?
A) they may not register for graduate work
B) they must pass an examination in order to register for graduate work
C) they may receive special permission to register for graduate work
D) they may register for graduate work at any time.
E) they cannot register at all

Fill in with the right conjunction:
11) I have such regard for him ………….. I will do anything for him.
A) that
B) so
C) although
D) while
E) but

12) Neither a lender ………. a borrower be.
A) yet
B) or
C) and
D) nor
E) never

13) ……….. he was clever, he could not solve the problem.
A) as
B) though
C) as though
D) since
E) when

14) I won’t excuse you ………… you apologize.
A) if
B) whether
C) unless
D) since
E) after

15) ………… he has apologized we will take no further action against him.
A) since
B) for
C) though
D) unless
E) while

Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb forms.
16) I …………… Tokyo last summer.
A) visited
B) had visited
C) have visited
D) would visit
E) had been visiting

17) Every morning I ………………. the newspaper.
A) am reading
B) will read
C) read
D) was reading
E) have read

18) A good singer ………………… every day.
A) has practised
B) is practicing
C) was practicing
D) practiced
E) practices

19) He …………… piano for two years now, but has not perfected it yet.
A) learnt
B) has learnt
C) is learning
D) has been learning
E) was learning

20) By this time next year, I ……………………. the construction of my new house.
A) am completing
B) will complete
C) would complete
D) completed E) complete

Match the following appropriately :
21) There is a nice house with a …… garden. A) high
22) Albert Eintsein was a ……. physicist. B) large
23) She is very………… for her age. C) big
24) A ……rate of inflation makes exports uncompetitive. D) tall
25) My mother is very …….. hearted. E) great

Find the correct opposites of the given words. Choose the correct answer :
26) What’s the opposite of ‘to break’?
A) to join
B) to fasten
C) to mend
D) to build
E) to tie

27) What’s the opposite of ‘early’?
A) soon
B) late
C) last
D) first
E) previous

28) What’s the opposite of ‘to lose’?
A) to forget
B) to seek
C) to search
D) to tighten
E) to find

29) What’s the opposite of ‘over’?
A) downstairs
B) below
C) under
D) above
E) beyond

30) What’s the opposite of ‘rough’?
A) sharp
B) heavy
C) hard
D) smooth
E) tough

Choose the right phrasal verb from those given.
36) He …….. his wife’s salary.
A) lives off
B) lives on
C) lives through
D) lives up to
E) lives with

37) Cows …….. grass.
A) live up to
B) live on
C) live with
D) live off
E) live in

38) He had to ……. the fact that he would be confined to the wheelchair for the rest of his life.
A) live on
B) live off
C) live with
D) live through
E) live upto

39) Children often find it difficult to ……. their parents’ expectations.
A) live off
B) live through
C) lives with
D) live up to
E) live for

40) He ……. two World Wars.
A) lived through
B) lived on
C) lived with
D) lived up to
E) lived for

General English Essay

Time : 20 minutes
Max. Marks : 10

Write a brief essay of about 200 words on any ONE of the following in the Essay Sheet provided separately. Write the Question Paper Code on the Essay sheet.
Note: Three essay questions are given on latest topics.