03 · English — Q41–90 — KIPS Mock Tests — CSS MPT 2026

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50 original questions + 50 related recall exercises. Study solutions, not an official KIPS key. Wording and options are retained with spacing and obvious numbering normalised. Consult the attached original PDF for exact typography.

Synonyms — choose the closest meaning

Q41

Abate (a) Increase (b) Subside (c) Assist (d) Enlarge

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Picture a storm becoming less intense; choose the same direction of change.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Subside

Reasoning: Abate means become less intense: the storm abated. Remember reduction, not enlargement.

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Related practice: What is an antonym of abate?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Intensify or increase.

Why / remember: Intensify increases strength; abate reduces it. Test the pair in “the storm ___.”
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Q42

Benevolent (a) Kindly (b) Cruel (c) Harsh (d) Selfish

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The prefix bene- often carries a positive sense.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Kindly

Reasoning: Benevolent describes wishing or doing good for others. Bene- suggests good.

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Related practice: What is an antonym of benevolent?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Malevolent.

Why / remember: Malevolent involves ill will; benevolent involves goodwill. Contrast bene- and male-.
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Q43

Candid (a) Secretive (b) Frank (c) Dishonest (d) Vague

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Focus on openness of expression, not secrecy.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Frank

Reasoning: Candid means open and honest in expression, not secretive.

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Related practice: What does a candid opinion mean?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: A frank, honest opinion.

Why / remember: Candid describes frankness, which can be tactful or blunt; it does not simply mean impolite.
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Q44

Diligent (a) Lazy (b) Hardworking (c) Careless (d) Indifferent

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Look for sustained care and effort, not merely physical movement.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Hardworking

Reasoning: Diligent means showing careful and sustained effort.

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Related practice: What is an antonym of diligent?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Negligent or lazy.

Why / remember: Negligent stresses failure to take care; lazy stresses unwillingness to exert effort. Both contrast with diligence.
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Q45

Exemplary (a) Commendable (b) Poor (c) Faulty (d) Ordinary

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Think of conduct worth using as a model.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Commendable

Reasoning: Exemplary means worthy of imitation or serving as an excellent model.

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Related practice: What does exemplary conduct imply?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Conduct others should emulate.

Why / remember: To emulate is to strive to match a good example; exemplary behaviour invites imitation.
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Antonyms — choose the opposite meaning

Q46

Affluent (a) Wealthy (b) Poor (c) Generous (d) Prosperous

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This is an antonym question: reverse the meaning of wealthy.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Poor

Reasoning: Affluent means wealthy; the question asks for the opposite.

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Related practice: What noun means wealth or prosperity?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Affluence.

Why / remember: Affluent is the adjective; affluence is the noun. Keeping word families helps with vocabulary questions.
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Q47

Brevity (a) Verbosity (b) Shortness (c) Conciseness (d) Silence

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Contrast concise expression with too many words.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Verbosity

Reasoning: Brevity is conciseness; verbosity is excessive wordiness.

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Related practice: Which word means concise in expression?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Succinct.

Why / remember: Succinct means briefly and clearly expressed; it aligns with brevity rather than verbosity.
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Q48

Coercive (a) Forced (b) Compulsory (c) Voluntary (d) Restrictive

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Contrast forced compliance with free choice.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Voluntary

Reasoning: Coercive involves compulsion; voluntary involves free choice.

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Related practice: What is coercion?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Forcing compliance through pressure or threats.

Why / remember: Coercion concerns pressure or threats; persuasion need not involve compulsion.
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Q49

Dwindle (a) Shrink (b) Decrease (c) Grow (d) Fade

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Track whether the quantity is shrinking or increasing.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Grow

Reasoning: Dwindle means gradually diminish. Its opposite is grow or increase.

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Related practice: What does a dwindling supply do?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: It becomes smaller.

Why / remember: Dwindling normally implies gradual reduction, not necessarily disappearance all at once.
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Q50

Ephemeral (a) Permanent (b) Transient (c) Momentary (d) Brief

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Focus on duration: short-lived versus lasting.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Permanent

Reasoning: Ephemeral means short-lived. Transient and momentary are synonyms, not antonyms.

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Related practice: What does transient mean?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Temporary or passing.

Why / remember: Transient and ephemeral both suggest limited duration. Neither is the opposite of the other.
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Q51

Choose the grammatically correct sentence:

(a) Neither the manager nor the employees was present at the meeting.

(b) Neither the manager nor the employees were present at the meeting.

(d) Neither the manager nor the employee were present at the meeting.

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Find the noun nearest the verb in the neither…nor construction.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Neither the manager nor the employees were present at the meeting.

Reasoning: With neither…nor, the plural nearer subject employees takes were in this construction.

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Related practice: Neither the students nor the teacher ___ present: is or are?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Is; teacher is the nearer subject.

Why / remember: Reversing the noun order can change the verb: teacher near the verb gives is; students near it gives are.
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Q52

Choose the grammatically correct sentence:

(a) She is senior than me in service.

(b) She is senior to me in service.

(d) She is more senior than me in service.

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Some comparative adjectives take a fixed preposition instead of than.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — senior to

Reasoning: Senior to is the conventional comparative construction tested. D can occur in contemporary usage, making the wording less absolute than the key suggests.

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Related practice: What preposition follows inferior?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: To.

Why / remember: Inferior to and superior to form a useful pair with senior to and junior to.
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Q53

Choose the grammatically correct sentence:

(a) He enjoys to read novels on weekends.

(b) He enjoys reading novels on weekends.

(d) He is enjoying to read novels on weekends.

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Ask which verb form the verb enjoy normally licenses.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — enjoys reading

Reasoning: Enjoy normally takes a gerund as its complement, not to + infinitive.

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Related practice: She avoids ___ late: arrive or arriving?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Arriving.

Why / remember: Avoid, enjoy and consider commonly take an -ing complement: avoids arriving, enjoys reading.
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Q54

Identify the sentence with a dangling modifier:

(a) Walking through the park, the trees looked beautiful.

(b) Walking through the park, I noticed the beautiful trees.

(d) As I walked through the park, I admired the trees.

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Who actually performs the action in the opening modifier?
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Walking through the park, the trees looked beautiful.

Reasoning: The introductory walking phrase incorrectly attaches to trees. The person doing the walking must be the main clause’s subject.

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Related practice: Rewrite: Driving home, the rain began.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: While I was driving home, the rain began.

Why / remember: The explicit clause “while I was driving” supplies the missing doer and prevents rain from appearing to drive.
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Q55

Choose the grammatically correct sentence:

(a) Every student must bring their own textbook.

(b) Every student must bring his or her own textbook.

(d) Every students must bring their textbook.

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Check singular verb agreement separately from the acceptability of singular they.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A and B — both grammatical

Reasoning: Singular they is standard modern English; his or her is also valid. B is likely the traditional test intention, but A is not an error.

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Related practice: Every applicant ___ eligible: is or are?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Is; every takes a singular noun phrase.

Why / remember: Every applicant is singular for agreement; using they later does not make the noun phrase plural.
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Q56

Choose the sentence with parallel structure:

(a) She likes hiking, swimming, and to ride bikes.

(b) She likes to hike, swimming, and riding bikes.

(d) She likes to hike, swim, and riding bikes.

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Check whether every item in the list has the same grammatical form.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — She likes hiking, swimming, and riding bikes.

Reasoning: Hiking, swimming and riding have parallel grammatical forms.

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Related practice: Complete: She likes to read, write and ___.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Draw; keep the coordinated verbs in the same form.

Why / remember: One shared to can govern read, write and draw. Do not mix to read with drawing without a reason.
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Q57

Identify the sentence with a subject-verb agreement error:

(a) The team of players is practicing hard.

(b) Bread and butter is his favorite breakfast.

(d) Physics is an interesting subject.

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A measured amount can be treated as one unit.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Ten kilometers are a long distance to walk.

Reasoning: A measured distance considered as one amount takes is: ten kilometres is a long distance.

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Related practice: Ten years ___ a long time: is or are?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Is, when viewed as one duration.

Why / remember: Ten years is a duration considered collectively here; ten years have passed uses a different construction.
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Q58

Choose the correct conditional sentence:

(a) If it rains, we would cancel the match.

(b) If it will rain, we will cancel the match.

(d) If it rained, we will cancel the match.

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Do not put will in the ordinary if-clause of the first conditional.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — If it rains, we will cancel the match.

Reasoning: First conditional uses present simple in the if-clause and will in the result.

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Related practice: Complete: If she calls, I ___ answer.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Will.

Why / remember: Present simple states the condition; will + base verb states the expected future consequence.
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Q59

Choose the sentence with correct punctuation:

(a) I bought apples, oranges, and bananas at the store.

(b) I bought apples oranges, and bananas at the store.

(d) I bought, apples, oranges, and bananas at the store.

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Inspect list punctuation rather than treating the serial comma as compulsory in all styles.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — I bought apples, oranges, and bananas at the store.

Reasoning: Commas separate the list items; the comma before and is acceptable.

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Related practice: What is the comma before and in a list called?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: The serial or Oxford comma.

Why / remember: The Oxford comma precedes the final and; its use depends on style and clarity.
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Q60

Identify the grammatically correct option:

(a) Although he worked hard, but he failed the exam.

(b) Although he worked hard, yet he failed the exam.

(d) Even though he worked hard, but he failed the exam.

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Concession already has a marker at the beginning of the clause.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Although he worked hard, he failed the exam.

Reasoning: Although already marks concession, so a second but is unnecessary in the tested construction.

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Related practice: Correct: Although tired, but she continued.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Although tired, she continued.

Why / remember: Although and but normally should not both connect the same two clauses in this construction.
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Q61

Choose the correct usage of the relative pronoun:

(a) The boy which won the race is my friend.

(b) The boy who won the race is my friend.

(d) The boy whose won the race is my friend.

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Determine the pronoun’s job inside its relative clause.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — who

Reasoning: Who is the subject of won and refers to a person.

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Related practice: Use whom or who: The person ___ I called.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Whom in formal object position; who is also common informally.

Why / remember: Whom is the formal object of called; who is its common informal replacement. Subject who follows a different rule.
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Q62

Select the sentence that correctly uses the subjunctive mood:

(a) If I was the President, I would change the law.

(b) If I were the President, I would change the law.

(d) If I have been the President, I would change the law.

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Is the situation real, or contrary to fact?
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — were

Reasoning: Formal irrealis were marks an unreal present situation.

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Related practice: Complete: If I ___ you, I would apologise.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Were.

Why / remember: Irrealis were is the conventional formal form in “If I were you,” even with singular I.
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Q63

Identify the sentence with correct prepositional usage:

(a) He was accused for theft.

(b) He was accused with theft.

(d) He was accused on theft.

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Learn the whole verb–preposition combination.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — accused of

Reasoning: The conventional phrase is accuse someone of an offence.

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Related practice: What preposition follows charged in charged ___ theft?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: With.

Why / remember: Accused of theft and charged with theft convey related ideas but use different fixed prepositions.
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Q64

Choose the correctly structured comparison:

(a) Lahore is bigger than any city in Punjab.

(b) Lahore is bigger than any other city in Punjab.

(d) Lahore is biggest than any other city in Punjab.

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Exclude the subject from the group with which it is compared.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Lahore is bigger than any other city in Punjab.

Reasoning: Any other excludes Lahore from comparison with itself.

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Related practice: Correct: She is taller than any girl in her class.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: She is taller than any other girl in her class.

Why / remember: Any other prevents the illogical claim that a girl is taller than herself.
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Q65

Identify the sentence with incorrect punctuation:

(a) "I am going," she said, "and I won't return."

(b) He wanted to go; however, he was too tired.

(d) She brought her items; paper pens, and ink.

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A list should follow a suitable introductory clause and separate its items clearly.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — She brought her items; paper pens, and ink.

Reasoning: A colon can introduce the list, and paper and pens need separation. A semicolon is unsuitable here.

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Related practice: Correct the sentence.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: She brought her items: paper, pens, and ink.

Why / remember: A colon introduces the listed items after a complete introductory clause; commas divide the items.
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Q66

Choose the sentence with correct tense agreement:

(a) The teacher said that the earth revolved around the sun.

(b) The teacher said that the earth resolves around the sun.

(d) The teacher said that the earth was revolving around the sun.

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A continuing general truth need not be put into the past merely because said is past.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — revolves, preferred

Reasoning: The present tense preserves a continuing scientific truth. A can be grammatical backshift, so C is the conventional exam preference rather than the only possible tense.

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Related practice: Must universal truths always backshift in reported speech?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: No; present tense may be retained.

Why / remember: Backshift is common, but present tense may retain an enduring fact. Context determines the best form.
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Q67

Identify the correct double negative usage/avoidance:

(a) I couldn't hardly see through the fog.

(b) I couldn't see nothing in the dark.

(d) He didn't do no work today.

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Hardly already expresses a negative quantity or degree.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — I could hardly see through the fog.

Reasoning: Hardly already has negative meaning, so a second negative is unnecessary in standard English.

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Related practice: Correct: I cannot hardly hear.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: I can hardly hear.

Why / remember: “Can hardly hear” means hearing is barely possible; adding not usually creates an unintended double negative.
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Q68

Select the sentence with the correct active voice equivalent:

(a) The car was washed by the boy. -> The boy washed the car.

(b) The car was being washed by the boy. -> The boy has washed the car.

(d) The car is washed by the boy. -> The boy was washing the car.

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Keep the tense when changing voice; move the agent into subject position.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — The car was washed by the boy. -> The boy washed the car.

Reasoning: Was washed becomes washed; voice changes but past-simple tense stays.

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Related practice: Change: The letter is written by Ali.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Ali writes the letter.

Why / remember: Present-simple passive is written becomes present-simple active writes; voice and tense are separate features.
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Q69

Identify the sentence with the correct conjunction:

(a) Scarcely had I arrived when the bell rang.

(b) Scarcely had I arrived than the bell rang.

(d) Scarcely I had arrived when the bell rang.

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A fronted negative expression affects word order and its paired conjunction.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — scarcely…when

Reasoning: A fronted negative adverb triggers inversion: scarcely had I arrived when…

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Related practice: Which pairing goes with no sooner?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: No sooner…than.

Why / remember: No sooner pairs with than; hardly/scarcely pair with when. Learn the pair and inversion together.
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Q70

Choose the correct option:

(a) He distributed the money between the three brothers.

(b) He distributed the money among the three brothers.

(d) He distributed the money among two brothers.

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Do not rely on the oversimplified rule that between always means exactly two.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — among, intended

Reasoning: Among is natural for distribution within a group. Between can refer to more than two distinct parties, so do not memorise a universal two-only rule.

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Related practice: Is between three countries always wrong?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: No, especially for distinct relationships or negotiations.

Why / remember: Between can describe distinct relations involving three or more parties; among emphasises a group collectively.
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Q71

Identify the correct use of "less" vs "fewer":

(a) There are less students in class today.

(b) There are fewer students in class today.

(d) She bought fewer water than needed.

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Ask whether the noun is countable or an uncountable amount.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — fewer students

Reasoning: Use fewer for countable plural items and less for uncountable amounts in the usual rule.

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Related practice: Choose: less/fewer water.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Less water.

Why / remember: Water is normally a mass noun in this use, so less water follows the standard distinction.
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Q72

Select the correct indirect speech conversion for: He said, "I am reading a book."

(a) He said that he is reading a book.

(b) He said that he was reading a book.

(d) He told that he had read a book.

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Adjust both pronouns and time perspective in reported speech.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — He said that he was reading a book.

Reasoning: The reporting subject stays he, and am reading normally backshifts to was reading.

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Related practice: Change: She said, “I am tired.”

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: She said that she was tired.

Why / remember: I becomes she when reporting her words; am commonly backshifts to was after said.
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Q73

She is proficient three languages. (a) at (b) in (c) with (d) on

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Think of competence within a field or language.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — in

Reasoning: Proficient in a language is the standard collocation.

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Related practice: Complete: proficient ___ mathematics.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: In.

Why / remember: Proficient in mathematics follows the same collocation as proficient in a language.
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Q74

He congratulated me my success. (a) for (b) at (c) on (d) with

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The preposition links congratulating someone to the achievement.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — on

Reasoning: Congratulate a person on an achievement.

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Related practice: Complete: congratulate her ___ winning.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: On.

Why / remember: Congratulate someone on doing something: on winning, on passing, on succeeding.
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Q75

Do not abstain voting in the upcoming elections. (a) from (b) with (c) to (d) off

Idioms & Phrases (5 Marks) Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom.

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From is a preposition, so a following verb normally takes -ing.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — from

Reasoning: Abstain from means voluntarily refrain from an action.

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Related practice: What verb form follows abstain from?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: A gerund, such as voting.

Why / remember: Abstain from voting, smoking or commenting all use a gerund after from.
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Q76

To burn the midnight oil: (a) To waste resources (b) To study or work late into the night (c) To cause a fire (d) To sleep

early

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Ignore literal fuel; think of activity continuing into the night.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — To study or work late into the night

Reasoning: Burn the midnight oil means work or study late at night.

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Related practice: Which idiom means start work very early?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Be up with the lark.

Why / remember: Being up with the lark suggests waking or starting early; midnight oil points to late-night work.
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Q77

A blessing in disguise: (a) A bad event with a good outcome (b) A curse from an enemy (c) An obvious victory (d) A

religious gift

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Separate the initial appearance from the eventual outcome.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — A bad event with a good outcome

Reasoning: A blessing in disguise initially seems bad but later proves beneficial.

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Related practice: Does disguise mean the benefit is immediately obvious?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: No; it is initially concealed.

Why / remember: The benefit is disguised at first; a plainly good event need not be a blessing in disguise.
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Q78

To cut corners: (a) To take shortcuts or do a poor job to save time/money (b) To cut paper efficiently (c) To round a fast

bend (d) To work meticulously

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Ask whether savings come from improved efficiency or skipped standards.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — To take shortcuts or do a poor job to save time/money

Reasoning: Cutting corners sacrifices proper procedure or quality to save resources.

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Related practice: What is the opposite approach?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Do the job thoroughly without shortcuts.

Why / remember: Doing a job thoroughly follows necessary steps; cutting corners omits them, often harming quality.
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Q79

Bite the bullet: (a) To taste metal (b) To face a difficult situation with courage (c) To shoot a gun (d) To avoid responsibility

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The idiom concerns facing discomfort rather than avoiding it.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — To face a difficult situation with courage

Reasoning: Bite the bullet means face something unpleasant with resolve.

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Related practice: What does face the music mean?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Accept the consequences of one’s actions.

Why / remember: Face the music emphasises accepting consequences; bite the bullet emphasises enduring an unpleasant task.
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Q80

Once in a blue moon: (a) Very frequently (b) Very rarely (c) Every month (d) During night time

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Think of a very infrequent occurrence.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Very rarely

Reasoning: Once in a blue moon means very rarely.

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Related practice: What does on a regular basis mean?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: At consistent or recurring intervals; not necessarily frequently.

Why / remember: Regular means recurring at consistent intervals; those intervals need not be short. Once in a blue moon emphasises rarity.
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Reading passage for Q81–85 Education is not merely the process of acquiring knowledge or learning facts; it is the holistic

development of an individual’s personality, mind, and character. True education instills moral values, fosters critical thinking, and

prepares a person to contribute meaningfully to society. While literacy rate measures basic reading and writing abilities, education

goes far beyond these functional skills. In modern times, the emphasis has increasingly shifted toward technical skills, often

neglecting the humanities and moral education. A balanced curriculum that integrates ethical values with scientific progress is

essential for sustainable human development.

Q81

According to the passage, true education focuses on:

(a) Rote memorization of factual data

(b) Holistic development of personality and character

(d) Achieving high literacy rates

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Use the passage’s definition rather than everyday shorthand.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Holistic development of personality and character

Reasoning: The passage explicitly describes education as development of personality, mind and character.

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Related practice: Does the passage equate education with memorisation?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: No; it advocates broader development.

Why / remember: The author includes character and judgement, so memorisation alone does not satisfy the stated concept.
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Q82

How does the author distinguish literacy from education?

(a) Literacy is moral, whereas education is practical.

(b) Literacy is limited to functional reading/writing, while education encompasses broader development.

(d) There is no distinction made in the text.

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One concept covers basic reading and writing; the other is broader.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Literacy is limited to functional reading/writing, while education encompasses broader development.

Reasoning: Literacy covers basic reading and writing; education also develops judgment, values and character.

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Related practice: Which is the narrower concept here?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Literacy.

Why / remember: Within this passage, literacy is a component of education rather than a synonym for its whole scope.
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Q83

What shift has occurred in modern times according to the text?

(a) Shift toward ethical education

(b) Shift toward humanities

(d) Shift toward environmental studies

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Find the sentence describing a change in modern priorities.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Shift toward technical skills

Reasoning: The passage says emphasis has shifted toward technical skills, sometimes neglecting humanities.

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Related practice: What areas are described as neglected?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Humanities and moral education.

Why / remember: The text contrasts technical emphasis with neglect of humanities and moral education; name both for accurate recall.
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Q84

The word "holistic" in the passage most nearly means:

(a) Partial

(b) Comprehensive

(d) Academic

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The root idea is the whole, not one isolated component.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Comprehensive

Reasoning: Holistic means addressing the whole person rather than isolated skills.

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Related practice: What is an antonym of holistic in this context?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Partial or narrowly focused.

Why / remember: Partial treatment addresses only a part; holistic treatment considers interacting aspects together.
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Q85

The author advocates for a curriculum that:

(a) Rejects technical education completely

(b) Focuses only on humanities

(d) Prioritizes literacy over critical thinking

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Look for a combined curriculum rather than an either/or choice.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Integrates ethical values with scientific progress

Reasoning: The proposed curriculum combines ethical values with scientific progress.

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Related practice: Does the author reject technical education?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: No; the author seeks balance.

Why / remember: The author asks for ethical and scientific elements together, not the removal of technical subjects.
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Reading passage for Q86–90 The industrial revolution marked a significant turning point in human history. Almost every aspect of

daily life was influenced in some way. Average income and population began to exhibit unprecedented sustained growth.

Industrialization led to rapid urbanization, with millions of people moving from rural areas to cities in search of factory jobs.

However, this shift created severe social issues, including overcrowded housing, poor working conditions, and environmental

degradation. While economic productivity soared, the immediate human cost for the working class was exceptionally high until labor

reforms were introduced in later decades.

Q86

What was a primary demographic impact of the industrial revolution?

(a) Migration from urban to rural areas

(b) Rapid urbanization due to factory jobs

(d) Equal distribution of wealth

Source PDF page 8.

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Track the direction in which workers moved.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Rapid urbanization due to factory jobs

Reasoning: Factory employment drew rural populations into cities; this is urbanisation.

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Related practice: What does rural-to-urban migration describe?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Movement from countryside to towns and cities.

Why / remember: Rural-to-urban means countryside to cities; the direction reverses in urban-to-rural migration.
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Q87

According to the text, what happened to economic productivity during this era?

(a) It stagnant completely

(b) It declined sharply

(d) It was limited to agriculture

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Find the explicit statement about output and income.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — It experienced unprecedented growth

Reasoning: The passage describes unprecedented sustained growth in output and income.

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Related practice: What does unprecedented mean?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Not previously experienced on that scale.

Why / remember: Unprecedented compares an event with earlier experience; it does not by itself mean the event is beneficial.
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Q88

Which negative consequence is explicitly mentioned in the passage?

(a) Overcrowded housing and poor working conditions

(b) Lack of technological innovation

(d) Immediate reduction in city populations

Source PDF page 9.

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Choose a cost explicitly stated in the passage, not a plausible outside fact.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Overcrowded housing and poor working conditions

Reasoning: Overcrowded housing and poor working conditions are explicitly stated consequences.

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Related practice: Name another stated consequence.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Environmental degradation.

Why / remember: Environmental degradation is named alongside housing and labour problems; comprehension requires textual support.
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Q89

What eventually mitigated the high human cost borne by workers?

(a) Increased factory working hours

(b) Introduction of labor reforms

(d) Return to agrarian lifestyles

Source PDF page 9.

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Look for what changed conditions after the initial costs.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Introduction of labor reforms

Reasoning: Later labour reforms helped reduce the burden on workers.

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Related practice: Were these reforms described as immediate?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: No; they came in later decades.

Why / remember: “Later decades” signals a time lag; claiming immediate reform would contradict the passage.
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Q90

The author’s attitude toward the early industrial revolution can best be described as:

(a) Unreservedly enthusiastic

(b) Balanced, highlighting both economic gains and social costs

(d) Indifferent

Source PDF page 9.

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Check whether the author mentions both gains and harms.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Balanced, highlighting both economic gains and social costs

Reasoning: The author recognises productivity gains while discussing substantial social costs.

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Related practice: What marks a balanced passage?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: It considers both benefits and drawbacks.

Why / remember: A balanced tone weighs multiple effects; it need not be neutral about every specific harm.
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