Microsoft Word Question Bank Sem I. docx

PART A 

TENSES 

Fill in the blanks with suitable tense form of verbs given in brackets:- 

1.  Weather is created by the heat of the sun. When the sun _____(shine) on the earth, the air 

close to surface_______(heat up).The higher it _______(go), the cooler it 

_______(become). 

2.  a. Now I am  ________ (write) the English examination 

b.He ________ (go) to the party if he had been invited         

      3.  Tele-education or tele-course________(be) in the US since the early 1950s.The early 

programs 

          ________(telecast) the teacher at the black board or ______(use) the simplest form of 

visual aids.                             Today many different forms of teaching ______ (employ). 

      4.  Optical mice supporters ______ (claim) that optical rendering ______ (work) better than 

mechanical mice ______ (require) no maintenance and ______ (last) longer due to fewer moving 

parts. 

      5. a. The film director ______ (meet) the child star two years ago. 

          b. My grand parents ______ (live) in the same house since 1995. 

          c. My aunt ______ (arrive) last Sunday. 

          d. Water ______ (boil) at 100 degree Celsius. 

      6.  In 1950 and 1970, most of America’s energy ______ (come) from coal,oil and natural 

gas.But in their twenty year period, the amount _______ (produce) _______ from coal (fall) 

from 38% to 18.5% , while oil _____ (rise) from  36% to 44%. 

      7.  American shop has everything from food to ______ (invest) opportunities, often _____ 

(compare) the price and quality of _______  (avail) goods and services, one of the best-known 

_____ (aid) in the effort to make purchases with foresight is consumer reports. 

      8.  Then a strange blight _____ (creep) over the area and everything began ______ 

(change).some evil spell _____ (settle) on the community: mysterious maladies ______ (sweep) 

the flock of chickens. 

      9.  The time may come  when _____ (own) a computer will become as common as _____ 

(own) a wrist watch. In future houses may ____ (erect) with belief in computers ______ 

(execute) a wide variety of log. 

      10.  Nuclear fuels give out dangerous and very ______ (penetrate) radiation. During fission 

even more radiation is ______ (produce). This _____ (radiate) is harmful even in small 

quantities . It ____ (attack) living  tissues 

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11. During fission radiation  _______ (produce). This radiation ______ (to be) harmful even in 

small quantities.  It _______ (attack) living tissues and it _____ (alter) the genes in body cells. 

12.Over the last forty years computers _______ (develop) dramatically. The first computers 

______ (can do) relatively few calculations per second, whereas the present mainframe can 

carryout many instructions each second. In the past only highly (train) computer experts _____ 

(are) able to use computers. 

13. All fabrics ________ (decorate) material and coir ropes use in the _______ (construct) and 

_______ (decorate)of the temporary structure should be _______ (dip) in afire retardant solution 

before use. 

14. Before a house _____ (build) secure foundations have ______ (lay). Simply because the 

foundations cannot _______ (see) by prospective buyers. I ______ (not mean)that they are not 

the most important part of the building. 

15.The newly ______ (appoint) employees in any industry have to _______ (train) to get 

themselves ______ (introduce) to their new employer’s work environment and to be  ______ 

(teach)to perform specific tasks. 

16.  SrinivasaRamanujam  _____ (be) a great Mathematical genius. He _____ (accept)a clerical 

position in the Madras post trust office, while he _______ (work)as aclerk,he ______(write) to 

G.H.Hardy of Cambridge University a letter that was to change his life. 

17.A decade ago, the most vehement opposition to computerization _____ (come)from people 

who _____ (believe) that it ______ (lead)to unemployment. There ______ (be) a hue and cry 

over this. 

18. Thinking  ahead _____ (be) the privilege given to man alone. Man _____ (learn) from the 

past experience, _______ (analyse) the present and _______ (plan) for the future. 

19. Magnets  _____ (know) since ancient times. The earth _____ (behave)like a magnet and this 

fact ______ (make) possible by the magnetic compass. The nineteenth century scientist Michael 

Faraday _____ (make)use of the principle of magnetism in the dynamo. 

20. Coal ______ (rely on) for ever, while hydrocarbon reserves _______ (be) meager. 

Hydroelectric and nuclear power _______ (seem)to be obvious options, but improved frame 

works _____( need) to attract the private sector participation.