Tech Mahindra Interview Papers -verbal

Tenses: 
Q.1 My friends ____________ smoking
  a)   had given
  b)   given up
  c)   Gave
  d)   have given up
  e)   none of the above

Q.2 It was hot in the room, so I....... the window
  a)   Opened
  b)   Opens
  c)   is Opening
  d)   Open
  e)   None of the above

Q.3 When I was a child, I…. To be a doctor
  a)   Want
  b)   Wanted
  c)   Will Want
  d)   Wanting
  e)   None of the above

Q.4 Jim always goes to work by bus. …….. He went to work by car
  a)   This week
  b)   Tomorrow
  c)   Yesterday
  d)   Day After tomorrow
  e)   None of the above

Q.5 Caroline……. To the cinema three times last week
  a)   Will be going
  b)   will go
  c)   Shall be going
  d)   Went
  e)   None of the above

Q.6 Dave and Pat --------------the museum.
  a)   Visited
  b)   Will Visit
  c)   Have Visited
  d)   Visiting
  e)   None of the above

Q.7 I ---------------just ----------------my bike.
  a)   Have, Clean
  b)   Had, Cleaned
  c)   Has, Clean
  d)   Cleaning
  e)   None of the above

Q.8 The thief --------------- the locker.
  a)   Broke
  b)   Broken
  c)   Breaked
  d)   Is breaking
  e)   None of the above

Q.9 I ------------------- a letter for Sam.
  a)   Wrote
  b)   Writing
  c)   Written
  d)   Has written
  e)   None of the above

Q.10 Ram ----------------------- watching movies.
  a)   Like
  b)   Likes
  c)   Liked
  d)   Has liked
  e)   None of the above


Subject-Verb Agreement


Q.1 The parking pass and the ticket_________on the desk
  a)   Lies
  b)   Lie
  c)   Lied
  d)   Liee
  e)   None of the above

Q.2 The Mayor and Governor___________that the bill will soon become a law
  a)   Hopes
  b)   Hope
  c)   Hopee
  d)   Hop
  e)   None of the above

Q.3 The parents and the child often _______Disney movies
  a)   Watch
  b)   Watches
  c)   Watching
  d)   Watched
  e)   None of the above

Q.4 Each of the girl _____well
  a)   Sing
  b)   Sings
  c)   Singing
  d)   Singe
  e)   None of the above

Q.5 Al and Eli ….. to the beach to surf with their friends.
  a)   Goes
  b)   Go
  c)   Going
  d)   Were
  e)   None of the above

Q.6 When Joan and Jade arrived, they found that their friends….. waxed their boards.
  a)   Had
  b)   Has
  c)   Were
  d)   Is
  e)   None of the above

Q.7 My problem, which is minor in comparison with others, …... because I dropped out of high school.
  a)   Exists
  b)   Existing
  c)   Exist
  d)   Is Exist
  e)   None of the above

Q.8 You should decide which one of the three choices A, B or C best ___ the question.
  a)   Answer
  b)   Is
  c)   Answers
  d)   Answering
  e)   None of the above

Q.9 All of the students who took his class ____ passed.
  a)   Has
  b)   Is
  c)   Are
  d)   Have
  e)   None of the above

Q.10 The number of deaths ___ increasing.
  a)   Are
  b)   Have
  c)   Is
  d)   Not
  e)   None of the above

Q.11 The students or the teacher ____ guitar.
  a)   Plays
  b)   Play
  c)   Playing
  d)   Have
  e)   None of the above

Q.12 ____ the jury going to decide on the case soon?
  a)   Are
  b)   Have
  c)   Not
  d)   Is
  e)   None of the above

Q.13 The players, as well as the captain, ____ to win.
  a)   Wants
  b)   Want
  c)   Should
  d)   Is
  e)   None of the above

Q.14 There -------- fifteen candies in that bag. Now there -------- only one left!
  a)   Was, are
  b)   Were, is
  c)   Was, is
  d)   is, are
  e)   None of the above

Q.15 The price of these jeans -------- reasonable.
  a)   Is
  b)   Are
  c)   Not
  d)   Has
  e)   None of the above

Q.16 Thirty years --------------------a long time.
  a)   Is
  b)   Are
  c)   Not
  d)   Have
  e)   None of the above

Q.17 The school of fish _________ in the sea.
  a)   Swim
  b)   Swimming
  c)   Swims
  d)   Swimmed
  e)   None of the above

Q.18 The dog or the cats _______ in the house.
  a)   Is
  b)   Are
  c)   Not
  d)   Has
  e)   None of the above

Q.19 Mathematics _________ my favorite subject.
  a)   Is
  b)   Are
  c)   Not
  d)   Has
  e)   None of the above

Q.20 The scissors _________ lying on the table.
  a)   Is
  b)   Are
  c)   Not
  d)   Have
  e)   None of the above


Prepositions

Q.1 We checked, but there was no improvement _____ the weather.
  a)   At
  b)   In
  c)   On
  d)   With
  e)   By

Q.2 He lives _______ a farm.
  a)   In
  b)   At
  c)   Within
  d)   Beneath
  e)   On

Q.3 How far is it….. Here….the airport?
  a)   To/ from
  b)   From/ to
  c)   In/to
  d)   In/At
  e)   None of the above

Q.4 They walked.. .. me without speaking
  a)   On
  b)   Past
  c)   Through
  d)   At
  e)   None of the above

Q.5 _____ our stay in London, we visited a lot of museums.
  a)   During
  b)   While
  c)   For
  d)   In
  e)   None of the above

Q.6 I'll be ready to leave ____ about twenty minutes.
  a)   In
  b)   On
  c)   At
  d)   Down
  e)   None of the above

Q.7 The fruits are too sour ______ be eaten.
  a)   Under
  b)   At
  c)   To
  d)   Over
  e)   None of the above

Q.8 I am waiting ________ my mother’s call.
  a)   Above
  b)   Below
  c)   For
  d)   Up
  e)   None of the above

Q.9 You can buy stamps ________ the post office.
  a)   On
  b)   At
  c)   Up
  d)   In
  e)   None of the above

Q.10 President Saddam Hussain has lived ______________ the gun all his life.
  a)   With
  b)   For
  c)   By
  d)   On
  e)   Through

Q.11 Pakistan is not enamored ______________ the bomb for its own sake.
  a)   With
  b)   For
  c)   Of
  d)   By

Q.12 It is dangerous to enter _______________ the enemy's camp.
  a)   In
  b)   Into
  c)   On
  d)   Through
  e)   By

Q.13 President Saddam Hussain has been familiar ______________ a gun all his life.
  a)   With
  b)   For
  c)   By
  d)   On
  e)   Through

Q.14 Religious leaders should not delve _____________ politics.
  a)   In
  b)   With
  c)   At
  d)   Into

Q.15 What you say has hardly any bearing ____________ the lives of tribals.
  a)   About
  b)   For
  c)   On
  d)   With

Q.16 India is committed ______________ a policy of peaceful existence.
  a)   For
  b)   With
  c)   To
  d)   Of
  e)   On

Q.17 Sometimes we have to put ______________ with irksome or unpleasant situations.
  a)   On
  b)   In
  c)   Off
  d)   Up
  e)   For

Q.18 I must hold discussions _____________ you ___________ that matter shortly.
  a)   about ; in
  b)   with ; on
  c)   with ; for
  d)   about ; for
  e)   None of these

Q.19 I have been waiting here for him ____________ three weeks.
  a)   For
  b)   From
  c)   Since
  d)   On

Q.20 The soldiers rebelled _______________ the king.
  a)   At
  b)   On
  c)   With
  d)   Against