DU – B Unit (2025-26)

[Exam date: December 13, 2025 (Saturday)]

1. If the migrants had taken more precautions, they— survived.

(A) will
(B) would
(C) would have
(D) will have

2. She leaned — the wall, gasping — breath.

(A) against, for
(B) on, from
(C) by, in
(D) on, upon

3. Choose the correct sentence.

(A) Jyoti forbade him to go to the meeting.
(B) The driver dead from an accident.
(C) Amal is sleeping during two hours.
(D) The hen has Lain a dozen eggs.

4. The antonym of ‘imprudent’.

(A) Injudicious
(B) hesitant
(C) wise
(D) reckless

5. ‘To jump on the bandwagon’ means—

(A) miss an opportunity
(B) join something popular
(C) return to an earlier time
(D) become financially solvent

6. Identify the incorrect spelling.

(A) sureptitious
(B) trepidation
(C) ubiquitous
(D) innocuous

7. Stray dogs — themselves — scraps.

(A) feeding, with
(B) fed, in
(C) feed, on
(D) feed, to

8. The players along with the coach — to attend the meeting.

(A) are required
(B) required
(C) was required
(D) is required

9. A person who helps people through charitable causes is a/an—

(A) optimist
(B) misanthropist
(C) idealist
(D) philanthropist

10. — the water was salty, I could not drink it.

(A) Hence
(B) Since
(C) As a consequence
(D) Although

11. Had I been here, I — him.

(A) should help
(B) must help
(C) can help
(D) could have helped

12. The lack of rain this year may — the total availability of agricultural crops.

(A) have adverse affect
(B) adversely effect
(C) adversely affect
(D) adversely effected

13. The teacher asked Zafar, “— your exercises yesterday during the time allotted to you?”

(A) Did you practice
(B) Can you practices
(C) Have you practised
(D) Are you practising

14. Which figure of speech has been used in this sentence, ‘Life is a puzzle with pieces that don’t always fit’?

(A) Simile
(B) Personification
(C) Metaphor
(D) Oxymoron

15. The synonym of ‘exhausted’.

(A) replenished
(B) invigorated
(C) depleted
(D) energetic

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