AP DSC 2025 English (Language-II) Mock Test

1. Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with the most suitable word out of the alternatives (below the passage) given against each number.

Arabia is largely a desert with only sand and .......A...... In the desert there ....B.... a few scattered springs of water with grass, fig trees, and palm trees....C.....them. The Arabs ...D..... are not in the cities live in the desert through the year.

2. He said to her “Are you coming to party” ?

3. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

One cold night, two poor, ragged and hungry boys met a gentleman who gave them each what he thought to be a ten paise coin. The boys found that the old man had made a mistake as soon as they reached a shop. One of them said, "look, the silly old man has given me a rupee instead of 10 paise. I shall have a good time until it is spent". The other boy who found that he had also received a rupee instead of a ten-paise coin said, "You don't suppose that gentleman really meant to give us these, do you"? He was sure that the old gentleman had made a mistake in the dark "Of course", replied his friend, "and when he finds it out, he won't find me". The other boy, who was honest, would not touch the money but his friend spent it. The next morning the boy returned the coin to gentleman, which pleased the old man so much that he offered the boy, who returned the coin, a job.

• when the honest boy returned the coin, the old man..........

4. He........(fall) down just as he was getting off the bus.
Identify the correct form of verb given in the brackets.

5. He said, “where shall I be this time next year”.

6. How did the polilce catch the thief, change into P.V.

7. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

One cold night, two poor, ragged and hungry boys met a gentleman who gave them each what he thought to be a ten paise coin. The boys found that the old man had made a mistake as soon as they reached a shop. One of them said, "look, the silly old man has given me a rupee instead of 10 paise. I shall have a good time until it is spent". The other boy who found that he had also received a rupee instead of a ten-paise coin said, "You don't suppose that gentleman really meant to give us these, do you"? He was sure that the old gentleman had made a mistake in the dark "Of course", replied his friend, "and when he finds it out, he won't find me". The other boy, who was honest, would not touch the money but his friend spent it. The next morning the boy returned the coin to gentleman, which pleased the old man so much that he offered the boy, who returned the coin, a job.

• One of the boys wanted................

8. I am tired ____________ writing to him

9. Complete the sentence choosing the suitable alternative.
Everyone's heard  of 'United Team'. They are the .......... (famous) football team in the world.

11. Do you like swim ?

12. Identify the correct reported speech form of :
Geeta said, "It is a wonderful adventure!".

13. It is raining heavily __________ ?

14. He was a natural motivator

15. Murali is quite rich yet he is unhappy

16. He is a person of very noble nature

17. Neither of the boys are clever

18. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

One cold night, two poor, ragged and hungry boys met a gentleman who gave them each what he thought to be a ten paise coin. The boys found that the old man had made a mistake as soon as they reached a shop. One of them said, "look, the silly old man has given me a rupee instead of 10 paise. I shall have a good time until it is spent". The other boy who found that he had also received a rupee instead of a ten-paise coin said, "You don't suppose that gentleman really meant to give us these, do you"? He was sure that the old gentleman had made a mistake in the dark "Of course", replied his friend, "and when he finds it out, he won't find me". The other boy, who was honest, would not touch the money but his friend spent it. The next morning the boy returned the coin to gentleman, which pleased the old man so much that he offered the boy, who returned the coin, a job.

• Which of the following events happened first.

19. He said, “where shall I be this time next year”.

20. Identify the two statements that are 'true' in the teaching of the poem.

1. A poem should be experienced but not taught.
2. The teacher must plunge into the poem.
3. The poem should be taught exhaustively.
4. The teacher should get her pupils to write poetry.

22. The teacher must avoid the following types of questions while testing comprehension.

23. By whom has the glass been broken

24. Complete the sentence with the right question tag.
I am a doctor, ..........?

25. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

One cold night, two poor, ragged and hungry boys met a gentleman who gave them each what he thought to be a ten paise coin. The boys found that the old man had made a mistake as soon as they reached a shop. One of them said, "look, the silly old man has given me a rupee instead of 10 paise. I shall have a good time until it is spent". The other boy who found that he had also received a rupee instead of a ten-paise coin said, "You don't suppose that gentleman really meant to give us these, do you"? He was sure that the old gentleman had made a mistake in the dark "Of course", replied his friend, "and when he finds it out, he won't find me". The other boy, who was honest, would not touch the money but his friend spent it. The next morning the boy returned the coin to gentleman, which pleased the old man so much that he offered the boy, who returned the coin, a job.

• The incident probably took place in..........