NTS Sample Paper Of English For All Jobs & Entrance Tests

Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate option, from the given choices (A to E) below each.

1.    1.     The training session has been changed from 8:30 _____ 9:00.

2. A.           at
3. B.           to
4. C.           in
5. D.          by
6. E.           and

Five options (A to E) follow a related pair of words given in capitals. Select the option that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair

1.    2.     DOLPHIN: MAMMAL::

2. A.           larva: insect
3. B.           penguin: bird
4. C.           sonnet: stanza
5. D.          computer: keyboard
6. E.           peninsula: island

Choose the option or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.

1.    3.     REVENGE:

A.           vengeance

B.           retribution

C.           pardon

D.          payback

E.           reprisal

Change the voice of the following. (Active & passive voice

1.    4.     Najma is washing her clothes.

2. A.           Her clothes are being washed by Najma
3. B.           Her clothes were being washed by Najma
4. C.           Her clothes has been washed by Najma
5. D.          Her clothes is being washed by Najma
6. E.           Her clothes had been washed by Najma

Change the narration of the following (Direct & indirect speech

1.    5.     Salma said, “Knowledge is power”.

2. A.           Salma said that knowledge was power
3. B.           Salma said that knowledge had power
4. C.           Salma said that knowledge is power
5. D.          Salma announced about power of knowledge
6. E.           Salam exclaimed that knowledge was power

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the capitalized ones

1.    6.     VICTORY:

2. A.           progress
3. B.           success
4. C.           defeat
5. D.          fortune
6. E.           overcome

Read the passage to answer questions 7-8

Among the chief sources of education available to Tahir was a quiet garden adjoining his family house. Here he used to spend much of his time, absorbing the peace and beauty of nature. It was through this early contact with nature that he acquired that serenity of mood that distinguished him all his life. It was in this garden too that he came to understand that the principle of harmony was at work throughout the Universe. At the same time, he formed the habit of observing and reflecting on things

1.    7.     How did Tahir spend much of his time in the garden adjoining his family house?

1.    A.           reading literary books

2.    B.           plucking flowers and enjoying their fragrance

3.    C.           enjoying natural peace and beauty

4.    D.          sleeping in natural air and thinking in poetry

5.    E.           playing with the neighbors’ kids

1.    8.     How did the garden near Tahir’s house serve him?

1.    A.           as a means of peace

2.    B.           as a means of education

3.    C.           as a source of entertainment

4.    D.          as a source of social activity

5.    E.           a good passing time to relax in natural beauty