N K Das Verma’s “OET”
Direction: Pick out the best option similar in
meaning to the word printed in bold.
1. Turbulent
a) piteous
b) prompt
c) vehement d) turmoil
2. Scanty
a) needy
b) needless
c) profuse
d) meager
3. Instigate
a) disregard
b) grieve
c) bemoan
d) provoke
Direction: Pick out the opposite meaning of the
words printed in bold.
4. Comely
a) captivating b) morass
c) loyal
d) grotesque
5. Fascinating
a) excess
b) repulsive
c) glut
d) enchanting
Direction: There is one error in any part of the
sentences. If not, your answer is “no error”.
6. The roads are floated because it (a)/ is
raining continuously (b)/ for the last two
days.(c)/ no error (d)
7. He was the player who (a)/ I think could
play (b)/ to the best of his abilities.(c)/
no error (d)
8. I did not (a)/ went anywhere to (b)/
learn local language.(c)/ no error (d)
9. Any of the two (a)/ teams can be the
winner (b)/ of this game.(c)/ no error
(d)
10. No other festival (a)/ in West Bengal is
as (b)/ more famous as Durga Puja.(c)/
no error (d)
Direction: Fill in the sentences with the most
suitable alternative.
11. Looking down _____ the sick can never
be ______ in any sense.
a) Upon, justified
b) Upon, maintaining
c) On, inappropriate
d) For, sensible
12. This does not however ____ the
Pakistan government from blame.
a) Hamper
b) Exonerate
c) Haunt
d) Applaud
13. Our governments will not _____ its
responsibility to curb terrorism.
a) Enchant b) Palpitate
c) Abdicate d) Flail
Direction: Pick out the word which can best
substitute of the group of words/ sentences.
14. Customs of having many wives
a) Monogamy b) Bigamy
c) Polygamy d) Misogamy
15. The act of killing one’s wife
a) Genocide b) Uxoricide
c) Canicide
d) Regicide
Direction: Read the passage carefully and
answer the questions given below.
In the world have we made health an end in
itself? We have forgotten that health is really a
means to enable a person to do his work and do
it well. A lot of modern medicine is concerned
with promotion of good health. Many patients as
well as many physicians pay very little attention
to health; but very much attention to health
makes some people imagine that they are ill.
Our great concern with health is shown by the
medical columns in newspaper, the health
articles in popular magazines and the popularity
of the television programme and all those books
on medicine we talk about health all the time.
Yet for the most only result is more people with
imaginary illnesses. The healthy man should not
be wasting any time talking about health, he
should be using health for work, the work he
does and the work that good health makes
possible.
16. Modern medicine is primarily concerned
with
a) Promotion of good health
b) People suffering from imaginary
illnesses
c) People suffering from real illnesses
d) Increased efficiency in work
17. A healthy man should be concerned with
a) His work which good health makes
possible
b) Looking after his health
c) His health which makes work
possible
d) Talking about health
18. Talking about health all the time makes
people
a) Always suffer from imaginary illness
b) Sometimes suffer from imaginary
illness
c) Rarely
suffer
from
imaginary
illnesses
d) Often
suffer
from
imaginary
illnesses
19. The passage suggests that
a) Health is an end in itself
b) Health is a blessing
c) Health is only a means to an end
d) We should not talk about health
20. The passage tells us
a) How
medicines
should
be
manufactured
b) What a healthy man should or
should not do
c) What the television programmes
should be about
d) How best to imagine illnesses
Direction: Fill in the passage with appropriate
alternatives given below.
N K Das Verma’s “OET”
An offbeat message ___21____ drugs delivered
through a dance performance by 8,726 students
from 40 schools has __22___ Amritsar a place
in the Guinness Book of World Records. The
district
administration
has
received
a
communique in this regard from the records
Management Team of Guinness World Records
office stating that the largest Bollywood dance
performance’ of students ___23__ at Khalsa
College here has ___24___ the city the title of
Guinness World Records. The mass gathering of
students to dance to a Bollywood number was
organized with a view to spreading message
against drugs and its __25____.
21. a) against
b) to
c) for
d) with
22. a) obtained b) earned c) got d) attained
23. a) held
b) thrown
c) performing d) reacted
24. a) saved
b) protected
c) learnt
d) secured
25. a) effects
b) influence
c) affects
d) pleasure
Answer Keys:
1.c 2.d 3.d 4.d 5.b 6.b 7.a 8.b 9.a 10.c
11.a 12.b 13.b 14.c 15.b 16.a 17.a 18.d
19.c 20.b 21.a 22.b 23.a 24.d 25.a
Explanation:
6.b is has been raining continuously (‘since/
for’ is used with the perfect tense (S+has/have
/had+v3..) or (perfect continuous tense (S+
has/have/had+been+v4..)
7.a He was the player whom who (who+
verb)
8.b went go anywhere to (do/does/did+v1)
9.a any either of the two.. (‘any’ is used for
more than two.)
10.c more famous as Durga Puja (as/so+PD+
as)
One Word Substitution:
Monogamy: one marriage
Bigamy: two marriages
Misogamy: hatred for marriage
Genocide: killing of gene
Regicide: killing of king or queen
Uxoricide- Killing of one’s wife