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ENGLISH
SPOT THE ERROR
Directions : Read each sentence and find out
8.
1.
Ganesh is not only involved in/2.organising
whether there is any grammatical error in it. The
conferences and seminars/3. but also in
error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence.
conducting/ 4. adult literacy programmes/5. No
The number of that part is the answer. If there is
error.
no error, the answer is ‘5’ i.e. no error, (Ignore
the errors of punctuation, if any.)
1.
1.
I have been travelling by local /2. trains since
last several years/ 3. but had never experienced/
4. such a horrible situation as this /5. No error
2.
1. I found this ring as/2. I dug in the /3. garden. It
looks very old/ 4. I wonder who it belonged to/
5. No error
3.
1.
India today stands at crucial/ 2. crossroads /3.
with its history as/4. an independent nation/5. No
error
4.
1.
By April next year/2. I will have/3. been
error
1.
He was having a bath when the/ 2. phone
and went to/4. answer it./5. No error
1.
By the time he gets back/ 2. from his holidays
/3. the milkman has left/ 4. twenty one bottles
of milk/5. outside his door./No error
7.
1.
3. and opened it./4. but I was not recognise him.
/5.No error.
10. 1.
If I would have realised/2. what a bad shape
our library is in /3. I would have done something
/ 4. to arrest the deterioration /5. No error
11. 1. We admired the way/ 2. he had completed all
his work/ 3. and appreciating the method / 4.
adopted by him / 45. No error
12. 1. Out neighbours had repeated / 2. the same
brought the / 4. facts to their notice / 5. No error
13. 1. Not only the judges acquitted / 2. him of all the
charges / 3. levelled against him but, / 4. also
rang Very unwillingly he/3. got out of the bath
6.
1. When I heard his knock/2. I went to the door/
illogical sequence of activities / 3. if we had not
working in this office/4. for twenty years/ 5. No
5.
9.
Have you heard the news?/ 2. Mukesh and
Malati are/ 3.engaged. That is not new, I/ 4.know
commended all his actions / No error.
14. 1. Due to certain inevitable circumstances / 2.
the scheduled programme had to be / 3. postponed
indefinite / 4. but the members could not be
informed / 5. No error.
15. 1. Honesty and integrity are / 2. the qualities which
cannot be / 3.done away with / 4. and hence
assume a lot of importance / 5. No error.
it for ages/ 5. No error
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16. 1. Our system of assigning / 2. different jobs to
26. 1. No country can long endure / 2. if its
different people / /3. should be based on their / 4.
foundations / 3. were not laid deep / 4. in the
strengths and weaknesss / 5. No error
material prosperity / 5. No error.
17. 1. In a very harsh tone / 2. he shouted at his
27. 1. Mahatma Gandhi did not solve / 2. all the
servants / 3. and told them that / 4. he does not
problems of the future / 3. but he did solve / 4.
need their services / 5. No error.
problems of his own age / 5. No error.
18. 1. Reasonable ambition, if supported / 2. at
28. 1. We now look forward for / 2. some great
persistent efforts / 3. is likely to yeild / 4. the
achievements / 3. which to some extent / 4. can
desired results / 5. No error.
restore the country’s prestige once again / 5. No error.
19. 1. Even after worked in the office / 2. for as
many as fifteen years / 3. he still does not
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29. 1. While Mahendra was away/ on a long official
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tour / 3. his office receive an important letter / 4.
which was marked ‘Urgent’ / 5. No error.
understand / 4. the basic objectives of the work /
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30. 1. We will pack not only / 2. the material properly
5. No error.
/ 3. but will also deliver it / to your valued
20. 1. Why some people don’t get / 2. what they deserve
/ 3. and why others get what they don’t deserve / 4.
is a matter decided by luck / 5. No error/
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alone in the house / 3. but he had no alternative /
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22. 1. I was being astonished / 2. when I heard that /
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3. he had left the country / 4. without informing
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anyone of us / 5. No error.
31. 1. We cannot handle / 2. this complicated case
today / 3. unless full details are not given / 4. to
21. 1. Ramesh did not like / 2. leaving his old parents
4. as he has to out to work / 5. No error.
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customers / 5. No error.
23. 1. I would have lost / 2. my luggage and other
us by now / 5. No error.
32. 1. According to one survey / 2. only those forests
which were / 3. not under village management /
4. succumbed from fires recently / 5. No error.
33. 1. Our school is making / 2. every possible effort
/ 3. to provide best facilities / 4. and personal
attention for each child / 5. No error.
34. 1. We have done everything / 2. that could be
belongings / 3. If I would have left the / 4.
done / 3. to avert the storm / 4. which is now
compartment and gone out of fetch drinking
coming on / 5. No error.
water. / 5. No error
24. 1. All of you will agree with me / /2. that no
35. 1. Jayesh loved his Guru immensely / 2.and gave
him full loyalty, / 3. yet he had his own / 4.
problem faced by our / 3. society is as grave
independent way of thinking / 5. No error.
and intractable / 4. as this problem is / 5. No
36. 1. The principal of equal justice / 2. for all is one
error.
25. 1. The committee is thankful to / 2. Shri Desai
for preparing not only the main report / 3. but
also for preparing / 4. the agenda notes and
minutes / 5. No error.
of / 3. the cornerstones of our / 4. democratic
way of life / 5. No error
37. 1. The trust has succeeded / 2. admirably in
raising / 3. money for / 4. its future programmes
/ 5. No error
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38. 1. Honesty, integrity and being intelligent / 2. are
49. 1. The technician reminded / 2. them to have a /
the qualities which / 3. we look for when / 4. we
3. throughly cleaning of the / 4. machine after
interview applicants / 5. No error
each use / 5. No error.
39. 1. In order to save petrol, / 2. motorists must have
50. 1. The villager told / 2. us where was the / 3. temple
to / 3. be very cautious / 4. while driving along
the highways/ 5. No error.
and even led / 4. us to the spot / 5. No error.
51. 1. The person who / 2. they are / 3. referring to is
40. 1. If the by stander had not been / 2.familiar with
none other / 4. than my close friend / 5. No error
first - aid techniques, / 3. the driver which had
52. 1. Mahesh was kind enough to /2. inform us about
met / 4. while driving along the highways / 5. No
the / 3. conspiracy but declined to /4. name the
error.
person behind it / 5. No error
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41. 1. Not one of the children / 2. has ever sang / 3.
53. 1. He told the policeman / 2. that he would rather
on any occasion / 4. in public before / 5. No error
/ 3. starve to stealing to get / 4. what he has been
aspiring for / 5. No error.
42. 1. Neihter the earthquake / 2. nor the subsequent
fire / 3. was able to dampen / 4. the spirit of the
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54. 1. In spite of the workload yesterday / 2. Nitin
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manages to play / 3. it cool and continued / 4.
residents / 5. No error.
43. 1. The customer scarcely had / 2. enough money
to pay/ 3. to the cashier / 4. at the cash counter /
5. No error.
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with his work as usual / 5. No error
55. 1. The demand of the workers / 2. union that the
dismissed / 3. employee to reinstated has / 4. been
accepted by the management / 5. No error
44. 1. The apparently obvious solutions / 2. to most
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of his problems / 3. were overlook by / 4. many
of his friends / 5. No error.
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ANSWERS
45. 1. By arresting the local criminals / 2. and
1.
2.
Part ‘2’ should be “for the last several years”.
encouraging good people / 3. we can end / 4.
2.
4.
Part ‘4’ should be “I wonder whom it belonged
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hostilities of that area / 5. No error
46. 1. Sharad was entrusted with / 2. the task of
coordination yesterday’s programme / 3. but due
to certain difficulties / 4. he does not do it / 5.
No error.
47. 1. One should make / 2. his best efforts if / 3. one
to”.
3.
2.
Part ‘2’ should be “at the crucial crossroads”.
4.
2.
Part ‘2’ should be “I shall have been”.
5.
5.
Part ‘5’ “No error”.
6.
3.
Part ‘3’ should be “the milkman will have
left”.
wishes to archive /. success in this organisation /
5. No error.
7.
3.
no news”.
48. 1. Having deprived from their / 2. homes in the
recent earthquakee / 3. they had no other option
Part ‘3’ should be “that is not news or that is
8.
1.
but / 4. to take shelter in a school / 5. No error.
Part ‘1’ should be “Ganesh is involved not
only”.
9.
4.
Part ‘4’ should be “but I did not recognise
him”.
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10. 1.
Part ‘1’ should be “If I had realised”.
11. 3.
Part ‘3’ should be “and appreciated the
31. 3.
method”.
12. 1.
13. 1.
given”.
32. 4.
Part ‘4’ should be “succumbed to fires
recently”.
Part ‘1’ should be “Our neighbours would
have repeated”.
Part ‘3’ should be “unless fulldetails are
33. 4.
Part ‘4’ should be “and personal attention to
each child”.
Part ‘1’ should be “The judges not only
acquitted”.
34. 1.
Part ‘1’ should be “We did everything”.
14. 3.
Part ‘3’ should be “postponed indefinetely”.
35. 4.
Part ‘4’ should be “way of thinking”.
15. 4.
Part ‘4’ should be “and hence they assume
36. 1.
Part ‘1’ should be “The principle of equal
a lot of importance”.
16. 2.
17. 4.
justice”.
37. 4.
Part ‘4’ should be “its future programme”.
jobs”.
38. 1.
Part ‘1’ should be “Honesty, integrity and
39. 2.
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Part ‘4’ should be “he did not need their
services”.
18. 2.
Part ‘2’ should be “with persistent efforts”.
19. 1.
Part ‘1’ should be “Even after having worked
in the office”.
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20. 4.
Part ‘4’ should be “is decided by luck”.
21. 4.
Part ‘4’ should be “as he had to go out to
work”.
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22. 1.
Part ‘1’ should be “I was astonished”.
23 . 3.
Part ‘3’ should be “If I had left the
compartment”.
24. 2.
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Part ‘2’ should be “that no other problem
faced by our country”.
25. 3.
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Part ‘2’ should be “different people different
intelligence”.
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26. 3.
Part ‘3’ should be “are not laid deep”.
27. 2.
Part ‘2’ should be “the problems of the
“motorists must be”.
40. 3.
Part ‘3’ should be “the driver who had met”.
41. 2.
Part ‘2’ should be “has ever sung”.
42. 3.
Part ‘3’ should be “could dampen”.
43. 2.
Part ‘2’ should be “had scarcely any money
to pay”.
44. 3.
Part ‘3’ should be “were overlooked by”.
45. 4.
Part ‘4’ should be “hostilities in that area”.
46. 4.
Part ‘4’ should be “he could not do it”.
47. 2.
Part ‘2’ should be “one’s best efforts it”.
48. 1.
Part ‘1’ should be “Having been deprived of
Part ‘3’ should be “but also the agenda notes
and minutes”.
Part ‘2’ should be “motorists have to” or
their”.
49. 3.
Part ‘3’ should be “thorough cleaning of the”.
50. 2.
Part ‘2’ should be “us where the temple was”.
51. 1.
Part ‘1’ should be “The person whom”.
52. 2.
Part ‘2’ should be “to inform us of the”.
53. 3.
Part ‘3’ should be “strave than steal to get”.
54. 2.
Part ‘2’ should be “Nitin managed to play”.
55. 3.
Part ‘3’ should be “employee be reinstated,
future”.
28. 1.
Part ‘1’ should be “we now look forward to”.
29. 3.
Part ‘3’ should be “his office received an
important letter”.
30. 1.
Part ‘1’ should be “We will not only pack”.
has”.
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FILL IN THE BLANKS
Directions : Pick out the most effective word
a.
clinch
b.
culminate
from the given words to fill in the blank to make
c.
cross
d.
canvass
the sentence meaningfully complete.
1.
8.
Indications are that the Government is ..... to the
mental companionship than of physical
prospect of granting bonus to the striking
companionship
employees.
2.
a.
aligned
b.
obliged
c.
reconciled
d.
relieved
e.
authorised
9.
Shivalal ...... classical music. He always prefers
to Kumar Sanu.
a.
adores
b.
apprehends
c.
encompasses
d.
cultivates
e.
cares
As a general rule, politicians do not ....
centrestage.
4.
5.
a.
forward
b.
forbid
c.
forgive
d.
forsake
e.
foster
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The .... study on import of natural gas from Iran
b.
biological
c.
emotional
d.
gregarious
He is the best man for this job. He has mental ....
a.
predilection
b.
durability
d. persuasion
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O..... by his line of thinking and could
10. I was totally
I
not put T
forth any argument
A
a. D demolished
b. non - plussed
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U c. exhausted
d. refuted
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F11. When Varun left the cocktail party he was as ....
c.
adroitness
as a judge
a.
sober
b.
drunk
c.
brave
d.
wise
12. Rama was so badly injured that he needed ....
care in the hospital.
a.
natural
b.
calculated
a.
extensive
b.
little
c.
economic
d.
feasibility
c.
deep
d.
intensive
His party is solely to be blamed for the political
13. We had to pay more taxi fare because the driver
brought us by a .......... route.
a.
devaluation
b.
revival
a.
circular
b.
circumscribed
c.
advocacy
d.
stalemate
c.
longest
d.
circuitous
We still have not given our ...... to conduct the
survey of natural resources in our state.
7.
egoistic
through a pipeline would be completed shortly
.......... in the country
6.
a.
to carry it out.
Bhimsen Joshi to Asha Bhosale and Pandit Jasraj
3.
Man is ............ ; however, he is more in need of
a.
projection
b.
consent
c.
request
d.
compliance
14. Many ...... decisions were taken at the meeting
a.
hectic
b.
historic
c.
histroical
d.
histrionic
15. If our friends, are not able to take us in their car,
We cannot go on strike every year. Now that we
we must make ...... arrangements to go to the
have gone on strike we must ...... this issue.
airport.
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a.
alternative
b.
another
a.
issued
b.
borrowed
c.
alternate
d.
possible
c.
hired
d.
lent
16. Sita’s heart ....... at the sight of the beautiful
25. You’ve never ..... me about your experiences in
Scotland
diamond necklace
a.
leapt
b.
stopped
a.
described
b.
explained
c.
slowed
d.
ran
c.
told
d.
said
17. Arti pulled a long .......... when she was told that
26. The consequence of economic growth has now
.... to the lowest level
she could not go to Agra
a.
mouth
b.
skirt
a.
flowed
c.
face
d.
hand
c.
gone
18. He is so ..... to light that he never leaves the house
without sunglasses.
insensitive
b.
sensitive
c.
afraid
d.
immune
c.
executive with more power
avoid
b.
give
c.
enhance
d.
arm
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20. Many areas of the city were ........ into darkness
for several hours
a.
spread
c.
merged
b.
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plunged
deep
21. The flow of blood was so ....... that the patient
died.
a.
intense
b.
adequate
c.
profuse
d.
extensive
22. He .... to listen to my arguments and walked away
a.
denied
b.
disliked
c.
objected
d.
refused
d.
crept
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look forward to
b.
hope
d.
desire
28. He ...... the role of the organisation in creating
19. In our zeal for progress we should not .... the
a.
percolated
27. I ........ you to be at the party this evening
a.
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b.
environmental awareness among the people.
a.
commanded
b.
commended
c.
commented
d.
commemorated
29. Can you pay ....... all these articles?
a.
for
b.
of
c.
off
d.
out
30. When I met Claire yesterday, it was the first time
I ...... her since Christmas.
a.
saw
b.
have been
c.
had seen
d.
have been seeing
31. Leadership defines what the future should be like
and ....... people with that vision
a.
aligns
b.
develops
c.
trains
d.
encourages
32. We upset ourselves by responding in an .....
manner to someone else’s actions
23. I wish I .......... a king.
a.
was
b.
am
a.
invalid
b.
irrational
c.
should be
d.
were
c.
arduous
d.
arguable
24. The student ....... that book from the library to
study at home
33. All the people involved in that issue feel a great
..... to his suggestion.
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a.
contradiction
b.
adherence
c.
indifference
d.
repugnance
42. All the respondents should express their ..... views
in this questionnaire
34. This election will be remembered as much for its
a.
convenient
b.
confident
anti - incumbency mood as for its ..... mandate.
c.
candid
d.
favourable
a.
invincible
b.
rational
c.
unprecedented
d.
deliberate
43. What you say may be true, but I hold exactly the
........ view of it.
35. How do you expect us to stay in such a ..... building
even if it can be hired on a nominal rent?
a.
scruffy
b.
disperate
c.
fragmented
d.
robust
a.
logical
b.
obverse
c.
concerned
d.
analytical
44. I kept on ........ at him till I remembered who he
was.
36. ........... efforts from all concerned are required
a.
to raise the social and economic condition of our
c.
countrymen.
Perpetual
b.
Dynamic
c.
Massive
d.
Exploring
whole host of business problems
a.
conration
b.
preference
c.
linking
d.
panacea
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38. All of us must endeavour to .......... the miseries
augment
c.
discourage
b.
peeking
d.
dashing
a.
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encounter
b.
culminate
c.
fluster
d.
exhibit
winking
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b.
d.
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advantage
37. Many companies see technology as a ...... for a
a.
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45. It is sad that I could not ........ the situation to my
a.
of poor.
gazing
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46. I was filled with ........ while hearing my old
favourite songs.
a.
commotion
b.
empathy
c.
creativity
d.
nostalgia
47. It is ........... that we should remember him on his
elaborate
birthday
mitigate
a.
appreciating
b.
critical
c.
loving
d.
fitting
39. The chief guest came into the room .... by the
chairman of the company
48. His ways of doing things are ........ with my
a.
watched
b.
allowed
thinking and perceptions.
c.
joined
d.
preceded
a.
inspired
b.
incompatible
c.
infatuated
d.
inconsequent
40. I like to talk to him. He is ....... to reason.
a.
amenable
b.
conducive
c.
accessible
d.
congenial
41. The ship waited till the storm ........ before sailing
out to sea.
a.
evaporated
b.
consolidated
c.
abated
d.
normalised
49. Lack of money ........ me badly in my pursuit of
highter education
a.
diverted
b.
ventured
c.
damaged
d.
handicapped
50. ........ of these measures in increasing agricultural
production will be known shortly
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a.
Propensity
b.
Efficacy
c.
Advocacy
d.
Vitality
58. Please do not ..... me now, I am very busy. I will
look into it tomorrow
51. He was very angry as usual. However, his angry
words ........ me.
a.
jolted
b.
criticised
c.
fluttered
d.
thwarted
e.
ostructed
a.
demand
b.
disturb
c.
expect
d.
worry
e.
explain
59. A new shop ...... started in that building, since
last week
52. I was ......... in a lurch by all; even by my close
friends
a.
put
b.
kept
c.
left
d.
met
e.
sent
a.
is
b.
would be
c.
have been
d.
has been
e.
will be
and warm treatment given to them
53 The peasant refused to grovel ... . . the feet of his
a.
c.
master
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e.
a.
on
b.
about
c.
upon
d.
at
e.
by
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in
b.
into
c.
on
d.
through
e.
by
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55. President Saddam Hussein has lived ..... the gun
with
c.
by
e.
through
with
b.
to
d.
about
from
by this weekend
a.
a.
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by
61. I will be leaving for Delhi tonight and .... to return
54. It is dangerous to intrude ..... the enemy’s camp
all his life
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60. The passengers were very happy .... the friendly
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a.
going
b.
making
c.
plan
d.
waiting
d.
likely
62. The cardboard box was ....... under the pressure
of the heavy trunk and therefore could not be
used
a.
placed
b.
disturbed
d.
dwindled
b.
for
c.
crushed
d.
on
e.
taken
63. We have discussed enough on this topic, now we
56. The mother was anxious ....... the safety of her
son.
better ..... this topic and take up new one.
a.
open
b.
talk
d.
close
a.
at
b.
about
c.
bring
c.
for
d.
upon
e.
destroy
e.
with
64. ..... my best efforts I failed to convince Sanjay
57. A good judge never jumps ..... the conclusion
about my proposal.
a.
to
b.
at
a.
For
b.
Despite
c.
on
d.
for
c.
Since
d.
At
e.
with
e.
With
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65. We should take .......... measures to prevent
recurrence of such incidents
a.
c.
e.
effecitve
in
aside
b.
d.
the meeting
properly
for
a.
c.
e.
66. Savita decided to set ........ some time every day
for prayers
a.
c.
e.
up
in
aside
b.
d.
on
for
divided
shared
conferred
b.
d.
distributed
honoured
68. An expedition of college students ....... the highest
point of the Himalayan range
a.
c.
e.
topped
scaled
mounted
b.
d.
obtained
rode
A
D
O
A
Y
69. In his address to the senior managers, the
managing director .... certain measures being
taken for improving the office discipline
a.
c.
e.
claimed
instructed
counted
N
V
A
b.
d.
imposed
highlighted
70. Ramesh’s opponent went to extreme to .... his
business reputation
a.
c.
e.
blacken
disturb
malign
b.
d.
shine
soil
71. Every manager and every clerk is expected to
..... the interest of his bank.
a.
c.
work
defend
e.
increase
b.
d.
obey
protect
could
will
had
b.
d.
would
might
73. It is not possible to finance this project without
increasing the ........ of deficits of the current year
a.
c.
e.
67. This year the prestigious prize was ...... by two
reputed social scientists for their contributions in
social sciences
a.
c.
e.
72. Had I known about the agenda I .... have attended
length
profit
misery
I
T
A
b.
d.
N
O
magnitude
stretch
74. A special drive to increase the deposit base of
public sector banks has been .......
a.
c.
e.
U
O
F
launched
moved
accepted
D
N
b.
d.
installed
ordered
75. A ....... of trucks was kept ready to carry the
food packets to affected people.
a.
c.
e.
group
battalion
fleet
b.
d.
band
unit
76. The doctor asked ...... there were any relatives
of the patient present
a.
c.
e.
if
how
why
b.
d.
that
whether
77. This pen is .......... two hundreds rupees
a.
c.
e.
sold
price
less
b.
d.
worth
availed
78. The .......... of the businessman’s unnatural death
has not been established.
a.
c.
motive
cause
b.
d.
reason
result
79. He .......... at M.F. Hussain’s painting in delight.
a.
peered
b.
stared
c.
gazed
d.
glanced
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80. A person who readily ...... whatever is said to
him is called credulous.
a.
c.
accepts
rejects
mob and establish law and order
b.
d.
believes
forgets
81. He was ........ for the book but was unable to
locate it.
a.
c.
finding
looking
b.
d.
turned out
turned down
b.
d.
turned up
turned in
uncertain
unnoticeable
irregular
b.
d.
outcomes
sympathy
compliments
failures
attempts
encouragements
relevant
pleasure
elated
c.
outnumber
d.
control
e.
punish
89. If you fail to ......... your authority properly, they
a.
know
b.
exercise
c.
work
d.
challenge
e.
encounter
a.
U
O
F
e.
I
T
A
N
O
D
N
futile
destroyed
b.
fruitful
d.
encouraged
accepted
91. Since the clerk refused to do his work, he has
b.
d.
DA
humiliation
practices
O
V
A
Y
NA
b.
d.
successes
strokes
86. Our proposal was accepted and therefore we are
very ............
a.
c.
e.
beat
c.
informed
sudden
85. Despite repeated ........, he did not give up his
efforts
a.
c.
e.
b.
are not properly implemented
84. They had to face a lot of ........ because of their
disgraceful action.
a.
c.
e.
provoke
90. Result of all these plans would be ....... if they
83. His ........ arrival gave all of us pleasant surprise
a.
c.
e.
a.
will remove you.
seeing
seeking
82. The old gentleman ...... to be a very good friend
of my grandfather
a.
c.
88. The police had to use force to ........ the rioting
b.
d.
disturbed
cheering
87. We found him very .......... even at the age of
eighty.
now requested the officer to look ... the matter.
a.
at
b.
after
c.
into
d.
for
e.
over
92. Fortunately the accident did not cause her any
.... injury
a.
negligible
b.
preventible
c.
minor
d.
serious
e.
remarkable
93. The non-cooperative attitude of the member can
only ..... the image of the society
a.
spoil
b.
improve
c.
degrade
d.
defame
e.
deteriorate
94. Nobody can ..... me to do anything which I do
not want to do.
a.
tired
b.
small
a.
encourage
b.
request
c.
nervous
d.
old
c.
oppose
d.
compel
e.
active
e.
delegate
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95. The management of so many projects and of
different nature ............ no common capacity and
1.
c
2.
a
3.
d
4.
d
5.
d
6.
b
7.
a
8.
e
9.
c
10.
b
11.
d
12.
d
13.
d
14.
b
15.
a
96. It is ................... in pursuit of these very
16.
a
17.
c
18.
b
objectives that our Government has made some
19.
d
20.
b
21.
c
22.
d.
23.
d
24.
b
26.
b
27.
a
29.
a
30.
c
32.
b
33.
d
35.
a
36.
a
38.
d
39.
d
a
41.
c
42.
c
43.
b
44.
a
45.
d
46.
d
47.
d
48.
b
49.
d
50.
b
51.
a
potential in their present as well as in their future
52.
c
53.
d
54.
b
assignment
55.
c
56.
b
57.
a
58.
b
59.
d
60.
c
61.
c
62.
c
63.
d
64.
b
65.
a
66.
e
99. The committee’s most important recommendation,
67.
c
68.
c
69.
d
pregnant with .......... potentialities, is for the
70.
e
71.
d
72.
b
constitution of a separate development fund for
73.
b
74.
a
75.
e
every university
76.
a
77.
b
78.
c
vigour.
a.
demands
b.
require
c.
permits
d.
urge
e.
offers
basic changes in our economic policies
a.
greatly
b.
constantly
25.
c
c.
clearly
d.
largely
28.
b
e.
precisely
31.
a
97. All the employees in the company are entitled
34.
...... reimbursement of medical expenses
a.
of
b.
for
c.
on
d.
to
e.
with
37.
A
Y
98. The manager is to help his subordinates ..... their
a.
respect
c.
delegate
e.
realise
b.
NA
d.
O
V
train
DA
judge
F
OU
40.
D
N
c
d
I
T
A
N
O
a.
famous
b.
enormous
79.
c
80.
b
81.
c
c.
conscious
d.
autonomous
82.
a
83.
d
84.
b
e.
curious
85.
a
86.
e
87.
e
88.
d
89.
b
90.
a
91.
c
92.
d
93.
a
94.
d
95.
a
96.
b
97.
d
98.
e
99.
b
100. A group of high school girls ..... the highest peak
of the Satpura range.
a.
scaled
b.
walked
c.
lost
d.
avoided
e.
won
100. a
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Directions : Choose the word which is most
a.
misappropriate
b.
balance
nearly the SAME in meaning as the word or group
c.
remunerate
d.
clear
of words given in capitals in each questions
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
11. CORPULENT
STABLE
a.
uniform
b.
fluctuating
c.
permanent
d.
unvarying
clean
b.
implied
c.
obvious
d.
specifically
e.
unambiguous
lawyers
b.
experts
c.
recommenders
d.
loyalists
performed
b.
manoeuvred
c.
trained
d.
organissed
PRETENSIONS
a.
claims
b.
c.
apathy
d.
SUBTLE
c.
emaciated
d.
obese
a.
common
b.
ridiculous
c.
dignified
d.
pretty
a.
review
b.
begin
c.
propel
d.
push
b.
depended
d.
followed
combined
b.
procured
acquired
d.
conquered
a.
N
O
I
emphasised
Dc. T convinced
N
U
F O a.
15. OBTAINED
YA
c.
A
permissiveness
D
N
16. GARNISH
17. FRUGALITY
access
a.
innocent
b.
soft
c.
dangerous
d.
insidious
FAKE
a.
original
b.
imitation
c.
trustworthy
d.
loyal
INFAMY
a.
dishonour
b.
glory
c.
integrity
d.
reputation
REPEAL
a.
sanction
b.
perpetuate
c.
pass
d.
cancel
10. EMBEZZLE
gaunt
14. RELIED
MANAGED
a.
b.
13. LAUNCH
ADVOCATES
a.
lean
12. AUGUST
EXPLICIT
a.
a.
a.
paint
b.
garner
c.
adorn
d.
abuse
a.
foolishness
b.
extremity
c.
enthusiasm
d.
economy
18. FORAY
a.
incursion
b.
contest
c.
ranger
d.
intuition
19. GARRULITY
a.
credulity
b.
sensility
c.
loquaciousness
d.
speciousness
20. FURORE
a.
excitement
b.
worry
c.
flux
d.
anteroom
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21. TRAVERSE
a.
c.
mingle
taken
b.
d.
frustrate
cross
offer
remit
b.
d.
settle
return
equipped
furnished
b.
d.
attached
bestowed
heard
appeared
b.
d.
hinted
looks
Syllabus
b.
training
c.
rough
d.
period
b.
d.
found
said
b.
d.
additional
parts
27. ACCESSORY
joint
complimentary
28. CONFESS
a.
c.
apologise
admit
ambition
cowardice
N
V
A
b.
d.
A
D
O
A
Y
acknowledge
pardon
childish
cowardly
b.
d.
home - sickness
blind faith
renounce
win
32. AUDACIOUS
act of charging
b.
insolence
c.
entreaty
d.
making useless
a.
decide
b.
instruct
c.
suggest
d.
excite
b.
create
d.
inculcate
long
b.
measurement
type
d.
extent
a.
basic
c.
propose
A
D
N
U
O
F
TI
N
O
a.
pull
b.
free
c.
tile
d.
complicate
38. INSOLVENT
a.
poor
b.
bankrupt
c.
penniless
d.
broke
39. STRINGENT
a.
dry
b.
strained
c.
rigorous
d.
shrill
a.
confusing
b.
unaccountable
c.
chaotic
d.
unconnected
41. GRATIFY
b.
d.
considerable
abusive
a.
appreciate
b.
frank
c.
indulge
d.
pacify
42. UNCOUTH
31. ABDICATE
a.
c.
a.
40. INEXPLICABLE
30. PUERILE
a.
c.
frightening
37. EXTRICATE
29. NOSTALGIA
a.
c.
d.
c.
26. MUTTERED
a.
c.
powerful
a.
a.
cursed
told
c.
36. LENGTH
25. COURSE
a.
c.
bold
35. ORIGINATE
24. SOUNDED
a.
c.
b.
34. STIMULATE
23. PROVIDED
a.
c.
brilliant
33. IMPUTATION
22. PAY
a.
c.
a.
b.
d.
accept
lose heart
a.
ungraceful
b.
rough
c.
slovenly
d.
dirty
43. LYNCH
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a.
c.
hang
kill
b.
d.
a.
c.
madden
shoot
44. LAUD
a.
c.
lord
praise
b.
d.
eulogy
extolled
a.
c.
brilliant but brief
celestial
pertaining to the metric system
like a star
introductory step
self - confidence
a.
c.
lawful
legitimate
a.
c.
b.
d.
keep interest
firm - step
b.
d.
a.
c.
deadly
harmful
a.
never
b.
usual
c.
rare
d.
sometimes
b.
d.
fearing
in order to
49. LEST
worried
for fear that
50. AOOARENT
a.
c.
obvious
transparent
N
V
A
A
D
O
great joy
big crowd
A
Y
b.
d.
vague
actual
b.
d.
utter confusion
loud noise
52. INADVERTENT
a.
c.
unintentional
ignorant
b.
d.
careful
forgetful
53. GRIEVOUS
a.
c.
Sorrowful
Injurious
54. INFERTILE
b.
d.
loss
discount
b.
d.
only
some
b.
d.
Pleasant
Bitter
troublesome
lengthy
U
O
F
D
N
I
T
A
N
O
b.
d.
tiresome
painful
recollect
quote
b.
d.
reveal
illustrate
b.
d.
clever
watchful
59. ALERT
51. PANDEMONIUM
a.
c.
complete
empty
58. CITE
48. INFREQUENT
a.
c.
compensation
refund
57. TEDIOUS
47. LETHAL
a.
c.
Marshy
Dry
56. MERE
46. INITIATIVE
a.
c.
b.
d.
55. REBATE
45. METEORIC
a.
b.
c.
d.
Barren
Inhabitable
a.
c.
careful
thoughtful
Directions : In each of the following questions,
one of the words is written in bold. From among
the four alternatives given below each question,
choose the word which is nearest in meaning to
the bold word.
60. We have abundant data on the relationship of
brain and body size in reptiles.
a.
c.
plentiful
extensive
b.
d.
spacious
considerable
61. There is not even one redundant word in the
paragraph
a.
c.
high - sounding
difficult
b.
d.
wrong
superfluous
62. There were angry denunciations on both sides
a.
c.
denials
courses
b.
d.
pronouncements
condemnations
63. An inadvertent error in his curriculum vitae cost
him his job.
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a.
careless
b.
incidental
c.
unintentional
d.
unscrupulous
73. The visitor had a bohemian look.
64. Each one of us is the subject of derision at
sometime or the other in our life.
a.
hostile
b.
unconventional
c.
sinister
d.
unfriendly
74. As the driver was inebriated he could not control
a.
laughter
b.
criticism
c.
ridicule
d.
irony
the car.
65. The general policies will relieve the sufferings
of the common man
a.
inexperienced
b.
tired
c.
befuddled
d.
intoxicated
75. Grouping stars by constellation is handy way of
a.
alleviate
b.
mitigate
c.
moderate
d.
abate
mapping the sky.
66. They were totally unaware of the impending
a.
nice
c.
manual
1.
A
D
N
disaster
a.
threatening
b.
imminent
c.
terrible
d.
possible
a.
foreign
b.
extraneous
c.
unusual
d.
exotic
A
Y
68. Japan has been very much eulogised in this book
DA
a.
appreciated
b.
praised
c.
approved
d.
O
V
applauded
69. When the police questioned him, he gave very
NA
incoherent answers at first.
a.
irrational
c.
irrelevant
F
b.
funny
d.
convenient
ANSWERS
d
2.
c
3.
a
b
5.
a
6.
d
b
8.
a
9.
d
10.
a
11.
d
12.
c
13.
b
14.
b
15.
b
16.
c
17.
d
18.
a
19.
c
20.
a
21.
d
22.
d.
23.
c
24.
b
25.
a
26.
d
27.
b
28.
b
29.
b
30.
a
31.
a
32.
b
33.
a
OU
4.
67. I don’t like alien fashions.
TI
N
O
7.
b.
inconsistent
34.
d
35.
b
36.
d
d.
irritating
37.
b
38.
b
39.
c
40.
b
41.
d
42.
c
43.
c
44.
c
45.
a
70. Only those who are guillible take every
advertisement seriously.
46.
a
47.
b
48.
d
a.
fallible
b.
enthusiastic
49.
c
50.
a
51.
b
c.
unsuspecting
d.
unrealistic
52.
a
53.
c
54.
a
55.
d
56.
b
57.
b
58.
c
59.
d
60.
a
61.
d
62.
d
63.
c
64.
c
65.
a
66.
b
67.
d
68.
b
69.
b
71. The young man appears to be quite headstrong.
a.
thick - headed
b.
obstinate
c.
robust
d.
witty
72. That great artist’s life was full of vicissitudes.
a.
sorrows
b.
misfortunes
70.
c
71.
b
72.
c
c.
changes
d.
surprises
73.
b
74.
d
75.
d
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Directions : In the following question choose the
10.
VANITY
word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the
(a)
pride
(b) humility
word given in capitals.
(c)
conceit
(d) ostenration
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
PERNICIOUS
LOQUACIOUS
(a)
innocuous
(b) healthy
(a)
reticent
(b) talkative
(c)
hygienic
(d) fine
(c)
garrulous
(d) verbose
CAPTIVATED
12.
NIGGARDLY
(a)
repelled
(b) seized
(a)
frugal
(b) thrifty
(c)
tamed
(d) enchanted
(c)
stingy
(d) generous
OVERT
unambiguous
(b) concealed
(c)
manifest
(d) inexplicable
SUBSTANTIAL
(a)
extensive
(b) independent
(c)
noteworthy
(d) insignificant
LATENT
VO
(a)
Concealed
(b) real
(c)
apparent
(d) dubious
DAZZLING
N
O
I
(a) acute
T
(c)
irregular
A
D
14.N LETTING
U
O
(a) demanding
F
13.
(a)
NA
DA
YA
CHRONIC
(c)
15.
16.
disallowing
(b) fleeting
(d) temporary
(b) permitting
(d) refusing
INTEGRATE
(a)
isolate
(b) analyse
(c)
distinguish
(d) mark
HAPLESS
(a)
glaring
(b) unscrupulous
(a)
cheerful
(b) consistent
(c)
unexposable
(d) unnoticeable
(c)
fortunate
(d) shapely
REPRESS
17.
HAPHAZARD
(a)
Inhibit
(b) liberate
(a)
fortuitous
(b) indifferent
(c)
curb
(d) quell
(c)
deliberate
(d) accidental
TANGIBLE
(a)
ethereal
(c) actual
9.
11.
18.
GREGARIOUS
(b) concrete
(a)
anti-social
(b) glorious
(d) solid
(c)
horrendous
(d) similar
ZENITH
19.
HIRSUTE
(a)
acme
(b) top
(a)
scaly
(b) bald
(c)
nadir
(d) pinnacle
(c)
erudite
(d) quiet
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20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
GULLIBLE
(a)
incredulous
(b) fickle
(c)
erudite
(d) quiet
31.
POLEMIC
(a)
friendship
(b) agreement
(c)
amity
(d) cooperation
32.
FRUGAL
(a)
charitable
(b) extravagant
(c)
generous
(d) gaudy
33.
EXTINCT
(a)
distinct
(b) extreme
(c)
alive
(d) expressive
34.
(a)
languid
(b) open
(c)
strong
(d) bright
DA
(a)
Isolated
(b) celebration
(c)
ancient
(d) modern
unnecessary
(c)
separate
RICH
NA
O
V
(b) distinct
F
A
Y
36.
37.
(d) impoverished
(a)
weak
(b) fruitless
(c)
usual
(d) impoverished
38.
SERVED
(a)
guarded
(b) hindered
(c)
ordered
(d) demanded
39.
LIKE
(a)
unlike
(b) dislike
(c)
hate
(d) need
SILENCE
(b) noise
(c)
calm
(d) disturbing
DILIGENT
(a)
incompetent
(b) negligent
(c)
extravagant
(d) frugal
REJOICE
(a)
instigate
(b) excite
(c)
incite
(d) lament
VISIONARY
40.
TI
(a)
pragmatic
(c)
relist
A
D
N
N
O
(b) practical
(d) pragmatist
INFALLIBLE
OU
35.
ANTEDILUVIAN
(a)
peace
(a)
VIVACIOUS
COMMON
(a)
(c)
unreliable
(b) dubious
untrustworthy
(d) erring
USEFUL
(a)
unprofitable
(b) hostile
(c)
fruitless
(d) burdensome
CREATED
(a)
spent
(b) destroyed
(c)
erased
(d) rejected
REWARD
(a)
penalty
(b) seizure
(c)
demotion
(d) warning
VIOLENT
(a)
humble
(b) harmless
(c)
gentle
(d) tame
RELUCTANT
(a)
agreeable
(b) enthusiastic
(c)
curious
(d) willing
MALICIOUS
(a)
kind
(b) boastful
(c)
generous
(d) indifferent
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41.
42.
43.
44.
51.
REPEL
(a)
attend
(b) concentrate
(a)
invent
(b) establish
(c)
continue
(d) attract
(c)
revive
(d) maintain
52.
ARTIFICAL
TIGHT
(a)
red
(b) natural
(a)
big
(b) wide
(c)
truthful
(d) solid
(c)
loose
(d) lengthy
53.
ANONYMOUS
(a)
desperate
(b) expert
(c)
known
(d) written
54.
CURTAIL
(a)
lengthen
(b) shorten
(c)
entail
(d) close
DENY
(a)
repeat
(c)
remember
(c)
PACIFY
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
threaten
(b) challenge
U
O
F
(c)
enrage
(d) quarrel
CONCEAL
A
D
O
(a)
encourage
(b) proceed
(c)
extend
(d) disclose
NEGLECT
(a)
search for
(c)
claim
N
V
A
A
Y
(c)
56.
57.
(b) care for
(d) praise
58.
VULGAR
(a)
correct
(b) innocent
(c)
honest
(d) decent
59.
LENIENT
(a)
harsh
(b) mild
(c)
annoyed
(d) obstinate
60.
BEAUTIFUL
(a)
bad
(b) wicked
(c)
false
(d) ugly
61.
vague
D
N
(b) confirm
N
O
blunt
(d) announce
(b) unusual
(d) shallow
CAJOLE
(a)
(a)
I
T
A
DEFINITE
(a)
55.
45.
ABOLISH
confide
(b) disclose
dissuade
(d) detract
CONDENSE
(a)
expand
(b) distribute
(c)
interpret
(d) lengthen
QUIESCENT
(a)
indifferent
(b) troublesome
(c)
weak
(d) unconcerned
ADHERENT
(a)
detractor
(b) enemy
(c)
alien
(d) rival
BURY
(a)
open
(b) disinter
(c)
close
(d) examine
QUERRULOUS
(a)
uncomplaining
(b) peevish
(c)
responsive
(d) answerable
ADMIT
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62.
63.
(a)
reject
(b) condemn
(a)
miserly
(b) economical
(c)
deny
(d) ignore
(c)
mean
(d) narrow-minded
72.
LABORIOUS
TENSE
(a)
simple
(b) plain
(a)
relaxed
(b) easy
(c)
clear
(d) unsophisticated
(c)
comfortable
(d) cosy
Directions : In the following questions choose
TERMINATE
the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the word
(a)
remain
(b) continue
(c)
stay
(d) hold
given in each question in bold letters.
73.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
(a)
timid
(b) hateful
(c)
unattractive
(d) resolute
74.
HAUGHTY
cowardly
(b) humble
(c)
scared
(d) pitiable
(a)
liberal
(b) charitable
(c)
spendthrift
(d) generous
(a)
opposed
(c)
harsh
ADMONISH
moderate
(c)
casual
NA
O
V
DA
A
Y
76.
(b) indifferent
(d) infuriated
(a)
approve
(b) flatter
(c)
tolerate
(d) commend
77.
(d) ordinary
(c)
restricted
(b) limited
little
(d) ordinary
Take all these stale buns away.
(a)
fresh
(b) new
(c)
tasty
(d) rice
His meanness is proverbial
(a)
generosity
(b) kindness
(c)
pragmatism
(d) timidity
Professors are generally serious about what
they say.
78.
ROUGH
A
D
N
(b) timid
His knowledge of the subject is quite extensive.
OU
75.
MISERLY
CONSIDERATE
F
TI
(a)
(a)
(a)
N
O
He holds extreme views on education.
VACILLATING
(a)
thoughtful
(b) insincere
(c)
smug
(d) jolly
This new magazine is known for its
comprehensive coverage of news.
70.
71.
(a)
smooth
(b) beautiful
(c)
sweet
(d) polite
SIGNIFICANT
79.
(a)
Useless
(b) irrelevant
(c)
obscure
(d) unimportant
EXTRAVAGANT
(a)
casual
(b) inadequate
(c)
indifferent
(d) superficial
Many people suffer setbacks in their career
because of their inherent levity.
(a)
seriousness
(b) solemnity
(c)
religiosity
(d) gravity
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80.
81.
There was something strange and Morbid about
(a)
pleasant
(b) encouraging
the whole house.
(c)
auspicious
(d) favourable
(a)
healthy
(b) cheerful
(c)
insipid
(d) appealing
89.
His critics found in his overt statements some
He spoke against corruption with zeal.
(a)
indifference
(b) calmness
(c)
despair
(d) passiveness
hidden designs.
90.
82.
(a)
converse
(b) pervert
(c)
covert
(d) contrived
secretary was an asset to the company.
Given these constraints, we had no alternative
but to suggest an improvised solution.
83.
(a)
a complete
(b) a pre-planned
(c)
a permanent
(d) a proscribed
86.
87.
88.
loss
(c)
drag
D
N
4.
(d)
(c)
7.
(b)
8.
(a)
10.
(b)
11.
(a)
12. (d)
(d)
14.
(c)
15.
(a)
16. (c)
17.
(c)
18.
(a)
19.
(a)
20. (a)
21.
(c)
22.
(b)
23.
(c)
24. (a)
25.
(d)
26.
(d)
27.
(d)
28. (c)
29.
(a)
30.
(b)
31.
(b)
32. (d)
33.
(c)
34.
(d)
35.
(c)
36. (b)
37.
(a)
38.
(d)
39.
(b)
40. (a)
The watchman is quite alert in his duty
41.
(d)
42.
(b)
43.
(c)
44. (a)
(a)
idle
(b) careless
45.
(c)
46.
(d)
47.
(b)
48. (d)
(c)
sluggish
(d) lazy
49.
(a)
50.
(d)
51.
(d)
52. (c)
At the end of the party the waiter received a
53.
(b)
54.
(a)
55.
(c)
56. (a)
paltry tip.
57.
(b)
58.
(a)
59.
(b)
60. (a)
61.
(a)
62.
(a)
63.
(b)
64. (d)
65.
(b)
66.
(d)
67.
(b)
68. (d)
69.
(a)
70.
(d)
71.
(a)
72. (a)
73.
(a)
74.
(b)
75.
(a)
76. (a)
irrational
(b) disorderly
(c)
inconsiderate
(d) inconsistent
A
Y
The company needs to have indigenous sources
DA
O
V
(a)
perennial
(b) heterogeneous
(c)
alien
(d) foreign
NA
(a)
liberal
(b) handsome
(c)
bountiful
(d) generous
He was given a lukewarm reception.
2.
5.
(c)
6.
9.
(c)
13.
(d) handicap
(b)
(a)
(a)
I
T
A
N
O
3.
Under the circumstances, his behavior cannot
1.
(b) liability
(a)
of oil and natural gas to increase its production.
85.
(a)
ANSWERS
be logical.
84.
The managing director remarked that the
U
O
F
(a)
enthusiastic
(b) moderate
77.
(d)
78.
(d)
79.
(d)
80. (b)
(c)
friendly
(d) fervent
81.
(c)
82.
(b)
83.
(a)
84. (d)
The atmosphere in that desolate place looked
85.
(b)
86.
(b)
87.
(a)
88. (c)
ominous.
89.
(a)
90.
(b)
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Directions: In each question below FOUR
10. (a) perspective
words(a), (b), (c) and (d) are given, one of which
(c) distinct
MAY BE WORNGLY SPELT. Find out that word,
(e) All correct
the spelling of which is WORNG. The number of
that word is the answer. If all the four words are
spelt correctly, the answer is (e), i.e., “All
11. (a) presant
(c) through
(b) licquidity
(d) companion
(b) avoid
(d) villager
(e) All correct
correct”
1. (a) rational
(c) demolish
(b) survival
(d) release
(e) All correct
2. (a) reproach
(c) gathering
(b) actualize
(d) clothing
(c) criminal
(b) couragious
(d) regular
(c) mathematics
(b) cautiously
(d) miscellaneous
5. (a) enthusistic
(b) surrender
(c) impression
(d) harmonise
(b) surpass
(d) immoveable
(c) credibility
(b) pleasant
(d) intermittent
(c) dynamic
(b) shadow
(d) intermittent
(c) luminous
(e) All correct
(d) quit
14. (a) consequences
(c) recommendation
(b) specimen
(d) instructor
15. (a) accepted
(c) upportunity
(b) mentioned
(d) physician
16. (a) pionear
(c) harmony
(b) neighbor
(d) propriety
17. (a) instantly
(c) enforcement
(b) comfortable
(d) wisedom
18. (a) enhance
(c) vehical
(b) assumption
(d) prisoner
19. (a) noteworthy
(c) priority
(b) pecular
(d) triangular
(e) All correct
(e) All correct
9. (a) treatment
(c) collage
(b) common
(e) All correct
(e) All correct
8. (a) questionable
13. (a) kitchen
(e) All correct
(e) All correct
7. (a) extremely
(e) All correct
(e) All correct
(e) All correct
(c) accompany
(d) chickens
(e) All correct
(e) All correct
6. (a) prosecute
(c) bullocks
(e) All correct
(e) All correct
4. (a) competition
(b) buffaloes
(e) All correct
(e) All correct
3. (a) garbage
12. (a) mosquitoes
(b) pioneer
(d) emergency
20. (a) viollence
(c) conclusion
(b) heredity
(d) engagement
(e) All correct
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21. (a) farmer
(c) labourers
32. (a) performance
(b) Octuber
(c) impairment
(d) country
(c) beautifully
33. (a) attracttive
(b) severe
(c) essay
(c) sockets
34. (a) amazing
(b) composition
(c) creatures
(c) monopoly
35. (a) experience
(b) varendahs
(c) milionnaire
(e) All correct
28. (a) caution
(c) inflation
(c) mortality
36. (a) flowery
(b) teachers
(c) liberate
(c) restricted
(e) All correct
N
O
(b) revalution
(d) moderate
(b) jewelery
(d) curly
(e) All correct
(b) democracy
(d) obsene
A
D
O
(b) tutorial
V
A
(d) highlight
N
A
Y
37. (a) occasion
(c) occurence
(b) omission
(d) commission
(e) All correct
38. (a) religeous
(c) courteous
(b) courageous
(d) humorous
(e) All correct
(b) fragrans
39. (a) muslin
(d) armour
(c) kiln
(b) masculine
(d) disciplin
(e) All correct
(b) privilege
(d) laughter
40. (a) ancient
(c) magnificient
(b) patient
(d) efficient
(e) All correct
(b) signboard
(d) mighty
41. (a) auspicious
(b) delicious
(c) jealous
(d) courtious
(e) All correct
(e) All correct
31. (a) competency
U
O
F
(c) early
(d) feathars
(e) All correct
30. (a) praiseworthy
A
D
N
(e) All correct
(e) All correct
29. (a) largely
TI
(c) elementary
(d) brigade
(e) All correct
27. (a) thunder
(d) vocational
(e) All correct
(e) All correct
26. (a) absorption
(b) nineteen
(c) imensely
(d) general
(e) All correct
25. (a) features
(d) appropriate
(e) All correct
(e) All correct
24. (a) buckets
(b) sensitive
(c) advantage
(d) governor
(e) All correct
23. (a) grammer
(d) simplified
(e) All correct
(e) All correct
22. (a) receive
(b) synthasis
(b) employment
(d) dexterity
42. (a) conquerer
(b) admirer
(c) miner
(d) butcher
(e) All correct
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43. (a) dependent
(c) repentant
(b) accidant
55. (a) fiesible
(d) pendant
(c) favour
(e) All correct
44. (a) welcome
(c) farewel
(c) buffalo
(b) welfare
56. (a) baron
(d) travel
(c) survey
(c) ecsorbitant
(e) All correct
57. (a) enigmatic
(d) beggar
58. (a) canine
(d) sureptitious
(c) cannonade
(d) excess
59. (a) ficticious
(d) penance
(e) All correct
(b) humilliation
(e) All correct
51. (a) calorie
(c) calumny
A
D
O
(d) concession
(e) All correct
(c) suspicious
V
A
(c) gimick
(c) apraise
(c) rummage
(e) All correct
61. (a) revise
62. (a) discipline
(b) caligraphy
(c) muslin
(d) calibrate
(e) All correct
63. (a) eaten
(b) grievous
(d) gamut
(b) aperture
(d) apathy
(b) cannibal
(d) cannopy
(b) atrocious
(d) luscious
(b) abdicate
(d) abeyance
(e) All correct
(e) All correct
(c) beaten
(b) advice
(d) device
(b) masculine
(d) kiln
(b) stolen
(d) writen
(e) All correct
64. (a) bearer
(c) admirer
(b) conquerer
(d) governor
(e) All correct
(e) All correct
54. (a) hommage
(c) aberration
(d) reconcilable
(e) All correct
53. (a) apostle
A
Y
60. (a) abreviate
(c) demice
N
TI
N
O
(e) All correct
(b) receptacle
(e) All correct
52. (a) grimy
U
O
F
(c) precious
(c) tendancy
50. (a) suseptible
A
D
N
(e) All correct
(b) ecstasy
(b) menace
(d) phlegmatic
(e) All correct
(b) surveillance
48. (a) governance
(c) reconciliation
(b) giagantic
(c) didactic
(e) All correct
49. (a) palliation
(d) barrack
(b) begining
(e) All correct
47. (a) eczema
(b) barometer
(c) baricade
(e) All correct
46. (a) surround
(d) fiery
(e) All correct
(e) All correct
45. (a) business
(b) feature
(b) plumage
(d) pilgrimage
65. (a) weap
(b) sleep
(c) heap
(d) deep
(e) All correct
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66. (a) conscious
(c) adventrous
(b) superfluous
9.
(e)
10. (b)
11. (a)
12. (e)
(d) mischievous
13. (c)
14. (e)
15. (c)
16. (a)
17. (d)
18. (c)
19. (b)
20. (a)
21. (b)
22. (e)
23. (a)
24. (b)
25. (d)
26. (d)
27. (c)
28. (b)
29. (e)
30. (a)
31. (e)
32. (b)
(e) All correct
67. (a) beggar
(b) trigger
(c) struggle
(d) smuggle
(e) All correct
68. (a) receive
(c) retrieve
33. (a)
34. (c)
35. (b)
36. (b)
(b) conceive
37. (c)
38
(a)
39. (d)
40. (c)
(d) respite
41. (d)
42. (a)
43. (b)
44. (c)
45. (b)
46. (d)
47. (c)
48. (c)
(b) faction
49. (b)
51. (d)
52. (c)
(d) abreviation
53. (c)
N
54.O (a)
T58.I (d)
55. (a)
56. (c)
59. (a)
60. (a)
(a)
63. (d)
64. (b)
(c)
67. (c)
68. (d)
(e) All correct
69. (a) sanction
(c) relation
A 62.
61. (c)D
N 66.
65. (a)
U
F69.O (d) 70.
57. (b)
(e) All correct
70. (a) dilute
(b) dimpal
(c) diminish
(d) dimension
(e) All correct
ANSWERS
1.
(e)
2.
(e)
3.
(b)
5.
(a)
6.
(d)
7.
(e)
A
(d)
D
V8.O (e)
YA
50. (a)
(b)
4.
A
NIDIOMS
& PHRASES
Directions: which of the phrases (a), (b), (c) and
(a) impose it with them (b) impose them with it
(d) given below each sentence should replace the
(c) imposing them on it (d) impose it on them
phrase printed in bold type to make the sentence
(e) No correction required
grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct
3. The crops are dying, it must not had rained.
as it is mark (e) as the answer.
1. The performance of our players was rather worst
than I had expected.
(a) bad as I had expected
(b) worse than I had expected
(c) worse than expectation
(d) worst than was expected
(e) No correction required
2. It is always better to make people realise the
importance of discipline than to impose them on it.
(a) must had not
(b) must not be
(c) must not have
(d) must not have been
(e) No correction required
4. They were all shocked at his failure in the
completion.
(a) were shocked at all
(b) had all shocked at
(c) had all shocked by
(d) had been all shocked on
(e) No correction required
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5. He is too impatient for tolerating any delay.
(a) hardly possible for keeping
(a) to tolerate
(b) to tolerating
(b) hardly impossible keeping
(c) at tolerating
(d) with tolerating
(c) hardly impossible to keep
(d) hardly possible keeping
(e) No correction required
(e) No correction required
6. Though we have kept in mind to try and
maintain most facilities, we would like to request
11. He confidently asked the crowd if they thought
you to kindly bear with us any inconvenience that
he was right and the crowd shouted that they
may be caused.
did.
(a) must keep in mind to try and maintain
(a) that he did
(b) have kept in mind to trying and maintain
(c) that he is
(c) would keep in mind to try and maintain
(e) No correction required
(d) should have kept in mind to try and to maintain
(e) No correction required
there is no leader to set the things right.
12. Acquisition of certain specific skills can be
D
N
and exposure to novel situations.
U
O
F
(a) can be facilitated by
(b) may facilitate through
(a) in such a mess here
(c) can be felicitated with
(b) in a such mess that here
(c) in such a mess that there
(d) with such a mess that there
(e) No correction required
O
V
DA
A
Y
8. We met him immediately after the session in which
he had been given a nice speech.
(c) will have given
N
O
(d) that he didn’t
facilitated from general awareness, education
7. The tea estate administration is in such mess
(a) would be giving
I
T
A
(b) that they had
NA
(d) may be felicitated with
(e) No correction required
13. The man who has committed such a serious crime
must get the mostly severe punishment
(a) be getting the mostly severely
(b) has been given
(b) get the most severe
(d) had given
(c) have got the most severely
(e) No correction required
9. The moment the manager came to know of the
fraudulent action of his assistant, he order
immediately dismissed him.
(a) immediately ordered his dismissed
(d) have been getting the severemost
(e) No correction required
14. The research study is an eye-opener and attempts
to acquaint us with the problems of the poor
nations.
(b) ordered his immediate dismissal
(a) attempted to acquaint
(c) immediately order dismissal of his
(b) attempts to acquainting
(d) ordered for immediately dismissal him
(c) attempt to acquaint
(e) No correction required
(d) attempting to acquaint
10. The drama had many scenes which were so
humorous that it was hardly possible to keep
a straight face.
(e) No correction required
15. If I would have realised the nature of the job
earlier, I would not have accepted it.
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(a) If I have had
(a) Despite their
(b) Despite of the
(b) In case I would have
(c) Despite for their
(d) Despite off their
(c) Had I been
(e) No correction required
(d) Had I
21. The orator had been left the auditorium before
(e) No correction required
the audience stood up.
16. He is a singer of repute, but his yesterday’s
(a) had been leaving
(b) was left
performance was quite disappointing.
(c) had left
(d) would leave
(a) performances for yesterday were
(e) No correction required
22. It was unanimously resolved that the parties
(b) yesterday performance was
N
O
(c) yesterday performances were
should unitedly undertook lunching of popular
(d) performances about yesterday were
programmes.
(e) No correction required
(a) should be united undertook
17. The courts are actively to safeguard the interests
D
N
I
T
A
(b) should be unitedly undertaken
(c) should be unitedly undertake
and the rights of the poor.
U
O
F
(d) should unitedly undertake
(a) are actively to safeguarding
(e) No correction required
(b) have been actively safeguarding
(c) have to active in safeguarding
(d) are actively in safeguarding
(e) No correction required
O
V
DA
A
Y
18. Because of his ill health, the doctor has advised
him not to refrain from smoking
(a) to not refrain from
(c) to refrain from
NA
(b) to resort to
23. One of my drawbacks is that I do not have to
tolerance of ambiguity.
(a) do not have
(b) cannot have to
(c) am not
(d) did not have to
(e) No correction required
24. They should have calmly thought of the
advantages that would accrue to them.
(d) to be refrained
(e) No correction required
(a) should have been clam in thinking about
(b) should be calmly thought of
19. What happens to all those travellers on the ship
was not known.
(a) what happened of
(b) that is what happens to
(c) what is that happens to
(d) what happened to
(e) No correction required
20. Despite of their differences on matters of
(c) shall have to calmly thought of
(d) should have calmly think of
(e) No correction required
25. Their earnings are such that they find it difficult
to make both ends to meet.
(a) to making both the ends meet
(b) to make both ends for meeting
(c) to make both ends meet
principles, they all agree on the demand of hike in
(d) for making both the ends meet
salary
(e) No correction required
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26. We should realize that the chance of an accident
may be as great or greater in our homes than
in a train or on the road.
31. Calamities and indigence in the past was afflicting
more than at present.
(a) were afflicting more
(a) may be at least as great in our home as
(b) were affllected more
(b) was at least as great as in our homes
(c) were more afflect
(c) can be as great or greater in our homes than
(d) was afflict more
(d) may be at least as great or greater in our
(e) No correction required
homes than
32. Most of the boys and girls like to see these kind
(e) No correction required
of movies.
27. In 1996, India exported twice as much of its
national output of sugar as that had in 1986.
N
O
(a) this kind of movies
I
T
A
(b) this kinds of movies
(a) than it had
(b) than it did
(c) as that had
(d) as it did
(c) these kind of movie
we perceive life hidden within them.
(a) the life we perceive more hidden
(b) we perceive life more hidden
DA
(c) more than life we perceive hidden
(d) we perceive life more than hidden
NA
U
O
F
(e) No correction required
28. The more we look at these carvings, the more
(e) No correction required
D
N
(d) this kind of movie
(e) No correction required
O
V
33. Because of scientific progress, we expect to live
better than our parents have.
A
Y
(a) should expect to live better than our parents
(b) expect to live as good as our parents lived
(c) expect to live better than our parents did
(d) expected to live better than our parents
(e) No correction required
29. Primitive man believing that a crime created
an imbalance which could be rectified only by
punishing the wrongdoer.
(a) believes that a crime created
(b) believed that a crime created
34. By failing to keep his promise, the candidate will
earn the distrust of all the voters.
(a) Because the candidate failed
(b) If the candidate has failed
(c) believed that a criminal created
(c) Since the candidate failed
(d) believed that a crime creates
(d) If the candidate fails
(e) No correction required
(e) No correction required
30. Everything depend upon them coming on time
(a) depends upon them coming
35. It is as difficult to prevent assaults against
environment as those that are against animals.
(b) depend upon them come
(a) those against
(b) it is against
(c) depends upon their coming
(c) preventing those against
(d) depending upon their coming
(d) it is to prevent those against
(e) No correction required
(e) No correction required
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36. He never has and ever will take such strong
41. My doctor knew that I would eventually recover
measures.
and do the kind of work I would be doing before.
(a) had taken nor will ever take
(a) would have been doing
(b) had taken and will ever take
(b) would been done
(c) has and never will take
(c) had been done
(d) had and ever will take
(d) had been doing
(e) No correction required
(e) No correction required
37. Tax evadress should heavily fined as they do it
42. If you are thinking about investing overseas, isn’t
intentionally.
it makes sense to find an experienced guide?
(a) should be heavy fined
(a) is it not making
(b) doesn’t it make
(c) does it make
(d) is it making
(b) should have heavily fined
(c) shall have heavy fine
(e) No correction required
(d) should be heavily fined
D
N
43. In addition to enhanced their reputations
(e) No correction required
38. They examined both the samples very carefully
but failed to detect any difference in them
(a) some different in
(b) some difference between
(c) any difference between
(d) any difference among
(e) No correction required
I
T
A
N
O
O
V
DA
U
O
F
through strategic use of philanthropy, companies
are sponsoring social initiatives to open new
markets.
A
Y
(a) of enhancing their reputations
(b) to having enhance their reputation
(c) to enhancing their reputations
(d) to have their reputation enhancing
(e) No correction required
39. The population of Tokyo is greater than of any
NA
other town in the world.
44. Technology must use to feed the forces of
change.
(a) greatest among any other
(b) greater than all other
(a) must be used to feed
(c) greater than those of any other
(b) must have been using to feed
(d) greater than any other
(c) must use having fed
(e) No correction required
(d) must be using to feed
40. He admired the speed with which he completed
the work and appreciating the method adopted
(e) No correction required
45. The crime has growth rapidly in Russia since the
by him.
disintegration of the communist system.
(a) appreciate the method being adopted
(a) rapid crime has grown
(b) appreciated the method adopted
(b) crime has grown rapidly
(c) appreciate the method of adoption
(c) crimes grow rapidly
(d) appreciated the adopting method
(d) crimes have been rapidly grown
(e) No correction required
(e) No correction required
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Directions: in each of the following question, an
idiomatic expression and its four possible
meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning
of the idiomatic expression and mark the letter
of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find
any correct answers, mark ‘e’ as your answer.
51. To above board
(a) To have a good height
(b) To be honest in any business deal
(c) To have no debts
(d) To try to be beautiful
(e) None of the above
46. To make a clean breast of
52. To catch a tartar
(a) to gain prominence
(a) To trap a wanted criminal with great difficulty
(b) to praise oneself
(c) to confess without reserve
(b) To catch a dangerous person
(d) to destroy before it blooms
(c) To meet the disaster
(e) None of the above
(d) To deal with a person who is more then one’s
match
47. To end in smoke
(e) None of the above
(a) to make completely understand
(a) an unlucky person
(c) to excite great applause
(d) to overcome some one
(b) a negro
(e) None of the above
48. To leave someone in the lurch
A
D
O
(a) to come to compromise with some one
A
Y
(b) constant source of annoyance to someone
V
A
(c) to put someone at ease
(d) to desert someone in his difficulties
49. To cry wolf
U
O
F
53. A black sheep
(b) to ruin oneself
(e) None of the above
D
N
I
T
A
N
O
N
(a) to listen eagerly
(b) to give false alarm
(c) to turn pale
(d) to keep off starvation
(e) None of the above
(c) an ugly person
(d) a partner who takes no share of the profits
(e) None of the above
54. To smell a rat
(a) To see signs of plague epidemic
(b) To get bad smell dead rat
(c) To suspect foul dealing
(d) To be in a bad mood
(e) None of the above
55. To have an axe to grind
(a) A private end to serve
(b) To fail to arouse interest
(c) To have no result
50. A man of straw
(a) a man of no substance
(b) a very active person
(c) a worthy fellow
(d) To work for both sides
(e) None of the above
56. To pick holes
(d) an unreasonable person
(a) To find some reason to quarrel
(e) None of the above
(b) To destroy something
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62. He is so meticulous that he can never do anything
(c) To criticise some one
(d) To cut some part of an item
in a hurry
(e) None of the above
57. To hit nail on the head
(a) Slow
(b) secretive
(c) lazy
(d) very careful
(e) None of the above
(a) To do the right thing
(b) To destroy one’s reputation
63. The children suffer from having a domineering
(c) To announce one’s fixed views
mother.
(d) To teach some a lesson
(a) sick and unhealthy
(e) None of the above
(b) tending to order people about
58. To drive home
(c) nagging
I
T
A
N
O
(a) To find one’s roots
(d) incapable of affection
(b) To return to place of rest
(e) None of the above
(c) back to original position
59. To beg the question
(a) To refer to
A
Y
(b) To take for granted (c) To rise objection
(d) To be discussed
O
V
(b) To be in good mood
NA
(c) To preserve one’s energy
(e) None of the above
DA
F
(a) Forgetting
(b) denying
(c) ignoring
(d) hiding
(e) None of the above
65. Our art treasures must be kept for posterity
(e) None of the above
60. To keep one’s temper
(d) To be aloof from
OU
difficulties.
(e) None of the above
(a) to become angry
D
N
64. There is no gainsaying that the country is in
(d) to emphasise
(a) prosperity
(b) future generations
(c) the wealthy
(d) Art connoisseurs
(e) None of the above
Direction: (Qs. 66-70): In each question, a
sentence followed by a direction to rephrase the
sentence is given. Five words or phrases
Directions: In question 61-65 four alternatives are
numbered (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) are given bellow
given for the word in bold letters in the sentence.
each sentence and its direction. It may be
Choose one which best expresses the meaning
possible to rephrase the sentence in several ways,
of the word in bold letters.
in conformity with the direction given, but you
61. He alleged that the victim had been with the
should try to rephrase the sentence in such a way
accused on the night of the murder.
that it includes one of the given alternative
(a) said (without given proof)
phrases (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) as part of the
(b) boasted (without hesitation)
rephrasing. There should not be any change in
(c) proved
the meaning of the rephrased sentence
(d) gossiped
66. The invasion of China was regarded by Nehru’s
(e) None of the above
biographers as the turning point in India’s foreign
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policy.
Begin
with
“Nehru’s
(a) has been affected
biographers……………………
(b) have affected
(a) regarded India’s foreign policy as
(c) by unremunerative
(b) regarded the invasion of china termed
(d) under-utilised the capacity
(c) termed the invasion of China
(e) have affected poor offtake
(d) termed India’s foreign policy as
70. These doubts can be completely annihilated only
(e) regarded the turning point as
when the individual gains an intimate, subjective
export of the self in him.
67. It is common experience that the movement
floundering for any reason responds favourably if
Begin with “With the individual’s gaining
remedial measures are taken promptly if remedial
intimate……….”
measures are taken promptly to reactivate the
(a) he can annihilate complete doubts
ineffective groups. Begin with “Remedial
(b) these doubts can annihilate
measures………..”
(c) experience of self in him can clear these
(a) if taken promptly to respond
(d) these doubts can be completely annihilated
(b) can reactivate the ineffective
(c) are commonly taken promptly to flounder
(d) in order to flounder the movement
(e) if taken promptly can reactivate
U
O
F
D
N
doubts
I
T
A
N
O
A
Y
(e) can complete annihilation of the self in him
ANSWERS
1.
(b)
2.
(d)
3.
(c)
4.
(e)
5.
(a)
6.
(e)
7.
(c)
8.
(d)
society today feel a profound sense of futility and
9.
(b)
10. (e)
11. (e)
12. (a)
frustration.
13. (b)
14. (e)
15. (d)
16. (e)
17. (b)
18. (c)
19. (d)
20. (a)
21. (c)
22. (d)
23. (a)
24. (a)
25. (c)
26. (a)
27. (d)
28. (e)
29. (b)
30. (c)
31. (a)
32. (a)
33. (c)
34. (e)
35. (d)
36. (a)
37. (d)
38
(c)
39. (e)
40. (b)
41. (d)
42. (b)
43. (c)
44. (a)
45. (b)
46. (c)
47. (e)
48. (d)
69. Unremunerative pricing along with poor offtake
49. (b)
50. (a)
51. (b)
52. (d)
and gross under-unilisation of capacity have
53. (e)
54. (c)
55. (a)
56. (c)
affected the viability of the wagon building
57. (a)
58. (d)
59. (b)
60. (b)
industry.
61. (a)
62. (d)
63. (b)
64. (b)
Begin with “The viability of the wagon building
65. (b)
66. (b)
67. (e)
68. (a)
industry…………”
69. (a)
70. (d)
DA
68. An increasing number of people in all strata of
NA
O
V
Begin with “Futility and frustration ……..
(a) are commonly experienced by
(b) notwithstanding their number
(c) by people who have profound sense
(d) are experienced only by some typical category
of people
(e) are not uncommon in upper strata
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ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
1. Habitually silent or talking little
10. One who bas a compulsive desire to steal
(a) Serville
(b)
Unequivocal
(a) Pilferer
(b)
Poacher
(c) Taciturn
(d)
Synoptic
(c) Plagiarist
(d)
Kleptomaniac
(e) Vacuous
11. A person who renounces the world and
2. A religious discourse
practises self-discipline in order to attain
(a) Preach
(b)
Stanza
salvation
(c) Sanctorum
(d)
Sermon
(a) Antiquarian
(b)
Ascetic
(c) Sceptic
(d)
Devotee
(e) Myth
3. A place that provides refuge
12. A person who does not believe in the existence
(a) Asylum
(b)
Sanatorium
of God
(c) Shelter
(d)
Orphanage
(a) Theist
A
D
N
(e) Dormitory
(c) Atheist
4. Detailed plan of a journey
(b)
Travelkit
(c) schedule
(d)
Itinerary
5. A person who insists on something
Sticker
A
D
VO
A
N
A large dark grey cloud that brings rain or snow
(c) Instantaneous
6.
(b)
(d)
U
O
F (a) Aristocracy
(b)
Heretic
(d)
Fanatic
13. A government by the nobles
(a) Travelogue
(a) Disciplinarian
T
N
O
I
Boaster
(a) Nimbus
(b)
Blizzard
(c) Hail
(d)
Fog
7. A large pillar made from one stone
YA
(c) Autocracy
(b)
Democracy
(d)
Bureaucracy
14. Teetotaller means
(a) One who abstains from theft
(b) One who abstains from meat
(c) One who abstains from taking wine
(d) One who abstains from taking malice.
15. The part of a government which is concerned
with making of rules
(a) Monolith
(b)
Monument
(a) Court
(b)
Tribunal
(c) Statue
(d)
Bulwark
(c) Bar
(d)
Legislature
8. A situation that exists at a particular time
16. Policemen riding on motorcycles as guards to
without any changes being made to it
a VIP
(a) laissez-faire
(b)
Stagnation
(a) Outriders
(b)
Servants
(c) Corrigendum
(d)
Status quo
(c) Commandos
(d)
Attendants
17. To steal secretly in small quantities
9. Official misconduct
(a) Maleficence
(b)
Malfeasance
(a) Robbery
(b)
Pilferage
(c) Maltreatment
(d)
Maladministration
(c) Theft
(d)
Defalcation
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18. A person who tries to deceive people by
claiming to be able to do wonderful things
(a) Trickster
(b)
Impostor
(c) Magician
(d)
Montebank
religious obligation
(b)
Celibate
(c) Virgin
(d)
Recluse
(a) Life story
(b)
Philosophy
(c) Autobiography
(d)
Biography
28. A general pardon granted by the Government
19. One who does not marry, especially as a
(a) Bachelor
27. The life story of a man written by himself
to political offenders
(a) Pardon
(b)
Excuse
(c) Honesty
(d)
Amnesty
29. A person living in a foreign country
20. A place for sick people who need long periods
of treatment or rest
(a) Native
I
T
A
(c) Abroad
(a) Clinic
(b)
Hospital
(c) Sanatorium
(d)
Asylum
N
O
(b)
Foreigner
(d)
Remote
30. A person who is out to destroy the Government
D
N
(a) Anarchist
21. Belonging to the same country and having
same interests and feelings
U
O
F
(c) Atheist
(b)
Destroyer
(d)
Theist
31. One who plays a game for pleasure, and not
(a) Patriot
(b)
Comrade
(c) Compatriot
(d)
Native
22. A person who eats too much
DA
(a) Glutton
(b)
Reveller
(c) Sensualist
(d)
Omnivore
O
V
as a professional
A
Y
23. An imaginary name assumed by an author for
disguise
NA
(a) Pseudonym
(b)
Pen-name
(c) Nickname
(d)
Homonym
24. Likely to break apart easily
(a) Breakable
(b)
Thin
(c) Brittle
(d)
Harsh
25. Government by the nobels
(a) Aristocracy
(b)
Theocracy
(c) Autocracy
(d)
Mobocracy
(a) Sporter
(b)
Playful
(c) Amateur
(d)
Professional
(a) Audible
(b)
Laudable
(c) Praiseable
(d)
Adorable
32. Perceptible to the ear
33. Public sale in which articles are sold to highest
bidders
(a) Sale
(b)
Auction
(c) Wholesale
(d)
Marketing
34. A Government that is carried on through
officers
(a) Bureaucracy
(b)
Officiousness
(c) Class One
(d)
Dictatorship
35. The system of having two wives or husbands
at a time
26. Government by one person
(a) Dictatorship
(b)
Monarchy
(a) Bigamy
(b)
Polygamy
(c) Democracy
(d)
Oligrachy
(c) Polandry
(d)
Polygyny
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36. The state of being unmarried
46. A man with abnormal habits
(a) Unmarried
(b)
Celibacy
(a) Eccentric
(b)
Central
(c) Lonely
(d)
Aloofness
(c) Moody
(d)
Wavering
37. A person who readily believes others
47. A person who is fond of refined sensuous
(a) Creditor
(b)
Creditable
pleasures
(c) Credible
(d)
Credulous
(a) Sensuous
(b)
Epicurean
(c) Sensational
(d)
Sensitive
38. People working in the same department or
office
48. Pleasure trip by a number of persons
(a) Fellows
(b)
Colleagues
(c) Mates
(d)
Companions
(a) Excursion
(c) Trip
39. A person living at the same time as another
(a) Historical
(b)
Contemporary
(c) Time-fellow
(d)
Chum
I
T
A
(b)
Travel
(d)
Tour
49. Animals that feed on grass
D
N
(a) Herbivorous
U
O
F
(c) Vegetarian
40. Animals that eat flesh
N
O
(b)
Carnivorous
(d)
Non-vegetarian
50. The murder of a human being
(a) Herbivorous
(b)
Omnivorous
(c) Carnivorous
(d)
Vegetarian
41. One who feels at home in every country
A
D
O
(a) Metropolitian
(b)
Cosmopolitian
(c) Citizen
(d)
Denizen
V
A
A
Y
(a) Homicide
(b)
Regicide
(c) Suicide
(d)
Infanticide
51. A Scheme which cannot be but into practice
(a) Theoretical
(b)
Utopian
(c) High
(d)
Difficult
42. A disease which is spread by contact
N
(a) Contagious
(b)
(c) Spreading
(d)
52. A story which is difficult to believe
Infectious
Epidemic
(a) Fairy
(b)
Credulous
(c) Credible
(d)
Incredible
43. Concluding part of a literary work
53. A person who is exempted from all errors
(a) Dialogue
(b)
Monologue
(c) Prologue
(d)
Epilogue
44. More like a woman than a man in manners and
(a) Infallible
(b)
Fallible
(c) Free
(d)
Mistake-less
54. A decision upon which one cannot go back
habits
(a) Effeminate
(b)
Womanish
(a) Unavoidable
(b)
Irrevocable
(c) Delicate
(d)
Unmanly
(c) Avoidable
(d)
Forwarding
45. A statement that is absolutely clear
55. Incapable of being explained
(a) Clean
(b)
Confused
(a) Nondescript
(b)
Untold
(c) Ambiguous
(d)
Unequivocal
(c) Unexplained
(d)
Inexplicable
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56. A voice that cannot be heard
63. Argument which cannot be refuted
(a) Inaudible
(b)
Heard
(a) Irrefutable
(b)
Contradictory
(c) Unheard
(d)
Faint
(c) Averse
(d)
Strong
57. A thing that cannot be avoided
64. A thing which catches fire earily
(a) Ignored
(b)
Avoidable
(a) Inflammable
(b)
Fiery
(c) Evaded
(d)
Unavoidable
(c) Fireproof
(d)
Dry
58. The murder of infants
ANSWERS
(a) Regicide
(b)
Patricide
1.
(c)
2.
(d)
3.
(a)
4.
(d)
(c) Suicide
(d)
Infanticide
5.
(b)
6.
(a)
7.
(a)
8.
(d)
9.
(b)
10. (d)
11.
(b)
12.
(c)
13.
(a)
14. (c)
15.
(d)
16.
(a)
17.
(b)
(a)
19.
(b)
20.
(c)
22. (a)
23.
(a)
24.
(c)
26. (a)
27.
(c)
28.
(d)
30. (a)
31.
(c)
32.
(a)
34. (a)
35.
(a)
36.
(b)
59. Worship of idols
(a) Backwardness
(b) Idolatory
(c) Bigotry
(d)
Superstition
(c)T
A
25. (a)
D
N
29.
(b)
U
F O 33. (b)
21.
60. Handwriting that cannot be read
(a) Illegible
(b)
Unreadable
(c) Dim
(d)
Dull
YA
61. A person who has no money to pay off his debts
A
D
VO
(a) Insolvent
(b)
Poor
(c) Paper
(d)
Destitute
(a) Fit
A
N
(b) Irrelevant
(c) Apt
(d)
62. Remarks which have no bearing on the subject
Appropriate
N18.
O
I
37.
(d)
38
(b)
39.
(b)
40.
(c)
41.
(b)
42. (a)
43.
(d)
44.
(a)
45.
(d)
46. (a)
47.
(b)
48.
(a)
49.
(a)
50. (a)
51.
(b)
52.
(d)
53.
(a)
54. (b)
55.
(d)
56.
(a)
57.
(d)
58. (d)
59.
(b)
60.
(a)
61.
(a)
62. (b)
63.
(a)
64.
(a)
IMPROVEMENT OF SENTENCES
Directions: Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c) and
(d) persistence is needed
(d) given below should replace the phrase printed
(e) No correction required
in italics in the following sentences to make the
sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence
2.
When the professor fell off the stool, the students
could not avoid to laugh.
is correct, mark (e), i.e., “No Correction required”,
as your answer.
(a) avoid laughter
(b) stop laughter
1.
(c) avoid laugher
(d) refrain from laugh
To succeed in a difficult task, persistent is needed.
(e) No correction required
(a) persistent is what one needs
(b) persistence should have needed
(c) one need to be persisted
3.
I think in my opinion that all those who claim to
be honest are not really so.
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(a) He has been
(b) Had he been
(c) In my opinion, I believe
(c) Having
(d) Having been
(d) It seems to me
(e) No correction required
(a) It is my believing
(b) My believing is
(e) No correction required
4.
10. Had we been on time, we would not have missed
Because of the patient’s ill health, losing weight
the train.
was advised him by the doctor.
(a) had not
(b) might have
(a) to lose weight was advised to him by the
(c) would have been
(d) will not have
(e) No correction required
doctor
(b) he was advised by the doctor to lose weight
(c) the doctor’s advise to him was losing weight
(d) Lose weight was what the doctor advised
(e) No correction required
5.
The main point of his speech was well understood.
(d) made by his speech
(e) No correction required
DA
A
Y
Deepika would have been looked elegant in a
sari.
O
V
(b) might have looked
NA
(d) would be looked
(e) No correction required
7.
Suparna purchased the very good of all the sari
kept in the shop.
9.
D
N
(e) No correction required
U
O
F
(a) may hold
(b) should hold
(c) are holding
(d) might hold
(e) No correction required
13. You should visit Disney Land when you are going
to the United States.
(a) were going
(b) should go
(c) have gone
(d) happen to go
(e) No correction required
14. When I Jointed the college in 1986, he has already
taught there for five years.
(a) the most good
(b) the very better
(c) the best
(d) the better
(e) No correction required
8.
(c) would have been telling
distribution tomorrow.
(c) in the speech of his
(c) was looked
I
T
A
(b) would have told
12. It is not certain that we would hold the prize
(b) made when he spoke
(a) had looking
N
O
(a) have been telling
(d) an telling
(a) that he spoke
6.
11. I Was telling a lie if I ever said that I liked you.
(a) was already teaching
(b) had already been teaching
(c) has already been teaching
Mrs. Stoneham had staying here since 1954 and
(d) would have already taught
has made India her home.
(e) No correction required
(a) is staying
(b) will stay
(c) was to stay
(d) has been staying
15. This is first time I had ever used foreign razor
for shaving.
(e) No correction required
(a) have used
(b) ever had used
Having had in the Railways for a long time,
(c) will ever use
(d) have ever been using
Manohar has visited all the Indian cities.
(e) No correction required
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16. A master should never impose his servants too
(a) very easy to children as
(b) easy as for children as
much work.
(c) as easy as children
(a) his servants with too much work
(d) easier for children than
(b) too much work with his servants
(e) No correction required
(c) too much work on his servants
22. Taxes are high in this country, aren’t they?
(d) too much work for his servants
(e) No correction required
17. In which newspaper the Prime Minister’s speech
(a) doesn’t it?
(b) do they?
(c) aren’t taxes?
(d) don’t they?
(e) No correction required
appeared?
(a) did the Prime Minister’s speech appeared
N
O
23. If you have been careful, you could have
I
T
A
(b) did the Prime Minister’s speech appear.
voided the acceded the accident.
(c) the Prime Minister’s speech was appeared
(a) If you are
(d) the Prime Minister’s speech did appear
(c) Have you had been (d) Had you have been
(e) No correction required
(e) No correction required
18. My brother is ill of fever and so I am.
U
O
F
D
N
(b) Had you been
24. Success, according to many people, are making
more and more money?
(a) of fever and so am I
(b) of fever like I am
(c) with fever and so I am
(d) by fever and so I am
(e) No correction required
O
V
DA
A
Y
19. Not knowing the language and with having no
NA
(a) is making
(b) is made
(c) are made
(d) is to making
(e) No correction required
25. Please stating the problem first before
proceeding to suggest the solution.
friends in the country, he found it impossible to
(a) first stating the problem first
get a job.
(b) state the problem at first
(a) has no
(c) with having not
(b) had no
(c) state the problem first
(d) having no
(d) stating the problem
(e) No correction required
20. The weather was rather worse than I had
(e) No correction required
26. It will depend now on they coming on time.
expected.
(a) they come
(b) them coming
(a) worst than I had expected
(c) their’s coming
(d) their coming
(b) the worst than I expected
(e) No correction required
(c) worse than I expected
(d) worse than I am expecting
(e) No correction required
21. It is easy for children than for adults to learn a
new language.
27. We agreed to go to Calcutta and staying there
for a month.
(a) to stay
(b) to going
(c) to going to
(d) going
(e) No correction required
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28. We were fascinated by the sweet and soothing
music.
(a) I did either
(b) nor did I
(c) nor I did not
(d) nor did not
(e) No correction required
(a) sweetly and soothingly
(b) sweetened and soothing
ANSWERS
(c) sweetly and soothing
1.
(d)
2.
(c)
3.
(d)
4.
(b)
(d) sweetly but soothing
5.
(e)
6.
(b)
7.
(c)
8.
(d)
9.
(d)
10.
(e)
11. (b)
12.
(c)
13.
(d)
14.
(b)
15. (a)
16.
(c)
(e) No correction required
29. The roads are wet; it must had rained last night.
(a) must have
(b) must have been
17.
(b)
18.
(c)
19. (d)
20.
(e)
(c) might had
(d) would have been
21.
(d)
22.
(e)
23. (a)
24.
(a)
25.
(c)
26.
(d)
27. (c)
28.
(e)
29.
(a)
30.
(b)
(e) No correction required
30. They did not respond to the medicine; I did not
N
O
ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE
TI
Ateacher punished the boys who had not done
Directions: In the following questions, the
4. The
D
N their homework.
sentences have been given in Active/Passive
U
voice. From the given alternatives, choose the O
(a) The boys who had not done their homework
F
one which best expresses the given sentence in
were being punished by the teacher.
A
Passive/Active voice.
(b) The boys who had not done their homework
Y
A
were punished by the teacher.
1. Have the box broken.
D
(c) the boys were punished by their teacher who
O
(a) Get some one to break the box
V
had not done their homework.
A
(b) Break the box
(d) The boys who had not done their homework
N
(c) Have the broken the box
neither.
had been punished by the teacher.
(d) They have broken the box.
2.
They objected to my proposal.
People believed him to be innocent.
(a) Him is believed to be innocent by the people.
(a) My proposal objected them.
(b) He is believed to be innocent.
(b) My proposal was objected by them.
(c) He is believed innocent by the people.
(c) My proposal was objected to by them
(d) Him to be innocent is believed by the people.
(d) Their proposal was objected by me.
3.
5.
6.
You should open the wine about three hours before
Do you know her?
you use it.
(a) Are you known to her
(a) Wine should be opened about three hours
(b) Is she known by you?
(c) Is she known to you?
(d) Has she been known by you?
before use.
(b) Wine should be opened by you three hours
before use.
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(c) Wine should be opened about three hours
before you use it.
(a) An article has been written by me.
(d) Wine should be opened about three hours
before it is used.
7.
(d) An article was written by me.
You need to clean your shoes properly.
13. She composes many poems daily.
(b) You are needed to clean your shoes properly
(a) Many poems are daily composed by her.
(c) Your shoes need to be cleaned properly.
(b) Daily poems are composed by her.
(d) Your shoes are needed by you to clean
(c) Several poems have been daily composed by
her.
properly
The invigilator was reading out the instructions.
(a) The instructions were read by the invigilator.
(b) The instructions were being read out by the
I
T
A
N
O
(d) Many poems are to be composed by her daily.
14. They do not help their friends in difficulties.
D
N
(a) Their friends have not been helped by them
U
O
F
in difficulties.
invigilator.
(c) The instructions had been read out by the
(b) Their friends are not helped by them in
difficulties.
invigilator.
A
Y
(d) The instructions had been read by the
invigilator.
9.
(b) An article is written by me.
(c) An article is being written by me.
(a) Your shoes are needed to clean properly.
8.
12. I write an article.
He is said to be very rich.
(a) He said he is very rich.
(b) People say he is very rich.
NA
(c) He said it is very rich.
O
V
DA
(d) People say it is very rich.
10. Could you buy some stamps for me?
(a) Stamps should be bought for me.
(b) You are requested to buy some stamps for
me.
(c) You are ordered to buy some stamps for me.
(d) Stamps could be bought for me.
11. The cat drank all the milk.
(a) All the milk was drunk by the cat.
(c) By them their friends were not helped in
difficulties.
(d) Their friends will not be helped by them in
difficulties.
15. We do not advise him these days.
(a) He is not advised by us these days.
(b) He was not advised these days by us.
(c) He will not be advised these days by us.
(d) He has not been advised these days by us.
16. Do you play cricket every morning?
(a) Are cricket played by you every morning?
(b) Is cricket played by you every morning?
(c) Has cricket been played by you every
morning?
(d) Was cricket played by you every morning?
17. Do you read detective novels these days?
(b) All the milk has been drunk by the cat.
(a) Have detective novels been read by you?
(c) All the milk was drunk by the cat.
(b) Were detective novels been read by you these
(d) All the milk had been drunk by the cat.
days?
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(c) Will detective novels be read by you these
days?
(a) Their advice was not followed by me.
(d) Are detective novels read by you these days?
18. Does it not eat fodder these days?
(d) Their advice has been followed by us.
(b) Was fodder not eaten by it these days?
24. Are you playing the trick?
(c) Are fodder not eaten by it these days?
(d) Has fodder not been eaten by it these days?
19. Do I not greet my friends warmly?
(a) Is the trick being played by you?
(b) Was the trick being played by you?
N
O
(c) Has the trick been played by you?
(a) Are my friends not greeted warmly by me?
(b) Were my friends not warmly greeted by me?
(c) Will my friends not be warmly greeted by
(d) Will the trick be played by you?
I
T
A
25. Has she played the trick?
D
N
(a) Had the trick been played by you?
(b) Has the trick been played by her?
me?
(d) Have my friends not been warmly greeted
U
O
F
(c) Have the tricks been played by her?
(d) Is the trick played by her?
by me?
20. Why does he not offer prayers these days?
A
Y
(a) Why are prayers not offered by him these
days?
DA
(b) Why prayers are not offered by him these
days?
NA
O
V
(c) Why will prayers not be offered by him these
(d) Why were prayers not offered by him these
days?
(b) Their advice is not being followed by us.
(c) Their advice has not been followed by me.
(a) Is fodder not eaten by it these days?
days?
23. We are not following their advice.
21. Why do you not do your work?
26. Has she not run the race?
(a) Will the race not be run by her?
(b) Had the race not been run by her?
(c) Has the race not been run by her?
(d) Was the race not run by her?
27. Why have they not played the game?
(a) Why has the game not played by them?
(b) Why is the game not played by them?
(c) Why has the game not played by them?
(d) Why will the game not be played?
(a) Why is your work not done by you?
(b) Why your work is not done by you?
28. I invited them.
(c) Why can your work not being done by you?
(a) They were invited by me.
(d) Why will your work not be done by you?
(b) They have been invited by me.
22. I am attending to the job.
(c) They had been invited by me.
(d) They has been invited by me.
(a) The job is being attended to by me.
(b) The job will be attended to by me.
29. You did not respect him.
(c) The Job has been attended to by me.
(a) He will not be respected by you.
(d) The job shall be attended to by me.
(b) He was not respected by you.
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(c) He had not been respected by you.
(b) Why were they not encouraged by them?
(d) He has not been respected by you.
(c) Why will he not be encouraged by them?
(d) Why should he not be encouraged by them?
30. Did they solve the problem?
37. Will he support us?
(a) Was the problem solved by them?
(b) Will the problem be solved by him?
(a) Will we be supported by him?
(c) Has the problem been solved by you?
(b) Shall we be supported by him?
(d) Were the problem resolved by me?
(c) Were we supported by him?
(d) Have we been supported by him?
31. Did she not learn the lesson?
38. Why will they not have supported us?
(a) Was the lesson not learnt by her?
(b) Has the lesson not been learnt by her?
them?
(d) Will the lesson not be learnt by her?
(b) Why were they not supported by us?
(a) Why have they not been supported by us?
(c) Why will they not be supported by us?
(a) You open your book at page seven.
A
Y
(d) Why have they not been supported by us?
A
D
O
(b) Have we been helped by them?
V
A
U
O
F
(d) Why shall we not be supported by them?
39. Open your book at page seven.
(b) Why were they not supported by us?
(a) Shall we helped by them?
(b) Your book can be opened at page seven.
(c) Your book may be opened at page seven.
(d) Let your book be opened at page seven.
40. This pot contains milk.
(c) Were we being helped by them?
(d) Shall we helped by them?
34. She was taunting them.
N
D
N
(c) Why will we not supported by them?
32. Why did we not support them?
33. Were they helping us?
I
T
A
N
O
(a) Why shall we not have been supported by
(c) Had the lesson not been learnt by her?
(a) Milk is contained by this pot.
(b) Milk is contained in this pot.
(c) Let the milk be contained by this pot.
(d) Milk may be contained by this pot.
(a) They were being taunted by her.
(b) They had been taunted by her.
ANSWERS
(c) They will be taunted by them.
1.
(a)
2.
(c)
3.
(c)
4.
(b)
(d) They are taunted by them.
5.
(c)
6.
(d)
7.
(c)
8.
(b)
35. Why was she not favouring them?
9.
(b)
10.
(b)
11.
(c)
12. (b)
13. (a)
14.
(b)
15.
(a)
16. (b)
17. (d)
18.
(a)
19.
(a)
20. (a)
21. (a)
22.
(a)
23.
(b)
24. (a)
25. (b)
26.
(c)
27.
(a)
28. (a)
29. (b)
30.
(a)
31.
(a)
32. (b)
33. (c)
34.
(a)
35.
(b)
36. (a)
37. (b)
38.
(a)
39.
d)
40. (b)
(a) Why was she not favoured by them?
(b) Why was she not being favoured by them?
(c) Why will she not be favoured by them?
(d) Why have they not been favoured by them?
36. Why had they not encouraged him?
(a) Why had he not been encouraged by them?
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CONVERSION INTO DIRECT/INDIRECT NARRATION
IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER
Now
becomes
Then
REGARDING DIRECT AND INDIRECT
This
becomes
That
NARRATION
These
becomes
Those
1.
If the Reporting Verb is in the Present or future
Here
becomes
There
Tense, the tense of the Verb in the Reported
Age
becomes
Before
Speech does not undergo any change.
Hither
becomes
Thither
Tonight
becomes
That night
Thus
becomes
So
Today
becomes
That day
Tomorrow
becomes
The next day
Yesterday
becomes
The day
2.
If the Reporting Verb is in the Past Tense, the
Present tense of the Verb in the Reported Speech
is change into its corresponding past form.
3.
When the Reported Speech expresses some
universal or habitual truth, the tense of the Verb in
the Reported Speech does not undergo any
before
Last night
becomes
change.
4.
Before
If the Reporting Verb is in the past tense and the
Hence
becomes
Thence
verb in the Reported Speech is in the Past
Come
becomes
Go (at times as per
Indefinite, the tense of the Verb in the Reported
Speech is changed into Past Perfect tense.
5.
6.
8.
9.
the context)
10. When an interrogative sentence is changed into
If the Reporting Verb is in the Past Tense and the
indirect narration, instead of the verbs ‘say’ or
Verb in the Reported Speech is in the Past
‘tell’ we make use of interrogative verbs like ‘ask’
Progressive Tense, then the verb in the Reported
or ‘inquire’ or ‘demand’. That is never used to
Speech is changed into Past Perfect Progressive
introduce the reported speech. “Ask’ is used
Tense.
where the verb has an object and ‘inquired’ or
Verb like ‘Shall’, ‘Will’, ‘May’, ‘Can’ in the
‘demand’ is used where the verb does not have
Reported Speech are Changed into ‘Should’,
any object.
‘Would’, ‘Might’, ‘Could’, respectively.
7.
The night
11. In reporting commands and requests, the Indirect
‘Said’ is replaced by ‘told’ in the indirect narration
Speech is introduced by some verb expressing
when there is an object.
command or request.
Much care should be taken of the pronouns.
12. In changing exclamatory sentences into the indirect
Pronouns in the reported speech change according
speech we use the verbs ‘exclaim’, ‘wish’, ‘bless’,
to the sense of the sentence.
‘pray’, etc. instead of ‘say’ or ‘tell’
Words expressing nearness are generally changed
into words expressing distance.
For example:
13. While quoting the direct speech we must put the
inverted commas at the proper places.
1) Direct : Rani says, “Ranjit is likely to come.”
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Indirect :
Rani says that Ranjit is likely to
10) Direct
:
come
2) Direct
:
best policy.”
Lovely has said, “Pinky has bought
Indirect :
a book”
Indirect :
:
Lovely has said that Pinky has
11) Direct
:
Satish Says to his mother, “He has
Indirect :
:
Satish tells his mother that he has
12) Direct
:
Mohan will say, “Sohan has finished
Mohan will say that Sohan has
finished his work.
5) Direct
:
Indirect :
6) Direct
:
Sunita said, “Asha sings nicely”
Indirect :
:
O
V
Kamlesh said that Swarna was
NA
Suresh said, “Gopal finished his
work.”
Indirect :
DA
Kamlesh said, “Swarna is reading
reading fast
7) Direct
A
Y
Sunita said that Asha sang nicely
fast”
Indirect :
Suresh said that Gopal had finished
OU
D
N
13) Direct
F
:
Indirect :
:
14) Direct
:
Saroj said, Manu has been working
Saroj said that Manu had been
Indirect :
:
His uncle said, “He is always
15) Direct
:
His uncle said that he is always
punctual (Habitual fact)
England.”
Ram said that his brother would go
He said, “My friend paid me a
He said that his friend had paid him
Ram said to me, “I go out for a
morning walk every day.”
Indirect :
Ram told me that he goes out for a
morning walk every day.
16) Direct
:
Sudhir said to me, “I have
purchased a car.”
Indirect :
Sudhir told me that he had
purchased a car.
17) Direct
:
I said to my father, “I am coming
back after two hours.”
punctual.”
Indirect :
Ram said, “My brother will go to
a visit.
working hard.
9) Direct
round.
visit.”
hard.
Indirect :
I
T
A
The teachers said that the Earth is
to England.
his work.
8) Direct
N
O
The teachers said, “The Earth is
round.”
his work.”
Indirect :
The teachers said that the Earth
revolves round the Sun.
been reading for six hours.
4) Direct
The teachers said, “The Earth
revolves round the Sun.”
been reading for six hours.”
Indirect :
The preacher said that honesty is
the best policy. (Universal truth)
bought a book
3) Direct
The preacher said, “Honesty is the
Indirect :
I told my father that I was coming
back after two hours.
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18) Direct
:
Indirect :
19) Direct
:
Indirect :
20) Direct
:
He said, “Anita will write.”
Indirect :
my mind previous night.
He said that Anita would write.
I said, “Asha may come.”
I told Shyam that I had made up
29) Direct
:
He said to me, “You should come
and meet him today.”
I said that Asha might come.
Indirect :
I said, “she can sing.”
He told me that I should come and
meet him that day.
Indirect :
21) Direct
:
I said that she could sing.
The officer said, “I am glad to
30) Direct
Indirect :
receive the letter.”
Indirect :
:
The officer said that he was glad
31) Direct
:
:
Indirect :
You said to me, “I have a house in
Mumbai.”
Indirect :
You told me that you had a house
in Mumbai.
23) Direct
:
I said to him, “You are strong in
Mathematics.”
Indirect :
24) Direct
:
O
V
DA
You said to me, “You must vacate
the house soon.”
Indirect :
A
Y
I told him that he was strong in
Mathematics.
NA
You told me that I must vacate the
OU
D
N
32) Direct
F
:
Indirect :
:
Indirect :
Sudesh said, “It will leave now.”
33) Direct
:
:
Indirect :
27) Direct
Ram said, “It is my proposal.”
Indirect :
I said, “I met the officer yesterday.”
Indirect :
I said that I had met the officer only
the previous day.
:
I said, to Shyam, “I made up my
mind yesterday night.”
Amritsar that night?
The Principal said to the students,
Go away.”
The Principal ordered the students
Praveen said to her husband,
Praveen requested her husband to
come back soon.
34) Direct
:
The peon said to his officer, “Please
forgive me.”
Indirect :
The peon begged his officer to
forgive him.
35) Direct
:
Indirect :
Sita said, “May God bless you!”
Sita prayed that God might bless
me.
Ram said that that was his proposal.
:
28) Direct
I
T
A
I inquired of you would go to
“Please come back soon.”
Sudesh said that he would leave
then.
26) Direct
N
O
I said to you, “Will you go to
to go away.
house soon.
25) Direct
Rakesh asked him who he was.
Amritsar tonight?”
to receive the letter.
22) Direct
Rakesh said to him, “Who are you?”
36) Direct
:
We said, “May God make him
happy!”
Indirect :
37) Direct
:
We prayed that he might be happy.
The captain said, “Hurrah! We have
won the match.”
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Indirect
:
38) Direct
:
The captain exclaimed with delight
curtain and Ram told him curtly that
that they had won the match
he had been reading, Show the book
and Ram wanted to know the
Rahim said “Alas! Our house is
reason. Ram told him that he was
burning.”
very impudent.
Indirect
:
Rahim exclaimed sorrowfully that
40) Direct
their house was burning
:
Shylock said to the Duke, “Let me
go. O how unwell I am!
39) Direct
:
“What were you doing, Ram, behind
Have you no pity ? Send the deed
the curtain” ? Sham asked.
after me said I will sign it.”
“Readling”, Ram replied curtly.
Indirect :
“Show the book” Sham said.
him go. He told him that he was
“Why? How impudent you are !”
said Ram.
Indirect
:
Shylock requested the Duke to let
A
D
N
Sham asked Ram what he had been
doing behind the doing behind the
T
Nunwell and the Duke should take
O
I pity on him. He told him to send the
deed to him which he would sign.
U
SHUFFLING OF SENTENCE
PARTS
O
A
Y
to 10, there is a sentence of which some A
parts
D to
have been jumbled up. You are required
O
rearrange these parts which are labeled
V P, Q, R
A
and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose
N
F
Direction : in each of the following questions 1
1.
: but also
S
: helped them himself.
The proper sequence should be :
the proper sequence from the four alternatives
(a), (b), (c) and (d) given below each sentence.
R
3.
(a)
PSRQ
(b)
SPQR
(c)
PRSQ
(d)
QPRS
People
P
If you need help
: at his dispensary
Q : went to him
P
: promptly and politely
Q : ask for attendants
R
: to help our customers
S
: who have instructions.
R
: of all professions
S
: for medicine and treatment.
The proper sequence should be :
The proper sequence should be :
(a)
SQPR
(b)
QPSR
(c)
QSRP
(d)
SQRP
4.
(a)
QPRS
(b)
RPQS
(c)
RQSP
(d)
QRPS
The national unity of a free people
P
2.
: to make it impracticable
He was so kind and generous that
Q : for there to be an arbitrary administration
P
R
: he not only
Q : made others do so
: depends upon a sufficiently even balance
of political power
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S
The proper sequence should be :
: against a revolutionary opposition that is
irreconcilably opposed to it.
The proper sequence should be :
5.
(a)
QRPS
(b)
QRSP
(c)
RPQS
(d)
RSPQ
9.
RSPQ
(b)
SPRQ
(c)
SQRP
(d)
QPRS
It would
P
: appear from his statement
Little
Q : about the policy of the management
P
R
: in dealing with the strike
S
: that he was quite in the dark.
: that he had been let down
Q : stood by all these years
R
: did he realise
S
: by a colleague whom be had
N
O
The proper sequence should be :
The proper sequence should be :
6.
(a)
(a)
RPSQ
(b)
RSQP
(c)
QSRP
(d)
QSPR
(a)
RQPS
(c)
RQPS
A
D
N
10. The Buddha
U
O
F
P
There was
TI
(b)
PSQR
(d)
PRQS
: who had
Q : set views
P
: needed for its everyday life
Q : a time when each family
R
: for itself most of the things it
S
: actually produced.
The proper sequence should be :
7.
(a)
QRSP
(c)
RSPQ
We have to
P
: as we see it
Q : speak the truth
(b)
V
A
(d)
N
A
D
O
RQPS
QSPR
: was opposed to all those
S
: or closed system of thought.
The proper sequence should be :
(a)
PQRS
(b)
RPQS
(c)
PQSR
(d)
SRPQ
11. The doctor’s offer
P
: not only saved Julie
Q : but enabled her to blossom into a happy
woman
R
: there is falsehood and darkness
R
: from the jaws of death
S
: even if all around us
S
: of marriage.
The proper sequence should be :
The proper sequence should be :
8.
A
Y
R
(a)
QRSP
(b)
RQPS
(a)
PSQR
(b)
PQRS
(c)
RSPQ
(d)
QSRP
(c)
SPQR
(d)
SPRQ
This majestic mahogany table
P
: belongs to an old prince
12. Towards midnight
P
: so that the sky was lighted with
Q : which has one leg missing
Q : and the clouds drifed away
R
: who is now impoverished
R
: the rain ceased
S
: but not without some pride
S
: incredible lamps of stars.
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The proper sequence should be :
(a)
SPQS
(b)
SQPR
(c)
RQPS
(d)
SPQR
S
: its theme.
PQRS
(c)
SPRQ
(d)
SRQP
: Because the train was four hours late
Q : he would never reach Bombay in time
Q : is judged by
: and by its relation to
(b)
P
: the needs of the audience
R
RSQP
17. I am sure that
13. The effectiveness of a film
P
(a)
R
: for the interview
S
: he thought
The proper sequence should be :
The proper sequence should be :
(a)
PSQR
(b)
QRPS
(c)
PQRS
(d)
QSRP
(a)
SPRQ
(c)
QPRS
I
T
A
N
O
(b)
PQRS
(d)
SQRP
18. Madhuram was a saint
P
14. Only
: who lived in this Ashram
D
N
Q : to the Himalayas for Haridarshan
P
: to make himself
Q : by shouting at the top of his voice
R
: was he able
S
: heard.
The proper sequence should be :
DA
(a) QRPS
(b)
PSQR
(c) QPRS
(d)
PSRQ
15. Her parents
P
NA
O
V
: when they were in Africa
Q : to their children
R
: for ten years
S
: could not teach Hindi
(a) SRPQ
(b)
PRSQ
(c) PQRS
(d)
SQPR
16. It is common
: Destructive Wars
Q : is responsible for the
A
Y
F
S
: who was worshipped by those
:
till he went away.
The proper sequence should be :
(a)
RPSQ
(b)
QRSP
(c)
PQRS
(d)
SRQP
19. I can
P
: hear the speaker all right
Q : I could see him
R
: But I wish
S
: as he lashes out at the opponents
The proper sequence should be :
The proper sequence should be :
P
OU
R
(a)
PRSQ
(b)
PQRS
(c)
PRQS
(d)
PQSR
20. Whenever you feel
P
: care of this magazine
Q : just write to one
R
: ill a ease
S
: and I will give a solution in the next issue
R
: though mistaken
The proper sequence should be :
S
: belief that science
(a)
QRSP
(b)
PRQS
(c)
RQPS
(d)
SQPR
The proper sequence should be :
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Directions: In each of the following questions,
S
:
there is a passage consisting of six sentences.
In addition to grain, the plain produces
potatoes, sugar, wine and livestock.
The first and the sixth sentences are given in
The proper sequence should be:
the beginning. The middle four sentences in each
passage have been removed and jumbled up.
(a)
QRSP
(b)
RPSQ
These are labeled P,O,R and S. You are required
(c)
PRSQ
(d)
RQSP
to find out the proper order for the four
sentences P, Q, R and S:
23.
:
S1
21.
S1
recommend as an indoor pet.
:
But how does a new word get into the
:
S6
dictionary?
S6
:
:
He sorts them according to their grammatical
P
:
When a new dictionary is being edited, a
arranged citation slips for a particular word.
:
The dictionary takes notice of it and makes a
note of it on a citation slip.
R
:
The proper sequence should be:
DA
(a)
PQRS
(b)
PRSQ
(c)
RQPS
(d)
RSQP
:
Q
22.
:
R
F
:
OU
S
:
:
O
V
NA
Hungary, with a population of about ten million,
The new industries derive mainly from
least danger to their health.
The Marmosets, it is true, are more beautiful
(a)
PQRS
(b)
QRPS
(c)
QSPR
(d)
RPSQ
24.
S1
:
There is a touching story of Professor Hardy
visiting Ramanujan as he lay desperately ill
in hospital at Putney.
S6
:
It is the lowest number that can be expressed
in two different ways as the sum of two
cubes.”
:
Here a great deal of grain is grown.
Q
:
In recent years, however, progress has been
P
:
Most of this country consists of an extremely
Q
:
Hardy, who was a very shy man, could not
find the words for his distress.
fertile plain, through which the river Danube
flows.
“No, Hardy, that is not a dull number in the
very least.
made also in the field of industrialisation.
:
left for years in an English house without the
agricultural production.
P
R
The lively little Capuchins, however, may be
The proper sequence should be:
Yugoslavia to the south.
:
monkey.
they are too delicate for the English climate.
lies between Czechoslovakia to the north and
S6
D
N
It is the beautiful and intelligent Capuchin
than the Capuschins and just as pleasing, but
The word then passes from the realm of
hearing to the realm of writing.
S1
A
Y
The moment a new word is coined, it usually
enters the spoken language.
S
I
T
A
They quickly die from colds and coughs after
the first winter fogs.
lexicographer collects all the alphabetically
Q
N
O
Finally, let me say that no other monkey has
a better temper or more winning ways.
function. and carefully writes a defintion.
P
There is only one monkey we can thoroughly
R
:
It was 1729.
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S
:
The best he could do, as he got to the bed
R
:
side was : “I say, Ramunujan, I thought the
number of the taxi I came down in, was a
It is believed that perhaps travelling gypsies
introduced them to Europe.
S
:
very dull number.”
In olden days cards were used both for telling
fortunate and playing games.
The proper sequence should be:
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
RSQP
(b)
QRSP
(c)
QSRP
(d)
RQSP
(a)
RSQP
(b)
QRSP
(c)
QSRP
(d)
RQSP
25.
27.
S1
:
Growing up means not only getting larger,
S6
:
:
S1
but also.
S6
:
P
:
P
Not only does he have a memory but he is
able to think and reason.
Q
:
In this man differs from all other animals.
R
:
Using our senses and our brains to become
DA
more aware of the things around us.
S
:
A
Y
F
Q
OU
:
:
O
V
R
:
QRSP
(c)
SPRQ
S
When she visited Japan after World War II,
:
Blind deaf and mute from early childhood,
(b)
SPQR
one of the best known characters in the
(d)
RQPS
modern world.
The proper sequence should be:
:
The earliest reference to the playing card has
(a)
SQRP
(b)
RSQP
been found in China, as long ago as the tenth
(c)
SRQP
(d)
RSPQ
century.
S6
She is an inspiration to both blind and the
she rose above her triple handicap to become
26.
S1
mankind.
her, crying, “Helen Keller”.
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
has no wish to be set aside from the rest of
boys and girls from remote villages ran to
going to do in the light of his experience before
NA
D
N
Although warmed by this human reaction, she
seeing everywhere.
That is to say, he is able to plan what he is
he does it.
She believes the blind should live and work
like their fellows, with full responsibility.
think what the results of our actions are likely
to be.
I
T
A
in keeping with her amazing life story.
Before we spray our roadside plants or turn
sewage into our rivers, we should pause to
N
O
Helen Keller has an ageless quality about her
:
The current pack of 52 cards was only
regulated in the seventeenth century.
28.
S1
:
You might say that all through history there
P
:
They appeared in Italy around 1320.
have been wars and that mankind has
Q
:
Long before that the Chinese used paper
survived in spite of them.
money which was similar in design to the
playing cards.
S6
:
Man has now discovered how to release the
colossal forces locked up in the atom.
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P
:
Now, if his purposes are those of destruction,
30.
each fresh advance in his mastery of nature
S1
:
The domestic cat is a contradiction in itself.
only increases the danger of war, as in ever
S6
:
Hence has it won such a reputation for
great numbers, from ever great distances, and
in ever more varied and ingenious ways.
Q
:
:
:
:
Q
:
:
This is true, but unfortunately as part of his
S
:
(a)
RSQP
(b)
PQSR
(c)
QPRS
(d)
PRQS
(a)
It was early 1943 and the war in the East
was going disastrously.
A
Y
Boarding Party, James Leasor’s latest best-
DA
seller, is a record of this tale of heroics tinged
with irony and humor.
P
:
O
V
NA
fascinating reading.
:
S1
S6
:
:
P
:
Q
:
R
:
:
SQRP
(d)
QSRP
The motor car is one of the useful gifts of
modern science.
Finally in this age of energy crisis a personal
One of these is the smoke and pollution that
It has made short and medium distance
U-boats were torpedoing allied ships in the
The other is that it has made journey by road
hazardous.
S
:
Yet we can’t say that a motor car is blessing
without disadvantages.
Indian ocean faster than they could be replaced.
S
SQPR
journeys fast and comfortable.
To stop the sinking a spy ring had to be
radio transmitter silenced.
:
(b)
it creates.
broken, a German ship assaulted, and a secret
R
D
N
QSRP
car is an expensive thing.
How this unlikely bunch of middle-aged
civilians accomplished their mission makes
Q
U
O
F
(c)
31.
:
I
T
A
The proper sequence should be:
29.
S6
N
O
At the same time, however, the cat continues
to retain its indpendence.
The proper sequence should be:
:
The dog, like the pet cat, sees its owners as
pscudi-parents.
his power over nature.
S1
Nursed in kittenhood it develops an
extraordinary intimacy with mankind
R
development, man has enormously increased
But the adult pet dog also sees its human
family as the dominant members of the pack.
It has even developed and become civilised
in spite of them.
S
P
He has learned to tap the hidden forces of
our planet and use them for his purposes
R
obedience and loyalty.
And the only people who could do the job
The proper sequence should be:
were a handful of British businessmen in
(a)
SPQR
(b)
QSPR
Calcutta all men not called out for active
(c)
RSPQ
(d)
PQRS
service.
32.
The proper sequence should be:
S1
:
Over the centuries the face of the earth has
(a)
PRSQ
(b)
QSRP
become crowed with monuments and
(c)
RQSP
(d)
SQRP
memorials.
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S6
P
:
:
We must have more space for building new
34.
things and developing open countryside.
S1
:
Mano Majra is a tiny place.
Films, pictures and even miniature models can
S6
:
Soon the lanes dwindle into footpaths and get
be made of the relics for posterity interested
in knowing about them.
Q
:
P
:
:
The other two are a primary school and a
health centre.
Q
:
It has only three brick buildings, one of which
generations.
is the house of the money lender Lala Ram
If they were all to be preserved we will have
Lal.
very little space for other, more useful, things.
S
:
Some people, however, would contend that
antiquity should be preserved for future
R
lost in the surrounding fields.
R
:
N
O
The rest of the village is a cluster of flat-
I
T
A
rooted mudhuts and low-walled courtyards,
Personally, I do not agree with the contention.
which face narrow lanes that radiate from
The proper sequence should be:
the centre
(a)
QRSP
(b)
PORS
S
(c)
ROSP
(d)
SQRP
seriously the question of a Bharat brand of
U
O
F
English.
35.
S6
:
:
The time has come for us to consider
DA
A
Y
Bharat English will respect the rule of law
O
V
and maintain the dignity of grammar, but still
have a Swadeshi stamp about it.
P
Q
R
:
common with a large pipal tree in the middle.
:
:
NA
S1
(a)
PQSR
(b)
RSQP
(c)
SRQP
(d)
QPSR
:
used to be full of people was completely
deserted.
S6
:
I was so frightened that I ran for my life.
the language.
P
:
Nor were any windows open or lighted.
English must adopt the complexion of our life
Q
:
Suddenly I detected a movement to my left.
and assimilate its idiom.
R
:
There was no trace of any human being an
all doors were firmly closed.
Now the time is ripe for it to come to the
S
:
Surprisingly, even the stray dogs had
disappeared.
banyan tree.
:
After the firing that evening the street that
I am not suggesting here a mongrelisation of
dusty street, market place and under the
S
D
N
The three brick buildings enclose a triangular
The proper sequence should be:
33.
S1
:
So far English has had a comparatively
The proper sequence should be:
confined existence in our country, chiefly in
(a)
PQRS
(b)
PSQR
the halls of learning, justice, or administration.
(c)
RPSQ
(d)
RSPQ
The proper sequence should be:
36.
(a)
QPSR
(b)
SRQP
(c)
RQSP
(d)
SRPQ
S1
:
There are examinations at school which a
pupil can pass by cramming the texts.
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S6
P
:
:
Thus, reading, reflection and experience are
R
: of the Indian rope-trick
the three stages in gaining spiritual knowledge.
S
: firmly holds one end
But for spiritual knowledge mere memory of
6
: the other end of which he throws upwards.
holdy texts will be of no use in passing the
The proper sequence should be:
tests.
Q
R
S
:
:
:
one can score in them by the power of
(a)
QRPS
(b)
SPQR
memory.
(c)
RQSP
(d)
PSQR
A competent guru alone can provide the
P
What the test says has to be reflected upon
Q : should the great
and experienced by the speaker.
R
: one of
S
: His most adorable.
6
: works.
(a) RSPQ
(b)
QPRS
(c) SRPQ
(d)
RSPQ
(c)
P : Put the police on the right scent.
Q : by a woman.
S : casually dropped.
6 : the whole gang of brigands.
O
V
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
RQSP
(c)
RPSQ
U
O
F
(a)
R : and they discovered.
DA
: creator shatter
D
N
I
T
A
N
O
The proper sequence should be:
37. 1 : some remarks.
P
: O ! why
necessary guidance to an earnest disciple.
The proper sequence should be:
38. 1
40. 1
A
Y
41. 1
P
QPSR
(b)
PRQS
RSQP
(d)
QPRS
: I have never met.
: a friendliness and hospitality
Q : in your city
R
: like the one
S
: I have met
: Calcutta
(b)
SQPR
6
(d)
QSPR
The proper sequence should be:
NA
: In spite of repeatedm attempts.
(a)
QPRS
(b)
PQRS
: in the dictionary
(c)
PSRQ
(d)
PSRQ
Q : and finally had to ask his teacher.
R
: he could not locate
S
: the strange-looking word.
6
: what it meant.
42. 1
:
Once upon a time, there lived a very old
woman.
P
:
Her farmhouse stood on the edge of the
woods.
The proper sequence should be:
Q :
Her name was Mrs. Tubbs.
(a)
QRSP
(b)
SPQR
R
:
It was not far from the village.
(c)
RSPQ
(d)
PQRS
S
:
She lived on a little farm, way off in the
39. 1
P
country.
: There are many versons.
: of a 15ft. rope,
Q : in which the magician.
6
:
She lived a comfortable life.
The proper sequence should be:
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(a)
QPSR
(b)
QRSP
(c)
SPQR
(d)
QSPR
43. 1
: I went on a visit to South-East Asia in the
early eighties.
P
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
PRQS
(b)
QPRS
(c)
QSPR
(d)
SQPR
46. 1
: I was impressed by smart girls.
: Talking a photograph with a camera is an
art.
Q : They did all types of work, from filling
P
petrol to servicing and washing cars.
: First we load the camera with the film
carefully.
R
: They were clad in shorts or Jeans.
S
: I was inspired.
bring the film to the correct number and
6
: I introduced the concept at home.
set the aperture.
Q : Then we operate the advance lever to
R
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
PRQS
(b)
PSQR
(c)
PRSQ
(d)
SPQR
: Nitin is very crazy about railway engines.
P
: He even wrote a short speech on the
pleasures of engine driving.
be photographed.
himself to be an engine drive.
R
DA
: He is fond of going to railway stations
and shunting yards.
6
A
Y
: One day, his father presented him a toy
steam engine.
S
U
O
F
6
Q : The moment he saw it, Nitin imagined
O
V
NA
SRQP
(c)
SQPR
45. 1
: In case we do not go though the whole
process the snap may be spoilt.
(b)
SRQP
(c)
PQRS
(d)
RSPQ
47. 1
: The Third Five-Year Plan ran into rought
weather from the very start.
P
: Large funds had to be diverted from
development to defence.
(b)
PRSQ
(d)
SPRQ
: Kim and his sister Julie lived with their
Q : Food situation became critical and prices
began to rise steeply after the Indo-Pak
conflict.
R
: The farmhouse clung to a steep hillside
Q : Their father was farmer and they lived in
S
cows.
: There was the China War in 1962 which
completely upset our economy.
6
a farmhouse.
: on the farm they had a few sheep and
: During this period, there was also the war
with Pakistan in 1965.
above a small village.
R
shutter.
QPRS
parents on the hillside.
P
remove the shutter cap and replace the
(a)
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
D
N
: When we are satisfied with everything we
The proper sequence should be:
: He delivered that speech on the occasion
of a school function and won a prize for it.
I
T
A
focus the lens on the person or object to
S
44. 1
N
O
: Next we observe the correct distance and
: The Government had to resort to
devaluation of the rupee.
The proper sequence should be:
S
: They were not a rich family.
(a)
SPRQ
(b)
QPSR
6
: Naturally, life was difficult for them.
(c)
PSRQ
(d)
RPQS
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48. 1
P
51. 1
: It is very easy to acquire bad habits.
: If we do not continue to do it, we feel
Q : The more we do a thing, the more we tend
to like doing it.
R
: The force of habit should be fought against.
S
: This is called the force of habit.
6
: Even good things should be done from time
(a)
QPSR
(b)
PSQR
(c)
RPSQ
(d)
SQRP
: They must be lubricated with oil or grease.
6
: When the machine is not in use, it should
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
PRQS
(c)
QRPS
52. 1
A
Y
S
: The British fought back.
6
: The Rani’s troops fought back bravely.
DA
(a)
QPRS
(b)
PQRS
(c)
PSRQ
(d)
PSRQ
NA
O
V
: Different countries show different patterns
: Many others have a high birth rate with a
Q : Some have a high birth rate and still have
U
O
F
S
D
N
with the tickets.
promising to take care of the books.
: Then you are usually given two or three
tickets with your name and address on
: The clerk keeps the tickets until you return
6
: He stamps the books with a date.
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
RQSP
(b)
PQRS
(c)
QRPS
(d)
SPRQ
53. 1
: There was Once a Persian King called
Shahryar who had a beautiful wife.
: The developing countries show the most
P
: When the King discovered this he killed
her.
: some others like the European nations,
have a low birth rate and a low death rate.
6
: When you have chosen the books you wish
the books.
rapid growth rate.
S
QSRP
them.
a high death rate.
R
(d)
to take home, you take them to the clerk
R
sides.
low death rate.
RPQS
Q : You will probably have to sign a form
: Thousands of people were killed on both
of growth.
I
T
A
N
O
(b)
: Go to the library and see the clerk at the
desk.
: Everywhere the people rose in rebellion.
the fort at Jhansi.
P
S
P
Q : In March 1858 the British troops attacked
50. 1
: iron gets rusted.
: In 1857, fighting broke out all over the
country.
R
R
be covered.
to time only.
P
: They must be painted or chrome-plated.
Q : Some parts rub against each other
unhappy
49. 1
P
: Machines have parts made of iron.
: Compared to this in Europe, the growth
rate is low.
Q : He gave orders that he was to be provided
with a new wife every day.
R
: He loved her very much, but she was a
wicked woman.
S
The proper sequence should be:
: He decided that all women were wicked
and that he would punish them.
(a)
SPQR
(b)
QSPR
(c)
RQSP
(d)
RSQP
6
: After one day’s marriage he would cut off
her head and marry again.
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The proper sequence should be:
57. 1
: The leader’s public meeting was disrupted
(a)
PQRS
(b)
SPRQ
P
(c)
QSPR
(d)
RPSQ
Q : any firm assurance.
54. 1
P
: Almost every country in the world.
: that it is of the chosen people
Q : it has some special dispensation from
: by a section of the audience.
R
: he had not given them.
S
: who felt that.
6
: for the solution of their problems.
The proper sequence should be:
Providence.
R
: and that others are some what.
S
: believes that.
6
: inferior creatures.
(a)
QPSR
(b)
RQPS
(c)
SRQP
(d)
PSRQ
58. 1
The proper sequence should be:
P
N
O
: I am of the opinion that.
I
T
A
: a terribe mistake.
(a)
RQPS
(b)
SQPR
Q : our government.
(c)
SQRP
(d)
RPQS
R
55. 1
spared.
P
: A homeguard in the gallery was hit on the
space.
A
Y
Q : then went only inches over the heads of
newsman in the press gallery.
R
DA
: three bludgeons which were hurled missed
their mark.
O
V
OU
S
: Even the newsmen an spectators were not
F
6
D
N
: is making.
: by discontinuing the tram lines.
: in Calcutta.
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
QRPS
(b)
PQRS
(c)
SPRQ
(d)
SQRP
59. 1
P
: The man whom I hit on the head.
: says that when he meets me.
S
: this made the scribes run helter-skelter.
Q : on my way back home from school.
6
: He fell down, his bleeding eye bulging.
R
: on the road again.
S
: he will beat me.
6
: till I cry for mercy.
NA
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
SRQP
(c)
QRPS
56. 1
P
(b)
PSRQ
(d)
RQSP
The proper sequence should be:
: If evil consisted.
(a)
QPRS
(b)
RQPS
: men would be drawn to virtue.
(c)
PSRQ
(d)
RPSQ
Q : but, alas, how many know their duty.
R
: merely in ignorance.
S
: as soon as it was explained to them.
6
: and yet do not do it
60. 1
P
: If the question of record of human rights
: in the last fifty years or so,
Q : it is difficult to see how most of the
countries
The proper sequence should be:
R
: had been raised in the past
(a)
RPSQ
(b)
RSPQ
S
: that have staged the Olympics
(c)
SPRQ
(d)
RPQS
6
: would have been allowed to hold them.
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The proper sequence should be:
(a)
PRQS
(b)
RQSP
(c)
QPSR
(d)
RPQS
61. 1
P
S
: the students first kept quiet.
6
: left that class red with shame and anger.
The proper sequence should be:
: Even though he had prepared well
(a)
PQRS
(b)
SPQR
: in the examination hall
(c)
QRSP
(d)
RSPQ
Q : and could not do
65. 1
: If you are serious about
R
: for the examination
P
S
: he got nervous
Q : you will have to make
6
: as well as he had hoped to do.
R
: an absorbing interest
S
: increasing your vocabulary,
6
: or even an obsession.
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
QRSP
(b)
RSPQ
(c)
SPQR
(d)
PQRS
62. 1
P
Q : of the bay
66. 1
R
: was a port
S
: that our ship halted at
6
: in the south wales.
P
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
SRQP
(c)
RSQP
63. 1
P
U
O
F
(c)
: lying in the centre
(b)
V
A
(d)
N
A
D
O
A
Y
PQRS
SRPQ
I
T
A
N
O
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
: The next stop
: vocabulary building a hobby
D
N
RQPS
(b)
SQPR
PQSR
(d)
PRQS
: When I reached my office
: to get home early
Q : I phoned my mother
R
: that I wouldn’t be able
S
: to tell her
6
: as I had promised.
The proper sequence should be:
: Yesterday, I chanced to meet
(a)
SQPR
(b)
RPQS
: where he lived
(c)
PQRS
(d)
QSRP
Q : and asked him
67. 1
: The city is almost a slum and stinks most
R
: now in his seventies,
S
: and old acquaintance,
P
6
: and what he did for his living.
Q : The occasional slips and falls were
of the time.
considered a small price to pay for the trip.
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
PSRQ
(b)
QPSR
(c)
SRQP
(d)
RQPS
64. 1
P
R
: They were excited, fascinated by the sight
of fresh snow on the roads.
S
: On being asked by the teacher
: and then picking up the bag
: The slush on the road did not deter them.
: Even so, it looked beautiful to tourists of
various categories.
6
: But some visitors came away with the
Q : why he always came late
unforgettable sight of the young labourers
R
scantily clad.
: to the class
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The proper sequence should be:
(a)
RQPS
(b)
QPRS
(c)
RSQP
(d)
SPQR
68. 1
QSRP
(b)
SRQP
(c)
RSQP
(d)
PRSQ
70. 1
: Ants eat worms, centipedes and spiders.
P
: They are usually much quicker than the
: Politeness is not a quality possessed by
ant itself.
only nation or race.
P
(a)
Q : Nevertheless, these animals do not make
: One may observe that a man of one nation
easy game for ants.
will remove his hat or fold his hands by
R
way of greeting when he meets someone
numbers ways of escaping.
he knows.
S
Q : A man of another country will not do so.
R
: It is a quality to be found among all people
6
: Obviously, each person follows the custom
(a)
RPQS
(b)
(c)
PRQS
(d)
69. 1
P
: And then Gandhi came
V
A
OU
(a)
F
(c)
71. 1
The proper sequence should be:
A
Y
RPSQ
A
D
O
P
N
Q : He was like a powerful current of fesh
R
R
6
SQRP
(d)
SRQP
: The future beckons to us.
: In fact we have hard work ahead.
: We shall also have to fight and end poverty,
S
: It will be to bring freedom and opportunity
to the common man.
6
: There is no resting for any one of us till
we redeem our pledge in full.
The proper sequence should be:
: His spoke their language and constantly
(a)
PSRQ
(b)
QPSR
drew their attention to their appalling
(c)
QSRP
(d)
SRPQ
conditions.
S
SPRQ
ignorance, and disease.
air, like bean of light, like a whirlwind that
upsets many things.
(b)
endeavor?
: Get off the backs of this peasants and
their exploitation.
SQPR
Q : Where do we go and what shall be our
QPRS
workers, he told us, all you who live by
D
N
The proper sequence should be:
: In any case, we should not mock at others
habits.
I
T
A
: Some jump, and some give out pungent
repellent substance.
of his particular country.
6
N
O
: They also eat larvae and insects adults
such as files, moths and springtails.
and nations in every corner of the earth.
S
: Besides, they have an extraordinary
: He didn’t descend from the top, he
72. 1
P
: I reasoned with him
: but could not disabuse him
seemed to emerge from the masses of
Q : that the lawyer
India.
R
: for an hour
S
: of the notion
6
: who had his case in hand was incompetent.
: Political freedom took a new shape then
and acquired a new content.
The proper sequence should be:
The proper sequence should be:
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(b)
PRSQ
(b)
SRPQ
(c)
QPSR
(d)
RPSQ
73. 1
P
6
arts.
: I this way, balancing his accounts.
The proper sequence should be:
: would bring about
Q : only extreme non-violence
R
: with violence and non-violence
S
: Gandhi concluded that
6
: the end of British rule.
: pretty, graceful and well-versed in fine
(a)
QRPS
(b)
RPSQ
(c)
PSQR
(d)
SQRP
ANSWERS
The proper sequence should be:
1.
(c)
2.
(a)
3.
(c)
4.
(d)
5.
(a)
6.
(d)
7.
(d)
8.
(d)
9.
(b)
10.
(b)
11. (d)
12. (c)
(a)
RQSP
(b)
RSPQ
13.
(d)
14.
(a)
15. (d)
16. (a)
(c)
RSQP
(d)
RPQS
17.
(d)
(a)
19. (c)
20. (c)
: The code
21.
(a)
(b)
23. (b)
24. (b)
: is normally put onto cards
25.
(d)
N
22.
O
I
26.
(d)
27. (a)
28. (a)
Q : that the computer understands
29.
30.
(d)
31. (b)
32. (c)
74. 1
P
R
: small holes are punched
S
: through which
6
: in specially arranged patterns.
(a)
QPSR
(c)
P
YA
A
D
O
SRQP
(d)V S R P Q
A
Long, long, time ago,N
The proper sequence should be:
75. 1
A
(c)
D
N
:
(b)
PQSR
: who lived with his virtuous wife
Q : in a country called Chinchinchoo
R
: there ruled a noble king
S
: and seven daughters
18.
T
U33.
FO 37.
(d)
34.
(d)
35. (c)
36. (b)
(b)
38
(c)
39. (c)
40. (d)
41.
(d)
42.
(d)
43. (a)
44. (a)
45.
(b)
46.
(c)
47. (c)
48. (a)
49.
(c)
50.
(b)
51. (b)
52. (c)
53.
(d)
54.
(b)
55. (a)
56. (a)
57.
(d)
58.
(a)
59. (a)
60. (b)
61.
(b)
62.
(d)
63. (c)
64. (c)
65 . (b)
66.
(d)
67. (d)
68. (b)
69.
70.
(d)
71. (c)
72. (d)
(b)
73. (c)
74. (a)
75. (b)
SHUFFLING OF SENTENCES IN A PASSAGE
Directions: Rearrange the following five
sentences A,B,C, D and E in the proper sequence
so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then
answer the questions given below them.
PASSAGE 1:
(B) Some people believe that happiness comes from
wealth and other material things.
(C) They remove this hurdle by conquering their own
minds.
(D) So wealth has nothing to do with happiness.
(A) How can it be true when we know a lot of reach
(E) On the other hand, there are some people who
people complaining about their unhappy state of
believe that it is an obstacle in their way to
mind?
happiness
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1.
sentence?
(1) A
2.
8.
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
(1) A
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
Which of the following should be the THIRD
sentence?
(1) A
4.
(4) B
(5) C
(2) E
(3) A
(4) B
(5) C
Which of the sentences should come FOURTH
in the sequence?
(1) D
(2) E
(3) A
(4) B
(5) C
10. Which of the sentences should come FIFTH in
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
Which of the following should be the FOURTH
the sequence?
(1) D
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
I
T
A
(2) E
sentence?
(1) A
(3) A
Which of the sentences should come THIRD in
(1) D
9.
(2) B
(2) E
the sequence?
Which of the following should be the SECOND
sentence?
3.
(1) D
Which of the following should be FIRST
D
N
N
O
(3) A
(4) B
(5) C
Passage 3
(1) The shrill scream of a man in agony was audible
5. Which of the following should be the LAST
sentence?
(1) A
U
O
F
in spite of the clang of the machinery.
(2) The alarm started ringing immediately indicating
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
PASSAGE 2
A
Y
(A) The deep deciduous forests and patches of tall
DA
grassland, for removed from civilisation, have
O
V
become shelter for dangerous terrorists.
(B) This same quality, however, which once made
NA
Manas, such a refreshing change has now become
the cause for major concern.
that an accident had happened.
(3) The message would reach the factory dispensary
also at the same time,
(4) The ambulance van reached the door even before
the machines had fully stopped.
(5) Ten minutes after the event everything was the
same again.
11. Which of the above sentences would come FIRST
(C) One of Manas’ greatest assets has been its
seclusion from human habitation.
in the paragraph?
(1) 1
(2) 4
(3) 3
(4) 5
(5) 2
(D) Their assault on it can be gauged from the fact
that, venison is being sold at Rs. 3 to 5, a kg in the
SECOND in the paragraph?
villages bordering the forest.
(E) Armed with sophisticated as well as crude homemade weapons, they have total disregard for
wildlife.
6.
Which of the sentences should come FIRST in
7.
(2) E
(3) A
(4) B
(5) C
Which of the sentences should come SECOND
in the sequence?
(1) 1
(2) 4
(3) 3
(4) 5
(5) 2
13. Which of the above sentences would come
THIRD in the paragraph?
(1) 1
the sequence?
(1) D
12. Which of the above sentences would come
(2) 4
(3) 3
(4) 5
(5) 2
14. Which of the above sentences would come
FOURTH in the paragraph?
(1) 1
(2) 4
(3) 3
(4) 5
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15. Which of the above sentences would come FIFTH
right or wrong.
in the paragraph?
(1) 1
(2) 4
(C) The debate has again come up whether this is
(3) 3
(4) 5
(5) 2
(D) In many countries military service is compulsory
for all.
PASSAGE 4
(E) Some of these detractors of compulsory draft are
(A) The large crowd, these myriad acitivities and the
bright lights combine to transform the beach into
a photographer’ delight.
even very angry.
21. Which of the sentences should come FIRST in the
paragraph?
(B) Sand and spray are all-pervasive on a beach.
(C) They love to construct fragile sand castles and
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
N
O
(4) D
(5) E
22. Which of the sentences should come SECOND
splash about in the shallows waters.
(D) Even the elderly seem to forget their aging worries
here.
I
T
A
in the paragraph?
(1) A
(E) These make beaches a favourite haunt of children.
(2) B
D
N
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
23. Which of the sentences should come THIRD in
16. Which of the above sentences would come FIRST
in the paragraph?
U
O
F
the paragraph?
(1) A
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
A
Y
17. Which of the above sentences would come
SECOND in the paragraph?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
A
D
O
(4) D
(1) A
(2) B
N
(3) C
V
A
(4) D
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
24. Which of the sentences should come FOURTH
in the paragraph?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
(5) E
18. Which of the above sentences would come THIRD
in the paragraph?
(2) B
25. Which of the sentences should come FIFTH in the
paragraph?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
(5) E
PASSAGE 6
19. Which of the above sentences would come
(A) The knowledge so far available about the endocrine
FOURTH in the paragraph?
glands is very limited.
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
20. Which of the above sentences would come FIFTH
in the paragraph?
(1) A
(2) B
(B) Nature has provided the body with proper
regulations and protectors.
(C) These are our endocrine glands.
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
(D) And so the proper functioning of these controllers
of our body is very important and most vital for
PASSAGE 5
health.
(A) Many consider it wrong to blight youngsters by
(F) However, all the medical sciences have accepted
recruiting them into armed forces at a young are.
the fact that these endocrine glands secrete
(B) It is very difficult to have an agreement on an
thousands and different types of hormones directly
issue when emotions run high.
into our blood.
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26. Which of the above sentences should be the FIRST
sentence?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
SECOND sentence?
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
THIRD sentence?
(4) D
(5) E
(2) B
sentence in the paragraph?
(1) A
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
sentence in the paragraph?
(1) A
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
30. Which of the above sentences should be the FIFTH
N
O
sentence in the paragraph?
(1) A
FOURTH sentence?
(2) B
(2) B
35. Which of the following should be the SECOND
29. Which of the above sentences should be the
(1) A
(3) C
34. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
28. Which of the above sentences should be the
(1) A
(2) B
33. Which of the following should be the FIRST
27. Which of the above sentences should be the
(1) A
(1) A
I
T
A
(2) B
D
N
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
PASSAGE 8
(A) Miss Sullivan arrived at the Keller home when
U
O
F
Helen was seven.
(B) The deaf and blind Helen learned to communicate
sentence?
verbally.
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
PASSAGE 7
DA
A
Y
(A) They with their companions range along such
highest altitudes of human thought.
O
V
(B) It is only there they can breath freely.
NA
(C) All great thinkers live and move on a high plane
of thought.
(C) But eventually, Miss Sullivan’s effort was
rewarded.
(D) Before Helen Keller was two years old, she lost
her sight and her hearing.
(E) Miss Sullivan worked closely with Helen, her new
student.
36. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
(D) As a result, there is not a single illuminative genius
who did not drink his inspiration from the fountains
of ancient Greek writers.
sentence in the passage?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
37. Which of the following should be the THIRD
(E) It is in contact with spirits like themselves from
sentence in the passage?
that plane they can live harmoniously and attain
that serenity which comes from ideal
31. Which of the following should be the THIRD
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
32. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
sentence in the paragraph?
sentence in the passage?
(1) A
sentence in the paragraph?
(2) B
(2) B
38. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
companionship.
(1) A
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
39. Which of the following should be the SECOND
sentence in the passage?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
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40. Which of the following should be the FIRST
43. Which sentence should come FIRST in the
sentence in the passage?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
paragraph?
(4) D
(5) E
(1) A
PASSAGE 9
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
44. Which sentence should come SECOND in the
paragraph?
(A) However, in spite of parental efforts kids are found
to fall short of their potentiality.
(1) A
(B) Bringing out the best of the child is a gradual
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
45. Which sentence should come THIRD in the
process of support and encouragement on your
paragraph?
part.
(1) A
(C) Parents give natural ability of children as an
(2) B
explanation for this.
stuff of every parent’s dream.
(E) There are no short cuts to bringing out the best of
your child.
41. Which sentence should come FOURTH in the
FO
paragraph ?
YA
42. Which sentence should come LAST
A in the
D
paragraph?
O
V
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C A (4) D (5) E
N
(2) B
(4) D
(5) E
ANSWERS
(D) These efforts pay off in peak performance – the
(1) A
(3) C
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E
N
5. (4) O 6.
9. (2)
T I 10.
13.A(3)
14.
D
U N17. (5) 18.
1.
(2)
2.
(1)
3.
(3)
4.
(3)
(5)
7.
(4)
8.
(3)
(1)
11.
(1)
12. (5)
(2)
15.
(4)
16. (2)
(3)
19.
(4)
20. (1)
21. (3)
22. (4)
23.
(2)
24. (5)
25. (1)
26. (2)
27.
(4)
28. (3)
29. (1)
30. (5)
31.
(5)
32. (1)
33. (3)
34. (4)
35.
(2)
36. (3)
37. (5)
38
(2)
39.
(1)
40. (4)
41. (3)
42. (4)
43.
(5)
44. (2)
45. (1)
CLOZE PASSAGE
Directions : In the following passage there are
1. (a)
clear
(b)
direct
blanks, each of which has been numbered. These
(c)
(e)
simple
real
(d)
broken
2. (a)
(c)
(e)
alike
unequal
correct
(b)
(d)
liked
close
As
Neither
When
(b)
(d)
Even though
Since
that no two individuals are … (2) .. in this world ....
3. (a)
(c)
(e)
(3) .... Equality is a fostered norm of civil society, the
4. (a)
is
(b)
were
truth is that men .... (4) ...unequal in .. (5) .. hues or
(c)
was
(d)
are
degrees.
(e)
will
numbers are printed below the passage and
against each five words are suggested, one of
which fits the blank appropriatly. Find out the
approrpriate word.
PASSAGE I
Scientific psychology recognizes a ... (1) .... truth
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5. (a)
no
(b)
almost
(c)
total
(d)
high
(e)
varying
12. (a)
incidence
(b)
quota
(c)
amount
(d)
number
(e)
quantity
neglecting
(b)
inculcating
(c)
spoiling
(d)
deteriorating
(e)
spreading
14. (a)
proportion
(b)
degree
(c)
extent
(d)
account
(e)
basis
(b)
victims
(d)
donors
13. (a)
Passage II
Smoking is the biggest preventable … (6)… to
mankind. Many serious…(7)… including lung cancer,
bronchitis and heart attack are .. (8) .. to smoking
habits. Smoking in any form whether cigarette, cigar,
pipe, bidi or tobacco chewing has been… (9).. as major
… (10)… factor for heart attack. A recent Soviet study
15. (a)
has shown that smoking…. (11)… a man’s life span
by 2250 days (over six years). The increasing …. (12)
.. of heart attack in India, fast…. (13) … among
younger generation has been largely on… (14) .. of
smoking habits Nearly 30 million people in the country
are estimated to be … (15).. of heart disease.
6. (a)
measure
(b)
tragedy
(c)
menace
(d)
solace
(e)
asset
(b)
A
D
O
7. (a)
debacles
(c)
practices
(e)
worries
8. (a)
caused
(c)
averse
(e)
traced
V
A
(d)
N
diseases
injuries
(b)
directed
(d)
blamed
9. (a)
developed
(b)
explained
(c)
attributed
(d)
indentified
(d)
defined
10. (a)
important
(b)
critical
(c)
risk
(d)
ailing
(e)
soothing
11. (a)
reduces
(b)
enhances
(c)
extends
(d)
prolongs
(e)
increases
A
Y
devoid
I
T
A
(c)
free
(e)
afraid
D
N
N
O
Passage III
He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even
in ... (16) .. toil. The women of the village often …
(17)…him to run their errands and to do...(18)...
jobs for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to
... (19)... business but his own. He was, … (20)..
one of those men who take the... (21).. easy. He would
eat either... (22)... bread or fine, whichever could be
got with.... (23)... thought or trouble. And he would
rather... (24).. on a penny than work for a pound. If
left to himself, Rip would have whistled away life in ...
(25)... contentment.
U
O
F
16. (a)
lightest
(b)
roughest
(c)
smoothest
(d)
sweat
(e)
dry
employed
(b)
roughest
(c)
deserted
(d)
fired
(d)
cajole
sundry
(b)
significant
(c)
little
(d)
odd
(e)
rare
nobody’s
(b)
each’s
(c)
anybody’s
(d)
every
(e)
aviod
17. (a)
18. (a)
19. (a)
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20. (a)
although
(b)
besides
(c)
never
(d)
however
(e)
whenever
21. (a)
jobs
(b)
world
(c)
word
(d)
labour
(e)
death
22. (a)
hot
(b)
cold
(c)
dry
(d)
soft
(e)
coarse
good
(b)
bad
(c)
last
(d)
maximum
(e)
minimum
27. (a)
visualize
(b)
development
(c)
nullify
(d)
eradicate
(e)
calculate
(b)
development
(d)
job
28. (a) requirement
(c)
problem
(e)
presumption
29. (a)
unequal
(b)
normal
(c)
absolute
(d)
proper
(e)
usuall
30. (a)
small
(b)
gigantic
(d)
slow
augments
(b)
accentuates
(c)
gains
(d)
helps
(e)
thwarts
32. (a)
enables
(b)
desires
(c)
enriches
(d)
helps
(e)
makes
neediest
(b)
poorest
(d)
developed
help
(b)
follow
(c)
remain
(d)
live
practically about 50 per cent people… (34).. below
(e)
work
the poverty line in India more than 46.33 per cent people
35. (a)
low
(b)
fine
are below the poverty line and the level of the per
(c)
negligible
(d)
high
capita incomes is very… (35)… . The planning
(e)
defined
controlled
(b)
converted
(d)
banned
suggestion
(b)
consumption
(c)
occasion
(d)
basis
(e)
account
23. (a)
24. (a)
bark
(b)
wise
(c)
foolish
(d)
starve
(e)
donate
25. (a)
active
(b)
absolute
(c)
without
(d)
sad
(e)
peaceful
Passage IV
A
D
O
A
Y
It is very…(26)..to…(27)..the extent of the
V
A
fast
(e)
easy
A
D
N
31. (a)
U
O
F
TI
(c)
33. (a)
poverty in India. It is a… (28).. of low national income
(c)
best
and its..(29)… distribution. The … (30)… pace of
(e)
richest
N
N
O
development…(31) … the extent of poverty. The mass
poverty.. (32).. India belong to the category of the …
(33) … countries in the world. In many Asian countries
34. (a)
Commission has … (36).. the poverty line on the
…(37).. of nutritional requirement of 2,400 calories
36. (a)
per person per day in rural areas and 2,100 calories
(c)
recommended
for the persons in urban areas.
(e)
defined
26. (a)
essential
(b)
difficult
(c)
appropriate
(d)
unkind
(e)
unfortunate
37. (a)
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Passage V
46. (a)
rationalise
(b)
substantiate
(d)
counter
dangerous
(b)
absolute
(e)
erroneous
Faced with an…(38)…number and variety of
(c)
minimise
products on the market, mangers are finding it more
(e)
tolerate
difficult to…. (39) demand and plan production and
47. (a)
orders …(40).. As a result, ….(41)… forecasts are
(c)
unpredicted
increasing and, along with them, the costs of those
(d)
popular
errors. Many mangers today…(42)… speed is the …
Passage VI
(43)… have turned to one or an other popular
production scheduling system. But these tools tackle
The man who is perpetually…(48)… which of
only part of the problem…(44).. really needed is a way
the two things he will do first, will do neither. The man
to (45).. forecasts and simultaneously redesign planning
who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed
process to… (46).. the impact of ....(47).. forecasts.
by the first counter..… (49).. of a friend, who …(50)…
I
T
A
N
O
from opinion to opinion, from plant to plan, and like…
38. (a)
exact
(b)
equal
(c)
optimum
(d)
excentric
(e)
unprecedented
39. (a)
(b)
predict
(c)
ignore
(d)
accept
(e)
register
40. (a)
immediately
(b)
quickly
(c)
accordingly
(d)
postively
(e)
spontaneously
inaccurate
(c)
frequent
(e)
exorbitant
42. (a)
consider
(b)
NA
(c)
visualising
(e)
not withstanding
43. (a)
D
N
compass, with… (52).. breath of caprice that blows
U
O
F
can never.….(53)… any thing great or useful. Instead
meet
41. (a)
(51)…like a weather-clock to every point of the
(d)
O
V
DA
of being progressive in any thing, he will be at best…
(54)… and more probably retrograde in all. It is only
A
Y
the man who first consults wisely, then… (55)…firmly,
and then executes his purpuse with inflexible,
preserverance, undismayed by those petty difficulties
which....(56)…. a weaker spirit, that can advance to
eminence in any line. Take your course wisely,
buoyant
but...(57)....., and having taken in, hold upon it with
inadequate
heroic resolution and the Alps and pyrenees will sink
(b)
neglecting
(d)
believing
problem
(b)
answer
(c)
source
(d)
outcome
(e)
lacuna
44. (a)
What’s
(b)
That’s
(c)
one
(d)
Managers
(e)
Companies
before you.
48. (a)
hesitating
(b)
rotating
(c)
fixing
(d)
confused
(e)
vague
logic
(b)
balance
(c)
suggestion
(d)
encounter.
(e)
view
deviate
(b)
collects
(c)
revolves
(d)
argues
(e)
fluctuates
spins
(b)
swings
(d)
veers
49. (a)
50. (a)
45. (a)
ignore
(b)
obtain
51. (a)
(c)
vitiate
(d)
negate
(c)
oscillates
(e)
improve
(e)
moves
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52. (a)
every
(b)
a
(c)
such
(d)
an
(e)
the
53. (a)
win
(b)
accomplish
(c)
finish
(d)
desire
(e)
find
54. (a)
58. (a)
standing
(b)
stationery
(c)
stationary
(d)
sitting
(e)
retrograde
55. (a)
resolves
(b)
solves
(c)
advice
(d)
sit
(e)
rises
56. (a)
kill
(b)
occupy
(c)
test
(d)
pull
(e)
daunt
57. (a)
softly
(b)
solidly
(c)
politely
(d)
firmly
(e)
intelligently
article
(b)
advertisement
(c)
estimate
(d)
example
(e)
application
taking
(b)
with
(c)
for
(d)
took
(e)
into
60. (a)
visit
(b)
organise
(c)
classify
(d)
honour
(e)
meet
(b)
helpful
(d)
not
(b)
found
(d)
pleaded
had
(b)
possessed
(c)
donated
(d)
sold
(e)
bought
59. (a)
61. (a)
A
Y
F
loss
I
T
A
(c)
harmful
(e)
less
62. (a)
told
OU
D
N
(c)
admitted
(e)
wrote
63. (a)
N
O
64. (a)
what
(b)
how
(c)
why
(d)
because
(e)
that
seen
(b)
known
(d)
recognised
discourage
(b)
debit
(e)
open
objecting
(b)
preventing
(c)
stimulating
(d)
ordering
Then he discovered…(64)… he had not
(e)
insisting
....(65).... before the main aim of his sales Manager
68. (a)
poor
(b)
creditable
was to… (66)… as many new accounts as possible.
(c)
rich
(d)
unprofitable
The Sales Manager was…(67)… the salesmen to go
(e)
respectable
bags
(b)
customers
(d)
products
PASSAGE VII
DA
An Australian wholesaler saw an…(58)… in a
O
V
business magazine on net profit and it spurred
him…(59).. action. He began to... (60)… his customers
65. (a)
to find out who were profitable and who were… (61)..
(c)
pointed
He was surprised to find that a third of his customers
(e)
done
NA
bought less than Rs. 200 worth of goods a year.
66. (a)
On these customers he made no net profit at all.
(c)
deposit
He made a loss. The whole of his net profit, he…
(e)
close
(62)…, was being made on customers who…(63)..
67. (a)
Rs. 10,000 worth of goods a year or more.
after more and more ….(68)… customers. He had to
be taken in hand and told the facts about given new
69. (a)
profits. And the salesman had to be given
(c)
Ideas
new….(69)…
(e)
instruction
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PASSAGE VIII
76. (a)
hence
(b)
forward
(c)
now
(d)
past
(e)
ago
now being educated in the ordinary schools.
77. (a)
big
(b)
expensive
The…(71)…towards integration is increasing because
(c)
small
(d)
easy
of two recent development. First, there has been
(e)
developing
marked…(72).. in attitude among both the parents of
78. (a)
free
(b)
easy
the…(73)… children and professionals who work with
(c)
huge
(d)
inexpensive
them. The Second…(74)… is the rapidly increasing
(e)
costly
range of aids…(75)… to enable disabled children to
79. (a)
difficulty
(b)
development
be integrated and gain access to the ordinary
(c)
problems
(d)
education
curriculum. A few years… (76)…, aids for the disable
(e)
debate
in education were either non-existent or were bulky
D
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The recent trend is not towards segregation
but…(70)…More and more handicapped children are
and expensive. Many of these new aids are…(77)…
and …(78)… During the past few years there has
U
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PASSAGE IX
One fairly well knows that …(80)…of
technological…(81)…has been shortage of jobs. As a
been considerable …(79).. in the area.
result of automation and computerisation, which made
70. (a)
unity
(b)
joining
(c)
integration
(d)
development
(e)
separation
impact
(b)
(c)
scope
(d)
DA
(e)
trend
71. (a)
72. (a)
impact
NA
(b)
(d)
O
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follow-up
A
Y
change
…(82)… progress over the last decade, managements
have…(83)… employment levels. With the…(84)…of
globalisation loosening government controls all over the
world, competition and performance judged on
bottomline results in sweeping across numerous jobs.
These factors and …(85)… of mere survival are
making voluntary retirement schemes a permanent
change
feature of organisation…(86)… exercises. What is
migration
…(87)… is on its way to …(88)… compulsory. When
(c)
show
(e)
improvement
73. (a)
handicapped
(b)
school
(c)
small
(d)
primary
(e)
normal
a reasonable provision for alimony is made by the
organisation, it…(89)… a character of mutual consent.
80. (a)
(c)
74. (a)
effect
(b)
impact
(c)
reason
(d)
development
(e)
source
81. (a)
(c)
82. (a)
75. (a)
available
(b)
exported
(c)
detected
(d)
noticed
(e)
services
(c)
83. (a)
(c)
area
(b)
upshot
expansion
(d)
increase
upgradation
(b)
education
innovation
(d)
research
steady
(b)
insignificant
wider
(d)
rapid
establishment
(b)
trained
increased
(d)
frozen
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84. (a)
advancement
(b)
competition
economics
(d)
desire
93. (a)
visualized
(b)
attached
forces
(c)
subjected
(d)
explained
(b)
difficulties
(e)
observed
competitions
(d)
compulsions
94. (a)
exhibited
(b)
projected
86. (a)
growing
(b)
building
(c)
criticised
(d)
cleared
(c)
slimming
(d)
reducing
(e)
explained
87. (a)
selective
(b)
voluntary
95. (a)
yet
(b)
nevertheless
(c)
inevitable
(d)
offered
(c)
although
(d)
instead
88. (a)
becoming
(b)
graduating
(e)
despite
offering
(d)
establishing
96. (a)
critical
(b)
wanted
envelopes
(b)
misses
(c)
sober
(d)
innate
acquires
(d)
signifies
(e)
cultivated
(b)
verify
(d)
express
lifts
(b)
replaces
(c)
revitalises
(d)
sharpens
(e)
enlightens
curious
(b)
unworthy
(c)
inquisitive
(d)
eager
(e)
reluctant
(c)
85. (a)
(c)
(c)
89. (a)
(c)
PASSAGE X
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97. (a) activate
It is commonly expected that as science advances,
superstitions should …(90)… Certainly, science brings
a new …(91)… spirit of inquiry into a society where
A
Y
none existed and provides means of …(92)…the so–
called miracles. Thus claims of ash out of nothing, idols
DA
U
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(c)
witness
(e)
propagate
98. (a)
drinking milk or petrol created from herbs and water,
O
V
can be…(93)… to rigorous test and findings …(94)…
with the known laws of science….(95)… the greatest
NA
stumbling-blocking this process is the…(96).. human
desire to find or …(97)… something extraordinary that
…(98)… one above the humdrum of daily living which
is why people are …(99)… to accept routine scientific
explanations of unexpected events.
99. (a)
Passage XI
Women have …(100)… made …(101)…in the
corporate workplace but certainly not as much as they
had …(102)… we have the new laws, rules and
90. (a)
abandon
(b)
recede
(c)
depreciate
(d)
revive
(e)
dissolve
91. (a)
…(103)… relative to women in the workplace, but
what we have not changed much is male …(104)…
women have fallen short in their goals because we
critical
(b)
burning
…(105)… the potency of male need to … (106)…
(c)
powerful
(d)
volcanic
their power. We can abide …(107)… by the laws and
(e)
inflammatory
rules we create in order to …(108)… women an equal
92. (a)
directing
(b)
disturbing
opportunity in the corporate workplace and still not
(c)
diffusing
(d)
debunking
…(109)… the problems that afflicted and eventually
(e)
diluting
capsized the women’s raft.
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100. (a)
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seldom
(b)
not
(c)
optimistically
(d)
undoubtedly
(e)
perhaps
101. (a)
attempts
(b)
(c)
decisions
(d)
(e)
automation
102. (a)
prescribed
(b)
(c)
encompassed
(d)
(e)
expected
103. (a)
problems
(b)
(c)
policies
(d)
(e)
activities
104. (a)
1.
(c)
2.
(a)
3.
(b)
4.
(d)
5.
(e)
6.
(c)
7.
(b)
8.
(e)
progress
9.
(d)
10. (c)
11. (a)
12. (a)
efforts
13. (e)
14. (d)
15. (b)
16. (b)
17. (a)
18. (a)
19. (c)
20. (d)
informed
21. (b)
22. (e)
23. (e)
24. (d)
predisposed
25. (b)
26. (b)
27. (a)
28. (c)
29. (a)
30. (d)
31. (b)
32. (e)
revolution
33. (b)
34. (d)
35. (a)
36. (e)
cases
37. (d)
38
(e)
39. (b)
40. (a)
41. (a)
42. (c)
43. (b)
44. (a)
(d)
47. (d)
48. (a)
(e)
51. (c)
52. (a)
(c)
55. (a)
56. (e)
(b)
59. (e)
60. (e)
(b)
63. (e)
64. (a)
65. (b)
66. (d)
67. (d)
68. (c)
69. (e)
70. (c)
71. (e)
72. (b)
73. (a)
74. (c)
75. (a)
76. (e)
77. (c)
78. (d)
79. (b)
80. (b)
81. (b)
82. (d)
83. (d)
84. (a)
85. (d)
86. (b)
87. (b)
88. (a)
89. (d)
90. (b)
91. (a)
92. (d)
93. (c)
94. (e)
95. (a)
96. (d)
97. (c)
98. (a)
99. (e)
100. (d)
101. (b)
102. (e)
103. (c)
104. (a)
105. (d)
106. (b)
107. (e)
108. (c)
behaviour
(b)
population
(c)
achievement
(d)
patterns
(e)
hatred
105. (a)
risk
(b)
minimise
(c)
respect
(d)
retaliate
(e)
underestimate
106. (a)
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know
(b)
maintain
(c)
evolve
(d)
absolve
(e)
diminish
107. (a)
them
(c)
occasionally
(e)
excessively
DA
scrupulously
108. (a)
deprive
(b)
donate
(c)
donate
(d)
deny
(e)
share
109. (a)
FO
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(b) partially
A
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(d)
emphasise
(b)
explore
(c)
judge
(d)
mentioned
(e)
overcome
46.
N
49. (c) I O 50.
T 54.
53. (b)
A
D (d) 58.
57.
N
U 61. (d) 62.
45. (a)
109. (e)
COMPREHENSION
Directions: Read the following passages carefully
PASSAGE I
and answer the questions given below each
In this life, there are no gains without pains. Life
passage. Certain words/phrases in the passages
indeed would be dull if there were no difficulties.
are given in bold to locate them while answering
Games lose their zest if there is no real struggle and if
some of the questions.
the result is a foregone conclusion. Both the winner
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and the loser enjoy a game most if is closely contested
(b) the opposite team is equipped with deadly
to the last. No victory is a real triumph unless the foe
arms.
is worthy of the steel. Whether we like it or not, life
(c) The enemy shows a lot of tact and flexibility.
is one continuous competitive examination.
(d) The enemy is capable of showing
1.
determined hardiness and resistance.
Which of the following represents the central idea
5.
of the passage?
Which of the following is opposite in meaning to
the word “dull” in the passage?
(a) Life is full of pain and suffering.
(b) Struggle or no struggle, life is an enjoyable
game.
(a) Attractive
(b)
Beautiful
(c) Interesting
(d)
famous
(c) Suffering is not really necessary for
N
O
PASSAGE II
achievement in life.
I
T
A
The Rajputs occupy honoured place in the history
(d) Life is an unending struggle.
of India. They were a warlike people, brave, proud
2.
Which of the following nearly sums up the
meaning of the first sentence?
U
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would lay down their honour and would lay down their
(a) Hard labour on man’s part usuall ends in
lives to uphold it. They loved their homes and fought
bravely to defend the honour of their womenfolk.
suffering.
(b) Even after undergoing suffering man can
hardly achieve anything.
DA
A
Y
(c) Man cannot achieve anything unless he
suffers for it.
O
V
(d) Achievement in life disproportionate to the
suffering one undergoes for it.
3.
D
N
and patriotic. They were jealous of their honour and
NA
Nothing could tame their spirits. Danger only called
forth their courage and poverty only increased their
power of resistance. None could fight like them. Their
motto was: “Better death than dishonor.”
6.
Which of the following represents the central idea
of the passage?
Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) The Rise and Fall of the Rajputs.
(a) Hardships add to the interest of life
(b) Rajputs-the Spirited Heroes of Indian
(b) A game becomes really interesting if one
History.
knows beforehand how it is going to end
(c) The Pride of the Rajputs.
up.
(d) The Rajputs and Their Sacrifices.
(c) Games become dull if these are not fully
contested.
7.
According to the writer, the Rajputs occupy an
honoured place in history because
(d) The spectators as well as the teams enjoy a
game only if there is struggle for the result.
(a) they were always fond of wars.
(b) they were too proud of their power.
4.
The statement, “The foe is worthy of the steel,”
in the last but one sentence means that.
(a) the other fellow is capable of defending
himself.
(c) they were jealous of other people’s
achievements.
(d) they lived and died for upholding their selfrespect.
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8.
The expression “tame their spirits” in the passage
(a) his reading habit shows that he is a scholar.
means.
(b) the books he reads affect his thinking and
character.
(a) encourage their enthusiasm.
(c) books provide him a lot of knowledge.
(b) develop their courage.
(d) His selection of books generally reveals his
(c) curb their enthusiasm.
temperament and character.
(e) destroy their ideas.
9.
12. Which of the following statements in not true?
Which of the following statements in not true?
(a) Good books as well as good men always
(a) The Rajputs achieved eminence in history
provide the finest company.
N
O
(b) A good book never betrays us.
due their great heroic qualities.
(b) They were homely people and would fight
(c) we have sometimes to be patient with a book
I
T
A
as it may bore us.
for upholding women’s honour.
(c) In moments of danger they would exhibit
(d) A good book serves as a permanent friend.
D
N
13. The statement, “A good book may be among the
great courage.
(d) They, however, were incapable of facing the
U
O
F
best of friends,” in the middle of the passage,
means that
challenge of poverty.
10. Which of the following is opposite in meaning to
the word “proud” in the passage?
DA
(a) Humble
(b)
courteous
(c) kind
(d)
generous
PASSAGE III
NA
O
V
A
Y
A man may usually be known by the books
he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for
(a) there cannot be a better friends than a good
book.
(b) books may be good friends, but not better
than good men.
(c) a good book can be included among the best
friends of mankind.
(d) our best friends read the same good books.
14. Which of the following is opposite in meaning to
the word “adversity” occurring in the passage?
there is a companionship of books as well as of men
and one should always live in the best company,
whether it be of books or of men. A good book may
be among the best of friends. It is the same today
(a) Happiness
(b)
prosperity
(c) progress
(d)
misfortune
15. Which one of the following would be the most
that it always was, and it will never change. It is the
suitable title for the passage?
most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not
(a) Books show the reader’s character.
turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress.
(b) Books as man’s abiding friends
It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing
(c) Books are useful for our youth.
and interesting us in youth, comforting and consoling
us in age. will never
11. According to the writer, “A man may usually be
known by the books he reads,” because.
(d) The importance of books in old age.
PASSAGE IV
Throughout recorded history, India was celebrated
for her fine textiles, her muslins and brocades of silver
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and gold. As a matter of fact, there is evidence that
(a) There is a long history of excellence that the
her textile industry goes back at least five thousand
Indian craftsmen had achieved in various crafts.
years, for Indian muslins were found wrapped around
(b) Creations of Indian craftsmen brought to
them prosperity.
mummies in Egyptian pyramids dating back to 3000
BC. The ancient Indian iron and steel industry was
(c) Even after foreign conquest, these crafts
ensured India’s industrial progress.
equally famous. The well-known Damascus steel for
swords and armour used in the Crusades came from
(d) Indian crafts died out due to political division
of the country.
India. Thus in countless industries and crafts, the Indian
craftsman, worker, builder and artist created an
prospered, and their products found favour both at
19. Which of the following is opposite in meaning to
TI
home and abroad. And then political disintegration and
(a) Deterioration
foreign conquest closed the long golden chapter of
(c) poverty
India’s advancement and creative achievement.
16. That India had a flourishing textile industry in the
N
O
the word “advancement occurring in the passage?
A
D
N
(b) backwardness
(d) failure
20. Which one of the following would be the most
suitable title for the passage?
U
O
F
(a) The Rise and Fail of Indian Crafts.
past is proved by the fact that
(b) India’s Textile Industry.
(a) India produced muslins and brocades of
silver and gold.
A
Y
(b) the country was already famous for its fine
textiles.
A
D
O
(c) the industry claims to be five thousand years
old.
V
A
(d) Indian muslins were used for covering
N
(c) Indian Iron and Steel Industry in the Past.
(d) Indian Exports in the Ancient Times.
PASSAGE V
Just as some men like to play football or cricket, so
some men like to climb mountains. This is often very
difficult to do, for mountains are not just big hills. Paths
are usually very steep. Some mountain sides are straight
Egyptian mummies in 3000 BC.
up and down, so that it may take many hours to climb
17. According to the writer, the ancient Indian iron
as little as one hundred feet. There is always the
and steel industry was famous because.
danger that you may fall off and be killed or injured.
Men talk about conquering a mountain. It is a
(a) India supplied swords and armour to
Damascus.
wonderful feeling to reach the top of a mountain after
climbing for hours and may be, even for days. You
(b) India provided steel with which swords and
look down and see the whole country below you. You
armour were made for the Crusaders.
feel god-like. Two Italian prisoners of war escaped
(c) Indian, steel was famous among those
from a prison camp in Kenya during the war. They did
fighting the Crusades.
(d) Products of iron and steel were shipped to
Damascus from India.
18. Which one of the following statements is not
true?
not try to get back to their own country, for they knew
that was impossible. Instead, they climbed to the top
of Mount Kenya, and then they came down again and
gave themselves up. They had wanted to get that
feeling of freedom that one has after climbing a difficult
mountain.
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21. Some men like to climb a mountain because.
(a) They do not like to play football or cricket.
perched on a nearby tree, saw the ant’s danger and
dropped a leaf into the water. The ant climbed on to
this, and was carried to safety.
(b) they know the trick of climbing.
(c) they want to have a wonderful feeling.
Some time after this a hunter, creeping through
the busnes, saw the dove asleep, and took careful aim
(d) they like to face danger.
22. To climb mountains is often difficult because
with his gun. He was about to fire when the ant, who
was nearby, crawled forward and bit him sharply in
(a) Mountains are big hills.
the ankle. The hunter missed his aim, and the loud
(b) it consumes more time.
noise of the gun awakened the dove from her sleep.
(c) prisoners often escape from camps and
She saw her danger and flew swiftly away to safety.
settle there.
N
O
Thus the ant repaid the dove for having saved its life
(d) paths are steep and uneven.
I
T
A
in the foaming current of the stream.
26. The ant came to the stream to
23. “It is a wonderful feeling” ‘It’ refers to
D
N
(a) fall into it.
(a) The steep path.
U
O
F
(b) look at the swift current.
(b) the prisoner
(c) carry back some water
(c) climbing a mountain
(d) drink at it.
(d) mountaineering
A
Y
24. Two Italy prisoners escaped from the camp and
climbed to the top of Mount Kenya.
(a) to escape to Italy.
O
V
(b) to come down and give up.
(c) to get the feeling of freedom.
NA
DA
(d) to gain fame as mountaineers.
25. Mountaineering is not a very popular sport like
football or cricket because.
(a) there are no spectators in this sport.
27. The dove dropped a leaf into the water to
(a) save the ant.
(b)
down the ant.
(c) help itself
(d)
perch on it.
28. The dove was in danger because
(a) a hunter wanted to care for it.
(b) there was a bush nearby.
(c) a hunter was about to short it.
(d) it had fallen off the branch.
29. The word “aim” in this passage means
(b) it may take many hours or even days.
(a) to point a gun at something or someone.
(c) not many people are prepared to risk their
(b) to have an ambition.
livers.
(c) to try to reach somewhere
(d) people do not want to enjoy a god-like
feeling.
(d) to look at something
30. The ant repaid the dove by
PASSAGE VI
Once an ant, who had come to drink at a stream,
(a) biting the hunter
(b) warning the dove
fell into the water and was carried away by the swift
(c) crawling near the hunter.
current. She was in great danger of drowning. A dove,
(d) biting the dove.
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PASSAGE VII
33. The passage shows
The manager of a well-known firm was
interviewing applicants for the post of a night
watchman he had advertised. He was very Hard to
please and always found something wrong with each
man-one had long hair, another small eyes, a third was
too thin, a fourth very far and another too tall.
Among the applicants interviewed by the manager
for the post was one Ram Kishan. He watched all this
as he sat in the verandah patiently waiting for his turn
(a) the failure of the manager.
(b) the cleverness of Ram Kishan.
(c) the efficiency of the manager
(d) the bad health of Ram Kishan.
34. “not quite” (paragraph 3) in the context means
(a) very well
(b) not completely.
(c) somewhat.
(d) not so.
35. “Sleeplessness” could be linked to
N
O
(a) the applicant’s illness.
I
T
A
to be interviewed. He resolved to be prepared for
(b) the foolishness of the applicant
anything. When his turn came, all went well. The
(c) the job as night watchman.
manager found nothing wrong with his appearance,
(d) the manager’s foolishness.
size or constitution. He was so handsome, tall and
strong that the manger was really pleased to see such
U
O
F
D
N
PASSAGE VIII
Until he was ten, young Alexander Fleming
a well-built young man.
attended the nearby Loudoun Moor School. He was
“Is your health sound ?” said the manager at last
A
Y
“No Sir,” replied Ram Kishan, “not quite, I suffer
from one serious complaint” “what’s that?” asked the
A
D
O
then transferred to Darvel School which he attended
with his brothers. Alexander learned a good deal about
nature during that four-mile down whill hike to school
manager sharply. “Sleeplessness,” came the prompt
and the four mile type uphill return trip. He was a
reply.
quick student and at twelve, the age limit
V
A
The manager was so pleased with the answer of
prescribed for Darvel School, he was sent to
the young man that, without questioning him further,
Kilmarmock Academy. Two years later, he joined his
he appointed him.
brothers John and Robert at the home of his elder
1.
The passage is about
N
brother Thomas, who was to become a successful
oculist in London. However, the economic success of
(a) appointment of a manager.
the family was yet to be, and Alexander was forced to
(b) recruitment of a night watchman.
leave school for economic reasons. When he was
(c) a quarrel between the manager and the night
sixteen, he obtained a job in a shipping company. Good
watchman.
(d) the character of the manager.
32. The manager was “hard to please” means that he
fortune, however, was on his side and on the side of
humanity. In 1901, he received a share in a legacy
which made it possible for him to return to school. He
decided to study medicine.
was
(a) difficult to satisfy.
(b) used to complain without reason.
36. Alexander trekked ……..miles every day to
attend Darvel School.
(c) very unkind
(a) four
(b)
eight
(d) hard-hearted.
(c) twelve
(d)
unknown
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37. “He was quick student…..” This means that
of the house, and he would sit about with his back to
us, his back a speaking picture of misery, looking blindly
Alexander
into space. It was years before he would condescend
(a) reached school before his brothers
to recongnise my wife’s existence. More dangerous is
(b) reached the school-leaving are
the jealously a dog can develop towards a new baby in
(c) was a lively student too soon.
the family.
(d) was a fast learner
Another thing to remember is that a dog is fond
(38). Alexander became rich
of company, specially the company of his own kind. In
(a) by working in a shipping company
a wild state they habitually go about in groups, either
(b) when his brother became a successful oculist
small family groups or in packs: and you can see the
(c) because he studied medicine
same instinct at work in civilization. Dogs loose in
(d) by receiving a share in a legacy
streets or in parks will nearly always gravitate into
(39). “……… and at twelve, the age limit prescribed
for Darvel School…..” This, in the context, means
that children were
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gangs, following each other around looking for mischief
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or adventure like so many urchins. So it is a good thing
to let your dog have plenty of friends. The lonely dog
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will often become a fighter.
(a) not admitted to the school before they are
twelve
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(b) admitted to the school at the age of twelve
1.
example of the dog’s
(a) Intelligence.
(c) allowed to remain in the school only up to
the age of twelve
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(b) loyalty.
(c) sensitivity to atmosphere.
(d) admitted to the school any time after the
age of twelve
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(40). The world “legacy” in the context means.
(a) lottery.
(b) goodwill money
(c) inheritance
(d) legal payment.
PASSAGE IX
A dog is very sensitive to atmosphere. He knows
That your dog knows when you get angry is an
(d) love of the master.
2.
When the writer’s wife came to live with him, his
dog, Paragon, took years to recongnize her
existence. This shows the dog’s
(a) anger.
(b) Jealously.
(c) loyalty
(d) lack of intelligence.
43. A dog is food of the company of
when you have lost your temper almost before you
(a) babies
(b) human beings
do-and if you want to do anything with a dog never
(c) other dogs
(d) urchins
lose your temper! Whatever you do with him, do calmly
and under full control, especially when you correct him.
Talking of this awareness of atmosphere, his utter
44. The word “gravitate” (paragraph 2) in the contexts
means
loyalty can lead to great jealously. When I married,
(a) get into
(b) form
my little dog-paragon was his name-nearly wrecked
(c) join
(d) be attracted
the home with his jealously The bottom had fallen out
of his life when an intruder came into the management
45. The writer compares loose dogs to urchins because
they
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47. The speaker makes no promises because.
(a) form gangs
(b) follow each other around
(a) no one wants comfortable positions
(c) move in streets or parks.
(b) there is going to be a political revolution
(d) form gangs and look for mischief or
(c) he cannot afford to give them prizes
adventure.
(d) the feature is not very easy
PASSAGE X
48. The word “telescoped” in the context means
My first duty is to congratulate those who, by
(a) happened together in a short time.
hard work and disciplined effort, obtained their degrees
(b) as if seen through a telescope.
today. I will be unfair to myself and to you glittering
(c) put out of sight.
prizes or comfortable positions. The times ahead of us
(d) put one against the other.
are of a very difficult character. The movements which
took place in other countries during a span of centuries
(a) we understand the full implications of
have all occurred here more or less simultaneously
telescoped, so to say, in these few years in our
are ever so many other things which require to be
fulfilled if this first step is to be regarded as a
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preparation for the liberation of this great land. If we
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political revolutions.
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(b) universities send out scientists and
country. We have won political independence. But it is
not to be regarded as giving us complete freedom. There
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49. A social and economic revolution is possible if
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technologists.
(c) students learn sociology and economics.
(d) we want to change the face of the country.
50. The experience of advanced counties shows that
wish to follow up political revolution by a social and
economic one, our universities must send out batches
of scientists, technicians, engineers, agriculturists, etc.
V
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These are essential for changing the face of our society.
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But we should not believe that science and technology
alone are enough. There are other countries, much
advanced countries in the world, which have achieved
marvellous progress in the scientific and technological
side, but yet they are torn by strife and they are unable
to bring about peace, safety and security to bring about
peace, safety and security of their own people. It only
shows that other qualities are also necessary besides
those developed by science and technology.
46. The word “simultaneously” in the context means
(a) peace and security are unnecessary.
(b) engineers and technicians are a must.
(c) something more than scientific progress is
necessary.
(d) something
other
than
marvelous
advancement is necessary.
PASSAGGE XI
“I must find a hiding place,” he thought, “and in
the next few seconds or I am done for.”
Scarcely had the thought crossed his mind than
the lane took a sudden turning so that he found himself
hidden from his pursuers. There are circumstances
in which the least energetic of mankind learn to
(a) in a confused manner
act with speed and decision; and the most cautious
(b) in a jumbled way
forget their care. This was such an occasion for
(c) at the same time
Rchmar Ali and those who knew him best would have
(d) one after another
been the most astonished at the lad’s boldness. He
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stopped dead, threw the box of jewellery over a
fetishism, polytheism, and ultimately in monotheism,
garden wall and, leaping upwards with incredible
would infallibly lead him, as long as his reasoning
lightness, he seized the top of the wall with his hands
power remained poorly developed, to various strange
and tumbled headlong into the garden.
superstitions and customs. Many of them are terrible
to think of, such as the sacrifice of human beings to a
51. the passage shows Rehmat Ali to be
blood-loving God; the trial of innocent persons by the
(a) bold and active.
ordeal of poison or fire, witchcraft, devilworship;
(b) lazy and indecisive.
necromancy-yet it is well occasionally to reflect on
(c) slow and steady.
these superstitions, these conjurations of diabolic
(d) a person of reflective nature.
occult powers, for they show us what an infinite debt
52. “There are circumstances in which the least
energetic of mankind of mankind learn to act with
speed and decision, and the most cautious forget
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of gratitude we owe for the improvement of our reason
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to science, and to the accumulated knowledge science
has granted us.
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56. The author of the passage would most likely agree
their care.” Rehmat Ali illustrates this
with which one/two or three of the following
(a) by jumping into the garden.
(b) by running away from his pursuers.
A.
(c) by stopping dead.
(d) by turning into a lane.
53. In this passage, Rehmat Ali could be
(a) a policeman.
(b) a burglar
(c) a jogger.
(d) a hunter.
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54. Rehmat Ali found himself hidden from his pursuers
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because
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statements ?
(a) he had acted with speed and decision
(b) he had gone round an unexpected bend.
B.
Monotheism motivated people to the
sacrifice of human beings.
Monotheism evolved with the development
of the intellect.
C.
Polytheism preceded the belief in unseen
spiritual forces.
(a) Only A
(b) Only B
(c) Only C
(d) A and B only
57. It can be inferred from the passage that the author
considers the kind of underdeveloped reasoning
described in the passage to be a cause of
(c) he had stopped dead.
(d) his pursuers could not run fast enough.
(a) apathy
(b) spontaneity
(c) barbarity
(d) scepticism.
55. The expression “to stop dead” means
58. Human belief in superstitions can effectively be
(a) to die suddenly
(b) to be close to death
(c) to be paralysed
(d) to stop suddenly
PASSAGE XII
The same high mental faculties which first led
man to believe in unseen spiritual agencies, then in
countered only by
(a) the high mental faculties.
(b) underdeveloped reasoning powers.
(c) sympathy for the innocents.
(d) witchcraft and devil worship.
59. If the above passage is the core part of an article,
the best title of that could be
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(a) Witchcraft.
(a) trial
(b) felicitation
(b) Theology
(c) calamity
(d) endowment
(c) Scientific method.
(d) Anthropology.
ANSWERS
60. According to the passage, we are indebted to
science for our
(a) original intellectual capacity.
(b) believing in fetishism
(c) development of laws to protect to the
innocent.
(d) liberation form irrational primitive beliefs.
61. According to the passage, man’s belief in unseen
spiritual powers can largely be attributed to
1.
(d)
2.
(c)
3.
(b)
4.
(a)
5.
(c)
6.
(b)
7.
(d)
8.
(c)
9.
(d)
10.
(a)
11. (d)
12. (c)
13. (c)
14.
(b)
15. (b)
16. (d)
17. (b)
18.
(c)
21. (b)
22.
(d)
25. (c)
26.
(d)
30.
(a)
34.
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19. (a)
20. (a)
23. (c)
24. (c)
27. (a)
28. (c)
31. (b)
32. (a)
(b)
35. (c)
36. (a)
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(d)
39. (c)
40. (c)
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41. (c)
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42.
(b)
43. (c)
44. (b)
45. (d)
46.
(c)
47. (d)
48. (a)
29. (a)
33. (b)
which is nearly SAME in meaning as the word
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49. (b)
50.
(c)
51. (a)
52. (a)
printed in capitals as used in the context of the
53. (b)
54.
(b)
55. (d)
56. (b)
57. (c)
58.
(a)
59. (d)
60. (d)
61. (d)
62.
(a)
63. (a)
64. (a)
(a) Monotheism
(b) Polytheism.
(c) Fetishism
(d) Witchcraft
37. (d)
Directions (question 62-63): Pick out the word
passage.
62. CONJURATIONS
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(a) Invoking
(b) appeasement
(c) withdrawal
(d) sentiments
63. LED
(a) forced
(b) desired
(c) appealed
(d) made
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65. (b)
Directions (questions 64-65): Pick out the word
which is most OPPOSITE in meaning as the word
printed in capitals as used in the context of the
passage.
64. INFALLIBLY
(a) erringly
(b) certainly
(c) indefinitely
(d) uncompromisingly
65. ORDEAL
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