Directions : In questions no. 1 to 5, some parts of the sentence have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the rectangle corresponding to the appropriate letter (A, B, C). If a sentence is free from error, blacken the rectangle corresponding to (D) in the Answer Sheet.
1. You do not (A)/ look as (B)/ your brother. (C)/ No error. (D)
2. My elder brother (A)/ is six (B)/ foot high. (C)/ No error. (D)
3. Without no proof of your guilt (A)/ the only course open to am (B)/ is to dismiss the case. (C)/ No error. (D)
4. As we see it, (A)/ she appears to be unreasonable (B)/ anxious gout pleasing her husband. (C)/ No error. (D)
5. The scissor is (A)/ lying on (B)/ the table. (C)/ No error. (D)
Directions : In questions no. 6 to 10, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with at appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question Choose the correct alternative out o. the four and indicate it by blackening the appropriate rectangle in the Answer Sheet.
6. The Union Budget is likely to be presented on February 26, two days ahead of the ____ date.
(A) critical (B) conventional
(C) suitable (D) convenient
7. I am sorry _____ the mistake.
(A) from (B) with
(C) for (D) at
8. He ______ her that she would pass.
(A) insured (B) ensured (C) assumed (D) assured
9. Your father _____ worry. I'm a very careful driver.
(A) needn't (B) none
(C) can't (D) doesn't
10. The _______ chosen for construction on the building is in the heart of the city.
(A) cite (B) slight
(C) sight (D) site
Directions : In questions no. 11 to 15, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
11. Nexus
(A) connection (C) deficit
(B) distance (D) difference
12. Mammoth
(A) straight (C) wild
(B) huge (D) greedy
13. Hyperbole
(A) expansion (C) decoration
(B) imitation (D) exaggeration
14. Eulogy
(A) apology (C) speech
(B) address (D) praise
15. Menacingly
(A) dangerously (B) threateningly
(C) harmfully (D) hideously
Directions : In questions no. 16 to 20, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
16. Impeccable
(A) faulty (C) flashy
(B) tedious (D) boring
17. Amalgamate
(A) separate (C) assimilate
(B) combine (D) integrate
18. Zenith
(A) climax (C) acme
(B) crisis (D) nadir
19. Influx
(A) reflex (C) effluent
(B) deflection (D) exodus
20. Orderly
(A) semitic (C) democratic
(B) colic (D) chaotic
Directions : In questions no. 21 to 25, four alternatives are given for the idiom I phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
21. Ram is very calculative and always has an axe to grind.
(A) has no result (B) works for both sides
(C) has a private agenda (D) fails to arouse interest
22. The police looked all over for him but drew a blank.
did not find him (B) put him in prison
(C) arrested him (E) took him to court
23. On the issue of marriage, Suite put her foot down.
(A) stood up (B) was firm
(C) got down (D) walked fast
24. His investments helped him make a killing in the stock market.
(A) lose money quickly (B) plan a murder quickly
(C) murder someone quickly (D) make money quickly
25. There is no gainsaying the fact that the country is in difficulties.
(A) ignoring (B) hiding
(C) forgetting (D) denying
Directions : In questions no. 26 to 30, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (D)
26. Sordid and sensational books tend to vitiate the public taste.
(A) divide (B) distract
(C) distort (D) No improvement
27. By studying AIDS has engaged many researchers in the last decade.
(A) Important study (B) Now. that the study
(C) The study of (D) No improvement
28. His Master's thesis was highly estimated and is now being prepared for publication.
(A) was highly discussed (B) was highly commended
(C) is highly appraised (D) No improvement
29. No sooner had she realized her blunder than she began to take corrective measures.
(A) then she began to take (B) than she began taking
(C) when she began to take (D) No improvement
30. A good scholar must be precise and possess originality.
(A) must be precise and original
(B) must be possess precision and original
(C) must be precision and possess originality
(D) No improvement
Directions : In questions no. 31 to 35, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words sentence.
31. One who loves books
(A) Bibliophile (B) Bibliophagist
(C) Bibliophoebe (D) Bibliographer
32. Speaking without preparation
(A) Deliberate (B) Fluent
(C) Loquacious (D) Extempore
33. Special trial of the Head of State by Parliament
(A) Impingement (B) Infringement
(C) Impeachment (D) Impediment
34. Someone able to use both hands with equal skill
(A) Ambivalent (B) Amphibious
(C) Ambiguous (D) Ambidextrous
35. Cure for all diseases
(A) Curable (B) Panacea
(C) Incurable (D) Curative
Directions : In questions no. 36 to 40, there are four different words out of which one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and indicate it by blackening the appropriate rectangle in the Answer Sheet.
36. (A) pleintive (B) sustein (C) villain (D) alleince
37. (A) comissioner (B) cornmissionar (C) commisioner (D) commissioner
38. (A) aprentice (B) advertise (C) treatice (D) sencitive
39. (A) suprintendent (B) supirentendent (C) superintendent (D) superentendent
40. (A) symetry (B) symmitry (C) symatry (D) symmetry
Directions : In questions 41 to 50, you have two brief passages with 5 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and mark it in the Answer-Sheet.
Passage I (41 – 45)
Two years later, in November 1895, he signed his final will. He left the bulk of his fortune, amounting to about £ 1,75,000 to a trust fund administered by Swedish and Norwegian trustees. The annual interest shall be awarded as prizes to those persons who during the previous year have rendered the greatest services to mankind. The interest shall be divided into five equal parts — now amounting to about £ 8,000 each — one of which shall be awarded to the person who has made the most important discovery or invention in the realm of physics, one to the person who has' made the most important chemical discovery or improvement, one to the person who has made the most important physiological or medical discovery, one to the person who has produced the most outstanding work of literature, idealistic in character, and one to the person who has done the best work for the brotherhood of nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, as well as for the formation or popularization of peace congress.
41. The said prize is awarded
(A) once in 5 years (B) every year
(C) once in 4 years (D) once in 2 years
42. Which is the prize that is referred to in the passage ?
(A) Nobel Prize (B) Magsaysay Award
(C) Pulitzer Prize (D) Booker Prize
43. The number of prizes in the field of science are
(A) Four (B) One
(C) Three (D) Five
44. Total annual prize money amounts to
(A) £ 8,000 (B) £ 1,750,000
(C) £ 350,000 (D) £ 40,000
45. Prize is awarded for outstanding work in
(A) Chemistry
(B) Literature
(C) Physics
(D) All the above
Passage II (46 — 50)
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. If someone maintains that two and two are five, or that Iceland is on the Equator, you feel pity rather than anger, unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your own contrary conviction.
46. If someone else's opinion makes us angry, it means that
(A) we are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for becoming angry
(B) there may be good reasons for his opinion but we are not consciously aware of them
(C) our own opinion is not based on good reason and we know this subconsciously
(D) we are not consciously aware of any reason for our own opinion
47. "Your own contrary conviction" refers to
(A) the fact that you feel pity rather than anger
(B) the opinion that two and two are four and that Iceland is a long way from the Equator
(C) the opinion that two and two are five and that Iceland is on the Equator
(D) the fact that you know so little about arithmetic or geography
48. Conviction means
(A) persuasion
(B) disbelief
(C) strong belief
(D) ignorance
49. The writer says if someone maintains that two and two are five you feel pity because you
(A) have sympathy
(B) don't agree with him
(C) want to help the person
(D) feel sorry for his ignorance
50. The second sentence in the passage
(A) builds up the argument of the first sentence by restating it from the opposite point of view
(B) makes the main point which has only been introduced by the first sentence
(C) simply adds a further point to the argument already stated in the first sentence
(D) illustrates the point made in the first sentence
1. You do not (A)/ look as (B)/ your brother. (C)/ No error. (D)
2. My elder brother (A)/ is six (B)/ foot high. (C)/ No error. (D)
3. Without no proof of your guilt (A)/ the only course open to am (B)/ is to dismiss the case. (C)/ No error. (D)
4. As we see it, (A)/ she appears to be unreasonable (B)/ anxious gout pleasing her husband. (C)/ No error. (D)
5. The scissor is (A)/ lying on (B)/ the table. (C)/ No error. (D)
Directions : In questions no. 6 to 10, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with at appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question Choose the correct alternative out o. the four and indicate it by blackening the appropriate rectangle in the Answer Sheet.
6. The Union Budget is likely to be presented on February 26, two days ahead of the ____ date.
(A) critical (B) conventional
(C) suitable (D) convenient
7. I am sorry _____ the mistake.
(A) from (B) with
(C) for (D) at
8. He ______ her that she would pass.
(A) insured (B) ensured (C) assumed (D) assured
9. Your father _____ worry. I'm a very careful driver.
(A) needn't (B) none
(C) can't (D) doesn't
10. The _______ chosen for construction on the building is in the heart of the city.
(A) cite (B) slight
(C) sight (D) site
Directions : In questions no. 11 to 15, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
11. Nexus
(A) connection (C) deficit
(B) distance (D) difference
12. Mammoth
(A) straight (C) wild
(B) huge (D) greedy
13. Hyperbole
(A) expansion (C) decoration
(B) imitation (D) exaggeration
14. Eulogy
(A) apology (C) speech
(B) address (D) praise
15. Menacingly
(A) dangerously (B) threateningly
(C) harmfully (D) hideously
Directions : In questions no. 16 to 20, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
16. Impeccable
(A) faulty (C) flashy
(B) tedious (D) boring
17. Amalgamate
(A) separate (C) assimilate
(B) combine (D) integrate
18. Zenith
(A) climax (C) acme
(B) crisis (D) nadir
19. Influx
(A) reflex (C) effluent
(B) deflection (D) exodus
20. Orderly
(A) semitic (C) democratic
(B) colic (D) chaotic
Directions : In questions no. 21 to 25, four alternatives are given for the idiom I phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
21. Ram is very calculative and always has an axe to grind.
(A) has no result (B) works for both sides
(C) has a private agenda (D) fails to arouse interest
22. The police looked all over for him but drew a blank.
did not find him (B) put him in prison
(C) arrested him (E) took him to court
23. On the issue of marriage, Suite put her foot down.
(A) stood up (B) was firm
(C) got down (D) walked fast
24. His investments helped him make a killing in the stock market.
(A) lose money quickly (B) plan a murder quickly
(C) murder someone quickly (D) make money quickly
25. There is no gainsaying the fact that the country is in difficulties.
(A) ignoring (B) hiding
(C) forgetting (D) denying
Directions : In questions no. 26 to 30, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (D)
26. Sordid and sensational books tend to vitiate the public taste.
(A) divide (B) distract
(C) distort (D) No improvement
27. By studying AIDS has engaged many researchers in the last decade.
(A) Important study (B) Now. that the study
(C) The study of (D) No improvement
28. His Master's thesis was highly estimated and is now being prepared for publication.
(A) was highly discussed (B) was highly commended
(C) is highly appraised (D) No improvement
29. No sooner had she realized her blunder than she began to take corrective measures.
(A) then she began to take (B) than she began taking
(C) when she began to take (D) No improvement
30. A good scholar must be precise and possess originality.
(A) must be precise and original
(B) must be possess precision and original
(C) must be precision and possess originality
(D) No improvement
Directions : In questions no. 31 to 35, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words sentence.
31. One who loves books
(A) Bibliophile (B) Bibliophagist
(C) Bibliophoebe (D) Bibliographer
32. Speaking without preparation
(A) Deliberate (B) Fluent
(C) Loquacious (D) Extempore
33. Special trial of the Head of State by Parliament
(A) Impingement (B) Infringement
(C) Impeachment (D) Impediment
34. Someone able to use both hands with equal skill
(A) Ambivalent (B) Amphibious
(C) Ambiguous (D) Ambidextrous
35. Cure for all diseases
(A) Curable (B) Panacea
(C) Incurable (D) Curative
Directions : In questions no. 36 to 40, there are four different words out of which one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and indicate it by blackening the appropriate rectangle in the Answer Sheet.
36. (A) pleintive (B) sustein (C) villain (D) alleince
37. (A) comissioner (B) cornmissionar (C) commisioner (D) commissioner
38. (A) aprentice (B) advertise (C) treatice (D) sencitive
39. (A) suprintendent (B) supirentendent (C) superintendent (D) superentendent
40. (A) symetry (B) symmitry (C) symatry (D) symmetry
Directions : In questions 41 to 50, you have two brief passages with 5 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and mark it in the Answer-Sheet.
Passage I (41 – 45)
Two years later, in November 1895, he signed his final will. He left the bulk of his fortune, amounting to about £ 1,75,000 to a trust fund administered by Swedish and Norwegian trustees. The annual interest shall be awarded as prizes to those persons who during the previous year have rendered the greatest services to mankind. The interest shall be divided into five equal parts — now amounting to about £ 8,000 each — one of which shall be awarded to the person who has made the most important discovery or invention in the realm of physics, one to the person who has' made the most important chemical discovery or improvement, one to the person who has made the most important physiological or medical discovery, one to the person who has produced the most outstanding work of literature, idealistic in character, and one to the person who has done the best work for the brotherhood of nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, as well as for the formation or popularization of peace congress.
41. The said prize is awarded
(A) once in 5 years (B) every year
(C) once in 4 years (D) once in 2 years
42. Which is the prize that is referred to in the passage ?
(A) Nobel Prize (B) Magsaysay Award
(C) Pulitzer Prize (D) Booker Prize
43. The number of prizes in the field of science are
(A) Four (B) One
(C) Three (D) Five
44. Total annual prize money amounts to
(A) £ 8,000 (B) £ 1,750,000
(C) £ 350,000 (D) £ 40,000
45. Prize is awarded for outstanding work in
(A) Chemistry
(B) Literature
(C) Physics
(D) All the above
Passage II (46 — 50)
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. If someone maintains that two and two are five, or that Iceland is on the Equator, you feel pity rather than anger, unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your own contrary conviction.
46. If someone else's opinion makes us angry, it means that
(A) we are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for becoming angry
(B) there may be good reasons for his opinion but we are not consciously aware of them
(C) our own opinion is not based on good reason and we know this subconsciously
(D) we are not consciously aware of any reason for our own opinion
47. "Your own contrary conviction" refers to
(A) the fact that you feel pity rather than anger
(B) the opinion that two and two are four and that Iceland is a long way from the Equator
(C) the opinion that two and two are five and that Iceland is on the Equator
(D) the fact that you know so little about arithmetic or geography
48. Conviction means
(A) persuasion
(B) disbelief
(C) strong belief
(D) ignorance
49. The writer says if someone maintains that two and two are five you feel pity because you
(A) have sympathy
(B) don't agree with him
(C) want to help the person
(D) feel sorry for his ignorance
50. The second sentence in the passage
(A) builds up the argument of the first sentence by restating it from the opposite point of view
(B) makes the main point which has only been introduced by the first sentence
(C) simply adds a further point to the argument already stated in the first sentence
(D) illustrates the point made in the first sentence
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