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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPREHENSION

Directions: In question nos. 1 to 20, some of 16. The students observed (A)/ silent before
the sentences have errors and some have none. they ran (B)/ to greet their parents. (c)/ no
Find out which part of a sentence has an error error (D)
and blacken the rectangle [ ] corresponding 17. He meets me (A)/ once a blue moon so (B)/
to the appropriate letter (A, B, C). If there is no he doesn't know much about my activities.
error, blacken the rectangle [ ] corresponding (C)/ no error (D)
to (D) in the Answer Sheet. 18. If I was the captain (A)/ of Indian cricket
team (B)/ I would not select Ravindra
1. A scientist who convinces the world (A)/
Jadeja. (C)/ no error (D)
gets the credit not the (B)/ one to whom 19. I was very lucky (A)/ that day and (B)/
the idea first occurs. (C)/ no error (D) catched a lot of thieves. (C)/ no error (D)
2. One should be true (A)/ to his promises in 20. The sole idea behind (A)/ conducting such
(B)/ order to earn name and fame in life. programmes is to (B)/ create awareness
(C)/ no error (D) among foreigners of our culture. (C)/ no
3. Keeping in view (A)/ the public's demand, error (D)
(B)/ the government has decided to improve Directions : In question nos. 21 to 25,
the quality of roads in this city. (C)/ no error sentences are given with blanks to be filled in
(D) with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives
4. He takes good care (A)/ of his hair so (B)/ are suggested for each question. Choose the
his hairs are black and attractive. (C)/ no correct alternative out of the four and indicate
it by blackening the appropriate rectangle [ ]
error (D)
in the Answer Sheet.
5. I saw only ten police (A)/ who were providing
21. Twitter is one of the most popular social
security (B)/ to the celebrity. (C)/ no error networking sites. It is . by the
(D) internet users
6. The five players (A)/ had each an (B)/ (A) Effected (B) Examined
achievement of their own. (C)/ no error (D) (C) Analysed (D) Utilised
7. The coach has great power (A)/ of making 22. It's a . that people become ghosts after
some useful decisions (B)/ but the players they die.
have more greater ability to foil them. (C)/ (A) myth (B) Lie
no error (D) (C) bluff (D) mistake
8. We have to accept (A)/ that driving vehicles 23. He is very good . writing quality
(B)/ require expertise. (C)/ No error (D) content.
(A) in (B) at
9. Both the BJP along with (A)/ the Congress
(C) on (D) about
are responsible for (B)/India's declining
24. A large sign near the gate warns the
growth rate. (C)/ no error (D) visitors to beware . Dogs.
10. There is renewed sense (A)/of urgency in (A) about (B) from
(B)/completing the project. (C)/No error (D) (C) of (D) with
11. The girl (A)/ distributed chocolates (B)/ 25. He is good . mathematics.
between all her classmates. (C)/ no error (A) in (B) at
(D) (C) for (D) in the
12. It was apparent for (A)/ everyone present Directions : In question nos. 26 to 28, choose
that if (B)/ the ambulance didn't arrive on the word opposite in meaning to the given word
time, he would die. (C)/ no error (D) and mark it in the Answer-Sheet.
13. The English teacher (A)/ said that we 26. Enervate
should (B)/ work hard if we didn't want to (A) Decelerate (B) Strengthen
(C) Push forward (D) Aggravate
fail. (C)/ no error (D)
27. Embellish
14. The teacher (A)/ objected my (B)/ entering (A) Dishonour (B) Demolish
the examination hall. (C)/ no error (D) (C) Spoil (D) Suffice
15. Let no one remain with doubt (A) / that the 28. Unnerved
USA (B)/ is responsible for the destruction (A) Anxious (B) Nervous
of Iraq. (C)/ no error (D) (C) Hopeful (D) Confident

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Directions: In question nos. 29 to 31, out of 41. To take someone to task
four alternatives, choose the one which best (A) To make someone do some work
expresses the meaning of the given word and (B) To rebuke someone
mark it in the Answer-Sheet. (C) To dismiss
29. Conventicle (D) To praise
(A) Facsimile (B) Meeting house 42. Gift of the gab
(C) Irradiation (D) Corollary (A) A good orator
30. Transpired (B) Gift from a very close friend
(A) Was communicated (C) Elixir of life
(B) Was discussed (D) lacking funds
(C) Happened 43. Gave up the ghost
(D) Conspired (A) Lived like a ghost
31. Resentment
(B) Left the ghost
(A) Disobedience (B) Treachery
(C) Died
(C) Exoneration (D) Bitterness
(D) Gave up the idea of doing something
Directions: In questions 32 to 35, groups of four
44. For a song
words are given. In each group, one word is
correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word (A) very cheaply
and mark your answer in the Answer-Sheet. (B) For entertainment
32. (A) Omnigenous (B) Omnigeneous (C) For an insignificant thing
(C) Omnigenuous (D) Omngenious (D) For someone very special
33. (A) Bureaucrasy (B) Beaurocracy 45. Play fast and loose
(C) Bureaucracy (D) Beaurocrasy (A) Rarely (B) Act recklessly
34. (A) Sacrilege (B) Sacrilage (C) Hard days (D) To determine
(C) Sacrilige (D) Sacrelege Directions: In question nos. 46 to 65, the 1st
35. (A) Transmogrifiation and the last sentences of the passage are
(B) Transmogrification numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is
(C) Transmogrifiction split into four parts and named P. Q R and S.
(D) Transmogrifation These four parts are not given in their proper
Directions: In question nos. 36 to 45, four order. Read the sentence and find out which of
alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase the four combinations is correct. Then find the
underlined in the sentence. Choose the correct answer and indicate it in the Answer-
alternative which best expresses the meaning Sheet.
of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer- 46. 1. Horses and communism were, on the
Sheet. whole, a poor match.
36. Play to the galleries P. Fine horses bespoke the nobility the
(A) to offend audiences party was supposed to despise.
(B) to be prepared Q. Communist leaders, when they visited
(C) to appease middle class villages, preferred to see cows and pigs.
(D) to appeal to popular taste R. Although a working horse was just about
37. Keep the pot boiling tolerable, the communists were right to
(A) To keep going on actively be wary.
(B) To keep cooking the food
S. Peasants from Poland to the Hungarian
(C) to keep getting angry
Pustza preferred their horses to party
(D) keep the fire burning
dogma.
38. Between Scylla and Charibdis
(A) Between two friends 6. "A farmer's pride is his horse; his cow
(B) Between two enemies may be thin but his horse must be fat,"
(C) Between two dangers went a Slovak saying.
(D) Between two rivers (A) PRSQ (B) SQRP
39. To cool one's heels (C) PQRS (D) SRQP
(A) To be kept waiting for someone 47. 1. The question is not how he'll look,
(B) To talk rudely P. He's a delightful child,
(C) To give cold treatment to somebody Q. of course,
(D) To run away R. But how he'll behave
40. Bag of bones S. But there is an unbridled pugnacity in
(A) A bag full of bones him that breaks out at times
(B) A dead body 6. in a really alarming fashion
(C) A person about to die (A) RPQS (B) RSPQ
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48. 1. Picture a termite colony, occupying a to be (and often do not consider
tall mud hump on an African plain. themselves to be) members of the
P. Hungry predators often invade the hegemonic nation.
colony and unsettle the balance. R. Even worse, there are nations which
Q. The colony flourishes only if the never had a state or which are divided
proportion of soldiers to wor kers across several states.
remains roughly the same, so that the S. This, of course, has been subject to
queen and workers can be protected by severe criticism and is virtually
the soldiers, and the queen and soldiers everywhere a fiction.
can be serviced by the workers. 6. However, the fiction has been, and
R. But its fortunes are presently restored, cont inues to be, at the basis of
because the immobile queen, walled in nationalist ideologies.
well below ground level, lays eggs not (A) SQPR (B) PQRS
only in large enough numbers, but also (C) QPRS (D) SPRQ
in the varying proportions required. 52. 1. In some parts of the world
S. The hump is alive with worker termites incompatibility of temper is considered
and soldier termites going about their a just cause for obtaining a divorce,
distinct kinds of business. P. or the man became both criminal and
6. How can we account for her mysterious cruel,
ability to respond like this to events on Q. but in England no such subtle
the distant surface? distinction is made,
(A) QPSR (B) SQPR R. and so until the wife became criminal,
(C) PSRQ (D) QSRP S. these two were linked together by a bond
49 1. In spite of a violent attack of gout in the 6. that only death could sever.
night (A) QPSR (B) QRPS
P. and the nervous exhaustion left by it, (C) RPSQ (D) RPQS
Q. and persons who had come with 53. 1. The poor children had now nowhere to
petitions play.
R. and began punctually seeing the clients P. and they did not like it.
of the bank Q. They used to wander round the high wall
S. Stunov went in the morning to his office when their lessons were over,
6. He looked languid and exhausted, and R. They tried to play on the road,
spoke in a faint voice hardly above a S. but the road was very dusty and full of
whisper. hard stones,
(A) PSRQ (B) PSQR 6. and talk about the beautiful garden
(C) SPQR (D) SPRQ inside.
50. 1. At midnight the cafe was crowded. (A) RSPQ (B) RPQS
P. By some chance the little table at which (C) SRPQ (D) SPQR
I sat had escaped the eye of incomers, 54. 1. It is impossible to tell how first the idea
Q. And then a cosmopolite sat in one of entered my brain;
them, P. but once conceived,
R. and two vacant chairs at it extended Q. it haunted me day and night.
their arms with venal hospitality to the R. I loved the old man.
influx of patrons.
S. Object there was none. Passion there
S. and I was glad,` was none.
6. for I held a theory that since Adam no 6. He had never wronged me.
true citizen of the world has existed.`
(A) PRSQ (B) PQSR
(A) PQRS (B) PSQR (C) QPSR (D) QSRP
(C) PRQS (D) QPRS
55. 1. One afternoon I was sitting outside the
51. 1. The concept of a 'nation-state' assumes Cafe.
a complete correspondence between the
P. when I heard some one call my name.
boundaries of the nation and the
boundaries of those who live in a specific Q. watching the splendour and shabbiness
state. of Parisian life,
P. Then there are members of national R. that was passing before me,
collectivities who liv e in other S. and wondering over my vermouth at the
countries, making a mockery of the strange panorama of pride and poverty
concept. 6. I turned round, and saw Lord Murchison.
Q. There are always people living in (A) QSPR (B) QSRP
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56. 1. Making people laugh is tricky. to results that are replicable by other
P. At times, the intended humour may scholars.
simply not come off. Q. Given the importance of interpretation
Q. Making people laugh while trying to sell in historical and literary scholarship,
them something is a tougher challenge, humanities researchers are in a
since the commercial can fall flat on two position where they can explain away
grounds. deliberat e and even systematic
R. There are many advertisements which distortion.
do amuse but do not even begin to set R. Mere suspicion is enough for funding
the cash tills ringing. to be cut off; publicity guarantees that
S. Again, it is rarely sufficient for an careers can be effectively ended.
advertiser simply to amuse the target S. Forger ies which take the f orm of
audience in order to reap the sales pastiches in which t he for ger
benefit. intersperses fake and real parts can be
6. There are indications that in defended as mere mistakes or aberrant
substituting the hard sell for a more misreading.
entertaining approach, some agencies 6. Scientists fudging data have no such
have rather thrown out the baby with defences.
the bath water. (A) QSRP (B) PQSR
(A) RSQP (B) PQRS (C) RPQS (D) RSQP
(C) QPSR (D) SRQP 60. 1. Lean shouted back to his little line,
57. 1. According to recent research, the P. one with a pick,
critical period for developing language Q. and two men came slowly,
skills is between the ages of three and R. They started in the direction of the
five and a half years. Rostina sharp-shooters.
P. The read-to child already has a large S. the other with a shovel.
vocabulary and a sense of grammar and 6. Bullets cracked near their ears.
sentence structure.
(A) QPRS (B) PRQS
Q. Children who are read to in these years
(C) QPSR (D) PSRQ
have a far better chance of reading well
61. 1. when Ali Baba was in the forest and had
in school, indeed, of doing well in all
just cut wood enough to load his asses,
their subjects.
P. he saw at a distance a great cloud of
R. And the reason is actually quite simple.
S. This correlation is far and away the dust,
highest yet found bet ween home Q. and distinguished soon after a body of
influences and school success. horsemen,
6. Her comprehension of language is R. He observed it with attention,
therefore very high. S. which seemed to approach him.
(A) SPRQ (B) PSRQ 6. whom he suspected might be robbers
(C) PQRS (D) QSRP (A) PSRQ (B) PRQS
58. 1. The time, a pleasant Sunday afternoon (C) PRSQ (D) SQPR
in the early autumn of 186 62. 1. About three miles from the little town
P. Private Grayrock of the Federal Army is of Norton,
discovered seated comfortably at the P. Since 1886 no one has lived in it,
root of a great pine tree, Q. stands an old house that was last
Q. against which he leans, occupied by a family named Harding.
R. his legs extended straight along the R. in Missouri,
ground, S. on the road leading to Maysville,
S. The place, a forest's heart in the 6. nor is anyone likely to live in it again.
mountain region of south-western (A) RSQP (B) SRQP
Virginia. (C) PSQR (D) PSRQ
6. his rifle lying across his thighs, his 63. 1. They had not spoken for about a minute,
hands resting upon the barrel of the P. who have no need to be constantly
weapon. talking in order to be happy together,
(A) SPRQ (B) PRSQ Q. when suddenly a large log,
(C) SPQR (D) RSPQ R. in one of those moments of friendly
59. 1. In the sciences, even questionable silence between people
examples of research fraud are harshly S. and were both looking at the fire,
punished. 6. a stump covered with burning roots, fell
P. But no such mechanism exists in the out.
humanities-much of what humanities (A) SRPQ (B) SRQP
researchers call research does not lead (C) PRSQ (D) PQRS
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64. 1. Yegor put his cap on the back of his head 72. Selling a business or property especially to
P. and went on his way. pay off debt
Q. Pelagea stood still looking at him. (A) Solidify (B) Auction
R. his jaunty cap, his lazy careless step, (C) Liquidate (D) Exchange
S. She saw his moving shoulder-blades, 73. Kill someone for an alleged offence without
6. and her eyes were full of sadness and a legal trial
tender affection (A) Lynch (B) Murder
(A) PQRS (B) SPQR (C) Assassinate (D) Exterminate
(C) RSPQ (D) PQSR 74. A book, document, or piece of music written
65. 1. In the long run, national recognition of by hand rather than typed or printed
same-sex marriage is inevitable. (A) Verse (B) Stanza
P. It is only a matter of time before all state (C) Biography (D) Manuscript
laws reflect that view. 75. Lasting for a very brief time
Q. Prudence counsels that marriage (A) Trivial (B) Momentous
equality should be allowed to continue (C) Momentary (D) Everlasting
gaining support in the states, and that 76. One who walks on a rope
a federal resolution should be left for (A) Aerobic (B) Funambulist
another day. (C) Upholsterer (D) Gymnast
R. Same-sex marriage rights, at first 77. Exemption from punishment
imposed by courts, have now been (A) Impudent (B) Impunity
recognized by state legislatures and (C) Immunity (D) Absolve
prevailed in all four states where they
Directions: In question nos. 78 to 97, a
were on the ballot in last year's election.
sentence has been given in Active Voice/
S. Young people overwhelmingly support it,
Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives
and public opinion has shifted on this
suggested, select the one which best expresses
issue faster than on almost any other
the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and
social issue in history.
6. What is more, the court's doctrine mark your answer in the Answer-Sheet.
dictates just this deferral. 78. The officer accused him of various offences.
(A) RSPQ (B) PRQS (A) It was accused by the officer that he
(C) QPRS (D) SRQP had done various offences.
Directions: In question nos. 66 to 75, out of the (B) He was accused with various offences
four alternatives, choose the one which can be by the officer
substituted for the given words/sentence and (C) He was accused of various offences by
indicate it by blackening the appropriate the officer
rectangle [ ] in the Answer-sheet. (D) They accused him of various offences.
66. An uncertain period of awaiting a decision 79. We will know the outcome of this after one
or resolution year.
(A) Lunatic (B) Limbo (A) The outcome will be known of this after
(C) Spunky (D) Lark one year.
67. Words written on a tombstone (B) After one year, the outcome of this will
(A) Epitaph (B) Epithet be known.
(C) Epigram (D) Enigma (C) We are going to know the outcome of
68. An ornamental tablet, typically of metal, this after one year.
porcelain, or wood, that is fixed to a wall (D) The outcome of this will be known after
(A) Tabloid (B) Poster one year.
(C) Plaque (D) Board 80. They say that you hid that.
69. Unconcerned with the rightness or (A) It is said that you hid that.
wrongness of something. (B) You are said to have hidden that.
(A) Amoral (B) Immoral (C) You are said to have hide that.
(C) Moral (D) Psychopath (D) You are advised to hide that.
70. Extreme old age when a man behaves like 81. He was congratulated by his parents on his
a fool success in the recent examination.
(A) Imbecility (B) Cludess (A) His parents congratulated him on his
(C) Dotage (D) Superannuation success in the recent examination.
71. Symbol of peace (B) His parents congratulated him on his
(A) Hammer and sickle recent success.
(B) Hammer and tongs (C) His parents congratulated him for his
(C) An olive branch success in the recent examination.
(D) Judas kiss (D) His parents congratulated him.

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82. Who gave you permission to sit?
(A) From whom did you receive permission
to sit?
(B) By whom were you given permission to
sit?
(C) By whom you were given permission to
sit?
(D) By whom was you given permission to
sit?
83. K.D. Campus has granted him a
scholarship.
(A) A scholarship has been granted to him
by K.D. Campus.
(B) A scholarship was granted to him by K.D.
Campus.
(C) A scholarship has granted to him by K.D.
Campus.
(D) He is granted a scholarship by K.D.
Campus.
84. They sun-dried the leaves for two days to
bring down the moisture level.
(A) Two days of sun-drying brought down the
moisture level of the leaves.
(B) The moisture of the leaves was brought
down by two days of sun-drying.
(C) The leaves were sun-dried for two days
to bring down the moisture level.
(D) The moisture level of the leaves came
down due to sun-drying.
85. This is your duty to take care of this child.
(A) You are told to take care of this child.
(B) You are asked to take care of this child.
(C) Child is to be taken care of by you
(D) You are supposed to take care of this
child.
86. Somebody told me that there had been an
incident of train-derailment near the
railway station.
(A) I was told by somebody about the
incident of train-derailment near the
railway station
(B) I was told that there had been a train-
derailment near the railway station.
(C) I was informed about the incident of
train-derailment near the railway
station.
(D) They told me about the incident of train
derailment near the railway station.
87. Someone has lit the candle.
(A) Someone was requested to light the
candle.
(B) The candle had been lit by someone.
(C) The candle was lit by someone.
(D) The candle has been lit by someone.
88. Who will have broken the television screen?
(A) By whom will the television screen
have been broken?
(B) By whom the television screen has
been broken?
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have been broken.?
(D) By whom has the television screen
broken?
89. The spy had disclosed the information
before it was evening.
(A) The information was disclosed by the
spy before it was evening.
(B) The information had been disclosed by
the spy before it was evening.
(C) The information was disclosed by the
spy before it had been evening.
(D) Before it was evening, the information
was disclosed by the spy.
90. The Indian cricket team expected to win
the Champions trophy.
(A) The Champions trophy was expected to
be won by the Indian cricket team
(B) It was expected that the Indian cricket
team would win the Champions trophy.
(C) It was expected by the Indian cricket
team that t hey would win the
Champions trophy.
(D) It was expected that the Indian cricket
team will win the Champions trophy.
91. They couldn't move me to the operation
theatre and the doctor operated on me in
the general ward.
(A) I couldn't be moved to the operation
theatre and was operated on in the
general ward.
(B) I couldn't be moved to the operation
theatre and I had to be operated by the
doctor.
(C) I was operated on in the general ward
as t hey couldn't move me to the
operation theatre.
(D) I couldn't be moved to the operation
theatre and I had to be operated on in
the general ward.
92. Not a word was spoken by the pickpocket in
self-defence.
(A) The pickpocket spoke not a word in self-
defence
(B) In self-defence the pickpocket spoke no
word.
(C) The pickpocket didn't speak a word in
self-defence.
(D) The pickpocket in self-defence spoke no
word.
93. The carpenter cut the wood into thin strips.
(A) The wood was cut into thin strips by the
carpenter
(B) The wood has been cut into thin strips
by the carpenter.
(C) The wood cut into thin strips by the
carpenter.
(D) The wood were cut into thin strips by
the carpenter.
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94. The government has punished the officials 101. I am looking forward to meet you.
for negligence of duty. (A) for meeting
(A) The officials have been punished by the (B) to meeting
government for negligence of duty. (C) about meeting
(B) The officials had been punished by the (D) No Improvement
government for negligence of duty. 102. He provided me money.
(C) The officials has been punished by the (A) provided money
government for negligence of duty. (B) provided me with money
(D) The officials were punished by the (C) provided for money
government for negligence of duty. (D) No Improvement
95. They were selling dif ferent types of 103. Seldom he goes to a meeting.
vegetables at the market. (A) Never he goes
(A) Different types of vegetables was being (B) Seldom does he go
sold by them at the market. (C) He seldom goes
(B) Different types of vegetables were being (D) No Improvement
sold by them at the market. 104. Ram is a decent player.
(C) Different types of vegetables were sold (A) No Improvement (B) dissent
by them at the market. (C) descent (D) dissing
(D) Different types of vegetables was sold at 105. Our personal are very highly educated.
the market. (A) No Improvement (B) persons
96. We have made all the necessary (C) person (D) personnel
arrangements. 106. He was totally taken off when his father
(A) All the necessary arrangements were caught him smoking.
made by us. (A) No Improvement (B) taken up
(B) All the necessary arrangements has (C) taken away (D) taken aback
been made by us. 107. We will prevail against the opponent.
(C) All the necessary arrangements are (A) No Improvement (B) prevail upon
made by us. (C) prevail on (D) prevail up
(D) All the necessary arrangement have 108. If I will come to Delhi, I will meet you.
been made by us. (A) I did come
97. The flood has destroyed the whole city. (B) I would come
(A) The whole city had been destroyed by (C) I come
the flood. (D) No Improvement
(B) The whole city was destroyed by the 109. City after city was destroyed.
flood. (A) Cities after cities were
(C) The whole city has been destroyed by (B) Cities after cities was
the flood. (C) No Improvement
(D) The whole city is destroyed by the flood. (D) City after city were
Directions: In question nos. 98 to 118, a part 110. A herd of sheep was grazing.
of the sentence is bold. Below are given (A) flock (B) sheaf
alternatives to the bold part at (A), (B), (C) and (C) troop (D) No Improvement
(D) which may improve the sentence. Choose 111. This is the same man that slapped him.
the correct alternative. (A) No Improvement (B) which
98. I regard him my mentor. (C) who (D) whom
(A) regard him as my 112. Work hard lest you will fail.
(B) regard him to be my (A) lest you would (B) lest you should
(C) regard him to my (C) lest will you (D) No Improvement
(D) No Improvement 113. I live at Vijay Nagar in Ghaziabad.
99. Both of us are not studying. (A) No Improvement (B) in Vijay Nagar in
(A) Neither of us are (C) at Vijay Nagar at (D) in Vijay Nagar at
(B) None of us are 114. We gave cash to the orphanage in lieu
(C) Neither of us is about the cheques that had bounced.
(D) No Improvement (A) in lieu of (B) in lieu for
100. He performed as better as he could (C) in lieu at (D) No Improvement
(A) as best as 115. The government is loath to alter its
(B) No Improvement decision.
(C) as hardly as (A) loathe (B) loathing
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116. Go to rack and ruin
(A) rock and ruin (B) dogs and ruin
(C) rest and ruin (D) No Improvement
117. Put the cart after the horse 123.
(A) No Improvement (B) before
(C) in front of (D) on
Directions: In question nos. 118 to 145, a
sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect
form. Out of the four alternatives suggested,
select the one which best express the same
sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
118. "Do you know the way to the bus station?",
Chandan said to Roy.
(A) Chandan asked Roy if he knew the way 124.
to the bus station.
(B) Chandan told Roy if he knew the way to
the bus station.
(C) Chandan asked Roy if he knows the way
to the bus station.
(D) Chandan enquired Roy to know the way
to the bus station.
119. She said, "Could I have a cup of coffee?"
(A) She asked if she could had a cup of
coffee. 125.
(B) She requested for a cup of coffee.
(C) She enquired if she would get a cup of
coffee.
(D) She said if she could have a cup of coffee.
120. He said, "As your mother is ill, you must 126.
leave at once."
(A) He told him to leave at once for his
mother was ill.
(B) He told him leave at once, your mother
is ill.
(C) He ordered him to leave at once as his
mother was ill.
(D) He told him that as his mother was ill,
he should leave at once.
121. Ram said, "I gave the book to Sachin, who 127.
kept it for a long time."
(A) Ram said that he had given the book to
Sachin, who had kept it for a long time.
(B) Ram told Sachin that he had given the
book to him to keep it for a long time.
(C) Ram said that he gave the book to
Sachin, who kept it for a long time.
(D) Ram said that he has given the book to
Sachin, who kept it for a long time.
122. My teacher said, "I would have been 128.
surprised if you had passed the
examination."
(A) My teacher said that she would be
sur prised if I had passed the
examination.
(B) My teacher said that she would be
surprised if I did pass the examination
(C) My teacher said that she would have
been surprised if I had passed the
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examination.
(D) My teacher said that she was surprised
that I had passed the examination.
Mohan says that the musician is not at
home.
(A) Mohan says that, "The musician was
not at home."
(B) Mohan says that, "The musician is not
at home."
(C) Mohan says, "The musician was not at
home."
(D) Mohan says, "The musician is not at
home."
Anshul said to his friend, "Can you please
lend me a pen?"
(A) Anshul asked his friend to lend him a
pen.
(B) Anshul ordered his friend to lend him a
pen.
(C) Anshul requested his friend to lend him
a pen.
(D) Anshul insisted that his friend lend him
a pen.
She says that she is very sorry.
(A) She says, "I am very sorry."
(B) She says, "I was very sorry."
(C) She says, "She is very sorry."
(D) She says, "She was very sorry."
He said, "If I had the tools I could mend the
truck."
(A) He said that if I had the tools I could
mend the truck.
(B) He said that if he had the tools he can
mend the truck
(C) He said that if he had the tools he could
mend the truck
(D) He said that he can mend the car if he
had the tools.
The father said, "Saurav fell as he would
have wished."
(A) The father said that Saurav fell as he
had wished.
(B) The father said that Saurav had fallen
as he would have wished.
(C) The father said that Saurav has fallen
as would have wished.
(D) The father said that Saurav has fallen
as he had wished.
Rashmi said, "Why are you still waiting
here, Lalit?"
(A) Rashmi asked Lalit why he is still
waiting there.
(B) Rashmi asked Lalit why he was still
waiting there.
(C) Rashmi asked Lalit as to why he was
still waiting here.
(D) Rashmi enquired Lalit why he is still
waiting there.
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129. The teacher asked me when I would submit
my project report.
(A) The teacher said to me, "When you will
submit your project report."
(B) The teacher said to me, "When I will
submit my project report."
(C) The teacher said to me, "When will you
submit your project report?"
(D) The teacher asked me, "When will I
submit my project report."
130. He requested his mother to cook him
something nice that day.
(A) He said, "Mother, please cook
something nice today."
(B) He said, "Mother, please cook
something nice that day."
(C) He ordered, "Mother, please cook
something nice today."
(D) He requested, "Mother, please cook
something nice that day."
131. Amit said to me, "Where have you been
since last night?"
(A) Amit asked me where had I been since
the previous night.
(B) Amit asked me where I have been since
the previous night.
(C) Amit asked me where have I been since
the previous night.
(D) Amit asked me where I had been since
the previous night.
132. The girl wondered where the parrots had
gone.
(A) The girl said, "Oh! Where the parrots
have gone?"
(B) The girl said, "Oh! Where the parrots
had gone?"
(C) The girl said, "Oh! Where had the parrots
gone?"
(D) The girl said, "Oh! Where have the
parrots gone?"
133. Father said to his son, "Who were you
speaking to over the phone?"
(A) Father asked his son who had he been
speaking to over the phone.
(B) Father asked his son who he had been
speaking to over the phone.
(C) Father asked his son who was he
speaking to over the phone.
(D) Father asked his son who has he been
speaking to over the phone.
134. Abhi said to his mother, "Please, bring me
a glass of milk."
(A) Abhi requested his mother to bring him
a glass of milk.
(B) Abhi told his mother to bring him a glass
of milk.
(C) Abhi requested to his mother to bring
him a glass of milk.
(D) Abhi ordered his mother to bring him a
glass of milk.
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135. The teacher said, "the earth revolves
around the sun."
(A) The teacher said that the earth revolved
around the sun.
(B) The teacher says that the earth
revolves around the sun
(C) The teacher said that the earth revolves
around the sun.
(D) The teacher that the earth is revolving
around the sun.
136. He said, "Whatever Aman does displeases
his friends."
(A) He said t hat whatever Aman did
displeased his friends.
(B) He said that whatever Aman is doing
displeases his friends.
(C) He said that whatever Aman does is
displeasing to his friends.
(D) He said that whatever Aman had done
displeased his friends.
137. The PM said, "We have assembled to pay
homage to our departed president."
(A) The PM said that they had assembled
to pay homage to their departed leader.
(B) The PM said that they have been
assembled to pay homage to their
departed leader.
(C) The PM said that they have assembled
to pay homage to their departed leader.
(D) The PM said that they assembled to pay
homage to their departed leader.
138. I said to him, "What time will the sun set
tomorrow?"
(A) I asked him what time would the sun
set tomorrow.
(B) I asked him what time the sun would
set tomorrow.
(C) I asked him what time the sun will be
setting tomorrow.
(D) I asked him what time the sun will set
tomorrow.
139. I said to Jatin, "Can I borrow your pen for
one day?"
(A) I asked Jatin can I borrow his pen for
one day.
(B) I asked Jatin if I could have borrowed
his pen for one day.
(C) I asked Jatin if I can borrow his pen for
one day.
(D) I asked Jatin if I could borrow his pen
for one day.
140. I said to my father, "When will I be able to vote?"
(A) I asked my father when would I be able
to vote.
(B) I asked my father when I will be able to
vote.
(C) I asked my father when I would be able
to vote.
(D) I asked my father when will I be able to
vote.
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141. The teacher asked, "Where have you been CLOZE TEST-1
all these days, Lalit?" The blueprint being (146) by the (147) regulator,
(A) The teacher asked Lalit where he had the National Council For Teacher Education
been all those days. (NCTE), promises (148) action against (149)
(B) The teacher asked Lalit where he had institutions nearly 3,000 teacher education
been all these days. colleges may be (150) from admitting fresh
(C) The teacher asked Lalit where had he students from the next academic year.
been all these days. 146. (A) wan (B) emulated
(C) wielded (D) regarded
(D) The teacher asked Lalit where had he
147. (A) epic (B) upper
been all those days
(C) lower (D) apex
142. Rashmi said to me, "Why are you sounding
148. (A) perilous (B) hard
so sad today?" (C) drastic (D) lurid
(A) Rashmi asked me why I sounded so sad 149. (A) errant (B) errand
today. (C) anarchist (D) perilous
(B) Rashmi asked to me why I was sounding 150. (A) debarred (B) barred
so sad that day. (C) banned (D) stopped
(C) Rashmi asked me why I was sounding
so sad today CLOZE TEST-2
(D) Rashmi asked me why I was sounding Forget about being equipped, we are not even
so sad that day. thinking about starting to (151) our people with
the basic (152) that will not only protect them but
143. Socrates said, "virtue is its own reward."
also give them a chance to (153) the new wave of
(A) Socrates said that virtue has its own
technology. The attitude is that of an ostrich
reward.
which buries its head in the (154) and thinks
(B) Socrates said that virtue had its own the storm will pass it (155).
reward. 151. (A) train (B) provide
(C) Socrates said that virtue is its own (C) relish (D) equip
reward. 152. (A) talent (B) profession
(D) Socrates said that virtue was its own (C) skills (D) knowledge
reward. 153. (A) ride (B) drive
144. I asked my co-passenger, "How long will the (C) understand (D) acknowledge
journey take?" 154. (A) soil (B) water
(A) I asked my co-passenger how long did (C) mountain (D) sand
the journey take. 155. (A) to (B) through
(B) I asked my co-passenger how long the (C) by (D) from
journey would take.
CLOZE TEST-3
(C) I asked my co-passenger how long does Then could be heard the (156) of doors being
the journey take. slammed, chairs being (157) about, and hasty
(D) I asked my co-passenger how long will footsteps; then nothing more. After a few seconds,
the journey take. Alexandre (158) on the threshold, supporting with
145. I said to my wife, "Please select one of these all his strength Madame Maramballe, who was
necklaces." (159) from the exertion of (160) the stairs.
(A) I requested my wife to select one of 156. (A) sound (B) noise
those necklaces. (C) music (D) slamming
(B) I told my wife to select one of those 157. (A) thrown (B) overlapped
necklaces. (C) pushed (D) huddled
(C) I requested my wife to select one of 158. (A) reappeared (B) reincarnated
these necklaces. (C) came (D) went
(D) I ordered my wife to select one of those 159. (A) cheerful (B) happy
necklaces. (C) tired (D) exhausted
Directions: In the following three passages from 160. (A) Walking (B) descending
question nos. 146 to 170 some of the words (C) descenting (D) defoliation
have been left out. First read the passage over CLOZE TEST-4
and try to understand what it is about. Then The inevitable effect of mechanical production is
fill in the blanks with the help of the (161), and although uniformity may lead to (162),
alternatives given. Mark your answer in the it need not lack beauty. In fact, modern
Answer sheet. improvement in (163) (164) is mainly the result
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of better design of standardised, goods; and the stint in the Commerce Ministry, Ms. Sitharaman
average shopper is buying better-designed goods, was rewarded with the Defence Ministry, making
because those goods are gaudy, because the her only the second woman after Indra Gandhi to
problem of taste has been (165) for him. Good taste hold the portfolio. But the choices are also an
is not always (166) and most people manage to indication of the small talent pool before Mr. Modi.
get along without it. It is (167), therefore, that so At the time he was sworn in, he included in his
many of the necessities of life are now (168) for team Arun Jaitley and Smriti Irani despite their
us by experts. Even among luxuries, the (169) for
having lost in the Lok Sabha election. Manohar
personal taste is (170) being reduced.
Parrikar was asked to resign as Chief Minister
161. (A) availability (B) stocking
of Goa to assume responsibility as Defence
(C) uniformity (D) craft
Minister, only to be sent back after the BJP all
162. (A) monotony (B) monotonous
(C) fascicle (D) stabilization but lost Goa in the Assembly election this year.
163. (A) dispopular (B) popular V.K. Singh, a former Army Chief who joined the
(C) accepted (D) mainstream BJP just before he was given the party ticket, was
164. (A) acceptance (B) demand made Minister of State for External Affairs.
(C) taste (D) optemism Suresh Prabhu, who was sidelined in the Shiv
165. (A) resolved (B) revolved Sena, was persuaded to join the BJP and given
(C) sorted (D) calculated the important portfolio of Railways. And now,
166. (A) genuine (B) impulsive despite his offer to resign after a series of rail
(C) inborn (D) taught accidents, he was asked to wait and then made
167. (A) fortunate (B) fortunately Minister for Commerce and Industry.
(C) solicitous (D) empathized 171. What does 'for a change' mean?
168. (A) choosen (B) choosed (A) That usually happens.
(C) chosed (D) chosen (B) That is contrary to what usually
169. (A) margin (B) scope happens.
(C) space (D) choice (C) Change in council of Ministers.
170. (A) constantly (B) sporadically
(D) None of these
(C) often (D) sometimes
Directions: In question nos. 171 to 200 you 172. Before Joining the BJP V.K Singh was?
have five brief passages with 5 questions (A) Minister of state for external affairs.
following each passage. Read the passage (B) Defence Minister
carefully and choose the best answer to each (C) Army Chief
question out of the four alternatives and mark (D) Chairman of Shiv Sena
it in the Answer-Sheet. 173. Where have been shown to Door?
PASSAGE 1 (A) The better performers among the
For a change, performance, and not political ministers of state.
expedience, seems to have dictated the nature (B) The poor perfor mers among the
and extent of the shuffle in the Council of ministers of state.
Ministers. A few of the poor performers have been (C) Both the poor child the better performers
shown the door, notably Ministers of State (D) Ministers with independent charge.
Bandaru Dattatreya and Rajiv Pratap Rudy, and 174. What is the indication that P.M Narendra
some of the better performers among the Modi is serious about the 75-year-rule?
Ministers of State have been elevated to Cabinet (A) Because four of the entrants are former
rank, including Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush civil servants.
Goyal and Dharmendra Pradhan. Kalraj Mishra (B) Because younger ministers have been
probably lost out because of the age factor, an elevated to cabinet rank.
indication that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is (C) One of ministers lost out because of his
serious about the 75-year-rule. Four of the old age.
entrants are former civil servants, and two of (D) None of these
them, Hardeep Singh Puri and Alphons 175. The first woman who was rewarded with the
Kannanthanam, are not even MPs. As Ministers post of Defence Minister?
with independent charge, their mandate will be (A) Indra Gandhi
to single-mindedly focus on results without having (B) Smriti Irani
to worry about nurturing a constituency or (C) Nirmala Sitharaman
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176. Despite having lost in Lok Sabha election
Narendra Modi included in his team:
(A) Manohar Parrikar and Suresh Prabhu
(B) Arun Jaitly and Smriti Irani
(C) V. K. Singh and Kalraj Mishra
(D) Har deep Singh Puri and Alphons
Kannanthanam
177. Before assuming responsibility as Defence
Minister, Mr. Manohar Parrikar was?
(A) Army Chief
(B) Chief of Railway
(C) Minister of commerce and industry
(D) Chief Minister of Goa.
178. The first woman who hold the portfolio of
Defence Ministry?
(A) Nirmala Sitharaman
(B) Smriti Irani
(C) Indra Gandhi
(D) None of these
PASSAGE 2
The Weight brothers did not have to look far for
ideas when building their airplane. They studied
birds. The act of copying from nature to address a
design problem is not new but over the last decade
the practice has moved from obscure scientific
journals to the mainstream. The term biomimicry
popularized by American natural sciences writer
Janine Benyus in the late 1990s refers to
innovation that take their inspiration from flora
and fauna. Biomimicry advocates argue that with
38 billion years of research and development
evolution has already solved many of the
challenges humans now encounter. Although we
often see nature as something we mine for
resources, biomimicry views nature as mentor.
From all around the globe there are countless
instances where natural sources have served as
inspiration for inventions that promise to
transform every sector of society. One such
instance occurred in 1941 when Swiss engineer
George de Mestral was out hunting with his dog
one day when he noticed sticky burrs with their
hundreds tiny hooks had attached themselves to
his pants and his dog's fur. These were his
inspiration for Velcro.
179. Biomimicry views the natural world as a
(A) Mine for resources
(B) Mine field of ideas
(C) Mentor
(D) Source of inspiration.
180. The two instances of biominicry mentioned
in the passage are
(A) flora and fauna
(B) birds and burrs
(C) copying and innovating
(D) airplane and Velcro
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181. The airplane was inspired by
(A) animals (B) plants
(C) birds (D) flies
182. What has helped solve many of the
challenges encountered by man ?
(A) bio mimicry (B) evolution
(C) innovation (D) ingestion
183. Biomimicry refers to designs that
(A) are inspired by natural things
(B) transformed society
(C) are based on scientific engineering
(D) arise out of man's creativity
184. The term Biomimicry was popularized by:
(A) Wright brothers
(B) George die mistral
(C) Janine Benyus
(D) None of these
185. The act of copying from nature, addresses
that
(A) Has his own design
(B) It cause Biomimicry
(C) Design problem is new
(D) Practice has continue from the last
Decades.
PASSAGE 3
Nationalism, of course, is a curious phenomenon
which at a certain stage in a country's history
gives life, growth and unity but, at the same time,
it has a tendency to limit one, because one thinks
of one's country as something different from the
rest of world. One's perceptive changes and one
is continuously thinking of one's own struggles
and virtues and failing to the exclusion of other
thoughts. The result is that the same nationalism
which is the symbol of growth for a people becomes
a symbol of the cessation of that growth in mind.
Nationalism, when it becomes successful
sometimes goes on spreading in an aggressive
way and becomes a danger internationally.
Whatever line of thought you follow, you arrive at
the conclusion that some kind of balance must
be found. Otherwise something that was good can
turn into evil. Culture, which is essentially good
become not only static but aggressive and
something that breeds conflict and hatred when
looked at from a wrong point of view. How do you
find a balance, I don't know. Apart from the
political and economic problems of the age ,
perhaps, that is the greatest problem today
because behind it there is tremendous search
for something which it cannot found. We turn to
economic theories because they have an
undoubted importance. It is folly to talk of culture
or even of god. When human beings starve and
die. Before one can talk about anything else one
must provide the normal essentials of life to
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human beings. That is where economies comes
in. Human beings today are not in mood to tolerate
this suffering and starvation and inequality when
they see that the burden is not equally shared.
Others profit while they only bear the burden.
186. Negative national feeling can make a
nation
(A) selfish (B) self-centred
(C) indifferent (D) dangerous
187. Suitable title for this passage can be
(A) Nationalism breeds unity
(B) Nationalism - a road to world unity
(C) Nationalism is not enough
(D) Nationalism and national problems
188. The greatest problem in the middle of the
passage refers to the question
(A) how to mitigate hardship to human
beings
(B) how to contain the dangers of aggressive
nationalism.
(C) how to share the economic burden
equally
(D) how to curb international hatred
189. Nationalism, symbol of growth for a people
becomes a symbol of the cessation how?
(A) People becomes self absorbed and minds
his own business.
(B) He thinks only of his own country.
(C) It is the result of unbalancing.
(D) None of these
190. 'Others' in the last sentence refers to
(A) Other people
(B) Other nations
(C) Other communities
(D) Other neighbours
191. Aggressive nationalism
(A) breeds threat to international relations
(B) leads to stunted growth
(C) endangers national unity
(D) isolates a country
192. What have an undoubted importance?
(A) Culture or God
(B) Nationalism
(C) Political Theories
(D) Economic Theories
PASSAGE 4
I was glad when somebody told me, "You may go
and collect Negro folklore." In a way, it would not
be a new experience for me. When I pitched
headforemost into the world I landed in the crib
of Negroism. It was fitting me like a tight
chemise. I couldn't see it for wearing it. It was
only when I was off in college, away from my
native surroundings, that I could stand off and
look at my garment. Then I had to have the spy-
glass of anthropology to look through.
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I was asked where I wanted to work and I said,
"Florida. It's a place that draws people-Negroes
from every Southern state and some from the
North and West." So I knew that it was possible
for me to get a cross section of the Negro South
in one state. And then I realized that I felt new
myself, so it looked sensible for me to choose
familiar ground.
I started in Eatonville, Florida, because I knew
that the town was full of material and that I could
get it without causing any hurt or harm. As early
as I could remember, it was the habit of the men
particularly to gather on the store porch in the
evenings and swap stories. Even the women would
stop and break a breath with them at times. As a
child when I was sent down to the store, I'd drag
out my leaving to hear more.
Folklore is not as easy to collect as it sounds. The
ideal source is where there are the fewest outside
influences, but these people are reluctant at
times to reveal that which the soul lives by. I
knew that even I would have some hindrance
among strangers. But here in Eatonville I knew
everybody was going to help me.
193. Which of the following does the author use
as a metaphor for the culture in which she
was born?
(A) College (B) Garment
(C) Southern state (D) Spy-glass
194. Based on the first paragraph, it is the most
reasonable to conclude that while in college
the author:
(A) decided to become a professor of
anthropology.
(B) decided that she did not want to live
permanently in Eatonville, Florida.
(C) became disenchanted with
anthropology.
(D) understood her own culture in new and
different ways.
195. As it is used in the passage, the highlighted
word material most nearly means:
(A) diversity. (B) fabric.
(C) information. (D) money.
196. The author indicates that are reason
chosen to work in Florida was that she
wanted to collect folklore
(A) from people of different geographical
backgrounds.
(B) where her teachers suggested she do
so.
(C) from a place she had never visited.
(D) in a state far from where she grew up.
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197. Which of the following statements about the
interactions all the porch can be the most
reasonable inferred?
(A) The adults encouraged the author to
stay and tell stories.
(B) Men were more frequent participants
them were.
(C) One man in particular told most of
stories.
(D) Most of the story tellers had not grown
up in Eatonville
198. Which of the following is NOT among the
reasons the author gives for her decision
to collect folklore in Eatonville?
(A) The people of Eatonville would be grateful
that she published their stories.
(B) Eatonville and its people are familiar to
her.
(C) She believes that she can collect stories
without doing harm.
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(D) None of these.
199. The author's claim, "In a way, it would not
be a new experience for me," refers to the
fact that:
(A) she had already attended college in
Florida.
(B) she had already collected folklore in
Florida for a college course.
(C) she had already experienced new
cultures by leaving home.
(D) she was already familiar with the
folklore she was to collect.
200. The author writes that folklore collecting:
(A) is less difficult than it appears.
(B) can be difficult in isolated places, even
though the people there are the best
sources.
(C) is more difficult than publishing what
has been collected.
(D) None of these
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