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Ex No: 01
Study Skills Success Printed from Author Plus For Name Maria Brighten.M, Date : 26/2/19
Listening, Listening Skills: Prediction
1) ...shining 5) ...error 9) ...he
2) ...umbrella 6) ...fries 10) ...have
3) ...girl 7) ...Thatcher
4) ...blues 8) ...Matilda
Ex No: 02
Study Skills Success Printed from Author Plus For NAME Maria Brighten.M, DATE : 26/2/19
Listening, Listening Skills: Using Signposts
...yet: a) a generally higher level of obesity.
a) Levels of obesity are higher than ever before. b) greater levels of cheese consumption.
b) People are generally thinner than they were c) a happier, healthier and, paradoxically,
ten years ago. slimmer, population.
c) People in the west are spending more and
more on health products.
…despite:
a) Eating more mass-produced fast food.
b) Spending ever increasing sums on slimming
products.
c) Poorer people being generally fatter than the
rich.
...the other way:
a) Is to eat less and exercise more.
b) Is to go along with society's expectations
c) is to rebel, to let go, to binge.
...so:
a) Slimness was an indicator of wealth.
b) Plumpness was seen as a sign of prosperity.
c) They tended not to eat nourishing food.
... in other words:
a) The poorer you are the more obese you tend
to be.
b) Food is much more affordable than it used to
be.
c) Society relates body shape to financial or
social position.
... but actually:
a) we find that the typical fast food diet of the
poor is relatively expensive.
b) healthy food is too expensive for their budget.
c) a fast food diet is very affordable.
...but the thing is:
a) that they are on average much slimmer than in
the US.
b) that their levels of obesity are higher than in
the US.
c) that anxiety about body-mass ratio is high.
...and the result will be:
Ex No: 05
Study Skills Success Printed from Author Plus For NAME Maria Brighten.M DATE : 26/2/19
Listening: Listening For Detail
1. 3477 9. 22,637
2. 1977 10. 14
3. 17 11. 30
4. 80 12. ¼
5. 1506 13. 20,006
6. 1/3 14. 410,000
7. 40 15. 90
8. 26
Ex No: 06
Study Skills Success Printed from Author Plus For NAME Maria Brighten.M DATE : 26/2/19
Listening, Listening For Names
1. Meadowes
2. Manchester
3. Professor Smith
4. Parramatta
5. Edinburgh
6. Careen Ooi
7. Wednesday February
8. Europe
9. Saint Louis, Missouri
Ex No: 49
Study Skills Success Printed from Author Plus For NAME Maria Brighten.M, DATE : 26/2/19
Research, The Library: The Right Book (2)
1. You find three possible books in the library. Look at the
titles below and choose the best one for your assignment.
(a) Financial Mechanisms (b) Monetary Policy and Supervision (c) Finance in the Internet
Age
2.The back cover of Monetary Policy and Supervision reads: "...is aimed at students of banking and
examines in detail the formal and informal means of regulating the banking system." Do you still want it?
Yes No
3. You open the book and discover that it was first published in 1998. Do you still want it? Yes
No
4. The contents page shows several chapters that might be useful. Which one do you choose?
(a) Securities (b) Supervising the System (c) Investments
5. The first sentence of the chapter on Supervising the System begins: "Every central bank must ensure the
safety of the banks in its country if the system as a whole is to retain confidence..." Do you take the book
out?
Yes No
Ex No: 50
Study Skills Success Printed from Author Plus For NAME Maria Brighten.M, DATE : 26/2/19
Research, The Library: The Key Word
Ex No: 51
Study Skills Success Printed from Author Plus For NAME Maria Brighten.M, DATE : 26/2/19
Research, Notes: Abbreviations
Never copy out large sections of your text book. A key stage between reading and writing is note-taking.
The purpose of note-taking is to identify what is important, copy it in the most economical way, and add
your own ideas. Devise your own system of note-taking. Notes do not have to be neat, but you must be able
to understand them.
Use short forms of words.
Use effective organisation.
Ex No: 52
Ex No: 57
Study Skills Success Printed from Author Plus For NAME Maria Brighten.M, DATE : 19/2/19
Visuals, The Language Of Approximation
Graph 1
1. Surprisingly, almost as many clams as mammals are endangered.
2. Roughly three times as many fish as reptiles are on the endangered list.
3. Very few spiders are threatened with extinction.
4. Around 30 reptiles are threatened. Double that number of mammals are endangered.
Graph 2
5. There are approximately the same number of languages in Asia and Africa.
6. Only a small fraction of the world's languages are in use in Europe.
7. The bulk of the world's languages are found in Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
8. The Americas have exactly half as many living languages as Africa.
Ex No: 58
Ex No: 59
Study Skills Success Printed from Author Plus For NAME Maria Brighten.M, DATE : 26/2/19
Visuals, Listen and draw a flow chart!
Activity one
Listen and draw a flow chart:
Activity two
Simple present or present perfect? Active or passive? Look at this flow chart describing a bank's
procedure for approving a loan. Then complete the sentences below by putting the verbs into the correct
tense.
When a customer applies (apply) for a loan, the first stage is for the bank officer to request evidence of
income. When salary slips and bank statements have been provided (provide), the officer assesses (assess)
these against monthly repayment amounts for the proposed loan. If income levels appear (appear)
satisfactory, the officer should check customer behaviour with the bank for the previous five years. If no
evidence of delinquency is found (find), the officer proceeds (proceed) with an external credit rating
through KreditSekur (Zurich). Only when the external credit rating has been completed (complete)
satisfactorily can the loan be approved. Where the officer rejects (reject) the loan, a note to this effect
should be added to the customer's records.
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WRITING TASK 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The graph and table below give information about water use worldwide and water consumption
in two different countries.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons
where relevant.
The table illustrates the differences in agriculture consumption in some areas of the world
by contrasting the amount of irrigated land in Brazil (26,500 km³) with that in the D.R.C. (100
km²). This means that a huge amount of water is used in agriculture in Brazil, and this is reflected
in the figures for water consumption per person: 359 m³ compared with only 8 m³ in the Congo.
With a population of 176 million, the figures for Brazil indicate how high agriculture water
consumption can be in some countries.
WRITING TASK 2
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
Some people prefer to spend their lives doing the same things and avoiding change. Others,
however, think that change is always a good thing.Discuss both these views and give your own
opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or
experience. Write at least 150 words.
Over the last half century the pace of change in the life of human beings has increased beyond our
wildest expectations. This has been driven by technological and scientific breakthroughs that are changing
the whole way we view the world on an almost daily basis. This means that change is not always a personal
option, but an inescapable fact of life, and we need to constantly adapt to keep pace with it.
Those people who believe they have achieved some security by doing the same, familiar things are
living in denial. Even when people believe they are resisting change themselves, they cannot stop the world
around them from changing. Sooner or later they will find that the familiar jobs no longer exist, or that the
‘safe’ patterns of behaviour are no longer appropriate.
However, reaching the conclusion that change is inevitable is not the same as assuming that
‘change is always for the better’. Unfortunately, it is not always the case that new things are promoted
because they have good impacts for the majority of people. A lot of innovations are made with the aim of
making money for a few. This is because it is the rich and powerful people in our society who are able to
impose changes (such as in working conditions or property developments) that are in their own interests.
In conclusion, I would say that change can be stimulating and energising for individuals when they
pursue it themselves, but that all change, including that which is imposed on people, does not necessarily
have good outcomes.
WRITING TASK 3
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
Modern technology now allows rapid and uncontrolled access to and exchange of information.
Far from being benefical, this is a danger to our societies.
What are your views?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Write at least 150 words.
In last few years, the morden technology has been developed very fast. People getting used
to use the rapid and uncontrolled technology instead of (some people believe that) manpower. On
the other hand, it brings problems to our societies. I will consider these different points of views in
favour to support the modern technology.
It has been argued that too much morden technology cause people losing their job.
Nowadays, many factories are useing automatic technology instead manpower, in order to increase
their business. However, It brings a huge problem of unemployment, furthermore, it would
increasing on the crimes rate. Similiy, morden technology speeds up our life. people feel stressful
about their jobs, families, and societies.
It is no doubt that morden technology deveoloped our life more convenient than before. For
example, we could keeping in touch with our friends which live far away from us pass through the
internet. Moreover, companies could contact with their customer by the internet. It’s much cheaper
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than calling the long-distance phone. Besides, the technology development could help medicine
inventing.
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There are two main types of questions. Language Form questions test knowledge of grammatical
structures (for example, verb tenses, relative clauses, word order, adjective or adverb form).
Language Meaning questions test knowledge of vocabulary.
The questions in the Reading Comprehension section test your ability to:
■ Comprehend the main idea of a text
■ Identify important factual information that supports the main idea
■ Make inferences based on what is not explicitly stated in a text
■ Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words or expressions from context
■ Identify the words that pronouns represent
■ Recognize an author’s purpose
Here are some tips for improving your language form and meaning skills:
■ Read a text first for meaning. Then, review the same text, this time paying attention to the different
ways the sentences are structured.
o In each of the sentences, determine the part of speech that each word represents. Try to
identify the subject, verb, object, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, determiners, and
conjunctions. Also, try to identify the verb tense.
o Find out how other parts of the sentence are related to the main clause by looking for
structural clues such as connectors or punctuation marks.
o Look for transitional words such as “because,” “however,” and “therefore.” Pay attention to
(A) Saw
2. (B) Seen the water hammering away at the rocks.
(C) are seeing
(D) may have seen
The correct answer to Sample 1 is (D), “never.” The correct answer to Sample 2 is (D),
“may have seen.”
(A) take
(B) to take
2. Mr. Morris, called on the phone to talk with you. He (C) is taking one of
(D) was taken
his other classes on a field trip to the aquarium this Saturday. A student in that
(A) will be able not
3. class is sick and (B) not will be able to go. Mr. Morris wants to know
(C) be able will not
(D) will not be able
(A) asking
(B) offering
5. said that he is (C) deciding you the chance first because of the great report
(D) discussing
you wrote about whales. You’ll need to let him know tomorrow.
Love,
Mom.
Questions 6-9 refer to the following announcement.
(A) finds
(B) finding
6. A man’s wristwatch (C) has found in the lobby of Luigi’s Pizza
(D) was found
(A) seemed
(B) intended
7. Restaurant on Tuesday, February 16. A restaurant worker (C) discovered
(D) influenced
at the restaurant that day and is missing a watch should call Luigi’s at 555-1953.
(A) Wide
11. the last round of the competition. The final question was a very (B) difficult
(C) physical
(D) powerful
algebra problem. The first student to answer the question correctly was
(A) as fast
(B) Fastest
13. Ms. Murphy, but his answer was incorrect. Ms. Murphy
(C) to be fast
(D) faster than
When Dan knocked on the door of the old gray house, he was a little
(A) total.
(B) funny.
14. His friends at school had said that the woman who lived in
(C) foreign.
(D) nervous.
(A) as
16. “Hi. I’m your neighbor from down the street,” Dan said (B) that
(C) which
(D) during
she opened the door a few centimeters. “Is this cat yours?”
“Oh, my goodness,” the woman said with a big smile. She pulled the door
open wide. “Yes, this is Daisy, and I’ve been worried about her! Thank you so
(A) bring
(B) brings
17. much for (C) brought her back!”
(D) bringing
Questions 18-25 refer to the following notice.
(A) Begins
(B) Beginning
18. next Tuesday, the science building will be under
(C) Is beginning
(D) To have begun
(A) making
(B) be made
19. construction. Workers will (C) be making repairs to the outside
(D) been making
(A) As a result,
23. (B) Even though, all students will have to use the doors on the
(C) All of a sudden
about the upcoming construction work should contact the school’s main office.
this giant fish simply ignores divers who swim up to it. The diet of a basking
(A) resists
(B) insists
28. shark (C) consists of fish and small animals such as squid, shrimp,
(D) persists
(A) what
29. and crabs. When it is hungry, it looks for places (B) where great numbers
(C) which
(D) whose
(A) a crowd
(B) crowded
30. of these small animals can be found. Once it locates an area (C) has crowded
(D) it is crowded
with fish, a basking shark simply opens its huge mouth and slowly swims
(A) Water flows
special filter structure that traps the small fish and other creatures. Although
(A) imagines
37. until the musicians finish playing the composition. It would be hard (B) imagined
(C) to imagine
(D) imagination
(A) cheerful
39. The audience laughed loudly, clapped, and (B) cheered great moments.
(C) cheering
(D) has cheered
(A) why
40. That was (B) how people showed their regard for a performer’s skills. One
(C) what
(D) which
(A) differs
41. reason that people’s behavior was so (B) differed may be that in the past,
(C) to differ
(D) different
classical music concerts were more like today’s pop music shows. Long ago,
Part – II
Reading Comprehension
Directions
In this section of the test, you will read seven texts and answer 42 questions. Choose the correct
answer to each question and mark the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet. Before you
start, read the sample text and the questions below.
Sample Text
The Golden Gate Bridge is a famous bridge in San Francisco. The bridge has a red color,
but gray clouds often surround it. On clear days people come to take pictures of the bridge.
The pictures show the green hills next to the bridge and the blue water under it.
Sample Question 1
What is this text mostly about?
(A) Gray clouds
(B) San Francisco
(C) A famous bridge
(D) Taking photographs
The correct answer is C, “A famous bridge.”
Sample Question 2
What color is the Golden Gate Bridge?
(A) Red
(B) Green
(C) Blue
(D) Gray
The correct answer is A, “Red.”
Questions 1-5 are about the following note from a teacher.
11. What title best summarizes the main idea of the passage?
(A) Cricket: A Game for All Ages
(B) How I Learned to Love Cricket
(C) The Dangers of Playing Cricket
(D) Learning the Rules of a Difficult Game
12. In line 1, the word detested is closest in meaning to _______.
(A) hated
(B) played
(C) wanted
(D) watched
13. What best describes the author’s attitude toward cricket when he was very young?
(A) It was boring to watch.
(B) It was difficult to learn.
(C) It was fun to talk about.
(D) It was dangerous to play.
14. According to the author, what was surprising about some of the cricket games he played?
(A) They were played without bats.
(B) They were played on rooftops.
(C) No one cared who won them.
(D) No one got hurt playing them.
15. The author describes memories of all of the following EXCEPT _______.
(A) how the sun felt on his skin
(B) how the ball sounded hitting the bat
(C) how the sky turned from light to dark
(D) how the rules of the game caused arguments
18. Why did Edward go to the Millers’ house? Lucas went to bed?
(A) To borrow a flashlight (A) They built a tower of blocks.
(B) To take care of Lucas (B) They looked for a flashlight.
(C) To welcome the Millers to the (C) They put books on a shelf.
neighborhood (D) They drew pictures.
(D) To help the Millers move into
their house 21. In line 26, the word one refers to a
19. In line 7, the word entertain is closest in _______.
meaning to _______. (A) shelf
(A) look for (B) chair
(B) cook for (C) monster
(C) play with (D) flashlight
(D) argue with
20. What did Edward and Lucas do before 22. How did Lucas probably feel about going to
corrected?
(C) cables
(A) They cannot hear.
(B) They sleep upside down. (D) cameras
(C) They fly similarly to birds. 40. In line 20, the word suspended is closest
(D) They hide in tree branches. in meaning to _______.
(B) paint
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Civil Services – Verbal Ability: 01
Directions (1-4): Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word given
1) ARDUOUS 3) DEGRADING
A. Hazardous A. Demeaning
B. Difficult B. Lowering
C. Different C. Corrupting
D. Pleasurable D. Minimizing
2) FORMULATE 4) TRANSITIONAL
A. Frame A. Extreme
B. Apply B. Intermediate
C. Contemplate C. Revolutionary
D. Regularize D. Changed
Directions (5-7): Choose the word which is most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning as the word
given
5) VIABLE
A. Rudimentary
B. Practical
C. Negative
D. Impossible
6) INEVITABLY 7) ACCORDANCE
A. Expectedly A. Conflict
B. Certainly B. Enmity
C. Mostly C. Quarrel
D. Avoidably D. Division
Directions (8-10): Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentence should replace
the word/phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct ? If the sentence is
correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (E) as the answer.
8) Since the girl did not want to be disturbed 9) Since the officer was overburdened with
while studying, she left the phone off hooks. work, her collegue decided to gave her hand.
A. of hook A. giving hands
B. for the hook B. give her a hand
C. off hooking C. giving her handful
D. off the hook D. gave her hands
E. No correction required E. No correction required
10) Despite having passed out from school over ten years back, most schoolmates has keep touch with
each other.
A. had kept in touch
B. keep touched
C. is keeping touch
D. are kept touched
E. No correction required
Verbal Ability: 02
Directions (1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or
idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that
part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
1) A. A property dealer was
B. shoots dead by four unidentified jacket-clad men
C. while taking a morning walk
D. in a park
E. No error
2) A. The auditions for the first ever
B. reality-based pop band hunt, is
C. going on in full swing,
D. with numerous entries came in.
E. No error
3) A. To curbing the spread of violence,
B. authorities brought under curfew
C. more areas in the State, where
D. three youths were killed.
E. No error
7) The state Govt. staff ___ threatened to launch an indefinite strike from next month to
___ their demands.
A. have, press
B. were, meet
C. did, get
D. have, press
8) The speech ___ with subtle threats has resulted in ___ tension.
A. replete, increased
B. followed, continuous
C. started, reduced
D. full, escalating
9) By long queues and bad weather the voters__ their way to the polling stations ___ a lot.
A. going, dropped
B. encouraged, prepared
C. making, suffered
D. undaunted, made
10) The counter Clerk was very busy and ____ not pay any ___ to the customer's request.
A. can, help
B. could, respect
C. had, cash
D.did, attention
Verbal Ability: 03
Directions (1-5):In each of the following questions , a part of sentence is given in bold. Below each
sentence, four choices numbered (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given which can substitute the part of the
sentence in bold. Find out the choice which can correctly substitute that part of the sentence. The
number of that choice is the answer. If 'No correction needed' is your answer, the choice is (E).
1) We must take it granted that he will not come for today's function.
A. have it granted
B. took it as granted
C. taking it granted
D. take it for granted
1) 3)
(1) Tranquility (1) Vilification
(2) Loyalty (2) Nullification
(3) Calamity (3) Denigration
(4) Uproar (4) Falsification
A. 1–3 A. 2–4
B. 2–4 B. 1–3
C. 2–3 C. 2–3
D. 1–4 D. 1–2
2) 4)
(1) Exorbitant (1) Opaque
(2) Expeditious (2) Translucent
(3) Quick (3) Transverse
(4) Quest (4) Transvestite
A. 3–2 A. 2–1
B. 1–4 B. 3–1
C. 1–2 C. 2–4
D. 3–4 D. 1–4
5)
(1) Ecstasy
(2) Depression
(3) Intoxication
(4) Compression
A. 3–4
B. 2–3
C. 2–4
D. 1–2
Verbal Ability: 05
Directions (1-10): In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These
numbers are printed below the passage and against each four words are suggested, one of which fits the
blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
The U.S. is in the …1…… of a cleanup of toxic financial waste that will …2… taxpayers
hundreds of billions of dollars, at the very least. The primary manufacturers of these hazardous products
…3….… multimillion-dollar paychecks for their efforts. So why shouldn’t they …4…… to pay for their
mopup ? This is, after all, what the U.S. Congress …5…… in 1980 for …6…… of actual toxic waste.
Under the Superfund law …7……. that year, polluters …8…… for the messes they make. Environmental
lawyer E. Michael Thomas sees no …9…… lawmakers couldn’t demand the same of financial polluters
and …10….… them to ante up some of the bank bailout money.
1)
A. midst
B. depth 2)
C. debate A. earn
D. essence B. cost
C. save
D. facilitate 7)
A. forced
3) B. revoked
A. dwindled C. enacted
B. donated D. abandoned
C. pocketed
D. spent 8)
4) A. pay
A. defy B. claim
B. hesitate C. consider
C. admit D. demand
D. have
9)
5) A. compensation
A. commented B. reason
B. decreed C. practice
C. visualized D. issue
D. admonished
10)
A. appeal
6) B. plead
A. advocates C. force
B. consumers D. dupe
C. users
D. producers
Verbal Ability: 06
Directions (Q.1-5): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below.
A. With all the bid information being available and tracked online, corruption has considerably
reduced.
B. Today, most, ie over ninety-five per cent, households, in the city enjoy. Broadband connection.
C. All city contracts are now bid for online.
D. Over twenty years ago the city government, Central Government and the private
sector made a concerted effort to shift the economy to include IT.
E. As our cities do expand and become more complex, such a system will make
governance more manageable.
F. This level of connectedness has changed not only the city's economy but also how it is
governed and how business is conducted.
1) Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E
2) Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. F
3) Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
A. A
B. C
C. D
D. E
E. F
4) Which of the following should be the FIITH sentence after rearrangement?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E
5) Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
A. B
B. C
C. D
D. E
E. F
Directions (Q.6-10): Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentence
should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct ? If
the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (E) as the answer.
10) After the success of our project we have been receiving more requests than we do not
have the resources to handle them.
A. Too many requests
B. More requests that
C. Most of the requests
D. Many requests but
E. No correction required
Verbal Ability: 07
Directions (Q.1-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been
numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are
suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
One day an expert in time management was …(1)… to a group of business management
students and to drive home a point he used an …(2)… they will never forget. As he stood in
front of a group of brilliant students he said, "Okay it’s …(3)… for a quiz." He then pulled out a
one gallon jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also …(4)… a dozen fist sized rocks and
carefully placed them one at a time into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and …(5)…
more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is the jar full?" Everyone in the class …(6)… said
‘Yes!’ The professor said nothing. He then …(7)… under the table and pulled out a bucket of
gravel. He dumped some gravel into the jar and shook it …(8)… pieces of gravel to work
themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He asked the group once more, "Is the
jar full?" ‘Probably not.’ some answered. ‘Good !’ he said and began…(9)… sand to the
contents in the jar. The sand fitted into the spaces between the rocks and gravel. He also poured
water into the jar. "What was the point of this exercise?" he asked. "The point is that no matter
how busy your schedule is you can always manage to fit something in," replied one student.
‘No’ said the professor, "The truth is if you don’t fit in the rocks which symbolize the
…(10)…things in your life like your family and your dreams first, you’ll never have time for
them."
1)
A. ploughed
A. expressing B. constructed
B. discussing C. dug
C. speaking D. produced
D. conveying E. made
E. addressing 5)
2) A. any
A. illustration B. much
B. emblem C. some
C. expression D. few
D. impression E. No
E. imagination
3) 6)
A. scheduled A. emphatically
B. time B. positive
C. opportunity C. convince
D. usual D. forcibly
E. ready E. definite
4) 7)
A. found A. filling
B. searching B. pushing
C. gone C. substituting
D. hid D. adding
E. reached E. stuffing
10)
8) A. important
A. resulting B. necessarily
B. while C. vitally
C. causing D. ideal
D. until E. expensive
E. Making
9)
Verbal Ability: 08
Directions (Q.1-5): Fill in the blanks
1) She has not recovered fully --- the shock of his failure.
A. against
B. from
C. of
D. off
2) The master dispensed --- the services of his servant.
A. of
B. with
C. off
D. for
3) I have been informed that the two brothers have fallen ---.
A. upon
B. through
C. in
D. out
4) He has great affection --- me.
A. with
B. on
C. for
D. in
5) My friend is really very good -- cricket.
A. on
B. at
C. in
D. over
Directions (Q.5-10): Find which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below should
replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence
grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark
(E) as the answer.
6) We must treat any statement as a rumour until they are confirmed with proof.
A. till they are confirmed
B. until they are confirming
C. until it is confirmed
D. until it is confirming
E. No correction required
7) We admire him attempting to climb the summit in such a bad weather.
A. his attempting to climb
B. his attempt of climb
C. him for attempt of climb
D. his for attempt to climbing
E. No correction required
8) Being a successful businessman demands hard work, honesty, persuasive skills and sound market knoweldge.
A. To be a successful business who demands
B. Being a successfully demanding businessman
C. To be a successful businessman demanding
D. For being a successful demanding businessman
E. No correction required
9) Was it they who were accused of stealing the neighbour’s car ?
A. Were it they who were
B. Was it they who had
C. Were they who
D. Were it they who
E. No correction required
10) Neither any of the members of the society nor the Chairman were present for the annual meeting.
A. were present at
B. was present for
C. have been present
D. has been present for
E. No correction required
ANTONYMS
In the following questions choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given
words.
1) Abet B. Simplicity
A. Prevent C. Cordiality
B. Aid D. Ornate
C. Pacify
D. Risk 6) Incidental
2) Amused A. permissible
A. jolted B. usual
B. frightened C. conventional
C. saddened D. intentional
D. astonished 7) Tactful
3) Disparage A. disciplined
A. please B. naive
B. denigrate C. strict
C. praise D. loose
D. belittle
4) Culpable 8) Fresh
A. Irresponsible A. Faulty
B. Careless B. Sluggish
C. Defendable C. Disgraceful
D. Blameless D. Stale
5) Intricacy
A. Distance 9) Busy
SYNONYMS
In the following the questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the
given word.
1) Ponder C. Lively
A. Increase D. Unrhythmic
B. Anticipate 9) Fatal
C. Evaluate A. Deadly
D. Think B. Serious
2) Wary C. Dangerous
A. Tired D. Grievous
B. Distorted 10) Diligent
C. Vigilant A. hard working
D. Sad B. Inventive
3) Tenacity C. Brilliant
A. ingratitude D. Progressive
B. tendency 11) Repudiate
A reject
C. perseverance
B annoy
D. splendour C appropriate
4) Repugnance D besmirch
A. loathing 12) Tepid
B. renewal A. gaseous
C. tenacity B. freezing
D. belligerence C. luckewarm
5) Admonish D. boiling
A. Reprimand 13) Temporal
B. Dismiss A. sleepy
C. Curse B. secular
D. Punish C. scholarly
6) Ecstatic D. priestly
A. Animated 14) Mayhem
B. Bewildered A. Defeat
C. Enraptured B. Excitement
D. Illful C. Havoc
7) Repeal D. Jubilation
A.Sanction 15) Abscene
B.Perpetuate A. Displeasing
C.Pass B. Condemnable
D.Cancel C. Objectionable
8) Nimble D. Indecent
A. Clear
B. Quickening
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