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Directions (Qs. 1 to 10) : In these questions some of the
sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which
part of a sentence has an error and mark that part as your
answer. If there is no error, then (d) is the answer
1. I told him (a) / that we enjoyed very much (b) / at the
party (c). / No error (d)
Ans: ( b )

2. John is working very hardly (a) / as the examinations (b)
/ are fast approaching (c). / No error (d)
Ans: ( a )

3. Two hours have passed (a) / since (b) / he had fallen
asleep (c). / No error (d)
Ans: ( c )

4. Having broken down (a) / the driver sent the car (b) / to
the garage (c). / No error (d)
Ans: ( a )

5. He is one of those writers (a) / who has won acclaim (b)
/ the world over (c). / No error (d)
Ans: ( b )

6. The mason will not (a) / do the work (b) / except give
the order (c). / No error (d)
Ans: ( c )

7. When students are ill (a) / they find that they have a
lot of work (b) / to catch up when they return (c). / No
error (d)
Ans: ( c )

8. Scarcely did I reach the airport, (a) / nervous and
tense, than the plane took off, (b) / leaving me standed in
an alien place (c). / No error (d)
Ans: ( a )

9. The power to (a) / distinguish between differences (b) /
is the basis of science and art (c). / No error (d)
Ans: ( b )

10. I have (a) / seen her only once (b) / but I?m liking her
a lot (c). / No error (d)
Ans: ( c )

Direction (Qs. 11 to 20) : Each of these items consists of a
word n capital letters, followed by four words. Select the
word which expresses the meaning of the word in capital letters.
11. PROPITIATE
(a) Conform
(b) Appease
(c) Influence
(d) Approach
Ans: ( b ) Appease

12. CEREMONIAL
(a) Religious
(b) Formal
(c) Official
(d) Pompous
Ans: ( b ) Formal

13. ELUDE
(a) Allure
(b) Leave
(c) Deceive
(d) Escape
Ans: ( d ) Escape

14. PREMONITION
(a) Insight
(b) Uncertainty
(c) Forewarning
(d) Scope
Ans: ( c ) Forewarning

15. DEROGATORY
(a) Injurious
(b) Shattering
(c) Destructive
(d) Disparaging
Ans: ( d ) Disparaging

16. NOMADIC
(a) Fighting
(b) Rare
(c) Strange
(d) Wondering
Ans: ( d ) Wondering

17. RESTIVE
(a) Rested
(b) Restless
(c) Limited
(d) Limitless
Ans: ( b ) Restless

18. ERRONEOUSLY
(a) Previously
(b) Effectively
(c) Wrongly
(d) Evidently
Ans: ( c ) Wrongly

19. ESTRANGED
(a) Jealous
(b) Angry
(c) Separated
(d) Suspicious
Ans: ( c ) Separated

20. CAPITULATE
(a) Repeat
(b) Execute
(c) Summarise
(d) Surrender
Ans: ( d ) Surrender

Directions (Qs. 21 to 30) : Each of these items consists of
a word in capital letters, followed by four words. Select
the word that is opposite in meaning to the word in capital
letters.
21. SUBLIME
(a) Amusing
(b) Ludicrous
(c) Hilarious
(d) Mean
Ans: ( b ) Ludicrous

22. ECCENTRICITY
(a) Normalcy
(b) Similarity
(c) Equality
(d) Clarity
Ans: ( a ) Normalcy

23. SURVIVAL
(a) Evolution
(b) Development
(c) Creation
(d) Extinction
Ans: ( d ) Extinction

24. INSERT
(a) Depict
(b) Extract
(c) Defame
(d) Enhance
Ans: ( b ) Extract

25. INCONGRUOUS
(a) Conflicting
(b) Contradicting
(c) Ill-matched
(d) Harmonious
Ans: ( d ) Harmonious

26. DEMENTED
(a) Sensible
(b) Sensitive
(c) Sensual
(d) Sensuous
Ans: ( a ) Sensible

27. IMPROMPTU
(a) Prompt
(b) Forced
(c) Premeditated
(d) Inordinate
Ans: ( c ) Premeditated

28. HOSTILE
(a) Friendly
(b) Sudden
(c) Costly
(d) Unfair
Ans: ( a ) Friendly

29. BREADTH
(a) Shortness
(b) Narrowness
(c) Lightness
(d) Thickness
Ans: ( b ) Narrowness

30. TIMOROUS
(a) Trembling
(b) Cowardly
(c) Bright
(d) Bold
Ans: ( d ) Bold

Directions (Qs. 31 to 40) : In these questions, 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?.
31. You wan?t tell them what has happened, wouldn?t you?
(a) Won?t you
(b) Isn?t it
(c) Will you
(d) No improvement
Ans: ( b ) Isn?t it

32. She doesn?t mind to be disturbed.
(a) Being disturbed
(b) To being disturbed
(c) Being disturbing
(d) No improvement
Ans: ( a ) Being disturbed

33. It?s high time that you go home.
(a) Have gone
(b) Should go
(c) Went
(d) No improvement
Ans: ( b ) Should go

34. It is proposed to construct a both for males 99 feet long.
(a) A 99 feet long bath for males
(b) A 99 feet long males bath
(c) A males bath 99 feet long
(d) No improvement
Ans: ( a ) A 99 feet long bath for males

35. Corrupt officials have siphoned off more than five
hundred crore rupees over the last decade from welfare funds.
(a) Away
(b) Up
(c) In
(d) No improvement
Ans: ( d ) No improvement

36. They are migratory workers from another country.
(a) Immigrant
(b) Itinerant
(c) Emigrant
(d) No improvement
Ans: ( a ) Immigrant

37. Neither I nor my friend live here.
(a) Neither I do nor does ?..
(b) Neither do I nor does ?..
(c) Neither I live nor does ?..
(d) No improvement
Ans: ( b ) Neither do I nor does ?..

38. He is the poorest of the two workers.
(a) The poorer of
(b) The poorest between
(c) Poorest of
(d) No improvement
Ans: ( a ) The poorer of

39. The help given to us was more adequate for our purpose.
(a) Much adequate
(b) Enough adequate
(c) More than adequate
(d) No improvement
Ans: ( c ) More than adequate

40. Quite the most remarkable article we ever remember to
have read.
(a) Quite the most ever remarkable article we remember to
have read
(b) Quite the most remarkable article we remember ever to
have read
(c) Quite the most remarkable ever article we remember to
have read
(d) No improvement
Ans: ( a ) Quite the most ever remarkable article we
remember to have read

Directions : In questions, 41 to 45 a word has been written
in four different ways out of which only one is correctly
spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer
accordingly.
41. (a) ANAMOLY
(b) ANOMALY
(c) ANAMALY
(d) ANOMOLY
Ans: ( b ) ANOMALY

42. (a) PERSEVERENCE
(b) PERSEVERANCE
(c) PERSEVERENSE
(d) PERSEVERENTS
Ans: ( b ) PERSEVERANCE

43. (a) CHORONOLOGY
(b) CHRONOLOGY
(c) CRONOLOGY
(d) CHRONALOGY
Ans: ( b ) CHRONOLOGY

44. (a) SCINTILATING
(b) SCINTILLATINGE
(c) SCINTILLATING
(d) SCINTILLITING
Ans: ( c ) SCINTILLATING

45. (a) NEMESYS
(b) NEMISIS
(c) NEMESIS
(d) NEMYSIS
Ans: ( c ) NEMESIS

Directions : In questions 46 to 55, a group of words is
given in each question. Below it are given four words which
can be substituted for the given group of words. Find the
appropriate alternatives which can substitute the given words.
46. A broad road bordered with trees
(a) Boudoir
(b) Boulevard
(c) Avenue
(d) Facade
Ans: ( b ) Boulevard

47. Violation of something holy or sacred
(a) Profanity
(b) Sedition
(c) Sacrilege
(d) Slander
Ans: ( c ) Sacrilege

48. Concluding part of a literary work
(a) Epilogue
(b) Bibliography
(c) Soliloquy
(d) Episode
Ans: ( a ) Epilogue

49. One who is beyond reform
(a) Optimistic
(b) Incorrigible
(c) Indefatigable
(d) Notorious
Ans: ( b ) Incorrigible

50. Science of diseases
(a) Philology
(b) Pathology
(c) Psychology
(d) Virology
Ans: ( b ) Pathology

51. One who secretly listens to the talk of others
(a) Spy
(b) Detective
(c) Emissary
(d) Eavesdropper
Ans: ( d ) Eavesdropper

52. One who believes in no government and therefore incites
disorder in a State
(a) Monarchist
(b) Anarchist
(c) Autocrat
(d) Naxalite
Ans: ( b ) Anarchist

53. A mild or indirect expression substituted for on
offensive or harsh one
(a) Euphemism
(b) Truism
(c) Favouritism
(d) Altruism
Ans: ( a ) Euphemism

54. The murder of a parent or a near relative
(a) Patricide
(b) Parricide
(c) Matricide
(d) Homicide
Ans: ( b ) Parricide

55. Animals who live in herds
(a) Sociable
(b) Gregarious
(c) Carnivorous
(d) Social
Ans: ( b ) Gregarious

Directions : In questions 56 to 65, four alternatives are
given for the Idiom/Phrase mentioned below. Choose the one
which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom.
56. Turn a deaf ear
(a) Disregard
(b) Defy
(c) Disobey
(d) Dismiss
Ans: ( a ) Disregard

57. To smell a rat
(a) To experience bad smell
(b) To misunderstand
(c) To see a hidden meaning
(d) To suspect a trick
Ans: ( d ) To suspect a trick

58. A dark horse
(a) An unforeseen competitor
(b) A black horse
(c) A nightmare
(d) An unknown person
Ans: ( a ) An unforeseen competitor

59. To run across
(a) To have an appointed meeting
(b) To meet by chance
(c) To run in the playground
(d) To run very fast
Ans: ( b ) To meet by chance

60. To get one?s own back
(a) To get one?s revenge
(b) To get control over someone
(c) To get one?s position back
(d) To get hold of someone
Ans: ( c ) To get one?s position back

61. To steer clear of
(a) Drive carefully
(b) Avoid
(c) Explain clearly
(d) Escape
Ans: ( d ) Escape

62. To beat a retreat
(a) To withdraw in defeat or humiliation
(b) To withdraw after scoring a victory
(c) To march back after a ceremonious parade
(d) To run away in fear
Ans: ( d ) To run away in fear

63. To blaze a trail
(a) To lead the way as a pioneer
(b) To light a track
(c) To set up a fire
(d) To wear a blazer while running
Ans: ( a ) To lead the way as a pioneer

64. Red-letter day
(a) A colourful day
(b) Fatal day
(c) Happy and significant day
(d) Hapless day
Ans: ( c ) Happy and significant day

65. Have the last laugh
(a) Be of a cheerful nature
(b) Laugh only after understanding something
(c) To be victorious at the end of an argument
(d) To crack the final joke
Ans: ( c ) To be victorious at the end of an argument

Directions : In questions 66 to 70, the 1st and the last
sentence of the passage are numbered 1 & 6. The rest of the
passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S.
These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read
the passage and find out which of the four combinations is
correct. Then find the correct answer from the choices
given below.
66. 1. When Ali Baba returned he called his wife
P. She said to him, ?Have you stolen them??
Q. He said, ?I have bought you some jewels?.
R. She said, ?Our days of misery are now at an end?.
S. He said, ?Be quiet and do not frighten yourself?.
6. He said, ?go to your brother?s house and get a measure?.
(a) QSRP
(b) SRPQ
(c) PSRQ
(d) QPSR
Ans: ( d ) QPSR

67. 1. The head of the family returned home from office.
P. Wife told that there was no coffee powder.
Q. Wife again told that there was no milk either.
R. Husband wanted atleast a cup of tea.
S. He wanted a cup of coffee.
6. Husband told finally that a glass of water was enough.
(a) SQRP
(b) SPRQ
(c) QSRP
(d) RPSQ
Ans: ( b ) SPRQ

68. 1. Take a small glass phial.
P. Close the jar tightly with a plastic cover.
Q. Place this phial inside a glass jar.
R. Fill it with coloured water.
S. Then stopper it tightly.
6. Make a hole in the cover.
(a) PSRQ
(b) QSPR
(c) RSQP
(d) SRQP
Ans: ( c ) RSQP

69. 1. In China, there is no man in the moon.
P. They are exchanged between friends while children receive
toy pagodas made of clay.
Q. These cakes are circular to symbolize the full moon.
R. Instead, there is a toad in the moon as well as moon
rabbits and a goddess.
S. All these appear as decorations on moon cakes, baked to
celebrate the moon?s birthday in September.
6. The birthday marks the end of the harvest when debts are
meant to be settled.
(a) RQPS
(b) RPQS
(c) RSQP
(d) RPSQ
Ans: ( c ) RSQP

70. 1. An observation home is called a formicarium.
P. Then, if a small ant hill is dug up carefully, you will
find the hump-backed queen.
Q. You will probably discover that you have some of the
strange ant guests too.
R. It can be made of two panes of glass separated by strips
of wood around the edges.
S. Put her in a jar with some of her workers, Larvae and
cocoons.
6. Carefully place them all in the formicarium.
(a) RPQS
(b) PQSR
(c) PSQR
(d) RPSQ
Ans: ( d ) RPSQ

Directions : In questions 71 to 75, the sentences have been
given in Active/Passive voice. From the given alternatives,
choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in
Passive/Active voice.
71. Has someone made all the necessary arrangements?
(a) Has all the necessary arrangements been made by someone?
(b) Have the necessary arrangements been all made by someone?
(c) Have all the necessary arrangements been made by someone?
(d) All the necessary arrangements have been made by one?
Ans: ( c )

72. We will know the outcome of these experiments after six
months.
(a) The outcome of these experiments will be known after
six months.
(b) The outcome will be known of these experiments after
six months.
(c) After six months, we will know the outcome of these
experiments.
(d) These experiments will have a known outcome after six
months.
Ans: ( a )

73. It is time to take tea.
(a) It was time that tea was taken
(b) It is time for tea to be taken
(c) It is time that tea should be taken
(d) It is time that tea had been taken.
Ans: ( b )

74. The members should adhere to all the decisions.
(a) All the decisions should adhere to the members
(b) All the decisions adhered to the members
(c) All the decisions should be adhered to by the members.
(d) All should adhere to the decisions of the members.
Ans: ( c )

75. His subordinates accused him of various offences.
(a) They accused him of various offences.
(b) It was accused by his subordinates that he had done
various offences
(c) His subordinates accused that he had done various offences
(d) He was accused of various offences by his subordinates.
Ans: ( d )

Directions: In questions 76 to 80, a sentence has been given
in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives
suggested, select the one which best expresses the same
sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
76. ?How cruel the boss is I? said the clerk.
(a) The clerk said that the boss was very cruel.
(b) The clerk said that the boss is very cruel.
(c) The clerk exclaimed that the boss was very cruel
(d) The clerk exclaimed that the boss is very cruel
Ans: ( c )

77. My husband said to me, ?Wait for me outside?.
(a) My husband told me to wait for him outside.
(b) My husband said that I have to wait for him outside.
(c) My husband wanted me to wait for him only outside.
(d) My husband angrily asked me to wait outside.
Ans: ( a )

78. ?What did you eat for breakfast today?? the doctor asked
the patient.
(a) The doctor asked the patient whether he had eaten
breakfast that day.
(b) The doctor asked the patient what he had eaten for
breakfast that day.
(c) The doctor asked the patient whether he has eaten
breakfast that day.
(d) The doctor asked the patient whether he was eaten
breakfast that day.
Ans: ( b )

79. The employer said to him, ?I shall pay your wages tomorrow?.
(a) The employer said that he shall pay your wages the next day
(b) The employer told him that he would pay his wages the
next day.
(c) The employer said that I shall pay my wages the next day.
(d) The employer said that he shall pay his wages the next day.
Ans: ( b )

80. ?Why are you looking through the key hole?? I said
(a) I asked him why he was looking through the key hole.
(b) I said to him why he is looking I through the key hole.
(c) I said to him that why he was looking through the key hole.
(d) I asked you why you are looking through the key hole.
Ans: ( a )

Directions (Qs. 81 to 90) : In the following passage, some
of the words have been left out. First read the passage
over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in
the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
Man?s basic aggressiveness is a fact and is the emotional
factor for all the bloody vilence that has marked human
history since the beginning. His technology has never been
as perfectly ???(81) as in the weapons he makes to ???(82)
his brothers. The plough has changed very ???(83) in design
from the time man took ???(84) cultivation. But swords have
not become ???(85) and the rifle, with which one man kills
another, is a ???(86) in comparison with the stone and
???(87) with which he used to ???(88) his adversaries in the
earliest stages of civilization. Nuclear ???(89) has
designs that nature can never ???(90) They are wonders of
technological creation.

81. (a) Operated
(b) Implemented
(c) Employed
(d) Deployed
Ans: ( c ) Employed

82. (a) Shoot
(b) Injure
(c) Wound
(d) Kill
Ans: ( d ) Kill

83. (a) Much
(b) Little
(c) Slightly
(d) Radically
Ans: ( d ) Radically

84. (a) In
(b) To
(c) Into
(d) Over
Ans: ( b ) To

85. (a) Swordfishes
(b) Penknives
(c) Featherweights
(d) Ploughshares
Ans: ( d ) Ploughshares

86. (a) Miracle
(b) Masterpiece
(c) Legend
(d) Model
Ans: ( a ) Miracle

87. (a) Battleaxe
(b) Spear
(c) Sword
(d) Stick
Ans: ( d ) Stick

88. (a) Slaughter
(b) Penalize
(c) Reform
(d) Belabour
Ans: ( b ) Penalize

89. (a) Bomb
(b) Science
(c) Weaponry
(d) Research
Ans: ( c ) Weaponry

90. (a) Fabricate
(b) Generate
(c) Formulate
(d) Emulate
Ans: ( a ) Fabricate

Directions (Qs. 91 to 95) : In these questions, 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.
PASSAGE ? I
The interview may be conducted by letter and by telephone,
as well as in person. Letter and telephone interviews are
less satisfactory. Direct contact with an individual and a
face-to-face relationship often provide a stimulating
situation for both interviewer and interviewee. Personal
reaction and interaction aid not only in rapport but also in
obtaining nuances and additional information by the
reactions which are more fully observed in a face-to-face
relationship.
Adequate preparation for the interview is a ?must?.
Careful planning saves not only time but also energy of both
parties concerned. The interview is used to obtain facts or
subjective data such as individual opinions, attitudes, and
preferences. Interviews are used to check on questionnaires
which may have been used to obtain data, or when a problem
being investigated is complex, or when the information
needed to solve it cannot be secured easily in any other
way. People will often given information orally but will
not put it in writing.

91. Face-to-face interaction with the interviewees enables
the interviewer to
(a) understand shades of meaning not readily available in
written responses
(b) observe the physical stature of the interviewee
(c) listen to the voice of the interviewee directly
(d) compel the interviewees to express their opinions in
writting
Ans: ( a ) understand shades of meaning not readily
available in written responses

92. The author uses ?individual opinions?, ?attitudes? and
?preferences? as examples of
(a) objective data about the interviewees
(b) abstract philosophical concepts irrelevant to the
interview process
(c) psychological properties particular to a given interviewee
(d) likes and dislikes common to interviewers and interviewees
Ans: ( a ) objective data about the interviewees

93. The intention of the writer of this passage is to
(a) warm the readers against conducting interviews
(b) instruct people on the best means of conducting interviews
(c) tell people how to make friends with interviewers
(d) advise people on the use of letters and telephone
Ans: ( b ) instruct people on the best means of conducting
interviews

94. According to the author the best way to conduct
interviews is
(a) to talk to the interviewees over telephone
(b) to write letters to the interviewees
(c) to observe the interviewees from a distance
(d) to have a direct conversation with the interviewees
Ans: ( d ) to have a direct conversation with the interviewees

95. If I want to interview someone,
(a) all I need to do is to just drop in and have a talk
with the person
(b) I ought to plan and prepare for the interview well in
advance
(c) I have to ring up the person and ask him/her all the
questions I want to
(d) establishing good rapport with the person will be enough
Ans: ( b ) I ought to plan and prepare for the interview
well in advance

PASSAGE ? II
Among the natural resources which can be called upon in
national plan for development, possibly the most important
is human labour; without productive labour force, including
effective leadership and intelligent middle management, no
amount of foreign assistance or natural wealth can ensure
successful development and modernization. One essential
factor is usually overlooked or ignored. The forgotten
factor is the role of women. Development will be
handicapped as long as women remain second-class citizens,
uneducated, without any voice in family or community
decisions, without legal or economic status, married when
they are still practically children, and thenceforth
producing one baby after another, often only to see half of
them die before they are of school age. We can enhance
development by improving ?womanpower? by giving women
opportunity to develop themselves.
96. Women have hardly
(a) any voice in family or community decisions
(b) Any economic or legal status
(c) Any voice in family or community decision or legal or
economic status
(d) Any voice to decide about themselves
Ans: ( d ) Any voice to decide about themselves

97. Woman power is
(a) An essential power in the development of the nation
(b) An essential power in child production
(c) An essential power in marriages
(d) An essential power in the death
Ans: ( a ) An essential power in the development of the nation

98. The most important natural resource for national
development is
(a) Human labour
(b) Effectie leadership
(c) Intelligent middle management
(d) Foreign assistance
Ans: ( a ) Human labour

99. Human power means
(a) Only men
(b) Only women
(c) People including children
(d) Both men and women
Ans: ( d ) Both men and women

100. The ignored and overlooked for factor in the
development of the nation is
(a) Role of women
(b) Role of middle management
(c) Role of child labour
(d) Role of foreign assistance
Ans: ( a ) Role of women

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