Di r ect i ons( Q.

115) Read t he f ol l owi ng passage car ef ul l y and answer t he

quest i ons gi ven bel ow i t . Cer t ai n wor ds/ phr ases have been pr i nt ed i n bol d
t o hel p you l ocat e t hemwhi l e answer i ng some of t he quest i ons.

Once upon a t i me, t her e was a r oyal el ephant whi ch used t o r esi de i n t he
pr emi ses of t he ki ng s pal ace. The el ephant was ver y dear t o t he ki ng, so
he was wel l - f ed and wel l t r eat ed. Ther e was al so a Dog who l i ved near t he
El ephant s shed. He was ver y weak and ski nny. He was al ways f asci nat ed by
t he smel l of r i ch sweet r i ce bei ng f ed t o t he r oyal el ephant . One day,
t he Dog coul d no l onger r esi st t he ar oma of t he r i ce and somehow managed
t o sneak i nt o t he El ephant ' s shed. He at e t he gr ai ns of sweet r i ce t hat
f el l f r omt he El ephant s mout h. He l i ked t he r i ce so much, t hat he
st ar t ed goi ng t her e dai l y t o eat t he r i ce. For days, t he huge El ephant
di dn t not i ce t he smal l dog as he was busy enj oyi ng t he del i ci ous f ood.
Gr adual l y, t he Dog gr ew bi gger and st r onger eat i ng such r i ch f ood.
Fi nal l y t he El ephant not i ced hi mand al l owed hi maccess t o t he f ood. The
El ephant enj oyed t he company of t he Dog and st ar t ed shar i ng hi s f ood wi t h
hi m. They
al so st ar t ed spendi ng t i me wi t h each ot her and soon became good f r i ends.
They at e t oget her , sl ept t oget her and pl ayed t oget her . Whi l e pl ayi ng, t he
El ephant woul d hol d t he Dog i n hi s t r unk and swi ng hi mback and f or t h.
Soon nei t her of t hemwas happy wi t hout t he ot her . They became gr eat
f r i ends and di dn t want t o be separ at ed f r omeach ot her .

Then one day, a man saw t he Dog and asked t he El ephant - keeper , I want t o
buy t hi s Dog. What pr i ce do you want f or i t ? The El ephant keeper di dn t
own t he Dog but sol d i t and ext r act ed a sumof money f r omt hi s deal . The
man t ook t he Dog t o hi s home vi l l age, whi ch was qui t e f ar away. The
Ki ng s El ephant became ver y sad af t er t hi s i nci dent . He mi ssed hi s f r i end
a l ot and st ar t ed negl ect i ng ever yt hi ng. He di dn t want t o do anyt hi ng
wi t hout hi s dear f r i end, so he st opped eat i ng, dr i nki ng and even bat hi ng.
Fi nal l y, t he El ephant - keeper r epor t ed t hi s t o t he Ki ng; however he di dn t
ment i on anyt hi ng about t he Dog. The Ki ng had a wi se mi ni st er , who was
known f or hi s keen under st andi ng of ani mal s. The Ki ng or der ed t he
mi ni st er , Go t o t he El ephant shed and f i nd out t he r eason f or t he
El ephant s condi t i on. The i nt el l i gent mi ni st er went t o t he El ephant shed
and f ound t he El ephant ver y sad. He exami ned t he El ephant and asked t he
El ephant keeper , Ther e i s not hi ng wr ong wi t h t hi s El ephant s body, t hen
why does he l ook so sad ? I t hi nk t hi s El ephant i s gr i ef st r i cken,
possi bl y due t o t he l oss of a dear f r i end.

Do you know i f t hi s El ephant shar ed a cl ose f r i endshi p wi t h anyone ? The
El ephant - keeper sai d, Ther e was a Dog who used t o eat , sl eep and pl ay
wi t h t he El ephant . He was t aken by a st r anger t hr ee days ago. The
mi ni st er went back t o t he Ki ng and sai d, Your maj est y, i n my opi ni on,
t he r oyal El ephant i s not si ck, but he i s l onesome wi t hout hi s dear
f r i end, t he Dog. The Ki ng sai d, You r e r i ght , f r i endshi p i s one of t he
most wonder f ul t hi ngs of l i f e. Do you know wher e t hat Dog i s ?

The Mi ni st er r epl i ed, El ephant keeper has i nf or med me t hat a st r anger
t ook hi maway and he doesn t know hi s wher eabout s. The Ki ng asked, How

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can we br i ng back my El ephant s f r i end and make hi mhappy agai n ? The
Mi ni st er suggest ed, Your Maj est y, make a decl ar at i on t hat whoever has
t he dog t hat used t o l i ve at t he r oyal El ephant s shed wi l l be
penal i zed. The Ki ng di d t he same and t he man who had t aken t he dog,
i nst ant l y t ur ned hi ml oose when he hear d t he pr ocl amat i on. As soon as he
was f r eed, t he Dog r an back as f ast as he coul d t o t he El ephant s shed.
The El ephant was so del i ght ed t o see t he Dog t hat he pi cked hi s f r i end up
wi t h hi s t r unk and swung hi mback and f or t h. The Dog wagged hi s t ai l ,
whi l e t he El ephant s eyes spar kl ed wi t h happi ness. The Ki ng was cont ent
t o see t he El ephant happy once agai n and r ewar ded t he Mi ni st er f or hi s
wi se j udgment .

1. What was t he Mi ni st er s di agnosi s of t he El ephant s condi t i on ?
( A) The El ephant hat ed hi s keeper
( B) The El ephant was l onel y
( C) The El ephant was st ar vi ng
( D) The El ephant had hur t hi s l eg and as i n pai n
( E) None of t hese
Ans : ( B)

2. What met hod di d t he Mi ni st er suggest t o t he Ki ng t o get back t he Dog ?
( A) To decl ar e t hat whoever had t hat par t i cul ar Dog woul d be puni shed
( B) To keep a bowl of r i ce f or t he dog i n t he El ephant s shed so t hat he
coul d be l ur ed

back t o t he pal ace
( C) To command t he El ephant keeper t o l ook f or t he Dog i n t he vi l l age
( D) To per suade t he El ephant t o cal l out t o t he Dog
( E) None of t hese
Ans : ( A)

3. Why had t he El ephant become ver y sad ?
( A) He no l onger got hi s dai l y bowl of r i ce
( B) He was unhappy wi t h t he Ki ng f or havi ng sol d t he Dog
( C) He mi ssed hi s f r i end t he Dog
( D) He was sol d t o an unknown man by hi s keeper
( E) None of t hese
Ans : ( C)

4. What di d t he El ephant - keeper do t o t he Dog ?
( A) He sol d t he Dog t o an unknown man f or a pr i ce
( B) He hi t t he Dog as t he Dog was eat i ng t he El ephant s f ood
( C) He ki l l ed t he Dog
( D) He compl ai ned t o t he Ki ng about t he Dog
( E) None of t hese
Ans : ( A)

5. Whi ch of t he f ol l owi ng woul d be t he most appr opr i at e t i t l e f or t he
passage ?
( A) Fr i ends and Enemi es
( B) The Pl ayf ul Dog
( C) The Ki ng and t he Mi ni st er
( D) The El ephant - keeper
( E) The Bond of Fr i endshi p

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Ans : ( E)


6. Why was t he El ephant t aken car e of ?
( A) He was a ver y speci al El ephant as he coul d t al k t o Dogs
( B) He was a ver y l oyal El ephant
( C) He was t he st r ongest El ephant i n t he Ki ngdom
( D) He was weak and t he Ki ng had a l ot of sympat hy f or hi m
( E) None of t hese
Ans : ( E)

7. Why di d t he Dog st ar t goi ng t o t he El ephant s shed ever yday ?
( A) He l i ked t he El ephant a l ot and want ed t o become f r i ends wi t h hi m
( B) He was bei ng f ed by t he Ki ng ever yday
( C) He was f ond of t he El ephant s shed
( D) He l i ked t he t ast e of t he r i ce bei ng f ed t o t he El ephant
( E) None of t hese
Ans : ( D)

8. What di d t he Dog do once he was set f r ee ?
( A) He at e r i ce t o hi s hear t s cont ent
( B) He t hanked t he Ki ng f or hi s ki ndness
( C) He r an away f r omt he Ki ngdomt o a pl ace f ar away
( D) He r an back t o hi s f r i end t he El ephant
( E) None of t hese
Ans : ( D)

9. What of t he f ol l owi ng can def i ni t el y be sai d about t he El ephant keeper
?
( 1) He was gr eedy
( 2) He was i nsensi t i ve
( 3) He was br ave
( A) Onl y ( 1)
( B) Onl y ( 2)
( C) Onl y ( 1) and ( 2)
( D) Onl y ( 2) and ( 3)
( E) Al l ( 1) , ( 2) and ( 3)
Ans : ( C)

10. Whi ch of t he f ol l owi ng can def i ni t el y be sai d about t he Ki ng?
( 1) He was compassi onat e
( 2) He was decei t f ul
( 3) He l oved ani mal s.
( A) Onl y ( 1)
( B) Onl y ( 1) and ( 3)
( C) Onl y ( 1) and ( 2)
( D) Onl y ( 2)
( E) Al l t he t hr ee ( 1) , ( 2) and ( 3)
Ans : ( A)

Di r ect i ons( Q. 1113) Choose t he wor d/ gr oup of wor ds whi ch i s most

si mi l ar i n meani ng t o t he wor d/ gr oup of wor ds pr i nt ed i n bol d as


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used i n t he passage.

11. EXTRACTED
( A) Pul l ed
( B) I nser t ed
( C) Wi ng
( D) Dug out
( E) Recei ved
Ans : ( E)

12. DECLARATI ON( A) Pact
( B) Pr ai se
( C) Announcement
( D) Wr i t
( E) Resol ve
Ans : ( C)

13. KEEN
( A) Shal l ow
( B) Ur gent
( C) Concent r at ed
( D) Deep
( E) Eager
Ans : ( D)

Di r ect i ons( Q. 1415) Choose t he wor d/ gr oup of wor ds whi ch i s most

opposi t e i n meani ng t o t he wor d/ gr oup of wor ds pr i nt ed i n bol d as

used i n t he passage.

14. RESI ST
( A) Gi ve i n
( B) Pl ease
( C) St r uggl e
( D) Tr y out
( E) Def y
Ans : ( A)

15. SEPARATED( A) St uck
( B) Uni t ed
( C) Est r anged
( D) Bound
( E) J oi ned
Ans : ( B)

Di r ect i ons( Q. 1620) Whi ch of t he phr ases ( A) , ( B) , ( C) and ( D) gi ven

bel ow each sent ence shoul d r epl ace t he phr ase pr i nt ed i n bol d i n t he

sent ence t o make i t gr ammat i cal l y cor r ect ? I f t he sent ence i s cor r ect as
i t i s gi ven and

No cor r ect i on i s r equi r ed, mar k ( E) as t he answer .

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16. Tr i sha coul d not sol ve t he pr obl emat al l and was at her wi t s
endi ng.
( A) her wi t s end
( B) t he wi t ends
( C) her wi t t y end
( D) t he wi t end
( E) No cor r ect i on r equi r ed
Ans : ( A)

17. I t s a smal l t heat r e and t he seat s ar e uncomf or t abl e, but t he savi ng

gr ace i s t hat t he ai r condi t i oni ng i s good.
( A) gr ace t o save
( B) gr aci ng save
( C) saver gr ace
( D) save t o gr ace
( E) No cor r ect i on r equi r ed
Ans : ( E)

18. Tar un had t o pr epar e t he document f or hi s meet i ng ur gent l y but he was
har dl y

pr essed f or t i me. ( A) har d pr essed f or t i mel y
( B) har d pr essed f or t i me
( C) har dl y pr ess t o t i me
( D) har d pr essi ng t o t i mel y
( E) No cor r ect i on r equi r ed
Ans : ( B)

19. Sur aj l i ed f r omhi s t eet h t o get out of t he t ense si t uat i on wi t h hi s

boss
( A) l i es f or hi s t eet h
( B) l i e t o hi s t eet h
( C) l i ed t hr ough hi s t eet h
( D) l i ed f r omhi s t oot h
( E) No cor r ect i on r equi r ed
Ans : ( C)

20. Sat i sh l ay i n bed wi de awaken as he was wor r i ed about hi s exams

st ar t i ng t he next day
( A) wi den awakeni ng
( B) wi del y awake
( C) wi de and awake
( D) wi de awake
( E) No cor r ect i on r equi r ed
Ans : ( D)

Di r ect i ons( Q. 2125) I n each quest i on bel ow, a sent ence wi t h f our wor ds

pr i nt ed i n bol d t ypes i s gi ven. These ar e l et t er ed as ( A) , ( B) , ( C) and


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( D) . One of t hese f our wor ds pr i nt ed i n bol d may be ei t her wr ongl y spel t

or i nappr opr i at e i n t he cont ext of t he sent ence. Fi nd out t he wor d whi ch
i s wr ongl y

spel t or i nappr opr i at e, i f any. The l et t er of t hat wor d i s your answer .
I f al l t he

wor ds pr i nt ed i n bol d ar e cor r ect l y spel t and al so appr opr i at e i n t he

cont ext of t he sent ence. mar k ( E) i . e. , Al l cor r ect as your answer .

21. Peopl e went cr azy ( A) when t he musi ci an al ong wi t h hi s

f r i end, ( B) t ook t o t he st agi ng ( C) and bel t ed out

popul ar ( D) t r acks. Al l cor r ect ( E)
Ans : ( C)

22. For a gr owi ng number of coupal s, ( A) adopt i on i s not a hel pl ess

compul si on ( B) but al so del i ber at e, ( C) and of t en

nobl e, ( D) choi ce. Al l cor r ect ( E)
Ans : ( A)

23. On t wo consecut i ve ( A) ni ght s t he t wo gr eat est i cones

( B) of show busi ness wer e honour ed wi t h unpr ecedent ed ( C)

af f ect i on. ( D) Al l cor r ect ( E)
Ans : ( B)

24. We ar e so busy l ooki ng at medi ocr i t y ( A) t hat when t r ul y out st andi ng

achi evement ( B) st ar es us i n t he f ace we r esor t ( C) t o

t he same t er ms of pr ai se. ( D) Al l cor r ect ( E)
Ans : ( E)

25. The unl i kel y mi gr at i on ( A) was of f i ci al l y ( B)

expl ai ned as a move t o meet expandi ng ( C) busi ness

opor t uni t i es. ( D) Al l cor r ect ( E)
Ans : ( D)

Di r ect i ons( Q. 2630) Rear r ange t he f ol l owi ng si x sent ences ( 1) , ( 2) ,
( 3) ,

( 4) , ( 5) and ( 6) i n t he pr oper sequence t o f or ma meani ngf ul par agr aph;
t hen answer t he

quest i ons gi ven bel ow t hem.

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( 1) He i mmedi at el y acknowl edged Mohan s good wor k and i nvi t ed hi mt o hi s
home f or di nner .
( 2) One day a weal t hy mer chant sent hi s son s bi cycl e t o t he shop f or
r epai r .
( 3) The next day t he mer chant came t o cl ai mt he bi cycl e and not i ced t hat
i t was shi ny.
( 4) Af t er r epai r i ng t he bi cycl e, Mohan cl eaned i t up and made i t l ook
new.
( 5) Once upon a t i me, t her e was a boy named Mohan who wor ked as an
appr ent i ce i n a bi cycl e

shop.
( 6) Ot her appr ent i ces i n t he shop l aughed at Mohan f or doi ng unnecessar y
wor k.

26. Whi ch of t he f ol l owi ng shoul d be t he SECOND sent ence af t er

r ear r angement ?
( A) 1
( B) 2
( C) 3
( D) 4
( E) 6
Ans : ( B)

27. Whi ch of t he f ol l owi ng shoul d be t he THI RD sent ence af t er

r ear r angement ?
( A) 1
( B) 2
( C) 3
( D) 4
( E) 5
Ans : ( D)

28. Whi ch of t he f ol l owi ng shoul d be t he FI RST sent ence af t er

r ear r angement ?
( A) 1
( B) 2
( C) 3
( D) 4
( E) 5
Ans : ( E)

29. Whi ch of t he f ol l owi ng shoul d be t he LAST ( SI XTH) sent ence af t er

r ear r angement ?
( A) 1
( B) 2
( C) 4
( D) 5
( E) 6
Ans : ( A)

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30. Whi ch of t he f ol l owi ng shoul d be t he FOURTH sent ence af t er

r ear r angement ?
( A) 2
( B) 3
( C) 4
( D) 5
( E) 6
Ans : ( E)

Di r ect i ons( Q. 31 40) Read each sent ence t o f i nd out whet her t her e i s
any

gr ammat i cal er r or or i di omat i c er r or i n i t . The er r or , i f any, wi l l be i n
one par t of t he

sent ence. The l et t er of t hat par t i s t he answer . I f t her e i s No er r or ,
t he answer i s ( E) .

( I gnor e er r or s of punct uat i on, i f any. )

31. I n about f i ve mi nut es, t hey woul d ( A) / cover t he di st ance f r omt he
r oad t o t he poi nt

( B) / wher e t he waves woul d ( C) / begi n l i ck t hei r f eet . ( D) No er r or ( E)
Ans : ( D)

32. The devast at i ng exper i ences ( A) / of many war s t aught some count r i es
( B) / t he

necessar y of pur sui ng peace ( C) / at t he expense of nat i onal i st egos. ( D)
No er r or ( E)
Ans : ( E)

33. The f or mer super st ar r ecent l y ( A) / vi si t an or phanage, ( B) /
f uel l i ng specul at i on t hat

( C) / she i s pl anni ng t o adopt a chi l d. ( D) No er r or ( E)
Ans : ( B)

34. Accor dance t o a new st udy ( A) / t aki ng st eps t o r emai n heal t hy and
young ( B) / may hel p

del ay ( C) / t he onset of Al zhei mer s di sease. ( D) No er r or ( E)
Ans : ( A)

35. A day af t er he was di agnosed wi t h ( A) / swi ne f l u, pr event i ve
measur es wer e put i n

pl ace ( B) / t o ensur e t hat ot her s wer e not ( C) / af f ect ed by t he dr eaded
vi r us. ( D) No

er r or ( E)

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Ans : ( B)

36. The admi ni st r at i on has concl usi ve ( A) / t hat i t i s r et ai l er s who ar e
( B) / r esponsi bl e

f or upset t i ng ( C) / t he ci t y s househol d budget . ( D) No er r or ( E)
Ans : ( A)

37. The assur ances, unf or t unat el y, ( A) / r emai ned on paper , as ( B) /
nei t her t he Cent r e or

t he st at e i ni t i at ed st eps ( C) / f or t he devel opment of t he backwar d
r egi on. ( D) No er r or

( E)
Ans : ( C)

38. Sedi ment deposi t al ong t he coast ( A) / may be t he pr i mar y r eason f or
( B) / t he change

i n condi t i ons, ( C) / but a l ot mor e r emai ns t o be under st and. ( D) No
er r or ( E)
Ans : ( D)

39. A commi t t ee wi l l be set up ( A) / t o expl or e pr os and cons by ( B) / a
common f ee

st r uct ur e, and wi l l ( C) / t ake a f i nal deci si on on i t wi t hi n a week. ( D)
No er r or ( E)
Ans : ( E)

40. The i nf ect i on whi ch causes ( A) / gums t o bl eed and t eet h t o f al l out
( B) / r esul t s f r om

t he bui l d- up of ( C) / a par t i cul ar bact er i a t hat i s common t o most
mout hs. ( D) No er r or ( E)
Ans : ( D)

Di r ect i ons( Q. 4150) I n t he f ol l owi ng passage t her e ar e bl anks, each of

whi ch has been number ed. These number s ar e pr i nt ed bel ow t he passage and
agai nst each, f i ve

wor ds ar e suggest ed, one of whi ch f i t s t he bl ank appr opr i at el y. Fi nd out
t he appr opr i at e

wor d i n each case.

Once upon a t i me t her e was a pr i nce who want ed t o mar r y a pr i ncess; but
she woul d have t o

be a r eal pr i ncess. He ( 41) al l over t he wor l d t o f i nd one, but nowher e


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coul d he get what he want ed. One eveni ng dur i ng a t er r i bl e st or m; t her e
was t hunder and

l i ght ni ng, and t he r ai n pour ed down i n t or r ent s. Suddenl y a knocki ng was

( 42) at t he pal ace door , and t he ol d ki ng went t o open i t . I t was a

pr i ncess st andi ng out t her e. But , good gr aci ous ! What a si ght t he r ai n
and t he wi nd had

made her l ook. The wat er r an down her hai r and cl ot hes; i nt o t he t oes of
her shoes and out

agai n at t he heel s. And yet she i nsi st ed t hat she was a r eal pr i ncess.
Wel l , we l l soon

( 43) out , t hought t he ol d queen. But she sai d not hi ng, went i nt o t he

bedr oom, t ook al l t he beddi ng of f t he bedst ead, and ( 44) a pea on t he

bot t om; t hen she t ook t went y mat t r esses and l ai d t hemon t he pea, and
t hen t went y qui l t s on

( 45) of t he mat t r esses. On t hi s t he pr i ncess had t o l i e al l ni ght . I n

t he ( 46) she was asked how she had sl ept . Oh, ver y badl y ! sai d she.

I scar cel y cl osed my eyes al l ni ght . Heaven onl y knows what was i n t he
bed. But I was

l yi ng on somet hi ng har d, as a ( 47) I ambl ack and bl ue al l over my
body.

I t s hor r i bl e ! Now t hey knew t hat she was a r eal pr i ncess because she
had

( 48) t he pea r i ght t hr ough t he t went y mat t r esses and t he t went y qui l t s.

Nobody but a r eal pr i ncess coul d be as ( 49) as t hat . So t he pr i nce t ook

her f or hi s wi f e, f or now he ( 50) t hat he had a r eal pr i ncess.

41. ( A) cal l ed
( B) t our
( C) sent
( D) saw
( E) t r avel l ed
Ans : ( E)

42. ( A) made
( B) f el t
( C) hear d
( D) seen
( E) sounded

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Ans : ( C)

43. ( A) assur e
( B) f i nd
( C) j udge
( D) mar k
( E) t r y
Ans : ( B)

44. ( A) dr ew
( B) f l ung
( C) pl aced
( D) cooked
( E) st i t ch
Ans : ( C)

45. ( A) t op
( B) head
( C) bot t om
( D) bet ween
( E) mi ddl e
Ans : ( A)

46. ( A) mor ni ng
( B) di nner
( C) r oom
( D) f i el ds
( E) dar k
Ans : ( A)

47. ( A) vengeance
( B) pr i ce
( C) cause
( D) r esul t
( E) t i me
Ans : ( D)

48. ( A) sl ept
( B) f el t
( C) l ocat ed
( D) car r i ed
( E) f ound
Ans : ( B)

49. ( A) wor r i ed
( B) r ough
( C) i r r i t abl e
( D) sensi t i ve
( E) pr et t y
Ans : ( D)

50. ( A) t r ust
( B) assur ed
( C) want ed

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( D) t hi nk
( E) knew
Ans : ( E)

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