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TEST 215

GENERAL ENGILSH

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain
words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the
questions.
Right of entry to education, an ample teaching-learning environment, a suitable curriculum
and an empowered and all-encompassing faculty are four essential prerequisites of an education
system that seeks to enable social transformation. While educational reform since the 1980s was
strongly focused on the first two elements, the late 1990s brought the role of the curriculum into
national focus. The critical link that binds these four critical elements together the activity of the
faculty-continues to be cast aside by political ideologies of most hues, contemporary curriculum
reform efforts and the professional practices of the faculty.
Far-reaching educational initiatives of both the Left and the Right have recognised the
potential power of the faculty. In multiple experiments, they have used this dormant force to
build committed institutions and cadres of facilities dedicated to their particular causes. In many
instances, this has led to extreme politicisation of the college faculty. In others, it has led to the
education of a generation of students in half-truths underpinned by the personal beliefs,
sectarian concerns and folk pedagogy of faculties who have had little access themselves to
education and training in related areas.
Over the last decade or so, educational reform has included, apart from access, a focus on
developing alternative text materials and the training of faculty to handle these materials,
without directly engaging with the issue of curriculum revamp. At the turn of the 20th century, a
major national curriculum redesign was initiated following the change of political regime at the
centre. The subsequent development of college programme came under wide public scrutiny and
debate. Issues of equity, inclusion and exclusion, learner medley, religious identity and
communalism gained considerable importance in the curriculum debates that followed. For
instance, scholars argued that "00. the curriculum, while loud on rhetoric, fails to address the
quality of education that students of underprivileged and marginalised groups experience."
Several other critics described the revised curriculum as a retrogressive step in education that
sought to impose the religious agenda in the garb of national identity.
The subsequent change of national government in 2004 led to the curriculum review in 2005,
underlining a new political interest in the role of education in national development, its role in
social mobilisation and transformation directed specifically at questions of caste and gender
asymmetry and minority empowerment. Deeper than these politically driven initiatives,
however, the professional need for curriculum review emerges from the long ossification of a
national education system that continues to view faculty as "dispensers of information" and
students as "passive recipients" of an "education" sought to be "delivered" in four-walled
classrooms with little scope to develop critical thinking and understanding.
151. Prior to 1990, what was NOT the agenda of the educational reforms?
(A) An appropriate curriculum
(B) Well-managed admission process
1) Only (A) 2) Only (B)
3) Both (A) and (B) 4) Either (A) or (B)
5) None of these
152. Which of the following best describes the phrase "passive recipients" as used in the
passage?
I) The users of the educational system
2)The political ideology of right and left parties
3)Well-framed curriculum guiding the teaching/learning process
4)Free access to education system
5)The faculty
153. To facilitate social transformation, which of the following has been identified by the
author as one of the factors?
I) A committed political ideology
2)Support of a well-framed curriculum
3)A strong administration system
4)Carefully planned education delivery
5)None of these
154. What hampers the critical thinking ability of college going students?
I) The emphasis on rote memorisation and recalling the facts of education based on real
experience
2)Lack of political will to develop these abilities
3)Absence of focus while designing curriculum framework
4)Ignoring the active role of faculty and the student
5)Lack of proper tests of critical thinking ability
155. Which of the following best describes the meaning of the word underpinned as used in
the passage?
1) Advocated 2) Supported 3) Prepared
4) Bolstered 5) Boosted
156. Which of the following best describes the word ossification as used in the passage?
1) Hardening 2) Plasticity 3) Imbibition
4) Incorporation 5) Coalescing
157. Development of text books generated public debate on many issues except
(A) making the curriculum student-centred
(B) using teaching community as an agency to bring change 1) Only (A)
1) Only (A) 2) Only ( B)
3) Both (A) and (B) 4) Either (A0 or (B)
5) None of these
158. How did personal beliefs and folk pedagogy enter into educational system?
1)The college acted as an agent of local communities.
2)The faculties were not properly trained.
3)College faculties started acting as passive listeners.
4)The loopholes in the educational system allowed it to happen.
5)It was by design.
159. Which of the following is most opposite in meaning of the word medley as used in the
passage?
1) Amalgamate 2) United 3) Unity
4) Diffuse 5) Focusing
160. Revamping of the text material was the main focus in
1) early eighties 2) late nineties
3)21 st century
4)evolving curriculum framework
5)training faculty
In each of the .following sentences there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers 1),2),3),4)
and 5). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same
sequence to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningfully complete.
161.________to the popular belief that every astrologer nurtures blind faith in fate, our astrologer
believes in _______
1)Contrary, action 2) According, thoughts 3) Bowing, present
4) Proving, forecasting 5) Pointing, devotion
162.__________His has yielded him the ________fruit.
1) fate, undesirable 2) efforts, unwanted
3) action, viable 4) perseverance, desired
5) emphasis, expected
163.______________________________Liberalisation has removed all the legal __and
____ the floodgates to multinational companies.
1) hurdles, award 2) barriers, opened
3) obstacles, guarded 4) manipulation, closed
5) battles, threw
164.His _______contribution to the Tsunami relief fund was ____ by his staff members.
1) meagre, admired 2) spontaneous, nullified
4)negligible, sanctioned 4) noteworthy, improved
5)generous, appreciated
165. The______on some of the towns has created ____among the residents of the other
parts of the country.
I) attack, ambition 2) raid, awareness
3) bombardment, panic 4) spelt, satisfaction
5) shower, dampness
In each question below, a sentence with four words printed in bold is given. These are numbered
as 1),2),3), and 4). One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or
inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or
inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. Hall the words printed in bold are
correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark 5), ie ' All correct', as
your answer.
166. The file contents a revised estimate of the banking
1) 2) 3)
industry's manpower requirements for the next year.
4)
All correct
5)
167. Your marketing strategy should be devised dependent
1) 2) 3)
on the kind of business you own. All correct
4) 5)
168. Since our financial resources are limitless we cannot
1) 2)
afford this alternative. All correct
3) 4) 5)
169. His main reasoning for applying for this promotion is
I) 2)
the possibility of an overseas posting. All correct.
3) 4) 5)
170. To better understand the challenges of starting a new
1)
venture he read up extensively. All correct
2) 3) 4) 5)
Which of the phrases 1),2),3) and 4) given below each sentence should replace the phrase
printed in bold to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is already correct,
mark 5), ie 'No correction required', as the answer.
171. His behaviour with all his employees is so pleasing that everyone come forward for
helping him.
1)came towards him for help
2)comes towards him for help
3)comes forward to help him
4)comes forward for help him
5)No correction required
172. The police commissioner burst into rage and ordered immediately suspension of the
inspector.
1) order immediately 2) order immediate
3) ordered immediate 4) ordering immediate
5) No correction required
173. She will not attend the meeting until she is asked to.
1) except 2) even with
3) even except 4) unless
5) No correction required
174. He would be like to have some ice-cream.
1) would like to 2) would be liked to
3) was to be liking to 4) would being liked to
5) No correction required
175. A master should never impose his servants to much work.
1)his servants with too much work
2)to much work with his servants
3)too much work on his servants
4)to much work for his servants
5)No correction required
176. Good life, according to many people, is to making more and more money.
1) is making
3) are made
5) No correction required
177. Lift the handset only after paid a one rupee coin.
1)paying a one-rupee coin
2)you pay one-rupee coin
3)pay one-rupee coin
4)you paid one-rupee coin
5)No correction required
178.What matter does most is the quality and not the quantity
1)What does matter 2) What does it matter
3) That matters 4) What matters
5) No correction required
179. Not knowing the language and had no friends in the country, he found it impossible to
get a job.
1) has no 2) with having
3) with having not 4) having no
5) No correction required
180. With the introduction of the new system, the number of candidates who resort to unfair
means is decreasing year after year.
1) resorting to 2) to resort to
3) resorted to 4) to resorting 5) No correction required.
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical 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 5), ie 'No error'. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
181. Our country can contribute / to the mitigation of global
1) 2)
warming / by protecting forests / and starting at
3)
afforestation programme. No error
4) 5)
182. The task for ensuring employment / for the labour force
1) 2)
has been /a persistent concern throughout / India's post
3)
independence development. No error
4) 5)
183. Psychologists have been documenting / the emotional
1) 2)
and physical/effect of/negative political advertisments.
3) 4)
No error
5)
184. India's efforts that are / aimed at controlling / infectious
1) 2)
diseases is likely / to show only partial success.
3) 4)
No error
5)
185. The magazine industry / in India / has been going from /
1) 2) 3)
confusing times. No error
4) 5)
186. The fast pace of progress on / basic education and
1) 2)
literacy / is consistent with an increase / in demand for
3) 4)
education. No error
5)
187. Technology is / transforming the way / films are screen!
1) 2) 3)
in the theatres. No error
4) 5)
188. One needs to set goals / at differing stages / of one's
1) 2) 3)
career and / monitor achievements and accomplishments.
4)
No error
5)
189. Non-communicable diseases / often require /long-term
1) 2)
and expensive interventions which / poor people cannot
3) 4)
afford. No error
5)
A leader is a group member which / exerts profound
1) 2)
influence / on the behaviour and attitudes /of other 3)
members of the group. No error
4) 5)
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.
The growth story in any developing country cannot be (191) without (192) its impact on the
poverty and employment situation. The Planning Commission has (193) that India should strive
for 'more inclusive growth'. The number of people living below the poverty line has (194) from
36 per cent in 1993-94 to 22.0 per cent in 2004-05. Again, the issue is to bring more and more
people out of poverty by (195) them productive employment opportunities. The Approach Paper
to 11 th Five Year Plan suggests that doubling the growth of agricultural GDP to 4 per cent per
annum will ~ rural employment conditions, by raising real wages and reducing
underemployment. However, even if this is attained, an overall growth of9 per cent will further
increase income (197) between agricultural and nonagricultural households, (198) around 10
million workers currently in agriculture find remunerative non-agricultural employment. This
(199) a major challenge not only in terms of generating non-agricultural employment but also in
(200) its required location and type.
191. 1) completed 2) retold 3) achieved
4) constructed 5) narrated
192. 1) generating 2) assessing 3) realising
4) counting 5) finding
193. 1) desired 2) estimated 3) focused
4) verified 5) stressed
194. 1) uplifted 2) degraded 3) vanished
4) decreased 5) enhanced
195. 1) absolving 2) providing 3) nurturing
4) ignoring 5) refusing
196. 1) impact 2) diversify 3) lay
4) aggravate 5) improve
197. 1) opportunity 2) assessment 3) disparity
4) parity 5) tax
198. 1) unless 2) for 3) in spite of
4) despite 5) by
199. 1) addresses 2) meets 3) poses
4) recognises 5) solves
200. 1) exploring 2) acquitting 3) reciprocating
4) matching 5) solving

ANSWER
150. I 152. I 153. 2 154. 4 155. 2
156. I
157. 5; Refer to the fourth sentence of third para. .
158. 2; Refer to the last sentence of the second para.
159. 4; 'Medley' means 'a mixture of different items'.
160. 2 161. I 162. 4
163. 2; 'Open the floodgates' means 'to allow something to happen that was not previously
allowed'.
164. 5 165. 3
166. I; Replace 'contents' by 'contains'. 167.3; Replace 'dependent'by 'depending'.
168. 2; Replace 'limitless' by 'limited'.
169. I; Replace 'reasoning' by 'reason',
170. 5 171. 3 172. 3 173. 4 174. I
175.3 176. I 177. I 178.4 179.4
180. 5
181. 4; Substitute 'at' with 'an',
182. I; substitute 'for' with 'of',
183.5
184.3; Substitute 'is' with 'through',
185.3; Substitute 'from' with 'through',
186.I; Replace 'on' by 'in'.
187.3; Replace 'screen' by 'screened', 188.2; Replace 'differing' by 'different.'
189. 5;
190.I; Replace 'which' by 'who',
191.I 192. 2 193. 5 194. 4 195. 2
196. 5 197. 3 198. I 199. 3 200.1
REASONING ABILITY
Directions (1-5) : Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions
given below:
T H A J K R B T A E M D G S O J K U MB D L U H Y A C M
1. How many such vowels are there in the above arrangement which are
immediately preceded as well as immediately followed by a consonant?
(1) One (2) Two
(3) Three (4) Four
(5) More than four
2. If all the vowels are deleted from the above arrangement, which of the following
will be thirteenth from the right end?
(1) K (2) G
(3)M (4) D
(5) None of these
3. How many letters are there between the letter that is twentieth from the left end
and the letter that is sixteenth from the right end, in the English alphabetical
series?
(1) Five (2) Four
(3) Six (4) Three
(5) None of these
4. Which of the following is fifth to the right of the seventeenth from the left end of
the above arrangement?
(1) L (2) U
(3)H (4)D
(5) None of these
5. If all the vowels are changed to the next letter of the English alphabetical
series, how many Bs will be there in the above arrangement? (Including the B's
already given in the arrangement)
(1) Three (2) Two
(3) Four (4) Six
(5) Five
Directions (6-10) : Study the even information carefully and answer the given
questions:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre.
 G is sitting third to the right of F.

 H is not an immediate neighbour of F and G, A is sitting second to the right of H.


 B is sitting third to the right of C and C is not an immediate neighbour of G.

 D is not an immediate neighbour of H or C.


6. Who is sitting exactly between H and A ?
(l)B (2)G
(3)C (4)E
(5) None of these
7. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their seating
positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which one does not
belong to the
group?
(1) FD (2) G
(3)C (4)E (5) A
8. What will come in place of the question mark (?) based upon the given seating
arrangement?
AF DG CA ?
(1) HC (2) DG
(3)GE (4)BD
(5)EH
9. How many persons are sitting between B and E starting from B in an anti
clockwise direction?
(1) One (2) Two
(3) Three (4) Four
(5) None
10. What is the position of E with respect to A?
(1) Third to the left
(2) Third to the right
(3) Second to the left
(4) Second to the right
(5) Immediate left
In a certain code 'can you read this' is written as 'can @ read # this * you $' and
'how are you today' is written as 'are @ how # today * you $'. How will 'can be true
or' be written that code?
(1) or @ true # can * be $
(2) be $ can * or # true @
(3) be @ can * or # true $
(4) be $ can # or * true @
(5) be @ can # or * true $
12.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group.
Which of the following does not belong to that group?
(1) 49 (2) 36
(3) 16 (4) 27
(5) 25
13.Which of the following will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the
following series based on the English alphabetical order?
ZX US QO ? HF CA
(l)LJ (2) MK
(3)NL (4) KI
(5) KJ
14. The positions of the first and fourth letters of the word 'ABSENT' are interchanged,
similarly the positions of the second and fifth letters and third and sixth letters are
interchanged. In the new arrangement thus formed, how many letters are there be-
tween the letter which is third from the right and the letter which is first from the
left, in the English alphabetical order?
(1) Two (2) Four
(3) Five (4) Three
(5) None of these
15. 'Bricks' are related to 'Walls' in the same way as 'Trees' are related to '--'
(1) Roots (2) Branches
(3) Forests (4) Plants
(5) Green
16. How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters 'OLBT using
(I) One (2) Two
(3) Three (4) four
(5) None
Directions (17 - 18) : Among J, K, L, M and N each of a different weight. J is
heavier than L but lighter than K. M is lighter than L. K is lighter than N.
17. Who among them is the heaviest?
(I)N (2) K
(3) L (4)M
(5) Cannot be determined
18. Who among them is the second lightest?
(I)N (2)K
(3) L (4)M
(5) Cannot be determined
19. If each vowel in the word BROUGHT is changed to the next letter in the English
alphabetical series and each consonant is changed to the previous letter in the English
alphabetical series, and then the alphabets so formed are arranged in an alphabetical'
order from left to right, which of the following will be fourth from the left?
(1) V (2) P (3) G (4) Q (5) S
20. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word DECAYS, each of which has as
many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions) as
they have between them in the English alphabetical series?
all the letters but each letter only once in each word?

(1) One (2) Two (3) Three


(4) None (5) More than three

Give answer (4) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.


Directions (21- 25) : In each of the questions below, two statements are given
followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two
statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly
known facts and decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from
the given statements disregarding the commonly known facts.
Give answer (1) if only conclusion I follows.
Give answer (2) if only conclusion II follows.
Give answer (3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows
Give answer (5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

21.Statements:
All animals are birds. All birds are crows.
Conclusions:
I. All animals are crows II. All crows are birds.
22.Statements:
Some tricks are magic. All magic are true.
Conclusions :
I. There is a possibility that all tricks are true.
II. There is a possibility that all magic are tricks.
23.Statements:
All e-mails are messages. Some messages are letters.
Conclusions:
I. Atleast some letters are e-mails. II. Some messages are not emails.
24. Statements: Some threads are cottons. Some cottons are nylons.
Conclusions :
I. All nylons are threads.
II. Atleast some nylons are threads.
25.Statements:
Some clocks are watches. No clock is a wall.
Conclusions :
I. All walls are watches.
II. There is a possibility that all watches are clocks.
Directions (26 - 30) : In each question below is given a group of num-
bers/symbols followed by five combinations of letter codes numbered (I), (2), (3),
(4) and (5). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the
group of numbers/symbols based on the following coding system and the
conditions and mark the number of that combination as your answer:
Number/ # 7 $ 2 % & 4 5 @ 8 6 9 © + 3
Symbol
Letter P T D W V C Z A L Y S E G R H
code

Conditions:
(i) If the third element is an even number and the last element is a
symbol then that even number is to be coded as the code for the symbol.
(ii) If an odd number is immediately preceded as well as immediately followed by
symbols then the odd number is to be coded as '0'.
(iii) If there are no even numbers then the codes of the first and the third elements
have to be interchanged.
26. %96&4$
(I)VESCZD (2)VEDCZD
(3) EVDCZD (4) VEDZCD (5)VEDAZD
27.2$%53+
(I) WDVHAR (2) WVDAHR
(3) WDVAHG (4) DWVAHR (5)WDVAHR
28. @7#29%
(1) LOWPEV (2) LTPWEV
(3) LOPVEW (4) LOPWEV (5) LOPWEG
29. 3+@&#7
(1) HRLCPT (2) LRCHPT
(3) LRHCPT (4) LCHRPT (5) LRHCTP
30. 7©8$#&
(I) TGYDPC
(2) TGCPDC
(3) TGCDPC
(4) TGCPPC
(5)1SCDPC
Directions (31 - 35) : The following questions are based on the following three
digit numbers:
437 254 829 147 563
31. If all the digits of each of the numbers are arranged in an ascending order (within
the number) which number will be the second highest?
(I) 254 (2) 437
(3) 563 (4) 147
(5) 829
32. If all the three digits of each of the numbers are added, the total of which of the
following will be the second lowest?
(I) 437 (2) 829
(3)147 (4) 254
(5) 563
33. If I is subtracted from the third digit of each of the numbers, how many numbers will
be completely divisible by 3?
(1) One (2) Two (3) Three
(4) More than three (5) None.
34. Which of the following is the product of the third digit of the lowest number and th
second digit of the second highest number?
(1) 42 (2) 21 (3) 35
(4) 24 (5) 6
35. If I is added to the second digit of each of the numbers, how many numbers will have
more than one even digit (same or different even digit)?
(1) one (2) Two (3) Three
(4) More than three (5) None
Directions (36 – 40) : Study the given information line facing North, not necessarily in
the same order.
J is sitting fourth to the left of O and O is not sitting at the extreme end of the line
M is sitting third to the right of N
K is not an immediate neighbor of J
36. If all the persons are made to sit in an alphabetical order from left to right, the
positions of how many will remain unchanged as compared to their original seating
position?
(1) One (2) Two (3) Three
(4) More than One (5) none
37. What is the position of N with respect to J?
(1) Second to the left (2) Third to the right
(3) Second to the right (4) Immediate right
(5) Immediate left
38. How many people are sitting between L and O
(1) One (2) Two (3) Three
(4) More than Three (5) None
39. Which of the pairs represents the people sitting at the extreme ends of the line?
(1) JL (2) KJ (3) ML
(4) MJ (5) None of these
40. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their seating positions in the
above arrangement and so form a group Which one does not belong to the group?
(1) LJ (2) OM (3) KN (4) OK (5) NJ
Figure
ANSWER

1. 2 2. 5 3. 4 4. 4 5. 1
6. 3 7. I 8. 3 9. 2 10. 5
11. 4 12. 2 13. I 14. 5 15. 5
16. 2; 'applied himself to'
17. 4; 'about one's health'
18. 2; 'resign yourself to the fact'
19. 4; 'write his diary regularly'
20. I; 'You and l'
21. 3; 'and obtaining'
22. I; 'having taken tea'
23. 5 24. 5 25. 3 . 26. I 27. 1
28. 3 29. I 30. 2 31. 4 32. 3
33. I 34. 2 35. 3 36. 2 37. 2
38. I 39. 3 40. 2 41. 3 42. 2
43. 4 44. I 45. 4 46. 2 47. 3
48. 3 49. I 50. 2

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