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Question (1-10):- Choose the correct alter- Question (11-20):- Find out which part of
native which may improve the sen- the sentence has an error and select
tence. the appropriate option.
1.Ajay was (composed) at the time of the trag 11. There is only one cure (a)/ to the evils which
edy. newly (b)/ acquired freedom produces and that
(a) Nervous (b) Calm cure is freedom(c)/ No error (d)
(c) Disturbed (d) No Improvement
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12. Had the plane not been delayed (a)/I would
2. Before I met your brother , I ( had have ) a reached here (b)/ in time for the function.(c)/
poor opinion of him. No error. (d)
(a) had had (b) had
13. I am taking a book (a)/ with me so that I’ll have
(c) did have (d) No Improvement
something (b)/ to read on the train (c)/ No error .(d)
3. If you are living in the crowded part of the
city then you should be ready to (bear) the 14. In response to the growing crisis (a)/ the
noise. agency (b)/ urgently asking for more contribu-
(a) bear off (b) bear away tions to make up for (c)/ its sharp decline in
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(c) bear with (d) No Improvement purchasing power.(d)/ No error (e)
4. (Granting that he has a very great influence,) 15. When deep sea diving, (a)/ one should al-
he cannot injure us. ways take care (b)/ that oxygen-cylinder is (c)/
(a) Having great influence tied to the back tightly.(d)/ No error .(e)
(b) He may have great influence so
16. The university has ordered (a)/ an inquiry
(c) Because of his great influence into the leak and formed (b)/ an inquiry com-
(d) No Improvement mittee who will have to (c)/ submit its primary
5. (Because of ) the difference in their ages Nina report within 48 hours. /(d) No error .(e)
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and Dev are very happy with each other.
17. Financial institutions are hiring (a)/and
(a) In connection of (b) Despite
training relationship managers (b)/ to
(c) Because of (d) No Improvement
innovatively sell (c)/products to customers. (d)/
6. I was really (criticised) by the angry words of No error.(e)
my father.
(a) jolted (b) flustered 18. The President has denied (a)/ that the
economy is in recession (b)/ or was go into one
(c) thwarted (d) No Improvement
(c)/ dispite a spate of downcast reports. (d) /No
7. The speaker tried to work ( in ) the emotions
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error .(e)
of his audience.
(a) round (b) off 19. The size of the frame should be (a)/ propor-
(c) up (d) No Improvement tionate to the size of your face(b)/ as your sun-
8. The elephant is (the stronger in) all living glasses (c)/ help highlight your features. (d)/ No
animals. error .(e)
(a) the strongest than 20. As the clock struck twelve (a)/ we heard the
(b) the strongest in big bang of the fire crackers (b)/ and see all the
(c) the strongest of guests screaming(c)/ shouting and wishing each
(d) No Improvement other with joy.(d)/ No error .(e)
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9. One day the hare began to (make fun of) the Question (21-25):- Choose the alternative
tortoise as it moved slowly. which best expresses the meaning of
(a) Mock (b) Torture the idiom/Phrase.
(c) Shout at (d) No Improvement
10. (To lessen )the pain of losing his only son, 21. Go to rack and ruin
he took up meditation. (a) A state of ulter chaos
(a) To minimize (b) To decrease (b) A state of despair
(c) To alleviate (d) No Improvement (c) A condition of exhilaration
(d) Get into a bad condition
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22. Have a chip on one’s shoulder ran to her, crying,”Helen Keller”.
(a) Nurse a grudge S. Blind, deaf and mute from early child-
(b) Feel physically tall hood, she rose above her triple handicap
(c) Suffer an ailment
to become one of the best kown charac-
(d) Carry a burden
ters in the modern world.
23. Too many Chiefs and not enough Indians
(a) A proud gathering 6. She believes the blind should live and
(b) An inefficient situation work with their fellows, with full
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(c) An anti-national meeting responsiblity.
(d) A top-level meeting (a) QPSR (b) PQSR
24. A gentleman at large (c) RSQP (d) SQRP
(a) A man in the crowd
(b) A man without a job 28. 1. Childern are not the only ones who can
(c) A man who runs around
fly kites.
(d) A man who is generous
P. In some countries like Malaysia, there
25. The seamy side
are kite festivals.
(a) On the right side
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Q. These experts are mostly adult amateur
(b) Unpleasant aspect
kite fliers.
(c) Visible aspects
R. Kite flying is a good leisure activity for
(d) On the left side of something
parents with their childern.
Question (26-30):- The question below S. Self designed kite are flown by experts
consister of a set of labelled sentences. during such times.
These sentences, when properly se- 6. Some of them play music too.
quenced form a cohernt paragraph. (a) PSQR (b) SRPQ
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Select the most logical order of sen- (c) QSPR (d) RPSQ
tences from among the options. 29. 1. Once upon a time I went to Scotland.
p. I found my flesh creep as I walked down
26. 1. One of my friends krishnan went to live
its sinister corridor.
in a village. Q. There, in a castle in the dark, misty high-
P. But it was a very slow animal. lands, actualy a moddest hotel in
Q. So Krishnan bought a donkey for 200 Edinburgh,
rupees. R. and the next morning he’d been found
R. One day his new neighbour told him that
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with his throat slit.
he must buy a donkey. S. We’d had dinner with Jock Mc.Arthur
S. Every family there had a donkey to carry only the previous night,
things for them. 6. The chill finger of suspicion pointed at
6. It did not like to work. all of us.
(a) PQSR (b)QRSP
(a) SQPR (b) RSQP
(c) SRQP (d) QPSR
(c) QPRS (d) PRSQ
30. 1. A volcano is an opening or rupture in a
27. 1. Helen keller has an ageless quality about planet’s surface.
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her in keeping with her amazing life
story.
P. Although warned by this human reaction,
she has no wish to be set aside from the
rest of mankind.
Q. She is an inspiration to both blind and
who can see everywhere
R. When she visited Japan after World war
II, boys and girls from remote villages
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P. Erupting volcanoes can pose many haz-
ards.
Q. This opening allows mangma, ash and
gases to escape from below the surface.
R. Volcanic ash can be a threat to aircraft.
S. Volcanoes are generally found where tec-
tonic plates are diverging or converging
6. Historically, so-called volcanic winters
have caused catastrophic famines.
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Question (31-35):- Choose the word oppo- Question (46-55):- In the following ques-
site in meaning to the given word. tion, sentence given with blank to be
31. Cosset filled in with an appropriate word (s).
(a) Ignore (b) Close Choose the correct alternative out of
(c) Caress (d) Fondle the four.
32. Vacillate 46. His parents bestowed_______ her all their
(a) Decide (b) Relieve care and affection
(c) Repel (d) Injure (a) To (b) With
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33. Unscrupulous (c) In (d) Upon
(a) Dedicated (b) Single minded 47. Now that we have been challenged, we must
(c) Superfluous (d) Conscientious take up the _______ and meet the adversary
34. Extemporaneous fearlessly.
(a) Confined (b) Calm (a) pique (b) gauntlet
(c) Planned (d) Skilful (c) onus (d) larceny
35. Feigned 48. He had never been of a _______constitution,
(a) Strong (b) Dishonest and after a little more than a week’s illness
(c) Spurious (d) Genuine he died.
(a) Robust (b) Superb
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Question (36-40):- Choose the one which
(c) Dynamic (d) Energetic
can be substituted for the given words/ 49. The Rat fell down the hole and_______ at the
sentence. sewage treatment plant.
36. Intentional damage or arrest production (a) Awake (b) Awaken
(a) Nemesis (b) Modus operandi (c) Awakes (d) Awoke
(c) Sangfroid (d) Sabotage 50. Government initiative and participation of
37. Lasting for a very short time- many industrial houses in______ loans to the
(a) Metronomic (b) Friable villagers have led to the betterment of the
farmers.
(c) Eternal (d) Ephemeral
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(a) Providing (b) Disbursing
38. An act of misappropriation of money
(c) Denying (d) Subsidising
(a) Misconduct (b) Debasement
51. The speed with which she typed the draft
(c) Embezzlement (d) Corruption
demonstrated that she is a _______ secretary.
39 A person who takes a position of power or
(a) Savvy (b) Adapted
importance illegally or by force
(c) Nimble (d) Competent
(a) usurper (b) creche
52. None_____ so blind to see that India is be-
(c) fugitive (d) mercenary coming a superpower.
40. Wide in range or effect (a) Are (b) Has been
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(a) sweeping (b) exaggerate (c) Had been (d) Can
(c) exclusive (d) superficial 53. Man in the crowd whispered and some
Question (41-45):- Choose the one which even________ to register there disapproval of
best expresses the meaning of the remarks of the speaker.
given word. (a) Rose (b) Protested
(c) Criticized (d) Shouted
41. Invincible 54. During depression even the affluent middle
(a) Vulnerable (b) Fallible class struggles to ______ out a living.
(c) Yielding (d) Unassailable (a) Make (b) Eke
42. Crusade
(c) Pull (d) Stretch
(a) Campaign (b) Flatten
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(c) Critical (d) Angry 55. Lateral thinking method is ______ with cre-
43. Patron ation of new ideas that is a procedure and
(a) Statesman (b) Chauvinist readiness to look at things in a diverse ap-
(c) Backer (d) Chairman proach..
44. Venial (a) Regressive (b) Nonconservative
(a) Corrupt (b) Respected (c) Aggressive (d) Apprehensive
(c) Pardonable (d) Limpid
45. Cessation
(a) Resume (b) End
(c) Start (d) Pause
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Question (56-60):- Read the following pas-
sage carefully and choose the most ap-
propriate answer to the question out
of the four alternatives.
Implanting standards, right values, the sci-
ence of good and evil are an essential part of
education . Many forces thwart this to work,
but two of the most serious hindrances to it
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are examinations and specialization. The ex-
amination system is both an opiate and a poi-
son. It is an opiate because it lulls Man into
believing that all is well when most is ill. It is
a poison because it paralyses or at least slows
down the natural activities of the healtty mind.
Man finds himself a creature of unknown ca-
pacities in an unknown world, wants to learn
what the world is like, whate he should be and
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do in it. To help him in answering these ques-
tions is the one and only purpose of education.
However, tests of progress are useful and nec-
essary. Examinations are harmless when the
examinee is indifferent to their result, but as
soon as they matter, they begin to distort his
attitude to education and to conceal its pur-
pose. For disinterestedness is the essence of
all good education and liberal education is
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impossible without it.
56. The author considers specialization as:
(a) A boon (b) An obstacle
(c) A curse (d) Distraction
57. One of the core elements of education is.
(a) A right value system
(b) A good examination system
(c) A system with extra-curricular activities
(d) A system with specialization
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58. The examination system is an opiate because
(a) It paralyses the mind.
(b) It lulls Man into believing that all is well
when it is not.
(c) It slows the natural actvities of Man.
(d) It makes Man lazy.
59. The purpose of education is
(a) Performing well in exams.
(b) Learning the right values.
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(c) Knowing what is right and wrong.
(d) Helping man to understand his potential,
the world around him and his role in it.
60. The author
(a) Encourages indifference to the outcome of
examinations.
(b) Encourages examinations.
(c) Encourages specialization.
(d) Encourages learning.
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Question (61-65):- Out of the four alterna-
tives suggested, select the one which
best expresses the same sentecne in
Passive/Active Voice.
61. One cannot expect children to understand
these problems
(a) Children cannot be expected to understand
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these problems.
(b) Children to understand these problems
cannot be expected.
(c) Children cannot be expected to be under-
stood these problems.
(d) To understand these problems can not be
expected to children by one.
62. Trespassers shall be prosecuted.
(a) The authorities might prosecute trespass-
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ers.
(b) The authorities can prosecute trespass-
ers.
(c) The authorities shall prosecute trespass-
ers.
(d) The authorities may prosecute trespass-
ers.
63. He was driving the car so fast that it skidded
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on the snowy road.
(a) The car has been driven by him so fast
that it skidded on the snowy road..
(b) The car was driven by him so fast that it
skidded on the snowy road.
(c) The car was being driven by him so fast
that it skidded on the snowy road.
(d) The car had been driven by him so fast
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that it skidded on the snowy road.
64. Aditya saw Dinesh shopping at the mall.
(a) Dinesh is seen shopping at the mall by
Aditya..
(b) Dinesh was seen shoppingg at the mall by
Aditya.
(c) Dinesh was being seen shopping at the
mall by Aditya.
(d) Dinesh is being seen shopping at the mall
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by Aditya.
65. He wasn’t given the information he needed.
(a) Somebody was not given the information
he needed.
(b) The information he needed wasn’t given
to him.
(c) He needed the information he wasn’t
given.
(d) They didn’t give him the information he
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Question (66-70):- Out of the four alterna-
tives suggested, select the one which
best express the same sentence in In-
direct/Direct speech.
66. Sushma said, “We shall celebrate the festi-
val of Janmashtami tomorrow.”
(a) Sushma said that they would celebrate the
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70. “Bring me an elephant with one golden
tusk,” the witch told her minion.
(a) The witch requested her minion to bring
her an elephant with one golden tusk.
(b) The witch told her minion to bring her the
elephant with one golden tusk.
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festival of Janmashtami the next day. (d) The witch advised her minion to bring her
(b) Sushma said that we should celebrate the an elephant with one golden tust..
festival of Janmashtami the next day.
Question (71-75):- Find the correctly spelt
(c) Sushma said that we shall celebrate the
word.
festival of Janmashtami the next day.
(d) Sushma said that they should celebrate 71. (a) Despondant (b) Detriemental
the festival of Janmashtami the next day. (c) Diaphenous (d) Dilatability
67. Mrs. Shankar said, “I know what it is to be
depressed.” 72. (a) Seperete (b) Confidance
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(a) Mrs. Shankar said that she was knowingg (c) Referance (d) Prosperous
what it was to be depressed.
73. (a) Reprimond (b) Resplendant
(b) Mrs. Shankar said that she knew what it
(c) Repositary (d) Requisite
was to be depressed.
(c) Mrs. Shankar knows what it is to be de-
74. (a) Necter (b)Necassary
pressed.
(c) Puntuation (d) Pungent
(d) Mrs. Shankar is depressed she said.
68. The poor beggar said, “O, God, have mercy
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on my soul.”
(a) The poor beggar prayed to God to have
mercy on his soul.
(b) The poor beggar invoking God, imploredhim
to have mercy on his sould.
(c) The poor beggar exclaimed that God, have
mercy on his soul.
(d) The poor beggar told God to have mercy on
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75. (a) Irrelavance (b) Maintenence
(c) Exuberance (d) Acquaintence
Direction (76-80):- In the following passage
there are blanks, each of whihc has been
incearered. These number are printed be-
low the passege and against each five
wards are suggested, one of which fits
the blank appropriately. Find out the ap-

his soul. him to have mercy on his sould.
(c) The poor beggar exclaimed that God, have
mercy on his soul.
(d) The poor beggar told God to have mercy on
his soul.
69. He propposed to his companions that they
should not miss that chance to see the last
show.
(a) He said to his companions, ‘Let us not to
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propriate word in each case.
The postal service is the government agency
76.______ handles the mail. Its job is 77.______
letters and packages to people and businesses
all over the world. Its goal is to see that your
mail gets to its destination 78.____ possible.
People 79.______ the postal service to deliver
important letters and ev en v aluables,
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miss the chance to see the last show’. 76. (a) Whether (b) Of which
(b) He said to his companions, ‘Let us not miss (c) That (d) In that
that chance to see the last show’. 77. (a) To be delivered (b) To have delivered
(c) He said to his companions, ‘We should not (c) Having delivered (d) To deliver
miss that chance to see the last show’. 78. (a) Too quickly (b) So quickly that
(d) He said to his companions, ‘Let us not miss (c) As quickly as (d) The most quickly
the chance to see the last show.’ 79. (a) Check out (b) Come in
(c) Figure out (d) Rely on
80. (a) For (b) At
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