CDS English language Mock Test

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WORD CLASSES

Direction: Each of the following sentences has word/words underlined. Read the sentences carefully
and find which word class the underlined word/words belongs/belong to. Indicate your response on
the Answer sheet accordingly.

1: Which word class does the word "exquisite" (b) Verb

belong to? (c) Adjective
(d) Adverb
(a) Noun
(b) Verb 6: Which word class does the word "salient"
(c) Adjective belong to?
(d) Adverb
(a) Noun
2: Which word class does the word (b) Verb
"consequently" belong to? (c) Adjective
(d) Adverb

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(a) Noun
(b) Verb 7: Which word class does the word "defiantly"
(c) Adjective belong to?
(d) Adverb
(a) Noun
3: Which word class does the word "enigma" (b) Verb
belong to? (c) Adjective
(d) Adverb
(a) Noun
(b) Verb 8: Which word class does the word "paradox"
(c) Adjective belong to?
(d) Adverb
(a) Noun
4: Which word class does the word "endeavor" (b) Verb
belong to? (c) Adjective
(d) Adverb
(a) Noun
(b) Verb 9: Which word class does the word "ravage"
(c) Adjective belong to?
(d) Adverb
(a) Noun
5: Which word class does the word "elusive" (b) Verb
belong to? (c) Adjective
(d) Adverb
(a) Noun

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10: Which word class does the word
"ephemeral" belong to?

(a) Noun
(b) Verb
(c) Adjective
(d) Adverb

FILL IN THE BLANKS

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has blank space and is followed by four
choices. Select the most appropriate choice to fill in the blank space.

11. We must not …… the real and important 15. ‘‘His parents died when he was young.’’
advances science has made. ‘‘I think that’s why he has …… problems.’’

(a) oppose (a) too many

(b) question (b) so many
(c) ignore (c) any more
(d) doubt (d) much more

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12. These trousers are too long, ..... the length 16. ...... if he is willing to fit in with the plans
please. of the group.

(a) Diminish (a) There is no objection to him joining

(b) lessen the party
(c) curtail (b) There is no objection on his joining
(d) reduce the party
(c) There is no objection to his joining the
13. ‘‘What did you think of the film?’’ ‘‘……, party
I didn’t like it very much.’’ (d) There was no objection for his joining
the party
(a) To be honest
(b) Being honest 17. Having secured the highest marks in the
(c) To be fair class, ...... .
(d) In honesty
(a) the college had offered him a
14. He …… in this school since 2010. scholarship
(b) he was offered a scholarship by the
(a) studied
college
(b) was studying
(c) a scholarship was offered him by the
(c) has been studying
college
(d) had studied
(d) a college scholarship had been offered
to him

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18. After they …… lunch, the boys ran outside. (b) preparatory
(c) persistent
(a) have eaten (d) providential
(b) had eaten
(c) were eating 20. Some mysteries remain in desert research:
(d) would eat especially relating to why some regions, once
fertile, are now …… .
19. As he was …… and had saved enough
money, his family escaped misery when he (a) blossoming
died suddenly. (b) cultivable
(c) barren
(a) Prudent (d) irrigated

ORDER OF CHUNKS IN A SENTENCE

Direction: Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence, chunks of which have
been jumbled up. These chunks have been labeled as P, Q, R and S. Each sentence is followed by four
sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d) indicating the rearrangements of the chunks. You are required
to select the most appropriate option.

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21. (b) RSQP
(c) SQRP
 P: that it would affect the investigation (d) RPQS
process
 Q: they refused 23.
 R: of these raids saying
 S: to divulge the venues  P: The police commissioner rushed
 Q: the crowd
The proper sequence should be  R: to control
 S: the police force
(a) PQRS
(b) SRPQ The proper sequence should be
(c) QSRP
(d) RPQS (a) QRSP
(b) PQRS
22. (c) PSRQ
(d) RSPQ
 P : that he already has
 Q : buying things 24.
 R : that rich man
 S : goes on  P: My brother
 Q: to attend his friend’s wedding
The proper sequence should be  R : is going to Chennai
 S : tomorrow
(a) PSQR

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The proper sequence should be (b) QRPS
(c) PRSQ
(a) PSQR (d) SPQR
(b) QPSR
(c) RQPS 28.
(d) PRSQ
 P : while some live
25.  Q: to eat and drink
 R: many do not have enough
 P : quickly  S: in luxury
 Q : he gave orders
 R : to catch the thief The proper sequence should be
 S : to his men
(a) PSRQ
The proper sequence should be (b) PRSQ
(c) SPQR
(a) SPRQ (d) RQSP
(b) QSRP
(c) PSRQ 29.
(d) RSPQ
 P : This is the book
26.  Q : about
 R : that
 P : to give a definition  S : I told you
Q : if I were

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
 R : I would begin The proper sequence should be
 S : like this
(a) PRSQ
The proper sequence should be (b) PSQR
(c) SPQR
(a) QPRS (d) PQRS
(b) PQRS
(c) SRQP 30.
(d) RSPQ
 P : for an hour
27.  Q : because it had to wait
 R : due to dense fog
 P : deserve all honour in society  S : the plane couldn’t take off
 Q : in doing their job well
 R : men of conscience who take pride The proper sequence should be
 S : whatever its nature
(a) PQRS
The proper sequence should be (b) RQPS
(c) QPRS
(a) RQSP (d) SPQR

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 IDIOMS AND PHRASES

Direction: Given below some underlined idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to
each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) and (d) which is the most appropriate meaning and mark your
response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

31. A gala day (a) Eruptions in quick succession from a

great volcano
(a) a day of success (b) Continuously raining with thunders
(b) a day of merry-making (c) Describe an event as it occurred in
(c) an eventful day every detail
(d) a day of significance (d) A rapid decline of business leading to
its closure
32. Go hot and cold
37. By hook or by crook
(a) get angry
(b) get irritated (a) In a completely insane manner
(c) get out of cold (b) In whatever way one can
(d) sudden feeling of fear and anxiety (c) Being very evil and destructive
(d) To be very tenacious
33. Gird up one’s lions

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38. Chock-a-block
(a) get ready for a job
(b) leave bag and baggage (a) Filled to capacity
(c) hunt for lions (b) Not being able to fulfil one’s desires
(d) a lion cloth (c) Blocking somebody’s path to progress
(d) Suffocation caused due to living in a
34. Pocket an insult
congested area
(a) bear insult without protest
39. The boy turned a deaf ear to the pleadings
(b) not to take any action
of all his well-wishers.
(c) sit over a resolution
(d) ignore a case (a) listened carefully
(b) was deadly opposed
35. At daggers drawn
(c) posed indifference
(a) real cause (d) did not pay any attention
(b) to be puzzled
40. We should give a wide berth to bad
(c) at enmity
character.
(d) at friendship
(a) keep away from
36. Blow by blow
(b) publical condemn
(c) give publicity to
(d) not sympathise with

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 SPOTTING ERRORS

Direction: Each items in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labeled as (a), (b), and
(c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your
response on the Answer sheet against the corresponding letter, i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no
error, your response should be indicated as (d).

41. Those sort of people (a)/ usually do not
(b)/ earn fame in society. (c)/ No error (d)
42. Being a very (a)/ hot day I (b)/ remained
indoors. (c)/ No error (d)
43. Had I come (a)/ to know about his
difficulties (b)/ I would have certainly helped.
(c)/ No error (d)
44. One of them (a)/ forgot to take their bag
(b)/ from the school. (c)/ No error (d)
45. Mr. Sharma, our representative,(a) / he will
47. It is not difficult to believe that a man (a)/
who has lived in this city for a long time (b)/
he will never feel at home anywhere else in the
world. (c)/ No error (d)
48. Each girl was (a)/ given a bunch of flowers
(b)/ which pleased her very much. (c)/ No
error (d)
49. As it was Rajan’s (a)/ first interview, he
dressed him (b)/ in his most formal suit. (c)/
No error (d)
50. Gopal and myself (a)/ will take care of (b)/

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attend the meeting (b)/ on our behalf. (c)/ No the function on Sunday. (c)/ No error (d)
error (d)

46. If the teacher is good, (a)/ the students will

respond (b)/ positively to them. (c)/ No error
(d)

SYNONYMS

Direction: Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four
words/group of words. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark
your response on the Answer Sheer accordingly.

51. ALOOF (a) Turn

(b) Puzzle
(a) Above (c) Decide
(b) Tidy (d) Want
(c) Clever
(d) Reserved 53. CONGREGATE

52. RESOLVE (a) Worship

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 (b) Gather (a) Calm
(c) Disturb (b) Lazy
(d) Hurry (c) Solemn
(d) Devious
54. UTTER
58. RAKE
(a) Express
(b) Defer (a) Thin
(c) Borrow (b) Scoundrel
(d) Laugh (c) Gentleman
(d) Shove
55. FEARLESS
59. DUPE
(a) Powerful
(b) Cowardly (a) Rancher
(c) Brave (b) Trick
(d) Careful (c) Simpleton
(d) Drug
56. NEGLIGIBLE
60. STIGMA
(a) Insignificant
(b) Arguable (a) Stain
(c) Careless (b) Trial
(d) Dark (c) Difficulty

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(d) Holiness
57. PLACID
ORDERING OF SENTENCE

Direction: In this section, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth
sentences are marked as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and
labeled as P, Q, R, and S. This is followed by four options each suggesting a sequence of the
sentences. Identify the most appropriate option.

61.  R: The garden was so large that even

the gardener himself did not know
 S1: Once upon a time, there was a where it began and where it ended.
king who had a wonderfully nice  S: These bells always sounded so that
garden. nobody should pass by without
 S6: In the trees lived a nightingale that noticing the flowers.
sang so sweetly that all who passed by
stood still and listened. The proper sequence should be
 P: In the middle of the garden, there
was a lovely forest with tall trees and (a) QPRS
deep lakes. (b) SPQR
 Q: In this garden were to be seen the (c) QSRP
most wonderful flowers with silver (d) QPSR
bells tied to them.
62.

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  S1: One of the first things the learning (b) RPSQ
of a new language teaches you is that (c) RPQS
language comes from the region of the (d) QRPS
unconscious.
 S6: The test of how much you know is: 64.
how much can you say without having
 S1: Good memory is so common that
to think how you are going to say it?
we regard a man who does not possess
 P: What is often meant by ‘thinking in
it as eccentric.
a language’ is really the ability to use
 S6: She wheeled away the
it without thinking about it.
perambulator, picturing to herself his
 Q: We, grown-up people, have to
terror when he would come out and
filter it through our minds–a much
find the baby gone.
more laborious process.
 P: I have heard of a father who having
 R: That is why children learn a new
offered to take the baby out in a
language so effortlessly : it comes
perambulator, was tempted by the
straight from their instincts.
sunny morning to pause on his journey
 S: But we cannot say that we know a
and slip into a public house for a glass
language or know what we have
of beer.
studied of it, until we can use it
 Q: A little later, his wife had to do
instinctively.
some shopping which took her past
The proper sequence should be the public house where to her horror,
she discovered her sleeping baby.

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(a) SQRP  R: Leaving the perambulator outside,
(b) RPSQ he disappeared into the drink shop.
(c) PQSR  S: Indignant at her husband’s
(d) RQSP behaviour, she decided to teach him a
lesson.
63.
The proper sequence should be
 S1: For seventeen years she led a
sheltered life in the convent. (a) PQRS
 S6: Two years later, she left the (b) PRQS
Loreto Convent where she had spent (c) PSQR
many happy and useful years. (d) PQSR
 P: Her heart went out to the people
living there.
 Q: In 1946, she asked for permission
to work in the slums.
 R: Then one day, while she was 65.
returning from an errand, she saw the
slums of Kolkata.  S1: Human ways of life have steadily
 S: She felt she had found her second changed.
vocation, her real calling.  S6: Even if we try to do nothing, we
cannot prevent change.
The proper sequence should be  P: Ancient Egypt-Greece-the Roman
Empire - the Dark Ages and the
(a) PRSQ

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 Middle Ages - the Renaissance - the
age of modern science and of modern
nations one has succeeded the other;
the history has never stood still.
 Q: About ten thousand years ago, man
lived entirely by hunting.
 R: A settled civilised life only began
when agriculture was discovered.
 S: From that time to this, civilisation
has always been changing.
The proper sequence should be
(a) QRSP
(b) QPSR
(c) QSRP
(d) PRSQ
66.
 S1: In our youth, we are apt to think
that applause and publicity constitute
success.
 S6: So let us be initiated into the
mysteries of maturity and be taught
how to resist and spurn the lure of
hollow shows.
 P: The man who values the applause
more than his own effort has not
outgrown his youth.
 Q: It is our achievement or work
which wins lasting rewards.
 R: But these are only the trappings,
the ephemeral illusions.
 S: One should concentrate on one’s
work knowing that applause will come
unsought.
The proper sequence should be
(a) SRQP
(b) PSRQ
(c) QPSR
(d) RQPS
67.
 S1: My office sent an urgent email
asking me to return.
 S6: It was evening before I could sit
and write to my parents that I would
be joining them soon.
 P: I immediately replied requesting a
few days of grace as I had to book the
return passage, pack and attend sundry
matters before winding up my
establishment here.
 Q: On the way, I went to the laundry
and made sure I would get my clothes
in time.
 R: Then I rushed to the bank,
collected all my money and made
reservations for my return journey.
 S: From the shop next to it, I bought a
couple of trunks to dump my books
and other odd articles so that I could
send them away in advance.
The proper sequence should be
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(a) PQRS
(b) PRQS
(c) PRSQ
(d) PSRQ
68.
 S1: Wordsworth knew the behaviour
of owls in the night better than most of
us know the ways of black birds in
day time.
 S6: His great poetry owes much to the
night.
 P: Out of school, there were no
restrictions on the hours he kept.
 Q: No poet ever had happier school
days.
 R: He would skate by the light of the
stars, snare woodcocks at dead of
night, watch the sunrise after a log
ramble.
 S: Throughout life, he was an
inveterate walker by night.
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The proper sequence should be  S1: The young traveller gazed out into
the dismal country with a face of
(a) QPRS mingled repulsion and interest.
(b) PSQR  S6: He quickly restored it to his secret
(c) QRPS pocket.
(d) SQPR  P: At intervals, he drew from his
pocket a bulky letter to which he
69.
referred and on the margins of which
 S1: Science has already conferred an he scribbled some notes.
immense boon on mankind by the  Q: It was a navy revolver of the
growth of medicine. largest size.
 S6: The general death rate in 1948  R: From the back of his waist, he
(10-8) was the lowest ever recorded produced something which one would
up to that date. hardly have expected to find in the
 P: It has continued ever since and is possession of so mild-mannered a man.
still continuing.  S: As he turned it slantwise to the
 Q: In the 18th century, people light, the glint upon the rims of the
expected most of their children to die copper shells within the drum showed
before they were grown-up. that it was fully loaded.
 R: In 1920, the infant mortality rate in
The proper sequence should be
England and Wales was 80 per
thousand; in 1948 it was 34 per (a) PQRS
thousand.

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(b) RPQS
 S: Improvement began at the start of (c) QPRS
the 19th century, chiefly owing to (d) PRQS
vaccination.

The proper sequence should be

(a) RPQS
(b) QSPR
(c) SQRP
(d) PQSR

70.

ANTONYMS

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Direction: Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four
words or group of words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word and
mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

71. CURSED 76. SULLEN

(a) Swore (a) Dirty

(b) Pious (b) Cheerful
(c) Unfortunate (c) Clean
(d) Lucky (d) Risen

72. CANDID 77. ASSURE

(a) Unkind (a) Alarm

(b) Blunt (b) Reassure
(c) Valid (c) Quiet
(d) Dishonest (d) Unsure

73. FLAUNT 78. FALLACIOUS

(a) Regard (a) Perfect

(b) Sink (b) Truthful
(c) Hide (c) Accidental
(d) Propose (d) Disarming

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74. HEAL 79. GUMPTION

(a) Sew (a) Seriousness

(b) Foot (b) Apathy
(c) Good (c) Levity
(d) Maim (d) Despair

75. PACIFY 80. ECSTASY

(a) Excite (a) Gate

(b) Land (b) Agony
(c) Coddle (c) Languor
(d) Unhand (d) Fatigue

CLOZE COMPOSITION

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Direction: In this section, there is a passage having some blank spaces with four words or groups of
words given. Select whichever words or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the
blank apace and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a
real princess. He ... (81)... all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he
wanted. One evening during a terrible storm; there was thunder and lightning and the rain poured
down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was ... (82)... at the palace door and the old king went to
open it. It was a princess standing out there. But, good gracious! What a sight the rain and the
wind had made her look. The water ran down her hair and clothes; into the toes of her shoes and
out again at the heels. And yet she insisted that she was a real princess. Well, we'll soon …(83)…
out, thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bedroom, took all the bedding off
the bedstead and ...(84)... a pea on the bottom, then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on
the pea, and then twenty quilts on …(85)… of the mattresses. On this the princess had to lie all
night. In the ...(86)… she was asked how she had slept. "Oh, very badly!" said she. "I scarcely
closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something
hard, as a ... (87)... I am black and blue all over my body. It's horrible!" Now they knew that she
was a real princess because she had …(88)... the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the
twenty quilts. Nobody but a real princess could be as …(89)… as that. So, the prince took her for
his wife, for now he …(90)… that he had a real princess.

81. 85.

(a) called (a) top

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(b) tour (b) head
(c) sent (c) bottom
(d) travelled (d) between

82. 86.

(a) made (a) morning

(b) felt (b) dinner
(c) heard (c) room
(d) seen (d) fields

83. 87.

(a) assure (a) vengeance

(b) find (b) price
(c) judge (c) cause
(d) mark (d) result

84. 88.

(a) drew (a) slept

(b) flung (b) felt
(c) placed (c) located
(d) cooked (d) carried

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89. 90.

(a) worried (a) trust

(b) rough (b) assured
(c) irritable (c) wanted
(d) sensitive (d) knew

PREPOSTION AND DETERMINERS

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four options. Select
whichever preposition or determiner you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and
indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

91. She has been waiting for her friend (b) the
_______ an hour. (c) a
(d) some
(a) since
(b) for 96. He is responsible _______ organizing the
(c) during event.
(d) by

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(a) for
92. We went hiking _______ the mountains. (b) at
(c) in
(a) at (d) on
(b) on
(c) in 97. The movie starts _______ 8 p.m.
(d) to
(a) at
93. The cat jumped _______ the table. (b) on
(c) in
(a) over (d) by
(b) below
(c) beside 98. She is interested _______ playing tennis.
(d) through
(a) in
94. I have never been _______ Paris before. (b) at
(c) for
(a) in (d) on
(b) at
(c) on 99. The keys are _______ the drawer.
(d) to
(a) over
95. Could you please pass me _______ salt? (b) below
(c) beside
(a) an (d) in

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100. They have been living in that house (b) for
_______ 10 years. (c) until
(d) d) from
(a) since

COMPLETION OF SENTENCE

Direction: Each of the following items features one part of a sentence followed by four alternatives.
Complete the sentence by choosing the correct atlernatives

101. The claims made by the manufacturer of (a) tumultuous

the product are so extravagant that only (b) obvious
the ……… will accept them on face value. (c) ostensible
(d) flagrant
(a) cynical
(b) gullible 106. A bullet ……… his cheek.
(c) rich
(d) indifferent (a) grazed
(b) glazed
102. Justice should be ……… even-handedly. (c) grasped
(d) screamed
(a) discharged

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(b) performed 107. The injured man was still groggy and
(c) declared could only give a ……… account of the
(d) administered accident.

103. The leader of the opposition party (a) Garish

condemned the communal riots in ……… (b) gangling
terms. (c) garbled
(d) garrulous
(a) unambiguous
(b) unparliamentary 108. The teacher’s counsel had a ………
(c) unequivocal effect on the mischievous student’s conduct.
(d) uncontrollable
(a) memorable
104. They should spend less time ……… (b) salutary
about and more with their children. (c) sudden
(d) forceful
(a) gallivanting
(b) gravitating 109. The majority of village folk in India are
(c) frisking illiterate and ……… superstitious.
(d) flirting
(a) overtly
105. The government’s handling of the (b) delicately
situation led to ……… violations of human (c) stubbornly
rights. (d) covertly

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110. I must admit that my parents stood by me (b) duress
in my times of ……… . (c) involvement
(d) criticism
(a) passion

COMPREHENSION

Direction: In this section, you have two short passages. After each passage, you will find some items
based on the passage. First, read a passage and answer the items based on it. You are required to
select your answers based on the contents of the passages and the opinion of the author only.

Passage – I

The tigress was a mile away and the ground between her and us was densely wooded,
scattered over with great rocks and cut up by a number of deep ravines, but she could cover
the distance well within the half-hour—if she wanted to.

The question I had to decide was, whether or not I should try to call her. If I called and she
heard me, and came while it was still daylight and gave me a chance to shoot her, all would be
well; on the other hand, if she came and did not give me a shot, some of us would not reach

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camp, for we had nearly two miles to go and the path the whole way ran through heavy jungle.

111. According to the author, (a) he was afraid

(b) the tigress was only a mile away
(a) the tigress wanted to cover the (c) the ground between them was densely
distance within the half-hour wooded
(b) the tigress did not wish to cover the (d) there was uncertainty about the
distance within the half-hour reaction of the tigress to his call
(c) the tigress actually covered the
distance within the half-hour 114. The time available to the author for
(d) there was a possibility of the tigress shooting the tigress was
covering the distance within the half-
hour (a) the whole day
(b) one night
112. The author says, ‘‘Some of us would not (c) a few hours
reach camp’’, because (d) 30 minutes

(a) it was two miles away 115. When the author says ‘all would be well’,
(b) the tigress would kill some of them he means
(c) the path is not suitable for walking
(d) the ground was scattered over with (a) that they would be able to hide
great rocks themselves in the heavy jungle
(b) that the tigress would run away to the
113. The author found it difficult to decide the deep ravines
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down without difficulty daylight

Passage – II

After lunch, I felt at a loose end and roamed about the little flat. It suited us well enough when
mother was with me, but now I was by myself, it was too large and I’d moved the dining room
table into my bedroom. That was now, the only room I used; it had all the furniture I needed; a
brass bedstead, a dressing table, some cane chairs whose seats had more or less caved in, a
wardrobe with a tarnished mirror. The rest of the flat was never used, so I didn’t trouble to
look after it.

116. The flat did not really suit him any more (a) dining room table
because (b) dining room
(c) bedroom
(a) the rooms were too small (d) flat
(b) he was living on his own now
(c) his mother needed too much rooms 119. From the passage, we learn that the writer
(d) the flat itself was too little was

117. He did not look after the rest of the flat (a) scared of living alone in the flat
because (b) dissatisfied with the flat
(c) satisfied with the space in his bedroom

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(a) he did not use it (d) an eccentric person
(b) the bedroom was too much large
(c) he needed only the brass bedstead 120. ‘‘After lunch I felt at a loose end’’ means
(d) he had too much furniture
(a) he had nothing specific to do
118. ‘‘.............. now I was by myself, it was (b) had a rope with a loose end
too large’’. The word it here refers to the (c) had much work to do
(d) had a feeling of anxiety
(e)

Answers
01 - c 02 - d 03 - a 04 - b 05 - c 06 - c 07 - d 08 - a 09 - b 10 - c
11 - c 12 - d 13 - a 14 - c 15 - b 16 - c 17 - b 18 - b 19 - a 20 - c

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31 - b 32 - d 33 - a 34 - a 35 - c 36 - c 37 - b 38 - a 39 - d 40 - a
41 - a 42 - a 43 - d 44 - b 45 - b 46 - c 47 - c 48 - c 49 - b 50 - a
51 - d 52 - c 53 - b 54 - a 55 - c 56 - a 57 - a 58 - b 59 - b 60 - a
61 - c 62 - d 63 - b 64 - b 65 - a 66 - d 67 - b 68 - a 69 - b 70 - d
71 - d 72 - d 73 - c 74 - d 75 - a 76 - b 77 - a 78 - b 79 - b 80 - b
81 - d 82 - c 83 - b 84 - b 85 - a 86 - a 87 - d 88 - b 89 - d 90 - d
91 - b 92 - c 93 - a 94 - a 95 - b 96 - a 97 - a 98 - a 99 - d 100 - b
101 - b 102 - a 103 - c 104 - a 105 - d 106 - a 107 - c 108 - b 109 - c 110 - b
111 - d 112 - c 113 - d 114 - a 115 - c 116 - b 117 - a 118 - d 119 - c 120 - a

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