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 QUESTION-1
A. There he brought them up as his own children.
B. He took them away to his hut.
C. He found the two children and the basket.
D. One day an old man came to the jungle.
(a) BACD (b) DCBA (c) BDAC (d) DBAC

QUESTION-2
A. Jody reached out one hand and laid it on the soft neck of the
fawn.
B. He moved forward on all fours until he was close to it.
C. He put his arms around its body.
D. The touch made him delirious.
(a) ADBC (b) BACD (c) ABDC (d) BDAC

QUESTION-3
A. Some Europeans demand that Europe slam its gates.
B. Today more and more humans are crossing more and more borders
in search of a job.
C. Nowhere is it more apparent than in Europe.
D. But others call for opening the gates wider.
(a) BACD (b) DCBA (c) ACBD (d) BCAD

QUESTION-4

A. But Romulous said it should be built on another.

B. Remus said the city should be built on one hill.
C. However, they quarreled on where to make the city.
D. Romulous and Remus went to the hills to build the city of Rom
(a) BACD (b) DBAC (c) DCBA (d) BDAC

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 QUESTION-5
A. He often spread rumors that his neighbours were thieves.
B. After being released, one of them sued him for wrongly accusing
them.
C. One evening, some of them were arrested by the police.
D. After the investigation, they were proven innocent.
(a) ABCD (b) ADBC (c) DCAB (d) ACDB

QUESTION-6
A. He lived in a small house near the main road of a village.
B. As both he and his wife worked hard, they made a small fortune.
C. But one thing caused them great sorrow: they had no children.
D. After he got married, he started a tailor's shop.
(a) ABDC (b) BDAC (c) ADBC (d) BACD

QUESTION-7
A. Once, on an airplane, I leaned over to tie my shoelace.
B. I found myself pinned helplessly in the crash position, unable to
move.
C. I always have catastrophes when I travel.
D. Just at that moment, the person in the seat ahead threw his seat
back into full recline.

(a) ABDC (b) CADB (c) DBAC (d) BDAC

QUESTION-8
A. On either side of the trunk there are a few scattered tufts of short
grass.
B. It is towards one of these fallen trees that I am now looking at.
C. A very violent cyclonic storm has struck the forest, uprooting a
number of trees.
D. The trunk of the tree is ripped apart and the branches are lying all
around it.
(a) ABDC (b) ADBC (c) CBDA (d) CDAB

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 QUESTION-9
A. Then he started on his eighteen kilometer expedition back to his
village.
B. Mohan first equipped himself with a long, sturdy stick.
C. At several points, he lost the road and had to swim his way ahead.
D. It was a journey he would never forget where he had to use his
stick constantly to locate the road.
(a) DCAB (b) ACBD (c) CDBA (d) BADC

QUESTION-10
A. They were covered with mud from head to foot.
B. Two men were fighting, crying out and cursing, at the bottom of
the ditch.
C. “Stop that!” shouted the sergeant.
D. Three or four soldiers, holding torches, were standing around a
ditch.
(a) DCBA (b) BDAC (c) DBAC (c) BACD

QUESTION-11
A. His school was closed as it was the height of summer.
B. It was on one such day that Ranji discovered a pool in the forest.
C. As he had no friends yet, he wandered alone in the hills and
forests.
D. Ranji had been less than a month in Rajpur.
(a) ACBD (b) CBDA (c) BADC (d) DACB

QUESTION-12
A. One day the tailor and his wife discovered that their son was not in
the house.
B. The father went to the roadside and shouted, “John!”
C. No one answered.
D. They looked in the garden, and did not find him there.
(a) ADBC (b) BACD (c) ABDC (d) BDAC
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 QUESTION-13
A. The man who had caught me was a dreadful sight.
B. Suddenly I was picked up, whirled through the air, and made to sit
on a tombstone.
C. He was about forty years old, hard-faced and fierce.
D. I was only a child, and small for my age.
(a) CBAD (b) BACD (c) DBAC (d) DCBA

QUESTION-14
A. How will we ever reach our goal if we don't follow our ideals and
principles and follow the path we say we believe in?
B. Many of us believe in God, do our daily prayers and vow to be good.
C. But unfortunately, when it comes to putting our ideas into
practice, we procrastinate.
D. There may be variations in our chosen ideals of Him, but each of us
believes in him nevertheless.
(a) BADC (b) ABCD (c) ACDB (d) BDCA

QUESTION-15
A. Once, on an airplane, I leaned over to tie my shoelace.
B. I found myself pinned helplessly in the crash position, unable to
move.
C. I always have catastrophes when I travel.
D. Just at that moment, the person in the seat ahead threw his seat
back into full recline.
(a) ABDC (b) CADB (c) DBAC (d) BDAC

QUESTION-16
A. The test procedure starts at 10 a.m. in all the test centres.
B. When you enter the test hall, you should have your Test Admit
Card with you.
C. You are, therefore, required to reach the test centre by 9.30 a.m.
D. Remember that, if you report after 10 a.m., you will not be
admitted.
(a) DBAC (b) ACDB (c) DACB (d) CADB

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 QUESTION-17
A. We gently put the fledgling back into the nest.
B. One morning, we found one of the four fallen on the ground.
C. The robin couple built a nest in our verandah and laid four eggs.
D. Once they had hatched, they busily took turns feeding the four.
(a) CDBA (b) ACDB (c) BADC (d) DABC

QUESTION-18
A. We found both to be very quiet and subdued.
B. Later when we became good friends, they told us about their tragic
loss.
C. The Mehras were newcomers to the neighbourhood.
D. My wife and I called on them to ask if they needed any help.
(a) CDAB (b) ACDB (c) DBAC (d) BDAC

QUESTION-19
A. Her face had the most extraordinary expression of horror and
amusement.
B. My mother looked up in time to see me fall.
C. But I missed and went sprawling across the kitchen floor.
D. My hand reached out to grab the handle of the door that led into
the kitchen.
(a) ABCD (b) CBDA (c) BDAC (d) DCBA

QUESTION-20
A. They made fruit mash for me.
B. They extracted 30 worms from my wounds on my legs and arms.
C. But I was unable to eat.
D. They washed me with salt water and bandaged my wounds after
putting a lotion on them.
(a) DBAC (b) ADBC (c) BDAC (d) BACD

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 QUESTION-21
A. On the answer sheet, darken the circle of the correct answer
against each question.
B. You must select the best answer for each question.
C. Every question is followed by four answer choices marked 1, 2, 3
and (d)
D. If you darken more than one circle, the answer will be counted as
wrong.
(a) BACD (b) DCBA (c) ABCD (d) CBAD

QUESTION-22
A. The other aspect touches upon certain issues that have arisen in
recent years, such as brain-death, mercy killing and cloning.
B. There are two major aspects relating to the medical profession and
its practice the world over.
C. These issues must be discussed and debated in the public domain
in terms of our cultures and value systems.
D. One of these is the ethics of medical practitioners in their day-to-
day relationship with their patients and with one another.

(a) BCAD (b) DABC (c) BDAC (d) CDAB

QUESTION-23
A. I saw a middle-aged man sitting beneath the tree with his knees
drawn up to his chest.
B. When I was a street away from my house, I saw a huge banyan tree
to my right.
C. My heart went out to him as he was crying bitterly.
D. His head was bowed and his body was shivering continuously.

(a) ADBC (b) BADC (c) ACDB (d) BDCA

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 QUESTION-24
A. As a result, he had a debt of 500 million US dollars at the time of
his death.
B. Unfortunately, he began spending lavishly on anything he desired,
not what he actually needed.
C. Michael Jackson, called the ‘King of Pop Music’, stayed at the top
of his career for many years.
D. He was respected for his work culture; he would spend long nights
at the studio to fix a note correctly in a song.
(a) DBAC (b) CDBA (c) BADC (d) ADCB

QUESTION-25
A. Due to this tilt as the Earth wobbles around the Sun, different
points of the Earth receive more or less sunlight.
B. Furthermore, we also wouldn’t have solstices or equinoxes.
C. We know that seasons are caused by the Earth having a slight tilt
on its axis.
D. If the Sun just shone directly on the Equator all year long, we
would be left without seasons.
(a) CBDA (b) ABCD (c) ACBD (d) CADB

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 Answer key: Level-1
1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c, 5-d, 6-c, 7-b, 8-c, 9-d, 10-c, 11-d, 12-a, 13-c, 14-d,
15-b, 16-b, 17-a, 18-a, 19-d, 20-c, 21-d, 22-c, 23-b, 24-a, 25-d.

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 QUESTION-1
A. It then came to the main road and smashed all the stalls selling
fruits, mud pots and clothes.
B. Finally, the elephant entered a school ground, breaking through the
brick wall.
C. The people on the main road ran helter-skelter in panic.
D. The wild elephant first reached the outskirts of our town,
breaking down fences like matchsticks.
(a) CADB (b) BDAC (c) CBDA (d) DACB

QUESTION-2
A. His job was to keep an eye on the activities at the work site.
B. Mahindra was a junior supervisor in a firm.
C. So far, he had worked at stone quarries, coal mines, construction
sites and chemical plants.
D. The work sites changed often so he had to move from place to place.
(a) ACBD (b) CADB (c) DBCA (d) BADC
QUESTION-3
A. Suddenly in the evening, a dark and menacing storm quickly
gathered.
B. Prashant had gone to Ersama, a coastal town in Odisha, to spend the
day with a friend.
C. The destruction wrought by the storm continued for the next 36
hours, although the wind speed reduced.
D. Winds beat against the houses with a fury never witnessed before.
(a) BCDA (b) BADC (c) DBCA (d) CADB

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 QUESTION-4
A. Kunming, the Spring City, is the largest city in theYunnan province
of China.
B. It is the political, economic, communication and cultural centre of
Yunnan.
C. Kunming has pleasant weather and picturesque views.
D. Owing to the standard of life and favourable climate, the city has
been ranked among the best cities to live in China.

(a) ABCD (b) CBDA (c) ABDC (d) CADB

QUESTION-5
A. “How refreshing the breeze that blows through them!”
B. Every morning, Chandni watched the hill tops bathed in sunlight.
C. She wanted to run to the hills but was stopped by the rope round her
neck.
D. “How beautiful those hills are!” she thought.

(a) DCBA (b) ACDB (c) BDAC (d) BCAD

QUESTION-6
A. It provides training for the development of oral and aural skills and
is a great supplement to classroom teaching.
B. Technology is growing very fast day by day and is contributing a lot
towards improving communication skills.
C. Thus, it is the responsibility of a teacher to make the learners
understand and their aim is to master the language, not the
technology.
D. However, it can not be a substitute for the conventional method of
language teaching.

(a) BCDA (b) ACBD (c) BADC (d) DACB

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 QUESTION-7
A. I found he was an old sailor and knew all the seafaring men in
Bristol.
B. So, I engaged him on the spot to be the ship's cook but he proved to
be much more.
C. He had lost his health ashore and wanted a berth as cook to get to
the sea again.
D. I was standing on the dock when by accident I fell in talk with a
stranger.
(a) CBAD (b) DACB (c) BACD (d) DBAC

QUESTION-8
A. They also visit ailing friends and relatives, or attend to personal
matters even during office hours.
B. Once in office, they receive friends and relatives who call them any
time without prior appointment.
C. We can frequently find a large number of people sitting here and
there and doing nothing.
D. Even those who are employed often come late to office and leave
early unless they are forced to be punctual.
(a) DCAB (b) ABCD (c) CDBA (d) ACDB

QUESTION-9
S1- It was 6 o’clock in the evening and there was a lot of
traffic on the road.
A: He was very angry with them for their recklessness.
B: They laughed at him as they overtook his car.
C: Mohan was driving his car when suddenly two teenagers on a bike
speeded ahead from behind him.
D: Mohan swerved a little and applied the brakes in the nick of time.
S-6 But since he was getting late for an important meeting at his
office, he ignored the bike riders and drove ahead.

(a) CADB (b) BDCA (c) ACBD (d) CBAD

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 QUESTION-10
A. As soon as she was given the slippers, she broke into a dance
strutting around in her first ever pair of slippers.
B. This story may seem strange but it is a fact that, in many villages of
India, people don’t have anything to put on their feet.
C. Goonj, a leading NGO of India, runs a cloth for Work Scheme and
gives clothes and useful items in exchange for work done.
D. Recently, as part of the scheme, an old lady in a Madhya Pradesh
village was given a pair of slippers.
(a) DACB (b) CABD (c) CDAB (d) DBAC

QUESTION-11
A. An environmental group performed a necropsy on the animal and
found about 40 kilograms of plastic, including grocery bags and rice
sacks.
B. A 4.7-metre long whale died on Saturday in the Philippines where it
was stranded a day earlier.
C. “It’s very disgusting and heart-breaking,” he said, “we’ve done
necropsies on 61 dolphins and whales in the last 10 years and this is
one of the biggest amounts of plastic we’ve seen.”
D. “The animal died from starvation and was unable to eat because of
the trash filling its stomach,” said Darrell Bletchley, Director of D’
Bone Collector Museum Inc.
(a) ABCD (b) DABC (c) BADC (d) BACD

QUESTION-12
A. For a split second, as the stranger stepped into the light, his furry
head was clearly visible.
B. At first, all seemed still outside the house, except the sound of the
rain.
C. Recognizing him, Joe stood petrified staring at the man wearing a
long coat , wet from rain.
D. But then, footsteps approached the house and a stranger emerged
out of the darkness.

(a) CABD (b) BCDA (c) DACB (d) BDAC

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 QUESTION-13
A. He would sit at the edge of her mother's bed and stare into her crib.
B. Arvind bumbled down the interminable corridor, suddenly reminded
of his daughter in the days after she was born.
C. As a proportion to the fragment of life his daughter had seen, an
hour was a vast sprawling space.
D. Some days he would imagine the world through her eyes and he
would feel in his heart how long an hour actually was.

(a) BCDA (b) BADC (c) DACB (d) ABCD

QUESTION-14
A. The cafe’s owner says he’s interested in conservation
and hopes customers will realise the animals are worth saving, even
though they often have a bad reputation.
B. None of them are venomous, meaning customers can get up
close and personal with the reptiles.
C. Here you sip your drink in the company of 35 snakes.
D. This cafe, which has just opened in Tokyo, is not for the
faint-hearted.

(a) DBCA (b) DCBA (c) ABCD (d) ABDC

QUESTION-15
A. Having cancer is often one of the most stressful experiences in a
person's life.
B. They also allow people to learn from others facing similar situations.
C. The groups are gaining popularity these days as they allow
volunteers to talk with those who are living with cancer.
D. But these days there are support groups that help patients cope with
the emotional aspects of cancer by providing an opportunity to share
feelings and challenges they face with others.

(a) CBDA (b) ADCB (c) DCBA (d) ACBD

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 QUESTION-16
A. The most helpful thing you can do is to hold someone’s hand when
they most need it.
B. Also, jotting down notes for your seniors on ward rounds is probably
not the most important thing.
C. My first year as a doctor in the U.K. is over and this is what I have
learnt.
D. No matter what anyone tells you, writing that urgent discharge
summary is not the most important thing you will do today.

(a) DBAC (b) CDBA (c) ABDC (d) CBAD

QUESTION-17
A. In those allotted minutes the directors have the freedom to interpret
the segments in their own unique way.
B. The play has been divided into segments of 10 minutes each by the
directors.
C. Eight young directors, over 50 actors and one landmark play-
Hayavadana.
D. This unique collaboration is a tribute to the playwright Girish
Karnad.
(a) BACD (b) CDBA (c) ADBC (d) CABD

QUESTION-18
A. There is a story about an ancient Indian sage who was called ugly
names by a passerby.
B. The sage then said, “Well then, I have not accepted your offering”
and walked away.
C. He finally asked the man, “If an offering is not accepted, who does it
belong to?” at which the man replied, “To the person who offered it.”
D. The sage listened unperturbed till the man ran out of words.

(a) CABD (b) ACDB (c) DCBA (d) ADCB

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 QUESTION-19
A. Some used cars may have been involved in accidents or salvaged and
rebuilt.
B. Before buying a used car it’s important to know everything there is
to know about it.
C. If the car engine is clean, it’s a good sign, but still ask for a test
drive.
D. It is therefore very important to examine the car’s engine for any
fluid leaks
(a) CDBA (b) ACDB (c) BADC (d) DBCA

QUESTION-20
A. Over the past week, the state has been pounded by intense rainfall,
thus transforming the July deficit to surplus.
B. A year after being ravaged by the worst floods in 100 years, Kerala is
once again facing a deluge.
C. The districts in Kerala’s north – in particular Kozhikode, Wayanad,
and Malappuram –are among the worst affected
where relief work is going on.
D. The copious amounts of rainfall in the state have been both intense
and consisten

(a) BADC (b) DBAC (c) DBCA (d) ABCD

QUESTION-21
A. Such was his devotion that Kaali Ma appeared before him with a
thousand heads and a thousand pairs of arms.
B. Once, Tenali Raman wanted to visit the Kaali temple on the outskirts
of the city and pray.
C. It was quite dark by the time Tenali reached the temple, prostrated
before the goddess, and with eyes closed started praying to Mother
Kaali.
D. Raman who was dazzled to see Mother Kaali in all her glory, looked
at her from left to right and right to left and could not control his
happiness.
(a) BCAD (b) BACD (c) DCBA (d) CDAB

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 QUESTION-22
A. Now that the real estate sector has got its own regulator, RERA, from
May 1, 2017, things are expected to improve.
B. For many of the homebuyers, across locations the delay has
extended to almost six years or more.
C. In the absence of a regulator and with no rules in place, the builder-
buyer battle appeared one-sided.
D. For the buyers of real estate properties the delay in possession of
their homes has been the biggest concern.
(a) DBCA (b) ABDC (c) DABC (d) BACD

QUESTION-23
A. "It's sort of cool to be on a ship but even more amazing is this Earth
we live on," Williams remarked as she described life on a spaceship to
eager kids.
B. Williams, who is set to be one of the first to fly aboard Boeing's
Starliner spacecraft in November 2019, was introduced at the festival
by former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino .
C. On Sept. 22, 2018 NASA astronaut Sunita Williams — a veteran of
two long-duration space flights — talked to families and space
enthusiasts about space travel.
D. She was speaking at the Intrepid Air, Sea & Space Museum during
the recent Space & Science Festival.

(a) BCDA (b) CDBA (c) CBDA (d) BACD

QUESTION-24
A. One of the crocodiles was four feet long and almost six years old.
B. Post this announcement a video of a crocodile attacking a dog has
gone viral causing people to panic further.
C. The authorities have announced that more crocodiles would be
sighted once the waters recede.
D. After the monsoon deluge the Forest Department of Vadodara has so
far rescued three crocodiles which had swum into residential areas.

(a) BDAC (b) ADBC (c) DACB (d) DCAB

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 QUESTION-25
A. All day I seem to remember, I played on the sands with strange
exciting children.
B. Then watched the incoming tide destroy them.
C. My parents took me by car to a place by the sea.
D. We made sandcastles with huge walls.
(a) ACBD (b) CADB (c) CDAB (d) ABCD

Answer key: Level-2

1-d, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a, 5-c, 6-c, 7-b, 8-c, 9-d, 10-c, 11-c, 12-d, 13-b, 14-b, 15-
b, 16-b, 17-b, 18-d, 19-c, 20-a, 21-a, 22-a, 23-b, 24-c, 25-b.

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Directions: In this section, each item consists of six sentences of a passage.
The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6.
The middle four sentences in each item have been jumbled up and
labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of
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 QUESTION-1
S1: I had spent many nights in the jungle looking for game, but this was the
first time I had every spent a night looking for a man-eater.
S6: It was in this position my men an hour later found me fast asleep; of the
tiger I had neither heard nor seen anything.
P: I bitterly regretted the impulse that had induced me to place myself at
the man-eater’s mercy.
Q: The length of road immediately in front of me was brilliantly lit by the
moon, but to right and left the overhanging trees cast dark shadows, and
when the night wind agitated the branches and the shadows moved, I
saw a dozen tigers advancing on me.
R: As the grey dawn was lighting up the snowy range which I was facing, I
rested my head on my drawn-up knees.
S: I lacked the courage to return to the village and admit I was too
frightened to carry out my self-imposed task, and with teeth chattering,
as much from fear as from cold, I sat out the long night.
A. QPSR B. SRPQ C. PRSQ D. RPQS

QUESTION-2
S1: One day her mother, having made some cakes, said to her, “Go, my
dear, and see how your grandmother is doing, for I hear she has been
very ill. Take her a cake, and this little pot of butter.”
S6: “Does she live far off?” said the wolf.
P: He asked her where she was going.
Q: The poor child, who did not know that it was dangerous to stay and talk
to a wolf, said to him, “I am going to see my grandmother and carry her
a cake and a little pot of butter from my mother.”
R: As she was going through the wood, she met with a wolf, who had a very
great mind to eat her up, but he dared not, because of some woodcutters
working nearby in the forest.
S: She set out immediately to go to her grandmother, who lived in another
village.
A. PRQS B. SRPQ C. PRSQ D. RPQS

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 QUESTION-3
S1: “When I was alive and had a human heart,” answered the statue, “I did
not know what tears were, for I lived in the Palace of Sans-souci where
sorrow is not allowed to enter.
S6: And now that I am dead they have set me up here so high that I can see
all the ugliness and all the misery of my city, and though my heart is
made of lead yet I cannot choose but weep.”
P: So, I lived, and so I died.
Q: Round the garden ran a very lofty wall, but I never cared to ask what lay
beyond it, everything about me was so beautiful.
R: My courtiers called me the Happy Prince, the happy indeed I was, if
pleasure be happiness.
S: In the daytime I played with my companions in the garden, and in the
evening, I led the dance in the Great Hall.
A. QSRP B. PQRS C. PRQS D. RPQS

QUESTION-4
S1: Each organism is adapted to its environment.
S6: What can be taken in and broken down depends on the body design and
functioning.
P: There is a range of strategies by which the food is taken in and used by
the organism.
Q: For example, whether the food source is stationary (such as grass) or
mobile (such as deer), would allow for differences in how the food is
accessed and what is nutritive apparatus used by a cow or a lion.
R: The form of nutrition differs depending on the type and availability of
food material as well as how it is obtained by an organism.
S: Some organisms break down the food material outside the body and
then absorb it and others take in the whole material and break it down
inside their bodies.
A. RQPS B. QPSR C. SQPR D. QPRS

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 QUESTION-5
S1: Idioms are a colourful and fascinating aspect of language.
S6: Idioms may also suggest a particular attitude of the person using them,
for example, disapproval, humour, exasperation or admiration, so you
must use them carefully.
P: Your language skills will increase rapidly if you can understand idioms
and use them confidently and correctly.
Q: They are commonly used in all types of language, informal and formal,
spoken and written.
R: In addition, idioms often have a stronger meaning than non-idiomatic
phrases.
S: One of the main problem’s students have with idioms is that it is often
impossible to guess the meaning of an idioms from the words in
contains.
A. RQPS B. RSPQ C. SRQP D. QPSR

QUESTION-6
S1: Institutions define and play a regulatory role with regard to human
behaviour.
S6: It shows how important it is for a nation to build institutions for
nurturing democracy.
P: Once established, institutions set a dynamic relationship with the
members constituting them and they mutually affect each other.
Q: They shape preferences, power and privilege.
R: At the same time, institutions themselves can be transformed by the
politics they produce and such transformation can affect social norms
and behaviours.
S: They also provide a sense of order and predictability.
A. RPQS B. QRSP C. PSRQ D. QSRP

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 QUESTION-7
S1: One of the most important forces in the modern world, socialism was a
direct result of the Industrial Revolution.
S6: This is how socialism as a theory and practice came into being.
P: Socialism was a direct challenge to capitalism and sought to put an end
to such an exploitative economic structure.
Q: The gulf between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’ continued to increase
and out of this gap between the rich and poor sprang disputes.
R: It generated new wealth but as this new wealth only went to a minority,
it could not solve the question of distribution
S: The Industrial Revolution solved the question of production.
A. PQRS B. SRQP C. SRPQ D. RQSP

QUESTION-8
S1: Gandhiji reached Newcastle and took charge of the agitation.
S6: The treatment that was meted out to these brave men and women in jail
included starvation and shipping, and being forced to work in the mines
by mounted military police.
P: During the course of the march, Gandhiji was arrested twice, released,
arrested a third time and sent to jail.
Q: The employers retaliated by cutting off water and electricity to the
workers’ quarters, thus forcing them to leave their homes.
R: Gandhiji decided to march this army of over two thousand men, women
and children over the border and thus see them lodged in Transvaal
jails.
S: The morale of the workers, however, was very high and they continued
to march till they were prosecuted and sent to jail.
A. QRPS B. SRQP C. QPSR D. RQSP

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 QUESTION-9
S1: The master always says, “Refuse to be miserable”.
S6: This is the art of right contact in life.
P: Before you fall into self-pity and blame games, remember that
responsibility comes to only those who feel responsible.
Q: Challenges are faced by the strong and courageous, and if life brings you
such opportunities, then turn failures into success.
R: Life can be painful, but it need not be sorrowful.
S: If you want to be happy, find occasions to be cheerful.
A. RSPQ B. SQPR C. QRSP D. RQSP

QUESTION-10
S1: Ecology, history and geography determine the distribution of organisms.
S6: Others prefer to interpret bio geographical history through vicariance
(range-splitting) events.
P: Some historical biogeographers are interested in finding centre of-
origins.
Q: Most species distributions result from a combination of all these factors.
R: But biogeographers tend to specialise in ecological aspects (ecological
biography or historical aspects).
S: Ecological biogeographers are interested in the effects of environmental
factors.
A. QRSP B. RQPS C. PQRS D. SPRQ

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 QUESTION-11
S1: The National Health Policy 2017 envisages creation of a digital health
technology eco- system.
S6: Secondly, offering financial protection up to 35 lakhs per year per
family for the deprived 10 crores plus households.
P: Ayushman Bharat comprising twin missions is set to transform the
nation' s health system.
Q: This will also foster a linkage across public and private health care.
R: The policy aims at developing an integrated health information system
that serves the need of all stakeholder and improves efficiency,
transparency.
S: This will be carried out by operationalising firstly 1.5 lakh health and
wellness centres offering preventive and primary care.
A. QSRP B. QRSP C. RQPS D. SPRQ

QUESTION-12
S1: The Constitution of India, introduced on 26 January 1950, laid down
certain basic principles and values.
S6: The Constitution guaranteed all citizens equality before the law and
equality of opportunity in government employment.
P: It was also to be a federation with demarcation of spheres of action
between the Union Government and the State Governments.
Q: India was to be a secular and democratic republic with a parliamentary
system based on adult franchise.
R: These include: freedom of speech and expression, freedom to assemble
peacefully etc.
S: It guaranteed all Indian citizens certain fundamental rights.

A. QPSR B. RSPQ C. PSQR D. SQRP

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 QUESTION-13
S1: Ethics is a branch of philosophy concerned with the distinction between
right and wrong (morals) and the ultimate worth of actions or things
(values).
S6: But values can be either inherent or conferred.
P: For many philosophers, only humans are moral agents, being capable of
acting morally or immorally.
Q: Environmental ethics asks about the moral relationships between
humans and the world around us.
R: Ethics evaluated the relationship, rules, principles or codes that require
or forbid certain conduct.
S: Value is a measure of the worth of something.

A. RQPS B. PQSR C. QSRP D. RSPQ

QUESTION-14
S1: Urbanisation in India has become. an important and irreversible process.
S6: As per the Census of India 2011, the urban population is increasing
rapidly.
P: The 2030 development agenda of the United Nations has emphasised the
role of sustainable cities for making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and
sustainable.
Q: This shows that India is in the midst of transition from a predominantly
rural to a quasicubic society.
R: The process of urbanisation has been characterized by a dramatic
increase in the number of large cities.
S: It is an important determinant of national economic growth and poverty
reduction.
A. QRSP B. PSRQ C. SRQP D. RQSP

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 QUESTION-15
S1: Languages in contact with each other cause change.
S6: Changes often occur first in informal and casual language.
P: The increasing use of English in many parts of the world affect both
local languages and English.
Q: Language contact has long been recognised as a major engine of change.
R: This gives rise to new, hybrid language varieties.
S: A historical example is that of Danish and English which led to a major
shift in the vocabulary and grammar of English.
A. RSQP B. QSPR C. QRSP D. SQRP

QUESTION-16
S1: The dhoti kurta is a traditional lungi-type garment worn by men in
India.
S6: Gandhi ji usually wore a simple shawl with his dhoti.
P: It is commonly worn with a loose long tunic.
Q: This he started wearing after he abandoned his western attire of pants
and shirt.
R: A dhoti, made of homespun khadi cotton cloth, was the garment
favoured by Gandhi ji.
S: The dhoti is rectangular piece of unstitched cloth, around five yards
long, wrapped around the midriff and tucked between the legs.
A. PSRQ B. RSPQ C. SPRQ D. QRSP

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 QUESTION-17
S1: Policy, like many other terms, is a complex concept.
S6: Public policy is the outcome of the struggle between government and
powerful groups.
P: It is form of government control usually expressed in a law, a legislation,
a regulation or an order.
Q: Public policy is what a government chooses as guidance for action.
R: A policy may be general or specific, broad or narrow, simple or complex,
public or private, written or unwritten.
S: It takes different forms.
A. SRQP B. SQPR C. RSPQ D. PQRS

QUESTION-18
S1: We drink more water during summers.
S6: There are variations in weather conditions during different seasons.
P: On the other hand, in north-eastern states, winters are mild except in
the hills.
Q: Because in North India, both the sessions have extreme weather
conditions.
R: School clothes during the summer is different from the winter.
S: Why do you wear lighter clothes during summers and heavy woollen
clothes during the winter in north India?
A. SRPQ B. RSQP C. PQRS D. QPRS

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 QUESTION-19
S1: Man has progressed with science and technology.
S6: What was difficult and impossible is now easy and possible.
P: He is on the road to conquer other planets.
Q: Now with scientific knowledge and technical know-how he has done
what was impossible.
R: Hitherto he had been backward.
S: He has reached the moon.
A. SRQP B. RPQS C. RQSP D. QRSP
QUESTION-20
S1: An ideal citizen is one who establishes his standard in everything.
S6: He can be called a thorough gentleman.
P: Because he is a true patriot.
Q: Also, he can lay down his life for the honour of his country.
R: That he can make any sacrifice for his motherland.
S: He loves his country so much so.
A. SRQP B. RPQS C. PQRS D. QRSP
QUESTION-21
S1: There are multiple legal avenues for patients to indict doctors, but
rarely is it the other way round.
S6: It is clear that patients have multiple avenues to pursue, should they
feel an injustice has been perpetrated against them.
P: An FIR can be lodged against them under the section 304A of the Indian
Penal Code.
Q: A compensation case can be filed in a consumer forum.
R: For one occurrence, there are multiple forums where doctors have to
defend themselves.
S: For Instance, a complaint can be made to their employer.
A. PQRS B. PSRQ C. RSQP D. SRQP

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 QUESTION-22
S1: Paragraphs are the building blocks of any write-up.
S6: Understanding of these makes one a good writer of paragraphs.
P: A paragraph need not be pages together in length.
Q: But actually a paragraph is a group of at least five sentences on the
lower limit.
R: In reality, unity and coherence, not length, constitute a real good
paragraph.
S: Many people define paragraphs in terms of their length.
A. QPRS B. RQPS C. SQPR D. QRSP
QUESTION-23
S1: Then what is necessary with regard to taming science and technology is:
S6: Then why do we not tame atomic energy to peaceful purposes?
P: We must have the basic knowledge of the two.
Q: It is said, 'Science is a useful servant but destructive master'.
R: By the misuse of science, mankind will meet its doom quite soon.
S: If we do not harness it for the welfare of mankind, I am afraid, a total
annihilation is a must.
A. SRQP B. PQSR C. RQSP D. QRSP
QUESTION-24
S1: Uttarakhand is vulnerable to disasters.
S6: The lack of ability to learn lessons from disasters, and the lack of any
accountability, ensure the perpetuation of the situation.
P: The absence of necessary monitoring, early warning systems and the
overall disaster management system add another layer of damages
during the disasters.
Q: Major interventions act as force multipliers during such disasters.
R: The violation of legal and other prudent norms, further increases the
damages.
S: Climate change is increasing these vulnerabilities.

A. SQRP B. PQSR C. QSRP D. RPSQ

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 QUESTION-25
S1: Now only fifteen minutes were left.
S6: Our performance was excellent.
P: Thank God, we rubbed the word 'defeat' writ large on our forehead.
Q: It was a game of life and death.
R: Each one had concluded that we were going to lose.
S: It was a matter of minutes.
A. PSQR B. PQSR C. RPSQ D. RSQP

QUESTION-26
S1: The river Ganga is very important for us culturally, spiritually,
ecologically as well as economically.
S6: Journey in the right direction is firmly making progress, gathering
momentum and becoming a people's movement.
P: It is rich in cultural heritage, natural splendour and biodiversity.
Q: People have used its water since the beginning of civilisation for
different purposes.
R: It has most dense cultivation in its basin and is critical for ensuring
food and water security.
S: We need to utilise its water for different purposes while ensuring that its
natural ecology is protected, aquatic life thrives, and forests along the
river remain rejuvenated.
A. QRSP B. QSRP C. RSQP D. PRQS

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 QUESTION-27
S1: The Republic Day in India falls on 26th January.
S6: He attends the march past.
P: The President of India takes the salute.
Q: It is organized at the India Gate.
R: People from far and wide come to witness it.
S: It is celebrated with great pomp and show.
A. PRSQ B. PQSR C. SRQP D. RSQP

QUESTION-28
S1: Different people have different hobbies.
S6: With hobbies, you spend time in a gainful way.
P: Thus, they say, as many people, so many hobbies.
Q: In due course, that becomes your hobby.
R: Whatever leisure time you get, you use that in creative activity.
S: Hobby is a leisure time activity.
A. PQRS B. PQSR C. SRQP D. RSQP

QUESTION-29
S1: Life in a village is ideal.
S6: They can no longer be considered backward.
P: Our villages are no longer dirty.
Q: Moreover, they are disease-free.
R: Because the village people are well-educated now.
S: Rather, they are highly clean and tidy.
A. SRQP B. PSQR C. SRPQ D. RSQP

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 QUESTION-30
S1: Life in a village is ideal.
S6: They can no longer be considered backward.
P: Our villages are no longer dirty.
Q: Moreover, they are disease-free.
R: Because the village people are well-educated now.
S: Rather, they are highly clean and tidy.
A. SRQP B. PSQR C. SRPQ D. RSQP

Answer key:
1-a, 2-b, 3-a, 4-a, 5-d, 6-a, 7-b, 8-d, 9-d, 10-a, 11-c, 12-a, 13-a, 14-d, 15-b,
16-c, 17-a, 18-b, 19-a, 20-a, 21-c, 22-c, 23-b, 24-a, 25-d, 26-d, 27-c, 28-c,
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 Set-1
1. history of life (P) evolutionary Biology is (Q) forms on earth (R) the
study of (S)
(a) SPQR (b) QSPR (c) RPQS (d) PSQR

2. life is considered (P) the origin of (Q) the history of universe (R) a
unique event in (S)
(a) QPSR (b) PSQR (c) SQPR (d) RSPQ

3. productive resources is (P) how we manage (Q) and competitiveness (R)

critical to strategic growth (S)
(a) PQRS (b) RSPQ (c) SRPQ (d) QPSR

4. in service firms (P) operations strategy (Q) from the corporate strategy
(R) is generally inseparable (S)
(a) SRQP (b) QPSR (c) RSPQ (d) PSQR

5. are travelling, (P) a recent survey has revealed (Q) that they are worried
about their safety (R) even as more and more Indians(S)
(a) SPQR (b) QSRP (c) PRSQ (d) RPSQ

6. the imagination of children (P) stories can exercise(Q) more than the
stories (R) because they tell (S)
(a) QRSP (b) SPQR (c) QPSR (d) RSQP

7. as a record of (P) and suffering of humans (Q) the achievement,

experiments (R) history is considered (S)
(a) SPRQ (b) RQSP (c) PQRS (d) QRSP

8. can be invented (P) it appears (Q) has been invented (R) that all that (S)
(a) QSPR (b) QRSP (c) RSQP (d) SPQR

9. during the last century (P) Indian social, political and cultural life (Q) as
a testimony of (R) Indian cinema stands(S)
(a) SPQR (b) QRSP (c) PQRS (d) SRQP

10. of all searches for knowledge (P) should be the beginning (Q) an
exploration into truth (R) and experiments of life(S)
(a) RQPS (b) SPQR (c) RSPQ (d) QRSP

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 Set-2
1. for long and (P) the backbone of India (Q) will continue to be the same
(R) agriculture has been (S)
(a) SPQR (b) SQPR (c) QRSP (d) QSRP

2. the cry of general public (P) agenda in any country (Q) public policy
making (R) is generally driven by (S)
(a) RQSP (b) RPSQ (c) PSRQ (d) QRSP

3. before it starts (P) of the government is(Q) the essential power (R) the
power to manage conflict (S)
(a) RSPQ (b) SQRP (c) RQSP (d) QRSP

4. a majority of the vote (P) the party that received (Q) of the government
(R) must take control (S)
(a) QPSR (b) PSRQ (c) RSPQ (d) SQPR

5. can express a view on (P) in which the electorate (Q) a particular issue
of public policy (R) a referendum is a vote (S)
(a) SQPR (b) RPQS (c) QRSP (d) PQRS

6. in modern societies (P) or merely suppressed (Q) has class conflict (R)
been resolved (S)
(a) RPSQ (b) RSPQ (c) PRSQ (d) QRSP

7. several of our food (P) are being extensively cultivated (Q) and vegetable
crops (R) hybrid varieties of (S)
(a) QRSP (b) RQPS (c) QPRS (d) SPRQ

8. against the officer (P) reason for the accusation (Q) there should have
been (R) who was in-charge at that time (S)
(a) RPSQ (b) RQPS (c) PQRS (d) SPRQ

9. poetry is (P) and ideas (Q) powerful feelings (R) the spontaneous
overflow of (S)
(a) SRQP (b) PQRS (c) RSQP (d) PSRQ

10. historical identity and a common descent (P) a group of people (Q) is
called an ethnic group (R) who share a common culture (S)
(a) QSPR (b) QRPS (c) PSQR (d) RQPS

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 Set-3
1. the company are often asked (P) the formal or informal interviews (Q)
employees who are leaving (R) for their opinions during (S)
(a) RPSQ (b) RQPS (c) PSQR (d) PQSR

2. a hailstorm activity in the evenings (P) there is a possibility of (Q) while

there could be (R) heavy rain towards the weekend (S)
(a) SQPR (b) QSRP (c) QRPS (d) SPRQ

3. has been below normal since last week (P) the minimum temperature
(Q) in some part of the city (R) when rain and hailstorm activity (S)
recorded
(a) RSPQ (b) SPRQ (c) QPSR (d) PSQR

4. for guest teachers (P) in the Department of Biotechnology (Q) was also
held (R) a Selection Committee meeting (S)
(a) SPRQ (b) QRSP (c) PRQS (d) RSPQ

5. for contractual assignment at Cultural Centres abroad (P) as Teacher of

Indian Culture for two years (Q) applications are invited in a prescribed
format (R) from Indian Nationals for deployment (S)
(a) QPRS (b) SRPQ (c) PQRS (d) RSQP

6. while they are small (P) and do the great things (Q) while they are easy
(R) of the difficult things (S)
(a) SRQP (b) PSQR (c) SRPQ (d) QPSR

7. then you sure (P) if you can’t (Q) don’t deserve me at my best handle (R)
me at my worst(S)
(a) PRQS (b) QSPR (c) RQSP (d) PSRQ

8. you will be more disappointed (P) than by the ones you did do (R) by the
things you didn’t do twenty (Q) years from now (S)
(a) PRSQ (b) PRQS (c) PQSR (d) SPRQ

9. man is one who can lay (P) a firm foundation with the bricks (Q) a
successful (R) others have thrown at him (S)
(a) PQSR (b) RQSP (c) RPQS (d) QSPR

10. what we may be (P) but not we not know (Q) we know (R) what we are (S)
(a) RSQP (b) QPRS (c) QRPS (d) RQPS

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1. the prize money (P) for refusing her (Q) pepsico was ordered (R) to
compensate the woman (S)
(a) RSQP (b) SPQR (c) RPSQ (d) QRSP

2. trade operating from a colony (P) held a meeting (Q) demanding a probe
into the illegal drug (R) the residents of the city (S)
(a) QRSP (b) SPQR (c) SQRP (d) RSQP

3. the university authorities cancelled the ongoing students’ union

election and (P) following students’ unrest on campus (Q) closed till
further orders (R) declared the institution (S)
(a) QRSP (b) QPSR (c) SQRP (d) RSQP

4. brushed past the latter’s pet dog (P) stabbed to death by a man (Q) after
his vehicle accidentally (R) a cargo van driver was allegedly (S)
(a) QRSP (b) QPSR (c) SQRP (d) SQPR

5. an earthquake and tsunami (P) the disaster mitigation agency (Q) said
that the death toll from (R) in Indonesia has crossed 1500 (S)
(a) PQSR (b) RPSQ (c) SQRP (d) QRPS

6. scientists say they have developed a new (P) illnesses such as heart
disease and cancer (Q) DNA tool that uses machine learning to
accurately (R) predict people’s height and assess their risk for serious
(S)
(a) PRSQ (b) RPSQ (c) PSRQ (d) QRPS

7. a rare evergreen tree in the Southern-Western Ghats (P) researchers

have found that (Q) common white-footed ants are the best pollinators
of (R) bees might be the best known pollinators but (S)
(a) PRSQ (b) RPSQ (c) PSRQ (d) QRPS

8. say from their forties onwards (P) it is thus a good idea and (Q)
continue to exercise early enough (R) for senior citizens to start (S)
(a) PRSQ (b) QRSP (c) QSRP (d) PQRS

9. scientists have determined (P) injury in animals and humans (Q) that is
linked to the severity of spinal cord (R) a gene signature (S)
(a) PSRQ (b) QRPS (c) QSPR (d) PQRS

10. like a muscle and repeating the process (P) and stable reading circuit
(Q) helps the child build a strong (R) the brain works (S)
(a) QSRP (b) SPRQ (c) QSPR (d) RQPS
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Set-1 Set-2 Set-3
1. (b) QSPR 1. (b) SQPR 1. (a) RPSQ
2. (a) QPSR 2. (a) RQSP 2. (b) QSRP
3. (d) QPSR 3. (c) RQSP 3. (c) QPSR
4. (b) QPSR 4. (a) QPSR 4. (a) SPRQ
5. (a) SPQR 5. (a) SQPR 5. (d) RSQP
6. (c) QPSR 6. (a) RPSQ 6. (a) SRQP
7. (a) SPRQ 7. (d) SPRQ 7. (b) QSPR
8. (a) QSPR 8. (b) RQPS 8. (d) SPRQ
9. (d) SRQP 9. (d) PSRQ 9. (c) RPQS
10. (a) RQPS 10. (a) QSPR 10. (a) RSQP

Set-4
1. (a) RSQP
2. (c) SQRP
3. (b) QPSR
4. (c) SQRP
5. (d) QRPS
6. (a) PRSQ
7. (b) SQRP
8. (c) QSRP
9. (a) PSRQ
10. (b) SPRQ

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