Directions: In question nos 1 to 3 some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct.

Find out
which part of the sentence has an error and mark the answer to the appropriate letter a, b, c, d.

Q1. As it got foggier it became almost impossible to steer the boat along with the narrow canal.

(a) No error
(b) it became almost impossible to steer the boat
(c) As it got foggier
(d) along with the narrow canal.

Ans:d

Explanation: (d) Replace alongwith by along . Alongwith is used when two things keep going together.

Example- The motorist moved along with the train.(both the motorist and train are moving)Along is used
when one thing is static and just the other moves along it.Example I walked along the pavement

Q2. The CEO of the company had gone to abroad on an official visit but she has come back now

(a) on an official visit

(b) The CEO of the company had gone to abroad
(c) but she has come back now
(d) No error

Ans:b

Explanation: (b) Eliminate to after gone.

Q3. The administration has conclusive that it is retailers who are responsible for upsetting the city’s household
budget.

(a) The administration has conclusive that

(b) No error
(c) upsetting the city’s household budget.
(d) it is retailers who are responsible for

Ans:a

Explanation: (a) Replace conclusive by concluded. Conclusive means (of evidence or argument) having or
likely to have the effect of proving a case; decisive.

Concluded means to arrive at a judgment or decision after proper reasoning

Directions (Q 4 – 5) : Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning as the given word as used in
the passage.
Q4.CONFRONT
(a) Face
(b) Tolerate
(c) Succumb
(d) Eliminate

Ans:a

Explanation: (a) Face

Q5.VULNERABLE

(a) Insecure
(b) Indispensable
(c) Risky
(d) Delicate

Ans:a

Explanation: (a) Insecure

Directions: In questions 6 to7 choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word and mark it in the answer
sheet.

Q6. RELENTLESS
(a) merciless
(b) yielding
(c) monotonous
(d) incisive

Ans:b

Explanation: (b) yielding

Q7. FORBEARANCE

(a) patience
(b) self-control
(c) intolerance
(d) preference

Ans:c

Explanation: (c) intolerance

Directions: In question nos. 8 to 9 four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the answer sheet.

Q8. His boss was always breathing down his neck.

(a) abusing and ill-treating him
(b) watching all his actions closely
(c) shouting loudly at him
(d) giving him strenuous work

Ans:b

Explanation: (b) It means to follow or supervise someone too closely, making it uncomfortable for them.

Q9. He bids fair to be an excellent cricketer.

(a) seems likely

(b) is ambitious
(c) will soon bid farewell
(d) is unlikely

Ans:a

Explanation: (a) seems likely. It means there are chances of something happening.

Directions: In questions 10 to 11 four words are given in each question out of which only one word is correctly
spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark it in the answer sheet.

Q10.

(a) corroborate
(b) explainatory
(c) hygeine
(d) believable

Ans:d

Explanation: (d) believable (corroborate/ explanatory/ hygiene /believable )

Q11.

(a) coquete
(b) hystericel
(c) idiosyncracy
(d) onomatopoeia

Ans:d

Explanation: (d) onomatopoeia ( coquette/hysterical/idiosyncrasy)

Directions: In questions 12 to 14 a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives part a, b, c
and d which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.

Q12. Rohan died of a wound and not from cancer.

(a) from a wound and not of cancer

(b) of a wound and not of cancer
(c) from a wound and not from cancer
(d) no improvement

Ans: (b) Explanation :

of a wound and not of cancer (From a wound is incorrect)

Q13. All criminal attitudes must be nipped at the bud.

(a) nipped on the bud
(b) nipped in the bud
(c) nipped off the bud
(d) no improvement

Ans: (b)

Explanation : nipped in the bud (It’s a phrase which means to crush at the beginning)

Q14. They served a summons on the Member of Parliament to appear in the court of law.

(a) a summon
(b) the summon
(c) summons
(d) no improvement

Ans: (d)

Explanation : No improvement . Summons is a singular noun meaning a call by an authority to appear or to do

something. Plural is summonses. Summon is a verb.

Q15. Both Ramesh and his brother appeared for the exam but both have not cleared.

(a) both has not

(b) none have
(c) neither has
(d) no improvement

Ans: (c)

Explanation : neither has (with both “not” will not be used. None is used with more than three. So neither will be
used)

Directions: In question no. 16 to 17 sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate
word(s).Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and
indicate it by blackening the appropriate oval in the answer sheet.
Q16. His bungalow went through a make ……………………….. .

(a) up
(b) out
(c) over
(d) for

Ans: (c)

Explanation : over (Make over is a phrase meaning a complete change in looks)

Q17. This auspicious beginning …………………. well for a successful completion of our project.

(a) attunes
(b) argues
(c) augurs
(d) answers

Ans: (c)

Explanation : augurs (of an event or circumstance) portend a good or bad outcome.

Directions: In question no. 18 to 19 out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the
given words/sentences.

Q18. To remove an objectionable part from a book .

(a) Exterminate
(b) Expurgate
(c) Extirpate
(d) Destroy

Ans: (b)

Explanation : Expurgate

Q19. Pertaining to sheep

(a) Canine
(b) Bovine
(c) Ovine
(d) Feline

Ans: (c)

Explanation : Ovine

Directions: In question no. 20 to 25 you have a brief passage with questions following the passage. Read the
passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and mark it.

Q20. Why was the declaration of the result delayed?

(a) The tentative date changed.
(b) Processing of the results is a time consuming process.
(c) Certain important issues related to the results had to be addressed.
(d) All of the above.

Ans:c

Explanation: (c) Certain important issues related to the results had to be addressed.

(Lines from the passage- However, the Commission while processing the results had to address certain
important issues which was done with due diligence though the processes were time consuming. It was for this
reason that the results could only be declared on 29th June, 2016.)

Q21. The declaration of the final result CGLE-2015 was delayed by ____________

(a) 1 month
(b) 26 months
(c) 13 months
(d) 19 months

Ans:a

Explanation: (a) 1 month

Q22. What is the commission committed to?

(a) Conducting exams fairly.

(b) Declare to results in July 2016.
(c) Maintaining Transparency
(d) None

Ans:d

Explanation: (d) None (line/s from the passage- The Commission is committed to further compress time
schedules for the declaration of the CGLE result and would work relentlessly to achieve this objective.)

Q23. What does the word assiduously used in the passage mean?

(a) To work continuously and methodically

(b) To work without making any mistakes
(c) To work at a great speed
(d) To work smartly

Ans:a

Explanation: (a) To work continuously and methodically

Q24. Give a word from the passage which is the opposite of “fixed”-

(a) Tentative
(b) relentless
(c) pertinent
(d) diligence

Ans:a

Explanation: (a) Tentative

Q25. Which of the following is incorrect with reference to the passage?

(a) The commission wants to work more efficiently in the future

(b) The Commission has declared results late.
(c) The Commission is working to reduce the time taken for declaring the results.
(d) The Commission has addressed all the issues related to conducting exams and declaring results.

Ans:d

Explanation: (d) The Commission has addressed all the issues related to conducting exams and declaring
results.

Directions(26-30): Some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of the
sentence has an error and blacken the oval corresponding to the appropriate letter a, b, c. If the sentence is
free from error blacken the oval corresponding to d in the answer sheet.

Q26. You can get to know(a)/ all that you want to know(b)/ by reading this prospectus.(c)/ No error(d)

(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d

Ans:b

Explanation: (b) (remove that)

Q27. Did the medicine(a)/ I give you yesterday taste more bitterly(b)/ than this one?(c) / No error(d)

(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d

Ans:b

Explanation: (b) (use bitter instead of bitterly: With taste adjective form is used and not adverb form)

Q28. The couple have been living in peace(a)/ for a long time until (b)/the wife’s mother shifted with them.(c) /
No error(d)

(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d

Ans:a

Explanation: (a) (its in past perfect continuous form so use had in place of have)

Q29.One who studies about rocks and soils.

(a) entomologist
(b) geographer
(c) geologist
(d) Geomorphologist

Ans:c

Explanation: (c) geologist

Q30. A cud-chewing animal.

(a) Rodent
(b) Ruminant
(c) Quadruped
(d) amphibians

Ans:b

Explanation: (b) Ruminant

Directions(31-32): Out of the four alternatives choose the one which is spelt wrongly.

Q31.

(a) prevalent
(b) practicable
(c) fictitious
(d) Semblence

Ans:d

Explanation: (d) Semblance

Q32.

(a) Maligned
(b) Capricious
(c) Telepathy
(d) Speclations

Ans:d
Explanation: (d) Speculations

Directions(33-34): Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase .Choose the alternative which best
expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the answer sheet.

Q33. Floating in the air

(a) to be very light footed

(b) to be very happy
(c) to be in a state of ecstasy
(d) Of a very light weight

Ans:b

Explanation:(b) to be very happy

Q34. Laid-off

(a) Made redundant

(b) Activated
(c) Informed
(d) Updated with the latest

Ans:a

Explanation: (a) Made redundant

Directions(35-36): Out of the four alternatives choose the one which is closest in meaning to the given words.

Q35. precarious

(a) Petrifying
(b) Perilous
(c) careful
(d) optional

Ans:c

Explanation: (c) careful

Q36. succinct

(a) Repetitive
(b) Traditional
(c) Conserve
(d) Concise

Ans:d

Explanation: (d) Concise

Directions(37-38): Out of the four alternatives choose the one which is opposite in meaning to the given
words.

Q37. forbid

(a)deny
(b)dislike
(c)permit
(d)understand

Ans:c

Explanation: (c) permit

Q38. appalling

(a)consoling
(b)shocking
(c)scaring
(d)horrifying

Ans:a

Explanation: (a) consoling

Directions(39-42): A part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives part a, b and c which may
improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative .In case no- improvement is needed your answer is d.

Q39. Every year they spent a month in a hotel near the seaside.

(a) spended
(b) spend
(c) Had spent
(d) No improvement

Ans:d

Explanation: (d) No improvement

Q40. Parul had had her dinner when I reached at the party.

(a) Had
(b) has
(c) had has
(d) No improvement

Ans:d

Explanation: (d) No improvement

Q41. The district administration has been working to improve the condition of the roads before the Prime
minister’s visit.

(a) Had been working

(b) have been working
(c) was working
(d) No improvement

Ans:d

Explanation: (d) No improvement

Q42. There is water all around because it had rained for the last two days.

(a) Has been raining

(b) had been raining
(c) rained
(d) No improvement

Ans:c

Explanation: (c) rained Last two days is clearly mentioned so simple past tense will be used.

Directions(43-45): You have several passages where some of the words have been left out. Read the
passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blank out of the four alternatives and mark it in the
answer sheet.

After months of colder weather, the days get longer, the buds…. (43) … in the trees, birds sing, and the world
……(44) ………… a green dress. Spring passes ……(45) ………… summer.

Q43.

(a) fall off

(b) take up
(c) put off
(d) come out

Ans:d

Explanation: (d) come out

Q44.

(a) looks after

(b) puts on
(c) carries on
(d) comes round

Ans:b

Explanation: (b) puts on

Q45.

(a) into
(b) by
(c) from
(d) on

Ans:a

Explanation: (a) into

Directions (46-50): In the following question, you have a passage with 10 questions following the passage.
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
Jazz had its beginnings in song. Its roots lie deep in the tradition of Negro folk singing that once flourished
throughout the rural Southland of the United States before the Civil War The Negro, in those days, owned only
a few crude musical instruments which he made for himself from boxes, barrels and brooms. His voice was his
principal means of musical expression. Songs of work and play, trouble and hope, rose on rich and rhythmic
voices everywhere in the South – from peddlers crying their wares to the countryside, from work gangs on the
rail roads, from families gathered at the days tried to sing away their weariness in their unpainted cottages
overlooking the cotton fields, from the way side churches singing with the sounds of Sabbath praise, These
were the voices which the early Negro musicians imitated and transferred to their horns when they taught
themselves to play the discarded band instruments that come into hands at the close of the Civil War in the
eighteen-sixties. As played by their proud Negro owners, the instruments became extensions of the human
voice – “singing horns” which opened the way to Jazz. For this reason there has always been a strong, singing
quality to Jazz.

Q46. Where do the roots of Jazz lie?

(a) In the songs sung in the urban Southland of the United States.
(b) In the songs sung on railroad gangs.
(c) In church hymns.
(d) In Negro folk singing.

Ans:d

Explanation: (d) In Negro folk singing.

(Line/s from the passage-Its roots lie deep in the tradition of Negro folk singing that once flourished throughout
the rural Southland of the United States before the Civil War)

Q47. Where and when did Negro folk singing flourish?

(a) In the urban Southland of the United States after the Civil War.
(b) In the United States at the end of the Civil War.
(c) In the Southland during the Civil War.
(d) In the rural Southland of the United States before the Civil War.

Ans:d

Explanation: (d) In the rural Southland of the United States before the Civil War. (Line/s from the passage-Its
roots lie deep in the tradition of Negro folk singing that once flourished throughout the rural Southland of the
United States before the Civil War)
Q48. Where were the folk songs sung?

(a) Everywhere
(b) In the churches only
(c) On the railroads, in the cotton fields and in the churches
(d) Everywhere in the urban Southland

Ans:c

Explanation: (c) On the railroads, in the cotton fields and in the ( Line/s from the passage- Songs of work and
play, trouble and hope, rose on rich and rhythmic voices everywhere in the South – from peddlers crying their
wares to the countryside, from work gangs on the rail roads, from families gathered at the days tried to sing
away their weariness in their unpainted cottages overlooking the cotton fields, from the way side churches
singing with the sounds of Sabbath praise)

Q49. What opened the way to Jazz?

(a) The discarded musical instruments.

(b) The crude band instruments.
(c) The musical instrument made from boxes.
(d) “Singing horns”.

Ans:d

Explanation: (d) “Singing horns”. ( Line/s from the passage-As played by their proud Negro owners, the
instruments became extensions of the human voice – “singing horns” which opened the way to Jazz)

Q50. Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?

(a) The tradition of Negro folk singing

(b) The ‘singing horns’
(c) The early origins of Jazz
(d) The history of Jazz

Ans:c

Explanation: (c) The early origins of Jazz