Directions (1-5): In the following five questions, 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.
1.He usually goes to bed very early and rises with the lark.
(a) very late (c) very early
(b) after sunrise (d) at midnight
2. Their attempt to get back the stolen necklace proved to be a wild-goose chase.
(a) wise decision (c) useless search
(b) timely action (d) delayed action
3. At his wit's end, he turned to his old trade.
(a) After careful thinking
(b) Overjoyed
(c) Not knowing what to do
(d) Confidently
4. When it comes to dancing, he is all-thumbs.
(a) a trainer (c) an expert
(b) clumsy (d) lazy
5. The day the new product was launched, people made a beeline to purchase it.
(a) were doubtful (c) refused
(B) rushed (d) went online
Directions (6-10): In the following seven questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and indicate it by blackening the appropriate circle in the Answer Sheet.
6. A recurrent compulsive urge to steal
(a) Pneumonia (c) Kleptomania
(b) Nymphomania (d) Insomnia
7. Act of injuring others' reputation by any slanderous communication
(a) Orchestration
(b) Misrepresentation
(d) Defamation
(c) Aberration
the action of damaging the good reputation of someone; slander or libel.
"she sued him for defamation"
8. Not suitable for eating
(a) Uneatable (b) inedible
(c) Tasteless (d) Spicy
9. Medical study of skin and its diseases
(a) Endocrinology (c) Dermatology
(b) Orthopaedics (d) Gynaecology
10. A person who enters without any invitation
(a) Burglar (c) Intruder
(b) Vandal (d) Thief
11. A story in which animals or objects speak and give wholesome moral lesson
(a) Legend (b) Fable
(d) Parable (c) Allegory
12. A process involving too much official formality
(a) Bureaucracy (b) Diplomacy
(c) Red tapism (d) Nepotism
Directions (13-22): In the following ten questions, a sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed blacken the circle corresponding to "No improvement".
13. Mumbai is famous because of its textiles.
(a) No improvement
(c) at
if you are good at something, you are skilful and successful at doing it. He was very good at his work. [ + at] I'm not very good at singing.
(b) for
used to express approval of someone "I passed the exam!" "Good for you!""He got the job." "Good for him!" 2 : resulting in something good or desirable for (someone or something) Regular exercise is good for you. Hot soup is good for a cold.
(d) in
14. He lives far from the station.
(a) No improvement
(b) away from the station
(c) off the station
(d) a long way from the station
15. Water and soil pollutants find their entry into the body through ingestion of contaminated water or food.
(a) injection of contaminated
(b) No improvement
- the process of taking food, drink, or another substance into the body by swallowing or absorbing it."vomiting after ingestion of contaminated food
- "the quiet ingestion of information"
- the process of absorbing information.
(c) digestion of contaminated
(d) passage of contaminated
16. Drinking tea is an English habit.
(a) custom
traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time.
"the old English custom of dancing round the maypole"
(b) no improvement
(c) convention
(d) tradition
17. Mr. Mukherjee knows ten languages, isn't it?
(a) doesn't Mukherjee
(b) No improvement
(c) hasn't he
(d) doesn't he
18. They spoke about the weather.
(a) said
(b) talked
(c) expressed
19. He is wanting in a little common sense.
(a) No improvement
(b) is lacking in
(c) lacks
(d) needs some
20. The second pigeon flew just as the first pigeon had flown
(a) No improvement
(b) had done
(c) one had done
(d) one had flown away
21. Its high time that you go home.
(a) No improvement (b) are going
(c) went (d) gone
22. The old man has acquired experience through age.
(a) No improvement
(b) experienced
(c) developed experience
(d) got experience
Directions (23-24): In the following two questions, f words are given in each question, out of which only one w is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark y answer in the Answer Sheet.
23. (a) Fasimmile (c) Fasimile
(b) fasimile (d) facsimilee
24. (a) Aquarim (c) Acquariam
(b) Aquarium (d) Acquerium
Directions (25-27): In the following three questions, ch the word opposite in meaning to the given word and mark the Answer Sheet.
(a) Joyous (b) unprejudiced
(c) Prominent (d) thankful
(a) Healthy (b) obese
(c) Young (d) steady
27. FAKE
(a) Real
(b) Unprejudiced
not having or showing a dislike or distrust based on fixed or preconceived ideas.
"an unprejudiced reading of the New Testament"
Similar:
objective
impartial
unbiased
(c) Ideal (d) Thankful
Directions (28-32): Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and mark it by blackening the appropriate circle in the Answer Sheet.
PASSAGE
The instinctive natural way to express anger is to respond aggressively. Anger is a natural, adaptive response to threats; it inspires powerful, often aggressive feelings and behaviours, which allow us to fight and to defend ourselves when we are attacked. On the other hand, we can't physically lash out at every person or object that irritates or annoys us. Laws, social norms and common sense place limits on how far our anger can take us. People use a variety of both conscious and unconscious processes to deal with their angry feelings. The three main approaches are expressing, suppressing and calming. Expressing your angry feeling in an assertive - not aggressive manner is the healthiest way to express anger. Being assertive doesn't mean being pushy or demanding; it means being respectful of yourself and others. Anger can be suppressed, and
then converted or redirected. This happens when you hold in your anger, stop thinking about it, and focus on something positive.
28. Which one of the following places limits on how far we can take our anger?
(a) Behaviour
(b) Law
(c) Feelings
(d) Instinct
29. How, according to the author, can one suppress anger?
(a) By thinking about one's anger
(b) By holding one's anger
(c) By redirecting anger
(d) By converting anger
30. According to the author, how should people deal with their anger?
(a) Express it assertively
(b) Expressing unconsciously
(c) Expressing consciously
(d) Express it aggressively
31. What does the author mean by being assertive?
(a) Being demanding
(b) Being respectful
(c) Being pushy
(d) Being calm
32. How does a person naturally express anger?
(a) By adapting strong behaviour
(b) By defending oneself
(c) By inspiring powerful feeling
(d) By responding aggressively
Directions (33-37): In the following five questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the circle corresponding to the appropriate correct option. If a sentence is free from error, blacken the circle corresponding to
"No Error" in the Answer Sheet.
33. I really do regret not to learn to play the violin when I had so many opportunities to learn and practice in school.
(a) No error
(b) I really do regret not to learn to play the violin
(c) when I had so many opportunities
(d) to learn and practice in school.
34. The government granted relief payment of 5,000 each to those who injured in the fire accident.
(a) The government granted
(b) to those who injured in the fire accident.
(c) relief payments of 5000 each
(d) No error
35. Everyone of us should realize that any act of negligence will cause a great harm to our countrys security.
(a) Everyone of us should realize that
(b) any act of negligence will cause (c) No error
(d) a great harm to our country's security.
37. By May next year I have been working in this college for twenty years.
(a) for twenty years.
(b) I have been working in this college (c) No error
(d) By May next years
Directions (38-42): Read the passage carefully the and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and mark it by blackening the appropriate circle in the Answer Sheet.
PASSAGE
The crowd surged forward through the narrow streets of Paris. There was a clatter of shutters being closed hastily by trembling hands - the citizens of Paris knew that once the fury of the people was excited, there was no telling what they might do. They came to an old house which had a workshop on the ground floor. A head popped out of the door to see what it was all about. "Get him! Get Thimonier! Smash his devilish machines!" yelled the crowd. They found the workshop without its owner. M. Thimonier had escaped by the back door. Now the fury of the demonstrators turned against the machines that were standing in the shop, ready to be delivered to buyers. They were systematically infuriated crowd recover their senses broken up and destroyed - dozens of them. Only when the last wheel and spindle had been trampled under foot did the "That is the end of M'Sieur Thimonier and his sewing machines," they said to one another and went home satisfied. Perhaps now they would find work, for they were all unemployed tailors and seamstresses who believed that their livelihood was threatened by that new invention.
38. The people thought that
(a) Thimonier was mad.
(b) they would be deprived of their livelihood.
(c) the sewing machine was dangerous.
(d) their lives were in danger.
39. The passage throws light on
(a) how a well-meant invention can be misunderstood.
(b) how dangerous an invention can be.
(c) what mischief an inventor can do to ordinary people.
(d) why inventions should be avoided.
40. The aim of the crowd was to
(a) humiliate Thimonier
(b) destroy the sewing machines
(c) kill Thimonier
(d) drive Thimonier away
41. Shutters were being closed because the shopkeepers
(a) wanted to protect Thimonier
(b) feared their shops would be destroyed
(c) wanted to support the crowd
(d) wanted to attack the crowd
42. The crowd was protesting against
(a) the closing of workshop
(b) the newly invented sewing machine
(c) the misdoing of Thimonier
(d) Thimonier for keeping the invention a secret
Directions (43-47): In the following five questions 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 circle in they
43. He went there......
(b) by foot
(a) with foot
(c) wathey on foot
(d) on foot
44. After your long illness I am happy to see you...
(a) by and by (c) up and down
(b) up and about (d) up and round
45. Making pies and cakes.... speciality. ..Mrs. Reddy's
(a) is
(b) has
(c) were
(d) are
46. The deserted garden was infested.. .weeds.
(a) into
(b) with
(c) on
(D) for
47. You must....your career with all seriousness.
(a) pursue (c) follow
(b) complete (d) direct
Directions (48-50): In the following three questions, out of
48. PREDILECTION
(a) Favour
(b) Prejudice
(C) preference
a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favour of something.
"my predilection for Asian food"
(d) whim
O49. DEVOUT
(a) Dedicated
(B) Solemn
(c) pious
(d) loyal
50. EFFIGY
(a) reflection
(b) organ
(c)Imagery
(a) Dedicated
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