Solved Paper 2015
Directions (1-5): Some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the oval corresponding to the appropriate letter (a), (b), (c). If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval corresponding to (d) in the Answer Sheet.
1. Bobby learnt the (a)/ alphabets at the (b)/ age of two. (c)/ No error (d)
It should be alphabet
2. The sum and substance (a)/ of this poem (b)/ is as follows. (c)/ No error (d)
3. I watched how (a)/ the pionoist (b)/ used her left hand. (c) /No error (d)
Pianist is correct option
4. The ruins of the spillway are a vital clue (a)/ to the epic struggle that unfold as generations of Khmer engineers (b)/ coped with a water system that grew complex and unruly. (c)/ No error (d)
b unfolded
5. You are required to give an explanation (a)/ for your conduct (b)/ within two days of the receipt of this letter. (c)/ No error (d)
(c) there should be no the before receipt
Directions (6-10): 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.
6. Krisda's stories.... Me very strangely.
(a) effected
(b) changed
(c) affected
(d) afflicted
7. She pipped her rival.. ... The gold medal.
(a) to
(B) near
(C) for
(e) for
8. By morning the fury of the floods...
(a) abated
(B) ebbed
(c) receded
9. Work should be guided by some.... Desire of altruism and....
(a) genuine, philanthropy (b) good, liberty
(c) false, honesty (d) shallow, ability
10. Ships are.... .....by giant engines
(a) sailed
(b) dragged
(c) pulled
(d) driven
Directions (11-13): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
11. DIMINISH
(a) Prohibit
(b) Shorten
(c) Reduce
(d) Worsen
12. PLEBISCITE
(a) Reservation
(b) Representation
(c) Renunciation
(d) Referendum
13. FRUGAL
(a) Plain
(b) Economical
(c) Simple
(d) Miserly
Directions (14-16): Choose the words opposite in meaning to the given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
14. URBANE
(a) Rural
(b) Crude
(c) Native
(d) Loud
15. BOLD
(a) Nervous
(b) Coy
(c) Fearful
16. Authentic
(a) Genuine
(b) False
(c) Factual
(d) Real
Directions (17-21): 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.
17. I hope you will back me at the meeting.
(a) follow
(b) criticise
(c) support
(d) speak after I do
18. I and my friend always go Dutch when we eat out.
(a) pay for each other's meal
(b) go together
(c) divide the costs (d) drive together
19. A closefisted man does not know the significance of human life.
(a) a poor man
(b) an ill-mannered man
(c) a miser
(d) a rich man
20. He's as daft as a brush. Don't believe a word of what he says.
(a) a liar
(b) really silly
(c) very funny
(d) unreliable
21. I shall always remember my alma mater with gratitude.
(a) teacher who inspired me
(b) mother's loving care
(c) kindergarten days
(d) institution where I got education
Directions (22-31): A sentence/ a part of the senten underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlin part at (a), (b), (c) which may improve the sentence. Choo the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needyour answer is (d). Mark your answer in the Answer Sheet
22. The glass figurine that was being shown in the she window appealed to me.
(a) that was exhibited (b) that was on display
(c) that was advertised (d) No improvement
23. She said that she was glad to be here that evening.
(a) to have been here (b) to be there (c) to come here
24. The notiorious criminal went to the police to go the prison
(a) surrendered himself before the police
(b) gave himself up for the police
(c) submitted to the police (d) No improvement
25. I did not see you for a long time.
(a) saw (c) have not seen
(b) have not been seeing (d) No improvement
26. The practice of starving the children in order to cure diarrhoea also aggravates the situation.
(a) starve children
(b) starving children
(c) starving child (d) No improvement
27. If he has time he will telephone.
(a) would (c) might
(b) could (d) No improvement
28. He met European lady at the conference who works for an NGO. (a) European lady who works for an NGO at the conference
(b) a European lady who works for an NGO, at the conference
(c) an European lady at the conference who works for an NGO
(d) No improvement
29. We do not believe in a dual policy of the company.
(a) in these dual
(b) on these dual
(c) in this dual
(d) No improvement
30. This news is too good to be true. (a) so good that it cannot be true
(b) cannot be true
(c) so good that it should be true
(d) No improvement
31. He is somehow tall for his age.
(a) much (c) rather
(b) many
(d) No improvement
There should be taller instead of much
Directions (32-38): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and indicate it by blackening the appropriate oval in the Answer Sheet.
32. To free someone from all blames
(a) Fling (c) Consolidate
(b) Forbid (d) Exonerate
33. The burial of a corpse
(b) Internment
(a) Interment
(c) Interrogate
(d) Interpose
34. Aperson who deliberately sets fire to a building
(a) Hijacker
(b) Arsonist
(c) Extortionist
(d) Assassin
35. One who makes an official examination of accounts.
(a) Creditor
(b) Chartered Accountant
(c) Auditor
(d) Registrar
36. That which cannot be effaced
(a) Affable
(b) Illegible
(c) Indelible
(d) Invincible
37. One who does not believe in the existence of God
(a) Theist (c) Cynic
(b) Mystic (d) Atheist
38. Conferred as an honour
(a) Honorarium
(b) Honourable
(c) Honorific
(d) Honorary
Directions (39-40): Four words are given in each question_ out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
(a) Aneurysm
(b) Annonymous
(c) Carcas
(d) Disipate
40. (a) Coherant
(b) algeimer
(c) Tommorow
(d) Commendation
Directions (41-50): You have two passages with 5 questions following each passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and mark it by blackening the appropriate oval in the Answer Sheet.
PASSAGE-1
The public distribution system, which provides food at low prices, is a subject of vital concern. There is a growing realization that though India has enough food to feed its masses two square meals a day, the monster of starvation and food insecurity continues to haunt the poor in our country.
Increasing the purchasing power of the poor through providing productive employment leading to rising income, and thus good standard of living, is the ultimate objective of public policy. However, till then, there is a need to provide assured supply of food through a restructured, more efficient and decentralized public distribution system (PDS). Although the PDS is extensive - it is one of the largest such systems in the world - it hasn't reached the rural poor and the remote places. It remains an urban phenomenon, with the majority of the rural poor still out of its reach due to lack of economic and physical access. The poorest in the cities and the migrants are left out, for they generally do not possess ration cards. The allocation of PDS supplies in big cities is larger than in rural areas. In view of such deficiencies in the system, the PDS urgently needs to be streamlined. Also, considering the large food grains production combined with food subsidy on one hand and the continuing slow starvation and dismal poverty of rural population on the other, there is a strong case for making PDS target group oriented. By making PDS target group oriented, not only the poorest and the neediest would be reached without additional cost but we can also reduce the overall costs incurred.
41. The public distribution system, which provides food at is a subject of vital concern.
(a) fair prices (c) high prices ...
(b) low prices
(d) as per capita income
42. Which of the following is true of public distribution system?
(a) It has improved its effectiveness over the years.
(b) It is unique in the world because
effectiveness.
(c) It has remained effective only in the cities.
(d) It has reached the remotest corner of the country.
43. What should be an appropriate step to make the PDS effective?
(a) To make it target group oriented (b) To increase the amount of food grains per ration card
(c) To decrease the allotment of food grains (d) To reduce administrative cost
44.The full form of PDS is
(a) Private distribution system
(b) Partial distribution system
(c) Party distribution system
(d) Public distribution system
45. What, according to the passage, would be the rationale of making the PDS target-group oriented?
(a) It will abolish the imbalance of urban and rural sector.
(b) It will remove poverty.
(c) It will give food to the poorest section without additional cost.
(d) It will motivate the target-group population to work more.
PASSAGE-2
The desert floras shame us with their cheerful adaptations to the seasonal limitations. Their whole duty is to flower and fruit, and they do it hardly, or with tropical luxuriance, as the rain admits. It is recorded in the report of the Death Valley expedition that after a year of abundant rains, on the Colorado Desert was found a specimen of Amaranths ten feet high. A year later the same species in the same place matured in the drought at four inches. Seldom does the desert herb attain the full stature of the type. Extreme aridity and extreme altitude have the same dwarfing effect, so that we find in the high Sierras and in Death Valley related species in miniature that reach a comely growth in mean temperatures. Very fertile are the desert plants in expedients to prevent evaporation, turning their foliage edge-wise toward the sun, growing silky hairs, exuding thick gum. The wind, which has a long sweep, harries and helps them. It rolls up dunes about the stocky stems, encompassing and protective, and above the dunes, which may be, as with the mesquite, three times as high as a man, the blossoming twigs
flourish and bear fruit.
46. What stops the desert floras from performing their duty well?
(a) The people who pluck them
(b) The desert animals
(c) The rain
(d) The desert sand
47.What lesson do the desert floras have to teach us?
(a) How to grow in dry places
(b) How to adapt to limitations
(c) How to live a long time
(d) How to grow with grace
48. The desert plants face the danger of... extreme aridity and extreme altitude.
(a) early death
(b) loss of reproduction
(c) dwarfism
(d) painful growth
49. How does the wind help the desert floras to grow?
(a) Byrolling up protective sand dunes
(b) By blowing gently
(c) By blowing the clouds away
(d) By blowing the heat away
50. The mesquite is
(a) a tribe of people
(b) a type of desert animal
(c) a sand dune
(d) a desert floraaily necessities
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