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Direction: In this section each item consists of six
sentences of a passage. The first and sixth
sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four
sentences in each have been jumbled up and
labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find
the proper sequence of the four sentences.
1. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1: Another significant change in the past five
years have been the global resurgence of
ethnic and religious aspirations.
S6: This phenomenon is evident not only in Africa
and Asia but also in Europe, notably in Italy
and Spain
P: No less than 15 new States have emerged in
that region since 1990.
Q: This manifests itself in many different ways.
R: Another manifestation is the growth of
ethnicity or regionalism as catalyst for new
political parties.
S: One is the new‘ nationalism that is thriving
in the wake of the break up of the Soviet
Empire.
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a) Q S P R b) P R Q S
c) P S Q R d) Q R P S
2. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1: There was a check-post for passing vehicles
at a village called Gobindapur, a short
dinstance from where the road to Dhanbad
branched off from the Grand Trunk Road.
S6: He asked me more than once if I was sure
that the man had noted the number
down.
P: When I came sufficiently near, he moved
back and the barrier was lifted.
Q: I slowed down and found a man coming
forward with pencil and book in hand.
R: I told uncle that the man had taken down the
number of the car, adding that it was a
routine practice.
S: As I approached it, I saw the barrier coming
down slowly.
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a) R Q P S b) Q R P S
c) S Q P R d) R S P Q
3. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1: Newton was perhaps the greatest scientist
that ever lived.
S6: Newton went home and worked quietly by
himself for about 18 months.
P: But when he was only 22, a terrible
Pagueepidemic swept over England.
Q: He was the son of a Lincolnshire farmer,
and was born in 1642.
R: Therefore the universities were closed.
S: He went to Cambridge to study mathematics
when he was 19. The proper sequence
should be
a) S P R Q b) Q P S R
c) S Q P R d) Q S P R
4. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1: Convention has a necessary part to playing
the life of everyone.
S6: Their purpose, however, is always the same.
P: It is necessary and useful for this reason.
Q: Of course, there is nothing absolute about
conventions.
R: They vary from country to country, fromage
to age.
S: In all social affairs it prescribes more or less
generally accepted rules of behavior.
The proper sequence should be
a) S Q R P b) P Q S R
c) R P S Q d) S P Q R
5. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1: There was a legend among out people that
the island had once been covered with tall
trees.
S6: Tamai angrily went down, down to another
world; so people die today because he did.
P: This was a long time ago, at the beginning of
the world when Tumid and Murat ruled.
Q: Tamai wished people to die.
R: The two gods quarreled about many things.
S: Mukai did not. The proper sequence should
be:
a) P R Q S b) P S R Q
c) S P R Q d) S Q P R
6. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
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S1: It was in 264 B. C. that the great struggle
between Rome and Carthage, the Punic
Wars began.
S6: But the Romans, with extraordinary energy,
set themselves to out build the Carthagains.
P: It gradually developed into a struggle forth
possession of Sicily.
Q: The advantage of the sea was at first with the
Carthagains.
R: The First Punic War began in that year about
the pirates of Messina.
S: They had great fighting ships of what was
hitherto an unheard-of size. The proper
sequence should be:
a) R Q S P b) R P Q S
c) P R S Q d) Q S P R
7. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1: Rutherford was the son of a Scot’s emigrant
to New Zealand.
S6: Life was hard, but it was adventurous.
P: They had 12 children, of whom Rutherford
was the fourth.
Q: His father established the first flax mill in
South Island.
R: He was brought up in a real frontier
atmosphere and it entered into the nature of
the man.
S: His mother was the first woman school
teacher in New Zealand. The proper
sequence should be:
a) P R Q S b) Q S R P
c) Q R S P d) Q S P R
8. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1: The five-year plans are meant for the nation’s
economic development.
S6: The most important is, certainly, failure on
the family planning front.
P: What are the reasons for it?
Q: One way of measuring a nation’s
development is by finding out how much
progress there has been in the fight against
poverty..
R: The reasons are many.
S: In India, every five-year plan ends with more
people coming under the poverty line. The
correct sequence should be:
a) R P Q S b) Q S P R
c) P R S Q d) S Q R P
9. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1: Forests have an influence on the climate of a
region.
S6: Thus we see that forests in a region often
make the climate cooler.
P: Much of the rain that falls beneath the trees
dissolves plant food in the soil.
Q: This gives to the air over the forests coolness
which is felt by balloonists and aviators three
thousand feet above the earth.
R: The plants absorb all the food and much of
the water, but the rest of the water is
breathed out through the leaves into the air.
S: This is taken up by the roots of plants
and carried upward to the leaves.
The proper sequence should be
a) Q S R P b) P S R Q
c) R S P Q d) S Q P R
10. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1: The wise men laughed at Galileo for
presuming to differ from the great Aristotle.
S6: Both struck the ground together, as head
asserted that they would.
P: He them climbed to the top, carrying with
him a ten pound shot and a one-pound shot.
Q: So one morning he took some students and
teachers to the base of the famous Leaning
Tower.
R: Balancing them on the edge of the tower, he
let them fall together.
S: But Galileo said he could prove his
statement.
The proper sequence should be
a) S Q P R b) Q P S R
c) P R S Q d) R S Q P
11. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1: The lions used to be widely distributed in
Africa and Asia.
S6: No hunting is permitted in such reserved
areas.
P: There are special forest zones set aside for
wildlife in various countries.
Q: Indiscriminate killing by hunters has been
the abuse of this drastic fall in their numbers.
R: Today they are a relatively rare species.
S: If the species survives at all, it will be only in
national parks. The proper sequence should
be:
a) RSQP b) SQRP
c) RQSP d) SRPQ
12. Find out the proper sequence of the
given sentences.
S1: There are several tribes in East Africa.
S6: All the other tribes were afraid of them
because of their skill in war.
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P: The Masais were famous fighters.
Q: They used to raid the neighbouring tribes
and carry away their cattle.
R: They lived on the wide plains in Southern
Kenya and Northern Tanzania.
S: But the most famous among them is the
Masai tribe.
The proper sequence should be
a) SPRQ b) PRQS
c) RQSP d) QRPS
13. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1 When a light passenger plane flew off course
sometime ago, it crashed in the mountains
and its pilot was killed.
P: Snow lay thick on the ground.
Q: It was the middle of winter.
R: The woman knew that nearest village was
miles away.
S: The only passengers, a young woman and her
two baby daughters, were unhurt,
S6: When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase into
a bed and put the children Inside it, covering
them with all the clothes she could find.
a) PQRS b) QPRS
c) SQPR d) RSPQ
14. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1. The fox and the crane remained friends
for a long time.
P. She served the dishes in a beaker to the fox.
The fox could not eat It because the beaker
was very high.
Q. The crane could not eat the dishes because
of Its long beak. The next day it was the
turn off the crane to host the lunch for the
fox.
R. But the fox wanted to show that he was
cleverer than the crane.
S. So one day he invited the crane for dinner
and served the dishes on a plate.
S6. The fox put down its head in shame and went
away.
a) PQRS b) QSRP
c) RSQP d) PSQR
15. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1. The landscape
P. with Nature displaying
Q. here is awesome
R. that are seldom
S. a range of delights
S6. seen together
a) PSRQ b) QPSR
c) RSPQ d) QRS P
16. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1. The tiny bacterial plants that live in the soil
help to prepare food for the plants we
cultivate.
P. The farmer works very hard to make the soil
favorable.
Q. But these soil bacteria are very necessary and
helpful
R. There are millions of bacteria in a cubic inch
of fertile soil.
S. Some kinds of bacteria are harmful.
S6. They do not need sunlight as do most plants.
a) SQPR b) QSPR
c) RPSQ d) PRQS
17. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1. A man should give the same care to himself
that he gives to his car.
P. And sooner or later there comes a complete
break down.
Q. Everyday tens of thousands of men are trying
to work when their bodies and minds are in
need of repair work.
R. For worry pulls down the mind and fatigue
pulls down the body.
S. He does not try to drive his car when there is
something wrong with it, he has to put it in
order.
S6. Man should realize that most worry and
fatigue can be prevented.
a) PSRQ b) QPSR
c) RSQP d) SQPR
18. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1. Freedom is first of all a personal matter.
P. A man who will not submit to the discipline
of his chosen occupation is not free to be
a great surgeon, an engineer, or a golfer or an
executive.
Q. Life imposes a drastic discipline on all living
things, including human beings.
R. We are free to eat poison or jump off a tall
building, but not to escape the
consequences.
S. We are bound by the laws of cause and
effect.
S6. Nature, moreover, binds the arbitrary limits
of mind and body we are not free to do
whatever effort, what is beyond our capacity.
a) QRSP b) RSPQ
c) PQRS d) SRQP
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19. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences
S1: She was an old woman with a large purse that
had everything in it.
P. It was about eleven O'clock at night.
Q. It had a long strap.
R. She carried it slung across her shoulder.
S. A boy rah up behind her
S6. He tried to snatch her purse.
a) PQRS b) SQRP
c) QRPS d) SRQP
20. Find out the proper sequence of the given
sentences.
S1. I think the essence of wisdom is
emancipation as far as possible, from the
tyranny of the here and the now.
P. If any one could, he would hardly be able To
remain alive.
Q. But it is possible to make a continual
approach towards impartiality.
R. No one can view the world with complete
impartiality.
S. This is of course a matter of degree.
S6. It is this approach towards impartiality that
constitutes growth in wisdom.
a) QRSP b) RQPS
c) SRPQ d) PRSQ
21. Find the most opposite word in meaning. The
evidence against the accused is conclusive.
a) powerful b) indecisive
c) exclusive d) partial
22. Find the most opposite word in meaning.
BARREN
a) Wet b) Rich
c) Fertile d) Exception
23. Find the most opposite word in meaning.
Popular fiction in a sense has enriched world
literature.
a) devalued b) undervalued
c) depreciated d) impoverished
24. Find the most opposite word in meaning.
IMPERIOUS
a) Characterless b) Impermanent
c) Imperfect d) Submissive
25. Find the most opposite word in meaning I find his
view repugnant.
a) amiable b) repulsive
c) amoral d) apolitical
26. Find the most similar word in meaning.
HOSTILITY
a) Illness b) Enmity
c) Disturbance d) Derogatory
27. Find the most similar word in meaning.
CONSENSUS
a) Awareness
b) General agreement
c) Careful observation
d) Praiseworthy
28. Find the most similar word in meaning. The
spectators looked at the batsman in amazement
when he hit sixer after sixer.
a) shock b) wonder
c) surprise d) suspicion
29. Find the most similar word in meaning.
EXPLICIT
a) Immediate b) Plainly stated
c) Marked d) Revealing the secret
30. Find the most similar word in meaning. The
eyewitness testimony was incontrovertible.
a) disputable b) debatable
c) unacceptable d) unquestionable
31. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any. There would have been (a)/ a disaster (b)/
and for your prompt action (c)/ No error(d)
a) There would have been
b) a disaster
c) and for your prompt action
d) No error
32. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any. A lot of money (a)/ were spent (b)/ on the
common wealth games (c)/ No error (d)
a) A lot of money
b) were spent
c) on the common wealth games
d) No error
33. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any.
His father would (a)/ rather die than (b)/ to
beg from door to door (c)/ No error (d)
a) His father would
b) rather die than
c) to beg from door to door
d) No error
34. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any.
Much harassed (a)/ he left hostel (b)/ bag and
baggage (c)/ No error (d)
a) Much harassed b) he left hostel
c) bag and baggage d) No error
35. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any.
The wise father told him (a)/ that the mangoes
had gone bad as they were (b) /in contact with
the one rotten mango c) / No error (d)
a) The wise father told him
b) that the mangoes had gone bad as they
were
c) in contact with the one rotten mango
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d) No error
36. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any.
I shall have to (a)/ withdraw from my savings
(b)/to buy a new car (c)/ No error(d)
a) I shall have to
b) withdraw from my savings
c) to buy a new car
d) No error
37. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any. No sooner did the rabbit(a)/come out of
the bush (b)/ when the hunter killed it (c)/No
error (d)
a) No sooner did the rabbit
b) come out of the bush
c) when the hunter killed it
d) No error
38. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any. Many a man (a)/ have come to India from
Bangladesh (b)/to live here permanently
(c)/ No error (d)
a) Many a man
b) have come to India from Bangladesh
c) to live here permanently
d) No error
39. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if any.
Due to inflation (a)/ the cost of living (b)/
escalated in the last one year (c)/ No error (d)
a) Due to inflation
b) the cost of living
c) escalated in the last one year
d) No error
40. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if any.
(a)among the youthful of today(b)very important
and active hobby(c)influence of
the internet(d)No Error
a) among the youthful of today
b) very important and active hobby
c) influence of the internet
d) No Error
41. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any.
There is only one cure (a)/ to the evils which
newly (b)/ acquired freedom produces and that
cure is freedom (c)/ No error (d)
a) There is only one cure
b) to the evils which newly
c) acquired freedom produces and that curies
freedom
d) No error
42. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any. Do not write him of (a)/ as I feel he still has
the fire (b)/ shouldering in him (c)/No error (d)
a) Do not write him of
b) as I feel he still has the fire
c) Shouldering in him
d) No error
43. Find the grammatical error in the sentence
if any. Hearing these strange noises above the
thought at once occurred to me that thieves
had entered the house
a) No error
b) the thought at once occurred to me
c) that thieves had entered the house
d) Hearing these strange noises above
44. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any. The ruins of the spillway are a vital clue
to The epic struggle that unfold as generations
of Khmer engineers cope with a water system
that grew complex and unruly
a) coped with a water system that grew
complex and unruly
b) to the epic struggle that unfold as
generations of Khmer engineers
c) The ruins of the spillway are a vital clue
d) No error
45. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any. This is John’s book on the table
a) No error b) John s book
c) on the table d) This is
46. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any. It Is not good to breed over past failure
a) to breed over b) It Is not good
c) No error d) past failure
47. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any.
(a) to one another(b)Let us vie(c)in doing
good(d)No error
a) to one another b) Let us vie
c) in doing good d) No error
48. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any.(a)In twenty wrecks. b) five lives were(c)No
error(d)fortunately lost
a) In twenty wrecks b) five lives were
c) No error d) fortunately lost
49. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any. Rakesh found the newspaper very dull
a) very dull b) Rakesh founds
c) No Error d) the newspaper
50. Find the grammatical error in the sentence if
any. The fight for liberation (a)/ brings out the
best and (b)/ a noblest quality in mankind(c)/
No error (d)
a) The fight for liberation
b) brings out the best and
c) a noblest quality in mankind
d) No error
51. A school of psychology argues that
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P: is one of the manifestations of impulse control
disorder, a condition in which
Q: an act harmful oneself or others
R: motorcycling — like gambling or skydiving
S: an individual cannot resist the impulse or
temptation to perform
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a) R - P - S – Q b) Q - S - P – R
c) R - S - P – Q d) Q - P - S – R
52. With all the crime and sleaze
P: I am not sure how many parents will be able
to
Q: how many will have to courage to satisfy the
child‘s uncomfortable queries
R: that dominates the front page of the News
papers today
S: read out the headlines their children, and if
they do so
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a) R - P - S – Q b) S - Q - R – P
c) R - Q - S – P d) S - P - R – Q
53. The journalist (P)/ saw (Q)/ countless number of
the dead (R)/ driving across the field of battle.
(S)Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a) P Q S R b) P Q R S
c) P S Q R d) S R Q P
54. William Shakespeare in his lifetime (P)/the
great English dramatist (Q)/ wrote thirty-five
plays (R)/ and several poems (S).The correct
sequence should be
a) P–Q–R–S b) R–S–P–Q
c) Q–S–R–P d) Q–P–R–S
55. In this world (P) a man has (Q) it is possible that
the best friend (R) may turn against him (S)The
correct sequence should be
a) Q-P-R-S b) P-Q-R-S
c) R-Q-P-S d) Q-R-S-P
56. (P) the rain did not prevent (Q) from being
played (R) to a finish (S) the match The correct
sequence should be
a) PQRS b) PSQR
c) PSRQ d) SQPR
57. the child burned down (P) the house (Q)by
playing (R) with matches (S)The correct sequence
should be
a) R S P Q b) Q S P R
c) R P S Q d) Q P S R
58. You have been writing to me often About
P: getting a first prize in sports etc.
Q: but my daughter
R: distinguishing in a fancy dress show, or
S: such achievements make me apprehensive of
your educational progress
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a) QPRS b) RSQP
c) QSRP d) RPQS
59. Here
P: another supposed discovery of 29-inch
Footprints
Q: claim to have found in Kerala
R: we go again with yet
S: which a group of amateur anthropologists
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a) R - Q - S – P b) S - P - R – Q
c) R - P - S – Q d) S - Q - R – P
60. Among
P: the soldier‘s mindset from fighting
Q: the doctrine‘s other directives is the need to
reorient
R: namely terrorists hiding among civilians
S: the enemy to fighting his own people
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a) P - Q - R – S b) Q - P - S – R
c) P - Q - S – R d) Q - P - R – S
61. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. A group of fish is swimming in the
pond.
a) swarm b) collection
c) school d) No improvement
62. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. I have never been hearing from him
since he left for America.
a) have never heard
b) have never been hearing
c) was never heard
d) No improvement
63. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. The visitors arrived at a lucky
moment.
a) an opportunistic
b) an opportunity
c) an opportune
d) No improvement
64. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. It was raining so heavily yesterday
that I could not move out for my usual walk.
a) 1 could not go out for my usual walk
b) I could not go to my usual walk
c) I could not move for my usual walk
d) No improvement
65. Improve the bold part in the sentence if required.
One cannot be indifferent to ones health, cant one
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a) can‘t be? b) can one ?
c) isn‘t it ? d) No improvement
66. Improve the bold part in the sentence if required.
The concert will start when the conductor
comes.
a) when the conductor arrives
b) when the curtain has been raising
c) when the audience will arrive
d) No improvement
67. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. The Portsmouth Summer Art Festival
is the only place in New Hampshire where we
are fortunately see such diverse tales all in one
place.
a) we are able to fortunately see
b) we are fortunate to see
c) we are fortunate to seeing
d) No improvement
68. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. Will buy the house provided it is quite
sound.
a) unless b) whether
c) until d) No Improvement
69. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. If you are a cricket fan, make sure you
are witness the grand opening ceremony today.
a) you witnessed
b) you witnessing
c) you witness
d) No improvement
70. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. Why should you be despaired of your
success of your undertaking?
a) you despair of the success of your
Undertaking
b) you despair of success of undertaking
c) you be despaired of the success of your
Undertaking
d) No improvement.
71. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. Renukaavailed herself of all the leave
to her credit.
a) availed of b) availed
c) availed to d) No improvement
72. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. Both himself and his relations will be
invited.
a) you b) she
c) he d) No improvement
73. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. The university asked him to return
back the funds allotted for the project.
a) No improvement
b) to bring back the funds
c) to settle the funds
d) to return the funds
74. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. This news is too good to be true.
a) cannot be true
b) so good that it should be true
c) No improvement
d) so good that it cannot be true
75. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. The world is being faced with acrisis
a) confronted b) in front of
c) No Improvement d) facing
76. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. The two thieves distributed the loot
between themselves.
a) with themselves
b) amongst themselves
c) among themselves
d) No improvement
77. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. If you want to catch the first flight you
may leave now.
a) must b) ought to
c) No improvement d) could
78. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. Where are you coming from ?
a) No improvement
b) do you come from
c) were you from
d) you are coming from
79. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. Listen attention to what I say.
a) attentively
b) attend
c) attentive
d) No improvement
80. Improve the bold part in the sentence if
required. The medicine must be take by you.
a) takes
b) taken
c) taking
d) No improvement
Directions: Read the passage carefully and
choose the best answer to each question out of
the four alternatives.
Deriving your authority from the government,
your position would secure the respect and
consideration of everyone, especially in a service
where official rank carries so much weight. This
would secure to you every attention and comfort
on your way and there, together with a complete
submission to your orders. I know these things
are a matter of indifference to you except so far
as they may further the great objects you have in
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view, but they are of importance in themselves,
and of every importance to those who have a
right to take an interest in your personal position
and comfort.
81 The above passage most probably is a part of a
a) speech
b) official communication
c) written report
d) personal letter
82. The writer‘s attitude towards the person
addressed is characterised by
a) officiousness b) flattery
c) humility d) arrogance
83. The person addressed is most likely a
a) social worker
b) government servant
c) commercial agent
d) foreign dignitary
84. The writer is asking his reader to accept
a) great objects
b) a respected position
c) an official rank
d) a significant assignment
85. The great objects in the passage means
a) Significant items
b) Noble goals
c) Precious merchandise
d) Objects of praise
Directions: Read the passage carefully and
choose the best answer to each question out of
the four alternatives.
I While I stood drinking in he beauty of this placid
scene I became conscious of an alteration. In a
moment the sole porter emerged from his
midday nap, operated a signal that clanked
noisily into position, and then ambled slowly
towards me for my return-half ticket, whilst I
remarked that his red amiable face and
easygoing gait were in perfect harmony with the
tranquil surroundings. A wisp of smoke on the
horizon with a dark snake crawling beneath it
announced the approach of the train. As it drew
nearer, the deep silence of the place was
gradually displaced by a creaking of brakes and a
hissing of steam. Save for myself, no one
entered the train and no one alighted. The porter
with leisurely expertness, trundled a couple of
milk churns on board, the door was slammed, the
guard signaled to The driver, and we moved off,
leaving the small station once more to its drowsy
silence.
86 The meaning of drowsy is
a) Untidy b) Sleepy
c) Freezing d) Drugged
87. The central idea of the passage is
a) Leisure and Peace
b) Hurry and Noise
c) Activity
d) The Porter
88. Who had a midday nap?
a) The author b) The passenger
c) The Stationmaster d) The porter
89. Who/what does first break the silence of the
station?
a) The train b) The porter
c) The passenger d) Milk churns
90. What does the author suggest by the word
placid?
a) The scene was filled with noise of the train
b) The place was filled with lively humanity
c) The place was quite and lonely
d) The horizon looked smoke laden
Directions: Read the passage carefully and
choose the best answer to each question out of
he four alternatives.
It happened one day, about noon, going
towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised
with the print of a man‘s naked Font the .chore.
which was veto plain to be seen in the sand. I
stood like one thunder-struck, or as if I had seen
an apparition. I listened, I looked round me, I
could hear nothing, nor see anything. I went up
the shore, and down the shore, but it was all one;
I could see no other impression but that one. I
went to it again to see if there were any more,
and to observe if it might not be my fancy; but
there was no room for that, for there was exactly
the very print of a foot toes, heel and every part
of a foot.
91. The passage is full of short simple sentences.
Their purpose is to
a) facilitate easy understanding
b) give a plain narration
c) convey breathless excitement
d) imply the inability of the author to write in a
better way
92. Which one of these expressions best brings out
the effect of the foot-print on the author?
a) Seen an apparition
b) Stood like one thunder-struck
c) Went up the shore
d) Looked round himself
93. How does the author convince himself that the
foot-print is a real one?
a) By finding the person who made it
b) By being told about it by a witness
c) By thinking about it for some time
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d) By examining it carefully and noticing its
details
94. Which one of the following words best describes
the emotion evoked by the footprint in the
author?
a) Curiosity b) Indifference
c) Fear d) Surprise
95. On finding the foot-print on the shore, what did
the author do?
a) Did not pay much attention to it
b) Observed it with curiosity
c) Began to investigate its origin
d) Ran away in fear
96. Which one of the following best describes the
man's reaction to his problem?
a) The man is extremely upset to find the shirt
burnt and frantically tries to repair the damage
b) The hole in the shirt and the wife‘s
anticipated nagging are minor problems, the
greater one is that the man cannot find a needle
c) Neither the shirt hole nor the nagging nor
the lack of a needle is of great consequence
d) The man is terrified of his wife and dreads
her discovering the burnt shirt
Directions: Read the passage carefully and
choose the best answer to each question out of
the four alternatives.
He dropped off to sleep. The cigarette slipped
out of his mouth and burnt a great black hole in
his only shirt. The smart of the burn awoke him,
and he got up, cursing under his breath, and
fumbled in the dark for a needle in order to sew
up the hole. Otherwise his wife would see it in
the morning and would hag away at him for a
couple of hours. But he could not find a needle.
He fell asleep again.
97. The man wanted to sew the hole because
a) he wanted to avoid being scolded by his
wife
b) he had nothing else to do
c) he had no other shirt
d) he wanted to sleep again
98. The man got up to search for a needle Because
a) his wife would be very upset
b) the cigarette had damaged his only shirt
c) he wanted to mend the shirt
d) the burn-hole was huge and black
99. The man woke up in the dark because
a) The cigarette had burnt his favorite shirt
b) The cigarette had burnt his only shirt
c) The cigarette had to be lit again
d) The cigarette had burnt him
100. The cigarette fell out of the man‘s mouth
Because
a) He fell off his stool
b) He was surprised to see that it had made a
hole in is shirt
c) He fell asleep while smoking
d) He fumbled in the dark for a needle
Directions: Read the passage carefully and
choose the best answer to each question out of
the four alternatives.
Ah! whatever could be said was said. All held
him guilty. Even his own mother who claimed to
understand him the best. All had betrayed him in
his hour of need. Yet, there he was, still with a
sparkling hope and knew that the truth must
prevail. In the cold, dark and damp cell he never
for a moment lost faith in God and goodness and
was waiting anxiously for an angle to come, plead
non guilty for him and free him of his miseries.
101. Three of the following statements indicate that
he had a sparkling hope. Which statement does
not?
a) He had never lost faith in God.
b) He was sure there was goodness.
c) He could have evidence in his favor.
d) He knew that the truth must prevail.
102. Whatever others said about him, he
a) Betrayed no one.
b) Thought over the problem.
c) Never lost faith in goodness.
d) Raised his voice against injustice.
103. In the dark dungeon he always waited for
a) His mother.
b) The jailer.
c) The verdict freeing him of his miseries.
d) The angle to come and plead for him.
104. The truth must prevail means
a) He was true
b) Angle will reveal truth
c) Truth always wins in the end
d) We must plead for the truth
Directions: Read the passage carefully and
choose the best answer to each question out of
the four alternatives.
Once while travelling by the local bus, I got a seat
beside a very strange man. He seemed interested
in every passenger aboard. He would stare at a
person, scribble some odd mathematical
notations on his long notebook and then move
on to the next. Being quite interested in what he
was doing I asked him what all those notations
meant and then came the starling reply. He saw a
man‘s face not as a single unit but as thousands
of squares put together. He was in fact a
statistical expert and a budding artist learning
the art of graphics.
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105. The man was scribbling down
a) The figures of co-passengers
b) The details of thousands of squares put
together
c) Some mathematical formulae and
calculations
d) Some mathematical signs
106. The man caught author‘s attention because
a) He was sitting next to him.
b) He was staring at every person in the bus.
c) He would stare at every person and then
scribble down some mathematical notation.
d) He was budding artist learning the art of
graphics.
107. The author found that man‘s reply quite
startling because
a) A statistical expert cannot be a budding
Scientist
b) A budding artist cannot be a statistical
Expert
c) Graphics is still a rare art form and he was
learning in while travelling in a bus
d) They fact that ―a man‘s face can be
analyzed as thousands of squares‖ was a strange
concept.63. From the passage we gather that
Directions: Read the passage carefully and
choose the best answer to each question out of
the four alternatives.
I With the inevitable growth of specialization I
see the universities facing two great dangers.
First, it is very easy to get so involved in the
technical details of education that the object of
education is lost. And secondly, in an effort to
condition a university to the needs of its students
and to the needs of the state it may lose its
power to make or mould those students into
responsible men, capable of thinking for
themselves and capable of expressing the results
of their thoughts to there.
108. The author calls growth of specialization
inevitable‘. Which one of the following
statements is likely to be the most correct
reason for this inevitability?
a) Universities give grants only to do
specialized work in different disciplines
b) The professors and researchers in
universities are competent only for
specialized work
c) Specialization helps economic growth of the
nation.
d) In an age of science and technology
specialization becomes necessary
109. Which one of the following statements most
correctly suggests the central theme of the
passage?
a) The aim of education is specialization
b) The aim of education is to mould the youth
to work for the state
c) The aim of education is to make the youth
capable of independent thought and
expression
d) The aim of education is to enable the youth
to each a comfortable living
110. Which one of the following statements most
correctly suggests the warning implied in the
passage?
a) University education should not be
concerned with technical details.
b) Universities should not subordinate
themselves to the interests of the state.
(c Universities should be concerned only with
the needs of students.
d) Universities should not go in for any
specialization.
Directions: Read the passage carefully and
choose the best answer to each question out of
the four alternatives. You have an entry pass
One December night, a family had gathered
around their fireside and piled it high with wood
gathered from mountain streams and ruins of
great trees that had come falling down the
mountain sides. The fire roared and brightened
the room with its light. The faces of the father
and mother had a quiet gladness‘ the children
laughed; the oldest daughter was the picture of
happiness at seventeen‘ and the aged
grandmother who sat sewing in the warmest
place was the picture of happiness grown old.
111. The firewood had been
a) brought b) stolen
c) collected d) found
112. The parents looked
a) serene b) cheerful
c) gloomy d) dull
113. The oldest daughter looked
a) stupid b) glad
c) intelligent d) mournful
Directions: Read the passage carefully and
choose the best answer to each question out of
the four alternatives.
The unpleasant feeling passed and she
glanced guardedly up at him. He was walking
unmarked in moonlight, innocent of her reaction
to him. She felt then – this thought had come to
her before – that there might be more to him
than she had imagined. She felt ashamed she had
never thanked him for the help he had given her
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father.
114. She glanced at him when
a) He walked alone and unnoticed in Moonlight
b) She was sure that she was not being Noticed
c) Her reactions did not have any effect on Him
d) The unpleasant feeling passed
115. Her unpleasant feeling passed when
a) He did not take any notice of her
b) The moonlight was beautiful
c) She realized her sense of shame
d) She looked carefully at him
116. Fill the blank with an appropriate word. “My
India‘ by Corbett deals ________ the author‘s
familiarity with and love of India
a) in b) of
c) at d) with
117. Fill the blank with an appropriate word.
The Prime Minister insisted ________ fuel prices
in the Cabinet meeting
a) to raise b) on raising
c) in raising d) at raising
118. Fill the blank with an appropriate word. You will
not be allowed to enter _
a) if b) unless
c) when d) but
119. Fill the blank with an appropriate word.
A trader was ________ at the city airport early
on Thursday for carrying gold jewellery worth
over I crore
a) hindered b) detained
c) retained d) blocked
120. Fill the blank with an appropriate word.
The principal has given his ________ to the
match
a) except b) ascent
c) refuse d) assent
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ANSWER KEY
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1
a
31
c
61
91
2
c
32
b
62
92
3
d
33
c
63
93
4
d
34
a
64
94
5
a
35
c
65
95
6
a
36
b
66
96
7
d
37
c
67
97
8
b
38
b
68
98
9
b
39
c
69
99
10
a
40
a
70
100
11
c
41
b
71
101
12
a
42
a
72
102
13
c
43
d
73
103
14
c
44
b
74
104
15
b
45
b
75
105
16
c
46
a
76
106
17
d
47
a
77
107
18
d
48
d
78
108
19
c
49
b
79
109
20
c
50
c
80
110
21
b
51
a
81
111
22
c
52
a
82
112
23
d
53
c
83
113
24
d
54
d
84
114
25
a
55
c
85
115
26
b
56
b
86
116
27
b
57
a
87
117
28
b
58
d
88
118
29
b
59
c
89
119
30
d
60
b
90
120