PAPER 1
spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and
click the button corresponding to it.
1) Conniosseur 2) Connoisseur
3) Connossieur 4) Connosseiur
2. In the following question, out of the four alternatives,
choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the
given word and click the button corresponding to it.
SOOTHE
1) QUENCH 2) MITIGATE
3) HEAL 4) AGITATE
3. In the following question, out of the four alternatives,
choose the word which best expresses the meaning
of the given word and click the button corresponding
to it.
DEVASTATION
1) DESTRUCTION 2) CONSTRUCTION
3) SEPARATION 4) FRUSTRATION
Direction (4-6) : Out of the four alternatives, choose the
one which can be substituted for the given words/
sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
4. An exact copy
1) Facsimile 2) Twin
3) Mirror 4) Clone
5. To give money to agents for sales.
1) Salary 2) Commission
3) Fee 4) Incentive
6. A person who is working in the same institution.
1) Guide 2) Collector
3) Captain 4) Colleague
Direction (7-9) : In each of the questions, four alternatives
are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative
which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase
and click the button corresponding to it.
7. Catnap
1) Rest 2) Fitful sleep
3) Long sleep 4) Short sleep
8. To pull a long face
1) Looked happily 2) Looked surprised
3) Looked sad 4) Looked calm
9. Fit her like a glove.
1) Too large 2) Too shabby
3) Too tight 4) Perfectly
Direction (10-12) : The sentences given with blanks are
to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives
are suggested for each question. For each question, choose
the correct alternative and click the button corresponding
to it.
10. Health is too important to be ___________.
1) discarded 2) disposed
3) neglected 4) detested
11. I am _______________this crime.
1) ignorant on 2) innocent of
3) indebted to 4) ignoring
12. I was _____________ paying the toll tax.
1) free from 2) exonerated from
3) exempted from 4) exposed to
Direction (13 - 15) : In the following questions, one part
of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of
the sentence has an error and cl ick the button
corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click
the “No error” option.
13. I used (A)/ a pair of black trousers (B) / for a week
(C)/ No error (D)
1) A 2) B
3) C 4) D
14. He has made a mistake (A)/ of which (B) / I am certain
(C) / No error (D)
1) A 2) B
3) C 4) D
15. He was not allowed (A) / for the teacher (B) / to read
in a low voice (C) / no error (D)
1) A 2) B
3) C 4) D
Direction (16 - 20) : A passage is given with 5 questions
following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the
best answer to each question out of the four alternatives
and click the button corresponding to it.
My mom grew up in a traditional Chinese family in which
open expressions of love were never encouraged. When
she had me and my three siblings, she treated us with
the same hard hand. It was not that she was a slave driver
or anything, but she never openly showed affection.
Instead, she demonstrated that she cared in more
practical ways. My parents couldn’t have been more
different emotionally. My dad is a really openhearted
person who constantly showers us with hugs and kisses
no matter the occasion. After much persuasion from him,
my mother did try to change, but it was clear that she
never felt quite right expressing her emotions. Eventually,
she reverted to her old self. The difference between my
parents was never starker than whenever I brought home
good test results from school. My dad would practically
jump with joy, offering warm and affectionate words of
congratulations, and my mother? “Ah, good, good” she
would typically say with a tense smile etched on her face.
“Do better next time, OK?” I tried not to hold a grudge
against her for being so reserved. That was just her way.
I reasoned.
16. Why did the narrator not bear a grudge against her
mother?
1) She felt that her mother had that kind of nature
2) She was satisfied with her father’s love
3) Her mother was incapable of loving
4) Her mother was angry with everyone
17. The narrator’s mother reverted to her old self because
1) she fought with her husband
2) she did not feel comfortable in revealing her
emotions
3) she was angry with the children
4) her husband wanted her to be her old self
18. The narrator’s mother didn’t appreciate the narrator’s
results because
1) the marks were not good 2) the marks could be
better
3) she wasn’t very expressive 4) she was tense
19. How is the narrator’s dad different from her mother?
1) He is dark
2) He expresses his feelings openly
3) He dislikes children 4) He is persuasive in
nature
20. Why was the narrator’s mother not expressive of her
love?
1) She was of Chinese origin 2) It was not her nature
3) She was a harsh person
4) The tradition at her home didn’t allow her.
Direction (21-25): A sentence/a part of the sentence is
underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined
part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct
alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In
case no improvement is needed, cl ick the button
corresponding to “No improvement”.
21. Both of us had a different opinion about it.
1) Both of us has 2) Each of us had
3) Each of us have 4) No improvement
22. The trade union is hell bent at getting its demands
fulfilled
1) hell bent in 2) hell bent about
3) hell bent on 4) No improvement
23. The police had to break the door to get in
1) to break up 2) to break in
3) to break down 4) No improvement
24. The plane landed and shot towards the airport
1) taxied 2) drove
3) wheeled 4) No improvement
25. After a hard days work, I just want to go home.
1) hard day’s work 2) hard days’ work
3) hard day work 4) No improvement
Solutions :
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (b)
6. (d) 7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (d) 10. (c)
11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (d) 15. (b)
16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (b) 20. (d)
21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (c) 24. (a) 25. (a)
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (b)
6. (d) 7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (d) 10. (c)
11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (d) 15. (b)
16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (b) 20. (d)
21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (c) 24. (a) 25. (a)