DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-3) : Fill in the blanks with the appropriate
word or group of words from the options given below.
1. Although I was _________ of his plans, I encouraged him,
because there was no one else who was willing to help.
(a) sceptical (b) remorseful
(c) fearful (d) excited
2. You have no business to _________ pain on a weak and
poor person.
(a) inflict (b) put
(c) direct (d) force
3. Her uncle died in a car accident. He was quite rich. She
suddenly _________ all her uncle’s money.
(a) succeeded (b) caught
(c) gave (d) inherited
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 4-5) : Each question below consists of a word
in capital letters followed by four words or group of words.
Select the word or group of words that is most similar in meaning
to the words in capital letters.
4. REPAST
(a) Past (b) Fond memories
(c) Peacefulness (d) Meal
5. ABEYANCE
(a) Temporary suspension
(b) Abstinence
(c) Hatred
(d) Memory
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 6-7) : Each question below consists of a word
in capital letters followed by four words or group of words.
Select the word or group of words that is most opposite in meaning
to the words in capital letters.
6. SUPPLICATE
(a) Short of supply
(b) To be arrogant
(c) To be tolerant
(d) To fall on lean days
7. TERSE
(a) Detailed (b) Nasty
(c) Advanced (d) Impure
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 8-12): Read the given passage, and then
answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your
answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the
author only.
PASSAGE
We should preserve Nature to preserve life and beauty. A beautiful
landscape, full of green vegetation, will not just attract our attention
but will fill us with infinite satisfaction. Unfortunately, because of
modernization, much of nature is now yielding to towns, roads
and industrial areas. In a few places some natural reserves are
now being carved out to avert the danger of destroying nature
completely. Man will perish without nature, so modern man should
continue this struggle to save plants, which give us oxygen.
Moreover, Nature is essential to man’s health.
8. What does ‘Nature’ in the passage mean ?
(a) Countryside covered with plants and trees
(b) Physical power that created the world
(c) Inherent things that determine character
(d) Practical study of plants and animals
9. Which one of the following is the correct statement ?
According to the passage
(a) beauty is only skin-deep
(b) everything is beautiful in its natural state
(c) there is beauty in Nature
(d) Nature is a moray teacher
10. What does the writer suggest ?
(a) We should not modernize, so that Nature can be
preserved
(b) While modernizing we should be careful not to destroy
Nature completely
(c) All Nature has been destroyed by modern living
(d) Carving out Natural reserves will hamper the growth
of industries
11. What does ‘struggle’ in the passage mean ?
(a) Man’s struggle to exist in the world
(b) Man’s struggle to save Nature
(c) Man’s struggle to catch up with modern trends
(d) Man’s struggle to conserve oxygen
12. Why a beautiful landscape ‘will fill us with infinite
satisfaction’ ?
(a) We love beauty
(b) It is full of green vegetation
(c) It will ensure our future existence
(d) It will show our command over Nature
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 13-15) : Look at the underlined part of each
sentence. Below each sentence, three possible situations for the
underlined part are given. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than
the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet
against the corresponding letter (a), (b) or (c). If none of these
substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response
on the Answer Sheet. Thus a "No Improvement" response will be
signified by the letter (d).
13. More than one person was killed in the accident.
(a) were killed (b) are killed
(c) have been killed (d) No improvement
14. Not a word they spoke to the unfortunate about victims of
the earthquake.
(a) did they speak (b) they will speak
(c) they had spoken (d) No improvement
15. The poor villagers have waited in bitter cold for more than
four hours now.
(a) have been waiting (b) had waited
(c) has been waiting (d) No improvement
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 16-19) : In this section, you are required to
spot errors in sentences. Each sentence is divided into three
parts. Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error
in any of the parts. No sentence has more than one error. Some of
the sentences do not have any error. When you find an error in a
sentence, the letter indicated under that part of the sentence is
the answer and therefore the same may be marked on the separate
Answer Sheet. If there is no error in any part.
16. He went to England to work as a doctor
(a)
but returned / as he could not endure the
(b) (c)
weather there. / No error
(d)
17. She inquired whether anyone seen her baby.
(a) (b) (c)
No error
(d)
18. When I went outdoor I found frost everywhere.
(a) (b) (c)
No error
(d)
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 19-21) : In questions given below out of four
alternatives. Choose the one which can be substitued for the
given word/sentence.
19. Words inscribed on tomb
(a) Epitome
(b) Epistle
(c) Epilogue
(d) Epitaph
20. One who eats everything
(a) Omnivorous
(b) Omniscient
(c) Irrestible
(d) Insolvent
21. Malafide case is one
(a) Which is undertaken in a good faith
(b) Which is undertaken in a bad faith
(c) Which is undertaken after a long delay
(d) Which is not undertaken at all
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 22-23) : Find the correctly spelt words.
22. (a) Pessenger (b) Passenger
(c) Pasanger (d) Pesanger
23. (a) Benefitted (b) Benifited
(c) Benefited (d) Benefeted
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 24-25) : In the following questions four
alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicised and
underlined in the sentence.
24. Companies producing goods play to the gallery to boost
their sales.
(a) Advertise
(b) cater to the public taste
(c) attempt to appeal to popular taste
(d) depend upon the public for approval
25. Since he knew what would happen, he should be left to stew
in his own juice.
(a) Make a stew
(b) Boil
(c) Suffer in his own juice
(d) Suffer for his own act
Hints and Solutions :
1. (a) The word ‘sceptical’ means suspicious or doubtful.
2. (a) The word ‘inflict’ means burden someone with or impose.
3. (d) The word ‘inherit’ means become heir to or take over.
4. (d) ‘Repast’ means ‘meal’.
5. (a) ‘Abeyance’ means ‘not being used for a period of time’.
6. (b) ‘Supplicate’ means to be humble or requestful.
7. (a) ‘Terse’ means brief and straighforward.
8. (a) Nature here denotes a beautiful landscape, full of green
vegetation.
9. (c) The author is highlighting the nature's beauty.
10. (b) The author mentions the impact of modernization and
that we should be more careful not to destroy Nature
while modernizing.
11. (b) The word struggle here refers to the efforts required to
save the nature.
12. (c) It will ensure future existence if we preserve nature.
13. (a) More than one person were killed in the accident.
14. (a) Not a word did they speak to the unfortunate victims
of the earthquake.
15. (a) The poor villagers have been waiting in bitter cold for
more than four hours now.
16. (d)
17. (c) She inquired whether anyone had seen her baby.
18. (b) When I went outdoors, I found frost everywhere.
19. (d) 20 (a) 21. (b) 22. (b)
23. (c) 24. (c) 25. (d)
word or group of words from the options given below.
1. Although I was _________ of his plans, I encouraged him,
because there was no one else who was willing to help.
(a) sceptical (b) remorseful
(c) fearful (d) excited
2. You have no business to _________ pain on a weak and
poor person.
(a) inflict (b) put
(c) direct (d) force
3. Her uncle died in a car accident. He was quite rich. She
suddenly _________ all her uncle’s money.
(a) succeeded (b) caught
(c) gave (d) inherited
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 4-5) : Each question below consists of a word
in capital letters followed by four words or group of words.
Select the word or group of words that is most similar in meaning
to the words in capital letters.
4. REPAST
(a) Past (b) Fond memories
(c) Peacefulness (d) Meal
5. ABEYANCE
(a) Temporary suspension
(b) Abstinence
(c) Hatred
(d) Memory
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 6-7) : Each question below consists of a word
in capital letters followed by four words or group of words.
Select the word or group of words that is most opposite in meaning
to the words in capital letters.
6. SUPPLICATE
(a) Short of supply
(b) To be arrogant
(c) To be tolerant
(d) To fall on lean days
7. TERSE
(a) Detailed (b) Nasty
(c) Advanced (d) Impure
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 8-12): Read the given passage, and then
answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your
answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the
author only.
PASSAGE
We should preserve Nature to preserve life and beauty. A beautiful
landscape, full of green vegetation, will not just attract our attention
but will fill us with infinite satisfaction. Unfortunately, because of
modernization, much of nature is now yielding to towns, roads
and industrial areas. In a few places some natural reserves are
now being carved out to avert the danger of destroying nature
completely. Man will perish without nature, so modern man should
continue this struggle to save plants, which give us oxygen.
Moreover, Nature is essential to man’s health.
8. What does ‘Nature’ in the passage mean ?
(a) Countryside covered with plants and trees
(b) Physical power that created the world
(c) Inherent things that determine character
(d) Practical study of plants and animals
9. Which one of the following is the correct statement ?
According to the passage
(a) beauty is only skin-deep
(b) everything is beautiful in its natural state
(c) there is beauty in Nature
(d) Nature is a moray teacher
10. What does the writer suggest ?
(a) We should not modernize, so that Nature can be
preserved
(b) While modernizing we should be careful not to destroy
Nature completely
(c) All Nature has been destroyed by modern living
(d) Carving out Natural reserves will hamper the growth
of industries
11. What does ‘struggle’ in the passage mean ?
(a) Man’s struggle to exist in the world
(b) Man’s struggle to save Nature
(c) Man’s struggle to catch up with modern trends
(d) Man’s struggle to conserve oxygen
12. Why a beautiful landscape ‘will fill us with infinite
satisfaction’ ?
(a) We love beauty
(b) It is full of green vegetation
(c) It will ensure our future existence
(d) It will show our command over Nature
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 13-15) : Look at the underlined part of each
sentence. Below each sentence, three possible situations for the
underlined part are given. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than
the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet
against the corresponding letter (a), (b) or (c). If none of these
substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response
on the Answer Sheet. Thus a "No Improvement" response will be
signified by the letter (d).
13. More than one person was killed in the accident.
(a) were killed (b) are killed
(c) have been killed (d) No improvement
14. Not a word they spoke to the unfortunate about victims of
the earthquake.
(a) did they speak (b) they will speak
(c) they had spoken (d) No improvement
15. The poor villagers have waited in bitter cold for more than
four hours now.
(a) have been waiting (b) had waited
(c) has been waiting (d) No improvement
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 16-19) : In this section, you are required to
spot errors in sentences. Each sentence is divided into three
parts. Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error
in any of the parts. No sentence has more than one error. Some of
the sentences do not have any error. When you find an error in a
sentence, the letter indicated under that part of the sentence is
the answer and therefore the same may be marked on the separate
Answer Sheet. If there is no error in any part.
16. He went to England to work as a doctor
(a)
but returned / as he could not endure the
(b) (c)
weather there. / No error
(d)
17. She inquired whether anyone seen her baby.
(a) (b) (c)
No error
(d)
18. When I went outdoor I found frost everywhere.
(a) (b) (c)
No error
(d)
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 19-21) : In questions given below out of four
alternatives. Choose the one which can be substitued for the
given word/sentence.
19. Words inscribed on tomb
(a) Epitome
(b) Epistle
(c) Epilogue
(d) Epitaph
20. One who eats everything
(a) Omnivorous
(b) Omniscient
(c) Irrestible
(d) Insolvent
21. Malafide case is one
(a) Which is undertaken in a good faith
(b) Which is undertaken in a bad faith
(c) Which is undertaken after a long delay
(d) Which is not undertaken at all
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 22-23) : Find the correctly spelt words.
22. (a) Pessenger (b) Passenger
(c) Pasanger (d) Pesanger
23. (a) Benefitted (b) Benifited
(c) Benefited (d) Benefeted
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 24-25) : In the following questions four
alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicised and
underlined in the sentence.
24. Companies producing goods play to the gallery to boost
their sales.
(a) Advertise
(b) cater to the public taste
(c) attempt to appeal to popular taste
(d) depend upon the public for approval
25. Since he knew what would happen, he should be left to stew
in his own juice.
(a) Make a stew
(b) Boil
(c) Suffer in his own juice
(d) Suffer for his own act
Hints and Solutions :
1. (a) The word ‘sceptical’ means suspicious or doubtful.
2. (a) The word ‘inflict’ means burden someone with or impose.
3. (d) The word ‘inherit’ means become heir to or take over.
4. (d) ‘Repast’ means ‘meal’.
5. (a) ‘Abeyance’ means ‘not being used for a period of time’.
6. (b) ‘Supplicate’ means to be humble or requestful.
7. (a) ‘Terse’ means brief and straighforward.
8. (a) Nature here denotes a beautiful landscape, full of green
vegetation.
9. (c) The author is highlighting the nature's beauty.
10. (b) The author mentions the impact of modernization and
that we should be more careful not to destroy Nature
while modernizing.
11. (b) The word struggle here refers to the efforts required to
save the nature.
12. (c) It will ensure future existence if we preserve nature.
13. (a) More than one person were killed in the accident.
14. (a) Not a word did they speak to the unfortunate victims
of the earthquake.
15. (a) The poor villagers have been waiting in bitter cold for
more than four hours now.
16. (d)
17. (c) She inquired whether anyone had seen her baby.
18. (b) When I went outdoors, I found frost everywhere.
19. (d) 20 (a) 21. (b) 22. (b)
23. (c) 24. (c) 25. (d)