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Directions Questions contain sentences with a blank. Options and have words/phrases which complete these sentences. Darken the number which provides the right choice.
1. he would say if he learnt that his spectacles were broken, I
kept silent about it.

Knowing what


Thinking what


Thinking that


Learning what


2. I would hand money to the police.

Iflwasyou


IfIamyou


If I were you


over the

If I would have been you

3. he entered the hotel than it started raining hard,

Soon


Just


No sooner


When


4. Had you the faintest idea of how much you have hurt her feelings, youwould__

not have acted the way you did


have acted that way


apologise


care


5. He was cheat.

so


no


all


too


goodto bea
6. he seen it rain so hard!

Not before and all


When


Never before had


Before and all


7. several early setbacks, he went to complete his education.

Despite of


Despite


[nspite


Although


8. never met him in all my life.

Truthfully


Factually


In the fact


To tell you the truth


9. Lend your ears, your heart.









10. He
not but only not but not alone, never
went to the tree several
times, found anything miraculous about it.

however


never


and always


but never


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Directions Questions are designed to test your ability to use the right prefix. Darken the correct option from
and The meaning of the desired word is given in the bracket.
11. The judge described the story of the witness as ... (something that cannot be believed)

In...


De...


Sub...


Ultra...


12. The police tried to ... the tension by keeping a low profile. (prevent.from.becoming explosive)

Al...


Cycl...


De...


Un...


13. Good teachers don't just fill in facts. They ... a purpose into the lives of their students. (to fill)

Re...


In..


Sub...


Poly...


14. Grammatically this sentence is acceptable, but some of the words you have used are ... (old fashioned)

Quasi...


Uni...


Arch...


Anti...


15. We were left with no ... but to walk in the rain. (no other option)

Alter...


Ultra...


Im...


In...


16. His grandfather left him with a .... amount of money. (huge)

Sub...


Sum..


Im...


In...


17. The doctors did not find anything .... in his behaviour (not usual)

Ab...


In...


Peri...


Ad...


18. His gastric problems were (cannot be cured)

Un...


Im...


In...


Ad...


19. Man has always dreamt of ... the world. (to go round)

Un...


Circum...


En...


Sub...


20. The minister refused to express his opinion on the matter as it was ... (to be under the active consideration of a law court)

Under...


Be...


Sub...


Alter...


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Directions: Read the following passage and darken the correct option or against questions Religion is a cultural system that creates powerful and long-lasting meaning, by establishing symbols that relate humanity to beliefs and values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to explain the origin of life or the universe. They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and human nature. The word religion is sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system, but religion differs from private belief in that it has a public aspect. Most religions have organized behaviours, including clerical hierarchies, a definition of what
constitutes adherence or
membership, congregations of
laity, regular meetings or
services for the purposes of
veneration of a deity or for

prayer, holy places (either natural or architectural), and/or scriptures. The practice of a religion may also include sermons, commemoration of the activities of a God or Gods, sacrifices, festivals, feasts,
trance, initiations, funerary services, matrimonial services, meditation, music, art, dance,
public service, or other aspects of human culture.
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The development of religion has taken different forms in different cultures. Some religions place an emphasis on belief, while others emphasize practice. Some religions focus on the subjective experience of the religious individual, while others consider the activities of the religious community to be most important. Some religions claim to be universal, believing their laws and cosmology to be binding for everyone, while others are intended to be practiced only by a closely defined or localized group. In many places religion has been
associated with public
institutions such as education,
hospitals, the family,
Govemment and political

hierarchies. Some academics studying the subject have divided religions into three broad categories: world religions, a term which refers to transcultural, intemational faiths; indigenous religions, which refers to smaller, culture-specific or nation-specific religious groups;
and new religious movements,
which refers to recently developed faiths. One modem academic theory of religion, social constructionism, says that religion is a modem concept that suggests all spiritual practice and worship follows a model similar to Christianity, and thus religion, as a concept, has been applied inappropriately to non-Western cultures.



21. Religion can be broadly divided into

Two categories: Western and Eastern


Three categories


Academic and non­academic


Modem and ancient


22. Powerful and long-lasting meaning is created by

Humanity


Symbols


Beliefs and values


Cultural system


23. The function of sacred histories

is to

Explain creation


Derive morality


Create preferred lifestyle


Create ideas about human nature


24. Religions include

Interchangeability


Hospitals


Organized behaviour


Study


25. Social constructionism questions

Christianity


Religion as a modem concept


Universality of the concept ofreligion .


Western culture


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Directions: Questions from 26 through to 35 consist of pairs of words/phrases. Indicate from choices given and the pair that best expresses a similar relationship to that of Ihe given pair. Example: EASY DIFFICULT

High Low


Far Distant


Money Wealth


Fly Sky The Answer is Easy Difficult expresses opposition and opposition is found in pair



26. Dickens: Novels

Newspaper: Reader


Shakespeare: Plays


Literature Critic


Drama Actor


27. Court: Judge

Temple Priest


Kitchen Cleaner


LivingRoom: Children


Parliament MPs


28. Camel Desert

Ship Ocean


Tiger Forest


Crocodile River


Snake Grass


29. Magnet: Iron

Rose Thorn


Black White


Boy Girl


Night Day





30. Computer: Electricity
Carriage Horse
Bus Passengers
Ship Water
Book Reader
31. Red: Danger
Green Earth
Orange indecision
Blue Ocean
Yellow Sickness
32. Sky: Earth
Fire Water
Fish Bird
Cloud Dust
Life Pieasure

33. Weaith: Generosity

Poverty


Might


Beauty


Victory


34. Youth: Haste

Middle age


Old age


Chiidhood


Death


35. Gold: Iron

Silver


Dog


Rose


Aluminium:


Power Kindness Grandeur Congratuiation
Contemplation Patience Dream
God
Platinum
Master
Weed
Hindalium Directions: Each ofthe questions contains a sentence with a biank which you should fill using appropriate alternatives from or
36. Did you the news on the TV yesterday?

See


Look at


Watch


View


37. Of her many qualities, the one that stands out most is how she was in organizing house­parties.

Adopt


Adept


Adapt


Android


38. With the money that his father gave him, he bought some

Earth


Ground


Fieid


Land


39. The proverb, "all that glitter is not goid" suggests that we should not be fooled by

Vision


Site


Sight


Looks


40. Many of his admirers were from respectabie families.

Females


Woman


Women


Womans


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Directions: Items from contain four sets of spellings. Identify the correct spelling marking or
41. Pnumonia

Pneumonea


Pneumonia


Pneumoinea
42. Closetted

Closeted


Closseted


Closseetted


43. Sanctimonious

Sanctimoneous


Sanctemonious


Sanctemoneous


44. Paraphemelia

Paraphernalia


Paraphamalia


Paraphamalea


45. Cocketry

Cockettery


Coquetry


Cocquetry


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46. Endengar
Endenger
Engender
Engander
47. Travelling
Traveling
Travailing
Travling
..
48. Afiliation
(25 Afilliation
Atiliacion
Affiliation
49. Honourable
Honorable
Hounorable
Honoureble
50. Debu
Debut
Debute
Dabut




Directions The following ten items test your skill in identifying synonyms (meaning nearest to the given word). Select the response or which is nearest in meaning by darkening the number related to
your answer.
51. Insipid

Weak


Liquidy


Water


Groovy


52. Brandish
Wave

Show a brand


Belong to a band


Brand


53. Decrepit

Without a Receipt


Immoral


Weak
Deceive
54. Formidable

Causing shock


Causing sorrow


Causing loss of shape


Causing fear


55. Exceptional

Excepted


Outstanding


Left out


Objectionable


56. Amoral

Immoral


Moral


Morally indifferent


Morally hostile


57. Forsake

Forgive


Forget


Give up


Give in


58. Succumb

Succulent


Resist


Yield


Agree


59. Desist

Resist


Abstain


Retain


Insist


60. Cretin

Wrinkled


Gathered up


Stupid


Bland


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Directions The following ten items test your skill in identifying antonyms (opposites). Identify the antonyms in the series and and darken the correct option. 66. Ascetic Sour Hedonistic Sweet Austere
61. Pittance Large 67. Apathy
Small Pathetic
Ridiculous Serious Sympathy Cruel
62. Imminent Pathological
Eminent Belated 68. Hinder
Bright Dull Lag Let go
63. Exhilarate Obstruct
Gladden Speed up Challenge
Sadden Weaken 69. Vitiate Hearten
64. Accede Agree Refuse Over shoot Vitalize Spoil Energise
Oppose
70. Salubrious

65. Ascent Fall Rise Raise Pronunciation Healing Salary Rise Touching Unhealthy
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Directions The following five items test your familiarity with prepositions. Darken the correct option in the series and
71. His name was not list.
10

within


on


over


72. He followed the order a question.

during


for


without


to
73. He wept his subordinates. in spite of

in view of


by virtue of


in front of


74. They walked the river.

along


next to


off


in the side of


75. his hard work, the marks he scored in the examination are very low. Notwithstanding

Considering


With regard to


In regard to


Directions The following five items test your familiarity with the use of anicles. Darken the correct option in the series and
76. I read book last week which says that poveny is good!
One

A


The


No article


77. He is MA in Englisb.
A

The


No Article


An


78. Plirallas are ancient Sanskrit texts.

No Anicle


The


An


A


79. He is European by origin.

The


A


An


No Anicle


80. I am Professor Dumbledore you are looking for!

No article


The


A


An


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Directions: Fill in the blanks in
the following items from
the options and
so as to make meaningful and
grammatically correct sentences.
Darken the correct option.
8!. are responsible for this
act. 85.
You only
Yourself
You alone
You yourself
82. brave will stand and fight.
None but the
All but the
Only but the 86.
Seldom do the
83. books I read in my youth,
David Copperfield has ever
remained green in my mind.
Of some
Of all the
Some
Of some of the 87.
84. You break the law, and at
your own risk.
you doing that
you do so
you would
you might

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Direction The sentences in questions have parts that are grammatically incorrect. Identify the incorrect part and darken the corresponding

number.
The white horse over there

was the one

that won

the race yesterday.

Gandhi was one of the

greatest leader

that the world

has ever seen.



Hardly had the guests left

then he realized


that the necklace


was mIssmg.

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He was looking
88.

for some infonnations

in the library

when you arrived.

None of the books
89.

recommended by him

were decenl enough

children to read.

When heating from the headquarters
90.

that some important tiles

were misplaced,

he promptly disappeared.

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Directions Questions (91·95) are designed to test your comprehension of words in sentences. Darken the correct option among and that explains the meaning of the underlined words.
91. Poverty had taught him that forbearance was the best teacher.

Deference


Respect


Kindness


Patience


92. He fancied himself as a public speaker but always spoke atrociously.

Badly


Cautiously


Cruelly


Violently


93. (listened to him till the end, with the full awareness that the veracity of his statements had to be ascertained.
Correctness

Truthfulness


Deceitfulness


Cunning


94. The MP faced the angry media and adroitly avoided all the awkward questions.

Cunningly


Carefully


Cleverly


Nicely


95. He generally wore a look of boredom, but came out with scintillating ideas in science classes.

Bright


Careful


Experimenlal


Proven





Directions: Read items and darken the correct option for each:
96. Young Man have never seen a more beautiful woman than
her."
Older Man "[ndeed, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But looking at the power of your glasses, I have my doubts about how that girl looks."
The older man means that
Beauty is subjective
The young man might not
have seen the girl properly
The young man wears
spectacles
One must be careful about

attractive girls
97. Friend "My wife IS an angel." Friend B "I am not so lucky.
Mine is still alive." Friend B is
Joking
Sad

Lying


Truthful


98. Wife "How did your speech go yesterday 1"
Husband: "Well. But the audience was thin when my turn came."

The audience was restless.


The audience was impatient.


The audience had lessened.


The audience had become lean.


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99. It is said in the Bible, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." This means

Rich men cannot go to heaven.


Rich men can go to heaven but it is difficult.


Rich men need to go through the eye of the needle first before going to heaven.


Camels go to heaven more easily.


100. The little boy waited patiently till the end and the grandmother gave him the biggest piece of sweet saying, "All good things

come to he who waits."
The statement means

If you wait long, you will get bigger rewards


Grandmothers love little children


Grandmothers have a lot of patience with young children


Patience is a virtue that IS finally rewarded