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General English Model Questions

Directions (Q.1-10): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
 
 The crouching position which the restricted space of his hiding had forced him to assume and the pain he still felt in the ankle made it seem like hours that his pursuers searched in area where he lay concealed, although it was probably not more than a matter of minutes. He dared not move; nor dared he give way to his overwhelming desire to sneeze for fear or revealing his presence. When eventually the voices became fainter in the distance, he allowed himself to shift his position and finally, when he could hear no more, to crawl, half-paralyzed, from between the two rocks in whose shelter he had managed to escape capture.
 
 Cautiously he peeped out to see if it was safe for him to continue his escape, and discovering no sign of life about him, started to creep painfully in the direction he had come, hoping in this way to deceive his pursuers. He had not gone above a hundred yards when a movement in the undergrowth nearby made him stand stock still. Could it be that after all some of his enemies were still searching the neighborhood? A few seconds passed and then, from behind a stump of a tree, there app-eared a small black and white dog. Man and dog eyed each other suspiciously for a moment, until, to the man's immense relief, it rushed up to him wagging its tail.
 
 1.    The writer crouched as
     1) he did not want to take
  any risk of being caught
     2) he had pain in his ankle
     3) he was mortally scared
     4) there was not much space
     5) he had seen a dog
 
 2.    'When eventually the voices became fainter in the distance' means
     1)    it was relatively quiet now
     2)    lot of people walked
     3)    people talking in the distance fainted
     4)    there was no sign of any activity nearby
     5)    though there was some noise nearby, things were quiet in the distance
 
 3.    The writer decided to come out of his hiding place when
     1) he was completely paralyzed
     2) he could hear no more the vo-ices of his pursuers
     3)    he was no longer able to con-trol himself
     4) he found a dog nearby
     5) he was not able to see the pursuers
 
 4.    When the writer moved some distance the doubt that he got is    1) he was caught
     2) no one is there 3) he was safe  
     4) there were many voices
     5) some enemies were still sea-rching for him
 
 5.    When did the writer try to move?
     1)    When there was no space
     2)    When he was almost para-lyzed
     3)    When he felt that all the followers have left    
     4) When there was a lot of noise
     5) When nobody saw him
 
 6.    It came as a solace to the writer when
     1) he was panicked 2) he moved
     3) he heard some noise
     4) he could see a dog
     5) he could see the pursuers
 
 Directions (Q.7 - 8): Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
 
 7. Restrict
     1) Move   2) Front   3) Confine    4) Register 5) Rescue
 8. Immense
     1) Scarce     2) Vast  3) Scanty    4) Spurious  5) Specious
 
 Directions (Q.09-10): Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
 
 9. Cautiously
     1) Carelessly
     2) Insignificantly
     3) Vigilantly
     4) Warily      
     5) Guardedly
 
 10.    Revealing
     1) Enlightening    2) Informative
     3) Confusing    4) Illuminating
     5) Enticing
 
 Directions (Q.11-15): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/ error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'No error', mark (e) as your answer.
 
 11. Everyone visiting the house (1)/ asked the young girl (2)/ how could she kill the wolf (3)/ single handed and without a weapon. (4)/ No error (5)
 
 12. Since the attachment of (1)/ air-conditioned sleeping cars to all important trains (2)/ travelling became very pleasant (3)/ es-pecially during the summer season. (4) /No error (5)                 
                     
 13. A leading textile manufactured, (1) / one of the fastest growing in the industry (2)/ is looking for marketing manager (3)/ to look up the marketing network of the company. (4)/ No error (5)
 
 14. There was very heavy rain last night (1)/ and the rivers have over flown (2)/ their banks causing severe hardship (3)/ to the people living by them.(4)/ No error (5)
 15. Locke's treatises on government, (1)/ toleration and education (2)/ show a mind fully awake in (3)/ the possibilities of social reconstruction. (4)/ No error (5)
 
 Directions (Q.16-20): Each ques-tion below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words from the five options for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
 
 16. The _____ of the disturbance was _____ the same evening.
     1) news, broadcasted
     2) news, broadcasting
     3) new's, broadcast
     4) news, broadcast
     5) news', broadcasted
 
 17. The young child _____ a very _____ song.
     1) singed, cute  2) singing, sweet
     3) signing, beautiful
     4) singed, sweet
     5) sang, sweet
 
 18. His reading habit _____ that he is a _____.
     1) show, researcher
     2) showing, talent
     3) showed, scholar
     4) shows, scholar
     5) show, talent
 
 19. The leader's ____ attracted many _____.
     1) charisma, followers
     2) beauty, spectators
     3) visiting, visitors
     4) beauty, audience
     5) interview, meeting
 
 20. _____ 25 students were washed _____  in the floods.
     1) Most, with    2) Mostly, above
     3) Almost, away 4) Among, away
     5) More, along
 
 Directions (Q.21-25): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
     A.    And what is intolerable is their utter disregard for the periodicity of the journal's publication.
     B.    People in the printing esta-blishment are capable of sending the editor mad in a hundred ways.
     C.    There is nothing that the editor can do if the January issue handed over to him even in March or April.
     D.    Anyway their consistency on one point is admirable; they make the editor pay up the full bill despite all these lapses.
     E.    Their binding work may be slipshod.
     F.    They may be utterly non-chalant in handling proofs.
 
 21.    The FIRST sentence should be
     1) A   2) B   3) C   4) D     5) F
 
 22. The FOURTH sentence should be
     1) D  2) A   3) C   4) B      5) E
 
 23. The LAST sentence should be
     1) C  2) B    3) A   4) E       5) D
 
 24. The SECOND sentence should be
     1) B  2) C    3) D  4) F      5) A
 
 25. The THIRD sentence should be
     1) F  2) D    3) E    4) A  5) B
 
 Directions (Q. 26-35): In the follo-wing passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words/ phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank appro-priately. Find out the appropriate word/ phrase in each case and mark your answer.
 The Narmada Control Authority has given a nod for_____ (26) of gates at the Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat. The decision, touted to come as a boon to Gujarat, which regularly _____ (27)  water crisis because of deficient or _____(28) rainfall, was _____(29)  criticized by Narmada Bachao Andolan, _____ (30) by social activist Medha Patkar. According to Narmada Bachao Andolan activists this will _____(31) 193 villages in Madhya Pradesh and 19 in Gujarat. The Narmada Bachao Andolan activists who have been vocally _____ (32) the increase of water level _____(33) Narmada are crying foul and strategizing their next move. Greenpeace India _____ (34) slammed the announcement, saying it disregards the issues that peoples' movements like the Narmada Bachao Andolan have been _____ (35) for.
 26.    1)  installation    2) instill
     3) instant    4) interest
     5) information
 
 27.    1)  faced   2) faces 3) face    4) facing   5) farce
 
 28.     1) more   2) plenty   3) sparse    4) heavy  5)
 mighty
 
 29.     1) against    2) bitterly     3) refused     4) registered 5) sweetly
 
 30.    1) lead      2) leads    3) led    
     4) leading  5) lied
 
 31.     1) water      2) help
     3) important    4) submerge
     5) worse
 
 32.     1) prosper     2) proceed
     3) propagate    4) promote
     5) protesting
 
 33.    1) in         2) of     3) by     4) with  5) for
 
 34.    1) to     2) two     3) tow       4) too            
     5) for
 
 35. 1) fighting     2) fight
     3) fighter    4)  fights
     5) fitting
 
 Directions (Q.36-37): In this section each item consists of a word or a phrase which is highlighted in the sentence given. It is followed by five words or phrases. Select the word or phrase which is closest to the opposite in meaning of the highlighted word or phrase.
 36.    I was upset by his hostile att-itude.
     1) Friendly      2) Positive
     3) Negative     4) Inimical
     5) Vibrant
 37. I found his view repugnant.    1) Amiable    2) Repulsive    3) Amoral    4) Apolitical
     5) Foul
 Directions (Q.38-40): In this se-ction each item consists of a word or a phrase which is highlighted in the sentence given. It is followed by five words or phrases. Select the word or phrase which is closest to the meaning of the highlighted word or phrase.
 38.    Ashoka was a magnanimous king.    
     1) Worthy   2) Petty   3) Kind    4) Majestic 5) Mean
 39. Mala is defiant in her behavior.    1) Disobedient    2) Faithful    3) Friendly     4) Majestic    5) Meek
 40. People who are actually running the system often take myopic view of the situation.
     1) Far sighted     2) Visionary    3) Prejudiced    4) Glassy    
     5) Tolerant
 Directions:  (Q.41 to 42): In each question below, five words printed in bold are given. These are numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these words printed in bold may either be wrongly spelt or inappr-opriate in the context of the sen-tence. Find out the word that is in-appropriate or wrongly spelt if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and appro-priate in the context of the sentence then mark (5) i.e. 'All Correct as your answer.'
 41. Much (1) people suffer (2) set-backs in their career because (3) of their inherent levity. (4) All Correct (5)
 42. There were(1) something strange and (2) morbid about (3) the whole (4) house. All Correct (5)
 
 KEY
 
   1) 4      2) 4    3) 2      4) 5
 5) 3    6) 4    7) 3    8) 2
 9) 1    10) 3    11) 3    12) 1
 13) 1    14) 2    15) 3    16) 4
 17) 5    18) 4    19) 1    20) 3
 21) 2    22) 3    23) 5    24) 4
 25) 3    26) 1    27) 2    28) 3
 29) 2    30) 3    31) 4    32) 5
 33) 2     34) 4    35) 1    36) 1
 37) 1    38) 1    39) 1    40) 3
 41) 1    42) 1