Directions (Q. 1-5): 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 (5) as your answer.
 1. The winter session of the Rajya Sabha began on a stormy note on Wednesday (1)/ with a united opposition demanding the constitution (2)/ of a joint parliamentary committee in probing the alleged leak (3)/ of the news of the government's demonetization move. (4)/ No error (5)
 2. The town woke up to a normal morning (1)/ on Saturday as businesses (2)/ lifted shutters and educational institutions (3)/ re-opened to starting their next session.(4)/ No error (5)
 3. After the death of her first husband at a rather young age, (1)/ and a young daughter to care for, (2)/ she decided to marry with Martin (3)/, an old businessman and father to a son, from his own previous marriage. 
 (4)/ No error (5)
 4. Forgetting the pain and violence Raghav suffered (1)/ is not going to be easy for him, (2)/but with counselling,(3)/ he is slowly recovering and daring to dream of a brighter future.(4)/ No error (5)
 5. Anthony tried to give the clients directions orally, (1)/ but they couldn't understand him,(2)/so he pointed out of (3)/ the turning they were supposed to take.(4)/ No error (5)
 Directions:  (Questions 6 - 10) Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3), and (4) given below each sentence should replace the phrase underlined in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If there is no error mark (5) No correction required as your answer.
 6. Owing to sub zero temperatures, drivers of the public transport vehicles started their day early. 
 1) Despite 2) Inspiring
 3) In spite to 4) According to
 5) No correction required
 7. By and large, migrants in South Asia have been tolerated if not actually welcomed.
 1) Has tolerated 
 2) Are tolerated
 3) Tolerating
 4) Always tolerated
 5) No correction required
 8. Internet services of pre-paid users remained barred in all the sensitive areas. 
 1) Remains 2) Remain
 3) Remaining 4) Remain to
 5) No correction required
 9. One of the great boon of bringing such archives to light would be to spur discussions over their stories. 
 1) Boon off 2) Boon at
 3) Boons of 4) Boons to
 5) No correction required
 10. It took them two days to put off place a makeshift system to deal with changed needs.
 1) Put down 2) Put up
 3) Put in 4) Put of
 5) No correction required
 Directions (Q. 11-15): 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) The axial tilt of Earth and gyroscopic effects of its daily rotation mean that the two opposite points in the sky to which the Earth's axis of rotation points change very slowly making a complete circle approximately every 26,000 years. 
 B) This is because the two hemispheres face opposite directions along Earth's axis, and so as one polar hemisphere experiences winter, the other experiences summer. 
 C) The winter solstice is considered by some to mark the end of autumn and the start of winter. 
 D) In the Northern Hemisphere this is the December solstice and in the Southern Hemisphere this is the June solstice. 
 E) Winter solstice is an astronomical phenomenon marking the shortest day and the longest night of the year. 
 F) As the Earth follows its orbit around the Sun, the polar hemisphere that faced away from the Sun, experiencing winter, will, in half a year, face towards the Sun and experience summer. 
 11. What is the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
 1) A 2) B 
 3) C 4) D 5) F
 12. What is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) F 5) E
 13. What is the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
 1) A 2) B 3) D 4) E 5) F
 14. What is the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
 1) B 2) A 3) C 4) D 5) E
 15. What is the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F
 Directions (Q. 16-20): Each question below has a blank/ two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word/ set of words from the five options for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
 16. Nothing is so --------- to a nation as an extreme of self partiality, and the total want of ------ of what others will naturally hope or fear.
 1) Detrimental … concern
 2) Repugnant … sense
 3) Harmful… discussion
 4) Unethical … discretion
 5) Fatal … consideration
 17. Let us ---------- with due ---------- that ancient India was more civilized than modern India with its satellites in space. 
 1) admit, humility 
 2) adopt, certainty
 3) suppose, timidness
 4) oblige… humble
 5) presume, meekness
 18. The workers were not ------------ with their low wages and non-payment of wages for last three months ---------- fuel to the fire.
 1) Satisfied …. Added
 2) Paid… joined
 3) Overwhelmed… bounced
 4) Jubilant … justified
 5) Renounced … impressed
 19. There are attempts being made to try to ------------ languages through specific ------------ but the result is that some tongues become conserved as if they were a museum piece.
 1) Conserve …. Systems
 2) Preserve … measures
 3) Generate … attempts
 4) Protect … symbols
 5) Maintain … defend
 20. The educational ------------- of our people is far below what is necessary for effective individual living or for the --------------- of society.
 1) Procurement… upliftment
 2) Advancement…upkeep
 3) Maintenance… attainment
 4) Achievement…advancement
 5) Accomplishment…regeneration
 Directions (Q.21-25) 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.
 We hunted during a couple of hours, not because the old straw hat was valuable but out of curiosity to find out how such a thing could manage to conceal itself in open ground where there was nothing left for it to hide behind. When one is reading in bed and lays his paper-knife down, he cannot find it again if it is smaller than a saber. That hat was as stubborn as any paper-knife could have been, and we finally had to give it up, but we found a fragment that had once belonged to an opera-glass, and by digging around and turning over the rocks we gradually collected all the lenses and the cylinders and the various odds and ends that go to making up a complete opera-glass. We afterward had the thing reconstructed, and the owner can have his adventurous lost property by submitting proofs and paying costs of rehabilitation.
 21. Why would someone have a paper-knife in bed?
 1) It is as useful as a weapon
 2) it is difficult to move around without it
 3) to cut the uncut pages of books
 4) to search for a lost object
 22. Why would someone have an opera-glass in the mountains?
 1) it is a precious item of great value
 2) it helps to find way out 
 3) an opera-glass is a type of binoculars
 4) it is used for reconstruction
 23. Is Twain serious about returning the opera-glass to its owner? How do we know?
 1) if proofs are submitted reveals the truth
 2) he wants documentary evidence
 3) serious - as he looks forward for anyone who claims it
 4) Not serious. No one would be able to submit proofs
 24. Why is "rehabilitation" a funny word in this context?
 1) nothing related to the seriousness of the lost property
 2) it is used for reconstruction
 3) it refers to living beings or their affairs
 4) it doesn't help in reconstruction
 25. The synonym of stubborn is?
 1) bolshie 2) floppy
 3) flaccid 4) droopy
  
 KEY
 1) 3 2) 4 3) 3 4) 5
 5) 3 6) 1 7) 5 8) 2
 9) 3 10) 3 11) 5 12) 1
 13) 3 14) 5 15) 2 16) 1
 17) 1 18) 1 19) 3 20) 1
 21) 3 22) 3 23) 4 24) 3
 25) 1


 Model Questions
 
 Directions (Q.1-5): In the following 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 appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/ phrase in each case and mark your answer.
 
 One of the major causes of illiteracy is ------- (1) and the subsequent lack of --------- (2) to reading and writing materials. Realistically, students who would have --------- (3) on to continue their education past the 5th year sometimes --------- (4) school in order to work on the farm or in a factory in order to -------- (5) with the family income.
 
 1.    1) poor     2) purity
     3) poverty    4) possible
     5) confront
 
 2.    1) excess    2) exceed
     3) exclude    4) acces
     5) actual
 
 3.    1) goes    2) want
     3) went    4) going
     5) gone
 
 4.    1) quit    2) fit
     3) bet     4) boast
     5) beat
 
 5.    1) assist    2) assistant
     3) assists    4) assert
     5) tell
 
 Directions (Q.6-15): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
 Many artists lived in the Greenwich Village area of New York. Two young women named Sue and Johnsy shared a studio apart-ment at the top of a three-story building. Johnsy's real name was Joanna. In November, a cold, unseen stranger came to visit the city. This disease, pneumonia, killed many people. Johnsy lay on her bed, hardly moving. She looked through the small window. She could see the side of the brick house next to her building.
 
 One morning, a doctor examined Johnsy and took her temperature. Then he spoke with Sue in another room. "She has one chance in - let us say ten," he said. After the doctor had gone, Sue went into the workroom and cried. Then she went to Johnsy's room with her drawing board, whistling ragtime. Johnsy lay with her face toward the window. Sue stopped whistling, thinking she was asleep. She began making a pen and ink drawing for a story in a magazine. Young artists must work their way to "Art" by making pictures for magazine stories. Sue heard a low sound, several times repeated. She went quickly to the bedside. Johnsy's eyes were open wide.
 
 She was looking out the window and counting - counting backward. Sue looked out the window. What was there to count? There was only an empty yard and the blank side of the house seven meters away. An old ivy vine, going bad at the roots, climbed half way up the wall. The cold breath of autumn had stricken leaves from the plant until its branches, almost bare, hung on the bricks. "What is it, dear?" asked Sue.  "Six," said Johnsy, qui-etly. "They're falling faster now. Three days ago there were almost a hundred. It made my head hurt to count them. But now it's easy. There goes another one. There are only five left now."  
 
 "Five what, dear?" asked Sue.
 
 "Leaves on the plant. When the last one falls I must go, too. I've known that for three days. Didn't the doctor tell you?"
 
 "Oh, I never heard of such a thing," said Sue. "What have old ivy leaves to do with your getting well? And you used to love that vine. Don't be silly. Why, the doctor told me this morning that your chances for getting well real soon were - let's see exactly what he said - he said the chances were ten to one! Try to eat some soup now. And, let me go back to my drawing, so I can sell it to the magazine and buy food and wine for us."
 
 6.    The unseen stranger referred in the passage is ___
     1) Sue    2) Joanna    3) Johnsy
     4) Doctor    5) Disease
 
 7.    What was doctor's prediction?
     1) Sue will survive
     2) Johnsy will survive
     3) The chances of recovery are high
     4) The chances of Joanna's getting well are less
     5) That she is having a boy friend
 
 8.    What bothered Johnsy?
     1) The ivy leaves
     2) Sue's friendship
     3) The doctor's treatment
     4) The food
     5) Her desire to paint
 
 9.    Joanna was ____
     1) optimistic    2) pessimistic
     3) opportunist    4) weird
     5) wild
 
 Directions (Q.10-12): Each of the following questions contains a main word in capital letters followed by five words. Select the word that is most similar in meaning to the main word in capital letters.
 10.    STRANGER
 
     1) Alien    2) Friend
     3) Acquaintance    4) Neighbor
     5) Well known
 
 11.    EXAMINE
     1) Refuse    2) Reject
     3) Fool proof    4) Scrutinize
     5) Consider
 
 12.    SOUND
     1) Volume    2) Resonance
     3) Guide    4) Dimension
     5) Channel
 
 Directions (Q.13-15): Each of the following questions contains a main word in capital letters followed by five words. Select the word that is most opposite in meaning to the main word in capital letters.
 13.    QUICKLY
     1) Fast    2) Rapid    
     3) Swift    4) Slowly    5) Jiffy
 
 14.    BARE
     1) Naked    2) Exposed
     3) Covered    4) Stripped
     5) Enclosed
 
 15.    REPEATED
     1) Rare    2) Frequent
     3) Continuous    4) Regular
     5) Numerous
 
 Directions (Q.16-26): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
 
 16.    Circumstances were so pathetic (1)/ that they will not be (2)/ able to meet (3)/ the assign target. (4)/ No error (5)   
 
 17.    Farmers must be ensured (1)/ that loans are given (2)/ by the banks (3)/ to the agricultural sector. (4)/ No error (5)  
 
 18.    The government (1)/ will anno-unced (2)/ several initiatives (3)/ beneficial to factory workers. (4)/ No error (5)  
 
 19.    The committee meeting (1)/ to discuss the details (2)/ of the proposal (3)/ will yet been decided. (4)/ No error (5)  
 
 20.    Owing to the heavy rains (1)/ the multi-storey office building (2)/ were badly damaged (3)/ and collapsed. (4)/ No error (5)  
 
 21.    Many customers (1)/ prefer a bank (2)/ which are located (3)/ near their homes. (4)/ No error (5)
 22.    The metro rail authorities (1)/ have decided to call a meeting (2)/ next week to assess the causes of (3)/ frequently delays in its project. (4)/ No error (5)
 
 23.    After graduating (1)/ from college (2)/ he received a job offer (3)/ from a reputation company. (4)/ No error (5)
 
 24.    One of the important lessons he taught me (1)/ is to save (2)/ at least twenty five per cent (3)/ of my gross income. (4)/ No error (5)
 25. Due to financial crisis (1)/ the prices of essential commodities (2)/ has rising sharply (3)/ over the past few months. (4)/ No error (5)  
 
 26. We have received many (1)/ of the letters from farmers (2)/ asking us to extend (3)/ the deadline to repay their loans. (4)/ No error (5)


 Banks Special:  GENERAL ENGLISH
 Directions  (Q.No. 1 to 5): Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in BOLD in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (5) as the answer.
 
 1.    Since the girl did not want to be disturbed while studying, she left the phone off hooks.  
     1) of hook    2) for the hook
     3) off hooking    4) off the hook
     5) No correction required
 
 2.    Since the officer was overburdened with work, her colleague decided to gave her hand.  
     1) giving hands    
     2) give her a hand
     3) giving her handful
     4) gave her hands
     5) No correction required
 
 3.    Despite having passed out from school over ten years back, most schoolmates has keep touch with each other.  
     1) had kept in touch
     2) keep touched
     3) is keeping touch
     4) are kept touched
     5) No correction required
 
 4.     We must take it granted that he will not come for today's function.  
     1) have it granted
     2) took it as granted
     3) taking it granted
     4) take it for granted
     5) No correction required
 
 5.    The train will leave at 8.30 pm; we have been ready by 7.30 pm so that we can reach the station.  
     1) should have
     2)  are    3) must be
     4) were 5) No correction required
 
 Directions (Q.No. 6 - 15): In the following 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 appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/ phrase in each case and mark your answer.
 One day an expert in time management was … (6)… to a group of business management students and to drive home a point he used an … (7)… they will never forget. As he stood in front of a group of brilliant students he said, "Okay it's … (8)… for a quiz." He then pulled out a one gallon jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also … (9)… a dozen fist sized rocks and carefully placed them one at a time into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and … (10)… more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is the jar full?" Everyone in the class … (11)… said 'Yes!' The professor said nothing. He then … (12)… under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel into the jar and shook it … (13)… pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?" 'Probably not.' some answered. 'Good!' he said and began… (14)… sand to the contents in the jar. The sand fitted into the spaces between the rocks and gravel. He also poured water into the jar. "What was the point of this exercise?" he asked. "The point is that no matter how busy your schedule is you can always manage to fit something in," replied one student. 'No' said the professor, "The truth is if you don't fit in the rocks which symbolize the … (15) … things in your life like your family and your dreams first, you'll never have time for them."
 
 6.     1) expressing    2) discussing
     3) speaking    4) conveying
     5) addressing
 
 7.     1) illustration    2) emblem
     3) expression
     4) impression    5) imagination
 
 8.     1) scheduled    2) time
     3) opportunity    4) usual
     5) ready
 
 9.     1) ploughed    2) constructed
     3) dug    4) produced
     5) made
 
 10.     1) any    2) much
     3) some    4) few    5) no
 
 11.    1) emphatically    2) positive
     3) convince    4) forcibly    5) definite
 
 12.     1) found    2) searching
     3) gone    4) hid    5) reached
 
 13.    1) resulting    2) while
     3) causing    4) until     5) making
 
 14.    1) filling    2) pushing
     3) substituting    4) adding    5) stuffing
 
 15.     1) important    2) necessarily
     3) vitally    4) ideal    5) expensive
 
 Directions (Q.No 16 to 25): In each of the following sentences, a word is italicized and it is followed by five words marked (1), (2), (3) (4) and (5). Choose from these words the one which is nearest in meaning to the italicized word, and indicate your choice.
 
 16.    Harish joined the ordnance factory.
     1) Scheduled
     2)    experimenting and observations
     3) Arms and ammunitions
     4) Laboratory    5) Hi-tech
 
 17. Scientists carry out empirical methods.
     1) Mathematical calculation     2) Experimenting and observations
     3) Imagination 4) Impractical    5) Rough
 
 18. We cannot enjoy with material things.
     1) Physical    2) Unimportant    
     3) Unspiritual    4) Tiny     5) Great
 
 19.    If you plan carefully and save money, it accrues.
      1) Is payable regularly           2) Comes as a natural growth or development
     3) Does not occur much    
     4) Loss    5) Mounts rapidly
 
 20. The whole argument was fallacious.
     1) Misleading    2) Sound    
     3) Funny    4) Witty     5) Guiding
 
 21. He spent his whole life caught up in spiritual matters.
     1) Worldly     2) Criminal
     3) Foolish    4) Sacred    5) Inconsequential
 
 22.    In spite of the restrictions many nations have been vigorously pursuing clandestine nuclear weapons programme.
     1) Nefarious     2) Progressive
     3) Systematic     4) Openly     5) Secretive        
              
 23.    Mala is defiant in her behavior.
     1) Disobedient
     2) Complainant      3) Meek    4) Majestic    5) Magnanimous
 
 24. Blue cross vehemently criticizes using animals in circus.
     1) Weakly    2) Feebly
     3) Gently     4) Softly    5) Strongly
 
 25.    He was known for his magnanimity.
     1) Small    2) Petty
     3) Noble     4) Generosity    5) Fare
 
 Directions (Q.No.26 to 30: In each of the following sentences a word or phrase is italicized and it is followed by five words marked (1), (2), (3) (4) and (5). Choose from these words the one which is most nearly opposite in meaning to the italicized word.
 26.    They were disturbed by his hostile attitude.
     1) Friendly     2) Positive
     3) Negative     4) Vibrant    5) Inimical
 
 27.    His repugnant attitude is not appreciable to anyone.
     1) Amiable    2) Repulsive
     3) Ambience    4) Apolitical    5) Amoral 
 
 28.    People who are actually running the system often took myriad aspects into consideration.
     1) Far sighted     
     2) Numerous    3) Few     4) Glassy    5) Smooth
 
 Directions (Q. No. 29 to 31): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error if any will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part will be the answer.  If there is no error, mark (5) as your answer. (Ignore punctuation errors if any.)
 29.    Honesty and integrity are (1)/ the qualities which cannot be (2)/ done away with (3)/ and hence assume a lot of importance. (4)/ No error (5)
 30.    Psychologists point out (1)/ that there are (2)/ human processes which does not involve (3)/ the use of words.(4)/ no error (5)
 31. It is high time (1)/ that (2)/ we send (3)/ the answer. (4)/ No error (5)


 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


 
  
  Directions (Q.1-10): In the following 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 appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.
  The World Bank will take a (1) soon on whether to continue (2) the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada, which it has been funding (3) it was launched. An internal (4) of the Sardar sarovar Project (5) by the Bank, following protests (6) some environmental groups, is (7) completion and its Board (8) expected to decide in May or (9) 1993, whether to continue funding the (10) The Bank's Vice president for economically sustainable develo pment, Ismail Sergeldim, who comm issioned the review, will make appropriate recommendation to the Board soon, according to world Bank sources here.
  
  1.    1) Decision     2) displayed
      3) furthered     4) characterized
      5) made
  
  2.     1) Supporting     2) combined
      3) mentioning     4) engaged
      5) resulting
  
  3.    1) as       2) when 3) since
      4) for     5) between
  
  4.    1) assessment   2) examination
      3) opinion     4) information
      5) progress
  
  5.    1)  commissioned
      2) examination     3) launched
       4) produced     5) triggered
  
  6.    1)  against      2) again     3) by
      4) of         5) for
  
  7.    1) getting  2) closing  3) having     4)nearing  5) approaching
  
  8.    1) was 2) being 3) had been
      4) is         5) had being
  
  9.    1) April        2) May   3) July
       4) June     5) August
  
  10.    1) effort     2) affect
      3) people  4) project  5) furnish
  
  
  Ans: 1. 1; 2. 1; 3. 3; 4. 2; 5. 1;  
  6. 3 ; 7.4;  8. 4;  9. 4; 10. 4
  
  Directions (Q. 11-15): Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below each sentence should replace the word/phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and 'No correction is required', mark (5) as the answer.
  
  11. In the modern world it is difficult
  to live through one's ideals.
      1) to live up to     (2) to live by
      3 ) to live for             4) to live  (5) No improvement
  
  12. Every human advance carries with it not only automatic benefits but also a new responsibility, and we must remain constantly aware for the dangers that lie in the possible misuse of our enormous skills.
      1) aware about 2) aware of
      3) aware to     4) aware by
      5) No improvement
  
  13. If he had time he will called you
  1) would have
  2) would have had
  3) has     4) had
  5) No improvement
  
  14. Susheela availed herself of all the leave to her credit.
  1) availed of     2) availed
  3) availed for 4) availed to
  5) No improvement
  
  15. I am looking forward to joining
  your organization.
      1) join     2) join in
      3) join down     4) join at
      5) No improvement
  
  Ans: 11. 2; 12. 2; 13. 1; 14. 5; 15.1
  
  Directions (Q. 16-21): Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
  A)    They found out that the Moon is a satellite and it has a regular path around the earth.
  B)    As time passed and knowledge increased, men began to learn more about the heavens.
  C )    So they concluded that the Moon and tide are connected in some way.
  D)    They noticed that the Moon rose each day about an hour later then it rose the day before and the peak of the high tide also comes about an hour later each day.
  E)    The real cause for the rise and fall of the sea level was now known to men for a long time.
  F)    Some imagined that the earth itself was alive and rising and falling of the tide was caused by the breathing of the earth's big body.
  
  16.    Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
  1) A; 2) B; 3) C; 4) D; 5) E; 6) F
  
  17.    Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
  1) A; 2) B; 3) C; 4) D; 5) E; 6) F
  
  18. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
      1) C; 2) B; 3) A;  4) D; 5) E; 6) F
  
  19.    Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
      1) A; 2) B; 3) C; 4) D; 5) E; 6) F
  20.    Which of the following should be the LAST sentence after rearrangement?
      1) A; 2) B; 3) C; 4) D; 5) E; 6) F
  
  21.    Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
      1) D; 2) E; 3) C; 4) B; 5) A; 6) F
  
      
  Ans: 16. A;17. D;    18.F;  19. E;
  20. C ;   21. B
  
  Directions (Q. 22-25): Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
  
  22.    Next morning he saw something --------- different compared to the -----------.
      1) quite, original 2) quiet, former
      3) much, previous 4) very, prior
  
  23.    Job ---------- of this sort motivates workers by challenging them and ------------ them to learn new skills.
      1) rotating, involve    
      2) rotation, enabling    
      3) revolving, making    
      4) revolution, passing
  
  24.    Even the lowest insect ------- for protection against -------- that threaten its life.
      1) Struggle, comforts
      2) goes, threat        
      3) strives, dangers
      4) resist, risk
  
  25.    As time passed, signs -------- age and weariness started showing -------- his appearance.
      1) of, in     2) for, on
      3) at, upon     4) among, to
      
  Ans: 22. 1;  23. 2;  24. 3;  25. 1
  
  Directions (Q.26-35): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is 'No error', the answer is 5. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)
  
  26.    1) His radical proposals for
      reform faced a lot of opposition and 2) his harm handed dealings
  produced so 3) much hostility
      4) that the whole project was killed in the bud  5) No error.
  
  27.    1) In no case
      2) we can measure the learner's achievement 3) by a single test     4)however skillfully designed5) No error.
  
  28.    1) None of the students
      2) attending your class answered 3) your questions 4) did they?
      5) No error
  
  29.    1) They left  2) their luggage's  
      3) at 4) the railway station
      5) No error
  
  30.    1) You will get 2) all the informations     3) if you read
      4) this book carefully 5) No error
      
  31.    1) He is working 2) in a bank in New Delhi  3) for the past     4) several months 5) No error
  
  32.    1) There is no question      2) of my 3) failing  4) in the examination 5) No error
  
  33.    1) He fell from a running train
      2) and would have died     3) if the villagers 4) did not get him admitted in the nearby hospital immediately  5) No error.
  
  34.    1) He is going everyday     2) for a morning walk 3) with his friends 4) and neighbors
      5) No error
  
  35.    1) The man told her 2) that he had brought his dog 3) out for a walk as 4) he was afraid and that it would rain 5)  No error
      
  Ans: 26.4; 27.2; 28.4; 29.2;
  30.2; 31.1; 32.2;  33.4; 34.1; 35. 1
  
  Directions (Q. 36-39): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
  Some prophets of doom assert that we shall soon exhaust the Earth's resources or pollute ourselves to death. Optimists assert that Earth's systems are robust and that improved technologies will ease all the pressures on the plant. Others see the main concerns as political, with environmental issues carrying the seeds of inequity and war.
  Scientific understanding is too limited to say where the truth lies. If the care of the planet is management task our species is in the position of a child who has to fly a jet plane without knowing what all the switches and levers do.
  
  36.    The blame for the environmental crisis facing the Earth lies with
      A) Man's greed and selfishness
  B) Inadequate management of Earth' resources
  C) Scientists often are used by politicians
  D) Wars will cause greater pollutions on Earth
  
  37.    Which one of the following statements is true according to the passage ?
  A) sometimes political motives influence people's concern for the planet
  B) Wars will cause greater pollutions on Earth
  C) People will feel exhausted owing to the green house effect
  D) Men should feel responsible towards society
  
  38.    What does the comparison in the last sentence of the passage convey ?
  A) We, on Earth are inexperienced in managing Earth's resources
  B) Most of the people do not
      know how to fly an aero plane
  C) Scientists often are used by politicians
      D) We are as ignorant as infants
  
  39.    According to the passage nobody knows the truth because
  A) people do not know of what the future holds for them
  B) scientists often are used by politicians
  C) there are very few scientists capable of research in this area
  D) objective analyses are not thorough or exhaustive
  Ans: 36. A; 37. A ; 38. A; 39.D