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PRACTICE TEST PAPER – 1

Test of English Language Directions (Q. 1 to 6): Read the following passage and answer within its context. The world dismisses curiosity by calling it idle, or mere idle curiosity – even though curious persons are seldom idle. Parents do their best to extinguish curiosity in their children because it makes life difficult to be faced every day with a string of unanswerable questions about what makes fire hot or why grass grows. Children whose curiosity survives parental discipline are invited to join our university. Within the university, they go on asking their questions and trying to find the answers. In the eyes of a scholar, that is mainly what a university is for. Some of the questions that scholars ask seem to the world to be scarcely worth asking let alone answering. They ask questions to minute and specialized for you and me to understand without years of explanation. If the world inquires of one of them why he wants to know the answer to a particular question he may say, especially if he is a scientist, that the answer will in some obscure way make possible a new machine or weapon or gadget. He talks that way because he knows that the world understands and respects utility. But to you who awe now part of the university, he will say that he wants to know the answer simply because he does not know it. The way a mountain climber wants to climb a mountain simply because it is there. Similarly a historian when asked by outsiders why he studies history may come out with argument that he has learnt to repeat on such occasions, something about knowledge of the past making it possible to understand the present and mould the future. But if you really want to know why a historian studies the past, the answer is much simpler; something happened, and he would like to know what. All this does not mean that the answers which scholars find to their questions have no consequences. They may have enormous consequences but these seldom form the reason for asking the question or pursuing the answers. It is true that scholars can be put to work answering questions for the sake of the consequences as thousands are working now, for example, in search of a cure for cancer. But this is not the primary function of the scholar, for the consequences are usually subordinate to the satisfaction of curiosity. 1. Common people consider some of the questions asked by scholars as unimportant (a) since they are not worth asking or answering. (b) because the question is related to new machines and gadgets. (c) because the common man doesn’t understand questions without years of

explanations. (d) scholars ask very minute, specialized questions beyond the comprehension of

the common man. 2. In the statement ‘that is mainly what a university is for’, ‘that’ refers to (a) parents refusal to answer questions. (b) children’s curiosity that survives parental strictures. (c) questions not worth answering.

(d) the aim and scope of the university to provide an opportunity to curious minds to find out the answers to their questions.

3. According to the passage the general public respects (a) new inventions. (b) any useful invention. (c) any invention that makes life easier for them. (d) a scientist who invents gadgets and machines for them 4. The writer compares the scientist to (a) a historian and mountain climber. (b) a historian. (c) a mountain climber. (d) a scholar. 5. The primary function of a scholar is different from the search for a cure for cancer

because (a) the answers to the scholar’s question have no consequence unlike the results for the research involving a cure for cancer (b) the answer sought by the scholar is selfish unlike the consequences of cancer research which are for the common weal. (c) the primary function of a scholar is satisfaction of his mental curiosity, while

research involving a cure for cancer demands a constant, systematic and planned pursuit by several scholars.

(d) several scholars work for a cancer cure while a single scholar works with a selfish motive.

6. Idle curiosity means (a) curiosity is lazy. (b) idle people are curious. (c) curiosity is apt. (d) casual curiosity. 7. Find the correct match of definition/ meaning with usage for the word: WOULD Definition / meaning (a) willingness (b) obstinacy persistence (c) determination (d) improbable or real condition Usage

(5) He would go for a walk even when it was raining. (6) He would do as you say. (7) He beat the ox, but it wouldn’t move. (8) If you came across a snake what would you do? (a) 1-8, 2-5, 3-6, 4-7 (b) 1-6, 2-7, 3-5, 4-8 (c) 1-5, 2-7, 3-8, 4-6 (d) 1-7, 2-5, 3-6, 4-8

8. Choose the most appropriate passive construction of the sentence: ‘He is doing his job well’.

(a) His job is done well by him. (b) His job is being done well. (c) He has been doing his job well (d) His job is being well done. 9. There are three underlined words below, followed by their usages. Determine the

sentences, in which the use of words is correct or appropriate. Pray, Prey, Prying (a) If you pray with faith, they say, it will be answered.

(b) He has fallen a prey to cheats (c) Prying into the affairs of others is bad.

(1) a and b (2) a and c (3) a, b and c (4) b and c Directions (Q. 10 to 14) : The following is an except from a recent article by David Ewing Duncan. Read the passage and answer the questions within its context. Eye surgeon Virendar Sangwan has perfected a procedure so cutting – edge that most who have tried it have failed. In an operating theatre in the central Indian City of Hyderabad, he surgically implants corneas grown in a Petri dish from stem cells by his colleague Geeta Vemuganti in patients with damaged eyes. Together they perform about 80 corneal regeneration procedures a year, making the L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, where they work, one of the most prolific facilities in the world using stem cells to regenerate tissues of any kind. The Sangwan-Vemuganti team uses stem cells found in the tissues of living adults, not ones derived from embryos. Teams all over the world are working with adult stem cells, trying to coax them to regrow cells in hearts, brains, livers and other organs, but progress is slow. Besides corneas, scientists have had some success regrowing skin cells and bone tissues, but those procedures remain experimental. “A number of programs around the world have tried to perfect this treatment, but they have had bad outcomes,” says University of Cincinnati eye surgeon and stem cell specialist Edward Holland. “It is impressive what they are doing at Prasad”. In addition to the Hyderabad project, only Holand’s program and a half-dozen others in the world conduct operations using corneas grown from stem cells. The treatment uses stem cells harvested from the limbus, located where the cornea touches the white of the eye. For those with damaged corneas, these cells- called “limbic” and “conjunctiva” – are harvested from a patient’s good eye, if he has one, or from a close relative. They are placed in a Petri dish and chemically tweaked to grow into the lower layer of a cornea, called epithelium. It is then transplanted into thee eye of the patient where in most cases it takes hold and grows. In 56% of the cases at the Prasad Institute, patient could still see clearly after 40 months later. Indians are well known for reverse engineering, meaning they can deduce hos drugs are made in order to produce generic versions. But in this case, Sangwan and Vemuganti, a pathologist, developed the technique on their own from reading papers and running experiments in the lab. Sangwan says he had a number of patients with burned eyes who could not be helped with standard corneal transplants from cadavers, so he persuaded Vemuganti to try growing corneas in her lab. “You know how to grow cells, and I know how to do the transplant surgrey,” Vemuganti recalls his saying. “Why don’t we work together?” she smiles and shakes her head. “I had no clue, if this was going to work.”

Vemuganti’s major innovation was developing a platform on which to grow corneas. First she designed a circular glass tube about the size of a stack of coins. They she overlaid the lass with tissue from a human placenta which is “a good surface to grow corneas on,” she says. After that she placed stem cells in four places around a circle, added a growth medium and watched the corneas begin to grow. Commercial interests among stem cell companies for the procedure has been scant because of the perceived small volume of patients, says venture capitalist Antoun Nabhan of Bay Capital, who sits on the board of Cellerant, a leading stem cell company in San Carlos, Calif. But corneal stem cell treatment may have wider applications, say ophthalmologist lvan Schwab of University of California at Davis. “There stem cells are similar to others in the body that make mucous membrane,” he says, “These techniques of growing stem cells might one day be used to treat mucous-membrane tissue in the sinuses, bladder, and other organs.” 10. According to the article Sangwan-Vemuganti team’s cutting-edge procedure of implanting cornea grown from stem cells is considered a major advancement by the experts because (a) they derive stems cells from embryos. (b) their labs are customized to grow stem cells. (c) they regrow cells in hearts, brains, livers with stems cells from tissues of living adults (d) they derive stem cells from tissues of living adults and grow cells in labs. 11. Sangwan- Vemuganti procedure is carried out on (a) Patients requiring any corneal transplant (b) Patients with damaged corneas (c) Patients with damaged eyes of any kind (d) None of the above 12. The world recognizes this Indian innovation because Indian scientists are normally

known (a) to be good at analyzing and finding out a method of how an existing drug is made.

(b) as they are good researchers of drugs. (c) as they are good at carrying out experiments to create generic drugs (d) as they are able to carry out drug trials on large samples.

13. The pathologist, Vemuganti, started growing cornea in a Petri dish (a) by following procedures published in research papers (b) by inventing a totally new procedure (c) by experimenting with procedures published in journals (d) by following the instructions of the transplant surgeon. 14. In the context of the passage chose the correct set of meanings for the words: ‘platform’ and ‘generic’

(a) Lab table; related to genes

(b) Method; related to genes (c) Lab experiments; without a brand name (d) Methodology; without a brand name

15. Choose the option which is closest in meaning to the word SUBTLE (a) Innocent (b) Elusive (c) Dangerous (d) Insidious 16. The following sentence has a missing punctuation mark, choose the right answer. My mother who is from the village is very superstitious. (a) Brackets (b) Comma (c) Semicolon (d) Apostrophe 17. For the pair of sentences below choose the right option. (1) Those are them (2) Those are they. (a) The first sentence has an error (b) The second sentence is erroneous. (c) Both sentences are incorrect. (d) Both sentences are correct. Directions (Q. 18 to 22) : Read the following passage and answer within its context. TRIPs agreement provides a comprehensive set of global trade rules for the protection of copyright patents, trademarks, industrial designs, trade secrets, semiconductor lay out designs and geographical indications, that apply to all the member- countries irrespective of their levels of development, natural and human endowments and history. Every members- country has been asked by the WTO to amend its national patent law to conform to that universal globalised format for legislation relating to pharmaceutical, agrochemical, food, allow, etc. Under Article 65, the developed countries have been asked to change their laws within another five years, and the less developed countries within an additional five years. The least developed countries have been asked to make those changes by 2005 AD. This attempt at global standardization and uniformity by way of TRIPs agreement is in conflict with the main trust of the Rio Earth Summit of 1992 that set out the conditions for sustainable development. These two reveal tow contrasting types of international approaches and norms. While the 1992 Earth Summit and the 1993 Convention on Bio-Diversity (CBD) focused on ‘diversity’ as being fundamental to sustain life and development, TRIPs and WTO are pushing for ‘conformity’ to international standardized norms on patents, services. Labour, investment and what not irrespective of their history, ecology, level of economic development, etc. But despite their diametrical opposed viewpoints , 170 countries signed CBD upholding the need for diversity, and 50 countries signed the TRIPs agreement in 1994 claming the urgency of uniformity, with a very large element of common names (130) in both. The Convention on Bio-Diversity (CBD) in its Article, 16.5 specifically asserts the intellectual properly right must not be in conflict with conservation and sutainable use of bio-diversity, a provision that has been totally ignored by those who composed the TRIPs

agreements. While in case of agriculture the higher yield of patented products induces the farmers to switch from a more varied production pattern, the resulting narrowing of genetic base makes the economy and society more vulnerable to plant disease and epidemics. It is true that the move towards cultivation of a smaller number of higher yielding varieties and the uniform spread of the same variety over a large space predates the present debate on patent, particularly since the introduction of the green revolution technology in the mid-sixties, but there can be no doubt that the latter has brought about a qualitative change in the scenario and has created possibility of a vast quantitative change too in that direction. So far no attempt has been made to reconcile the two conflicting approaches of CBD and TRIPs. If diversity is so important for sustaining life, how can WTO demand conformity to standardized global formats? 18. The author points out that intellectual properly rights and their administration

mechanism is (a) throttling the interest of global bio-diversity. (b) working to help sustain global bio-diversity. (c) being sustained by global bio-diversity. (d) what the global bio-diversity needs. 19. Which of the following has not been said by the author in the passage? (a) A high number of countries have signed both CBD and TRIPs two conflicting treaties.

(b) A narrow genetic base, if stuck to for long, is fraught with danger. (c) Although a nondiscriminatory approach has been followed in the

applicability of TRIPs, there has been a confessional attitude in prescribing a time frame for Transition, as per needs of the respective countries.

(d) The author is supportive of international conventions and treats such as TRIPs, CBD, etc.

20. Out of the countries that signed CBD, the percentage of those that signed the TRIPs

also, is (a) 76.5 (b) 74.5 (c) 78.5 (d) 80.2 21. According to the author, a higher-yield seed variety is not always welcome as it

also ultimately leads to (a) diseases among the consumers (b) disease among the plants (c) monopoly of developed countries (d) monopoly of developed countries. 22. As per the TRIPs agreement not much differentiation is made between a developed

country such as the USA and an undeveloped country such as Sudan. This is (a) definitely true (b) probably true (c) probably false (d) definitely false 23. A single word equivalent for the statement “Speak falsely with deliberate intent’ is (a) repudiate (b) programme

(c) disparage (d) equivocate 24. Choose the word with the correct spelling. (a) paraphernalia (b) programme (c) pediatrics (d) beserk 25. Which two sentences in the following convey the same idea? Choose from the

combinations listed below: (1) Wasn’t there any checking at the airport? (2) I want to know if there was any checking at the airport. (3) I wonder if there should have been any checking at the airport? (4) There should have been checking at the airport. (a) 2, 3 (b) 1,4 (c) 3,4 (d) 2,4 26. Chose the most appropriate sentence from the following: (a) You should at once report it to the concerned authority (b) You should report it at once, to the authority concerned. (c) You should report it at once, to the concerned authority. (d) You should at once report it to the authority concerned. 27. Find the correct match of grammatical function with usage for the word: AFTER Grammatical function (1) adjective (2) adverb (3) conjunction (4) preposition Usage

(5) You may go after having your lunch (6) It appears to be the after effect of the disease (7) Many graduates are hankering after jobs (8) He came soon after (a) 1-8, 2-5, 3-6, 4-7 (b) 1-6, 2-5, 3-8, 4-7 (c) 1-5, 2-8, 3-7, 4-6 (d) 1-6, 2-8, 3-5, 4-7

28. Neophyte is the opposite of (a) student (b) clown (c) veteran (d) professional 29. Find the maximum number of times that any one of the given words fits the set of

sentences. disabled flimsy crippled lame

(1) Don’t make ______________ excuse. (2) Liberalization may have _____________ smaller manufacturers. (3) Being a defaulter at the stock exchange makes him a _________duck. (4) A ___________ person may limp. (a) in all the four sentences

(b) in three sentences (c) in two sentences (d) in only one.

30. Which of the following does not make a sensible word/ phrase when added to the

given word? FIRE (a) fly (b) engine (c) stick (d) escape 31. Arrange the sentence 1,2,3,4 to form a logical sequence between sentences I and II.

Choose the alternative where the four combinations make a meaningful sentence. I. We all value having the freedom 1. which many of us fail to honour 2. to make the choices we want in our careers. 3. but with great freedom comes great responsibility 4. so most companies fall prey to the policies which become rigid II and that’s probably one reason we find most companies not following what they

preach (a) 1, 3, 4, 2 (b) 2, 3, 1, 4 (c) 1, 4, 2, 3 (d) 3, 2, 1, 3 Directions (Q. 32 to 34) : Read the edited excerpt of an article by Nelson Vinod

Moses and answer the questions in this context. A successful non- resident Indian employed in the United States returns to a

backward Indian village and transforms the lives of the villagers. Sounds familiar? At 31, Ashwin Naik is pacing through the path Shah Rukh Khan traced in his offbeat Bollywood movie, Swades. Naik had just quit his cushy job in a genomics firm in the US to join MIT Sloan School of Business. With a month in hand, he headed home and traveled through the remote areas of Banglkot district in Karnataka. The woeful social conditions he saw moved him. Naik chucked the MBA course and in six months set up Vaatsalya Healthcare, a rural healthcare delivery system.

In February 2005, Vaatsaly’s first hospital opened in Hubli. Two more centres were opened in Gadag and Karwar to offer specialist services of surgeons and facilities such as physiotherapy for children suffering from cerebral palsy. “We introduced pediatric surgery for infants below six months,” say Naik, “Else, patients would have to be taken to distant cities of Hobli or Bangalore.” Naik plans 100 more units in five states in the next three years. Mere charity by an affluent, middle – class professional? Far from it. Vaatsalya is one among rapidly spreading ‘for profit’ social enterprises that serves ‘for profit’ social enterprises that serves the poor and brings in profit. Mumbai – based Ziqitza, an ambulance services company, is another. It never refuses a patient for money, and charges Rs. 50 to Rs. 200.

Done fleetingly in India and elsewhere till now; entrepreneurial minds with a social conscience are methodically creating such models at a greater pace. “There has

been a boom in the past two years,” says Varun Sahni, country director of Acumen Fund, a US- based social fund that invests in companies that target low income communities “Currently, there are about 1,000 in India.”

The timing seems perfect. There is a wide market acceptance and funding has been coming in easily. These enterprises work across a swathe areas including healthcare, education, rural energy, agriculture arts and crafts, banking and more. ‘ For profit’ entrepreneurs are obsessed with social and environmental impact in addition to the financial returns. Since they are answerable to the investors, they try expanding the business rapidly; SKS Microfinance, for instances, started in 1998 and has now over 900,000 customers, 440 branches, and an outstanding loan disbursement of over Rs. 452 crore as of August 2007.

32. Identify the appropriate business model of the kind of enterprise by the author. (a) Servicing societies at no profit (b) Profiting from poor people (c) Setting up enterprises for masses of low-income groups on experimental basis

(d) Setting up enterprises for social causes for profit and expand rapidly 33. Which of the following companies does not illustrate the idea explained by the

author? (a) SKS Microfinance (b) Acumen Fund (c) Ziqitza (d) Vaatsalya Healthcare 34. According to the author, which of the following options describes ‘for profit’

entrepreneurs most appropriately? (a) NRI’s paying back to their motherland. (b) Those affluent, middle-class professionals treating it as charity. (c) Those who work towards getting financial returns on social business by expanding quickly. (d) Those who have sympathetic investors for their business ideas for poor. 35. A contextual usage is provided for the word below. Pick the word that is most

inappropriate. MALINGER: The young man made it a point to malinger in spite of the assigned work load.

(a) Wander (b) Laze (c) Evade (d) Argue 36. The following is a scrambled sentence with the segments marked 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Choose the alternative with the order of segments that best reconstruct the sentence. 1. For all the padre’s rhetoric about the English as God’s Chosen People, the padre had a whole tribe of Anglo-Indian first cousins. 2. Padre Rotton was an even more striking case. 3. By various Indian wives, all of whom were at that moment engaged in fighting on the rebel side in Avadh, where they took an active part in besieging the British Residency in Lucknow.

4. These included James Rotton who could not speak English and the twenty- two Muslim sons of his convert cousin, Felix Rotton. (a) 1, 2, 3, 4 (b) 2, 1, 4, 3 (c) 1, 4, 2, 3 (d) 2, 4, 1, 3 37. Choose the sentence in which the given word is used correctly (grammatically and

semantically) ALMOST (a) As I crossed the road a scooterist almost hit me. (b) Crossing the road a scooterist hit me almost. (c) A scooterist across the road almost his me. (d) A scooterist almost hit me crossing the road. 38. In the following sentence choose the erroneous segment. We took a taxi (A)/So we would be on time (B)/ for the meeting (C) (a) Error in segment A (b) Error in segment B (c) Error in segment C (d) No error 39. Find the odd one out from the group of words which are related in some way or the

other. (a) Din (b) Cacophony (c) Racket (d) Cadence 40. Fill in the blanks with the correct alternative. Caw is to crows as___is to cows. (a) bleat (b) snort (c) low (d) bellow

Answer Keys 1) (d) 2) (d) 3) (b) 4) (a) 5) (c) 6) (b) 7) (b)

8) (b) 9) (c) 10) (d) 11) (b) 12) (c) 13) (b) 14) (d)

15) (b) 16) (b) 17) (c) 18) (a) 19) (d) 20) (a) 21) (b)

22) (a) 23) (b) 24) (c) 25) (b) 26) (d) 27) (d) 28) (c)

29) (c) 30) (d) 31) (b) 32) (d) 33) (b) 34) (c) 35) (d)

36) (b) 37) (c) 38) (b) 39) (d) 40) (c)

PRACTICE TEST PAPER - 2 Test of English Language

Directions (1-10) : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any

grammatical 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) i.e. ‘No Error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

1. Sunil refused to admit that (1) / he did not know (2) / what to operate (3) / the new

machine. (4) / No error (5) 2. They waited patient (1)/ for the chairman’s speech (2) / to end in order (3) / to begin the discussion. (4) / No error (5) 3. On his next (1) / official visit to Delhi (2) / the plans to (3) / visit his old colleagues.

(4)/ No error (5) 4. He has refused (1) / not to take (2) / the promotion although (3) / he is eligible. (4) /

No error (5) 5. We were so late (1) / than the meeting (2) / was almost over (3) / when we arrived.

(4)/ No error (5) 6. All this documents (1) / have been destroyed (2) / in the fire (3) / which occurred last

month. (4) / No error (5) 7. Mr. Gupta insisted (1) / that he was (2) / fully prepare (3) / to present the proposal.

(4)/ No error (5) 8. Arjun was (1) / not selected (2) / for the post (3) / inspite his hard work. (4)/ No error

(5) 9. The decision to open (1) / offices in Shimla (2) were taken at (3) / the last Board

meeting. (4) / No error (5) 10. There has been (1) / a fall from (2) / the profits of (3) / our company recently. (4)/ No

error (5)

Directions (11-12) : Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and 4 given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentences to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and there is no correction required mark (5) i.e. ‘No correction required’ as the answer. 11. The bank has not succeeded to recovery the bad loan despite its efforts. (1) to recover off (2) the recovery from (3) in recovering (4) from recovery

(5) No correction required 12. His written presentation is very differently from the oral presentation. (1) so differently (2) more difference (3) much difference (4) quite different (5) No correction required 13. They have supply to us with inferior quality machines this time. (1) supplied us (2) supplied from us (3) supply us (4) being supplied (5) No correction required 14. On behalf of the staff the Director presented a bouquet to retiring employee. (1) On behalf off (2) From behalf of (3) On behalf of (4) With behalf of (5) No correction required 15. Africa is one of the biggest producer of oil in the world. (1) the biggest producers (2) a bigger producer (3) a big producer (4) too biggest producer (5) No correction required Directions (16-30) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. Badal and Rajmal lived side by side and had their shops in a busy market place. Although his goods sold quickly Rajmal made just enough to sustain himself and his family as he often allowed the needy to buy goods and pay for them later. One day Rajmal decided to go on a pilgrimage with his family. However, he did not want to take the little money he had accumulated with him. “There may be thieves along the way. I shall also need some money to get my business running again when I return , I think I should leave my savings with Badal. He is a rich man so I can trust him.” Rajmal went to Badal and requested him to keep his savings with his life till Rajmal’s return. Six months later when Rajmal returned he went to Badal with some sweets and began to talk about the trip. Badal said, “I have no time to listen to your story now, I am too busy.” “All right I will come another day but give me the savings I entrusted to you.” “Your gave me no money”. Badal shouted” if you want me to pay for the sweets you brought, I will, but you did not leave any money with me”. A small crowd gathered around. They knew Rajmal to be an honest person and he was well liked. On the other hand, he had just retuned from his trip and may be being embarrassed to borrow money, he was trying to get money through this means. Unable to decide whom to believe, both men were taken before the kind. He listened to everyone. One by one and then closed his eyes and pondered deeply. “Why else was with you when you handed over your savings?”, he asked Rajmal “No one sir”, Rajmal replied. “But you must produce witness” the king insisted. “There was no one there except a few parrots”. Rajmal said in

despair . “ Then bring a parrot to me. One of my courtiers can understand their language. We shall learn the truth.” Rajmal left to bring back a parrot. The crowd began to mutter. How can anyone understand the language of a parrot?” But, the kind began to speak to Badal, “Rajmal is taking a long time to return”, “Oh, he will taken at least two hours each way although I am sure he has run away”, was Badal’s reply. The kind said nothing. Five hours later Rajmal arrived in tears having been unable to capture a single parrot. The king however ordered his guards to imprison Badal. “How could you have known how long it would take him to return if you did not know the spot where Rajmal had entrusted the money to you? You will return your friend’s money at once!” Rajmal bowed and praised the king for his wisdom. 16. Why did Rajmal not take his savings with him on the pilgrimage? (a) He wanted Badal to use the money to look after his business while he was away (b) He feared that it might be stolen during the pilgrimage (c) His savings would be too heavy to carry (1) Only b (2) Only c (3) Both a and b (4) All a, b and c (5) None of these 17. Why was Rajmal not wealthy ? (1) He could not sell many of his goods since they were of inferior quality (2) The price of his goods was too high for the poor to afford (3) He spent all his money buying his family expensive gifts (4) He allowed poor customers to pay him when they could afford to (5) He spent most of his money on going for pilgrimages 18. Which of the following can be said about Badal? (1) He was true friend to Rajmal (2) He was greedy but poor (3) He had a poor memory and forgot that Rajmal had left his savings with him (4) He did not like sweets (5) He was a shopkeeper 19. Which of the following describes the king? (1) He depended on his courtiers to make all his decisions (2) He was wise (3) He was sleepy (4) He was soft hearted and easily influenced by tears (5) He could understand many languages even that of birds 20. Why did the king ask Rajmal to bring back a parrot? (1) To give Rajmal an opportunity to run away because he felt sorry for him (2) To provide the crowd with some entertainment (3) To test the courtier’s ability to understand the parrot’s language (4) To question the parrot (5) None of these

21. Why was the crowd whispering? (1) They wanted Rajmal to be punished for falsely accusing his friend (2) They were betting on whether Rajmal would run away (3) They were trying to get the king to listen to them but he refused (4) They were trying to guess which courtier could understand the language of the

parrot (5) None of these 22. Why did the people take Rajmal and Badal to the king? (a) Feeling sorry for Rajmal they wanted the king to punish Badal and donate some

money to Rajmal (b) They were embarrassed because two friends were threatening each other (c) They could not decide who was telling the truth and wanted the king to settle the

argument (1) Only a (2) Only b (3) Only c (4) Both a and b (5) None of these 23. Which of the following is not true in the context of the passage? (1) Rajmal trusted Badal to keep his money safe (2) Rajmal wanted Badal to pay him for the sweets (3) Badal and Rajmal were neighbours (4) The kind punished the real culprit (5) Badal tried to cheat Rajmal out of his savings. 24. Why did Rajmal give his savings to Badal for safekeeping ? (1) Badal convinced him to do so (2) He wanted Badal to look after the needs of his family while he was away (3) He did not trust his family with the savings (4) He thought that since Badal was a rich man he would not steal the money 25. Why did the kind conclude that Badal was guilty? (1) Rajmal produced a witness in court for the king to question, even though it was

only a parrot (2) The king was influenced by his subjects good opinion about Rajmal (3) The king felt sorry for Rajmal because he was poor (4) Since Badal could estimate the time of Rajmal’s return, it meant that he knew

where Rajmal had given him his savings (5) None of these

Directions (26-28) : Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word given in bold as used in the passage.

26. RUNNING

(1) Jogging (2) escaping (3) standing (4) controlling (5) functioning 27. MADE (1) built (2) earned (3) fixed (4) prepared (5) established 28. MEANS (1) method (2) unkind (3) averages (4) signs (5) promises Directions (29-30) : Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word given in bold as used in the passage. 29. ACCUMULATED (1) deposited (2) saved (3) stolen (4) lost (5) removed 30. DESPAIR (1) humility (2) hope (3) discourage (4) success (5) anger Directions (31 – 35) : In each sentence below, four words printed in bold type are given. These are numbered as (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these boldly printed words may be wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence or grammatically incorrect. The number of that word is the answer. If there is no error of any above types, the answer is (5), i.e. ‘All correct’. 31. There were several (1)/ illegal (2)/ commercial(3) / establishments in that locality

(4) / All correct (5) 32. He has promised (1) / to ensure (2) / that legal action (3)/ is taken again (4) / the

guilty person. All correct (5) 33. A meeting has been scheduled (1) / to discuss (2) / that recent (3) / developments.

(4) / All correct (5) 34. In our opinion (1) / his performance (2) / during the involved (3) / year has been

excellent. (4) / All correct (5)

35. Since (1) / he is abroad (2) / his brother is in charge (3) / of sales activitys. (4) / All correct (5)

Directions (36-40) : Rearrange the following six 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) The man however stopped and worked with the soldiers till the job was completed and said, “ Colonel, next time you have too few men send for me, I shall be happy to help”.

(b) A man passing by asked, “Sir, why don’t you help the soldiers?” (c) During a war a commander and his soldiers were given some construction work.

(d) That man who volunteered was George Washingtion and he was the President of the United States.

(e) “Can’t you see I am a Colonel?” the commander replied. (f) Though the soldiers were too few, the commander only gave orders but did

nothing to help. 36. Which of the following is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement? (1) a (2) b (3) c (4) d (5) e 37. Which of the following is the FIRST sentence after rearrangement? (1) a (2) b (3) c (4) d (5) e 38. Which of the following is the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement? (1) a (2) b (3) c (4) d (5) e 39. Which of the following is the SECOND sentence after rearrangement? (1) f (2) e (3) d (4) c (5) b 40. Which of the following is the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement? (1) a (2) c (3) d (4) e (5) f

Directions (41 – 50) : 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 are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. Daring leadership was (41) of Akbar, who was perhaps the most powerful ruler India has ever (42). When he was born his father was (43) poor that he did not have money to celebrate. So he broke a pod of musk. (44) it among his followers and said “ I hope my son’s fame (45) throughout the world (46) the smell of musk which fills this tent!” Akbar (47) learnt to read but had an exceptional memory and enquiring mind. He could memorize religious texts and would (48) scholars by quoting long passages from them. He designed such an (49) administrative system to run his empire, that some of its features are seen even (50). 41. (1) common (2) capable (3) characterize (4) value (5) typical 42. (1) decided (2) owned (3) known (4) shown (5) grown 43. (1) enough (2) so (3) such (4) too (5) more 44. (1) ordered (2) feast (3) divide (4) distributed (5) gave 45. (1) stretch (2) covers (3) spreads (4) moves (5) seen 46. (1) like (2) different (3) before (4) equally (5) slowly 47. (1) often (2) although (3) never (4) once (5) besides 48. (1) search (2) display (3) argue (4) astonish (5) punish 49. (1) artificial (2) unjust (3) efficient (4) inferior (5) ordinary

50. (1) today (2) tomorrow (3) present (4) future (5) recent

ANSWERS

1. (3) 2. (1) 3. (5) 4. (2) 5. (2) 6. (1) 7. (3) 8. (4) 9. (3) 10. (2)

11. (3) 12. (4) 13. (1) 14. (5) 15. (1) 16. (1) 17. (4) 18. (5) 19. (2) 20. (5)

21. (4) 22. (3) 23. (2) 24. (4) 25. (4) 26. (5) 27. (2) 28. (1) 29. (4) 30. (2)

31. (2) 32. (4) 33. (5) 34. (3) 35. (4) 36. (2) 37. (3) 38. (4) 39. (1) 40. (1)

41. (5) 42. (3) 43. (2) 44. (4) 45. (3) 46. (1) 47. (3) 48. (4) 49. (3) 50. (1)

PRACTICE TEST PAPER NO. 3 English Language

Directions (Q. Nos. 1-8): Fill the blanks: 1. Your ______ will ________ all the benefits you derived from your hard work. (a) Patience, delete (b) possessiveness, enhance (c) carelessness, nullify (d) apathy, increase 2. Nine members have ________ about the decision, but the tenth one view it_____. (a) solution, critically (b) consensus, similarly (c) disagreement, collectively (d) agreement, differently 3. In case you have __________ his feelings, you must______ to him. (a) hurt, apologize (b) evoked, surrender (c) touched, talk (d) offended, appeal 4. The recent_____ in oil-prices has given an unexpected additional _____ to the cost –

spiral. (a) slump, drawback (b) cut, blow (c) rise, twist (d) development, cut 5. Transforming _______ bureaucracies into dynamic, customer- driven organizations is

_____ under any circumstances. (a) ideal, essential (b) lazy, undesirable (c) inefficient, challenging (d) civilized, ineffective 6. As he was the century’s _______ man of science, his________ was universally

mourned. (a) wealthiest, experiment (b) greatest, death (c) happiest, accepted (d) oldest, invention 7. The issues could be _________ amicably only because of his_________ handling of

the situation. (a) dropped, haphazard (b) raised, careful (c) discussed, enthusiastic (d) resolved, tactful 8. There are__________ examples to prove that the PM_______ warmly with the

masses. (a) various, meeting (b) several, behaves (c) illustrious, charms (d) many, interacts

Directions (Q. Nos. 9-15): Select the appropriate one from the alternatives to replace the bold words to correct the sentence. 9. India’s outlook on the world is composing of these various elements. (a) is composed of (b) is composed by (c) is composing with (d) has been composing at 10. He could not give a/an good explanation for his extraordinary behaviuor. (a) account for (b) be satisfied with (c) provide evidence (d) count on 11. He told us the story in a nutshell. (a) in the nutshell (b) putting it in a nut (c) in nutshell (d) No correction required 12. His suggestions were to so trivial and hence nobody took any cognizance of them. (a) so trivial that and have (b) very trivial and hence to (c) too trivial to and hence (d) very trivial and hence 13. His brother is working in this factory since 1970. (a) was working (b) worked (c) has been working (d) No correction required 14. I could achieve success through conscious efforts. (a) efforts made with critical awareness (b) tremendous efforts (c) efforts done after gaining consciousness (d) efforts done after being awakened 15. If the room had been brighter, I would have been able to read for a while before

bed-time. (a) If the room was brighter (b) If rooms are brighter (c) Had the room brighter (d) No correction required Directions (Q. Nos. 16-20) : Read each sentence to find out if there is any grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only in one part of the sentence. The alphabet of that part is your answer. (Disregard punctuation errors, if any) 16. The gentleman (a) together with his (b) wife and children (c) were drowned. (d) 17. I complemented (a) him for (b) his brilliant successes in the (c) examination. (d) 18. Naren can not (a) decide as to which (b) course he should do (c) after obtaining his

Degree. (d) 19. There will be (a) increased emphasis on (b) heavy industry in planning. (c) No error.

(d) 20. He tried as he could (a) Naveen did not (b) succeed in getting (c) his car to start up.

(d).

Directions (Q. Nos. 21-26): In each of the following questions, sheet from amongst the four alternatives, the word nearest in meaning to the word given in capitals. 21. RECOMPENSE (a) reward (b) help (c) praise (d) thank 22. QUALM (a) crisis (b) scruple (c) altercation (d) attribute 23. LICENTIOUS (a) libertine (b) loafer- type (c) criminal (d) freelance 24. PIOUS (a) pure (b) pretentious (c) clean (d) devout 25. CREDENTIALS (a) principles (b) dependability (c) capacity to return loans (d) trustworthiness 26. AUDACIOUS (a) manifest (b) obvious (c) venture (d) daring Directions (Q. Nos. 27-32) : In each of the following questions select from amongst the four alternatives, the word most opposite in meaning to the word given in capitals. 27. DISPARAGE (a) please (b) praise (c) belittle (d) denigrate 28. COARSE (a) beautiful (b) attractive (c) fine (d) smart 29. JUBILANT (a) disturbed (b) scared (c) gloomy (d) quiet 30. ABHOR (a) admire (b) respect (c) applaud (d) appreciate

31. RETROGRADE (a) progressive (b) stubborn (c) punitive (d) aggressive 32. HIRSUTE (a) scaly (b) bald (c) erudite (d) quiet Directions (Q. Nos. 33-42):- In the following passage there are blank spaces numbered 33 to 42. Against each of these numbers below the passage, a choice of four words (a), (b), (c) and (d) is suggested to replace the blank spaces in the passage. First read the passage and try to understand what it is about. Then choose the best word from the alternatives (a), (b), (c) and (d). Something has happened in the last twenty years that surely must 33 anything that has happened before. Some historians are already saying that trust 34 space represents a vital turning point in history. Moon flights are considered 35 less than steps in human evolution 36 to the time when life on earth emerged from the sea and established itself on land. Of course, not everyone 37 enraptured by space. Critics have often said that space flight has been an 38 use of resources that should have 39 to feeding, clothing and housing people. There is, however, no proof that if we had 40 been working on space, we would have done anything of great human value. In fact, research and exploration have a 41 spin-offs, quite apart from the fact that they demonstrate that 42 is alive and insatiably curious. 33. (a) terminate (b) transcend (c) pecede (d) recede 34. (a) on (b) upon (c) in (d) into 35. (a) nothing (b) certainly (c) sufficiently (d) probably 36. (a) exceeding (b) contrasting (c) comparable (d) matching 37. (a) was (b) has been (c) had been (d) being 38. (a) economical (b) extravagant (c) appropriate (d) benevolent 39. (a) devoted (b) allotted (c) reserved (d) gone 40. (a) not (b) occasionally

(c) seldom (d) possibly 41. (a) renowned (b) renounced (c) remarkable (d) relevant 42. (a) one (b) man (c) human (d) individual Directions (Q. Nos. 43-44) : In each of the following questions, select from amongst the four alternatives, the word nearest in meaning to the word given in capitals. 43. STRIDENCY (a) stress (b) consistency (c) flippant (d) harshness 44. HARBINGER (a) messenger (b) steward (c) forerunner (d) pilot Directions (Q. Nos. 45-46): In each of the following questions select from amongst the four alternatives, the word most opposite in meaning to the word given in capitals. 45. HYPOCRITICAL (a) gentle (b) sincere (c) amiable (d) dependable 46. FUTILITY (a) value (b) usefulness (c) importance (d) urgency Directions (Q. Nos.- 47-49):- Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentences meaningfully correct. 47. How do you expect us to stay in such a ______ building even if it can be hired on a

nominal rent? (a) scruffy (b) disparate (c) fragmented (d) robust 48. It _________ during summer months. (a) rain (b) rains (c) has rain (d) is raining 49. He lives in the world of _________ (a) allusions (b) illusions (c) conclusions (d) delusions

Directions (Q. Nos. 50-53):- Choose the word which is nearly the same in meaning to the word given in capitals. 50. ADMONISH (a) punish (b) curse (c) dismiss (d) reprimand 51. WRETCHED (a) poor (b) foolish (c) insane (d) strained 52. ARCHAIC (a) earlier (b) outdated (c) complex (d) ancient 53. NIMBLE (a) unrhythmic (b) lively (c) quickening (d) clear Directions (Q. Nos. 54-58) :- Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. The strength of Indian Democracy lies in its tradition, in the fusion of the ideas of democracy and national independence which was the characteristic of the Indian Nationalist Movement long before independence. Although the British retained supreme authority in India until 1947, the provincial elections of 1937 provided real exercise in democratic practice before national independence. During the Pacifc war India was not overrun or seriously invaded by the Japanese and after the war was over, the transfer of power to a government of the Indian Congress Party was a peaceful one as far as Britain was concerned. By 1947 ‘Indianisation’ had already gone far in the Indian Civil Service and Army, so that the new government could start with effective instruments of central control. After independence, however, India was faced with two vast problems; the firs, that of economic growth from a very low level of production and the second was that of ethnic diversity and the aspirations of sub nationalities. The Congress leadership was more aware of the former problem than of the second. As a new political elite which had rebelled not only against the British Raj but also against India’s old social order, they were conscious of the need to initiate economic development and undertake social reforms, but as nationalists who had led a struggle against the alien rule on behalf of all parts of India, they took the cohesion of the Indian nation too much for granted and underestimated the centrifugal forces of ethnic division, which were bound to be accentuated rather than diminished as the popular masses were more and more drawn into politics. The Congress party was originally opposed to the idea of recognizing any division of India on a linguistic basis and preferred to retain the old provinces of British India which often cut across linguistic boundaries. However, this was later conceded as the basis for a federal ‘Indian Union’. The rights granted to the States created new problems for the Central Government. The idea of making Hindi the national language

of a united India was thwarted by the recalcitrance of the speakers of other important Indian languages and the autonomy of the States rendered central economic planning extremely difficult. Land reforms remained under the control of the States and many large-scale economic projects required a degree of cooperation between the Central Government and one or more of the States which, it was found, was impossible to achieve. Coordination of policies was difficult even when the Congress party was in power both in the State and at the Centre. When a Congress Government in Delhi was confronted with non-Congress parties in office in the States, it became much harder. 54. Which of the following problems was India faced with after Independence ? (a) Military attack from a country across the border. (b) Lack of coordination between the Central and State Governments. (c) Improper coordination of various Government policies (d) Increasing the production from a very low level 55. Which of the following issues was not appropriately realized by the Central

Government. (a) Ethnic diversity of the people (b) A national language for the country (c) Implementation of the formulated policies (d) Centre –State relations 56. Why was central economic planning found to be difficult? (a) Multiplicity of States and Union Territories (b) Lack of coordination in different Government departments (c) Autonomy given to the States in certain matters (d) Lack of will in implementing land reforms 57. Why was the linguistic reorganization of the State accepted? (a) The States were not cooperating with the Central Government

(b) Non- Congress Governments in the States demanded such a reorganization of the States

(c) No common national language emerged (d) Strong pressure from the States was exerted on the Central Government to create such States 58. Which, according to the passage, can be cited as an exercise in democratic practice in

India before Independence? (a) The handing over of power by the British to India (b) The Indianisation of the Indian Civil Service (c) A neutral role played by the Army (d) None of the above

Directions (Q. Nos. 59-63): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, is in one part of the sentence. The alphabet of that part (a),(b), (c) or (d) is your answer. 59. You must had (a) a kind and gentle heart(b) if you want (c) to be a successful

doctor.(d) 60. The children were (a) playing with a ball (b) and run around when the accident

occurred (c) No error.(d) 61. Bangladesh has come (a) into existence (b) thirty years ago. (c) No error. (d) 62. An anti-extortion cell is opened (a) by the district police headquarter (b) six months

ago (c) as a precautionary measure. (d) 63. I think that (a) we were meeting to talk turnkey (b) but you have brought (c) your

wife with you. (d) Directions (Q. Nos. 64-69): Fill in the blanks. 64. Can you pay_______ all these articles (a) for (b) of (c) off (d) out 65. The workers agitated for a fair ______ for their work? (a) reward (b) price (c) salary (d) wage 66. I could ____________ see the sight since it was dark. (a) clearly (b) barely (c) obviously (d) aptly 67. Satish was _____ with a natural talent for music. (a) given (b) found (c) endowed (d) entrusted 68. I have been awake _____ four o’clock. (a) for (b) since (c) till (d) until 69. His life consists of ________ of drinking punctuated by periods of drunken sleep. (a) barrels (b) bouts (c) bowls (d) pints

Directions (Q. Nos. 70-74): Which of the words/ phrases, (a), (b), (c) or (d) should replace the words/ phrases given in bold italics in each of the following sentences? 70. You can mix it with some sugar and eat it. (a) in some sugar (b) into some sugar (c) any sugar (d) No correction required 71. He stopped to work an hour ago. (a) to working (b) to have worked (c) working (d) No correction required 72. The tea-estate administration is in such mess there is no leader to set the things right. (a) in such a mess here (b) in a such mess that here (c) in such a mess that there (d) with such a mess that there 73. The problem of translation are still remain. (a) are remain (b) will remained (c) will still remain (d) No correction required 74. The drama had many scenes which were so humorous that it was hardly possible to

keep a straight face. (a) hardly possible for keeping (b) hardly impossible keeping (c) hardly impossible to keep (d) No correction required Directions (Q. Nos. 75-80): In each question you are given certain sentences which have been jumbled and named P,Q, R and S. Find the proper sequence that will construct the original sentence. Choose the correct sequence. 75. I take it that most people who talk glibly of science think of science merely as a kind

of handmaiden to make their work easier. P. of course, it does make their work easier Q. and so it is R. all the science does S. it adds to the wealth of the nation and better conditions but, surely, science is something more than that. (a) RSPQ (b) QPSR (c) PSRQ (d) QRPS 76. Many people enter the stock markets using strategies that stack the odds against their

success P. predictions by economists usually vary widely Q. stock market pundits speak one language and technical analysts speak another R. one of the reasons this happens is because stock market is a confusing and

complex phenomenon S. stock market advisory letters offer differing opinions on thee prospects of

individual companies Moreover, if you listen to other investors you will hear yet different opinions. (a) PSQR (b) PQRS (c) RQPS (d) RQSP

77. Equally pressing P. begin constructing Q. is the need to R. emergency footing S. the country of an. (a) SRQP (b) QPSR (c) SPQR (d) QRSP 78. Georgian loyalists and rebel forces P. after a week of fighting Q. agreed to R. a ceasefire today S. in which 51 people were killed. (a) PQRS (b) QRSP (c) QPSR (d) QRPS 79. Most of our farmers P. do not get a fair return Q. on the sale of their farm-products R. on their investment in back-breaking labour S. and high costs of seeds and fertilizers (a) PQRS (b) PQSR (c) PRQS (d) PRSQ 80. He said that those who P. would miss a very interesting game Q. to be played R. between two foreign teams S. would not accompany him (a) SQRP (b) SRPQ (c) SPQR (d) QRPS

Answers

1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (a) 11. (d) 12. (d) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (d) 16. (d)

17. (b) 18. (b) 19. (b) 20. (d) 21. (a) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (d) 25. (d) 26. (d) 27. (b) 28. (c) 29. (c) 30. (d) 31. (a) 32. (b)

33. (b) 34. (d) 35. (a) 36. (c) 37. (b) 38. (b) 39. (d) 40. (a) 41. (c) 42. (b) 43. (d) 44. (c) 45. (b) 46. (b) 47. (a) 48. (b)

49. (b) 50. (d) 51. (a) 52. (d) 53. (b) 54. (d) 55. (a) 56. (c) 57. (d) 58. (b) 59. (a) 60. (c) 61. (a) 62. (a) 63. (b) 64. (a)

65. (d) 66. (b) 67. (c) 68. (b) 69. (d) 70. (d) 71. (c) 72. (c) 73. (c) 74. (d) 75. (c) 76. (d) 77. (b) 78. (b) 79. (d) 80. (c)

PRACTICE TEST PAPER NO. 4 English Usage and Reading Comprehension

Direction (Q. 1-15): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. During a two-day meeting later this week in a stately neo-baroque building in Tokyo, nine men may vote to end of one of the oddest periods in the history of central banking – and send one of the clearness signals yet that Japan’s economy has finally emerged from 15 years of stagnation. Led by governor Toshihiko Fukui, the monetary policy committee at the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will vote on whether to raise its overnight lending rate to 0.25% or leave it at zero, where it has been for more than five years. That shift would not just demonstrate that the BOJ believes the world’s second largest economy is now world’s second largest economy is now on sound footing- it would also have a profound effect on global markets and both corporate and private borrowers. The rate hike is by no means guaranteed- the BOJ could wait until its next meeting in August or beyond. But 32 out or 41 analysts and traders surveyed by Reuters last week said they expect an increase at this week’s meeting. Yasunari Ueno, chief market economist at Mizuho Securities, says, “I put the possibility for a hike this week at 80% to 90%. If it does’t happen, there’s nonetheless a widespread belief that it will inevitably do so in the next few months- and that the first rise will likely be followed by more. This conviction is an indication of just how far the Japanese economy has come. Following the stock and properly collapse of the early ‘90s, most businesses and consumers drastically cut their spending and investments. With demand falling, prices dropped too, exacerbating businesses’ unwillingness to invest in new ventures, and Japan found itself in a disastrous deflationary spiral. In desperation, the BOJ reduced interest rates to zero. In 1999, but it had little impact for years because, Japanese companies were hobbled by so many other problems, like bloated payrolls and debt-laden balance sheets. Under the reform agenda initiated by Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi in 2001, however, Japanese industry began to modernize and streamline : Taking the helm of the BOJ in 2003 as Koizumi’s handpicked favorite. Fukui led central-bank intervention into uncharted waters. His predecessor frequently claimed impotence, saying there was little a central bank could do to stoke an economy’s fires once it had lowered rates to zero. But Fukul stepped up or initiated a series of unorthodox “quantitative easing” programs designed to flood the market with easy money. For example, he more than doubled the target for current- account deposits held by financial Institutions and he ramped up the BOJ’s purchases of corporate and government bonds. With increase deposits, banks had more money to put on the Street ; and the BOJ’s shopping spree also put more money in circulation. Q.1 It appears that about one and a half decades ago, Japan’s economy was in a state of (1) Jeopardy (2) progress (3) hibernation (4) severe decline (5) None of those

Q.2 The change in lending rate by Bank of Japan (BOJ) would affect which of the following?

(a) Give a perception to the world that it is on concrete footing. (b) Markets all over the world. (c) It will not have any impact on corporate and private borrowers. (1) (A) and (B) only (2) (B) and (C) only (3) (A) and (C) only (4) All the three (5) None of these Q. 3. It can be inferred from the passage that – (1) the initial move by BOJ was unexpected. (2) the rate increase could have been avoided. (3) the current move by BOJ was not unpredictable. (4) the proposed increase in lending rate is of an Insignificant impact. (5) None of these. Q. 4 Which of the following was a demonstrable result of the debacle of Japan’s

economy in the last decade of the last century? (a) Substantial education in spending and investments by consumers. (b) Consumers and businesses refrained from investing in new ventures. (c) Japan’s global presence was negligible. (1) Only (a) (2) Only (b) (3) Only (c) (4) All the three (5) None of these Q. 5 BOJ’s reduction of interest rate to zero in 1999 was intended to (1) reduce the exorbitant salaries of employees (2) salvage debt – ridden companies (3) invigorate the dormant economy (4) revitalize balance sheets of big companies (5) None of these Q. 6 Who among the following felt that central bank’s intervention was going to be

futile? (1) Junichiro Koizumi (2) Toshihiko Fukui (3) Yasunari Ueno (4) Bank of Japan’s committee members (5) None of these Q. 7 Which of the strategies was adopted by Fukui to bring Japan’s economy on the

proper track? (a) Schemes to pump lots of easy money into the market. (b) Increasing the target of current account deposits held by financial institubons by more than 100%.

(c) Drastically cutting the purchasing power of consumers. (1) a and c only (2) a and b only (3) b and c only (4) All the three (5) None at these

Q. 8 Which of the following best describes the term “quantitative easing” as used in the

passage ? (1) series of unorthodox measures (2) initiating superficial remedies (3) resorting to strategies to gain cheap popularity (4) pumping more money for hassle free excess (5) None of these Q. 9 Which of the following statement(s) is/ are TRUE in the context of the passage? (a) BOJ’s reduction of interest rate to zero in the last century had a desirable effect.

(b) Spending and investments by consumers and businesses do not have any significant impact on the economy.

(c) A regulatory central bank cannot boost the economy if the interest rates are lowered to 0%.

(1) A and B only (2) B and C only (3) C and A only (4) All the three (5 ) None of these

Direction (Q. 10-12): Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as

the word given in bold as used in the passage. Q. 10 emerged (1) divided (2) reunited (3) born (4) surfaced (5) invented Q. 11 surveyed (1) audited (2) measured (3) counted (4) apprised (5) interviewed Q. 12 desperation (1) nervousness (2) anxiety (3) confusion (4) complexity (5) effect Direction (Q.13-15): Choose the word/ group of words which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word given in bold as used in the passage : Q. 13 sound (1) silence (2) calmness (3) loose (4) concrete (5) noisy Q. 14 exacerbating (1) Improving (2) aggravating (3) Intensifying (4) redeeming (5) demonstrating

Q. 15 predecessor (1) ancestor (2) forerunner (3) precursor (4) successor (5) colleague Direction (Q.16-18): Read the following sentence carefully and answer the questions that follow. Cash- strapped U.K. Universities are now ready to accept applicants from India and China who are less meritorious than those from U.K. as they pay the full $ 27,000 fees for an arts degree”. Q. 16 Which of the following can be concluded from the above statement ? (a) Victory of wealth over qualities of brain. (b) U.K. students are not as brilliant as those from India and China. (c) Students from India and China cannot afford to pay fees of domestic universities. (1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) Only A and B (5) Only B and C Q. 17 The act of the U.K. Universities can be called as – (a) a wise decision to impart education to students from developing countries. (b) a graceful social services to India and China. (c) compromise on quality of education for survival. (1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) Only A and B (5) Only B and C Q. 18 Which of the following can most probably be inferred from the statement? (a) Quality of education in India and China in inferior to that in the U.K. (b) Wealthy and mediocre students from India and China are ready to pay huge fees for a foreign degree. (c) The U.K. students are superior in intelligence to those from India and China. (1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) Only A and B (5) Only B and C Direction (Q. 19-30): Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below should

replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct, if the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’. mark (5) as the answer.

Q. 19 A student was arrest for displaying an indecently art work in public. (1) an indecent (2) indecently (3) the indecently (4) any of indecent

(5) No correction required 20. He did not like me to smoking in the presence of our teacher yesterday. (1) that I smoke (2) my smoking (3) me smoking (4) smoking by me (5) No correction required 21. The government has granted permission to prosecute the public servant. (1) granted permission to prosecution (2) sanction to prosecuting (3) sanctioned permission to prosecute (4) grant permission to prosecute (5) No correction required 22. The scenery around the hill stations of Himachal Pradesh is quite picturesque arid

enjoyed. (1) quite picturesque and enjoyable (2) quite picturesque and enjoyed (3) quietly picturesque and enjoyed (4) quietly picturesque and enjoyable (5) No correction required 23. These awards are the only regional awards to recognize marketing campaigns that

show real results. (1) in recognition to market (2) for recognizing the marketer. (3) in the recognition of markets. (4) to recognizing the market. (5) No correction required. 24. Within three years, he demonstrated a dramatic improved business performance. (1) the dramatic improved (2) the dramatically improved (3) a dramatically improved (4) a dramatic improvement (5) No correction required 25. He is bound to get disappointment if he is not selected. (1) binding to get disappointment (2) bound to get disappointment (3) bound to be disappointment (4) binding to get disappointed (5) No correction required

26. If in case you want to resign within one, month you will have to pay Rs. 10,000/-

(1) If the case (2) In the case of

(3) If all in case (4) In case (5) No correction required 27. He was visibly upset when he heard the sad news of his debacle in the election. (1) of his debacle of (2) of his being debacled in (3) with his debacle in (4) stating he debacled or (5) No correction required 28. Had he been presented there, he would have put an end to the happenings. (1) If he had been presented (2) If he had been present (3) Had he present (4) If he had present (5) No correction required 29. Your defence that you found the purse lying on the floor cannot be trust. (1) cannot be trusted (2) can hardly be trust (3) can never be trust (4) could not be trust (5) No correction required 30. Expeditiously completion of the process will be appreciated by everyone

involved. (1) Expeditiously complete (2) Expeditious complete (3) Expeditious completion (4) Expeditious completion (5) No correction required

Direction (31-35): Rearrange the following six 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) There is ample justification fro the phenomenon of the description. (b) In the present era also, efforts are being made to rejuvenate Pali. (c) A curious researcher can study them provided he has mastery over Pali

language. (d) The Indian tradition describes Buddha as an advocate of analytical

method. (e) Pali was perhaps the most commonly used language in those days. (f) This Justification is found in several discourses.

31. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

(1) a (2) e (3) c (4) d (5) e 32. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement? (1) a (2) e (3) c (4) d (5) e 33. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement? (1) a (2) e (3) c (4) d (5) e

34. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement? (1) a (2) e (3) c (4) d (5) e

35. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?

(1) a (2) e (3) c (4) d (5) e Direction (36-40): In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these four words maybe either wrongly spelt or Inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the four words are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (5) i.e. ‘ All Correct’ as your answer. 36. The turgid(1) article (2) on liberalization is very complicated (3) to following (4)

All Correct (5) 37. The suspicion (1) was paralysed (2) due to the impact of the tortuous(3)

interrogation(4). All Correct (5) 38. While convincing (1) others about false claims, he maintains(2) a strait(3)

face(4). All Correct(5). 39. Due to financial (1) constrents (2) can’t help you solve (3) your problems(4). All

Correct (5) 40. Meditation (1) enables (2) us to acquire piece (3) and tranquility (4). All

Correct(5) Direction (41-50): 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 are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately, Find cut the appropriate word in each case.

Some places are so beautiful that they (141) the viewer for all eternity. So it was for Emperor Muhammad Zahiruddin Babur, the 16th century monarch who (142) away his time in the pleasure gardens of Kabul before heading south to India in 1525 to (143) the Mughal Empire. Though Babur built a dynasty that was to last for 300 years, he never (144) his beloved Kabul, and (145) vast riches to recreate the gardens (146) the subcontinent. Those Mughal ancient capitals from Delhi to Srinagar with their (148) vistas and strict architectural symmerry. But Babur never really (149) at home in India and asked that (150) his death his body be returned to Kabul and laid to rest in his favourite garden.

41. (1) attracted (2) haunt (3) fascinated (4) accommodate (5) implore 42. (1) cast (2) fed (3) gave (4) whiled (5) deported 43. (1) establish (2) traveled

(3) crown (4) situate (5) find 44. (1) reached (2) visited (3) saw (4) remembered (5) forgot 45. (1) accumulates (2) confiscated (3) exhausted (4) demanded (5) looted 46. (1) into (2) over (3) overlooking (4) throughout (5) encroaching 47. (1) destroyed (2) dilapidated (3) rebuilt (4) inhabited (5) known 48. (1) elegant (2) notorious (3) obnoxious (4) fragrant (5) infrequent 49. (1) went (2) dwelt (3) felt (4) rested (5) enjoyed 50. (1) before (2) upon (3) till (4) in (5) at

Answer Keys

1. (1) 2. (1) 3. (1) 4. (2) 5. (3) 6. (5) 7. (2) 8. (4) 9. (5) 10. (4) 11. (5)

12. (3) 13. (3) 14. (4) 15. (4) 16. (1) 17. (3) 18. (4) 19. (1) 20. (2) 21. (5) 22. (1)

23. (5) 24. (3) 25. (2) 26. (4) 27. (5) 28. (2) 29. (1) 30. (3) 31. (4) 32. (1) 33. (3)

34. (5) 35. (2) 36. (4) 37. (1) 38. (3) 39. (2) 40. (3) 41. (2) 42. (4) 43. (1)

44. (5) 45. (3) 46. (4) 47. (5) 48. (1) 49. (3) 50. (2)

PRACTICE TEST PAPER NO. 5 English Language

Directions : In Q. Nos. 1 to 10, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the rectangle [ ] corresponding to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If there is no error, blacken the rectangle [ ] corresponding to D in the Answer Sheet. 1. A hot and (a) a cold spring (b) was found near each other (c) No error (d) 2. All doubts are cleared (a) between (b) you and I. (c) Nor error (d) 3. Either of the roads (a) lead (b) to the park. (c) No error (d) 4. I went to the temple (a) with my parents, my aunts (b) and my cousin sisters. (c) No

error. (d) 5. I have passed (a) the examination (b) two years ago. (c) No error. (d) 6. The earth moves (a) round the Sun, (b) Isn’t it? (c) No error (d) 7. Unless you do not give (a) the keys of the safe (b) you will be shot. (c) No error. (d) 8. Of the billions of stars in the galaxy (a) how much are (b) suitable for life? (c) No

error (d). 9. The value of the dollar (a) declines as the rate (b) of inflation raises (c) No error. (d) 10. One of my desires (a) are to become (b) a doctor. (c) No error. (d)

Directions : In Q. Nos. 11 to 15, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which express the right meaning of the given word and blacken the appropriate rectangle [ ] in the Answer Sheet. 11. Avarice (a) Generosity (b) Envy (c) Greed (d) Hatred 12. August (a) Majestic (b) Important (c) Difficult (d) Huge 13. Decimated (a) Denounced (b) Destroyed (c) Successful (d) Depressed

14. Hurdle (a) Obstacle (b) Ban (c) Hedge (d) Relay 15. Rare (a) Common (b) Usual (c) Scarce (d) Few Directions : In Q. Nos. 16 to 20, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word and blacken the appropriate rectangle [ ] in the Answer Sheet. 16. Abundance (a) Poverty (b) Wretchedness (c) Scarcity (d) Famine 17. Migrate (a) Return (b) Rehabilitate (c) Transfer (d) Settle 18. Convicted (a) Acquitted (b) Pardoned (c) Exempted (d) Liberated 19. Curtail (a) Detail (b) Enlarge (c) Promote (d) Exaggerate 20. Arid (a) Cloudy (b) Juicy (c) Marshy (d) Wet Directions : In Q. Nos. 21 to 30, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate and suitable word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and blacken the appropriate rectangle [ ] in the Answer Sheet. 21. The boy was ________ of cheating in the examination. (a) condemned (b) accused (c) charged (d) punished 22. We have two telephone operators _________ of them do you want? (a) who (b) whom (c) which (d) what

23. I have no____________ motive in offering this advice. (a) posterior (b) interior (c) ulterior (d) exterior 24. _______ politicians are always respected. (a) Conscious (b) Conscientious (c) Cautious (d) Carefree 25. We will have to atone _______ our misdeeds. (a) at (b) on (c) for (d) with 26. I got used________ on the right when I was in the U.S. for two years. (a) driving (b) to drive (c) to driving (d) by driving 27. Had you told me earlier I ______ the meeting. (a) had attended (b) have attended (c) attended (d) would have attended 28. The climate is not conducive _______ good health. (a) with (b) from (c) in (d) to 29. A dog lives in a _________. (a) burrow (b) coop (c) stable (d) kennel 30. Many things have happened ______ I met you last. (a) before (b) when (c) from (d) since Directions : In Q. Nos. 31 to 40, four alternatives are given for the underlined idiom/phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase and blacken the appropriate rectangle [ ] in the Answer Sheet. 31. The green – eyed monster strikes a woman the moment she sees her husband

talking to another pretty woman. (a) Anger (b) Hatred (c) Envy (d) Jealousy 32. To fight tooth and nail (a) To fight a losing battle (b) To oppose resolutely (c) to have a physical fight (d) To lodge a formal protest

33. At one’s wit’s end. (a) To understand thoroughly (b) To be puzzled (c) To be a stupid person (d) To behave irrationally 34. The clerk turned a deaf ear to his officer’s advice. (a) Disputed (b) Paid attention to (c) Disregarded (d) Acknowledged gratefully 35. He expects his subordinates to be always at his beck kand call. (a) At rest (b) At work (c) At his disposal (d) At their desks 36. In the long run. (a) Permanently (b) Universally (c) Occasionally (d) Ultimately 37. If you are in the good books of the boss, you are sure to rise quickly. (a) Work well for the boss (b) Praise the boss (c) In favour with the boss (d) Co-operate with boss 38. The population of our country is increasing by leaps and bounds. (a) Very slowly (b) Very quickly (c) Irregularly (d) Very systematically 39. To weigh up the pros and cons is to (a) measure the ingredients (b) observe etiquette (c) consider all facts (d) postpone action 40. My close friend got the sack from his first job recently. (a) resigned (b) get rid of (c) was demoted from (d) was dismissed from Directions : In Q. Nos. 41 to 50, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence and blacken the appropriate rectangle in the Answer Sheet. 41. General view of a person’s character. (a) Biography (b) Profile (c) Introduction (d) Sketch 42. Wild and noisy disorder. (a) Agitation (b) Revolution (c) Pandemonium (d) Stir

43. The first public speech delivered by a person. (a) Maiden speech (b) Inaugural speech (c) Trial speech (d) Marathon speech 44. One who does not follow the usual rules of social life. (a) Bohemian (b) Artisan (c) Partisan (d) Physician 45. Placing a thing beside another. (a) Impose (b) Repose (c) Juxtapose (d) Expose 46. Expert in the scientific study of birds. (a) Dermatologist (b) Zoologist (c) Ornithologist (d) Astronaut 47. Building in which dead bodies are kept for a time. (a) Mortuary (b) Monastery (c) Sanatorium (d) Crematorium 48. One who believes that gaining pleasure is the most important thing in life. (a) Hedonist (b) Pessimist (c) Misanthrope (d) Philistine 49. One who breaks the established traditions and image. (a) Fatalist (b) Fanatic (c) Iconoclast (d) Philogymist 50. Property handed down after the death of a person. (a) Legacy (b) Legend (c) Patrimony (d) Inheritance

Answers

1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (a) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (c) 16. (c) 17. (a)

18. (a) 19. (b) 20. (d) 21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (c) 26. (c) 27. (d) 28. (d) 29. (d) 30. (d) 31. (d) 32. (b) 33. (b) 34. (c)

35. (c) 36. (d) 37. (c) 38. (b) 39. (c) 40. (d) 41. (b) 42. (c) 43. (a) 44. (a) 45. (c) 46. (c) 47. (a) 48. (a) 49. (c) 50. (d)

PRACTICE TEST PAPER NO. 6 English Language

Directions : In Q.1 to 5, groups of four words are given. In each group one word is wrongly spelt. Find the wrongly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet. 1. (a) Preposterous (b) Disasterous (c) Murderous (d) Onerous 2. (a) Severity (b) Cruelity (c) Sincerity (d) Superiority 3. (a) Beginning (b) Winning (c) Mining (d) Running 4. (a) Complement (b) Compliment (c) Supplement (d) Requirment 5. (a) Amelirate (b) Zealot (c) Penetrate (d) Stain Directions: In Q. 6 to 15, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternative to the underlined part at A, B and C which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is ‘D’. Blacken the appropriate rectangle in the Answer Sheet. 6. She teaches us grammar, isn’t it? (a) isn’t she? (b) doesn’t she? (c) doesn’t it? (d) no improvement 7. The struggle for independence is gaining movement every day. (a) motion (b) movement (c) momentum (d) no improvement 8. She is quite without affection and has no false pride. (a) admiration (b) affliction (c) affectation (d) no improvement 9. I complimented Raju for his promotion. (a) with (b) on (c) about (d) no improvement 10. The food tastes deliciously (a) delicacy (b) delicious

(c) badly (d) no improvement 11. I have seen much of the plays of Shakespeare acted. (a) a few (b) many (c) most (d) no improvement 12. I have bought this house in 1970 for Rs. Two Lakhs. (a) had bought (b) bought (c) have been bought (d) no improvement 13. The child died from jaundice. (a) with (b) of (c) by (d) no improvement 14. I will phone you after I shall arrive. (a) after I shall have arrived (b) after I arrive (c) after I arrived (d) no improvement 15. It’s high time you come to a decision. (a) came

(b) had come (c) have come

(d) no improvement Directions : In Q. Nos. 16 to 20, a sentence has been given in Active/ Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested below, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/ Active Voice. 16. You surprise me. (a) I am to be surprised.

(b) You are surprised. (c) I am surprised.

(d) Me is surprised. 17. The boys killed the snake with a stick. (a) The snake was killed by the boys with a stick. (b) I stick was killed by the boys with a snake. (c) A snake with a stick was killed by the boys. (d) A snake is killed by the boys with a stick. 18. Let me do this. (a) Let us do this.

(b) This be done by me. (c) Let this be done by me.

(d) Let I do this.

19. The tiger caught a fox. (a) A fox has been caught by the tiger. (b) A fox was caught by the tiger. (c) A fox is caught by the tiger. (d) A fox had been caught by the tiger. 20. Someone has lit the fire. (a) The fire was lit by someone. (b) You are requested to light the fire by someone. (c) The fire has been lit by someone. (d) The fire has been lit by someone. Directions : In Q. Nos. 21 to 30, the first and the last parts of the sentence are numbered 1 and 6. the rest of the sentence is split into four parts and named, P,Q,R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the parts and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer and blacken the appropriate rectangle in the Answer Sheet. 21. 1. Once a week Deesa led Moti Guj, the elephant, down the river. P. After inspection the two would stand up. Q. The Deesa looked at his feet and examined his whole body for sores. R. The animal knew it was time to return. S. The elephant lay down on his side, while Deesa rubbed him with a coir scrubber. 6. Both the elephant and the trainer would return home.

(a) SQPR (b) QSRP (c) QPRS (d) RQSP 22. 1. Anna had longed to see her son. P. “He will arrive at the station at 10 O’ clock”, she said to herself. Q. She prepared herself for it. R. She looked at the clock. S. There were only five minutes left. 6. She rushed out of her house and hailed a taxi to reach the station in time. (a) QPRS (b) SPRQ (c) PRQS (d) QSRP 23. 1. Mr. Ramaswamy is a very strict man. P. He earns nearly three thousand rupees a month. Q. He also believes that it is foolish to waste one’s time or money. R. He is not a poor man. S. He believes that life means work only. 6. But he wants his children to lead a simple life. (a) PSQR (b) SQRP (c) RQPS (d) SRQP

24. 1. It will be better P. to a few than enrol Q. to provide quality education R. them out as graduates S. en masse and churn 6. after perfunctory teaching (a) QRSP (b) RSPQ (c) QPSR (d) SRQP 25. 1. “I was born here in the old city’ the girl told us. P. her answer suggested that her family has roots Q. when we inquired R. as opposed to the modern towns that consist mostly of hotels S. and belongs to the traditional part where the temples are 6. Some say people here are more ethnically pure. (a) QPSR (b) SRPQ (c) PSRQ (d) SRQP 26. 1. Making ourselves P. our language Q. part of growing into R. masters of S. is an important 6. full manhood or womanhood. (a) PSRQ (b) SQPR (c) RPSQ (d) PRSQ 27. 1. The very first battle they fought P. and they had to fall back Q. cross the border R. was lost S. letting the enemy 6. and enter the country (a) RQSP (b) RPSQ (c) QRPS (d) QPRS 28. 1. A nation P. the material assets it possesses Q. is not made by R. and collective determination S. but by the will 6. of the people (a) PQRS (b) QPSR (c) RSPQ (d) SRPQ

29. 1. When the Governor P. the bell had rungs Q. justice should be immediately R. he ordered that S. found out why 6. done to the horse (a) RSPQ (b) PQSR (c) SPRQ (d) SQRP 30. 1. When you ponder over P. that the only hope Q. you will realize R. of world peace lies S. the question deeply 6. in the united Nations (a) QRSP (b) SPQR (c) SQPR (d) RSPQ Directions: In the following passage (Q. Nos. 31 to 40) some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer in the Answer Sheet. The language problem is not solved by deciding the medium of instruction in the educational institutions. The problem of 31 between the State government still 32. at present each State government is 33 the process of 34 the 35 language as the medium for 36 purposes. Then the need for a stable language for 37 communication 38. Moreover, the Central government shall 39 adopt a particular language for 40 own official work. 31. (a) communication (b) information (c) intimation (d) decision 32. (a) stays (b) remains (c) resides (d) rests 33 (a) into (b) through (c) with (d) in 34. (a) adapting (b) imposing (c) thrusting (d) adopting 35. (a) local (b) mother (c) regional (d) foreign 36. (a) governmental (b) officious (c) administrative (d) religious

37. (a) inter-State (b) regional (c) international (d) intra-State 38. (a) comes up (b) rises (c) crops up (d) persists 39. (a) having to (b) have to (c) had been (d) have been 40. (a) its (b) their (c) our (d) his Directions : In Q. Nos. 41 to 50, you have two brief passages with 5 questions following each a\passage. Read the passage carefully and whose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and blacken the appropriate rectangles in the Answer Sheet.

Passage –I (Question Nos. 41 to 45)

“ The Law is an ass’, declared Mr. Bumble in “Oliver Twist”, and it often seems he was right. For punishment does not always fit the crime and it rarely happens that a prison term reforms a criminal.”

Consider the following two cases. The first one had happened in a village in Madurai District. One Gopal Yadhav, a hard-core criminal undergoing life sentence in the Madurai Prison came out on bail for two days to perform the last rites of his mother. But he was rearrested on the same evening on the charges of murdering his neighbour’s son to settle old scores.

The second case too came to Madurai Court recently. Deserted by her husband a drunkard, his grief – stricken wife mixed rat poison in the food and gave it to her four children aged between 1 /2 and 9 years. Before she could swallow the same food she was unable to bear the pitiable sight of her children writhing in pain. She rushed them to hospital where she disclosed everything. She was able to save the lives of the first three children, but the law of the country awarded her two years imprisonment (later commuted to one year) on the charges of plotting to kill her children. Would you say women like here are a danger of the society? Would you call them criminal? It is high time that we found other ways of registering our disapproval of wrong doing. To imprison the bad is expedient- when they are dangerous. To imprison the mad and the merely sad, as we do, is not only unnecessary, it is uncivilized. 41. The writer says ‘The Law is an ass’ because: (a) it is as patient as an ass. (b) It does not punish the criminals severely.

(c) punishments do not help to reform criminals. (d) criminals can escape punishment.

42. Gopal Yadhav came out on ball: (a) in order to murder his enemy. (b) in cremate his mother. (c) so that he could be arrested (d) to see his four children undergoing treatment in the hospital. 43. The mother in the second case cannot be called a criminal because she: (a) rushed her children to the hospital. (b) mixed an ineffective poison in the food. (c) was able to save three out of four children. (d) was deserted by her husband. 44. The writer argues that punishments for people like the woman in the second case

are not necessary because they: (a) don’t commit crimes frequently. (b) are less dangerous than other criminals. (c) represent poor society. (d) should not be clubbed with other criminals. 45. The main difference between the two cases is:

(a) the first is about a man and the other is about a woman. (b) the woman regrets what she has done, but not the man. (c) the man is a lifer but the woman is not. (d) the man and the woman belong to different communities.

Passage –II (Question Nos. 46 to 50)

The United Nations Fourth World Women’s Conference had a colourful start a

Bejing on September 4th. This is the century’s most crucial conference which aimed at changing the status quo of women’s lives characterized by inequality.

In a preliminary session, Ms Aung Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner said that expanding women’s power will bring greater peace and tolerance to the world.

“It is not the prerogative of men alone to bring light to this world. Women with their capacity for compassion and self-sacrifice, with their courage and perseverance have done much to dissipate the darkness of intolerance and hate”, said Ms Suu Kyi.

In the afternoon session Ms Ayako Yamaguchi, a Japanese delegate, launched a petition against beauty pageants. “What right do men have to evaluate women in a few minutes? All women are beautiful. Beauty is something different for everyone”, Ms Ayako Yamaguchi said.

“Beauty contests are used to trade and exploitation. The training is very vigorous, but it is the organizers, not the women, who get the full benefit”, said Mr Ranjana

Bhargava. “After the competition, the women become trapped and the abuse and the bad things begin. The women are tainted, no one else will accept them.” 46. The Women’s World Conference was very important because: (a) Ms Aung Suu Kyi has just been awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. (b) Ms Aung Suu Kyi was taking part in the Conference. (c) its main purpose was to change inequalities between men and women. (d) it was to protest against beauty contents. 47. Which of the following arguments of Ms Aung Suu Kyi is not true? (a) Women also can bring greater peace to the world. (b) Men cannot claim they have done more for peace. (c) Women have the capacity for compassion and sacrifice. (d) Men have done nothing to dissipate ignorance. 48. The main emphasis in Ms Ayako Yamaguchi’s argument is: (a) men have no right to judge women. (b) men should be given more time to evaluate women. (c) all women are beautiful in a way. (d) beauty contests are not necessary. 49. “Beauty is something different for everyone.” The statement means:

(a) beauty is certainly different from ugliness. (b) beautiful women do not mingle with other women. (c) beauty cannot be defined adequately. (d) each woman is beautiful.

50. “Colourful start” in sentence I refers to: (a) participants who wee all beautiful. (b) a lot of excitement and cheerfulness in the conference hall. (c) absence of black coloured girls. (d) flags of various colours outside the conference hall.

Answers

1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (b)

11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (b) 15. (a) 16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (b) 20. (c)

21. (a) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (c) 25. (a) 26. (c) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (c)

31. (a) 32. (b) 33. (d) 34. (d) 35. (c) 36. (c) 37. (a) 38. (d) 39. (b) 40. (a)

41. (c) 42. (b) 43. (d) 44. (d) 45. (c) 46. (c) 47. (b) 48. (c) 49. (c) 50. (b)

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ORDERING OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE 15 Minutes 20 Questions

Directions: In each of the following items, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark it in your Answer Sheet accordingly. 1. Her mother P: when she was at school Q: often failed to pay Madhu’s fees R: who died at an early age S: after the death of the father The proper sequence should be: (a) Q S R P (b) S R P Q (c) S R Q P (d) Q P S R 2. I told my friend P: on the first of April Q: that I was going to Germany R: whom I met at Nagpur S: at a Conference in January. The proper sequence should be: (a) Q S R P (b) R S Q P (c) R P Q S (d) Q P R S 3. A magician P: failed to satisfy the students Q: who was invited to the college R: the old tricks to them S: when he showed The proper sequence should be: (a) Q S R P (b) S P R Q (c) S R P Q (d) Q P S R 4. On seeing the tiger P: the lamb Q: began to cry R: which had lost its mother S: and tried to run away The proper sequence should be: (a) P Q R S (b) P R Q S (c) P Q S R (d) P R S Q 5. The primitive people P: that all natural events Q: who believed R: were ignorant of the physical world S: were caused by some power The proper sequence should be: (a) Q R P S (b) R P Q S (c) Q P S R (d) R Q P S

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6. A typical Prakash Padukone day P: or even a game of tennis Q: starts off R: on some days S: with an early morning jog. The proper sequence should be (a) RPSQ (b) RSQP (c) QSRP (d) QSPR 7. The Collector said that the P: supply of water for irrigation Q: dams should receive water R: up to a particular level S: to ensure uninterrupted The proper sequence should be (a) SPRQ (b) QRSP (c) RQSP (d) SRPQ 8. As we all know P: a legislation Q: needs the assent of the President R: passed by the houses of the Parliament S: to become law The proper sequence should be (a) SPQR (b) PRQS (c) PQSR (d) RSQP 9. during routine, investigation P: other Harappan sites Q: archaeologists discovered artifacts R: that perfectly matched. S: remains from The proper sequence should be (a) QRSP (b) PRQS (c) PQSR (d) RSQP 10. Village and small industries while requiring limited capital P: can provide Q: a variety of goods for consumption R: and produce S: employment to large numbers. The proper sequence should be (a) PQRS (b) PRQS (c) PSRQ (d) PRSQ 11. The natives of the Caribbean P: regarded the papaya Q: because of its ability R: as a magic tree S: to keep them healthy. The proper sequence should be (a) PRQS (b) RPQS (c) PRSQ (d) RPSQ

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12. The Indian woman wants P: in a male dominated society Q: as an equal partner R: and it is not too much to demand S: her rightful place The proper sequence should be (a) SRPQ (b) RSQP (c) SQPR (d) QPSR 13. This is a letter P: from a young lady Q: who was lately wounded in a duel R: written in the most passionate terms S: wherein she laments the misfortune of a gentleman. The proper sequence should be: (a) RPSQ (b) PRSQ (c) RPQS (d) PRQS 14. It is P: for a man Q: when he accompanies a lady R: an accepted custom S: to open the door. The proper sequence should be (a) PSQR (b) PSRQ (c) RPSQ (d) RPQS 15. We P: agreed with Q: the manner in which you said it R: but we objected to S: what you said. The proper sequence should be: (a) PSQR (b) SPQR (c) SPRQ (d) PSRQ 16. The Buddha P: who had Q: set views R: was opposed to all those S: or closed system of thought The proper sequence should be: (a) P Q R S (b) R P Q S (c) P Q S R (d) S R P Q 17. The doctor’s offer P: not only saved Julie Q: but enabled her to blossom into a happy woman R: from the jaws of death S: of marriage. The proper sequence should be (a) PSQR (b) PQRS (c) SPQR (d) SPRQ 18. Towards midnight

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P: so that the sky was lighted with Q: and the clouds drifted away R: the rain creased S: the incredible lamp of stars. The proper sequence should be: (a) RPQS (b) SQPR (c) RQPS (d) SPQR 19. The effectiveness of a film P: the needs of the audience Q: is judged by R: and by its relation to S: its theme. The proper sequence should be: (a) PSQR (b) QRPS (c) PQRS (d) QSRP 20. Only P: to make himself Q: by shouting at the top of his voice R: was he able S: heard. The proper sequence should be: (a) QRPS (b) PSQR (c) QPRS (d) PSRQ

A N S W E R

1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (d) 16. (b) 17. (d) 18. (c) 19. (d) 20. (a)

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DIRECTIONS: In the following questions, there are six sentences marked S1, S6, P, Q, R, S. The position of S1 and S6 are fixed. Your are required to choose one of the four alternatives given below every passage which would be the most logical sequence of the sentences in the passage

Mark your response on the Answer Sheet at the appropriate space. 1. S1 : One day Phatik lost his lesson-book. S6 : Even his cousins were ashamed to own him. P: His condition became miserable. Q: Even with the help of books he had found it difficult to prepare his lesson. R: The teacher would cane him mercilessly. S: Now, it was impossible. The proper sequence should be : (a) P S R Q (b) P R Q S (c) Q S R P (d) Q P R S 2. S1 : One day he stole a piece of gold. S6 : His father read the confession and then tore up the paper without saying a word. P: Stealing was a great sin. Q: He wrote a confession of his crime and handed R: He decided never in his life to steal again. S: He knew that he had committed a great crime. The proper sequence should be : (a) P R S Q (b) P S R Q (c) R Q S P (d) R Q P S 3. S1 : A superstition is a belief people hold which is not based on reason. S6 : In this way; they feel they will avoid bad luck. P: People believe that they can bring themselves good luck by acting in certain ways. Q: When some people spill salt they immediately take some of it and throw it over their left

shoulder. R: These beliefs often go against the laws of nature as we know them. S: An example of this involves salt. The proper sequence should be : (a) R S Q P (b) P R S Q (c) R P S Q (d) P S Q R 4. S1 : There is a widespread assumption that work gets harder after 40. S6 : But you must have done the right things before that milestone birthday.

P: The responsibilities may be heavier but now you are judged for your experience. Q: But in most places work gets dramatically easier after 40. R: Most of the major rewards of success tend to accumulate after the age of 40. S: Of course, a few things do get harder, like getting up in the morning without any pain or

ache. The proper sequence should be : (a) P S R Q (b) S Q P R (c) S P Q R (d) P R Q S

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5. S1 : I stood staring into the pit S6 : At the sound of birds overhead, I looked up at th e huge Fighting Machine that would

fight no more. P: Across on the other side of the pit, huge and strange, lay a great Flying Machine. Q: The huge engines, so great and wonderful in their power, so unearthly in their shapes,

rose out of the shadows. R: They must have been experimenting with this when decay and death stopped them. S: A crowd of dogs fought over the bodies that lay in depth of the pit, far below me. The proper sequence should be : (a) Q S P R (b) Q R S P (c) P Q S R (d) P R Q S 6. S1: It was at the beginning of the war. S6: “Where is all this going to end?” he said. P: I remember one of them, a lank faced pale man. Q: I was in a corner with three other men. R: There was a smell of stuffiness and doom. S: Nobody knew where everything was going to end. The proper sequence should be (a) RSPQ (b) RSQP (c) QRSP (d) QPRS 7. S1: The similarity between the human body and a machine is rather superficial. S6: The points of difference far outweigh the points of resemblance. P: Beyond that, comparison fails. Q: No machine grows in size; no machine sees, hears or feels. R: It starts from the ground of particular observation S: No machine thinks The proper sequence should be (a) RPQS (b) QSPR (c) RPSQ (d) SQPR 8. S1: The true method of discovery is like the flight of an aeroplane. S6: Then only we reach the stage of rational interpretation. P: It makes a flight into thin air of imaginative generalization Q: The generalization based on observation is subjected to further scrutiny. R: it starts from the ground of particular observations. S: It again lands for a renewed observations. The proper sequence should be (a) PSRQ (b) RQPS (c) RPSQ (d) PQSR 9. S1: One of the most dangerous insects pests is the locust. S6: At this stage, they gather in huge numbers and rise from the ground on their powerful

wings in clouds. P: At first they look just like ordinary grass-hoppers, which are harmless and unable to fly

very far. Q: Until about thirty years ago, no one knew where locusts came from or why they appeared

in the different countries they attacked. R: Then they change in appearance and develop wings which enable them to fly along

distances. S: Then it was discovered that there are two stages in the life of locusts.

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The proper sequence should be (a) QSRP (b) QSPR (c) PSRQ (d) PSQR 10. S1: Speech was the first means of conveying information. S6: Therefore computer is hailed as the fourth information revolution. P: Thirdly printing helped in dissemination of knowledge in a permanent form. Q: Then writing as a means of introduced a capacity for storing information. R: Computer is the only medium that can not only store but analyze information to make

decisions. S: However, all these were passive media. The proper sequence should be (a) QPRS (b) PQSR (c) QPSR (d) QRPS 11. S1: We do not know whether the machines are the masters or we are. S6: And if they don’t get their meals when they expect them, they will just refuse to work. P: They must be given or rather ‘fed’ with coal and given petrol to drink from time to time. Q: Already man spends most of his time looking after and waiting upon them. R: Yet he has grown so dependent on them that they have almost become the masters now. S: It is very true that they were made for the sole purpose of being man’s servants. The proper sequence should be: (a) RSQP (b) RSPQ (c) SPQR (d) SRQP 12. S1: The ‘age of computers’ is considered to have begun in 1946. S6: And now it is difficult to find a field where computers are not used. P: Those early computers were huge and heavy affairs, with problems of speed and size. Q: It was only with the introduction of electronics that the computers really came of age. R: But computers were in use long before that. S: They had several rotating shafts and gears which almost always doomed them to slow

operation. The proper sequence should be: (a) RPQS (b) PRSQ (c) RPSQ (D) PRQS 13. S1: Plastic containers are bei ng used more and more to package soft drinks, milk, oil, fruit

juices, ketchup, etc. S6: Yet as plastics do not decompose by bacteria or naturally in the air, they are a b ig threat

to the environment. P: Most people think that this is the right thing to do, as it is economical. Q: Plastic containers are cheap and light. R: It is easier to transport materials packaged in them than in glass bottles. S: They also involve the least transport consts. The proper sequence should be: (a) PQRS (b) PQSR (c) QRSP (d) QSPR 14. S1: A farmer was taking the grist to the mill in sacks. S6: But the farmer saw that he was none other than the nobleman. P: It was too heavy for him to lift.

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Q: On the way the horse stumbled, and one of the sacks fell to the ground. R: Presently he saw a rider coming towards him. S: He stood waiting till he found some body to help him. The proper sequence should be: (a) QPRS (b) PRQS (c) PSQR (d) QPSR 15. S1: He could not rise. S6: It was colder than usual. P: All at once, in the distance, he heard an elephant trumpet. Q: He tried again with all his might, but to no use. R: The next moment he was on his feet. S: He stepped into the river. The proper sequence should be: (a) QPRS (b) PQSR (c) QPSR (d) PRQS 16. S1: The earliest reference to the playing card has been found in China, as long as t he tenth

century. S6: The current pack of 52 cards was only regulated in the seventeenth century. P: They appeared in Italy around 1320. Q: Long before that the Chinese used paper money which was si milar in design to the

playing cards. R: It is believed that perhaps traveling gypsies introduced them to Europe. S: In older days cards were used both for telling fortune and playing games. The proper sequence should be: (a) RSQP (b) QRSP (c) QSRP (d) RQSP 17. S1: Helen Keller has an ageless quality about her in keeping with her amazing life story. S6: She believes the blind should live and work like their fellows, with full responsibility. P: Although warmed by this human reaction, she has no wish to be set aside from the rest of

mankind. Q: She is an inspiration to both blind and the seeing every where. R: When she visited Japan after World War II, boys and girls from remote villages ran to

her, crying, “Helen Keller”. S: Blind, deaf and mute from early childhood, she rose above her triple handicap to become

one of the best known characters in the modern world. The proper sequence should be: (a) SQRP (b) RSQP (c) SRQP (d) RSPQ 18. S1: You might say that all through history there have been wars and that mankind has

survived in spite of them. S6: Man has now discovered how to release the colossal forces locked up in the atom. P: Now, if his purposes are those of destruction, each fresh advance in his mastery of nature

only increases the danger from war, as men learn to destroy one another in eve r great numbers, from ever great distances, and in ever more varied and ingenious ways.

Q: He has learnt to tap the hidden forces of our planet and use them for his purposes. R: It has even developed and became civilized in spite of them. S: This is true, but unfortunately as part of his development man has enormously increased

his power over nature. The proper sequence should be: (a) RSQP (b) PQSR (c) QPRS (d) PRQS

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19. S1: It was early 1943 and the war in the East was going disastrously. S6: Boarding Party, James Leasor’s latest best-seller is a record of this tale of heroics tinged

with irony and humour. P: How this unlikely bunch of middle-aged civilians accomplished their mission makes

fascinating reading. Q: To stop the sinkings a spy ring had to be broken, a German ship assaulted, and a secret

radio transmitter silenced. R: U-boats were torpedoing Allid sh ips in the Indian Ocean faster th an they could be

replaced. S: And the only people who could do the job were a handful of British businessmen in

Calcutta – all men not called out for active service. The proper sequence should be: (a) PRSQ (b) QSRP (c) RQSP (d) SQPR 20. S1: The domestic cat is a contradiction in itself. S6: Hence has it won such a reputation for obedience and loyalty. P: But the adult pet dog also sees its human family as the dominant members of the pack. Q: Nursed in kitten hood it develops extraordinary intimacy with mankind. R: The dog, like the pet cat, sees its owners as pseudo-parents. S: At the same time, however, the cat continues to retain its independence. The proper sequence should be: (a) QSPR (b) SQPR (c) SQRP (d) QSRP

A N S W E R 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (c) 11. (d) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (d) 15. (a) 16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (d)

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SENTENCE CORRECTION TEST SECTION 2 30 Minutes 25 Questions

1. A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly.

(A) flames spreading (B) flame spreads (C) flames are caused to spread (D) causing flames to spread (E) causing spreading of the flames

2. Roy Wilkins was among the last of a generation of civil rights activists who led the nation through decades of change so profound many young Americans are not able to imagine, even less to remember, what segregation was like.

(A) so profound many young Americans are not able to imagine, even less to remember (B) so profound that many young Americans cannot imagine, much less remember (C) so profound many young Americans cannot imagine nor even less remember (D) of such profundity many young Americans cannot imagine, even less can they remember (E) of such profundity that many young Americans are not able to imagine, much less to remember

3. The residents’ opposition to the spraying program has rekindled an old debate among those who oppose the use of pesticides and those who feel that the pesticides are necessary to save the trees.

(A) among those who oppose the use of pesticides and (B) between those who oppose the use of pesticides and (C) among those opposing the use of pesticides with (D) between those who oppose the use of pesticides with (E) among those opposing the use of pesticides and

4. In cold-water habitats, certain invertebrates and fish convert starches into complex carbohydrates called glycerols, in effect manufacturing its own antifreeze.

(A) in effect manufacturing its own antifreeze (B) effectively manufacturing antifreeze of its own (C) in effect manufacturing their own antifreeze. (D) so that they manufacture their own antifreeze (E) thus the manufacture of its own antifreeze

5. Slips of the tongue do not necessarily reveal concealed beliefs or intentions but rather are the result from the competition between various processing mechanisms in the brain.

(A) but rather are the result from (B) and instead are the result from (C) being rather the result of (D) and rather result from (E) but rather result from

6. The new contract forbids a strike by the transportation union.

(A) forbids a strike by the transportation union (B) forbids the transportation union from striking (C) forbids that there be a strike by the transportation union (D) will forbid the transportation union from striking (E) will forbid that the transportation union strikes

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7. Monitoring heart patients’ exercise, as well as athletes exercising, is now done by small transmitters broadcasting physiological measurements to nearby recording machines.

(A) Monitoring heart patients' exercise, as well as athletes exercising, is now done by small transmitters broadcasting physiological measurements to nearby recording machines.

(B) Monitoring the exercise of heart patients, as well as athletes exercising, is now done by small transmitters broadcasting physiological measurements to nearby recording machines

(C) Small transmitters broadcasting physiological measurements to nearby recording machines are now used to monitor the exercise of both heart patients and athletes.

(D) Broadcasting physiological measurements to nearby recording machines, small transmitters are now used to monitor heart patients’ exercise, as well as athletes exercising.

(E) Both athletes exercising and heart patients’ exercise are now monitored by small transmitters broadcasting physiological measurements to nearby recording machines.

8. The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word “natural” to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or nothing that has been synthesized.

(A) or nothing that has been (B) nor anything that was (C) and nothing that is (D) or anything that has been (E) and anything

9. Bringing the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.

(A) Bringing the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.

(B) What brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a period of wage and price controls.

(C) That which brought the ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.

(D) What has brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a period of wages and price controls.

(E) To bring the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War, there was a special price increase during a period of wages and price controls that government sanctioned.

10, Like Haydn, Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally for his chamber and concert-hall music.

(A) Like Haydn, Schubert (B) Like Haydn, Schubert also (C) As has Haydn, Schubert (D) As did Haydn, Schubert also (E) As Haydn did, Schubert also

11. Charlotte Parkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called for urban apartment houses including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities.

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(A) including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities

(B) that included child-care facilities, and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities

(C) with child-care facilities included and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities

(D) that included child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities

(E) to include child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities included

12. The odds are about 4 to 1 against surviving a takeover offer, and many business consultants therefore advise that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse to take calls from likely corporate raiders.

(A) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse (B) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding such offers be to refuse even (C) a company defending itself against offers of this kind that, as a first line of defense, they

should even refuse (D) companies which are defending themselves against such an offer that, as a first line of defense,

they should even refuse (E) that the first line of defense for a company who is eluding offers like these is the refusal even.

13. Japan received huge sums of capital from the United States after the Second World War, using it to help build a modern industrial system.

(A) Japan received huge sums of capital from the United States after the Second World War, using it to help build

(B) Japan received huge sums of capital from the United States after the Second World War and used it to help in building

(C)Japan used the huge sums of capital it received from the United States after the Second World War to help build

(D) Japan’s huge sums of capital received from the United States after the Second World War were used to help it in building

(E) Receiving huge sums of capital from the United States after the Second World War, Japan used it to help build

14. Although one link in the chain was demonstrated to be weak, but not sufficiently so to require the recall of the automobile.

(A) demonstrated to be weak, but not sufficiently so to require (B) demonstrated as weak, but it was not sufficiently so that it required (C) demonstrably weak, but not sufficiently so to require (D) demonstrably weak, it was not so weak as to require (E) demonstrably weak, it was not weak enough that it required

15. Although the Supreme Court ruled as long ago as 1880 that Blacks could not be excluded outright from jury service, nearly a century of case-by-case adjudication has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be drawn from “a fair cross section of the community.”

(A) has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be (B) was necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being (C) was to be necessary in developing and enforcing the principle of all juries to be (D) is necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be (E) will be necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being

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16. The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980’s.

(A) The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980’s.

(B) The modernization program for the steel mill, hopefully completed in the late 1980’s, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.

(C) Modernizing the steel mill, hopefully to be completed in the late 1980’s, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.

(D) The program for modernizing the steel mill, which can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980’s and cost approximately 51 million dollars.

(E) Modernizing the steel mill, a program that can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980’s, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.

17. Camus broke with Sartre in a bitter dispute over the nature of Stalinism.

(A) in a bitter dispute over (B) over bitterly disputing (C) after there was a bitter dispute over (D) after having bitterly disputed about (E) over a bitter dispute about

18. Nowhere in Prakta is the influence of modern European architecture more apparent than their government buildings.

(A) more apparent than their (B) so apparent as their (C) more apparent than in its (D) so apparent than in their (E) as apparent as it is in its

19. Federal legislation establishing a fund for the cleanup of sites damaged by toxic chemicals permits compensating state governments for damage to their natural resources but does not allow claims for injury to people.

(A) compensating state governments for damage to (B) compensating state governments for the damaging of (C) giving state governments compensation for damaging (D) giving compensation to state governments for the damage of (E) the giving of compensation to state governments for damaging

20. The lawyer for the defense charged that she suspected the police of having illegally taped her confidential conversations with her client and then used the information obtained to find evidence supporting their murder charges.

(A) used the information obtained to find evidence supporting (B) used such information as they obtained to find evidence supporting (C) used the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support (D) of using the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support (E) of using such information as they obtained to find evidence that would be supportive of

21. According to surveys by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, about 20 percent of young adults used cocaine in 1979, doubling those reported in the 1977 survey.

(A) doubling those reported in the 1977 survey (B) to double the number the 1977 survey reported (C) twice those the 1977 survey reported

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(D) twice as much as those reported in the 1977 survey (E) twice the number reported in the 1977 survey

22. Inflation has made many Americans reevaluate their assumptions about the future; they still expect to live better than their parents have, but not so well as they once thought they could.

(A) they still expect to live better than their parents have (B) they still expect to live better than their parents did (C) they still expect to live better than their parents had (D) still expecting to live better than their parents had (E) still expecting to live better than did their parents

23. Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes the eater ill, but only recently has it been established that the illness is caused by a toxin present in the quail’s body only under certain conditions.

(A) Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes (B) Europeans have long known quail eating is sometimes able to make (C) Eating quail has long been known to Europeans to sometimes make (D) It has long been known to Europeans that quail eating will sometimes make (E) It has long been known to Europeans that quail, when it is eaten, has sometimes made

24. The caterpillar of the geometrid moth strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed, after capturing its prey, holds the victim so that it cannot escape.

(A) strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed, (B) striking when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed, but (C) which strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed, (D) which, striking when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed, (E) strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed and,

25. In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.

(A) In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.

(B) The question of whether the rural migrant worker is better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant in assessing the problems that they face.

(C) A question that is irrelevant in assessing the problems that rural migrant workers face is whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor.

(D) In an assessment of the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.

(E) The question of whether the rural migrant worker is better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant in an assessment of the problems that they face.

ANSWER KEYS

1. D 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. E

6. A 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. A

11. D 12. B 13. C 14. D 15. A

16. E 17. A 18. C 19. A 20. D

21. E 22. B 23. A 24. E 25. D

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DIRECTIONS: In the following sentences, at certain points there are blanks, each of the which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each you are given a choice of three words – one of which is most appropriate. Choose the best word out of the three. Mark the letter, viz., A, B or C relating to this word on your Answer Sheet. The British lived in India for nearly a hundred and fifty years but they remained foreigners to the last fifty years bu t they remained foreigners to the last, unlike all other foreign people who came to India before. ….1…took for themselves everything they…2…get from our l and and…3…people, leaving the country in a…4…and more miserable condition than…5…had ever been before. How…6…we allow this to happen. 1. (a) some (b) they (c) many (d) same 2. (a) would (b) can (c) could (d) will 3. (a) our (b) their (c) poor (d) where 4. (a) poorer (b) richer (c) wretched (d) poor 5. (a) we (b) they (c) it (d) this 6. (a) should (b) did (c) can (d) could To emancipate woman and make her the equal of m an remains an impossibility so long as the wom an is shut out from socially productive labour and restricted to private domestic labour. The emancipation of woman will o nly be …(7)…when she can take part in production on a larg e social…(8)…and domestic work no longer claims anything but an…(9)…of her time. And only now has that become possible through modern large scale…(10)…which does not merely permit the…(11)…range but positively demands. 7. (a) probable (b) easy (c) possible (d) tuff 8. (a) measure (b) scale (c) proportion (d) measurement 9. (a) unimportant amount (b) insignificant (c) trivial (d) amount 10. (a) enterprise (b) trade (c) industry (d) business 11. (a) use (b) employment (c) absorption (d) used 12. (a) large (b) broad (c) wide (d) larger

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when I got off the plane at Heathrow airport, I ha d the first taste of English hospitality. For I was immediately bonded off to a hospital. No, not becau se I was…13…but to find out whether I was. And truth to say, it wasn’t…14…a hospital, but only the sick bay at the airport. Someone at the immigration counter had taken it into his…15…that I was too thin and an instant X-ray would be in order. Needless to say, I much….16….this extra attention. I would much rather have walked away like the other passengers. The X-ray…17…an extra half-hour of my time. This did not…18…me as much as the discovery that the famous British sense of humour was by no means ubiquitous. 13. (a) wicked (b) ill (c) senseless (d) sense 14. (a) materially (b) factually (c) actually (d) material 15. (a) mind (b) head (c) judgment (d) judge 16 (a) respected (b) liked (c) resented (d) like 17. (a) took (b) demanded (c) extracted (d) extract 18. (a) excite (b) annoy (c) please (d) pleased Gandhiji’s epithet is not just honorific, it tells the truth about him. He was in deed a ‘great soul’. He may have been the…19…of any that have made…20…appearance in our time. He…21…undoubtedly the peer of the…22…souls of previous ages from….23…. we have surviving records of…24…personalities. 19. (a) greatest (b) man (c) smallest (d) longest 20. (a) our (b) sudden (c) their (d) here 21. (a) had (b) was (c) bore (d) were 22. (a) known (b) available (c) greatest (d) know 23. (a) which (b) those (c) whom (d) this 24. (a) outstanding (b) poor (c) ordinary (d) simple It is regrettable that the press, radio and television still tend too often to present old age in an unhappily one-sided way. I b elieve that they do this from the…25…of motives. Th ey are tryin g to…26…the conscience of society to the…(27)…of those elderly people who refuse help, who are lon ely, destitute, ill…28…institutionalized and so on. I am…29…the media achieve…30…response and some amelioration of the situation for some of these people. 25. (a) wildest (b) best (c) worst (d) good

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26. (a) awaken (b) pinch (c) disturb (d) 27. (a) misery (b) plight (c) crisis (d) none 28. (a) lost (b) forgotten (c) bed-ridden (d) forget 29. (a) uncertain (b) sure (c) worried (d) certain 30. (a) any (b) some (c) little (d) same ANSWERS 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (b)

9. (b) 10. (a) 11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (b) 16. (c)

17. (a) 18. (a) 19. (a) 20. (c) 21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (a) 24. (a)

25. (c) 26. (d) 27. (b) 28. (a) 29. (c) 30. (c)

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30 Minutes 25 Questions DIRECTIONS: In the following sentences, at certain points there are blanks, each of the which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each you are given a choice of three words – one of which is most appropriate. Choose the best word out of the three. Mark the letter, viz., A, B or C relating to this word on your Answer Sheet. The British lived in India for nearly a hundred and fifty years but they remained foreigners to the last fifty years bu t they remained foreigners to the last, unlike all other foreign people who came to India before. A university stands for humanism, reason an d the advent ure of ideas. It stands for the onward…11…of the human race…2…higher objectives. If the un iversities…3…their duty ade quately, then it…4…will with the nation and…5…people. But if the temple of learning itself becomes a home of narrow bigotry and petty objectives…6…will the nation prosper? 1. (a) Motion (b) March (c) Progress (d) Marched 2. (a) Towards (b) For (c) On (d) to 3. (a) Finish (b) Discharge (c) Obey (d) finished 4. (a) Is (b) Was (c) Will be (d) Were 5. (a) Their (b) Her (c) The (d) An 6. (a) How (b) Why (c) When (d) Where Man can speak. He has language. Animals have no language. Through the unifying force of language, a mind,….7…sunk in itself, combines with…8…. . It is through speech that the…9…, I have, is projected…10…other minds, and those in turn…11…part of my own. When mankind learnt to preserve language through the written word the area of contact between minds…12…extended. 7. (a) although (b) further (c) otherwise (d) 8. (a) virtues (b) others (c) principles (d) principle 9. (a) ego (b) property (c) mind (d) minded 10. (a) under (b) to (c) into (d) from 11. (a) change (b) lose

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(c) become (d) changed 12. (a) has been (b) were (c) was (d) have been What is an earthquake and how is it caused? In the early history of the earth, when it was cooling down the rocks deep in the earth’s crust created huge ‘islands’ which floated on the softer and hotter rocks below just as wood floats on water. Slowly these ‘islands’ began to…13…apart to make the land-masses we call…14…. B ut even now these ‘islands’ are not stable. Th eir continued but imperceptibly slow movements create stress in the rock splits below, it sends a…15… above, i.e., causes an earthquake. There are several zones in t he world where earthquake are more likely to occur. The recent earthquake in Garhwal was…16…in such a zone or fault-line. Scientists…17… believe that there are three other causes which lead to occurrences of earthquakes. At intervals the gravitational…18…of the sun and the moon in certain situations combine to exert a stronger than normal influence on the earth. 13. (a) moves (b) drift (c) float (d) moved 14. (a) mountains (b) continents (c) countries (d) mountain 15. (a) exterior (b) covering (c) surface (d) cover 16. (a) stir (b) shock (c) tremor (d) shocked 17. (a) created (b) caused (c) caused (d) create 18. (a) powers (b) pulls (c) energy (d) power The year was 1913. The Wri ght brothers had just…19…in making an aeroplane which…20…flew. I was deeply interested in…21…and was making my own…22…with flying machines. I really…23…in that little machine I had…24…together and I decided it was time to prove its merits. 19. (a) succeeded (b) failed (c) involved (d) involve 20. (a) hardly (b) really (c) highly (d) hard 21. (a) science (b) history (c) flying (d) fly 22. (a) judgments (b) experiments (c) toys (d) toy 23. (a) disbelieved (b) believed (c) relied (d) believe 24. (a) patched (b) strapped (c) hatched (d) patch It is not true to say that stress and a nxiety are experiences of recent origin for manking. Every era has been an age of anxiety. A few hundred years ago , for example…25…was no threat of nuclear war,…26…there was th e terrible danger of…27…plague, which quite literally destroyed whole…28…. And everything in human life is…29…and contingent – you may be ri ch…30…and poor tomorrow, or healthy or sick; this has been true throughout history.

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25. (a) here (b) then (c) there (d) their 26. (a) but (b) yet (c) still (d) so 27. (a) a (b) the (c) that (d) an 28. (a) continents (b) populations (c) departments (d) continent 29. (a) impossible (b) uncertain (c) unbearable (d) certain 30. (a) always (b) now (c) today (d) till

A N S W E R 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. (a) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (b) 15. (c) 16. (c) 17. (b) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (b) 21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (c) 26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (b) 30. (c)

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Analogies Directions In each question below, you are given a related pair of words or phrases. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that in the original pair of words. 1. CLUB : DISBAND : : (a) heat : dissipate (b) disperse : crowd (c) company : employees (d) orchestra : perform

(e) laws : enforce 2. PILLAR : SPINE : : (a) knife : skin (b) bolt : finger (c) hinge : knee (d) hammer : nail

(e) zipper : hand 3. MIDGET : GIANT : : (a) size : height (b) understatement : hyperbole (c) abundance : scarcity (d) microorganism : mongoloid

(e) elevator : skyscraper 4. SPRING : SHOWER : : (a) fall : leaves (b) May : flower (c) winter : December (d) wet : inundated

(e) winter : snow 5. FACE : EXPRESSION : : (a) music : tone (b) painting : canvas (c) scowl : anger (d) voice : whisper

(e) sandpaper : rough 6. MESA : VALLEY : : (a) plate : food (b) saucer : cup (c) mountain : ravine (d) table : chair

(e) rock : plateau 7. NAP : FABRIC : : (a) flannel : shirt (b) rough : sandpaper (c) fur : dog (d) smooth : satin

(e) yardage : cloth 8. COHERENCE : DISINTEGRATE : : (a) loyalty : betray (b) unity : harmony (c) brotherhood : fraternity (d) partnership : dissolve

(e) similarity : differ 9. ANATHEMA : MALEDICTION : : (a) calumny : disapprobation (b) defamation : character (c) cure : illness (d) partnership : dissolve

(e) personality : slander 10. SOAP : DIRT : :

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(a) confession : conscience (b) absolution : guilt (c) fault : blame (d) saint : sinner

(e) foam : beer 11. CHURCH : PARISHIONERS : : (a) school : teachers (b) hospital : patients (c) jungle : animals (d) nation : citizens

(e) Bible : readers 12. DOWNPOUR : RAIN : : (a) smog : air (b) tornado : hurricane (c) earthquake : fault (d) deluge : flood (e) avalanche : snow 13. RELAPSE : ILLNESS : : (a) demolish : building (b) landslide : mountain (c) retrograde : inertia (d) melt : snow

(e) regress : behavior 14. FROZEN : COOL : : (a) saturated : soaked (b) chilled : cold (c) moist : damp (d) seething : warm

(e) hot : boiling 15. ANIMAL : FOOD : : (a) truck : fuel (b) player : game (c) writer : words (d) lion : jungle

(e) cereal : breakfast 16. WANDERER : HOME : : (a) hiker : mountain (b) maestro : orchestra (c) student : school (d) game : forfeit

(e) invalid : health 17. YAWN : SLEEP : : (a) anger : frown (b) dream : nightmare (c) scowl : boredom (d) smile : mirth

(e) courage : bravery 18. SANCTUARY : CHURCH : : (a) lobby : theater (b) door : building (c) stage : auditorium (d) boudoir : house

(e) mountain : cave 19. DISQUIET : FEARS : : (a) dampen : spirit (b) imprison : criminal (c) agitate : mob (d) mitigate : pain

(e) mollify : exacerbation 20. PICADOR : BULL : : (a heckler : speaker (b) mote : eye (c) executioner : prisoner (d) matador : cape

(e) actor : play 21. CAPTAIN : CREW : : (a) sergeant : squad (b) leader : rebellion (c) fluid : pump (d) principal : students

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(e) foreman : factory 22. FENDER : CAR : : (a) shield : armor (b) roof : shade (c) fluid : pump (d) buttress : building

(e) veneer : furniture 23. COLOR : SPECTRUM : : (a) flower : petal (b) note : symphony (c) cloud : sky (d) choice : gamut

(e) red : pigment 24. STEEPLE : CHURCH (a) tower : elevator (b) flag : pole (c) mast : boat (d) pencil : paper

(e) roof : house 25. WALK : RAMBLE : : (a) stand : slouch (b) think : dream (c) race : speed (d) smile : laugh

(e) flight : cower

A N S W E R 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (e) 5. (a)

6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (b)

11. (b) 12. (e) 13. (e) 14. (d) 15. (a)

16. (e) 17. (d) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (a)

21. (a) 22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (a)

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Analogies Directions In each question below, you are given a related pair of words or phrases. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that in the original pair of words. 1. CLUB : DISBAND : : (a) heat : dissipate (b) disperse : crowd (c) company : employees (d) orchestra : perform

(e) laws : enforce 2. PILLAR : SPINE : : (a) knife : skin (b) bolt : finger (c) hinge : knee (d) hammer : nail

(e) zipper : hand 3. MIDGET : GIANT : : (a) size : height (b) understatement : hyperbole (c) abundance : scarcity (d) microorganism : mongoloid

(e) elevator : skyscraper 4. SPRING : SHOWER : : (a) fall : leaves (b) May : flower (c) winter : December (d) wet : inundated

(e) winter : snow 5. FACE : EXPRESSION : : (a) music : tone (b) painting : canvas (c) scowl : anger (d) voice : whisper

(e) sandpaper : rough 6. MESA : VALLEY : : (a) plate : food (b) saucer : cup (c) mountain : ravine (d) table : chair

(e) rock : plateau 7. NAP : FABRIC : : (a) flannel : shirt (b) rough : sandpaper (c) fur : dog (d) smooth : satin

(e) yardage : cloth 8. COHERENCE : DISINTEGRATE : : (a) loyalty : betray (b) unity : harmony (c) brotherhood : fraternity (d) partnership : dissolve

(e) similarity : differ 9. ANATHEMA : MALEDICTION : : (a) calumny : disapprobation (b) defamation : character (c) cure : illness (d) partnership : dissolve

(e) personality : slander 10. SOAP : DIRT : :

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(a) confession : conscience (b) absolution : guilt (c) fault : blame (d) saint : sinner

(e) foam : beer 11. CHURCH : PARISHIONERS : : (a) school : teachers (b) hospital : patients (c) jungle : animals (d) nation : citizens

(e) Bible : readers 12. DOWNPOUR : RAIN : : (a) smog : air (b) tornado : hurricane (c) earthquake : fault (d) deluge : flood (e) avalanche : snow 13. RELAPSE : ILLNESS : : (a) demolish : building (b) landslide : mountain (c) retrograde : inertia (d) melt : snow

(e) regress : behavior 14. FROZEN : COOL : : (a) saturated : soaked (b) chilled : cold (c) moist : damp (d) seething : warm

(e) hot : boiling 15. ANIMAL : FOOD : : (a) truck : fuel (b) player : game (c) writer : words (d) lion : jungle

(e) cereal : breakfast 16. WANDERER : HOME : : (a) hiker : mountain (b) maestro : orchestra (c) student : school (d) game : forfeit

(e) invalid : health 17. YAWN : SLEEP : : (a) anger : frown (b) dream : nightmare (c) scowl : boredom (d) smile : mirth

(e) courage : bravery 18. SANCTUARY : CHURCH : : (a) lobby : theater (b) door : building (c) stage : auditorium (d) boudoir : house

(e) mountain : cave 19. DISQUIET : FEARS : : (a) dampen : spirit (b) imprison : criminal (c) agitate : mob (d) mitigate : pain

(e) mollify : exacerbation 20. PICADOR : BULL : : (a heckler : speaker (b) mote : eye (c) executioner : prisoner (d) matador : cape

(e) actor : play 21. CAPTAIN : CREW : : (a) sergeant : squad (b) leader : rebellion (c) fluid : pump (d) principal : students

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(e) foreman : factory 22. FENDER : CAR : : (a) shield : armor (b) roof : shade (c) fluid : pump (d) buttress : building

(e) veneer : furniture 23. COLOR : SPECTRUM : : (a) flower : petal (b) note : symphony (c) cloud : sky (d) choice : gamut

(e) red : pigment 24. STEEPLE : CHURCH (a) tower : elevator (b) flag : pole (c) mast : boat (d) pencil : paper

(e) roof : house 25. WALK : RAMBLE : : (a) stand : slouch (b) think : dream (c) race : speed (d) smile : laugh

(e) flight : cower

A N S W E R 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (e) 5. (a)

6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (b)

11. (b) 12. (e) 13. (e) 14. (d) 15. (a)

16. (e) 17. (d) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (a)

21. (a) 22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (a)

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DIRECTIONS Each blank in the following sentences indicates that something has been omitted. Co nsider the lettered words beneath the sentence and choose the word or set of words that best fits the whole sentence. 1. Mrs. Huntington’s piercing stare and_________brow______________trouble for someone in the

office. (a) furrowed….presaged (b) benevolent….obviate (c) rugged….disguised (d) youthful….dispose

(e) keen….create 2. At its_____________, the point in its orbit most distant from earth, the spaceship was 1900 miles

in space. (a) apex (b) apogee (c) inception (d) origin (e) recently 3. Every time the speaker said, “him and I,” “ they was” and “he can ’t hardly believe,” the English

teacher winced at the___________ (a) inaccuracies (b) fallacies (c) protestations (d) solecisms

(e) syllogisms 4. When the wicked and___________practices of M r. Barton were exposed many of hi s victims

testified to the______________nature of his dealings. (a) nefarious…unethical (b) presumptuous….clandestine (c) possessive….virtuous (d) petty….disinterested

(e) irreproachable….respectable 5. Although John dislikes crowds and social gatherings, his wife Jennifer is quite______________ (a) aloof (b) seclusive (c) gregarious (d) hostile (e) estranged 6. Phoenician seamen were primarily interested in commerce and m ay have bee n the first people

to___________Africa. (a) circumnavigate (b) demystify (c) trudge (d) mispronounce (e) expropriate 7. Humanity is the____________of a particular human being, but each individual has characteristics

which____________ him from other persons. (a) vagueness…classify (b) enigma….declassify (c) progression….isolate (d) probability….characterize (e) essence….distinguish 8. Pastor Starmer said that the present__________state of man is du e to the fall which

is___________in the story recorded in the book of Genesis. (a) unlawful….encircled (b) sinful….dramatized (c) lowly….dispersed (d) wretched….labeled (e) legalistic….disjointed

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9. The word Sophist originally meant “wise man” and it was__________to a relatively small group of persons who devoted their time and_________to the pursuit of truth.

(a) original….wealth (b) inspired….perspiration (c) applied….energies (d) bestowed….kinetics (e) profligated….dissipation 10. Society and c ivilization have reached very much the s ame point tha t was reac hed eighteen

centuries earlier; it is strongly___________that the only real difference may be that they have held off using nuclear weapons for a slightly longer time,____________the lesson of the past to some extent.

(a) asserted….clouding (b) believed….knocking (c) intended….enhancing (d) implied….heeding (e) expounded….juxtaposing 11. Brandon Smith’s penetrating criticism of the new play, Zoot Suit, was as______________as a

surgeon’s scalpel. (a) truthful (b) catty (c) succinct (d) trenchant (e) verbose 12. Prince Albert was an ambitious ruler, who after ex clusively controlling the country for fifteen

years, bitterly resented the____________of his authority after the crowning of the new queen. (a) aggrandizement (b) diminution (c) extension (d) election (e) compassion 13. In spite of Reginald’s good-natured personality, his__________toward Mrs. Snow continued. (a) lethargy (b) animosity (c) sympathy (d) magnanimity (e) decorum 14. Although the t hirteen-year-old boys gre w__________under the teacher’s new disci pline policy,

the girls seemed_____________by it. (a) anxious….hostile (b) argumentative….frustrated (c) restive….unperturbed (d) remorseful….ingenuous (e) taciturn….reticent

15. My wealthy aunt exceeds the trait of being economical. She is so _____________that she washes

paper plates to be used again. (a) affluent (b) parsimonious (c) indigent (d) impoverished (e) selfish 16. Because the Arab conque rors were tolerant towa rds________________peoples and

imposed_________low taxes, they successfully conquered the Near East. (a) maladjusted….rather (b) monotheistic….relatively (c) persuasive….ridiculously (d) itinerant….proportionately (e) conquered….outrageously 17. During the Pax Romana the________of material prosperity in the ancient world was reached (a) simplification (b) stratification (c) majority (d) depth (e) pinnacle 18. GADGET stories are those in which the main interest is in how some machine or set of machines

works, or in the_________of a machine or other technological_____________

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(a) birth….gadget (b) recurring….doodad (c) rebirth….creature (d) development….device (e) domination….android 19. Under the general heading of political themes, we find that the nature of power and its effects on

those who have it or want it, the nature of leadership, the________of a system of checks and balances, and the relationships between vision and effective political voice are among the specific___________topics dealt with.

(a) charisma….logistical (b) functions….thematic (c) purpose….irrational (d) ceremony….subjective (e) theism….textual 20. Many roundworms are free-living and harmless but some cause serious__________in man and

animals. (a) discomfort (b) pervasion (c) clarifications (d) innuendos (e) symbiosis 21. If, as many colonial leaders maintained, colonial legislatures should be given the power to control

domestic police while the English Parliament retained___________over intercolonial and foreign matters, a division of___________would have been the result.

(a) taxation….labor (b) sojourn….spaciousness (c) authority….sovereignty (d) protection….interest (e) control….domination 22. The Bill of Rights has served as a___________on government by___________lines across which

the national government could not step. (a) restraint….establishing (b) dormer….providing

(c) divining….constraining (d) shield….sheltering (e) hindrance….assuming

23. A major difficulty encountered in the study of political behavior grows ou t of th e fact th at

political_________change. (a) timeliness (b) attitudes (c) reciprocations (d) futures (e) parties 24. Blacks were leg ally___________by ratification of the fou rteenth and fifteenth amendments and

by____________acts of Congress, but enforcement of th eir voting rights has remained a continuing struggle.

(a) objected….multiple (b) confounded….celibate (c) litigated….further (d) enfranchised….subsequent (e) voting….other 25. The thought of a nuclear _________sparked by a misu nderstanding poses an

awesome__________. (a) device….reverberation (b) holocaust….specter (c) endanger…spectacle (d) liaison….probability (e) explosion….calamity

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A N S W E R

1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (c)

6. (a) 7. (e) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (d)

11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (b)

16. (b) 17. (e) 18. (d) 19. (b) 20. (a)

21. (c) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (d) 25. (b)

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SYNONYMS Directions: Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word or group of words given in capitals in each question. 1. STABLE (a) uniform (b) fluctuating (c) permanent (d) unvarying 2. EXPLICIT (a) clean (b) implied (c) obvious (d) specifically 3. ADVOCATES (a) lawyers (b) experts (c) recommenders (d) loyalists 4. MANAGED (a) performed (b) manoeuvred (c) trained (d) organized 5. PRETENSIONS (a) claims (b) access (c) apathy (d) permissiveness 6. SUBTLE (a) innocent (b) soft (c) dangerous (d) loyal 7. FAKE (a) original (b) imitation (c) trustworthy (d) reputation 8. INFAMY (a) dishonour (b) glory (c) integrity (d) reputation 9. REPEAL (a) sanction (b) perpetuate (c) pass (d) cancel 10. EMBEZZLE (a) misappropriate (b) balance (c) remunerate (d) clear 11. CORRULENT (a) lean (b) gaunt (c) emaciated (d) obese 12. AUGUST (a) common (b) ridiculous (c) dignified (d) petty 13. LAUNCH (a) review (b) begin

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(c) propel (d) push 14. RELIED (a) emphasized (b) depended (c) convinced (d) followed 15. OBTAINED (a) combined (b) procured (c) acquired (d) conquered 16. GARNISH (a) point (b) garner (c) adorn (d) abuse 17. FRUGALITY (a) foolishness (b) extremity (c) enthusiasm (d) economy 18. FORAY (a) incursion (b) contest (c) ranger (d) intuition 19. GARRULITY (a) credulity (b) sensility (c) loquaciousness (d) speciousness 20. FURORE (a) excitement (b) worry (c) taken (d) anteroom

ANSWER 1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (a) 11. (d) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (b) 15. (b) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (a)