Directions : In questions no. 1 to 10, some parts of the
sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence
has an error and mark your answer (A, B, or C) in the Answer Sheet. If a
sentence is free from error, your answer is (D).
1. When
Anil was not (a) / able to show his ticket (b) / the conductor made him buying
ticket. (c) / No error (d)
2. After
toiling very hardly (a) / over a long period of time (b) / he found that people
recognized him as a successful person. (c) /No error (d)
3. Both the civilians (a) / and army men (b) /joined the First World
War. (c) / No error (d)
4. Hardly
had the children (a) / left the school (b) / than it began to rain. (c) / No
error (d)
5. The
teacher taught (a) / to the students (b) / like his own children. (c) / No
error (d)
6. Had
I come (a) to know about (b) / his difficulties I would have certainly helped. (c)
/ No error (d)
7. She
is going (a) / to her aunt (b) / for the weekend (c) / and after to Bombay. (c)
No error (d)
8. This is one of the two types (a) / of communication receivers (b)
/ that is available for general use. (c) / No error (d)
9. This
article was (a) / prepared by (b) / their own expense. (c) / No error (d)
10. Any
of these (a) / two girls is (b) / your sister. (c) / No error (d)
Directions : In questions no. 11 to 20, sentences are
given with blanks to be filled in
with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question.
Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it in the Answer Sheet.
11. Finally now that we've asked you several
questions, do you want to ________ any to us?
(A) place (B) offer
(C) put (D) consider
12. I was pleased to receive your response to my
proposal but there are one or two points that need ________ .
(A) notification (B) clarification
(C) certification (D) signification
13. When someone dies and their
________ reach a certain figure, their family has to pay an additional tax.
(A) profit (B) assets
(C) wealth (D) product
14. The two companies have decided to
________ because they believe that their combined resources will produce
greater profits.
(A) merge (B) double
(C) mix (D) blend
15. A report has just been ________
that gives details of the causes of this trend towards informality in the
business sector.
(A) published (B) opened
(C) directed (D) held
16. As this is a managerial post, we
must ask you how you deal with bad ________ keeping or unpunctuality in an
employee.
(A) house (B) time
(C) space (D) record
17. Don't worry we'll
have to wait a little longer because I'm sure he'll ________ soon.
(A) turn up (B) turn
down
(C) turn into (D) turn
in
18. As so few members had
turned up at the meeting, it was decided to ________ it until further notice.
(A) delay (B) postpone
(C) wait (D) hold
19. Give us some idea of
what you believe are your ________ and weaknesses.
(A) strength (B) force
(C) strengths (D) forces
20. Tell us something
about your ________ in the engineering industry?
(A) foreground (B) knowledge
(C) background (D) history
Directions : In questions no. 21 to 25, out or the four
alternatives, choose the one which best
expresses the meaning of the given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
[Source:
Roget’s Thesaurus in dictionary form ]
21. ACCUSATION
(A) Incrimination (B) Condemned
(C) Implicated (D) Recriminate
22. ADVERSITY
(A) Unfortunate (B) Hardship
(C) Casual (D) Unhappy
23. AFFECTATION
(A) foppish (B) pretend
(C) pretension (D) love
24. PURSUIT
(A) prosecute (B) qualified
(C) prosecuted (D) persecuted
25. PUTRID
(A) decomposed (B) decomposition
(C) decomposite (D) decompose
Directions : In questions no. 26 to 30, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given
word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
[Source:
Lucent Probable Synonyms and Antonyms]
26. RECLUSE
(A) criminal (B) gregarious
(C) wise (D) garrulous
27. COPIOUS
(A) scarce (B) scarcely
(C) short (D) scarcity
28. ARDUOUS
(A) Facile (B) tenuous
(C) deplorable (D) influential
29. ABHORE
(A) attraction (B) attract
(C) attractive (D) attracted
30. PERTINACIOUS
(A) coy (B) obedient
(C) follower (D) student
Directions : In questions no. 31 to 35, the first and the
last parts of the passages/sentences are numbered (1) and (6). The rest of the
passages/sentences is split into four parts and marked P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper
order. Read the passages/sentences carefully and find out which of the four
combinations is correct.
[Source: SSC
SECTION OFFICER (AUDIT) : 2001]
31. 1 A dictionary
P arranged
words
Q about
which information
R containing
alphabetically
S is
a book
6 is
given.
(A) RPQS (B) QRPS
(C) SRPQ (D) SPRQ
32. 1 Agriculture
P cotton
for our clothes
Q raw
material like jute
R and
sugarcane for our industries
S gives
us food
6 and
food for cattle.
(A) SRQP (B) RQPS
(C) QPRS (D) SPQR
33. 1 Today political freedom and right
P and
the right
Q however
money and all that money
R assures
people equality before law
S the
elect their Government
6 can
buy is not fairly distributed.
(A) SPRQ (B) RPSQ
(C) QSRP (D) PSRQ
34. 1 The pigeons were used
P as
messengers
Q which
were tied
R in
the olden days
S to
carry messages
6 to
their feet.
(A) PQRS (B) SPRQ
(C) PRSQ (D) PRQS
35. 1 The school has always been
P tradition
from one
Q the
most important
R the
wealth of
S means
of transferring
6 generation
to the next.
(A) PSRQ (B) QSRP
(C) RSQP (D) QRSP
Directions : In questions no. 36 to 40, four alternatives
are given for the Idiom/Phrase
underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the
meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
36. The students wanted a holiday, but the
Principal put his foot down and said, ‘No’.
(A) Asserted his authority
(B) kicked them
(C) Stepped out (D)
came downstairs
37. To die in harness means to die while-
(A) In a stable (B)
Riding a horse
(C) Still in service (D) In a uniform
38. Gopi works by fits and starts-
(A) Consistently (B)
Irregularly
(C) In high spirits (D)
Enthusiastically
39. As the bomb exploded people ran helter-skelter.
(A) in great fear (B)
in disorderly haste
(C) in haste (D)
in great sorrow
40. He was all at sea when he began his
new job.
(A) happy (B) sad
(C) puzzled (D) triumphant
Directions : In questions no. 41 to 50, a sentence / part
of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined
part at (A), (B) ,(C) which may improve
the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is
needed, your answer is (D) .
[Source: NCERT
8th Grade Text Book.]
41. In
the starting, when the world was new and the animals were just beginning
to work for men……
(A) beginning (B) No
Improvement
(C) began (D) start
42. Presently
the Ox came to him with the yoke on his neck.
(A) on (B) No
Improvement
(C) at (D) to
43. On
the end of the day, the Man called the Horse and the Dog and the Ox
together.
(A) In the ending (B) No
Improvement
(C) At the end (D) On
the ending.
44. What
tasks do you think were assigned to the workers?
(A) work (B) No
Improvement
(C) program (D) plan
45. The
camel is able to work for three days without eating because he can live for
his humph.
(A) at (B) No
Improvement
(C) on (D) over
46.
Can this story be factually real?
(A) realistic (B) authentic
(C) true (D) No
Improvement
47. Consider
the following:
(A) Think (B) believe
(C) take into account
(D) No Improvement
48. How
animals are important for humans?
(A) necessary for (B) necessary
to
(C) important to (D) No
Improvement
49. We
should never neglect playing games because they create strong power,
freshness and mental relief.
(A) generate (B) No
Improvement
(C) produce (D) make
50. Those
who prefer to do today which they can do tomorrow….
(A) what (B) No
Improvement
(C) that (D) work
[Source:]
Directions: In question no 51 to 60, you have a passage
where some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and
choose the correct answer to each blank out of the four alternatives and mark
it in the Answer Sheet.
[Source: NCERT 8th Grade Text Book.]
It ……51……
many years ago. I was in ………52…… standard at the government school, Kambelpur, ……..53……
called Atak. One day, I went to ………..54……. with four rupees in my pocket to pay
the school fees and the fund. When I got there I found that the teacher who ………55……..
the fees, Master Ghulam Mohammad, was …….56…… leave and so the fees ……..57…….
collected the next day. All through the day the coins simply sat in my pocket,
but ………58…… school got ……….59…….. and I was outside, they began to …….60…….
51. (A) happen (B) occurred
(C) happened (D) stated
52. (A) fifth (B) the fifth
(C) five (D) primary
53. (A) today (B) now
(C) presently (D) this
time
54. (A) a
school (B) school
(C) the school (D) an
school
55. (A) collects (B) was collecting
(C) collected (D) collect
56. (A) at (B) on
(C) for (D) over
57. (A) will
be (B) would be
(C) shall be (D) should
be
58. (A) one
time (B) firstly
(C) once (D) first
59. (A) off (B) over
(C) closed (D) end
60. (A) speak (B) spoken
(C) spoke (D) speaking
Directions : In questions no. 61 to 75, you have three
brief passages with 5 question following each passage. Read the passages
carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four
alternatives and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
[Source:
mi-KAT exam for class 8th. ]
It goes without saying that a certain
amount of martial wealth – for example, those things related to food, clothing
and shelter- is a necessity to sustain our life. Every individual has to work
to survive, but when earning a living becomes the exclusive focus and priority of
one’s life, problems can arise. When we live to earn rather than earn to live,
there can be problems of excess and greed.
However, there are also other forms of
wealth, required not just to sustain the physical body, but to sustain and
develop our mind. In this perspective, it may be interesting to look beyond the
traditional ideas of financial wealth and really reflect on why our human
species, among the many different types of existence is so special and
valuable.
61. The
phrase, ‘it goes without saying’ means that _______________
(A) it is obvious (B) it
is a necessity
(C) it keeps on going
(D) there is a saying
62. Food,
clothing and shelter are required for :
(A) mental peace
(B) physical well-being
(C) emotional balance
(D) intellectual growth
63. Craze
for material growth leads to _______
(A) a focus on one’s life
(B) earning a living
(C) survival of life
(D) problems of excess and greed
64. In
addition to sustaining our body we should attempt to develop also our
__________
(A) shelter (B) clothing
(C) mind (D) hearth
65. Among
other forms of life human species is :
(A) special and valuable
(B) very noble (C) kind
and caring
(D) very strong
Passage
II (Q. No. 66 to 70)
….but we don’t judge a cricketer so
much by the runs he gets as by the way he gets them. “in literature as in
finance, “says Washington Irving, “much paper and much poverty may co-exist.”
And in cricket too many runs and much dullness may be associated. If cricket is
menaced with creeping paralysis, it is because it is losing the spirit of
joyous adventure and becoming a more instrument for compiling tables of
averages. There are dull mechanical fellows who turn out runs with as little
emotional as a machine turns out pins. There is no color, no enthusiasm, and no
character in their play. Cricket is not an adventure to them; it is a business.
It was so with Shrewsbury. His technical perfection was astonishing; but the
soul of the game was wanting in him. There was no sunshine in his play no swift
surprise or splendid unselfishness. And without these things, without gaiety,
daring and the spirit of sacrifice, cricket is a deal thing.
[Source:
mi-KAT exam for class 10th. ]
66. in
the world of cricket a cricketer who scores many centuries may sometimes be
_____ too.
(A) rich (B) dull
(C) injured (D) smart
67. Creeping
paralysis in cricket means ______
(A) not scoring centuries
(B) scoring only fifties
(C) playing without joy and adventure
(D) not breaking many records
68. The
word, ‘instrument’ has been used as a/an
(A) metaphor (B) simile
(C) personification(D) oxymoron
69. The
century makers of today are called mechanical because they ________
(A) score runs very rapidly
(B) score record number of centuries
(C) play without emotions
(D) make a lot of money
70. To
Shrewsbury, cricket was a/an
(A) joy (B) adventure
(C) game of color (D) business
Passage III (Q. No. 71 to 75)
The interview may be conducted by
letter and by telephone, as well as in person. Letter and telephone interview
are less satisfactory. Direct contact with an individual and a face-to-face
relationship often provide a stimulating situation for both interviewer and
interviewee. Personal reaction and interaction aid not only in rapport but also
in obtaining nuances and additional information by the reactions which are more
fully observed in a face-to-face relationship.
Adequate preparation for the interview
is a “must”. Careful planning saves not only time but also energy of both
parties concerned. The interview is used to obtain facts or subjective data
such as individual opinions, attitudes, and preferences. Interviews are used to
check on questionnaires which may have been used to obtain data, or when a
problem being investigated is complex, or when the information needed to solve
it cannot be secured easily in any other way. People will often give
information orally but will not put it in writing.
[Source: MB’s How to solve page No. 36]
71. The
intension of the writer of this passage is to
(A) warn the reader against conducting interviews
(B) instruct people on the best means of
conducting interviews
(C) tell people how to make friends with
interviewers
(D) advise people on the use of letter and
telephone
72. According
to the author the best way to conduct interviews is
(A) to talk, to interviewees over telephone
(B) to write letter to the interviewees
(C) to observe the interviewees from a distance
(D) to have a direct conversation with the
interviewee.
73. If
I want to interview someone,
(A) all I need to do is just drop in and have talk
with the person.
(B) I ought to plan and prepare for the interview
well in advance
(C) I have to ring up the person and ask him/her
all the questions I want to
(D) establishing good rapport with the person will
be enough
74. Face-to-face
interaction with the interviewees enables the inrviewer to
(A) understand shades of meaning not readily
available in written responses
(B) observe the physical stature of the
interviewee
(C) listen to the voice of the interviewee
directly.
(D) compel the interviewees to express their
opinions in writing.
75. The
author used ‘individual opinions’, attitudes’ and ‘preferences’ as examples of
(A) objective data about the interviewees
(B) abstract philosophical concepts irrelevant to
the interview process.
(C) psychological properties particular to a given
interviewee
(D) likes and dislikes common to interviewers and
interviewees
Directions: In question no 76 to 85 a sentence has been
given in direct / indirect. Out of
the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same
sentence in direct / indirect and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
[Source:]
76. He said, “I saw a book here.”
(A) He said that he saw a book here.
(B) He said that he saw a book
there.
(C) He said that he had seen a book
here.
(D) He said that he had seen a book
there.
77. Sarita
said to me, “I will do it now or never.”
(A) Sarita told me that I would do
it then or never.
(B) Sairta told me that she would do
it now or never.
(C) Sarita told me that she will do
that now or never.
(D) Sarita told
me that she would do it then or never.
78. She said, “My father died a year
ago.”
(A) She said that my father died a
year ago.
(B) She said that her father died a
year before.
(C) She said that her father had
died a year ago.
(D) She said that her father had
died previous year.
79. Sakshi
said to her friend ,”I will not invite you in my marriage.”
(A) Sakshi did
not invite her friend in her marriage.
(B) Sakshi
said that she would not invite her friend in her marriage.
(C) Sakshi
told her friend that she would not invite her in her marriage.
(D) Sakshi
told her friend that she would not invite her in her marriage.
80.
“I lost my pen yesterday.” said Ram.
(A) Ram lost
his pen the previous day.
(B) Ram said that he had lost his pen previous day.
(C) Ram
said that he lost his pen previous day.
(D) Ram said
that he has lost his pen previous day.
81. He said to his daughter, “Do you
have fever.”
(A) He told his daughter whether she had fever..
(B) He questioned his daughter
about the fever.
(C) He asked his daughter if
she had fever.
(D) He asked his
daughter did she have fever.
82. We will say, “We shall overcome
one day.”
(A) We
will say that we shall overcome one day.
(B) We
would say that we would overcome one day.
(C) We
will say that we would overcome one day.
(D) We
shall overcome one day..
83. The policeman said, “ Where do
you live?”
(A) The policeman asked where we
lived.
(B) The policeman asked where did we
live.
(C) The policeman asked where we did
live.
(D) The policeman asked if we live
there.
84. She
said, “I cut my finger.”
(A) She said that she cut my finger.
(B) She said that she cut her finger.
(C) She said that she had cut my finger.
(D) She had said that she cut her finger.
85. She
said to me, ”You cut your finger.”
(A) She told me that I cut your finger.
(B) She told me that I had cut my finger.
(C) She told me that I cut her finger.
(D) She told me that I have cut my finger.
Directions: In question no 86 to 95 a sentence has been
given in active / passive voice. Out
of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the
same sentence in active / passive voice and mark your answer in the Answer
Sheet.
[Source:]
86.
I know him.
(A) He is known by me.
(B) He was known to me.
(C) He has been known by me.
(D) He is known to me.
87.
It is being read by us.
(A) We have to read it.
(B) We are reading it.
(C) We can read it.
(D) It is read by us.
88.
Close the door.
(A) Let the doors are closed.
(B) The doors are to be closed.
(C) Let the doors be closed.
(D) Allow the doors to close.
89.
A meeting was convened by the Principal.
(A) The principal convened a
meeting.
(B) The principal was convening a
meeting.
(C) The principal had convened a
meeting.
(D) The principal is convening a
meeting.
90.
Someone has stolen my suitcase.
(A) My suitcase is stolen by
someone.
(B) Someone has stolen my suitcase.
(C) My suitcase has someone been
stolen.
(D)My suitcase has been stolen by
someone.
91. He
completed the story on time.
(A) The story was being completed by
him on time.
(B) The story had completed by him
on time.
(C) The story was completed by him
on time.
(D) The story completed by him on
time.
92. We hope
that we shall win the match.
(A) The match is hoped to be won.
(B) The match is winning hope by us.
(C) Match is winning is our hope.
(D) It is hoped that the match will
be won by us.
93. How can
anyone do this?
(A)This can be done by anyone.
(B) This could be done by anyone.
(C) How can this be done by anyone?
(D) How was this be done by anyone?
94. I will not
do this work.
(A)This work I will not do.
(B) I will not be doing this work.
(C)Let this work not be done by me.
(D)This work will not be done by me.
95. They have
painted the house green.
(A) The house green was painted.
(B) The house has painted green.
(C) The house has been painted green by them.
(D)The house had been painted green.
Directions: In question no 96 to 100, you have a passage
where some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and
choose the correct answer to each blank out of the four alternatives and mark
it in the Answer Sheet.
[Source:]
Can we see ...96...... the earth is a globe? Yes, we
can, when we watch a ship that sails out to sea. If we watch closely, we see that
the ship begins ....97.... . The bottom of the ship
disappears first, and then the ship seems to sink lower and lower, ....98.....
we can only see the top of the ship, and then we see nothing at all. What is
hiding the ship from us? It is the earth. Stick a pin most of the way into an
orange, and
..99.......
turn the orange away from you. You will see the pin disappear,
.....100....
a ship does on the earth.
96. (A) if (B) that
(C) where (D) then
97. (A) being disappeared
(B) to be disappeared
(C) to have disappeared
(D) to disappear
98. (A) until (B) after
(C) since (D) by
the time
99. (A) reluctantly (B) passionately
(C) accidently (D) slowly
100. (A) the
same (B) just as
(C) by
the way (D) similar to