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).
[Source: RS
Aggrawal Page No. 367]
1.
No sooner did I open the door (A) when the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in (b)
making us shiver from head to foot. (C)No error (D)
2. Be
smart (A) not only in dress(b) and also in action. (C)No error (D)
3. Hardly had I
reached the airport (A) where I learnt (b) about the powerful bomb explosions.
(C)No error (D)
4. You
must either tell me (A) the whole story, or at least, (b) the first half of it.
(C) No error (D)
5. My
book has been (A) missing from my room (b) till yesterday. (C) No error (D)
6. The
reason for (A) his failure is because (b) he did not work hard. (C) No error
(D)
7. Neither
did he (A) accept the punishment (b) or
apologized for his mistake.(C) No error (D)
8. If you hate
me, (A) you should (b) leave my house. (C) No error (D)
9. We
are not sure (A) if he is coming (b) to the party. (C)No error (D)
10. He
gave them no money (A) nor he did help them (b) in any way. (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. He is rich _____________ he is not happy.
(A) and (B) yet
(C) but (D) so
12. Run fast ________________ you should miss the
train.
(A) lest (B) had
better
(C) until (D) rather
13. He is so weak __________ he cannot even
stand.
(A) as (B) much
(C) that (D) may
14. I tried very hard, ____________ I could not
win the prize.
(A) though (B) however
(C) although (D) yet
15. The farmers will sow the seeds _____ it
rains.
(A) as (B) as
soon as
(C) as well as (D) as
fast as
16. He scold me ________ he were my father.
(A) as if (B) suppose
that
(C) as though (D) even
if
17. The announcement was made _______ all might
know the new date of exam.
(A) in order that (B) on
condition that
(C) that (D) for
18. He asked me _____ I was going with him or
not.
(A) if (B) did
(C) whether (D) had
19. Nothing else
______ arrogance ruined him.
(A) else (B) but
(C) except (D) other
than
20. He will give you money, _______________ you
will not misuse it.
(A) even if (B) on
condition that
(C) as though (D) in
order that
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.
21. Affable
(A) Friendly (B) Cheerful
(C) Helpful (D) Neutral
22. Barbarian
(A) Arrogant (B) Impolite
(C) Uncivilized (D) Unkind
23. Connoisseur
(A) Ignorant (B) Interpreter
(C) Delinquent (D) Lover
of art
24. Eager
(A) Clever (B) Enthusiastic
(C) Curious (D) Devoted
25. Deify
(A) Face (B) Worship
(C) Flatter (D) Devoted
Directions : In questions no. 26 to 30, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given
word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
26. Accord
(A) Solution (B) Act
(C) Dissent (D) Concord
27. Bliss
(A) Anguish (B) Sorrow
(C) Agony (D) Suffering
28. Bury
(A) Examine (B) Open
(C) Disinter (D) Dig
29. Endow
(A) Borrow (B) Steal
(C) Snatch (D) Extort
30. Deep
(A) Elementary (B) Superficial
(C) Shallow (D) Perfunctory
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: RS
Aggrawal Page No. 450]
31. 1 The invasion of India
P is
more interesting than any other episode of early Indian History
Q to
most European readers
R by
Alexander the Great of Macedonia
S which
occurred during the rule of the Nandas.
(A) PQRS (B) QPRS
(C) RSPQ (D) SRPQ
32. 1 I have not come
P even
if it means some humiliation
Q but
the boy must learn
R to
complain, he said,
S to
be honest
6 and
admit he broke our windows pane.
(A) PRQS (B) PRQS
(C) RQSP (D) SPRQ
33. 1 If you are serious about
P vocabulary
building not a hobby
Q you
will have to make
R an
absorbing interest,
S increasing
your vocabulary,
6 or
even an obsession.
(A) PQSR (B) PRQS
(C) RQPS (D) SQPR
34. 1 Reading books
P is
a habit
Q but
also enlarges the mind
R because
it not only increases knowledge
S which
must be cultivated by everybody.
(A) PQSR (B) PQRS
(C) PSRQ (D) SRPQ
35. 1 Every body
P attracts
every other
Q whether
big or small,
R body
with the force
S in
the universe
6 of
gravitation.
(A) PSQR (B) QPRS
(C) RPSQ (D) SQPR
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. AT
CROSS PURPOSES
(A) for the purpose of crossing something.
(B) be humiliate
(C) be hostile
(D) remain without any purpose
37. BABE
IN THE WOODS
(A) a babe in the wood basket
(B) prudent
(C) inexperienced
(D) very young babe
38. CALL
IT A DAY
(A) call something any day
(B) stop for the day
(C) wait for the targeted day
(D) be frank
39. DOUBLE-CROSS
(A) cross something from two sides.
(B) to get double benefit
(C) receive
(D) deceive
40. EVERY
NOW AND THEN
(A) rarely
(B) never
(C) occasionally
(D) for a very long time
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:]
41. There is no more room for you in this
compartment.
(A) There is no more accommodation
(B) There is no more space
(C) There is no more seats
(D) No Improvement
42. He drives as if the road belongs to
him.
(A) has belonged (B) belonged
(C) is belonging (D) No
Improvement
43. As per good schooling is concerned, none
except few privileged people can afford it for their children.
(A) none but few (B) none
more than a few
(C) none except a few
(D) No Improvement
44. I don’t understand that how you think of
going to Kashmir in winter.
(A) that how do you think
(B) how you think
(C) that how you thought
(D) No Improvement
45. As soon as I stepped inside the hall,
I could hear the sound of boys and girls singing aloud.
(A) No sooner had (B) Hardly
(C) Sooner than (D) No
Improvement
46. He did not respond to her inquiring, I did
not neither.
(A) I did neither (B) nor
I did
(C) I did either (D) No
Improvement
47. Evidently very much people are
involved in the new scheme implementation.
(A) very many people
(B) very more people
(C) very such people
(D) No Improvement
48. Your father will buy for you a new bag.
(A) buy new bag for you
(B) buy you new bag
(C) buy you a new bag
(D) No Improvement
49. When the soldier returned home after the war
was over, his wife received him with open hands.
(A) with open arms
(B) with unfold hands
(C) with an open heart
(D) No Improvement
50. As per my instructions he sent a word
to me informing me of the sick man’s condition.
(A) sent word (B) had
sent a word
(C) sent words (D) No
Improvement
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.
Everyone
considers food, shelter, clothing and medical care to be the basic needs for a
comfortable living. Even the government accepts this and ...51.... to provide
all these. But very ...52.... people know that energy required for ....53....
and heating is also one of ....54.... basic needs. We are aware ...55..... our
country has achieved self-sufficiency in ....56..... but we have to go a
....57..... way ....58.... in order to ....59..... sufficiency in the ...60....
of energy.
51. (A) assures (B) loves
(C) hates (D) promises
52. (A) little (B) small
(C) few (D) less
53. (A) cooking (B) living
(C) eating (D) sleeping
54. (A) theirs (B) such
(C) a (D) our
55. (A) this (B) that
(C) what (D) how
56. (A) food (B) resources
(C) weapon (D) heating
57. (A) some (B) all
(C) long (D) hard
58. (A) but (B) be
(C) out (D) yet
59. (A) provide (B) serve
(C) achieve (D) garner
60. (A) field (B) terrain
(C) sector (D) space
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.
India is chiefly an agricultural land.
The cultivation of crops depends on a proper supply of water throughout the
year. Since olden times, large parts of our country have suffered from
occasional periods of too much rain and those of drought. People have known
that if surplus food water could be stored away for use during the dry season,
these problems will be solved. Unfortunately, they had neither the knowledge
nor the means to do much in this direction. Whatever little they knew, they
tried to put into practice. They dug canals to drain water from perennial
rivers. This was heavy and expensive work and practicable over only a small
area. Large tanks were excavated and small dams built to hold back floods. But
it was not possible to do anything on a countrywide scale.
61. The
term ‘perennial’ means
(A) Rivers flowing into canals
(B) Flowing once a year
(C) Flowing throughout the year
(D) Flowing during the monsoon
62. How
has our country suffered since olden times?
(A) It has suffered due to the zamindari
(B) It has suffered from heavy rains or severe
droughts
(C) It has suffered under the British Rule
(D) It has suffered due to the caste system
63. Why
were the people unable to solve the problem?
(A) Absence of will power
(B) They were indifferent to the problem
(C) They lacked knowledge and the means to solve
the problem
(D) Inadequate finance
64. ‘Excavated’
means
(A) To fill (B) to
make caves
(C) To dig (D) to
flood
65. India’s
economy is chiefly
(A) Socialistic (B) industrial
(C) Mixed (D) agricultural
Passage
II (Q. No. 66 to 70)
These days we hear a lot about science,
but scientists, the men and women who do the work and make the discoveries,
seem distant and strange to us. Science often appears to be very difficult and
sometimes even magical. It is difficult of course, but we are wrong if we
believe that we cannot understand it. The chief thing about the scientific
method is that we get the answers to questions by making tests. The man, to
take an example, who find his bicycle tyre is flat will pump some air into it.
Suppose one hour later the tyre is flat again, if the man is wise, he will
first test the valve in water. If he finds air is escaping from it he will put
in a new piece of valve-rubber and then pump up the tyre. All should then be
well again. This man is using a simple form of scientific method.
If the man was very ‘unscientific’ he
might say to himself that an evil spirit had caused they tyre to go flat.
66. What
do people talk a lot about these days?
(A) Science (B) magic
(C) Men and women (D) work
67. What
is the common man’s attitude towards scientists?
(A) They are wrong
(B) They seem distant and strange
(C) They are wise
(D) They are difficult
68. If
we use the scientific method how do we get answers to questions?
(A) By believing (B) By example
(C) By making tests (D) By methods
69. If
a man does not use the scientific approach, what will he attribute the flat
tyre to?
(A) An evil spirit (B) The rubber valve
(C) The bicycle (D) Magic
70. The
antonym of believe is
(A) Reveal (B) disbelieve
(C) Agree (D) deny
Passage III (Q. No. 71 to 75)
Today perhaps your only
association with the word ‘polio’ is the Sabin Oral Vaccine that protects
children from the disease. Fifty-five years ago, this was not so. The dreaded
disease, which mainly affects the brain and the spinal cord, causes stiffening
and weakening of the muscles, crippling and paralysis – which is why I am in a
wheelchair today. If somebody had predicted, when I was born, that this would
happen to me, no one would have believed it. I was the seventh child in a
family of four pairs of brothers and sisters, with a huge 23-year gap between
the first and the last. I was told that, unlike the others, I was so fair and
brown-haired that I looked more like a foreigner than a Dawood Bohri. I was
also considered to be healthiest of the brood.
71. The
narrator of the passage is a patient of
(A) Diabetes (B) cerebral
attack
(C) Polio (D) heart
disease
72. To
say something about the future is to
(A) Addict (B) verdict
(C) Predict (D) protect
73. The
narrator was the seventh child in a family that had
(A) Nine children (B) one
score children
(C) Eight children
(D) twenty-three children
74. Polio,
the dreaded disease, mainly affects the
(A) Head and spinal cord
(B) Brain and spinal cord
(C) Brain and nerves
(D) Brain and heart
75. What
made the narrator look like a foreigner?
(A) He was fair and skinny
(B) He was fair and brown-haired
(C) He was fair with red hair
(D) He was dark blonde
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.
76. He
says, “ I am ready.”
(A) He says that I was ready.
(B) He says that I were ready.
(C) He says that I am ready.
(D) He says that he is ready.
77. He
said to me, “ I did not do it.”
(A) He said to me that he did not do it.
(B) He told me that he did not do that.
(C) He told me that that he did not do it.
(D) He told me that he had not done it.
78. He
will say, ”I am ready.”
(A) He will say that he will be ready.
(B) He will be say that he is ready.
(C) He will says that he is ready.
(D) He will say that he is ready.
79. He
said, “I write letters.”
(A) He said that he wrote letters.
(B) He said that I wrote letters.
(C) He said that I written letters.
(D) He said that he had written letters.
80. He
said, “ I wrote letters.”
(A) He said that he wrote letters.
(B) He said that I wrote letters.
(C) He said that I written letters.
(D) He said that he had written letters.
81. He
said, “ I shall write letters.”
(A) He said that he should write letters.
(B) He said that he would write letters.
(C) He said that he will write letters.
(D) He said that I would write letters.
82. He
said, “ I was writing letters.”
(A) He said that I was writing letters.
(B) He said that he was being writing letters.
(C) He said that he was writing letters.
(D) He said that a letter was being written by me.
83. He
said, “I had gone to Bombay.”
(A) He said that he had had gone to Bombay.
(B) He said that he had gone to Bombay.
(C) He had said that he gone to Bombay.
(D) He said that I had gone to Bombay.
84. The
teacher said, “The sun rises in the east.”
(A) The teacher said that the sun rose in the
east.
(B) The teacher said that the sun rises in the
east.
(C) The teacher said that the sun has risen in the
east.
(D) The teacher says that the sun rises in the
east.
85. He
said, “We are working on a noble.”
(A) He said that they are working on a noble.
(B) He said that they were working on a noble.
(C) He said that we are working on a noble.
(D) He said that we were working on a noble.
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.
86. He
writes a letter.
(A) A letter is being written by him.
(B) A letter is written by him.
(C) A letter is writes by him.
(D) A letter has been written by him.
87. He
wrote a letter.
(A) A letter has been written by him.
(B) A letter is written by him.
(C) A letter was written by him.
(D) A letter written by him.
88. He
will write a letter.
(A) A letter will be written by him.
(B) A letter will have been written by him.
(C) A letter will written by me.
(D) A letter will have written by me.
89. He
is writing a letter.
(A) A letter is being written by him.
(B) A letter is written by him.
(C) A letter is writes by him.
(D) A letter has been written by him.
90. He
was writing a letter.
(A) A letter has been written by him.
(B) A letter is written by him.
(C) A letter was being written by him.
(D) A letter written by him.
91. I
written a letter.
(A) A letter was been written by me.
(B) A letter has been written by me.
(C) A letter was written by me.
(D) A letter have been writing by me.
92. He
will have written a letter.
(A) A letter will have been written by him.
(B) A letter will been have written by him.
(C) A letter have will been written by him.
(D) A letter have been will written by him.
93. Do
not disturb the class.
(A) The class should not be disturbed.
(B) Let the class not be disturbed.
(C) The class don’t be disturbed.
(D) Let not the class be disturbed.
94. Mr.
Roy teaches us grammar.
(A) Grammar is taught to us by Mr. Roy.
(B) Mr. Roy is taught grammar by us.
(C) We are teach grammar by Mr. Roy.
(D) Grammar is taught us by Mr. Roy.
95. They
objected to my proposal.
(A) My proposal was objected to by them.
(B) My proposal was objected by them.
(C) My proposal was objected to them.
(D) My proposal was objected.
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.
Ants play an important part in the
.....96..... of nature. They eat a large ....97..... of insects and so help
keep them ....98.... becoming too plentiful. In the tropics, ants eat
more...99.... half the termites hatched each year. Ants, in ....100...., are an
important food source for birds.
96. (A) destruction (B) creation
(C) formation (D) balance
97. (A) quantity (B) number
(C) size (D) weight
98. (A) from (B) to
(C) at (D) in
99. (A) less (B) or
(C) than (D) rather
100. (A) environment (B) trees
(C) nature (D) ground