11. All the relevant records are easily available
ready for hand.
1) ready in handy 2) ready to handle 3) ready and handy 4) ready in hand 5) No correction required
12. It is not realistic
to expectation people to spend so much money.
1) in expectation 2) in expecting 3) expected 4) to expect 5) No correction required
13. His worst fears were realized when he saw that the door
has been forcefully open.
1) has been forced 2) have been forcefully 3) had been forced 4) was forced 5) No correction required
14. Students are taught a number of skills that
can be reapplied throughout their studies.
1) are reapplied 2) shall reapply 3) may be reapplied 4) could reapplied 5) No correction required
15. He was the only one
who knows how the system worked.
1) knowing 2) to knew 3) about knowing 4) who knew 5) No correction required
Directions (Q.No. 16-20) : Each question below has a blank/ two blanks, each blank indicating that some-thing has been omitted. Choose the word / set of words from the five options for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
16. Police investigating the train derailment have not ruled out _____________
1) sabotage 2) sacrilege 3) sarcoma 4) sanguine 5) salutary
17. The new methods are _____________ different from the old.
1) resolution 2) rationale 3) radically 4) radiantly 5) orderly
18. The winning numbers are _____________ selected by the computer.
1) randomly 2) selectively 3) closely 4) naturally 5) artistically
19. Outwardly she seemed confident but in _____________ she felt extremely _____________
1) inward; confined 2) picture; disgusted 3) posture; resplendent 4) reality; nervous 5) simulation; tension
20. He gave an impressive speech to a _____________ audience.
1) prospective 2) perceptive 3) receptive 4) recitative 5) recalcritant
Directions (Q. No. 21-25) : Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
- A. The word reader perceives isolated word pictures at a slow rate of speed.
- B. But if the process slows down so that each photograph remains before us for a second or more, the movie becomes absurd, boring and almost meaningless.
- C. These impressions fail to blend into a meaningful pattern in exactly the same way as do the individual photographs of a slowed-down movie.
- D. As the psychologist puts it, "The whole is more than the sum of its parts"
- E. When the individual photographs of a motion picture film pass before our eyes at the rate of approximately twenty frames per second.
- F. The word reader sees the trees, perhaps, but the forest escapes him completely.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F
22. What is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement ?
1) A 2) B 3) D 4) F 5) E
23. What is the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement ?
1) A 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
24. What is the FIRST sentence after rearrangement ?
1) B 2) A 3) C 4) D 5) E
25. What is the LAST sentence after rearrangement ?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F
Directions (Q. No. 26-30) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in
bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
It is nothing new that the world is full of hate, that men destroy one another, and that our civilization has arisen from the ashes of despoiled and
decimated natural resources. But to relate this destructiveness, this evidence of a spiritual
malignancy within us, to an instinct and to correlate this
instinct associated with love, this was one of the later flowers of the genius of Freud. We have come to see that just as the child must learn to love wisely, so he must learn to hate expeditiously, to turn destructive tendencies away from himself toward enemies that actually threaten him rather than toward the friendly and the defenseless, the more usual victims of destructive energy.
26. Which of the following best expresses the central meaning of the passage ?
- The world is full of hate.
- Many people prefer to destruct one other.
- Our civilization has risen from destruction.
- Destructiveness is an evidence of our spiritual malignancy.
- The child must learn to turn his destructiveness against actual enemies.
27. The genius of Freud as per the passage __
- Relate destructiveness
- Associate ourselves with love
- Relate destructiveness to an instinct and correlate this with love
- Teach the child about destructiveness
- Threaten the child
28. The synonym of '
decimated' is
- Annihilate
- Protect
- Dpiritual
- Develop
- Wise
29. '
Malignancy' means
- Overwhelmed
- Pernicious
- Impediment
- Boulder
- Absolve
30. The meaning of '
Instinct' is
- Knack
- Miniscule
- Plagiarize
- Juxtapose
- Gratitude
Directions (Q. No. 31 - 40) : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words/ phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/ phrase in each case and mark your answer.
The majority of Americans have not read a book in the
(31) year. This is the
(32) conclusion
(33) a survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion. Six out of ten adults questioned
(34) that the last time they could
(35) reading a book - other than the Bible - was a year ago or more. Even
(36) college graduates, one out of four
(37) a book in the last 12 months. Fewer books are
(38) in the United States than in any major English speaking democracy. In England about three times as many people are to be
(39) reading books at any given time as in America. One survey
(40) the following percentages of book readers: Great Britain, 55%; Australia, 34%; Canada, 31%; United States, 17%.
31. 1) last 2) later 3) former 4) end 5) very last
32. 1) sparkling 2) startling 3) staggering 4) astounding 5) amazing
33. 1) with 2) off 3) from 4) of 5) among
34. 1) say 2) says 3) is saying 4) said 5) was saying
35. 1) consider 2) memory 3) keep 4) learn 5) remember
36. 1) among 2) between 3) with 4) amid 5) along
37. 1) has not read 2) had not read 3) have not read 4) have been reading5) have read
38. 1) being read 2) been read 3) read 4) were read 5) reading
39. 1) establish 2) originate 3) create 4) found 5) start
40. 1) evidenced 2) proof 3) witness 4) documentation 5) recorded
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