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Question (1-10):- Choose the correct alter- 14. You should never look (a)/ down to a man
native which may improve the sen- merely (b)/ because he is poor (c)/ No error (d)
tence. 15. For kindergarten children, (a)/ drawing by
1. He spoke (a little) English. It was difficult to crayons is always (b)/ even more preferable
understand him. than sketch pens (c)/ No error (d)
(a) few (b) some little
(c) little (d) No improvement 16. I express my gratitudes (a)/ to all those who
2. Practically (every) Part of the coconut tree (b)/ have voted for me (c)/ No error (d)
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is used by man.
(a) each (b) all 17. Since the attachment of the air condition-
(c) most (d) no improvement ers (a)/ in the rooms of the office, working
3. I gave her the book that (I won) as a prize. here (b)/ became very pleasant, (c)/ espe-
(a) will win (b) had won cially in the afternoons. (d)/No error (e)
(c) has won (d) No improvement
4. He refused to eat (something). 18. The police officer could see the (a)/ bank
(a) anything (b) No improvement manager clearly from the corridor on the
(c) not (d) nothing third floor (b)/ as the office is just near to
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5. We are late because my wife took two hours the bank, (c)/ hardly leaving any space in
to (put up) her makeup between. (d)/ No error (e)
(a) put on (b) put
(c) put over (d) No improvement 19. Within an hour’s (a)/ journey we (b)/ will ap-
6. Do you know (to whom Raj is going to marry? proach (c)/ near Agra (d)/ No error (e)
(a) whom Raj is going to marry
(b) No improvement 20. He would had (a)/ got this offer (b)/ if he had
(c) who Raj will be going to marry attended the interview. (c)/ No error (d)
(d) who is Raj going to get married
Question (21-30):- In the following ques-
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7. A chilly climate isn’t keeping Norway from
(bask) in the glow of being named the world’s tion, sentence given with blank to be
happiest country. filled in with an appropriate word (s).
(a) basking (b) in basking Choose the correct alternative out of
the four.
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(c) basks (d) No improvement

8. I’m used to (work) long hours. 21. My husband has listed me as the_______ of
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(a) working (b) worked his life insurance policy.

(c) be working (d) No improvement
(a) owner (b) beneficiary
9. He copied the details (word by word).
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(c) master (d) user
(a) word to word (b) word for word
22. Excusing yourself before standing to leave
(c) No improvement (d) word on word is part of proper table__________
10. Millions of vehicles have been (recall across) (a) usage (b) etiquette
the globe due to defective safety airbags (c) dignity (d) habit
manufactured by Japan’s Takata Corp. 23. The insecticide is very powerful and can kill
(a) recalling across (b) recalled around a wide ___________ of insects
(c) recalled across (d) No improvement (a) volume (b) spectrum
(c) rainbow (d) Amount
Question (11-20):- Find out which part of 24. My parents will _________ My car if I get an-
the sentence has an error and select
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other speeding ticket

the appropriate option. (a) capture (b) grab
(c) confiscate (d) mob
11. Another change that (a)/ I notice in her is that
she avoids (b)/ to speak to me (c)/ No error(d) 25. She could not cope ________ the heavy
workload
12. In spite of (a)/ her irritation, she (b)/ could (a) with (b) up
not help smile (c)/ No error (d) (c) up with (d) of
13. Any businessman will be able to (a)/ create 26. The corrupt officer was a ____________ to the
a monopoly for himself if (b)/ he succeeds in department
(a) disgrace (b) disinterested
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(c)/ inducing people to believe that his prod-

uct is superior to others. (d)/ No error (e) (c) discontent (d) dispair
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27. My mother likes to ________ me by showing Question (41-45):- Choose the one which
everyone my baby pictures. best expresses the meaning of the
(a) stun (b) annoy given word.
(c) shame (d) embarrass
28. I was taken ___________ by the server’s rude 41. Dearth
comment about my hair. (a) Scarcity (b) Familiarity
(a) away (b) from (c) Closeness (d) Relation
(c) aback (d) off 42. Lucid
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29. The majestic Himalayas are revered, for from (a) Complicated (b) Noble
them ____________ the life sustaining river,
(c) Odd (d) Clear
mother Ganga.
43. Elegantly
(a) derives (b) exudes
(a) Ineptly (b) Abominably
(c) emanates (d) radiates (c) Shoddily (d) Gracefully
30. Technological improvements did not de- 44. Perplexity
crease human beings’_______ to wage war. (a) Empathy (b) Amicability
(a) routine (b) propensity (c) Puzzlement (d) Concordantly
(c) nature (d) pattern 45. Sinister
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(a) Malevolent (b) Magnanimous
Question (31-35):- Choose the word oppo-
(c) Auspicious (d) Benevolent
site in meaning to the given word.
31. Vile Question (46-55):- Choose the alternative
(a) Virtuous (b) Coarse which best expresses the meaning of
(c) Vicious (d) Abject the idiom/Phrase.
32. Meandering 46. To cry wolf
(a) Sliding (b) Sloping (a) To keep complaining over small issues
(c) Straight (d) Strained (b) To raise a false alarm
33. Liberate
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(c) To act as if one feels sorry for the other
(a) Incarnate (b) Celebrate person
(c) Amputate (d) Enslave (d) To report to a higher authority the mis-
34. Malignant takes committed by others
(a) Mortal (b) Internecine 47. To crack someone up
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(c) Benign (d) Lethal (a) To cheat someone

35. Invaluable (b) To make someone cry
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(a) Priceless (b) Rare (c) To make someone laugh

(d) To beat some one
(c) Inestimable (d) Worthless
48. Dry run
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Question (36-40):- Choose the one which (a) A party without drinks
can be substituted for the given words/ (b) A rehearsal of a performance before the
sentence. real one
(c) Doing a fruitless task
36. To Jump or dance around excitedly (d) Escaping from an unpleasant situation
(a) To cavort (b) To sulk 49. Under the weather
(c) To frisk (d) Antic (a) Changing moods like weather
37. A soldier or sailor, who rebels or refuses to (b) A situation changes so fast that it leaves
obey the orders of a person in authority one unprepared
(a) Radical (b) Anarchist (c) Slightly unwell
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(c) Mutineer (d) Revolutionary (d) Raining heavily

38. An unintended consequence of an event or 50. Be a dab hand at something
action, especially an unwelcome one (a) Always telling non sense
(a) Reverberation (b) Backlash (b) Having a fake intention
(c) Flak (d) Repercussion (c) Skilled in a particular area
39. To place or deal with close together for con- (d) Ready to listen to other people’s conver
trasting effect sation
(a) Scrutiny (b) Juxtapose 51. Come hell or high water
(c) Correlate (d) Contrast (a) Feeling ill
40. To increase rapidly in number, multiply (b) Possible obstacles in one’s path
(a) Proliferate (b) Procreate
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(c) Something good and useful

(c) Propagate (d) Escalate (d) No matter what
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52. By the skin of one’s teeth
(a) To hurt someone
(b) Teeth show health
(c) A very narrow margin
(d) Dental hygiene is critical for good health
53. On the cards
(a) Impossible (b) Shocking
(c) Evident (d) Anticipated
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54. To burn the candle at both ends
(a) To spend cautiously
(b) To be stingy
(c) To be extravagant
(d) To survive difficulty
55. To get scot-free
(a) To walk like a native of Scotland
(b) To get something free
(c) To escape without punishment
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(d) To save tax
Question (56-60):- Read the following pas-
sage carefully and choose the most ap-
propriate answer to the question out
of the four alternatives.
The human eye is a complex part of the body
that is used for seeing. Eyes enable people to
perform daily tasks and to learn about the world
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that surrounds them. Sight, or vision, is a rap-
idly occurring process that involves continu-
ous interaction between the eye, the nervous
system, and the brain. When someone looks
at an object, what he really sees is the light
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reflected from the object. This reflected light
passes through the lens and falls on the retina
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of the eye. Here the light induces nerve im-
pulses that travel through the optic nerve to
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the brain and then over other nerves to
muscles and glands.
The eye is simillar to a television camera. Both
the eye and the television camera convert light
energy to electrical energy. The eye converts
light to nerve impulses that are interpreted
by the brain as the sense perception called
sight. A television camera converts light to
electronic signals that are broadcast and trans-
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formed into light images in a television re-
ceiver. It is wonderful that human eyes blink
an average of once every six seconds. This
washes the eye with the salty secretion from
the tear or lachrymal glands. Each tear gland
is about the size and shape of an almond.
These glands are situated behind the upper
eyelid at the outer corner of the eye. After pass-
ing over the eye, the liquid from the gland is
drained into the nose through the tear duct at
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56. What do we see when we look at an object?
(a) The object reflected by the light.
(b) The light reflected from the object.
(c) The shadow of the object.
(d) The object as it is.
57. The eye similar to the television camera be-
cause both
(a) Convert light energy to mechanical energy.
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(b) Convert light energy to electrical energy.
(c) Convert energy to mechanical light
(d) Convert mechanical light to electrical energy.
58. The sense perception that the brain releases
after the eye converts light to nerve impulses
is known as
(a) Blindness (b) Image
(c) Sight (d) Glare
59. The average rate of blinking of an eye is
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(a) Six times every second
(b) Once every six seconds
(c) Six times every six seconds
(d) Once every second
60. Lachrymal glands or tear glands are situated
(a) Inside the eye.
(b) In the black of the eye.
(c) At the outer corner of the eye.
(d) On the eyelid.
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Question (61-65):- Out of the four alterna-
tives suggested, select the one which
best expresses the same sentecne in
Passive/Active Voice.
61. You have to finish painting this fence by Fri-
day.
(a) This fence has to be finished painting by
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you by Friday.
(b) This fence is to be finishing painted by you
by Friday.
(c) Painting of this fence has to be painted by
you by Friday.
(d) By Friday you will have finished painting
the fence.
62. Six square faces join to make a cube.
(a) Joining of six square faces is done to make
a cube.
(b) Making of cube is done by joining six
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square faces.
(c) Faces which are square are joined by to
make a cube.
(d) A cube is made by joining six square faces.
63. She needs to clean the floor right now.
(a) The floor needs to be cleaned by her right now.
(b) Cleaning of the floor needs to be done by
her right now.
(c) Right now cleaning of floor is needed by
her.
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(d) She is needing right now to clean the floor.
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64. Mary kept her schedule meticulously.
(a) Mary’s schedule was kept meticulously by
her.
(b) Keeping the schedule meticulously has
been done by Mary.
(c) Mary keeps meticulousness in her sched-
ule.
(d) Her schedule would be kept meticulously
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69. Yogesh said to his boss, “Please allow me to
do the presentation”.
(a) Yogesh requested his boss to allow him to
do the presentation.
(b) Yogesh requested his boss to please allow
him to do the presentation.
(c) Yogesh requested his boss to let him to do
the presentation.
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by Mary. to do the presentation.
65. She will finish the thesis in a fortnight. 70. The teacher said, “The Earth revolves around
(a) The thesis would be finished in a fortnight the sun.”
by her. (a) The teacher said that the Earth is being
(b) The thesis will finished by her in a fort- revolving around the sun.
night. (b) The teacher said that the Earth revolves
(c) The thesis will be finished by her in a fort- around the sun.
night.
(c) The teacher said that the Earth revolved
(d) A fortnight is required to finish the the-
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around the sun.
sis.
(d) The teacher said that the Earth had been
Question (66-70):- Out of the four alterna- revolving around the sun.
tives suggested, select the one which
best express the same sentence in In- Question (71-75):- Find the correctly spelt
direct/Direct speech. word.
66. I said to my friend, “Can I borrow your laptop 71. (a) rennassance (b) renaissance
for one day”? (c) rennaiscence (d) rennaissance
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(a) I asked my friend if I could borrow his 72. (a) superfluous (b) superflous
laptop for one day. (c) superfluos (d) superflouss
(b) I asked my friend if I could borrow your 73. (a) recomendation (b) reccomendation
laptop for one day. (c) recommendation (d) reccomandation
(c) I asked my friend if I could borrowed his
74. The laboratories are _________ with high-tech
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laptop for one day.

(d) I asked my friend if I can borrow his laptop electronic gadgets.
(a) Equipped (b) Equpped
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for one day.

67. Atul informed his friend that he could make (c) Eqiuped (d) Equepped
use of his bike while he was away. 75. Software companies have ushered in _____
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(a) Atul said to his friend, “You will make use
of my bike while I was away”.
(b) Atul said to his friend, “Use my bike while
I go away”.
(c) Atul said to his friend, “You can make use
of my bike while I am away”.
(d) Atul asked his friend, “Will you make use
of my bike while I am away”?
68. The captain said to his soldiers, “Do not be
afraid of the enemy. Face them bravely”.
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culture along with advanced technology.
(a) Foreign (b) Foreegn
(c) Forigen (d) Foreign
Direction (76-80):- In the following passage
there are blanks, each of whihc has
been incearered. These number are
printed below the passege and against
each five wards are suggested, one of

which fits the blank appropriately. Find

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(a) The captain ordered his soldiers to not be

afraid of the enemy and that they had to
be faced bravely.
(b) The captain asked his soldiers to not be
afraid of the enemy but they should be faced
bravely.
(c) The captain advised his soldiers not to be
afraid of the enemy but to face them
bravely.
(d) The captain told his soldiers not to be afraid
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out the appropriate word in each case.
1. It is niether the size nor the length of life
which makes man.........76....... The growth of
mind and intellect in .....77.... in proportion to
the growth of the human body. The man may
......78...... physically the state of a giant, yet
he may remain......79..... a dwarf. Teh true
worth of man ......80..... upon his action, dead

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of the enemy and they had faced them and thought. Man is not like a tree. An oak
bravely. tree...
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76. (a) Human (b) Polite
(c) Better (d) Humble
77. (a) Roughly (b) Usually
(c) Ever (d) Never
78. (a) Earn (b) Attain
(c) Keep (d) Grow
79. (a) Morally (b) Spiritually
(c) Socially (d) Intellectually
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80. (a) Depends (b) Lies
(c) Revolves (d) Gatheres

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