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Model Questions
Directions (Q.No. 1-5): Read
each sentence to find out whether
there is any grammatical mistake/
error in it. The error, if any, will be
in one part of the sentence. Mark
the number of that part with error
as your answer. If there is 'No
error', mark (5) as your answer.
1. Halt an escalation of current
tensions (1)/ and preventing
mass atrocities from happening
in Sudan again will require (2)/
cutting off the goods and services
that combatants need (3)/ to
perpetrate further violence. (4)/
No error (5)
2. Acquiring material wealth or
rejecting its attractions (1)/ has
often been (2)/ the base upon
which writers (3)/ had developed
interesting plots. (4)/ No error (5)
3. Science plays a significant role
(1)/ in the origin of superhero
stories precisely because (2)/ that
stories are really an extension
(3)/ of science fiction as a genre.
(4)/ No error (5)
4. The article on the subject of
Colombian drug lords (1)/
published in The Economist this
morning neither alludes nor
specifically describes (2)/ the
methods that the police employ
(3)/ in the fight against crime.
(4)/ No error (5)
5. During the alumni meet, (1)/ the
old students reflected (2)/ on the
time (3)/ they have spent in
college. (4)/ No error (5)
Directions (Q.No. 6- 8): Choose
the set of words which are closest in
meaning to the word provided.
6. Generic
1) general, basic
2) cheap, vital 3) fresh, pure
4) elderly, cheaply
5) standard, novice
7. Educe
1) demand, stipulate
2) elicit, extract
3) ideal, idyllic
4) unlawful, illicit
5) prohibit, proscribe
8. Appall
1) delirious, rambling
2) covered, exposed
3) dismay, consternation
4) confuse, scandalize
5) perplex, doubt
Directions (Q.No.9- 10): Choose
the set of words which are opposite
in meaning from the five options
given in each question.
9. 1) rotund, plump
2) brazen, defiant
3) pique, soothe
4) peaked, ruddy
5) nadir, apex
10. 1) supercilious, meek
2) approbate, sanction
3) demur, hesitate
4) fatuous, foolish
5) quiescent, repose
Directions: (Q.No. 11 - 15)
Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3),
and (4) given below each sentence
should replace the phrase underlin-
ed in the sentence to make it gra-
mmatically correct? If there is no
error mark (5) No correction requi-
red as your answer.
11. Foods that are rich in salt, likes
potato chip, cheese and sauces
contain high level of sodium
levels that may lead to heart
attacks and stroke.
1) liked potato chip, cheese and
sauces
2) like potato chips, cheese and
sauce
3) like potato chips, cheese and
sauces
4) like potato chip, cheeses and
sauce
5) No correction required
12. Poor reading skills among stude-
nts of inner-city schools have not
resulted from failures in teaching
but insufficiently supportive
home environments.
1) resulted not from failures in
teaching but from
2) resulted from failures not in
teaching but
3) resulted from failures not in
teaching but have stemmed
from
4) resulted not from failures in
teaching but have stemmed
from
5) No correction required
13. In a recent survey, Physical Fitn-
ess Weekly found that people
exercising daily consider them-
selves no healthier than do
people exercising three to five
times a week.
1) not any healthier than do
people exercising
2) not any healthier than do
people who exercise
3) no healthier than are people
who are exercising
4) not as healthy as are people
who exercise
5) No correction required
14. Many people discover a need for
glasses in middle age, a conse-
quence from sitting too close to
the television screen for long
periods of time.
1) of sitting too close
2) which resulted from sitting too
close
3) damaged from sitting too near
4) damaged because they sat too
close to
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15. At one stage it appeared as if
Indians will lost the match
against Hongkong.
1) will be losing the match
2) will lost a match
3) would lose the match
4) would be losing the match
5) No correction required
Directions (Q.No. 16-20):
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) Shortages of canned food in the
British Army in 1917 led to the
government issuing cigarettes
and amphetamines to soldiers to
suppress their appetites.
B) But by 1916, widespread bore-
dom with cheap canned food am-
ongst soldiers resulted in milita-
ries purchasing better-quality
food to improve morale and the
complete meals in a can began to
appear.
C) Demand for canned food skyroc-
keted during World War I, as mil-
itary commanders sought vast
quantities of cheap, high-calorie
food to feed their millions of sol-
diers, which could be transported
safely, survive trench conditions,
and not spoil in transport.
D) After the war, companies that
had supplied military canned
food improved the quality of
their goods for civilian sale.
E) Throughout the war, soldiers ge-
nerally subsisted on low-quality
canned foodstuffs, such as the
British "Bully Beef" (cheap corn-
ed beef), pork and beans, canned
sausages, and Maconochies Irish
Stew.
F) In 1917, the French Army began
issuing canned French cuisine,
such as coq au vin, Beef Bour-
guignon and Vichyssoise while
the Italian Army experimented
with canned ravioli, spaghetti
bolognese, Minestrone and Pasta
e fagioli.
16. What is the FOURTH sentence
after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F
17. What is the THIRD sentence
after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) D 4) F 5) E
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18. What is the SECOND sentence Cloud seeding is a type of
after rearrangement? weather modification that ____ (26)
1) A 2) B 3) D 4) E 5) F
19. What is the FIRST sentence after
rearrangement?
to change the amount or type of
precipitation that falls from clouds
by dispersing substances ____(27)
1) B 2) A 3) C 4) D 5) E the air that serve as cloud condensat-
20. What is the LAST sentence after ion or ice nuclei, which alter the
rearrangement? microphysical processes within the
1) A 2) B 3) C cloud. The usual intent is to increase
4) D 5) F precipitation (rain or snow), but hail
and fog suppression ____ (28) also
Directions (Q.No. 21-25): Each widely practiced in airports, where
question below has a blank/ two harsh weather conditions are experi-
blanks, each blank indicating that enced. Cloud seeding over Koscius-
something has been omitted. zko National Park-a biosphere
Choose the word/ set of words from reserve-is problematic in that several
the five options for each blank that rapid changes of environmental
best fits the meaning of the sentence legislation ____ (29) made to enable
as a whole. the trial. Environmentalists are con-
21. Residents can donate clothes, cerned ____ (30) the uptake of
household items and other goods elemental silver in a highly sensitive
to the ____ store. The store then environment affecting the pygmy
sells them and donates the possum ____ (31) other species as
amount to ____. well as recent high level algal
1) Thrift, charities blooms in ____ (32) pristine glacial
2) waft, aid 3) fluster, gifts lakes. Research 50 years ____ (33)
4) heterogeneous, relievers and analysis by the former Snowy
5) assorted, donations Mountains Authority led to the
22. Everything about S. Russell cessation of the cloud seeding
Groves is just so, from his style program in the 1950s with non-
of dress to his choice of words; definitive results. Formerly, cloud
nothing is ____. seeding was rejected in Australia on
1) Lumber 2) superfluous environmental grounds ____ (34) of
3) garner 4) renovate concerns about the protected species,
5) encumber the pygmy possum. Since silver
23. The MLA was charged with iodide and not elemental silver is the
criminal attempt to ____ a minor cloud seeding material, the claims of
and criminal attempt to ____ the negative environmental impact are
morals of a minor on Thursday. disputed ____ (35) peer-reviewed
1) Entice, impair research as summarized by the
2) ambidextrous, blight international Weather Modification
3) ostentation, prejudice Association.
4) qualm, weaken 26. 1) aim 2) aimed
5) worse, impeach 3) aims 4) was aimed
24. In order to consistently prevail 5) is aimed
you must be agreeable, amena- 27. 1) into 2) in 3) on
ble, and ____. These characteris- 4) along 5) among
tics make it possible to gain trust, 28. 1) has 2) was 3) are
show compromise, and___deals. 4) is 5) had
1) Contrite, reform 29. 1) was 2) were 3) being
2) malleable, restructure 4) been 5) has been
3) frenetic, simplify 30. 1) during 2) from 3) for
4) impugned, adjust 4) about 5) into
5) remorseful, sort 31. 1) through 2) between
25. There is a buzz about the sudden 3) along 4) of course
death of one of the artists, which 5) among
cast a ____ on the opening 32. 1) ones 2) once 3) prior
ceremonies, ____, briefly. 4) farmer 5) early
1) Attraction, though 33. 1) ahead 2) after 3) former
2) wither, although 4) ago 5) pristine
3) pall, albeit 34. 1) because 2) as 3) when
4) gloom, notwithstanding 4) while 5) though
5) shadow, almost 35. 1) with 2) from 3) froth
4) for 5) by
Directions (Q.No. 26-35): In the
following passage there are blanks, KEY
each of which has been numbered.
1) 1 2) 4 3) 3 4) 2 5) 4
These numbers are printed below
6) 1 7) 2 8) 3 9) 3 10) 1
the passage and against each, five
11) 3 12) 2 13) 5 14) 1 15) 3
words/phrases are suggested, one of
16) 5 17) 2 18) 4 19) 3 20) 4
which fits the blank appropriately.
21) 1 22) 2 23) 1 24) 2 25) 3
Find out the appropriate word/ phr-
26) 3 27) 1 28) 3 29) 2 30) 4
ase in each case and mark your
31) 5 32) 2 33) 4 34) 1 35) 5
answer.