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Direction: (1-2) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
1. Live from hand to mouth
(1) Filthy rich people
(2) To be dependent on others
(3) To have enough money to live on and nothing extra
(4) Living in miserable conditions

2. A bed of roses
(1) A difficult path
(2) A pleasant perfume
(3) An easy and happy situation
(4) A valley full of flowers

Direction: (3-4) Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined
segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No
improvement.
3. Ramesh thanked me for what I (have done) for his family.
(1) had done
(2) had been done
(3) have been done
(4) No improvement

4. Hardly had Sheetal sit on the chair than it broke.

(1) sat onto a chair then
(2) No substitution
(3) sat on the chair when
(4) sit in the chair when

Direction: (5-6) Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
5. Virat Kohli added another feather _____ his cap by his wonderful performance in the
one day match.
(1) in
(2) to
(3) into
(4) on

6. The trucks …………….. slowly as there had been heavy snowfall.

(1) was moving
(2) were moving

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(3) has moved

(4) are moving

Direction: (7-8) Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick
the one that gives their correct order.
7. P: This is despite the fact that there is a rampant migration of rural families to urban
centers.
Q: Generally the gains of being a unit of the urban population are less than the
disadvantages and risks that are inbuilt in the urban life.
R: Rural population still dominates the urban population as far as the number is
considered.
S: India is a country of villages.
(1) QRSP
(2) RPQS
(3) SRQP
(4) QPRS

8. P: It has been the handmaid of the ruling class.

Q: Therefore, ever since the dawn of civilization, persons in power have always tried to
supervise or control education.
R: Education is an instrument which imparts knowledge and therefore, indirectly controls
power.
S: It is an old saying that knowledge is power.
(1) SQPR
(2) PRQS
(3) SRQP
(4) PSQR

Direction: (9-10) In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical
error.
9. I was shocked to hear (1)/ that her husband (2)/ died of an accident. (3)/ No Error (4)

10. The reason for (1)/ his failure is because (2)/ he didn't study at all. (3)/ No Error (4)

Direction: (11-15) In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the
blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for
each blank.
The world has seen a _____(11) growth in several spheres. Agricultural production,
industrial production, communication, medicine, education etc. have seen _____(12)

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growth. We can safely assume that the future is not as _____(13) as once appeared to be.
We are not by a vision of hungry hordes overwhelming world food resources. Although it
is _____(14) that many people, especially in the developing countries, are hungry, illiterate
and ____(15) to diseases.
11. (a) tremendous (b) mere (c) hardly (d) slow
12 (a) equal (b) unprecedented (c) negligible (d) negative
13 (a) good (b) strong (c) bleak (d) high
14 (a) unclear (b) false (c) incorrect (d) true
15 (a) prone (b) averse (c) liable (d) engross

Direction: (16-17) Select the most appropriate Antonym of the given word.
16. CHIVALROUS
(1) gallant
(2) dastardly
(3) amorous
(4) defiant

17. ERUDITE
(1) illiterate
(2) crude
(3) boring
(4) ignorant

Direction: (18-19) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
18. HALLUCINATION
(1) delusion
(2) habitat
(3) dress
(4) deception

19. SALACIOUS
(1) angry
(2) unhappy
(3) satisfied
(4) lustful

Direction: (20-21) Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
20. Killing of one's own child
(1) Foeticide

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(2) Filicide
(3) Infanticide
(4) Lupicide

21. A lover of work

(1) Oenophile
(2) Technophile
(3) Romanophile
(4) Ergophile

22. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

(1) Stupefaction
(2) Preferential
(3) Surveillence
(4) Detrimental

23. (1) Impression

(2) Personnal
(3) Terrorism
(4) Illiterate

24. Select the correct Passive form of the given sentence.

The residents celebrated Diwali.
(1) Celebration of Diwali was done by the residents.
(2) Diwali has been celebrated by the residents.
(3) Diwali was celebrated by the residents.
(4) Diwali is celebrated by the residents.

25. Select the correct Indirect form of the given sentence.

"What a good idea!", Seema remarked.
(1) Seema exclaimed that the idea is good.
(2) Seema exclaimed that it was a very good idea.
(3) Seema told what an idea!
(4) Seema said what a good idea it is.

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ANSWER

1. Answer – (3) To have enough money to live on and nothing extra

2. Answer – (3) An easy and happy situation
3. Answer – (1) had done
4. Answer – (3) sat on the chair when
5. Answer – (1) in
6. Answer – (2) were moving
7. Answer – (3) SRQP
8. Answer – (3) SRQP
9. Answer: (3) died in
Die of – from disease (direct cause) (AIDS/ hunger/ heart attack)
Die from – reason (indirect cause) (Drinking/ smoking/ exposure to radiation/ injury)
Die in – event (accident/ poverty/ comfort)
Die by – weapon (sword, suicide, bullet)
Die for – a cause (freedom/ nation)
Die without preposition – (Die happy, die a failure, die wealthy, a natural death, die many
deaths (like cowards))
10. Answer: (2)
Never use Reason and Because together.
11. (a) tremendous
12. (b) unprecedented
13. (c) bleak
14. (d) true
15. (a) prone
16. Answer – (4)
Defiant: openly refusing to obey
Chivalrous: polite, kind and behaving with honor; gallant
Gallant: brave; heroic
Dastardly: evil and cruel
Amorous: showing sexual desire and love towards somebody
17. Answer – (4)
Ignorant: lacking knowledge/information
Erudite: having/showing great knowledge that is gained from academic study; learned
Illiterate: not educated; not knowing how to read/write
Crude: simple and not very accurate; offensive/rude
Boring: not interesting
18. Answer – (1)
Delusion: a false belief or opinion about yourself or your situation
Hallucination: something that is seen or heard when it is not really there
Habitat: the place where a particular type of animal or plant is normally found

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Dress: clothes
Deception: the act of deliberately making somebody believe something that is not true.
19. Answer – (4)
Lustful: feeling or showing strong sexual desire
Salacious: encouraging sexual desire or containing too much sexual detail
Angry: having strong feelings about something that you don’t like
Unhappy: not happy; sad
Satisfied: pleased because you have achieved something
20. Answer – (2) Filicide
21. Answer – (4) Ergophile
22. Answer – (3) Surveillence
The correct spelling is ‘Surveillance’.
23. Answer – (2) Personnal
The correct spelling is ‘personnel’.
24. Answer – (3) Diwali was celebrated by the residents.
25. Answer – (2) Seema exclaimed that it was a very good idea.

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