In the following question , some of the sentences have errors and some have none . Find out which part of a sentences has an error . The number of that part is your answer . your answer is (d) .
1. he is an university professor (a) but of his three sons (b) neither has any merit (c) no error (d) .
2. After knowing truth (a) they took the wright decision (b) in the matter (c) no error (d) .
3. It is time you (a) decide on your next (b) course of action (c) no error (d) .
4. He who has suffered most (a) for the cause (b) let him speak . (c) no error (d) .
5. A cup of coffee (a) is an excellent complement (b) to smoked salmon (c) no error (d) .
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Sentences are given with blanks to be filled with an appropriate words . Four alternatives are suggested for each question . Choose the correct alternative .
6. The hotel was too expensive , _____
(a) was it ?
(b) wasn't it ?
(c) is it ?
(d) isn't it ?
7. Like humans , zoo animals must have a dentist ______ their teeth .
(a) fill
(b) filled
(c) filling
(d) to be filled
8. It was very kind of you to do the washing-up , but you ____ it .
(a) did not have to do
(b) hadn't to do
(c) mightn't have done
(d) mustn't have done
9. He went _____ sea alone .
(a) in
(b) to
(c) into
(d) on
10. The _____ of our civilization from an agricultural society to today's complex industrial world was accompanied by war
(a) adjustment
(b) migration
(c) route
(d) metamorphosis
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Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word .
11. Florid
(a) Weak
(b) Pale
(c) Monotonous
(d) Ugly
12. Verity
(a) Sanctity
(b) Reverence
(c) Falsehood
(d) Rarity
13. Perspicuity
(a) Vagueness
(b) Dullness
(c) Unfairness
(d) Unwillingness
14. Fervent
(a) In excitable
(b) Enduring
(c) Dispassionate
(d) Subdued
15. Meandering
(a) Sliding
(b) Sloping
(c) Strained
(d) Straight
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Out of the four alternatives , choose the one which best express the meaning of the given word .
16. Luxuriant
(a) Luxury-loving
(b) Lovely
(c) Rich
(d) Abundant
17. Cantankerous
(a) Cancerous
(b) Ferocious
(c) Quarrelsome
(d) Fissiparous
18. Onus
(a) Sadness
(b) Hapiness
(c) Responsibility
(d) Criticism
19. Derision
(a) Humiliation
(b) Embarrassment
(c) Ridicule
(d) Condemnation
20. Trite
(a) Commonplace
(b) Clever
(c) Brief
(d) Impudent
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In the following questions , a part of the sentence is bold . Below are given alternatives to the underline part at (a) , (b) , and (c) which may improve the sentence . Choose the correct alternatives . In case no improvement is needed , your answer is (d) .
21. Obviously he isn't cut up to be a good teacher .
(a) Cut out
(b) Cut in
(c) Cut for
(d) No improvement
22. Power got with money is the most craved for today
(a) Sought after
(b) Wished for
(c) Welcomed for
(d) No improvement
23. The brown shirt wants washing
(a) Has to wash
(b) Is in need of a wash
(c) Requires a wash
(d) No improvement
24. You are asked to copy this letter word by word
(a) Word for word
(b) Word with word
(c) Word to word
(d) No improvement
25. The weak man is a slave to his sensuous pleasures
(a) Sensory
(b) Sensual
(c) Secondary
(d) No improvement
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In the questions given below , out of four alternatives , choose the one which can be substituted for the given words / sentences .
26. An underhand device resorted to in order to justify misconduct
(a) Subterfuge
(b) Man oeuvre
(c) Stratagem
(d) Complicity
27. Impossible to describe
(a) Miraculous
(b) Ineffable
(c) Stupendous
(d) Appalling
28. One who criticizes popular believes which he thinks is mistaken or unwise
(a) Philistine
(b) Iconoclast
(c) Impostor
(d) Cannibal
29. Detaining and confining someone
(a) Interruption
(b) Interrogation
(c) Interment
(d) internment
30. Science of the races of mankind
(a) Genealogy
(b) Epistemology
(c) Ethnology
(d) Sociology
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Four alternatives are given in each group , one word is correctly spelt . Find the correctly spelt word .
31.
(a) Collaborate
(b) Comemorate
(c) Colate
(d) Choclate
32.
(a) Circuiteous
(b) Clairvoyant
(c) Chivelery
(d) Cavelcade
33.
(a) Severety
(b) Sovereignity
(c) Superiorty
(d) Serenity
34.
(a) Cummulative
(b) Comemmorative
(c) Accummulative
(d) Accommodative
35.
(a) Benidiction
(b) Besmerch
(c) Beneficient
(d) Benevolence
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In the following questions , the first and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6 . The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P , Q ,R and S . These four parts are not given in their proper order . Read the sentences carefully and find out which of the four combinations is correct . Then find the correct answer .
36. 1. Education in India had a glorious beginning .
P. But after the British rule , it faced many changes .
Q. It went on for centuries with the same glory.
R. English as the medium of instruction had a very great response.
S. One of the changes was the introduction of English as the medium of instruction
6. As the Britishers left we had a complexity of opinions regarding English .
1. PQRS 2. QPSR 3. PQSR 4. SRPQ .
P. We are well aware that the intellectuals are leaving our country for better employment opportunities .
Q. The question remains unanswered because our country can not show opportunities to the intellectuals .
R. Then , what about their obligation to the motherland ?
S. First , we should ask ourselves as to what is happening to the young intellectuals in India .
6. This situation of Brain-Drain leads to a variety of problems .
1. PSQR 2. RPSQ 3. PSRQ 4. SPRQ .
38. 1. It is the responsibility of parents to teach the young moral values in life .
P. Many children take advantage of their parents busy schedule .
Q. This results in children's ignorance of social values .
R. The reason behind it is that parents are quite busy now a days .
S. Now a days parents spend very meagre time with children .
6. As such , the society is going away from the value system .
1. SRPQ 2. PQRS 3. SQRP 4. SPQR .
39. 1. The man who does his duty without any selfish desire for fruit may be called a sanyasi as well as yogi .
P. The man who has achieved much evenness of temper will be serene , because his mere thoughts are changed with strength of action .
Q. He would practice yoga evenness of temper , and cannot but perform action.
R. The root of the matter is that one should not allow his mind to flit from object of desire to another and from that to a third .
S. But he who abstains from action altogether is only an idler .
6. A yogi is one who is not attached to his objects of sense or to action and whose mind has ceased to roam restlessly .
1. SRQP 2. RPQS 3. QRSP 4. PRSQ
40. 1. This was an important day for all at took
P. It was a cold day . but all a took would be warm
Q. For the first time he was going to hunt seals alone.
R. First he put on his fur-lined jacket .
S. Then he put on mittens and boots of deerskin to project his hands and feet from the cold .
6. Finally he piked up the gun he had cleaned so carefully the day before .
1. PQRS 2. QPRS 3. PRSQ 4. QRPS
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In the following questions , a sentences has been given in active voice / passive voice . Out of the four alternatives suggested , select the one which best expresses the same sentence in passive / active voice .
41.They had made a film based on this novel .
(a) A film was based on this novel and made .
(b) A film have been made based on this novel
(c) A film , based on this novel , has been made
(d) A film has been based and made on this novel .
42. The people couldn't move me to the hospital and the doctor operated on me at home .
(a) I couldn't be moved to the hospital and was operated on at home by the doctor .
(b) I couldn't be moved to the hospital and I had to be operated on at home
(c) I couldn't be moved to the hospital and I was operated at home by the doctor .
(d) I couldn't be moved to the hospital by the people and operated on at home .
43. Why did he deprive you of the membership ?
(a) Why you were deprived of the membership ?
(b) Why were you deprived of his membership by him ?
(c) Why was he deprived of his membership ?
(d) Why were you deprived of your membership by him ?
44. The news has been brought to us by him .
(a) He brought us the news .
(b) He has brought us the news
(c) He was brought the news to us .
(d) We brought the news to him .
45. Not a word was spoken by the criminal in self-defence
(a) The criminal spoke not a word in self-defence
(b) The criminal in self-defence spoke no word .
(c) The criminal did not speak a word in self-defence .
(d) The criminal spoke in self-defence not a word .
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Of the four alternatives given under each sentence , find the one that best fits into the blank space .
46. His life consists of _______ drinking punctuated by periods of drunken sleep .
(a) Barrels
(b) Bouts
(c) Bowls
(d) Pints
47. The fact is so _____ that no one ever succeeded even in defining it .
(a) Elusive
(b) Slanderous
(c) Morbid
(d) Fragmentary
48. Important information was given by the convict while _______ before the court .
(a) Addressing
(b) Explaining
(c) Deposing
(d) Expressing
49. George _______ two minutes and thirty seconds to take the first place in the women's 800 m race .
(a) Ran
(b) Used
(c) Timed
(d) Clocked
50. This is the _______ chosen for shopping complex to be built next year .
(a) Area
(b) Locality
(c) Site
(d) Sight
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Answers
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (a) 7. (a) 8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (d) 11. (b)
12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (d) 16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (a) 21. (a)
22. (d) 23. (c) 24. (a) 25. (b) 26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (d) 30. (c) 31. (a)
32. (b) 33. (d) 34. (d) 35. (d) 36. (b) 37. (d) 38. (a) 39. (a) 40. (b) 41. (c)
42. (a) 43. (d) 44. (b) 45 (c) 46. (b) 47. (a) 48. (c) 49. (d) 50. (c).
42. (a) 43. (d) 44. (b) 45 (c) 46. (b) 47. (a) 48. (c) 49. (d) 50. (c).
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