Direction (Qs. 1 to 25) : In the following questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
1. INDICT
(A) Condemn
(B) Reprimand
(C) Accuse
(D) Allege
2. SCINTILLATING
(A) Smouldering
(B) Gilittering
(C) Touching
(D) Warming
3. REFECTORY
(A) Restaurant
(B) Parlour
(C) Living Room
(D) Dining Room
4. DISTINCTION
(A) Diffusion
(B) Disagreement
(C) Different
(D) Degree
5. IMPROVEMENT
(A) Advancement
(B) Betterment
(C) Promotion
(D) Preference
6. RABBLE
(A) Mob
(B) Noise
(C) Roar
(D) Rubbish
7. TEPID
(A) Hot
(B) Warm
(C) Cold
(D) Boiling
8. MAYHEM
(A) Jubilation
(B) Havoc
(C) Excitement
(D) Defeat
9. TIMID
(A) Fast
(B) Slow
(C) Medium
(D) Shy
10. CANTANKEROUS
(A) Quarrelsome
(B) Rash
(C) Disrespectful
(D) Noisy
11. PRECARIOUS
(A) Cautious
(B) Critical
(C) Perilous
(D) Brittle
12. GARNISH
(A) Paint
(B) Garner
(C) Adorn
(D) Abuse
13. VIGOUR
(A) Strength
(B) Boldness
(C) Warmth
(D) Enthusiasm
14. CANDID
(A) Apparent
(B) Explicit
(C) Frank
(D) Bright
15. BRIEF
(A) Limited
(B) Small
(C) Little
(D) Short
16. GARRULITY
(A) Credulity
(B) Senility
(C) Loquaciousness
(D) Speciousness
17. FURORE
(A) Excitement
(B) Worry
(C) Flux
(D) Anteroom
18. NEUTRAL
(A) Unbiased
(B) Non-aligned
(C) Undecided
(D) Indifferent
19. LAMENT
(A) Complain
(B) Comment
(C) Condone
(D) Console
20. Masterly
(A) Crafty
(B) Skilful
(C) Meaningful
(D) Cruel
21. MOROSE
(A) Annoyed
(B) Gloomy
(C) Moody
(D) Displeased
22. BARE
(A) Uncovered
(B) Tolerate
(C) Clear
(D) Neat
23. EMBEZZLE
(A) Misappropriate
(B) Balance
(C) Remunerate
(D) Clear
24. CORPULENT
(A) Lean
(B) Gaunt
(C) Emaciated
(D) Obese
25. AUGUST
(A) Common
(B) Ridiculous
(C) Dignified
(D) Petty
Directions (Qs. 26 to 55) : In the following questions choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words.
26. MALICIOUS
(A) Kind
(B) Boastful
(C) Generous
(D) Indifferent
27. FAMILIAR
(A) Unpleasant
(B) Dangerous
(C) Friendly
(D) Strange
28. PRELIMINARY
(A) Final
(B) First
(C) Secondary
(D) Initial
29. DOUBTFUL
(A) Famous
(B) Certain
(C) Fixed
(D) Important
30. REMISS
(A) Forgetful
(B) Watchful
(C) Dutiful
(D) Harmful
31. INDISCREET
(A) Reliable
(B) Honest
(C) Prudent
(D) Stupid
32. FRESH
(A) Faulty
(B) Sluggish
(C) Disgraceful
(D) Stale
33. ANNOY
(A) Praise
(B) Rejoice
(C) Please
(D) Reward
34. TRANSPARENT
(A) Semi-transparent
(B) Muddy
(C) Opaque
(D) Dark
35. REVEALED
(A) Denied
(B) Concealed
(C) Ignored
(D) Overlooked
36. EXTRAVAGANCE
(A) Luxury
(B) Poverty
(C) Economy
(D) Cheapness
37. CROWDED
(A) Busy
(B) Congested
(C) Quiet
(D) Deserted
38. SHRINK
(A) Contract
(B) Spoil
(C) Expand
(D) Stretch
39. ENMITY
(A) Important
(B) Unnecessary
(C) Friendship
(D) Likeness
40. EXODUS
(A) Influx
(B) Home-coming
(C) Return
(D) Restoration
41. CULPABLE
(A) Defendable
(B) Blameless
(C) Careless
(D) Irresponsible
42. SUBSERVIENT
(A) Aggressive
(B) Straightforward
(C) Dignified
(D) Supercilious
43. AWARE
(A) Uncertain
(B) Ignorant
(C) Sure
(D) Doubtful
44. GRACEFUL
(A) Rough
(B) Expert
(C) Miserable
(D) Awkward
45. AUTONOMY
(A) Slavery
(B) Subordination
(C) Dependence
(D) Submissiveness
46. NADIR
(A) Modernity
(B) Zenith
(C) Liberty
(D) Progress
47. CONCEDE
(A) Object
(B) Refuse
(C) Grant
(D) Accede
48. SUPPRESS
(A) Encourage
(B) Grow
(C) Praise
(D) Permit
49. FAMOUS
(A) Disgraced
(B) Notorious
(C) Evil
(D) Popular
50. EXPAND
(A) Contract
(B) Condense
(C) Congest
(D) Conclude
51. ARROGANT
(A) Polite
(B) Cowardly
(C) Meek
(D) Gentlemanly
52. ENORMOUS
(A) Soft
(B) Average
(C) Tiny
(D) Weak
53. URBANE
(A) Illiterate
(B) Backward
(C) Discourteous
(D) Orthodox
54. HOSTILITY
(A) Courtesy
(B) Hospitality
(C) Relationship
(D) Friendliness
55. BELITTLE
(A) Praise
(B) Flatter
(C) Exaggerate
(D) Adore
56. HAPLESS
(A) Cheerful
(B) Consistent
(C) Fortunate
(D) Shapely
Direction (Qs. 57 to 101) : Read the passages given and then answer the following questions.
PASSAGE 1
Speech is a great blessing but it can also be a great curse, for while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to our fellows, it can also, if we use it
carelessly, make our attitude completely misunderstood. A slip of the tongue, the use of an unusual word, or of an
ambiguous word, and so on, may create an enemy where we had hoped to win a friend. Again, different classes of people
use different vocabularies, and the ordinary speech of an educated man may strike an uneducated listener as pompous. Unwittingly, we may use a word which bears a different
meaning to our listener from what is does to men of our own class. Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought, but one which demands careful handling. Only a fool will express himself alike to all kinds and conditions of men.
57. Speech can be a curse, because it can
(a) hurt others.
(b) lead to careleassness.
(c) create misunderstanding.
(d) reveal our intentions
58. A “slip of the tongue” means something said
(a) wrongly by change.
(b) unintentionally.
(c) without giving proper thought.
(d) to hurt another person.
59. While talking to an uneducated person, we should use
(a) ordinary speech.
(b) his vocabulary.
(c) simple words.
(d) polite language.
60. If one used the same style of language with everyone, one would sound
(a) flat
(b) boring
(c) foolish
(d) democratic
61. The best way to win a friend is to avoid
(a) irony in speech.
(b) pomposity in speech.
(c) verbosity in speech.
(d) ambiguity in speech.
PASSAGE 2
Mahatma Gandhi believed that industrialization was no answer to the problems that plague the mass of India?s poor and that villagers should be taught to be self-sufficient in food, weave their own cloth from cotton and eschew the
glittering prizes that the twentieth century so temptingly offers. Such an idyllic and rural paradise did not appear
to those who inherited the reins of political power.
62. Which one of the following best illustrates the
relationship between the phrases;
(i) “eschew the glittering prizes” and
(ii) “idyllic and rural paradise”
(a) Unless you do (i), you cannot have (ii)
(b) (i) and (ii) are identical in meaning
(c) First of all you must have (ii) in order to do (i)
(d) The meaning of (i) is directly opposite to (ii)
63. Mahatma Gandhi’s views opposed industrialization of villages because
(a) it would help the poor and not the rich.
(b) it would take away the skill of the villagers.
(c) it would affect the culture of the Indians.
(d) it would undermine self-sufficiency and destroy the beauty of life of the villager.
64. The meaning of “the glittering prizes that the twentieth century so temptingly offers” is
(a) pursuit of a commercialised material culture.
(b) replacement of rural by urban interests.
(c) complete removal of poverty.
(d) absence of violence and corruption.
65. Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of “an idyllic and rural paradise” was not shared by
(a) those who did not believe in the industrialization of the country.
(b) those who called him the Father of the Nation.
(c) those who inherited political power after
independence.
(d) those who believed that villages should be self-sufficient in food and cloth.
66. The basis of “an idyllic and rural paradise” is
(a) rapid industrialization of villages.
(b) self-sufficiency in food and clothes and simplicity of the lifestyle.
(c) bringing to the villages the glittering prizes of the twentieth century.
(d) supporting those holding powerful political positions.
PASSAGE 3
Organisations are institutions in which members compete for status and power. They compete for the
resources of the organization, for example, finance to expand their own departments, for career advancement and
for power to control the activities of others. In pursuit of these aims, groups are formed and sectional interests
emerge. As a result, policy decisions may serve the ends of the political and career systems rather than those of the concern. In this way, the goals of the organization
may be displaced in favour of sectional interests and individual ambition. These preoccupations sometimes prevent the emergence of organic systems. Many of the electronics firms in their study had recently created research and development departments employing highly qualified and well-paid scientists and technicians. Their high pay and expert knowledge were sometimes seen as a threat to the established order of rank, power and privilege. Many senior managers had little knowledge of the technicalities and possibilities of new developments and electronics. Some felt that close cooperation with the experts in an organic system would reveal their ignorance and show that their experience was now redundant.
67. The author makes out a case for
(a) organic system.
(b) research and development in organizations.
(c) an understanding between senior and middle level executives.
(d) a refresher course for senior managers.
68. The theme of the passage is
(a) groupism in organizations.
(b) individual ambitions in organizations.
(c) frustration of senior managers.
(d) emergence of sectional interests in organizations.
69. Policy decision in organization would involve
(a) cooperation at all levels in the organization.
(b) modernization of the organization.
(c) attracting highly qualified personnel.
(d) keeping in view the larger objectives of the organization.
70. “Organic system” as related to the organization implies its
(a) growth with the help of export knowledge.
(b) growth with inputs from science and technology.
(c) steady all-round development.
(d) natural and unimpeded growth.
71. The author tends to see the senior managers as
(a) ignorant and incompetent.
(b) a little out of step with their work environment.
(c) jealous of their younger colleagues.
(d) robbed of their rank, power and privilege
PASSAGE 4
Corduroy is fast establishing itself as this year’s fabric. While the ribbed cotton itself provides utilitarian tenacity, texture and warmth, it is the Fabric’s long-held associations that may provide a hint to its current revival as a fabric for all seasons. It is corduroy’s link with good breeding and country living that made it an essential ingredient in the Gentleman’s wardrobe along with Wellington boots and a decent woolly. It combines the comfortable nonsense appeal of cotton with the perfectly correct luxury finish of
velvet. Corduroy has the ability to appear either supremely sophisticated or rough and ready.
72. Which one of the following best describes the passage?
(a) It tells us about the usefulness of corduroy.
(b) It talks about the virtues of corduroy.
(c) It persuades us to buy corduroy.
(d) It makes us understand the everlasting appeal of corduroy to the young.
73. According to the author, the special quality of corduroy is that
(a) it needs no ironing.
(b) it combines the virtues of both cotton and velvet.
(c) it contains the correct mixture of cotton and velvet.
(d) both the rich and that not-so-rich can afford to buy it.
74. According to the passage, corduroy is essential in
a gentleman’s wardrobe because
(a) it goes with Wellington boots.
(b) its current revival gives a taste of the latest fashion.
(c) it has its associations with good upbringing and a conservative lifestyle.
(d) it can be an idea alternative to woolen clothes.
75. When the writer refers to corduroy’s “utilitarian
tenacity” he means that
(a) though expensive, it is economic in the long-run.
(b) it is useful because it is durable.
(c) it has remained fashionable over several years.
(d) it does not need frequent washing.
76. Corduroy is a fabric for all seasons because
(a) it can be worn not only in winter but also in summer.
(b) of its peculiar texture and warmth.
(c) it is made popular by catchy advertisements.
(d) gentlemen can wear it on both formal and informal occasions.
PASSAGE 5
Detective stories tend to glorify crime. Murderers, gangsters and crooks of all kinds are described as tough, cunning and courageous individuals who know how to take care of themselves and how to get what they want. In James McCain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice, for instance, the villain is a much more impressive character than his victim. He is casual, brave smart and successful with women. It is true that he finally gets caught. But he is punished for a crime that he did not commit, so that
his conviction is hardly a triumph of justice. Besides, looking back over the exciting life of the criminal, the
reader might conclude that it was worth the risk.
77. According to the passage given above, detective stories
(a) make interesting reading
(b) are hardly worth reading
(c) encourage readers to commit crimes
(d) tend to create wrong notions about crimes and punishment
78. Murderers, gangsters and crooks referred to in the passage given above
(a) always manage to get away
(b) are often glorified in detective stories
(c) are wiser than their victims
(d) know how to escape from law
79. According to the passage, the life of a criminal
(a) is exciting
(b) is hardly worth the risk
(c) is seldom presented in the right perspective
(d) ends in a triumph of justice
80. The passage mentions James McCain.
(a) as an author of a detective story
(b) as brave, smart and successful with women
(c) as tough cunning and courageous
(d) as being more impressive than others
81. According to this passage, a criminal in a detective story generally gets caught
(a) for the crimes he has committed
(b) because of his careless mistakes
(c) because the police is smarter than the criminals
(d) for the crimes he has not committed
PASSAGE 6
There is more than modicum of truth in the assertion that “a working knowledge of ancient history is
necessary to the intelligent interpretation of current events”. But the sage who uttered these words of wisdom
might well have added something on the benefits of studying, particularly, the famous battles of history for
the lessons they contain for those of us who lead or aspire to leadership. Such a study will reveal certain qualities
and attributes which enabled the winners to win and certain deficiencies which caused the losers to lose. And the
student will see that the same pattern recurs consistently, again and again, throughout the centuries.
82. The expression “more than a modicum of truth” means
(a) some truth
(b) much truth
(c) more than a small amount of truth
(d) nothing but truth
83. In this context, “intelligent interpretation of current events” means
(a) rational explanation of vents.
(b) appropriate understanding of events.
(c) intellectual outlook on events.
(d) skilful interpretation of events.
84. According to the writer, a study of the famous battles of history would
(a) be beneficial to wise men
(b) provide food to modern leaders for reflection
(c) be more useful than a general knowledge of ancient history
(d) help us understand the art of modern warfare.
85. A knowledge of history is necessary to interpret
current problems because.
(a) they have roots in the past.
(b) they can be contrasted with the past events.
(c) they may be repetitions of past events.
(d) only then they can be put in a proper context.
86. A person who aspires to lead could learn from the history of battles
(a) what led the previous leaders win a battle.
(b) what made them lose a battle.
(c) the qualities and deficiencies of commanders of these battles.
(d) the strategies that they have evolved in course of these battles.
PASSAGE 7
The casual horrors and the real disasters are thrown at newspaper readers without discrimination. In the
contemporary arrangements for circulating the news, an important element, evaluation, is always weak and often wanting entirely. There is no point anywhere along the line where someone puts his foot down for certain and
says, “This is important and that doesn’t amount to a row of beans; deserves no one’s attention, and should travel
the wires no farther”. The junk is dressed up to look as meaningful as the real news.
87. The writer of the above passage
(a) seems to be happy with the contemporary arrangements fro circulating news
(b) is shocked by the casual stories about horrors and disasters reported in the newspapers
(c) wants better evaluation of news before publication
(d) wants to put his foot down on news stories
88. Newspapers lack a sense of discrimination because
(a) they do not separate the real news from mere sensationalism
(b) they have to accept whatever is received on the wires
(c) limited manpower makes serious evaluation impossible
(d) people don’t see the difference
between “junk” and “real” news
89. The passage implies that
(a) there has to be censorship on newspapers
(b) there is no point in having censorship
(c) newspapers always dress up junk to look meaningful
(d) one has to be strict in selecting news items
90. Evaluation of news would imply
(a) less dependence on modern systems of communication
(b) more careful analysis of each news story and its value
(c) separating beans from junk
(d) discriminating horrors from disasters
91. In the above passage, the phrase “amounts to a row
of beans” means that the news
(a) is weak and often wanting entirely
(b) deserves no one?s attention
(c) should travel the wires
(d) is junk dressed up as real news
PASSAGE 8
The world dismisses curiosity by calling it idle or mere idle curiosity even though curious persons are seldom
idle. Parents do their best to extinguish curiosity in their children because it makes life difficult to be faced everyday with a string of unanswerable questions about what makes fire hot or why grass grows. Children whose
curiosity survives parental discipline are invited to join our university. With the university, they go on asking
their questions and trying to find the answers. In the eyes of a scholar, that is what a university is for. Some
of the questions which the scholars ask seem to the world to be scarcely worth asking, let alone answering. They
asked questions too minute and specialized for you and me
to understand without years of explanation. If the world
inquires of one of them why he wants to know the answer to a particular question he may say especially if he is a scientist, that the answer will in some obscure way make possible a new machine or weapon or gadget. He talks that way because he knows that the world understands and
respects utility.
But to you who are now part of the university, he will say that he wants to know the answer simply because he
does not know it, the way the mountain climber wants to climb a mountain, simply because it is there. Similarly a
historian asked by an outsider why he studies history may
come out with the argument that he has learnt to repeat on such occasions, something about knowledge of the past
making it possible to understand the present and mould the future. But if you really want to know why a historian
studies the past, the answer is much simpler, something happened and he would like to know what. All this does not mean that the answers which scholars find to their questions have no consequences. They may have enormous consequences but these seldom form the reason for asking the question or pursuing the answers. It is true that
scholars can be put to work answering questions for the sake of the consequences as thousands are working now, for example, in search of a cure for cancer. But this is not the primary function of the scholars. For the consequences are usually subordinate to the satisfaction of curiosity.
92. The common people consider some of the questions that the scholars ask unimportant
(a) as they are too lazy and idle
(b) as they are too modest
(c) as it’s beyond their comprehension
(d) as it is considered a waste of time
93. A historian really studies the past
(a) to comprehend the present and to reconstruct the future
(b) to explain the present and plan the future
(c) to understand the present and make fortune
(d) to understand the present and mould the future
94. Children whose curiosity survives parental discipline means
(a) children retaining their curiosity in spite of being discouraged by their parents
(b) children pursuing their mental curiosity
(c) children’s curiosity subdued due to parents’ intervention
(d) children being disciplined by their parents
95. According to the passage, parents do their best to discourage curiosity in their children
(a) because they have no time
(b) because they have no patience to answer them
(c) because they feel that their children ask stupid questions continuously
(d) because they are unable to answer all their questions
96. According to the passage, the children make life difficult for their parents
(a) by their ceaseless curiosity
(b) by unceasing bombardment of questions
(c) by asking irrelevant questions
(d) by posing profound questions
PASSAGE 9
The Indian Middle Class consists of so many strata that it defies categorization under a single term class,
which would imply a considerable degree of homogeneity. Yet two paradoxical features characterize its conduct fairly uniformly: extensive practice and intensive abhorrence of corruption.
In the several recent surveys of popular perceptions of corruption, politicians of course invariably
and understandably top the list, closely followed by bureaucrats, policemen, lawyers, businessmen and the
quintessential middle class. If teachers do not figure high on this priority list. It is not for lack of trying, but for lack of opportunities. Over the years, the sense
or shock over acts of corruption in the middle class has witnessed a stead de-cline, as its ambitions for a better
material life have soared but the resources for meeting
such ambitions have not kept pace.
What is fascinating, however, is the intense yearning of this class for a clean corruption less polity
and society, a yearning that has again and again surfaced with any figure public or obscure, focusing on his mission
of eradicating corruption. Even the repeated failure of this promise on virtually every man’s part has not
subjected it to the law of diminishing returns.
97. The Indian Middle Class is
(a) defiant
(b) mysterious
(c) homogeneous
(d) stratified
98. Teachers are not high on the list of corruption because they do not have
(a) courage
(b) opportunities
(c) support
(d) ambition
99. This yearning, over the years, has
(a) persisted
(b) soared
(c) declined
(d) disappeared
100. Who figure on top of the list of corruption?
(a) businessmen
(b) lawyers
(c) politicians
(d) policemen
101. The Indian Middle Class intensely yearns for
(a) better material resources
(b) extensive practice of corruption
(c) clean honest society
(d) law of increasing returns
Direction (Qs. 1O2 to 199) : Read each sentence to find out
whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer
is (D). (ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
102. (A) A team of three Indians, two Canadians and three
Japanese /(B) was successful in climbing the highest
mountain peak on /(C) its third attempt. /(D) No error.
103. (A) I am sure that all my monthly expenses /(B) would
exceed the income /(C) If I do not economic. /(D) No error.
104. (A) He explained the matter /(B) at great length /(C)
but I was not the wiser. /(D) No error.
105. (A) Salim and Antony are such good friends /(B) that
one won?t go to the pictures /(C) without his coming too.
/(D) No error.
106. (A) He loved /(B) none but /(C) his neighbour?s
daughter. /(D) No error.
107. (A) It does not matter how you do it; /(B) what I want
is that /(C) you should finish the work within a month. /(D)
No error.
108. (A) Most of the members at the meeting felt /(B) that
the group appointed for investigating the case /(C) were not
competent to do the job efficiently. /(D) No error.
109. (A) Samir, who is a close friend of mine, /(B) told me
that he was smelling /(C) the rice from a distance of fifty
yards while coming to my house. /(D) No error.
110. (A) She hardly knew how to do that problem, /(B) and so
went to her teacher, and asked her, /(C) ?How this problem
is to be solved?? /(D) No error.
111. (A) The course provide /(B) not only theoretical inputs
/(C) but also practical training. /(D) No error.
112. (A) Since we are friends /(B) there should be no secret
/(C) between you and I. /(D) No error.
113. (A) Shanghai is /(B) bigger than any city /(C) of the
world. /(D) No error.
114. (A) The person which was /(B) recommended for the
position /(C) did not fulfil the prescribed qualifications.
/(D) No error.
115. (A) It is time /(B) we should accept all our people as
equals /(C) and as partners in the task of building a strong
and united nation. /(D) No error.
116. (A) Every motorist knows, /(B) road signs?whether
symbols or colour codes?have an immediacy /(C) that neither
the spoken nor the written word can match. /(D) No error.
117. (A) I had hoped to have met him yesterday /(B) to
discuss the matter with him /(C) but he was not in his
house, and so I could not meet him. /(D) No error.
118. (A) He speaks /(B) not only Tamil /(C) but Telugu as
well. /(D) No error.
119. (A) Troy was taken by Greeks; /(B) this formed the
basis of a story /(C) which has become famous. /(D) No error.
120. (A) Our conception of /(B) what should a science of
mental life be /(C) has changed considerably since James?
time. /(D) No error.
121. (A) In these days of inflation /(B) a ten rupee?s note
will not buy you /(C) even an ordinary meal. /(D) No error.
122. (A) The retiring principal asked his old pupils /(B) to
take the interest in the school /(C) after he has retired.
/(D) No error.
123. (A) It is difficult /(B) for anyone /(C) to past time
thus. /(D) No error.
124. (A) When I get a cold /(B) it takes me weeks /(C) to
shake it off. /(D) No error.
125. (A) You must /(B) remember me /(C) to post this letter.
/(D) No error.
126. (A) I am thinking of /(B) to go to Agra /(C) for my
cousin?s marriage. /(D) No error.
127. (A) Had I /(B) known it earlier /(C) I would contact
you. /(D) No error.
128. (A) He was sure /(B) that he should /(C) win the prize.
/(D) No error.
129. (A) He is wiring /(B) for the /(C) last four hours.
/(D) No error.
130. (A) He was in such hurry /(B) that the didn?t /(C) wait
for me. /(D) No error.
131. (A) Will you lend me /(B) little money /(C) to tide
over this crisis. /(D) No error.
132. (A) The President had hardly spoken /(B) a few words
/(C) when the microphone stopped functioning. /(D) No error.
133. (A) In an English paper /(B) Examiners should give as
much weightage to language /(C) as they give to contents.
/(D) No error.
134. (A) My father is going /(B) to the office /(C) five day
week. /(D) No error.
135. (A) The thief broke in the /(B) house at the /(C) five
day week. /(D) No error.
136. (A) The long-awaited moment at last came, /(B) and we
set out for the station, /(C) as merry a band of children as
I have ever seen before or since. /(D) No error.
137. (A) In a report issued by Indian Statistical Institute,
/(B) the Iron and Steel Industry is investing more than any
other /(C) Indian industry in fighting pollution. /(D) No error.
138. (A) Block of residential flats /(B) are coming up /(C)
near our house. /(D) No error.
139. (A) The test will not need /(B) more than one and half
hour /(C) to finish. /(D) No error.
140. (A) Will you be /(B) at Board meeting /(C) on next
Wednesday? /(D) No error.
141. (A) If you will work hard, /(B) you will get goods
grades /(C) in examinations. /(D) No error.
142. (A) Do you know /(B) to play /(C) the guitar? /(D) No
error.
143. (A) At the station /(B) I?ll hire a coolie /(C) to
carry my baggages. /(D) No error.
144. (A) The geography teacher /(B) told the class that /(C)
the earth was round. /(D) No error.
145. (A) There is still /(B) little tea /(C) left in the
cup. /(D) No error.
146. (A) He has not been attending /(B) English classes /(C)
since one month. /(D) No error.
147. (A) He persisted /(B) to do it /(C) in spite of my
advice. /(D) No error.
148. (A) You can get /(B) all the information that you want
/(C) in this book. /(D) No error.
149. (A) I am hearing /(B) a lot about /(C) the problem of
AIDS these days. /(D) No error.
150. (A) It is easy to see that /(B) a lawyer?s demeanour in
court /(C) may be prejudicial against the interests of his
client. /(D) No error.
151. (A) If you lend him a book /(B) he will lend it to some
one else /(C) and never you will get it back. /(D) No error.
152. (A) What does Professor Dhavan /(B) spend so many hours
/(C) in the laboratory for? /(D) No error.
153. (A) Sixty miles /(B) are /(C) a good distance. /(D) No
error.
154. (A) The tall three girls /(B) had left /(C) the day
before. /(D) No error.
155. (A) After sunset /(B) every member of the team /(C)
went to their houses. /(D) No error.
156. (A) Each one of the boys /(B) have paid /(C) the
tuition-fee. /(D) No error.
157. (A) With little patience /(B) you will be able to /(C)
cross this hurdle. /(D) No error.
158. (A) He was in a hurry /(B) because he had an
appointment /(C) with the company?s director. /(D) No error.
159. (A) Many health-conscious people /(B) prefer margarine
/(C) than butter. /(D) No error.
160. (A) Mr. Praful Patel /(B) is not attending his office
/(C) for the last one month. /(D) No error.
161. (A) The customer handed over /(B) a hundred-rupees note
/(C) to the shopkeeper. /(D) No error.
162. (A) The reason Ram /(B) is absent from his duty /(C) is
because he is unwell. /(D) No error.
163. (A) If I were him, /(B) I would have taught /(C) those
cheats a lesson. /(D) No error.
164. (A) You must either tell me /(B) the whole story or at
least /(C) the first half of it. /(D) No error.
165. (A) Twice twelve /(B) makes /(C) twenty-four. /(D) No
error.
166. (A) It is necessary /(B) that every body /(C) must have
a house. /(D) No error.
167. (A) The school is /(B) within hundred yards /(C) from
the church. /(D) No error.
168. (A) It is true /(B) that God helps those /(C) who helps
themselves. /(D) No error.
169. (A) She has never /(B) approve of him /(C) working as a
clerk. /(D) No error.
170. (A) My wife has got /(B) a new job /(C) a month ago.
/(D) No error.
171. (A) He is not to blame /(B) for what has happened /(C)
for he is in no way connected with it. /(D) No error.
172. (A) Whenever you go to a temple /(B) you must put off
/(C) your shoes at the entrance. /(D) No error.
173. (A) I asked my servant /(B) to burn the lamp /(C) as it
was getting dark. /(D) No error.
174. (A) The charges in this hospital /(B) are less than
/(C) the hospital near my house. /(D) No error.
175. (A) The company has put up an advertisement /(B) in
newspapers /(C) all over the country. /(D) No error.
176. (A) Will you please buy /(B) some jaggery for me /(C)
if you go to the market? /(D) No error.
177. (A) After leaving his office /(B) he went directly /(C)
to a restaurant. /(D) No error.
178. (A) I am much pleased /(B) to know that /(C) you have
topped the list. /(D) No error.
179. (A) My papa is /(B) in bad mood /(C) today. /(D) No error.
180. (A) My friend asked me /(B) if I can lend him my Parker
pen /(C) for a few days. /(D) No error.
181. (A) Rita is going /(B) for aerobics classes /(C)
everyday in the morning. /(D) No error.
182. (A) She is /(B) five years /(C) senior than me. /(D) No
error.
183. (A) We are four brothers and sisters living in this
house /(B) but neither of us is /(C) satisfied with it. /(D)
No error.
184. (A) The Prime Minister has said that India would not
have spent so much on defence /(B) if some of the
neighbouring countries /(C) adopted the policy of
restricting defence expenditure. /(D) No error.
185. (A) That house /(B) is costing me /(C) ten thousand
rupees. /(D) No error.
186. (A) I wonder /(B) how am I /(C) to do it. /(D) No error.
187. (A) Sheela has scored a first class /(B) in her final
exams, /(C) isn?t it? /(D) No error.
188. (A) A lot of travel delay is caused /(B) due to the
inefficiency and lack of good management /(C) on behalf of
the railways. /(D) No error.
189. (A) The warden /(B) forbade the student /(C) from
leaving the hostel. /(D) No error.
190. (A) He will certainly help you /(B) if you will ask him
/(C) in a pleasant manner. /(D) No error.
191. (A) Two-thirds of the book /(B) were /(C) rubbish. /(D)
No error.
192. (A) The world /(B) comprises /(C) good and bad people.
/(D) No error.
193. (A) The conductor asked the passenger /(B) why hadn?t
he purchased a ticket /(C) in advance to board the bus. /(D)
No error.
194. (A) It is unfortunate that /(B) many youngsters get
/(C) addicted to gamble. /(D) No error.
195. (A) Can I lend /(B) your pencil /(C) for a minute,
please? /(D) No error.
196. (A) The eminent speaker?s speech /(B) was broadcasted
over /(C) all the major radio stations. /(D) No error.
197. (A) The child /(B) picked up a burned paper /(C) from
the street. /(D) No error.
198. (A) The Sharmas /(B) are living in this colony /(C) for
the last eight years. /(D) No error.
199. (A) All the furnitures have been /(B) sent to the new
house /(C) located in a village. /(D) No error.
Direction (Qs. 200 to 225) : Complete the given sentences with appropriate words.
200. Football players, generally known for their elevated testosterone levels, would see crying as ______ unmanly rather than a humanistic trait ______ by either sex.
A. sickeningly. . . thwarted
B. inherently. . . experienced
C. inexplicably. . . enjoyed
D. intentionally. . . fostered
E. plausibly. . . envisioned
201. Despite the fact that Frank Lloyd Wright communities are almost ______, they leave behind a ______ legacy of architecture and furniture design.
A. obsolete. . . transitory
B. dormant. . . modest
C. extinct. . . vital
D. self-sufficient. . . prodigious
E. isolated. . . robust
202. The majority of the villagers in this seemingly forgotten land, are ______ vegetarians; that is, they only eat meat during a holy celebration, or whenever they can afford it, which, because of the ludicrously high prices, is practically never.
A. sometimes B. clandestine C. staunch
D. adamant E. reluctant
203.The ______ lecture hall could seat the entire graduating class including guests; some said it was it was even _______.
A. burgeoning. . . elaborate
B. bodacious. . . monumental
C. elaborate. . . haughty
D. commodious. . . enormous
E. capacious. . . miniscule
204.The secretary ______ agreed to ______ the president’s decision, knowing that the information was less than factual and against her basic beliefs regarding deceptive sales practices.
A. grudgingly. . . abide by
B. willingly. . . support
C. secretively. . . acknowledge
D. maliciously. . . sway
E. furtively. . . foster
205.Either the fishing at Redington Beach is ______, or I went there on an off day.
A. plentiful
B. overrated C. caustic
D. sporadic
E. invigorating
206. His ______ remarks really detracted from the overall speech; he should not have so readily strayed from his subject.
A. repugnant B. digressive C. redundant D. innocuous E. enigmatic
207. He acted with great ______, as if he were a diplomat without regard for crimination.
A. emotion
B. restraint
C. concern
D. statesmanship E. disdain
208. As I was describing my encounter with the alien, he had the most ______ stare, as if he didn’t believe a word I was saying.
A. amazing
B. dumbfounded C. incredulous D. blank
E. obdurate
209. The ______ of horns heard while gridlocked at the traffic jam was as discordant as an untamed orchestral performance.
A. blaring
B. harmonic C. sequencing D. cacophony E. syncopated

210. Her ______ demeanor was understandable given the loss of her brother; indeed, most of us were rather ______.
A. lachyromose. . . dolorous
B. reprehensible. . . enigmatic
C. subtle. . . raucous
D. determined. . . committed
E. displaced. . . focused
211. It was a rather ______ mystery, full of twists and turns and surprises and ______ most difficult to predict.
A. tawdry. . .foreshadowing
B. knotty. . .nuances
C. subtle. . .characters
D. obvious. . .reversals
E. easily understood. . .clever redirections
212. He is the ______ of evil; he lies, cheats, steals,
murders, and boasts of his anti-societal behavior.
A. antithesis B. plaintiff C. epitome D. harbinger E. picture
213. It is commonly believed that statesman Frederick Douglass ______ patterned his autobiography after the ______ of the former slave Olaudah Equiano.
A. effectively. . . notations
B. knowingly. . . diary
C. accidentally. . . writings
D. intentionally. . . narrative
E. expectantly. . . accomplishments
214.Legislative leaders found it desirable to ______ prohibition, partially in order to recover revenue from taxation on spirits.
A. enforce
B. abrogate
C. stave
D. modify
E. obdurate
215.It is incomprehensible that the tax codes should be such a ______ instead of a straightforward bracket based on gross earnings, notwithstanding deductions.
A. farce
B. joke
C. labyrinth
D. calamity
E. malfeasance
216.The editorial, in obvious opposition to the article appearing in yesterday’s newspaper, was well- written, well-documented, factual, and nonconfrontational, the only intent of which seemed to be to ______ the article.
A. repudiate
B. contradict
C. correct
D. lend credence
E. show support
217.It is within the______years that wisdom evidences itself, when those long in tooth, grayed in hair, and physically feeble demonstrate knowledge that is only paid for with the price of age.
A. latent
B. dormant
C. transcended D. tenacious E. crepuscular
218. Now is not the time for ______ decisions, but ______ in our cause for freedom.
A. difficult. . . acquiescence
B. peaceful. . . tenacity
C. austere. . . commitment
D. tentative. . . resolution
E. weak. . . discourse
219.In order to ______ ratings, the incumbent directed party loyalists to flood the media with ______ about recent developments in job creation.
A. bolster. . . accolades
B. improve. . . talk
C. explain. . . data
D. nullify. . . falsehoods
E. mollify. . . rumors
220. Unfortunately, she was left with only a false hope of recovery, purely ______.
A. derisive
B. divisive
C. delirious
D. delusive
E. derivational
221. To help counter a claim by some that the doctor was a ______, he was forced to ______ his rather impressive list of documented accomplishments.
A. specialist. . . disclose
B. charlatan. . . cite
C. generalist. . . specify
D. lark. . . mitigate
E. masque. . . castigate
222. The seemingly common plague of invading a country steeped in centuries of traditions is finding oneself in a veritable ______ concerning what to do when the major fighting is over and pockets of resistance continue for years.
A. nightmare B. circus
C. challenge D. quagmire E. gridlock
223. Jeff would make a good student council leader if he weren’t such an absolute confirmed pleasure seeker, party animal, and absolutely ______ in his endeavors.
A. conservative B. workaholic C. consecrated D. committed E. hedonistic
224.Until Reagan and Gorbachev, the relationship between the USA and USSR had been rather ______.
A. tenuous B. terse
C. trite
D. obscured E. poised
225. Given that she came to the mediation with such an ______ attitude, it is no wonder there was little movement toward any harmonious agreement;
I mean, she was absolutely ______.
A. exemplary. . .disciplined
B. insolated. . .fixated
C. immovable. . .outspoken
D. open. . .maleable
E. obdurate. . .incorrigible
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