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SECTION- 1 (TWELVE):
Find the antonyms:
1.Vacillate- a.unsteady/ b.mammoth/ c.firm/ d.munificent
2.Acrimonious- a.affectionate /b.bitter /c.nettle /d.irk
3.Proceed- a.lead / b.fall back / c.freed / d.knead
4.Lock up- a.restricted / b.chain/ c.confine / d.liberate
5.Reprimand- a.reproach / b.scold / c.laud / d.berate
6.Swiftness- a.fast / b.quick / c.dullness / d.admiration
7.Abhorrence- a.affluence/ b.afraid/ c.affection/ d.affectation
Find the synonyms:
8.Stain- a.lucid / b.limpid / c.tarnish / d.clear
9.Babble- a.chatter / b.reticent / c.baffle / d.introvert
10.Feud- a.agreement / b.harmony/ c.understanding/ d.conflict
11.Haul- a.maroon / b.drag / c.char / d.maul
12.Peevish- a.patient / b.irritable / c.calm / d.invulnerable
13.Bewail- a.bemoan / b.merriment / c.entertainment / d.celebrate
14.Retaliation- a.tolerance / b.counterattack / c.bear / d.ignore
Idioms/ One word substitutions/ Phrasal verbs/ Confusing words:
15.A system where all people are equal- a.bureaucracy/ b.oligarchy/ c.aristocracy/ d.egalitarian
16.Excuse- a.induce / b.alibi / c.truce/ d.refuse
17.The sound of monkeys- a.neigh /b.hiss /c.gibberd/grunt
18.Hear it on the grapevine- a.to be hard of hearing/ b.dumb/ c.to hear rumour/ d.deaf
19.As daft as a brush- a.fool/ b.shrewd / c.intelligible / d.agile
20.Feel down- a.depressed / b.elated / c.overjoyed / d.lofty
21.Splash out- a.miser / b.spend money freely / c.to be frugal / d.terminate
22.Evergreen- a.perennial / b.fleeting / c.transient / d.temporary
23.Gripe- a.complain / b.refer / c.recommend/ d.grind
24.Celebration- a.fate / b.feat / c.fait/ d.fete
25.Irascible- a.bothering / b.easily irritated/ c.irritating / d. piercing
SECTION-2
Cloze test:
All her life Ms. Sen had a great fear of missing a train, a plane, a boat or (26)______ a theatre curtain. In other respects, she was not a (27)______ nervous woman. But the mere thought of (28)______ on occasions like these would throw her (29)______ such a nervous state that a tiny muscle in the corner of her left eye would (30)______ twitch .This would disappear once she had boarded the plane etc.
26. A.quite/ B.extremely/ C.even/ D.hardly
27. A.usual/ B.general/ C.particular/ D.particularly
28. A.be later/ B.being late/ C.be late/ D.being later
29. A.into/ B.up/ C.away/ D.in
30. A.begun over/ B.begun to/ C.begin to/ D.begin over
Spot the error:
31. A community is a /a./ group of people /b./ who shares a common culture. /c./ No error /d./
32. I couldn’t hear /a./ what was she saying due to /b./ the noise of the planes taking off. /c./ No error /d./
33. No sooner did we receive /a./ your message when we heaved a /b./ sigh of relief. /c./ No error /d./
34. We ordered a pizza /a./ which is one of /b./ my favourite food item. /c/ No error /d./
35. The staff is being /a./ advise to maintain /b./ distance while working in office. /c./ No error /d./
36. If you walk fastly, /a./ you can manage /b./ to reach your destination in forty minutes. /c./ No error /d./
37. The higher /a./ you go, /b./ the coolest it is. /c./ No error /d./
38. When the boys /a./ were playing the match, /b./ it suddenly starts raining. /c./ No error /d./
39. One of the reason /a./ behind malnutrition /b./ is the improper way of food intake. /c./ No error /d./
40. Despite of /a./ working hard /b./ he failed the exam. /c./ No error /d./
Change the voice:
41. The task should have been completed by the student.
(a) The student should complete the task.
(b) The student should have completed the task.
(c) The student should be completing the task.
(d) The student should have complete the task.
42. The lady is treading on the flowers.
(a) The flowers are being trod on by the lady.
(b) The flowers are being trodden on by the lady.
(c) The flowers are being treaded on by the lady.
(d) The flowers are being treaden on by the lady.
43. I am going to bring him here.
(a) He is going to bring here by me.
(b) He is being brought here by me.
(c) He is going to be brought here by me.
(d) He is being gone to be brought here by me.
44. He was caught by the police for littering up the streets.
(a) The police was catching him littering up the street.
(b) The police caught him for littering up the street.
(c) The police catches him littering up the street.
(d) The police has caught him littering up the street.
45. He has sent me a present.
(a) I have been sent to him a present.
(b) A present have been sent to me.
(c) A present has been sent to me by him.
(d) A present will be sent to me by him.
Change the speech:
46. Navanitha said to her friends, "What a scintillating beauty it is !"
A. Navanitha told to her friends that it was a scintillating beauty.
B. Navanitha asked her friends whether it was a scintillating beauty.
C. Navanitha exclaimed to her friends that it was a scintillating beauty
D. Navanitha exclaimed to her friends what a scintillating beauty it was.
47. Rahul said to his teacher, "Madam, what is the way to solve the question ?"
A. Rahul asked his teacher what the way to solve the question was.
B. Rahul asked to his teacher what the way was to solve the question.
C. Rahul told his teacher what the way was to solve the question.
D. Rahul told his teacher what was the way to solve the question.
48. I said to my brother, "Let us go to some hill station for a change."
A. I permitted my brother to go to some hill station for a change.
B. I asked my brother if he would go to some hill station for a change.
C. I suggested to my brother that we should go to some hill station for a change.
D. I asked my brother to go to some hill station for a change.
49. "Please don't go away," she said.
A. She begged that I not go away.
B. She told me not to go away.
C. She begged me not to go away.
D. She said to please her and not go away.
50. The employer said to him, "I shall pay your wages tomorrow."
A. The employer said that I shall pay my wages the next day.
B. The employer told him that he would pay his wages the next day.
C. The employer said that he shall pay his wages the next day.
D. The employer said that he shall pay your wages the next day.
Fill in:
51. Freedom is not a/an ________ but our birthright.
A. sin B. illusion C. gift D. farce E. presentation
52. Everyone should ________ himself against illness since medical care has now become expensive.
A. vaccinate B. ensure C. insure D. brace E. inoculate
53. One can trace her ________ back to King Charles I.
A. linen B. lining C. lineage D. lineament
54. The manager was able to see that the ________ visitor was carrying a gun.
A. immenent B. eminent C. imenant D. imminent
55. Anita ________ me of a girl I used to know.
A. remembers B. reminds C. recalls D. recollects
56. The stenographer is very efficient. He is ________ to his firm.
A. a credit B. a bane C. a blessed D. an asset
57. He tried to ________ himself against a horde of ruffians.
A. save B. support C. collect D. defend
58. The ________ of the minister's statement cannot be verified by people who have no access to official records.
A. validity B. verbosity C. veracity D. ambiguity
59. Speeding and blocking are traffic offences which lead to ________ accidents.
A. winsome B. minor C. urban D. gruesome
60. However, the group's long term strategy is to ________ on core sector businesses connected with infrastructure and energy.
A. depend B. concentrate C. breed D. develop
Find the correctly spelt word:
61.(A) Occurence (B) Occurrence (C) Ocurence (D) Occurrance
62.(A) Hypocrisy (B) Hypocresy (C) Hipocrisy (D) Hipocrecy
63.(A) Circuiteous (B) Clairvoyant (C) Chivelery (D) Cavelcade
64.(A) Parapharnelia (B) Parsimonious (C) Peccadilo (D) Peadiatrics
65.(A)Choas (B) Chaos (C)Chaaos (D) Chaoss
Find the near synonyms:
66. Alliance- a.accord/ b.dispute/ c.break off/ d.resemblance
67. Independence- a.slavery/ b.reproach / c.adjudication / d.liberty
68. Inexperienced- a.green / b.prior / c.defile / d.neophyte
69. Proclivity- a.debilitate / b.ease/ c.penchant/ d.puzzled
70. Isolate- a.unite / b.patch / c.ache / d.detach
71. Start- a.puerile / b.end / c.fragile / d.inception
72. Deteriorate- a.weaken/ b.strengthen/ c.reinforce/ d.force
73. Annul- a.abrogate/ b.inept/ c.propagate / d.adept
74. Recede- a.carry away / b.fall back/ c.dilute / d.proceed
75. Altercation- a.treaty / b.quack / c.teasing / d.quarrel
Find the incorrectly spelt word:
76. (a) Bureaucratic/ (b) Misdemeaneur/ (c) Expropriate/ (d) Capitulation
77. (a) Skepticism/ (b) Sovereignity/ (c) Susceptible/ (d) Stereotype
78. (a) Camouflage/ (b) Propensity/ (c) Percieved/ (d) Sympathetic
79. (a) Pediatrician/ (b) Resistence/ (c) Patronage/ (d) Phylum
80. (a) Interogative/ (b) Retaliation/ (c) Staggered/ (d) Mercenary
Passage- Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential element in ‘The Republic’ (his most important work on philosophy and political theory, written around 360 B.C.). In it, he advocates some rather extreme methods: removing children from their mothers' care and raising them as wards of the state, and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the most education, so that they could act as guardians of the
city and care for the less able. He believed that education should be holistic, including facts, skills, physical discipline, music and art. Plato believed that talent and intelligence is not distributed genetically and thus is be found in children born to all classes, although his proposed system of selective public education for an educated minority of the population does not really follow a democratic model. Aristotle considered human nature, habit and reason to be equally important forces to be cultivated in education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good and virtuous citizens. He proposed that teachers lead their students systematically, and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits, unlike Socrates' emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas. He emphasized the balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he explicitly mentions reading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education, literature, history, and a wide range of sciences, as well as play, which he also considered important.
Q81. Which of these methods is NOT advocated in ‘The Republic’?
1. Differentiating children based on castes
2. Imparting similar education to all children
3. Bringing up children under state guardianship
4. Keeping children away from mothers
Q82. Aristotle believed that virtuous citizens could be produced by cultivating:
1. art and music/ 2. mathematics and science./ 3. theoretical aspects of education/ 4. habit and reason.
Q83. What tool does Aristotle advocate to teachers to develop good habits in students?
1. Writing/ 2. Reading/ 3. Questioning/ 4. Repetition
Q84. Children who are imparted highest education, would be responsible for:
1. developing talent and skills/ 2. inculcating good habits/ 3. guarding the city/ 4. teaching the illiterate
Q85. Which of these statements is NOT true?
1.Socrates encouraged the listeners to come up with original ideas./ 2. The Republic was written around 360 A.D./ 3. Socrates considered music and physical education as important aspects of learning./ 4. Plato’s methods of education can be called ‘extreme’.
Passage- The conclusion of World Trade Organization’s 11th biennial ministerial conference at Buenos Aires was worrisome. From an Indian standpoint, there was no loss as status quo continues in the most important issue: the right to continue the food security programme by using support prices. But the inability of the negotiators to reach even one substantive outcome suggests that WTO’s efficacy is under question. As a 164-country multilateral organisation dedicated to crafting rules of trade through consensus, WTO represents the optimal bet for developing countries such as India. Strengthening WTO is in India’s best interest. Perhaps the biggest threat to WTO’s efficacy today is the attitude of the US. The world’s largest economy appears to have lost faith in the organisation and has begun to undermine one of its most successful segments, the dispute/redressal mechanism. This is significant as the US has been directly involved in nearly half of all cases brought to WTO. Separately, large groups of countries decided to pursue negotiations on e-commerce, investment facilitation and removal of trade obstacles for medium and small scale industries. By itself this should not weaken WTO. But it comes at a time when there is growing frustration with gridlock at WTO. India did well to defend its position on its food security programme. The envisaged reform package which will see a greater use of direct cash transfers to beneficiaries will be in sync with what developed countries do. But it’s important for India to enhance its efforts to reinvigorate WTO. In this context, India’s plan to organise a meeting of some countries early next year is a step in the right direction. WTO represents the best available platform to/accommodate interests of a diverse set of nations. Therefore, India should be at the forefront of moves to fortify it.
Q86- Why was the WTO’s 11th binennial ministerial conference worrisome? 1) Denial of states quo./ 2) Inability of negotiators to reach to substantive outcome for the problems./ 3) Rift in the policies suggested by WTO on IPR./ 4) Non-cooperation from Indian government on various matters.
Q87. What is the biggest threat to WTO’s efficacy today?
1) India being not working in its best interest./ 2) Lost of faith in WTO by US./ 3) Negotiators of WTO are not decision takers./ 4) WTO’s lame attitude towards global trade.
Q88. Which of the following nation is keen to fortify its interest on WTO platform?
1) USA/2) Japan/ 3) Russia/ 4) India
Q89. Which of the following is the most successful segments of the WTO mentioned in the passage?1) Dispute redressal mechanism/ 2) Intellectual Property Rights/ 3) Reviewer of government’s trade policies./ 4) Agreement on trade in services.
Q90. According to the passage, which of the following statement is NOT true?
1) 11th WTO conference was held at Nairobi./ 2) India’s take on food security programme in the WTO conference was positive./ 3) US is termed as the world’s largest economy./ 4) US is involved directly in half of the cases brought to WTO.
Rearrangement:
91. He lays claim
P: to a history of writing
Q: some of the finest research papers
R: that have been published
(a) QRP (b) PQR (c) RPQ (d) QPR
92. In Tamil Nadu,
P: cows and bulls are worshipped and celebrated
Q: on Maattu Pongal,
R: and the finale is Jallikattu
(a) QRP (b) QPR (c) PRQ (d) RPQ
93. Out-of-the-box statecraft
P: economic growth
Q: would bring dividends
R: in peace of mind, savings and
(a) RQP (b) QRP (c) PRQ (d) PQR
94. This may be essential at
P: where the market fails to deliver
Q: swath of an economy
R: times, but there is a wide
(a) QRP (b) QPR (c) PRQ (d) RQP
95. For India, therefore,
P: a priority along with nuclear safety
Q: nuclear security is not a new objective,
R: but has always been
(a)RQP (b) RPQ (c) PRQ (d) QRP
Improve the bracketed part:
96. (What does it matter most) is the quality of the goods that we require.
A. What does it matter more
B. What matters most
C. What it matters more
D. No improvement
97. He has said so out of affection; do not take it (to heart.)
A. it in the heart
B. by the heart
C. in heart
D. No improvement
98. The driver was (dazzled) by the bright light of the approaching car.
A. flashed
B. glowed
C. twinkled
D. No improvement
99. Many a man (have died of cancer.)
A. has died of cancer
B. have been dying of cancer
C. have died from cancer
D. No improvement
100. In accordance (to) your instructions, we have remitted the amount in the bank.
A. With/ B. For/ C. By/ D. No improvement
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