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Instructions

By actual count, the __(1)__ struck at my establishment seven hundred and sixty-four times in forty minutes, but __(2)__ on one of those faithful rods every time, and __(3)__ down the spiral-twist and shot into the earth before it probably had time to be __(4)__ at the way the thing was done. And through all that bombardment only one patch of slates was ripped up, and that was because, for a single instant, the rods in the __(5)__ were transporting all the lightning they could possibly accommodate.

Question 1: __(5)__

a) vicinity

b) time

c) moment

d) past

e) crevice

Question 2: __(4)__

a) complacent

b) surprised

c) stubborn

d) determined

e) intrepid

Instructions

Select the phrase from the given options that can be used to connect the two sentences given below into a single sentence, implying the same meaning as the original sentences:

Question 3: Most students failed in the exam. The teacher set a tough question paper.
(i) Since the teacher had set a tough question paper,
(ii) Most students failed in the exam because …
(iii) Though the teacher had set a tough question paper, ..

a) Only (i)

b) Only (ii)

c) Only (iii)

d) Both (i) and (ii)

e) Both (ii) and (iii)

Question 4: Preetha belonged to an influential family. Preetha decided to compete on an equal footing with others.
(i) Since Preetha is from an influential family,…
(ii) Though Preetha is from an influential family,…
(iii) Preetha decided to compete on an equal footing with others despite being….

a) Only (i)

b) Only (ii)

c) Only (iii)

d) Both (i) and (ii)

e) Both (ii) and (iii)

Instructions

The Following questions have two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Question 5: The best _______ of action was to travel using a ______ of all the modes of transport to save time and money.

a) coarse, culmination

b) bet, group

c) thought, combine

d) area, best

e) course, combination

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Question 6: After being chosen best in his class, he _______ decided not to engage in any behavior that might make him look _____.

a) deliberately, smug

b) decidedly, superior

c) thoughtfully, hopeless

d) correctly, boasted

e) thought, spoilt

Question 7: In the below question, a sentence or a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence.
Pritam always smoked cigarettes.

a) had always smoked

b) was always smoking

c) had been always smoking

d) always smoking

e) No correction required

Question 8: In the below question, a sentence or a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence.
One should always tread the path he has chosen.

a) one has chosen

b) he/she has chosen

c) that has been chosen

d) he chose

e) No correction required

Instructions

Rearrange the given six sentences so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the given questions.

A. The river whose embanked waters flowed on sullenly in their eternal act of escape to the sea.
B. Nothing seemed to be moving except the Thames.
C. The dawn of Christmas Day found London laid out in a shroud of snow.
D. Near one of the trees, on the muffled ground, lay a sparrow that had been frozen in the night.
E. Like a body wasted by diseases that had triumphed over it London lay stark and still now, beneath a sky that was as the closed leaden shell of a coffin.
F. On the wan stretch of Cheyne Walk along the river thin trees stood exanimate, with not a breath of wind to stir the snow that pied their soot-blackened branches.

Question 9: Which of the following should be the LAST sentence after rearrangement?

a) F

b) A

c) C

d) B

e) D

Question 10: Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

a) F

b) E

c) B

d) A

e) D

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Instructions

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

In all countries where democracy is in vogue today, people have been deceived into believing that there is no better system than political democracy. Political democracy has no doubt granted voting rights, but it has snatched away the right of economic equality. Consequently, there is gross economic disparity between the rich and the poor, immense inequality in people’s purchasing capacity, unemployment, chronic food shortages, poverty and insecurity in society.

The type of democracy prevalent in India is also political democracy, and it has proved to be a unique system of exploitation. The Indian constitution was created by three groups of exploiters: the British exploiters, the Indian imperialists and the ruling parties representing the Indian capitalists. All the provisions of the Indian constitution were framed keeping an eye on furthering the interests of these opportunists. Just to hood wink the masses, the people were granted the right of universal suffrage. Millions of Indians are poor, superstitious and illiterate, yet the exploiters, through such practices as making false promises, intimidation, gross abuse of administrative power and vote rigging, repeatedly win over the electorate. This is the farce of democracy. Once they form the government, they get ample opportunity to indulge in rampant corruption and political tyranny for five years. In the subsequent elections – whether on the provincial or state level – the same absurdity is repeated.

This type of political opportunism has been going on in India since Independence. For the last thirty-five years, the political parties have maintained that in order to attain economic parity with the industrially developed countries of Europe, India must follow the democratic system. To support this argument, they cite the examples of America and Great Britain or China and the Soviet Union. The political leaders urge the electorate to vote in their favor at election time so that the country’s starving masses can reap the benefits of a developed economy. But once the elections are over, the exploitation of the common people continues unabated in the garb of political democracy, and other areas of social life are completely neglected. Today millions of Indian citizens are being deprived of the minimum requirements of life and are struggling to procure adequate food, clothing, housing, education and medical treatment, while a handful of people are rolling in enormous wealth and luxury.

One of the most obvious defects of democracy is that voting is based upon universal suffrage. That is, the right to cast a vote depends on age. Once people reach a certain age, it is assumed that they have the requisite capacity to weigh the pros and cons of the issues in an election and select the best candidate. But there are many people above the voting age who have little or no interest in elections and are not conversant with social or economic issues. In many cases they vote for the party rather than the candidate, and are swayed by election propaganda or the false promises of politicians. Those who have not reached the voting age are often more capable of selecting the best candidate than those who are entitled to vote.

Whether or not a candidate gets elected usually depends upon party affiliation, political patronage and election expenditure. In some cases it also depends on antisocial practices. Throughout the world, money plays a dominant role in the electoral process, and in nearly all cases, only those who are rich and powerful can hope to secure elected office. In those cases where voting is not compulsory, often only a small percentage of the population participate in the electoral process.

The prerequisites for the success of democracy are morality, education and socio-economico-political consciousness. Leaders especially must be people of high moral character, otherwise the welfare of society will be jeopardized. But today in most democracies, people of dubious character and those with vested interests are elected to power. Even bandits and murderers stand for election and form the government.
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Question 11: The following sentence might or might not contain some grammatical or contextual error. Select the sentence among the given options that should replace the following sentence in the passage.
In those cases where voting is not compulsory, often only a small percentage of the population participate in the electoral process.

a) In those cases where voting is not made compulsory, often only a small percentage of the population participate in the electoral process.

b) In those cases where voting is not compulsory, often only a small percentage of the population participates in the electoral process.

c) In those cases where voting has not been made compulsory, often only a small percentage of the population participate in the electoral process.

d) In that cases where voting is not made compulsory, often only a small percentage of the population participates in the electoral process.

e) No correction is required

Question 12: According to the author, all of the following factors play a predominant role in determining who gets elected to the office in a political democracy except

a) the budget of the election in which the candidate participates.

b) the clout that a candidate enjoys in his party.

c) the party to which the candidate belongs.

d) how deep-pocketed the person is.

e) the power that the person wields in political spheres.

Question 13: Based on the author’s tone in the line ‘Those who have not reached the voting age are often more capable of selecting the best candidate than those who are entitled to vote’, we can infer that the author is most likely to recommend

a) voting rights for children below the permissible age limit.

b) scrapping of universal adult franchise and instituting a dictatorship.

c) giving voting rights to select children who are capable of making rational choices.

d) allowing only people who are aware of their choices to vote.

e) doing away with the age restrictions that prevent children from voting.

Question 14: Which of the following views is the author least likely to agree with?

a) People who are not literate should not be allowed to vote.

b) Political democracy is not the best form of government available.

c) Only persons with a clean record should be allowed to contest in elections.

d) Developing nations should not follow the democratic system of government.

e) The term for which a person can remain in power should be restricted.

Question 15: Which of the following is the reason why the exploiters win over the electorate every time?

a) The exploiters indulge in unconstitutional practices and rig the voting machines.

b) Millions of illiterate Indians believe that the exploiters can bring about a change.

c) The provisions of the Indian constitution allow only the exploiters to win the electorate.

d) Millions of people are deceived, coaxed, and threatened into electing the exploiters.

e) The exploiters get an overwhelming amount of opportunities to indulge in corruption.

Instructions

In each of these questions, two sentences are given. These two sentences are to be combined into a single sentence without changing their meaning. Three probable starters of the combined sentence are given as (A), (B) and (C). Any one or more of none of them may be correct. Find out the correct starter(S) and accordingly select your answer among the given five answer choices.

Question 16: The quality of the fabric was not impressive. We changed our plan of purchasing.
A. The quality of the fabric being…
B. We changed our…
C. In spite of the unimpressive

a) Only A

b) Only B

c) Only C

d) A and B only

e) All the three

Question 17: Madhuri has been consistent in her studies. Her performance in the examination was nothing else but excellent.
A. Despite being consistent in her studies…
B. Madhuri’s performance in the examination was not excellent, because…
C. Because Madhuri was only consistent and not intelligent, her performance…

a) Only A

b) Only B and C

c) Only A and C

d) All the three A,B,C.

e) None of these

Question 18: It is very cold here. You must carry warm clothes with you.
A. Since you must…
B. As it is very…
C. If it is very…

a) Only 1

b) Only 2

c) Only 3

d) Only 1 and 3

e) 2 and 3

Instructions

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words so as to form a meaningful sentence.

Question 19: Sonia is an amazing _______________. She can make a boring story __________ with her eloquence.

a) reticent, interesting

b) raconteur, piquant

c) orator, bland

d) speaker, moot

e) idol, interesting

Question 20: The _____________ speech by the CEO not only _______________ his own name but also cost the company dollars, as the share price of the company plunged.

a) boring, cost

b) controversial, libel

c) motivational, damaged

d) inspiring, protect

e) inflammatory, besmirched

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Answers & Solutions:

1) Answer (A)

Among the given options ‘vicinity’ which means surrounding area completes the sentence meaningfully. Hence, option A.

2) Answer (B)

‘complacent’ means self-satisfied. ‘stubborn’ means ‘adamant’. ‘intrepid’ means ‘fearless’. Clearly, option b fits best. Hence, option B is the correct choice.

3) Answer (D)

The teacher had set a tough question paper. As a result, most students failed in the exam.

(i) and (ii) try to provide a reason for most students failing the exam. (iii) tries to present a counter-intuitive statement. Therefore, we can eliminate (iii).

Both (i) and (ii) can be used to start the sentence and hence, option D is the right answer.

4) Answer (E)

Preetha is from an influential family but she decided to compete on an equal footing. She did not use her privilege.

(i) tries to present being from an influential family as the reason. We can eliminate (i).
Both (ii) and (iii) can be used to begin the sentence and hence, option E is the right answer.

5) Answer (E)

Option A is incorrect because the first word does not fit logically. Option B is incorrect because the first word is illogical in the context. Option C is incorrect because the first word does not make any sense in the first blank. Option D is incorrect because both the words are logically senseless. Option D is correct grammatically and logically. Thus option D is the correct option.

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6) Answer (A)

Option A looks logically and grammatically correct. Option B is incorrect because the first word does not fit well grammatically. Option C is incorrect because the second word does not fit the context. Option D is incorrect because the second word does not fit grammatically. Option E is incorrect because the first word does not fit grammatically.

7) Answer (B)

The given sentence has the word ‘always’ which indicates that the habit was a persistent one and continued. So, the past continuous form should be used. Hence, option B is correct.

8) Answer (A)

whenever we use the pronoun ‘one’, it has to be used throughout the sentence. So, in this sentence the usage of pronoun ‘he’ is wrong. It should be replaced with ‘one’. Hence, option A is the correct choice.

9) Answer (E)

On carefully reading the sentences we see that the topic of discussion is about snow covering London on the day of Christmas. Thus, sentence C which introduces the topic must be the first sentence. Sentence E further describes the city being covered which made the city looked like a dull shell of the coffin. Hence, sentence E logically follows after sentence C. In sentence B the author introduces Thames river which according to the author was the only moving entity. Sentence A further describes the flow of water of the river. Thus, BA is a pair which must come after sentence E. Sentence F further talks about the unmoving trees along the river and sentence D further talks about a frozen sparrow near one of the trees which were introduced in F. Thus FD is a pair which must come after sentence A.
Hence the correct order of the sentence is, CEBAFD.

10) Answer (D)

On carefully reading the sentences we see that the topic of discussion is about snow covering London on the day of Christmas. Thus, sentence C which introduces the topic must be the first sentence. Sentence E further describes the city being covered which made the city looked like a dull shell of the coffin. Hence, sentence E logically follows after sentence C. In sentence B the author introduces Thames river which according to the author was the only moving entity. Sentence A further describes the flow of water of the river. Thus, BA is a pair which must come after sentence E. Sentence F further talks about the unmoving trees along the river and sentence D further talks about a frozen sparrow near one of the trees which were introduced in F. Thus FD is a pair which must come after sentence A.
Hence the correct order of the sentence is, CEBAFD.

11) Answer (B)

‘A small percentage of people’ is a singular subject. Therefore, ‘participates’ should have been used instead of ‘participate’ and hence, option B is the right answer.

12) Answer (A)

By the term ‘election expenditure’, the author is referring to the amount of money that the candidate can afford to spend. Just after mentioning the line, the author explains how money plays a crucial role in many elections. Therefore, the budget of the election does not influence the chances of a candidate and hence, option A is the right answer.

13) Answer (D)

The author does not use the line to emphasize that people below the age limit should be allowed to vote. He tries to highlight the fact that having age as the criterion to filter out voters is absurd. Therefore, the author wants to put a stricter mechanism in place that allows only people who can rationally select their choices to vote. The main argument of the author is not to lower the age bar, but to institute a better mechanism to decide who gets to exercise their vote. Therefore, option D is the right answer.

14) Answer (A)

Option E is out of the scope of the passage and so is option D. The author is likely to agree with option B (political democracy is not the best form of government) going by his tone in the first paragraph. The author mildly advocates option C in the last paragraph (He condemns murderers making it to power). Option A states that only literate people should be allowed to vote. The author only mentions that rational people should be allowed to vote. We cannot equate the two and hence, option A is the right answer.

15) Answer (D)

The author mentions that the exploiters make false promises, intimidate and abuse people to get elected to power. They are not voted to power just because people believe in them. The author mentions that the process is rigged, not the voting machines. Therefore, people are coaxed and bullied into voting for the exploiters and hence, option D is the right answer.

16) Answer (B)

17) Answer (B)

18) Answer (B)

19) Answer (B)

Both the words interesting and piquant fit the second blank. But, only raconteur fits the first blank. Hence, option B is the correct answer.

20) Answer (E)

On reading the second part of the sentence we understand that the mood of the sentence is negative, Hence, option E , inflammatory and besmirched fit the blank.
Though controversial fits the first blank, libel does not fit the second blank.

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