ISRO Junior Personal Assistant 2010 Paper-I

Direction: In the following sentence, one word is given in bold letters. One of the words given below the sentence conveys almost the same meaning as word ' given in bold letters in the sentence. Mark that one which you find as being nearest in meaning.

The abominable custom of women sacrificing themselves with the pyres of their dead husbands was abolished during the right of William Bentick

Direction: The question below consists of a word printed boldly, followed by four words. Choose the right word which is most nearly similar in meaning to the word printed boldly.
Phonetics

Direction: Choose the word or set of words that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Unlike the Shakespearean plays, the “closet dramas” of the nineteenth century were meant to be............... rather than................

Direction: In the following question, the sentence is completed by oneof the choices given below. Mark that choice which best completes the sentence.
Scientists often say that the answer to the prosperity and happinessof life on earth.

Direction: In the following question, the two words given in the salutary pair express animplicit or explicit relationship with each other. This is followed by four pairs of words. Choose the pait which bears a relationship similar to the words inthe main pair.
Agenda: Meeting

OBSTINATE

AUDACITY

Direction. In the following question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Out of four alternatives, choose the correct one.
The suspected couple was taken away from the airport through a side entrance to the Police Station for interrogation..

Direction: In the following question, find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no error, (d) is the answer.
No sooner had the hockey match started/(a)  when it began/(b)  to rain./(c)  No Error./(d)

Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To keep under wraps means to keep something.