In each question below, four words printed in bold type are given. These are indicated as a:, b:,c: and d:. One of these words printed in bold may either be wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word that is inappropriate or wrongly spelt, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and appropriate in the context of the sentence then mark e: i.e. All correct’, as your answer.
All the competitors/a: completed /b: the race/c: with just one excepsion./d: All correct e:
The Principal/a: gave a very pompous/b: speach/c: about ‘The portals of learning’./d:All correct e:
Copeing/a: with her mother’s long illness/b: was a heavy load/c: to bear./d: All correct e:
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete. A camel and a jackal were-friends. One day, the jackal …(26)… his friend to a big sugarcane farm. It was on the opposite side of a river. After a …(27)… meal, the jackal began to howl loudly. The frightened camel pleaded …(28)… the jackal not to do so. The Jackal said, “Friend, I have this habit after every meal. I cannot help it.” Soon the farmers arrived and gave a sound thrashing to the camel. When the camel crossed the river, the jackal joined him on his back. In the midstream, the camel took a deliberate dip …(29)… the water. When the jackal cried out in terror, the camel said casually “I have the habit of rolling in the water after every meal.” The poor jackal was . ..(30)…
