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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
Millions of Jews lost (A)/ their kith and kin (B)/ in Hitler concentration camps.(C)/ No error (D)
Mother-in-laws (A)/ are (B) / a nuisance.(C) / No Error (D)
Today people is ignorant (A)/ of the things that (B)/ are happening around them. (C)/ No Error (D)
I think so (A)/ you have taken (B) / the right decision. (C) / No Error (D)
When Albert stayed at the African jungle (A) / he chose to put up with many inconveniences such as (B) / wild animals and poisionous insects.(C)/ No Error (D)
I recall you telling me (A) / the story of the seven witches (B)/ but I cannot remember where or when.(C)/ No Error (D)
I was surprised (A)/ when the hostess smiled (B)/ as if she saw me before.(C)/ No error (D)
Each one of his sisters (A) / were (B) / hardworking.(C)/ No Error (D)
His need for affection (A)/ stem from his (B)/ father's long absence. (C)/ No Error (D)
Due to his negligence,(A)/ he failed (B)/ in the examination.(C)/ No Error (D)
Ramesh is smarter enough (A)/ to get selected for this post,(B)/ without any recommendations. (C)/ No Error (D)
Madhu lived in Mumbai (A)/ since 1970 to 1985, (B)/ but is now living in Chennai. (C)/ No Error (D)
It has been shown that (A)/ very high doses of vitamin C actually (B)/ causes cancer cells to grow. (C)/ No Error (D).
Excess energy intake from (A)/ food may fuel the (B)/ growth of several cancers. (C)/ No error (D)
Mr. Gaurav Sharma (A)/ is coming (B)/ to dinner. (C) / No error (D)
You have been working very hard (A)/ for the past two years.(B)/ isn't it? (C)/ No Error (D)
I visited my (A)/ grandpa and grandma's house (B)/ and found their missing. (C)/ No Error (D)
You should learn to adopt (A)/ yourself to (B)/ changing circumstances.(C)/ No Error (D)
He was smiling, (A)/ but his eyes retained (B)/ a look of solemness.(C)/ No error (D)
I shall go (A)/ by the (B)/ 3 o' clock's train. (C) / No error (D)
In the following question, sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for the question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
With the amount of conflicts in the world, a Third World War is ________
The traditional way of saying that you feel fine is to say that you are __________.
The army has been __________ to be ready to control the floods.
The relation between the Indian P.M. and the U.S. President is perfectly ________ .
Never _______ met any girl so beautiful.
In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Ineffable
Espionage
Apathy
In the following question, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Theoretical
Mitigate
Elegance
In the following question, four words are given, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase.
Take the bull by the horns
A gentleman at large
Lose face
Build castles in the air
Fall back on
Go to rack and ruin
Bite the dust
Have a chip on one's shoulder
The seamy side
Too many Chiefs and not enough Indians.
In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.
1. Some animals like fishes lay eggs and leave them.
P. The mother does not care for the eggs at all.
Q. They lay thousands of eggs at a time but do not look after them.
R. Most of the eggs die and only a few of them develop into fishes.
S. She simply leaves the eggs and never comes back to them.
6. Is this not something terrible? Yet, it is a fact.
1. Why should I tell you again and again?
P. They know what they have to do.
Q. Don't you know your duties?
R. Only you require to be told.
S. Other students need not be told.
6. I will not tolerate this anymore.
1. One evening he lit a large lamp in the bedroom and sat near his wife.
P. 'Why not?', was the answer.
Q. 'Whatever you like.'
R. 'Shall I read you something?', he asked.
S. 'What shall I read?', he continued.
6. He was somewhat taken aback by her answer.
1. Marine biology is the study of organisms in the ocean.
P. At a fundamental level, marine life helps determine the very nature of our planet.
Q. Marine life is a vast resource.
R. Shorelines are also shaped and protected by marine life.
S. Marine organisms contribute significantly to the oxygen cycle.
6. Marine biology covers a great deal, from the microscopic to the huge whales.
1. Suddenly the man heard the low hum of an engine.
P. Instead, it grew louder and louder and seemed to be coming from above.
Q. At first he thought that it must be a car travelling along the road he had recently left.
R. He looked up quickly and saw an aeroplane cutting a crazy, zigzag path across the sky.
S. He expected the noise to fade away in the distance.
6. It disappeared for an instant behind some clouds, then emerged and plunged into the field.
1. I got on a colourful bus filled with all kinds of strange people.
P. We arrived at a gate like the one in Salvador Dali's paintings.
Q. The bus rode across the dirty expanses without roads.
R. At first, I wasn't aware that the bus roof was loaded with drugs.
S. Everyone was filled with dust and often the wheels would sink into the soft soil.
6. It was a gate neither separated nor connected anything from or to anything.
1. Prices of food products are going up.
P. Seven straight weeks of rising prices have burnt holes in common man's pockets.
Q. But it ruled out any "blind control" to rein in the increasing rates.
R. Wholesale price-based inflation has already touched over a three-year high.
S. The government has admitted that containing inflation would be a more difficult task.
6. This may hurt economic growth and reforms.
1. The biggest villain in Deadwood has always been one thing: Fire.
P. In less than an hour the flames were leaping through the tree-tops.
Q. In our own times, a great fire threatened the town yet again.
R. The wind roared through the forest carrying the flames almost to the edge of town.
S. It all began when some waste-paper caught fire at the foot of the valley.
6. Fire-brigades arrived from all parts of the country to save Deadwood.
1. Health and fitness have now become one of the major concerns.
P. This made life active and alert.
Q. Earlier humans used to hunt for their living.
R. Now, life has become more simple and easy.
S. Due to which their body had to undergo a lot of physical exercise.
6. Everything we need is just a phone call away.
1. My friend Peter went to live in a village.
P. But it was a very slow animal.
Q. So Peter bought a donkey for five hundred rupees.
R. One day his neighbour told him that he must buy a donkey.
S. Every family there had a donkey to carry things for them.
6. It did not like to work.
1. The master returned home after sometime.
P. The snake was lying dead under the cradle.
Q. He went into the room where the baby was sleeping.
R. It had been killed by his dog.
S. He noticed a snake.
6. He realised that his dog had saved his baby.
1. In summer tiny oysters are collected.
P. Then each oyster is taken out and a small hole is drilled in its shell.
Q. There they are kept for three years.
R. A tiny piece of sand is put inside the oyster.
S. They are placed in trays and planted in the sea.
6. Then the oysters are again left in the sea.
1. Time flows on without any stop.
P. In fact change is the law of nature.
Q. The condition in which a man lives; his ideas and thoughts are changing from age to age.
R. This is true not only of physical life.
S. That is why, things are always changing.
6. Thus, our mode of living and ideas are different from those of our grandfathers.
1.Adversity is a curse.
P. When every thing goes on well, we are tempted to take matters easy.
Q. But, it has its uses also.
R. But adversity prompts us to exert ourselves.
S. We fall into a life of comfort and idleness.
6. This develops our latent powers, enabling us to prosper in life.
1. Giving advice is a difficult task.
P. Moreover one doesn't know oneself, amid ambiguity, how can one know others.
Q. It is a wonder how such people like politicians, reformers and people suchlike are so confident as to invent measures to live their life.
R. Life is but one and mistakes are often irrepairable.
S. Unless he knows another person, how can he advise?
6. I find it very difficult to give advice.
1. A traveller had spent many a year in Africa.
P."How did you manage it?" asked one of his friends, greatly impressed.
Q. On his return home, he narrated his adventures to his friends.
R. "Oh, it was nothing", replied the traveller.
S. "When I was in El Doab", he said, "I made fifty Arabs run!"
6. "I ran, and they ran after me!"
1. Religion can bring revolution in the country.
P. Younger generation should read religious books.
Q. But it should be practised from within.
R. They will learn values of life from those books.
S. Their actions must be properly motivated.
6. Then they can be better human beings in Indian society.
1. We wanted to relax and have fun.
P. All of us agreed to share responsbilities.
Q. Two of us took our cars.
R. We decided to go on a picnic at Lodhi Gardens.
S. Each one of us brought one dish, some fruits and sweets.
6. We enjoyed ourselves a lot and felt a welcome change in our monotonous life.
1. My hobby is to collect thought provoking articles from newspapers, magazines and Journals.
P. It has made me a much sought after speaker.
Q. It keeps me updated and helps me in my profession.
R. My successful talks give me self-satisfaction and fame.
S. Whenever I have to deliver a talk on topics such as education, personality development, stress management, I have a lot to say.
6. There is no doubt that a hobby is a boon if it combines pleasure and usefulness.
1. First Deserve and then Desire.
P. Earlier I was very ambitious and wanted to fulfil my desires by hook or by crook.
Q. One can be exposed any time and put to shame.
R. This saying proved to be a mantra for success in my life.
S. But I realised that success through short cuts is short-lived.
6. I followed this saying and today I am a successful businessman.
In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
When something moves in a straight line.
Tending to associate with others of one's kind
General pardon for offences against the state
A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm.
Wide, uninterrupted view.
An instrument for measuring pressure of gases
That cannot be expressed in words.
A mixture of dried, naturally fragrant plant material, used to provide a gentle natural scent inside buildings, especially in residential settings.
Placing different things in order to create an interesting effect
Study of cultures.
A person speaking many languages.
A lengthy and aggressive speech addressed to a large assembly.
In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.
He could have solved the problem.
Do not insult the poor.
Do not disturb me.
Who will help me?
Who has destroyed Nagasaki?
Arun has written a newspaper report on the inaugration of Delhi Metro Railways.
The students have dedicated an issue of magazine to him.
The old owl will listen to the squirrel's problems, patiently.
Parents elected him the chairman of PTA as he was the only talented contestant.
The movie will create tension in the Indian society.
Late arrival of the Gomati Express created confusion among the passengers.
The scorpion stung the farmer.
Let Sumita help him.
I found the box last night in a ditch near my house.
The government has launched a programme to improve the performance of the ministries.
A hundred carefully-screened people were invited to dinner by the Prime Minister.
It is good that your ideas can be expressed with such clarity by you.
A good deal of money will be made by that investment.
He had transported all his equipment to his factory.
Marketing professionals play a major role in the development of business sectors.
In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.
The student told her teacher to explain the passage.
Ram cooked a conspiracy to cheat Abdul.
Raja is a bad singer, he is tone-deaf.
Whether we realise or not we are continuously making choices every moment of our lives.
One night they sank through the shiny water, and for the first time since he has known them, began to quickly swim.
Having run here and there in rage, he stood defeated, his cries suppressed into sobs.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Usain Bolt is second to one as an athlete.
He spoke as though his throat had had suffered an injury.
All the family members of his are in Ernakulam.
We are withnessing not triumph but the breakdown of democracy.
Woe betide the youngster who is less than respectful.
My office is within a stone's throw from the university.
Herself saw the thief.
My parents will reach Delhi by Monday next.
I think so she will come to the party.
Old habit die hardly.
The burglar broke in the shop last night.
Nida was too clever to see through his tricks.
Teachers are exemplary to the virtues of middle class.
The revolt of 1857 happened during the rein of Bahadur Shah Zafar.
We were introduced to each other by a mutual friend.
In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
He said that she was coming that year.
My mother says,"I have often told you not to play with fire."
The teacher said to the student,"Why were you absent yesterday?"
My sister said,"They will contact you as soon as they finish the job."
Sheela reassured me,"I can come tonight."
I said to you,"I can not be blamed for this."
The father said to the son,"Why do you not start preparing for the examination this month?
He said, "How can a Zebra talk?''
"What did you eat last night?" asked my mother.
He asks which chair he is to sit on.
The boss said, "Please give me the latest reports."
They said to me,"Bring these books upstairs."
She said,"I've been in this school since 1998."
"Are you the same person I met in the park?" I asked.
He exclaimed with regret that he was perished by the people he had made.
"I always keep a tin of biscuits in my room, girls."
Mother said,"Don't step out of the house in the summer season."
The teacher said that the burglar had broken into the office.
Salim told Ajay that he would return the book to him the next day.
I can't stand on my head because I am not well."
He said that when he was a boy he could stay up as long as he liked.
He explained that he knew the place well because he used to live there.
She said,"We were thinking of selling the house but we had decided not to"
The guide suggested, "Let's rest here for a while."
"Good-bye! Dear friend," said the patriot, "we will meet again."
He told his mother that he was starting in two days' time.
He told me, "Your train will leave if you do not go at once."
In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Passage:
We are ____ in a time of great and _____changes. The most obvious _____of the modern world is the _____development of science and technology. This has given man a deeper _____of nature.
We are ____ in a time of great
time of great and _____changes
The most obvious______ of the modern world.
the modern world is the______ development of science and technology.
This has given man a deeper ______of nature.
In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Passage:
War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.
War and Peace an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was _____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69.
This ____ study of early 19th century Russian society,
Noted for its ____ of realistic detail and
Variety of psychological _____ is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels.
War and Peace is _____ concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families,
The members of which are ______ against
The _____ background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon.
The _____ of war, however, is
______ to the story of family existence
Which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting _____ of human existence.
In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Passage:
The nation has been _____as a relatively extensive, territorial relation of nativity. We have further formulated the_____of the nation as a territorially_____, yet bounded, social relation for the generation, transmission, and ____of life. When the nation is a national state, it is also a_____for the protection of life. The nation is often ______by the metaphor of familial relations and, indeed, has sometimes been considered as some kind of_____family. This is understandable because both the nation and the family are relations of_____. Nonetheless, there is an important difference, and to understand this will _____a more detailed examination of the_____ between territory and bonding.
The nation has been ____ as a relatively extensive
We have further formulated the _____ of the nation
as a territorially_______, yet bounded, social relation
for the generation, transmission, and _____ of life
When the nation is a national state, it is also a ______ for the protection of life.
The nation is often _______by the metaphor of familial relations
and, indeed, has sometimes been considered as some kind of ______ family.
This is understandable because both the nation and the family are social relations of________.
Nonetheless, there is an important difference, and to understand this will _____
a more detailed examination of the______ between territory and bonding.
Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.
Passage:
True, It is the function of the army to maintain law and order in abnormal times. But in normal times there is another force that compels citizens to obey the laws and to act with due regard to the rights of others. The force also protects the lives and the properties of law abiding men. Laws are made to secure the personal safety of its subjects and to prevent murder and crimes of violence. They are made to secure the property of the citizens against theft and damage to protect the rights of communities and castes to carry out their customs and ceremonies, so long as they do not conflict with the rights of others. Now the good citizen, of his own free will obey these laws and he takes care that everything he does is done with due regard to the rights and well-being of others. But the bad citizen is only restrained from breaking these laws by fear of the consequence of his actions. And the necessary steps to compel the bad citizen to act as a good citizen are taken by this force. The supreme control of law and order in a State is in the hands of a Minister who is responsible to the State Assembly and acts through the Inspector General of Police.
The expression 'customs and ceremonies' means:
Which of the following is not implied in the passage ?
According to the writer, which one of the following is not the responsibility of the police ?
"They are made to secure the property of citizens against theft and damage" means that the law:
The last sentence of the passage implies that:-
Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.
Passage:
Riparian vegetation [the green band of vegetation along a watercourse] can help stabilize stream banks; filter sediment from surface runoff; and provide wildlife habitat, livestock forage,and scenic value. Well-developed vegetation also allows bank soils to absorb extra water during spring runoff, releasing it later during drier months, thus improving late-summer stream flows.
In many parts of the arid West, trees and shrubs are found only in riparian areas. Woody plants are very important as winter cover for many wildlife species, including upland game birds such as pheasants and turkeys. Often this winter cover is the greatest single factor limiting game bird populations. Woody vegetation also provides hiding cover and browse for many other species of birds and mammals, both game and nongame. Dead trees ("snags") are an integral part of streamside habitats and should be left standing whenever possible. Woodpeckers, nuthatches, brown creepers, and other birds eat the insects that decompose the wood. These insects usually pose no threat to nearby living trees. Occasionally a disease organism or misuse of pesticides will weaken or kill a stand of trees. If several trees in a small area begin to die, contact your local extension agent immediately .
What is the effect of the word choice 'riparian'?
What is the overall sense conveyed by the author when the specific birds that live in riparian areas are listed in the passage?
What is discussed in the second paragraph of this passage?
Overall the assertions seem to be based on:
How dependent are plants and animals on each other?
Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.
Passage:
Implanting standards, right values, the science of good and evil are an essential part of education. Many forces thwart this to work, but two of the most serious hindrances to it are examinations and specialization. The examination system is both an opiate and a poison. It is an opiate because it lulls Man into believing that all is well when most is ill. It is a poison because it paralyses or at least slows down the natural activities of the healthy mind. Man finds himself a creature of unknown capacities in an unknown world, wants to learn what the world is like, what he should be and do in it. To help him in answering these questions is the one and only purpose of education. However, tests of progress are useful and necessary. Examinations are harmless when the examinee is indifferent to their result, but as soon as they matter, they begin to distort his attitude to education and to conceal its purpose. For disinterestedness is the essence of all good education and liberal education is impossible without it.
The author considers specialization as :
One of the core elements of education is :
The examination system is an opiate because
The purpose of education is
The author
Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.
Passage:
The man who is perpetually hesitating which of the two things he will do first, will do neither. The man who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first counter-suggestion of a friend, - who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan, and veers like a weather-cock to every point of the compass, with every breath of caprice that blows-can never accomplish anything great or useful. Instead of being progressive in any thing, he will be at best stationary, and more probably retrograde in all. It is only the man who first consults wisely, then resolves firmly, and then executes his purpose with flexible perseverance, undismayed by those petty difficulties which daunt a weaker spirit that can advance to eminence in any line. Take your course wisely, but firmly; and
having taken it, hold upon it with heroic resolution, and the Alps and Pyrenees will sink before you.
A man who cannot decide which of the two things he will do first, end up doing_______.
What is the meaning of "retrograde" in the passage?
What will the man who sticks to his resolve and executes it advance to?
Who is daunted by petty difficulties?
The writer advises us to be ______.
Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.
Passage:
The public sector banks are witnessing in india a period of transition and are at crossroads, where they without giving up social responsibility, should also remain healthy. They need to undertake risky experiments yet perform it innovatively in a way it does not fail. They should make forays into new areas which are rarely tread by them and lose no emerging opportunities. It should be understood
that absence of any bad advance is no sign of efficient banking system. It only indicates immense conservatism. However this is no guarantee for profit. There should be a balance between liquidity and risk. Past sins should be forgotten. Novel and pragmatic techniques should be adopted without which banks would be in danger.
What according to the author, are the public sector banks witnessing.
In addition to being socially responsible, what does the author want the banks to be.
How can the banks take risks without risking a failure?
What does the absence of any bad advance indicate?
What would happen if novel and pragmatic techniques are ignored?
Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.
Passage:
The human eye is a complex part of the body that is used for seeing. Eyes enable people to perform daily tasks and to learn about the world that surrounds them. Sight, or vision, is a rapidly occurring process that involves continuous interaction between the eye, the nervous system, and the brain. When someone looks at an object, what he really sees is the light reflected from the object. This
reflected light passes through the lens and falls on the retina of the eye. Here the light induces nerve impulses that travel through the optic nerve to the brain and then over other nerves to muscles and glands.
The eye is similar to a television camera. Both the eye and the television camera convert light energy to electrical energy. The eye converts light to nerve impulses that are interpreted by the brain as the sense perception called sight. A television camera converts light to electronic signals that are broadcast and transformed into light images in a television receiver. It is wonderful that human eyes blink an average of once every six seconds. This washes the eye with the salty secretion from the tear or lachrymal glands. Each tear gland is about the size and shape of an almond. These glands are situated behind the upper eyelid at the outer corner of the eye.
After passing over the eye, the liquid from the gland is drained into the nose through the tear duct at the inner corner of the eye.
What do we see when we look at an object?
The eye is similar to the television camera because both
The sense perception that the brain releases after the eye converts light to nerve impulses is known as
The average rate of blinking of an eye is
Lachrymal glands or tear glands are situated
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