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SSC CGL TIER-II (English)
ENGLISH
MOCK TEST PAPER
(SSC CGL TIER-II)
Directions (1-20) : In the following questions, a sentence/part of the sentence is printed in bold.
Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/part of the sentence at (A), (B) and (C) which
may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed,
your answer is (D).
1. (A) The newer type of automatic machines
(B) wash
(C) the clothes faster
(D) No error
2. (A) The doctor advised Mr. Murugan that

(B) because of his severe cramps
(C) he should lay in the bed for a few days
(D) No error
3. (A) Teachers of various schools

(B) met to discuss about
(C) how to improve the standard of English
(D) No error
4. (A) After dinner (B) he likes to

(C) retire in his study (C) No error
5. (A) She is confident (B) to win the gold medal

(C) this time (D) No error
6. (A) After 50 years of independence (B) many social problems

(C) still remaining to be solved in India (D) No error
7. (A) They have invited

(B) Ramesh and I
(C) to the function to be held in the next month
(D) No error
8. (A) The issues were

(B) so critical that they
(C) could hardly be resolved upon such a limited time
(D) No Error
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9. (A) Beside food (B) the pilgrims carried

(C) some medicines (C) No error
10. (A) After he had read the two first chapters

(B) of the novel
(C) he felt like reading the book at one sitting
(D) No error
11. (A) You will be persecuted (B) for bringing seeds

(C) into Australia (D) No error
12. (A) The success of our efforts depend upon the

(B) number of people who
(C) actually use the new methods
(D) No error
13. (A) His dealing with other trades (B) has always suspected
(C) though he was spotlessly clean (D) No error
14. (A) The type of qualities you acquire

(B) depend upon your company
(C) and so you associated your-selves with simple and good natured people
(D) No error
15. (A) Instead of being a clear winner (B) he was not given the best employee
(C) of the year award (D) No error
16. (A) The country’s constitution came into force

(B) three years since in
(C) gained its independence
(D) No error
17. (A) He has read four plays (B) written by Shakespeare

(C) by the end of his vacation (D) No error
18. (A) It rained all (B) day last week so we did not
(C) enjoy our vacation (D) No error
19. (A) When we reached there

(B) we saw a crowd
(C) of about ten people fighting between them-selves
(D) No error

20. (A) Mammoths were a species of elephants

(B) who lived millions of years ago
(C) but are now extinct
(D) No error
Direction (21-30) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which
best expresses the meaning of the given word.
21. CONSERVATION
(A) preservation (B) respiration
(C) correction (D) confusion
22. FOREGO
(A) renounce (B) disown
(C) leave (D) accumulate
23. GRUFF
(A) hard (B) rough
(C) tough (D) sturdy
24. HURDLE
(A) Obstacle (B) Ban
(C) Hedge (D) Relay
25. GREED
(A) love (B) preference
(C) avarice (D) purpose
26. VERACITY
(A) freedom (B) truth
(C) wisdom (D) loyalty
27. DECREPITUDE
(A) disease (B) coolness
(C) crowd (D) feebleness
28. PANACEA
(A) flatter (B) praise
(C) inactivity (D) cure-all
29. OSTENTATION
(A) pomp (B) pretence
(C) abundance (D) plenty

30. CONSIGNEE
(A) Delegate (B) Representative
(C) Nominee (D) Messenger
Direction (31-40): Choose the word opposite in the meaning to the word given in bold.
31. CHURLISH
(A) young (B) cultured
(C) cowardly (D) accommodating
32. RECEDED
(A) bloomed (B) advanced
(C) increased (D) diminished
33. MUTILATE
(A) bloomed (B) advanced
(C) increased (D) diminished
34. EXHILARATE
(A) gladden (B) invigorate
(C) shabbily (D) depress
35. DENOUNCE
(A) praise (B) kind-hearted
(C) dreaded (D) notorious
36. EULOGISTIC
(A) pretty (B) critical
(C) brief (D) stern
37. DESULTORY
(A) apologetic (B) random
(C) methodical (D) questionable
38. PONDEROUS
(A) simple (B) thoughtless
(C) empty (D) light
39. ULTERIOR
(A) unduly (B) declared
(C) indefinite (D) classified
40. LANGUID
(A) cheerful (B) progressive
(C) vigorous (D) fashionable

Direction (41-50) : In the following questions, groups of four words are given. In each group, one
word is wrongly spelt. Find the misspelt word.
41. (A) passagway (B) causeway

(C) subway (D) straightway
42. (A) whether (B) weathere

(C) whither (D) wither
43. (A) reference (B) preference

(C) difference (D) performence
44. (A) insolvency (B) legitimacy

(C) hypocrisy (D) idiosyncracy
45. (A) inexplicable (B) inevitable

(C) inextinguishable (D) inexpressable
46. (A) assesment (B) assignment

(C) alignment (D) inherent
47. (A) peruse (B) persuade

(C) persuit (D) pursue
48. (A) repreive (B) retrospect

(C) retreat (D) receive
49. (A) glamour (B) graduate

(C) grese (D) greenery
50. (A) audacious (B) auspicious

(C) caprisious (D) credulous
Direction (51-60): In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase
printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the
Idiom/phrases.
51. Though he is nice by heart and nature, but everybody is often disinclined to associate freely with
him because he is to pap everybody with hatchet.
(A) to try to cover up defects
(B) to be indisposed
(C) to do favours in an unpleasant manner
(D) to conclude anything unsatisfactorily

52. Why should you read between the lines whenever I say this to you?
(A) read the lines with great speed
(B) interpret the lines wrongly
(C) find more meaning than the words appear to express
(D) read a text line-by-line slowly
53. Not know the first thing about something

(A) to be unaware of the primary knowledge of anything
(B) to be in a favourable condition
(C) to wait something going on
(D) to take control of something
54. To sit at someone’s feet

(A) to look after someone
(B) to make use of someone for one’s advantage
(C) to resemble in character
(D) to admire greatly
55. Having bought the house, they decided to go the whole hog and buy all the furniture needed.
(A) to live there (B) to do it completely
(C) to go all the way (D) to go in the fog
56. On behalf of the government the Prime Minister went in for delivering a disquisition on the
burning problems.
(A) to upset or spoil something (B) to aim at something
(C) to remain unmoved (D) to give a right judgement
57. His failure at the election has been a sore point with him for a long time.
(A) something which hurts (B) something that brings fear to
(C) something memorable for (D) something pleasurable to
58. Though he was clarified satisfactorily, the matter of fact was that his proposal was laughed out
of the court.
(A) to take undue liberty with (B) to be out of one’s senses
(C) to laugh without permission (D) to dismiss something casually
59. Sometimes, it happens that we have to give the devil his due.
(A) to give credit to even a notorious person
(B) to give encouragement even to the enemy
(C) to invite the devil
(D) to stand in the way of the devil

60. No love lost between them

(A) they are indifferent to one another
(B) they love one another
(C) they dislike one another
(D) they are keen friends
Direction (61-70) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which
can be substituted for the given words / sentence.
61. One who journeys from place to place
(A) Quack (B) Cannibal
(C) Itinerant (D) Courier
62. The murder of parent or a near relative

(A) Patricide (B) Parricide
(C) Matricide (D) Homicide
63. A person who is always dissatisfied

(A) Heretic (B) Felon
(C) Malcontent (D) Surrogate
64. Building in which dead bodies are kept for a time

(A) Mortuary (B) Monastery
(C) Sanatorium (D) Crematorium
65. Bitter and violent attack in words

(A) Diaspora (B) Diacriticism
(C) Diadem (D) Diatribe
66. Mania for setting fires

(A) Pyromania (B) Kleptomania
(C) Locomania (D) Nymphomania
67. Irresistible craving for alcoholic drinks

(A) Megalomania (B) Dipsomania
(C) Kleptomania (D) Pyromania
68. Of unknown and unadmitted authorship

(A) Gullible (B) Anonymous
(C) Unanimous (D) Vexation
69. Too much official formality

(A) Bureaucracy (B) Red-Tapism
(C) Nepotism (D) Formalism

70. A person who breaks into a house in order to steal

(A) Poacher (B) Bandit
(C) Intruder (D) Burglar
Direction (71-90): In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active Voice / Passive
Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same
sentence in Passive Voice / Active Voice.
71. This surface feels smooth.

(A) This surface is felt smooth (B) This surface is smooth when it is felt
(C) This surface when felt is smooth (D) This surface is smooth as felt
72. I saw him conducting the rehearsal.

(A) He was seen conducting the rehearsal
(B) I saw the rehearsal to be conducted by him
(C) He was seen by me to conduct the rehearsal
(D) I saw the rehearsal being conducted by him
73. Darjeeling grows tea.

(A) Tea grows in Darjeeling (B) Tea is grown in Darjeeling
(C) Let the tea be grown in Darjeeling (D) Tea is being grown in Darjeeling
74. What amused you?

(A) What you are made to amuse by? (B) By what are you being amused?
(C) By what were you amused? (D) By what have you been amused?
75. They are building a house next door to our school.

(A) Next door to our school a house is being built by them
(B) Next door to our school is being built a house by them
(C) A house next door to our school is being built by them
(D) A house is being built by them next door to our school
76. Somebody told me that there had been an explosion in the Town Hall.
(A) I was told by somebody about the explosion in the Town Hall.
(B) I was told about the explosion in the Town Hall.
(C) I was informed that there was an explosion in the Town Hall.
(D) I was told by somebody that there had been an’ explosion in the Town Hall.
77. He was obliged to resign.

(A) He was made to resign
(B) To resign was his obligation
(C) Circumstances obliged him to resign
(D) Resignation obliged him

78. The Government is spending too much money on Operation Pink.

(A) Too much money was being spent on Operation Pink
(B) Too much money is being spent on Operation Pink
(C) Too much money is spent on Operation Pink
(D) Too much money has been spent on Operation Pink
79. They discovered a new pill to stimulate the appetite.

(A) A new pill to stimulate the appetite is discovered
(B) A new pill to stimulate the appetite was discovered
(C) A new pill to stimulate the appetite has been discovered
(D) A new pill to stimulate the appetite had been discovered
80. They allowed Harry to go but they did not allow Dick.
(A) Harry was allowed to go but Dick was not (allowed to go)
(B) Harry allowed to go but Dick was not (allowed to go)
(C) Harry was allowed to go but Dick not (allowed to go)
(D) Harry was allowed to go but Dick were not (allowed to go)
81. The children are making a noise.

(A) A noise is made by the children
(B) A noise is being made by the children
(C) The children should be making a noise
(D) A noise has been made by the children
82. No one has climbed this mountain before.

(A) This mountain hasn’t been climbed before
(B) This mountain been climbed before
(C) This mountain wasn’t being climbed before
(D) This mountain hasn’t climbed before
83. Mohan gave the beggar an old shirt

(A) An old shirt was given to Mohan by the beggar
(B) An old shirt was given to the beggar by Mohan
(C) The beggar was gave an old shirt by Mohan
(D) An old shirt was gave to the beggar by Mohan
84. She is running a school these days.

(A) A school is be run by her these days
(B) A school was being run by her these days
(C) A school is being run by her these days
(D) A school will be run by her these days

85. Please sit here and wait till I return

(A) You are request to sit here and wait till I return
(B) You are requested to sit here and waited till I return
(C) You are requested to sit here and wait till I return
(D) You are requested to sitting here and waiting till I return
86. Did they not tell you to be here by six O’clock?

(A) Were you not talling to be here by six O’clock?
(B) Were you not told to be here by six O’clock?
(C) Were you told to be here by six O’clock?
(D) Were you not being told to be here by six O’clock?
87. The telegraph wires have been cut.

(A) Someone has been cut the telegraph wires
(B) No one has cut the telegraph wires
(C) The telegraph wires have cut someone
(D) Someone has cut the telegraph wires
88. They will have finished the paper by 11 O’clock

(A) The paper shall have been finished by them by 11 O’clock
(B) The paper will have been finished by them by 11 O’clock
(C) The paper should have been finished by them by 11 O’clock
(D) The paper must have been finished by them by 11 O’clock
89. The noise of the traffic kept me awake

(A) I was kept awake by the noise of the traffic
(B) The traffic kept me awake by the noise
(C) I kept myself awake due to the noise of the traffic
(D) I remained awake by the noise of the traffic
90. Were did you find this pen?

(A) Where you found this pen?
(B) Where were you found this pen?
(C) Where was this pen found by you?
(D) How was this pen found by you?
Direction (91-110): In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed bold. Below are
given alternatives to the bold part at (A), (B) and (C), which may improve the sentence. Choose
the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (D).
91. Ravi has been demanding a lot more marks, doesn’t he?
(A) hasn’t he ? (B) isn’t he ?
(C) isn’t it ? (D) No improvement

92. You have to persevere on difficult students.

(A) with (B) off
(C) to (D) No improvement
93. He is in want of a reliable servant.

(A) refused (B) needs
(C) declined (D) No improvement
94. The land can be sold on the owner pleasure.

(A) on the owner’s pleasant
(B) at the owner’s pleasant
(C) at the owner’s pleasure
(D) No improvement
95. Too little is known by this time about possible side-effects of the drug.
(A) presently (B) in the end
(C) before hand (D) No improvement
96. The chief guest declared opened the forty-ninth sports meet of the school.
(A) declare opened (B) declared open
(C) declare open (D) No improvement
97. Airline companies pay nearly 25 billion dollars for their right of fly over the countries other than
their parent country.
(A) their right to fly (B) their right in flying
(C) their right to flying (D) No improvement
98. Rice is to the Japanese while potatoes are to many Europeans.

(A) which (B) that
(C) what (D) No improvement
99. The enemy, beaten at every point, fled from the field.
(A) having been beaten (B) was beaten
(C) to be beaten (D) No improvement
100. She has such a fine memory that she can recollect anything that has happened many years
ago.
(A) that happened (B) which has happened
(C) that had happened (D) No correction required
101. Didn’t Mr. Sharma come to the office yet ?

(A) Hadn’t (B) Hasn’t
(C) Isn’t (D) No improvement

102. The prescribed form must be completed and returned to this office.
(A) must (B) should have
(C) must have (D) No improvement
103. After the letter reached me, I shall know the result.
(A) After the letter reaches
(B) After the letter will reach
(C) After the letter has reached
(D) No improvement
104. You can’t imagine that she is rude and arrogant.

(A) that she is rudely and arrogant
(B) how rude and arrogant she is
(C) what rudeness and arrogance she has
(D) No correction required
105. They take their children for a drive in the charming countryside around Bangalore always.
(A) They take their children for a drive always in the charming countryside around Bangalore
(B) They take their children always for a drive in the charming countryside around Bangalore
(C) They always take their children for a drive in the charming countryside around Bangalore
(D) No improvement
106. It is the kind of book that kept your guessing right to the end.
(A) that keeps you (B) who keeps you
(C) that keeps your (D) No improvement
107. Write down the address lest you may forget

(A) you may not forget (B) you cannot forget
(C) you should forget (D) No improvement
108. There were several candidates missed from the list.

(A) missed in (B) missing from
(C) missing out (D) No improvement
109. He come often to our house.

(A) come often (B) often comes
(C) often come (D) No improvement
110. I was sorry not to had seen them.

(A) not to have (B) not to has
(C) had (D) No improvement

Direction (111-125): In the following questions, the first and the last parts 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.
111. 1. The pigeons were used

P. as messengers Q. which were tied
R. in the olden days S. to carry messages
6. to their feet.
(A) PQRS (B) SPRQ
(C) PRSQ (D) PRQS
112. 1. Lalitha, 52, a Chennai housewife seemed in perfect health.

P. In both cases, doctors assumed that the fatal attacks had been triggered by blood clots
clogging the pencilthin arteries that supply oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle.
Q. Krishnan’s demise was less unexpected; the Chennai software engineer, 47, has been
suffering from angina pectoris, periodic attacks of severe chest pain, for several months
before he died in his sleep.
R. Then, while shopping one day, she suddenly fell to the floor dead, apparently of a heart-
attack.
S. But autopsies showed that the coronary arteries of both victims were free from obstruction.
6. What caused the attacks?
(A) RQPS (B) PSRQ
(C) RSPQ (D) PQRS
113. 1. Satellites have been launched into space for various purposes.
P. The other satellites we have launched are the Bhaskara, Apple and Insat-IA, IB, IC.
Q. We have launched our first satellite Aryabhatta on 19th April, 1975.
R. Our latest achievement is the launching of PSLV rocket.
S. Therefore in satellite technology, we are able to compete with other developed countries.
6. Only a few other countries have developed satellite technology.
(A) QPRS (B) QRPS
(C) SQPR (D) SQRP
114. 1. The path of Venus lies inside the path of the Earth.
P. When at its farthest from the Earth, Venus is 160 million miles away.
Q. With such a wide range between its greatest and least distances it is natural that at
sometimes Venus appears much brighter than others.
R. No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with the exception of the Moon and an
occasional comet or asteroid.
S. The Venus is at its nearest to the Earth, it is only 26 million miles.
6. When at its brightest, it is easily seen with the naked eye in broad daylight.
(A) PSQR (B) QPRS
(C) SQRP (D) SRPQ

115. 1. Advocates of space programme argue for spending huge amounts of money on exploring
Mars.
P. But there is no firm evidence of any valuable mineral that can be extracted from Mars and
transp-orted to Earth.
Q. Worst, nobody has any idea what undesirable microbes or poisonous materials we will
be importing from Mars.
R. They are also unrealistic about the cost of tranportation that will be involved in interplanetary
move-ment of men and materials.
S. These enthusiasts argue that Mars could be a perennial source of materials for us earthlings.
6. Our race to Mars is likely to be a wild goose chase.
(A) SPRQ (B) QPRS
(C) PRSQ (D) SRQP
116. 1. Trucks, trains, planes and refrigerator ships are new ways of carrying food.
P. In many countries, women carry food to market on their heads.
Q. High in the Andes Mountains long lines of Illamas, each with a heavy bag of grain, pick
their way along rocky trails.
R. But a great deal of food is still carried on the heads of women and the backs of animals.
S. Over the desert sands, camels carry loads of salt, dates and cheese from one oasis to
another.
6. And in a lonely bay, a fisherman still rows home with the day’s catch.
(A) PQRS (B) RPQS
(C) RPSQ (D) RSQP
117. I was sorry not to had seen them.

(A) not to have (B) not to has
(C) had (D) No improvement
118. 1. The heroes of peace are

P. great social wrongs
Q. and abolished
R. who have banished poverty and ignorance
S. great scholars, scientists, statesman and social reformers.
6. and laboured for the betterment of human race.
(A) RQPS (B) QSPR
(C) SRQP (D) PSQR
119. 1. It is our policy that the regional languages should prosper.

P. Rather they should be medium of instruction.
Q. They should never be replaced by some other language.
R. Such an arrangement would give diversity.
S. The official language should be regional language.
6. India’s unity lies in diversity.
(A) SPQR (B) RQPS
(C) SQPR (D) RPQS

120. 1. Work with retarded children, in particular, involves superhuman patience and long-delayed
rewards.
P. Another women faithfully spent two hours a day, five days a week, with a bed-ridden
retarded girl.
Q. It was three years before the girl made her first cut in a piece of paper.
R. The girl had never before responded to, or recognised anyone.
S. One women decided to teach a young brain —damaged girl how to use scissors.
6. After five years, the girl finally began to smile, when her foster grand parents entered the
room.
(A) PSQR (B) SQPR
(C) RQSP (D) SQPR
121. 1. There was one a Persian king called Shahryar who had a beautiful wife.
P. When the King discovered this he killed her.
Q. He gave orders that he was to be provided with a new wife every day.
R. He loved her very much, but she was a wicked woman.
S. He decided that all women were wicked and that he would punish them.
6. After one day’s marriage he would cut off her head and marry again.
(A) PQRS (B) QSPR
(C) RPSQ (D) SPRQ
122. 1. In the middle of one side of the square sits the Chairman of the committee, the most
important person in the room.
P. For a committee is not just a mere collection of individuals.
Q. On him rests much of the responsibility for the success or failure of the committee.
R. While this is happening we have an opportunity to get the ‘feel’ of this committee.
S. As the meeting opens, he runs briskly through a number of formalities.
6. From the moment its members meet, it begins to have a sort nebulous life of its own.
(A) PQRS (B) QSRP
(C) RSQP (D) SQPR
123. 1. No one knows when tea was first discovered, or how it came to be such a popular drink.
P. By the eighth century A.D. most Chinese were drinking tea, both because they liked it as
a beverage and for its medicinal value.
Q. Tea was so popular that one of the most distinguished poets of the T ang dynasty, a man
called Lu Yu, even wrote a holy scripture about it.
R. The beverage is generally accepted to have originated in China hundreds of years ago.
S. Records going back to the fourth century A.D. refer to tea.
6. It was called Cha’ Ching, which, translated, means Tea Scripture.
(A) SRQP (B) QRPS
(C) RSPQ (D) SPQR

124. 1. Freedom is first of all a personal matter.

P. A man who will not submit to the discipline of his chosen occupation is not free to be a
great surgeon, or engineer, or golfer, or executive.
Q. Life imposes a drastic discipline on all living things, including human beings.
R. We are free to eat poison or jump off a tall building, but not to escape the consequences.
S. We are bound by the laws of cause and effect.
6. Nature, morever, binds the arbitrary limits of mind and body; we are not free to do, by
whatever effort, what is beyond our capacity.
(A) QRSP (B) RSPQ
(C) PQRS (D) SRQP
125. 1. Does the arrival of a particular species of migratory birds herald the onset of monsoon?
P. They have sighted the pied crested cuckoos, inhabitants of the African continent.
Q. If their belif is correct then the rains are round the corner.
R. Ornithologists at the Bombay National History Society believe so.
S. They normally migrate to the Indian sub-continent just before the monsoon season for
breeding.
6. These birds have been observed to each India just prior to the rains.
(A) PQRS (B) RQPS
(C) PSRQ (D) QPSR
Direction (126-130): In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in
with the appropriate words. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the
correct alternative out of the four.
126. Hopes of a settlement depends on the _______ of the dis-cussion.

(A) findings (B) outcome
(C) break through (D) resolutions
127. The mechanic _______ the vehicle since this morning.

(A) repaired (B) repairing
(C) has been repairing (D) will be repairing
128. They sprayed tear gas _______ on the protesters.

(A) indirectly (B) intensively
(C) indifferently (D) indiscriminately
129. As the boat _______, all those on board fortunately managed to reach the bank of the river
______, with the help of the life boats.
(A) capasized, drowned
(B) fell, harmlessly
(C) dropped, uninjured
(D) sank, safely

130. They all gave evidence _____________ one another.

(A) for (B) with
(C) against (D) of
Direction (131-160) : In the following questions, you have six brief passages with some questions
following each passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question
out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE - 1
“Science cannot reduce the magic of a sunset of arithmetic, nor can it express friendship with
a formula” observed the eminent medical researcher, Dr. Lous Orr. He added, “also beyond
science’s mastery of nature are love and laughter, pain and loneliness and insights into truth and
beauty”. This distancing of science from the human condition perhaps explains why most foreign
tourists visiting Britain flock predictably to see the hallowed homes of playwrights, writers and
poets, but choose to ignore the habitations where its eminent scientists lived and worked.
131. Why is it that science cannot express friendship with a formula?
(A) Science and friendship cannot co-exist
(B) It is abstract term which cannot be grappled by science
(C) Friendship is beyond science’s mastery
(D) Friendship is unknown to scientists
132. The word “magic” refers to.

(A) evening dusk (B) the sunrise
(C) solar and lunar eclipse (D) setting of the sun, with all its beauty
133. Which of the following are beyond science’s reach, according to the passage?
(A) Love and laughter, pain and loneliness
(B) Derivation of a formula
(C) Complexity of time and tide
(D) Work of the mind
134. The verb ‘flock’ refers to

(A) tourists in Britain
(B) local people
(C) large number of foreign tourists visiting homes of playwrights, writers, poets
(D) Indian tourists
135. Why according to the author do tourists prefer to visit hallowed homes of playwrights writers and
poets rather than visiting the habitation of eminent scientists?
(A) The houses of playwright and writers are well-deco-rated and are full of splendour
(B) Science cannot explain human emotions hence people have a soft corner for those who
produce a splendid display of emotions in their work
(C) Scientists are loathsome
(D) House of scientists are untidy and not well-preserved

PASSAGE - 2
The black-and-white dog made off as I went through the fence. But the red dog whimpered and
hesitated, and moved on hot bricks as the was fat and in good condition. He waited while I went
up to him, wagging his tail and whimpering, and ducking his head and dancing. He daren’t rub
his nose with his paws any more; it hurt too much. I patted his head and looked at his nose, and
he whimpered loudly. He must have had thirty quills, or more, sticking out of his nose; the white,
ugly ends of the quills protruding from his already swollen, blood-puffed muzzle.
136. The black-and-white dog ran away because :
(A) he was being chased (B) he had been hit with stones
(C) the red dog chased him (D) he heard his master’s whistle
137. The red dog moved gingerly and restlessly because :

(A) the sun was hot (B) he was in great pain
(C) he was frightened (D) he was fat
138. The dog whimpered loudly when:

(A) the author examined his nose (B) he ducked his head
(C) the author touched him (D) he moved on hot bricks
139. Waggaing his taill the dog pleaded with the author to :
(A) remove the quills (B) take him to the vet
(C) give him food (D) take him back to his master
140. The word ‘ugly’ means :

(A) sharp (B) cruel
(C) black (D) repulsive
PASSAGE - 3
To those who do listen, the desert speaks of things with an emphasis quite different from that of
the shore, the mountain, the valley, or the plains. Whereas these invite action and suggest
limitless opportunity and exhaustless resources, the implications and the mood of the desert are
something different. For one thing, the desert is conservative, not radical. It is more likely to
provide awe than to invite conquest. The heroism which it encourages is the heroism of the
endurance, not that of conquest. It brings man up against his limitation, turns him in upon himself
and suggests values which more indulgent regions suppress. Sometimes it induces contemplation
in men who have never contemplated before. And of all the answers to the question—what is a
desert good for— ‘contemplation’ is perhaps the best.
141. In order to receive the desert’s message, the beholder needs to be
(A) Courageous in his reaction (B) Conservative in his responses
(C) A good listener (D) Sensitive to nature
142. The desert is unique among landscapes in that it encourages only

(A) Contemplation (B) Indolence
(C) Heroic endeavour (D) Adventurous spirit

143. If one responds with insight to the mood of the desert, it evokes
(A) An inclination for deep thought
(B) The possible of unending resources
(C) The desire for heroic conquest
(D) A sense of intense revulsion
144. The writer calls the desert ‘conservative’ rather than ‘radical’ because it provides an environment
that
(A) Inspires man to explore it
(B) Offers unlimited opportunity to conquer
(C) Tests one’s endurance
(D) Makes one gloomy
145. What does the phrase “it brings man up against his limitations”, mean?
(A) It makes man feel hopeless about his limitations
(B) It makes man aware of his limitations
(C) It compels man to fight against his limitations
(D) It persuades man to overcome his limitations
PASSAGE - 4
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, whom the world called Mahatma or Great Soul, was the only
political leader of our times to achieve a major revolution by means of policy of non-violence. He
was born at Porbandar in 1869, being the youngest son of Karamchand Gandhi, Dewan of Rajkot.
He was married at thirteen to Kasturba.
In September, 1887 having given his mother a solemn vow to observe strict vegetarianism, he
was sent to London to study law, On the voyage and in his first London hotel he almost starved
to death because of this vegetarian vow. His shyness cut him off from all normal contacts and
he was so confused and puzzled at English habits that he decided to train himself for polite
society by “becoming a gentleman”. He purchased stylish western clothes, even took lessons in
dancing and music, but Western rhythms proved quite beyond him. Suddenly he came to his
sense and decided that “if my character makes a gentleman of me, so much the better otherwise
I should forgo the ambition”.
146. Which of the following statements (1), (2) and (3) bear / bears the genuine identification of
Karamchand Gandhi in the context of the passage?
(1) He was the husband of Kasturba
(2) He was the Dewan of Rajkot
(3) He was the father of Mahatma Gandhi
(4) He was the Dewan of Porbandar
(A) only 2 and 4 (B) only 1 and 2
(C) only 2 and 3 (D) only 1 and 3
147. Mahatma Gandhi took a solemn vow to observe strict vegetarianism before–
(A) his mother (B) his father
(C) his wife (D) his grandmother

148. Which of the following incidents is quite sufficient to prove that Mahatma Gandhi was a man of
very rigid principles?
(A) He achieved India’s freedom by means of the policy of nonviolence
(B) In London he took lessons in dancing and music
(C) He observed strict vegetarianism even when he almost starved to death
(D) He remained himself aloof from the Western Cultural rhythms
149. In 1887 Gandhi went London to

(A) propagate his policy of non-violence
(B) learn western music and dance
(C) to train himself for polite society
(D) to study law
150. Which of the statements given below is/are NOT TRUE in the context of the passage?
(1) Gandhiji was married at the age of fourteen
(2) At last he left all his attempts to make himself a polite gentleman on western standards
(3) In London he was cut off from all normal contracts due to his overboldness
(4) Gandhiji led revolution based on the principles non-violence.
(A) only 1 (B) only 1 and 3
(C) only 2 and 4 (D) only 2 and 3
PASSAGE - 5
We develop the vital bond of attachment between a mother and her child through a smiling
response. As a visual stimulus, the smile has attained its unique configuration principally by the
simple act of turning up the corners of the mouth. The mouth is opened to some extent and the
lips pulled back, as in the expression of fear, but with the curling-up of the corners, the character
of the expression of radically changed. This development has in turn led to the possibility of
another and contrasting facial posture—that of the down-turned mouth. Just as laughing, 50 also
the unfriendly face has evolved by a pendulum swing from the friendly face.
But there is more to smiling than a line of the mouth. As adults, we may be able to convey our
mood by a mere twist of the lips, but the infant at full intensity, it also kicks and waves its arms
about, stretches its hands out towards the stimulus and moves them about, produces babbling
sounds, tilts back its head and protrudes its chin, leans its trunk forward or rolls it to one side
and exaggerates its respiration. Its eyes become brighter and may close slightly; wrinkles appear
underneath or along the eye and sometimes also on the bridge of the nose; the fold of the skin
between the sides of the nose and the side of the mouth becomes more accentuated, and the
tongue may be slightly protruded. The body movements seem to indicate a stuggle on the infant’s
part to make contact with the mother. With its clumsy physique, the baby is probably showing
us all that remains of the ancestral primate’s clinging response.
151. We recognise a smile by
(A) The turning up of the corners of the mouth
(B) Opening the mouth, stretching the lips making them longer and curling up the corners
(C) Stretching the lips and turning down the corners while at the same time opening the mouth
a little
(D) Kicking and moving the arms and stretching the hands towards the opposite person

152. An adult can convey his smile by

(A) A mere twist of his lips
(B) Twisting his lips upwards
(C) Kicking his arms about, producting babbling noises and breathing hard
(D) Adopting a mouth line completely opposite the anti-smile shape
153. Which statement is TRUE?

(A) A baby’s smile is more vigorous than that of an adult
(B) When compared to adults, a baby smiles more quietly
(C) It is not possible to speak when one is smiling, especially when the person is a baby
(D) Babies make babbling noises, tilt their heads back and protrude their chin before they can smile
154. Smiling is an effort on the infant’s part to show

(A) That it is happy
(B) Its mother is happy
(C) That it is struggling to make contact with its mother
(D) It attempts to develop a vital bond of attachment which its ape-like ancestors tried to do
by clinging to the mother
155. Match the following with words factually opposite in meaning

(1) Laughing : (a) Smile
(2) Anti-smile : (b) Crying
(3) Curling up : (c) Frown
(d) Down-turned
(A) (a)(b)(d) (B) (b)(a)(d)
(C) (d)(a)(b) (D) None of these
PASSAGE - 6
It is fundamental characteristic of culture that, despite is essentially conservative nature, it does
change over time and from place to place. Herein it differs strikingly from the social behaviour of
animals another than man. Among ants, for example, colonies of the same species differ little in
behaviour from one another and even, so far as we can judge from specimens embedded in
amber, from other ancestors of fifty million years ago. In less than one million years man, by
contrast, has advanced from the rawest savagery to civilization and has proliferated at least three
thousands distinctive cultures.
156. The phrase “essentially conservative nature” implies that culture :
(A) has an inbuilt resistance to change (B) is violently opposed to change
(C) is essentially static (D) is essentially self-contained
157. According to the author, man cannot live :

(A) without creating a thousand distinctive cultures
(B) like ants and other insects
(C) without asserting his dignity
(D) without constantly striving for a better mode of life

158. The author’s chief concern is :

(A) the social behaviour of animals (B) evolution of human society
(C) man’s abilities of survival (D) adaptive techniques perfected by man
159. The author speaks about the ants to bring out their :
(A) social solidarity (B) fixed pattern of social behaviour of the ants
(C) instinct for survival (D) inferior mode of living
160. The word ‘proliferated’ here means :

(A) spread (B) propagated
(C) popularized (D) multiplied
Direction (161-180): In the following questions, you have two brief passages. In each passage,
some of the words have been left out and the blanks have been numbered. First read the
passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of
alternatives given.
PASSAGE-1
Having made a 161 of his first 162 he decided that his second wife must be chosen scientifically
First he made a list of the women he considered 163 then he wrote on one side their 164 qualities
and on the other side their 165 qualities, Mathematically lie chose the lady with the most 166
qualities. But his second marriage was a worse failure than the first. But 167 once did he think
of listing his own bad 168; 169 marriage might have been a success if he had looked into his
own heart for the 170
161. (A) failure (B) regret
(C) mistake (D) success
162. (A) wife (B) engagement

(C) proposal (D) marriage
163. (A) mature (B) eligible

(C) unmarried (D) successful
164. (A) various (B) common

(C) bad (D) good
165. (A) main (B) physical

(C) mental (D) bad
166. (A) common (B) better

(C) good (D) higher
167. (A) often (B) why

(C) never (D) again

168. (A) upbringing (B) education

(C) tempers (D) qualities
169. (A) both (B) either

(C) neither (D) second
170. (A) remedies (B) sins

(C) troubles (D) education
PASSAGE-2
Recent discoveries have 171 that Indians of the early days 172 to have been 173 civilized 174
many ways. They had massive public buildings and comfortable dwelling houses 175 mostly of
brick. They had 176 arrangements 177 good sanitation, and an elaborate drainage system. They
knew how to write 178 their language, which has not yet been 179 was not alphabetic but syllabic
180 the Sumerian language.
171. (A) derived (B) investigated
(C) seen (D) shown
172. (A) decided (B) behave

(C) proved (D) appear
173. (A) highly (B) positively

(C) rarely (D) consistently
174. (A) under (B) through

(C) in (D) to
175. (A) formulated (B) built

(C) construct (D) building
176. (A) ignored (B) made

(C) started (D) not
177. (A) against (B) by

(C) from (D) for
178. (A) because (B) while

(C) since (D) but
179. (A) deciphered (B) before

(C) talked (D) used
180. (A) closely (B) before

(C) like (D) similarly

Direction (181-200) : In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct / Indirect
speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same
sentence in Indirect / Direct speech.
181. The doctor said to him. “You have fallen ill because you over-ate yesterday.”
(A) The doctor apprised him that he has fallen ill because he has over-eaten the previous day
(B) The doctor apprised him that I had fallen ill because I had over-eaten the previous day
(C) The doctor apprised him that you had fallen ill because you had over-eaten the previous day
(D) The doctor apprised him that he had fallen ill because he had over-eaten the previous day
182. “Shall I ever get married ?” she said ?”

(A) She wondered if she would ever get married
(B) She wondered that she would ever get married
(C) She wondered if she would get married
(D) She wondered if she would marry
183. Sohani said, “Rajesh, who has taken away my bike ?”

(A) Sohani asks Rajesh who had taken away her (Sohani’s) bike
(B) Sohani asked Rajesh if who had taken away her (Sohani’s) bike
(C) Sohani asked Rajesh if who had taken away his bike
(D) Sohani asked Rajesh who had taken away her bike
184. “This book is full of errors,” shouted Mr. Janardhan.

(A) Mr. Janardhan shouted that, that book was full of errors
(B) Mr. Janardhan shouted that, this book was full of errors
(C) Mr. Janardhan shouted that, that book is full of errors
(D) Mr. Janardhan shouted that, that book had full of errors
185. The Principal said, “Well done! my boys.”

(A) The Principal exclaimed with applause that the boys had done well
(B) The Principal exclaimed for applause that the boys had done well
(C) The Principal exclaimed with applause that the boys has done well
(D) The Principal exclaimed with surprise that the boys had done well
186. She said, “You need not talk to me.”

(A) She said that he need not talk to her
(B) She said that I need not talk to her
(C) She said that they need not talk to her
(D) She said that I have needed not talk to her
187. He said, “Hello, what are you doing?”

(A) He greeted and asked me what I was doing
(B) He greeted and asked me what was I doing
(C) He greeted and asked me what he was doing
(D) He greeted and asked him what I was doing

188. He says to me, “I will go to Mumbai tomorrow.”

(A) He tells me that he will go to Mumbai tomorrow
(B) He tells me that he will go to Mumbai the next day
(C) He tells me that he will go to Mumbai today
(D) he tells me that he should go to Mumbai tomorrow
189. Mohan said to me, “Do not tell a lie.”

(A) Mohan forbade me not to tell a lie
(B) Mohan advised me not to tell a lie
(C) Mohan ordered me to tell a lie
(D) Mohan advised me to tell a lie
190. He said, “What a beautiful picture ?”

(A) He exclaimed that it is a beautiful picture
(B) He exclaimed that it will be a beautiful picture
(C) He exclaimed that it was a beautiful picture
(D) He exclaimed with sorrow that it was a beautiful picture
191. She said, “How old are you ?”

(A) She asked me how old I was (B) She asked me how old he was
(C) She asked me how old she was (D) She asked me how old it was
192. She said, “You need not wait.”

(A) She said that I need not wait (B) She said that he need not wait
(C) She told that I need not wait (D) She said that you need not wait
193. “We’ll wait for you if you’re late”, they said.

(A) They total me that they would wait for him if I was late
(B) They told me that they would wait for me if he was late
(C) The told me that they would wait for him if he was late
(D) They told me that they would wait for me if was late
194. “Please listen to me, “he answered, “I must go now because my son is very ill.”
(A) He answered politely listen to him and that he must go then because his son was very ill
(B) He asnwered politely to listen him and that he must go then because his son was very ill
(C) He asnwared politely to listen to him and that he must have gone then because his son
was very ill
(D) He asnwered politely to listen to him and that he must go then because his son was very ill
195. I said to the boy, “You have no ticket, get out before you are driven out.”
(A) I ordered the boy to get out (as he had no ticket) before he is driven out
(B) I ordered the boy get out (as he had no ticket) before he was driven out
(C) I ordered the boy to get out (as he had no ticket) before he was driven out
(D) I ordered the boy to get out (as he has no ticket) before he was drive out

196. The teacher said to the boy, “Since it is so warm let us go for swimming.”
(A) The teacher suggested the boys that they should go swimming since it was so warm
(B) The teacher suggested to the boys that they should go for swimming since it was so
warm
(C) The teacher suggested with the boys that they should go swimming since it was so warm
(D) The teacher suggested the boys that they would go swimming since it was so warm
197. “And remember always that true education means the training of the mind.” said the Vice-
Chancellor addressing students.
(A) Addressing the new graduates the Vice-Chancellor exhorted them to remember always
that true education meant the training of the mind
(B) Addressing the new graduates the Vice-Chancellor exhorted them to remember always
that true education means the training the mind
(C) Addressing the new graduates the Vice-Chancellor had exhorted them to remember always
that true education means the training of the mind
(D) Addressing the new graduates the Vice-Chancellor exhorted them to remember always
that true education has means the training of the mind
198. He said, ‘Hari has been giving us very good milk.’

(A) He said that Hari had been giving them very good milk
(B) He said that Hari has been giving them very good milk
(C) He said that Hari had giving them very good milk
(D) He said that Hari had given them very good milk
199. He said to me, ‘What is your name?

(A) He asked to me what my name was
(B) He asked me what my name was
(C) He asked me what his name was
(D) He asked me what my name is
200. He said, ‘Don’t move, boys.’

(A) He told the boys not to move (B) He told the boys not move
(C) He total the boys to not move (D) He told the boys to move

ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
C C B C B C B C A A
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
A A B B A B A A C B
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
A C B A C B D D A C
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
B B D D A B C A B A
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
A B D D D A C A C C
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
C C A D B B A D A C
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
C B C A D A B B B D
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
A D B C D D B B B A
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
B A B C C B D B A C
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
A A B C C B A C A A
101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110
B D A B C A C B B A
111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
C A A D A C A C C A
121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130
B B C D B B C D D C
131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140
C D A C B A B C A D
141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150
D A A C D C A C D B
151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160
B D A D B A D B B D
161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170
A D B D D D C D B A
171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180
D D A C B B D D A C
181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190
D A D A A B A B B C
191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200
A A D D C B A A C A

SOLUTIONS
1. (C) It is not proper to use definite article ‘the’ as ‘the’ is not used before Plural Noun.
Hence, ‘clothes faster’ should be used here.
Look at the sentence :
Bring a change of clothes with you.
2. (C) Replace group of words ‘he should lay (V2) in the bed for a few days’ by ‘he should lie (V1)
in the bed for a few days’.
The structure is :
Subject + Should/would + V1
For example,
He should go home now.
3. (B) The error lies in part (B) of the sentence. The preposition ‘about’ has superfluously been
used here.
Replace ‘met to discuss about’ by ‘met to discuss’. Preposition ‘about’ can be used after
‘discussion’.
Look at the sentences :
We discussed when to go/when we should go.
We had a long discussion about politics.
 We should better discuss about your travel plans.
(with preposition)
 We should better discuss your travel plans.

(without preposition)
 But, We had a long discussion about politics.
4. (C) Here, retire from his study ........... should be used.

5. (B) The word ‘confident’ takes Preposition ‘of’.
The team feels confident of winning.
Hence, she is confident of winning.... will be the correct sentence.
6. (C) Replace still remaining by are still/still remain because for many social problems
plural Verb ‘are’ should be used.
Many boys are playing. ()
      
Plural Plural
7. (B) Replace Ramesh and I by Ramesh and me. Here, Objective Case of pronoun should be
used.
They have invited you.

They have invited me.

They have invited you and me.
Similarly,
They have invited Ramesh (Noun) and me (Pronoun).
8. (C) Replace upon by within because ‘within such a limited time means : before a particular
period of time has passed ; during a particular period of time.
9. (A) The error lies in part (A) of the sentence. The word ‘beside’ should be replaced with the
word ‘beside’, as besides means: in addition to something.
The play was badly acted, besides being far too long.
10. (A) Replace the two first chapters by the first two chapters as Ordinal Adjective (first,
second... next, last etc) precedes Cardinal Adjective (one, two, three, four) etc.
The first five chapters of this book are tedious.
11. (A) The word Persecute (verb) means : to treat somebody in a rude way, especially because
of their race, their political or religious beliefs, etc.
(i) Throughout history, religious minorities have been persecuted.
The word Prosecute (verb) means : to bring a criminal charge against somebody in a
court of law.
So, instead of persecuted, we should use prosecuted in the given sentence.
12. (A) Here, subject (The success) is singular. Hence, The success of our efforts depends upon
..... should be used.
13. (B) Replace ‘has always suspected’ by ‘has always been suspected’.
Here, Passive Voice should be used.
14. (B) Here, Verb will agree with the number of ‘the type’ which is singular. Hence, ‘depends upon
your company’s should be used.
15. (A) Replace instead of by in spite of.
They went swimming in spite of (his) all the danger signs.
Now I can walk to work instead of going by car.
16. (B) According to the sense of the sentence, replace ‘three years since it’ by ‘three years after
it’.
17. (A) To denote a job completed in the past, we use simple Past Tense.
Hence, He read four plays ...... will be a correct sentence.
18. (A) It rained every day last week. / It had been raining every ..... will be a correct usage.
19. (C) Replace ‘between’ by ‘among’.’Between’ is used for two things,whereas ‘among’ is used
for more than two things or an uncertain quantity.
There was a quarrel between both the parties.
The sweets were distributed among all the boys.
20. (B) Replace group of words ‘who lived millions of years ago’ by ‘which lived millions of years
ago’.

21. (A) The word Conservation (Noun) means : the protection of the natural environment; the
act of preventing something from being lost, wasted, damaged or destroyed.
We should encourage the conservation of water of the future generation.
Out of the given alternatives, the word Preservation means : the act of keeping something
in its original state or in good condition.
The painting were in an excellent state of preservation.
Hence, the words conservation and preservation are synonymous.
22. (C) The word Forego (Verb) means : to decide not to have or do some-thing that you would
like to have or do.
None was prepared to forego their lunch hour to attend the meeting
Of the given alternatives the word Renounce (Verb) means : give up, disown while the
word Leave (Verb) means : not to do something immediately.
Hence, the words forego and leave are synonymous.
23. (B) The word gruff (Adjective) means : not friendly voice or behaviour. Hence, rough and
gruff are synonymous.
24. (A) The word Hurdle (Adjective) means : not dense, scarce, excellent, infrequent.
25. (C) The word Avarice (Noun) means : acquisitiveness, covetousness, greed, greediness,
rapacity, etc. Hence, its synonym is : greed.
Look at the senences :
He had a greed for gain and he was burning with avarice.
He was rich but he had avarice beyond control.
26. (B) The meaning of the word Veracity (Noun) is : truth; truthfulness.
The judge questioned the veracity of her story.
Hence, the words veracity and truth are synonymous.
27. (D) The word Decrepitude (Noun) means : the state of being old and in poor condition. The
word feebleness bears the same meaning.
28. (D) The word panacea (Noun) means : something that will solve all the problems of a
particular situation; cure-all.
29. (A) The word ‘Ostentation’ (Noun) means :the exaggerated display of eg. wealth, knowledge
etc.
Its synonym should be ‘pomp’.
30. (C) The word Consignee (Noun) means : the person to whom something is sent. Hence,
consignee and nominee are synonymous.
41. (A) The correct spelling is : passage-way.
42. (B) The correct spelling is : weather
43. (D) The correct spelling is : performance.
44. (D) The correct spelling is : idiosyncracy which means an unusual feature ; eccentricity.
45. (D) The correct spelling is : inexpressible.
46. (A) The correct spelling is assessment.
47. (C) The correct spelling is pursuit.

48. (A) The correct spelling is reprieve.

49. (C) The correct spelling is grease.
50. (C) The correct spelling is : capricious.
51. (C) Idiom to pap with hatchet means : to do favours in an unpleasant manner, to support
anybody or anything but in a rude way. etc. The correct option is : to do favours in an
unpleasant manner.
52. (C) find more meaning than the words appear to express
53. (A) Idiom not know the first thing about something means : to lack even the basic information
or knowledge about something, to be unaware of the primary knowledge of something,
etc. The correct option is : to be unaware of the primary knowledge of something.
Though he is a computer engineer but it is bad luck that he does not know the first thing
about computers.
54. (D) Idiom to sit at someone’s feet means : to eulogise someone, to commend someone,
to admire someone greatly, etc. The correct option is : to admire greatly.
All the members of the ruling party are always found ready to sit at the feet of the apex
leader.
55. (B) to do it completely
56. (B) Idiom to go in for means : to aim at, to be in favour of, to purchase, etc. The correct
option is : to aim at something.
57. (A) Idiom a sore point means : a subject that makes you angry.
58. (D) Idiom to laugh out of court means : to dismiss something casually, to ridicule, etc. The
correct option is : to dismiss something causally.
59. (A) The idiom give the devil has due means : saying if there is anything good to be said
about a person or credit to be given, let it be said or given.
60. (C) Idiom no love lost between them means : they dislike each other etc. The correct option
is : they dislike each other.
Though India and Pakistan do not quarrel openly, there is no love lost between them.
100. (A) The sentence shows past time as the action has been completed in the past. Hence,
Simple Past should be used. Hence, replace ‘that has happened’ by ‘happened’.
He has gone yesterday.
 
Present Perfect Past Time
He went yesterdy.
 
Simple Past Past Time
101. (B) Hasn’t
102. (D) No improvement
103. (A) After the letter reaches
104. (B) how rude and arrogant she is
105. (C) They always take their children for a drive in the charming countryside around Bangalore

106. (A) that keeps you

107. (C) Lest is used as subordinating Conjunction expressing a negative purpose and is equivalent
to ‘in order that ................ not’, ‘for fear that.’ The modern idiomatic construction after lest
is should. For Example,
He fled lest he should be killed.
108. (B) missing from
109. (B) often comes
110. (A) not to have

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2. (A) The doctor advised Mr. Murugan that

3. (A) Teachers of various schools

4. (A) After dinner (B) he likes to

5. (A) She is confident (B) to win the gold medal

6. (A) After 50 years of independence (B) many social problems

7. (A) They have invited

8. (A) The issues were

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9. (A) Beside food (B) the pilgrims carried

10. (A) After he had read the two first chapters

11. (A) You will be persecuted (B) for bringing seeds

12. (A) The success of our efforts depend upon the

14. (A) The type of qualities you acquire

16. (A) The country’s constitution came into force

17. (A) He has read four plays (B) written by Shakespeare

19. (A) When we reached there

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20. (A) Mammoths were a species of elephants

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41. (A) passagway (B) causeway

42. (A) whether (B) weathere

43. (A) reference (B) preference

44. (A) insolvency (B) legitimacy

45. (A) inexplicable (B) inevitable

46. (A) assesment (B) assignment

47. (A) peruse (B) persuade

48. (A) repreive (B) retrospect

49. (A) glamour (B) graduate

50. (A) audacious (B) auspicious

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53. Not know the first thing about something

54. To sit at someone’s feet

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60. No love lost between them

62. The murder of parent or a near relative

63. A person who is always dissatisfied

64. Building in which dead bodies are kept for a time

65. Bitter and violent attack in words

66. Mania for setting fires

67. Irresistible craving for alcoholic drinks

68. Of unknown and unadmitted authorship

69. Too much official formality

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70. A person who breaks into a house in order to steal

71. This surface feels smooth.

72. I saw him conducting the rehearsal.

73. Darjeeling grows tea.

74. What amused you?

75. They are building a house next door to our school.

77. He was obliged to resign.

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78. The Government is spending too much money on Operation Pink.

79. They discovered a new pill to stimulate the appetite.

81. The children are making a noise.

82. No one has climbed this mountain before.

83. Mohan gave the beggar an old shirt

84. She is running a school these days.