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In the following questions, a word has been spelt in four different ways, one of which is correct.

Choose the correctly spelt word

a. occurred

b. occurrd

c. occurrd

d. ocurred

Question 2

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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

Speech is a great blessing. It can also a be great curse for while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to fellow beings it can
also make us utterly misunderstood, if used carelessly. A slip of tongue, the unusual word or of an ambiguous word may create an enemy
where we had hoped to win a friend. Different classes of people use different vocabularies and the ordinary speech of an educated man may
strike an uneducated listener as showing pride, unwillingly we may choose to use a word which has a different meaning for our listeners
from what it means to those of our class. Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought but one which demands careful handling.
Only a fool will express himself alike to all.

‘A slip of tongue’ means

a. using words we don’t mean

b. using words carefully

c. wetting the tongue while speaking.

d. words spoken inadvertently.

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DIRECTION: In each of the questions there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these
parts, which are labelled P, Q, R and S, to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark in your answer sheet
accordingly.

--> (P) biodiversity, and change in climatic pattern thus (Q) man through his tools

(R) leading to environmental degradation (S) has caused depletion of

a. RPSQ

b. PQRS

c. QSPR

d. PQRS

Question 4

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DIRECTIONS: For each question below, determine the relationship between the pair of words in the question and then from the answer
options select the pair of words having a relationship similar to the first pair.

Burden : Encumber -->

a. Weariness : Tireless

b. Behead : Summary

c. Reptile : Snake

d. Synopsis : Recapitulate
Question 5

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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

Nationalism, of course, is a curious phenomenon, which at a certain stage in a country’s history gives life, growth and unity at the same time.
It has a tendency to create oneness, because one thinks of one’s country as something different from the rest of the world. One’s perspective
changes and is continuously thinking of one’s own struggles and virtues and failing to come to the conclusion of other thoughts. The result is
that the same nationalism, which is the symbol of growth for people becomes a symbol of a cessation of that growth in the mind.
Nationalism, when it becomes successful, sometimes goes on spreading in an aggressive way and becomes a danger, internationally.
Whatever line of thought you follow, you arrive at the conclusion that some kind of balance must be found. Otherwise something that was
good can turn into evil. Culture, which is essentially good, becomes not only static but aggressive and something that breeds conflict and
hatred when looked at from a wrong point of view. How are you to find a balance, I don’t know. Apart from the political and economic
problems of the age, perhaps, this is the greatest problem today because behind it there is a tremendous search for something that it cannot
find. We turn to economic theories because they have an undoubted importance. It is a folly to talk of culture or even of God when human
beings starve and die. Before one can talk about anything else one must provide the normal essentials of life to human beings. That is where
economics comes in. Human beings today are not in the mood to tolerate this suffering, starvation and inequality when they see that the
burden is not equally shared, leaving others to profit while they only bear the burden.

-->A suitable title for this passage can be

a. Nationalism—a road to world unity

b. Nationalism and national problems

c. Nationalism is not enough

d. Nationalism breeds unity

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DIRECTION: In items in this section, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning as
S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find
out the proper order for the four sentences and mark accordingly on the answer Sheet.

S1 The body can never stop.

S6 It comes from food.

P - To support this endless activity, the body needs all the fuel for action.

Q - Sometimes it is more active than at other times, but it is always moving.

R - Even in the deepest sleep we must breathe.

S - The fuel must come from somewhere.

The proper sequence should be

a. P Q R S

b. S R Q P

c. P R Q S

d. Q R P S
Question 7

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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

Speech is a great blessing. It can also a be great curse for while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to fellow beings it can
also make us utterly misunderstood, if used carelessly. A slip of tongue, the unusual word or of an ambiguous word may create an enemy
where we had hoped to win a friend. Different classes of people use different vocabularies and the ordinary speech of an educated man may
strike an uneducated listener as showing pride, unwillingly we may choose to use a word which has a different meaning for our listeners
from what it means to those of our class. Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought but one which demands careful handling.
Only a fool will express himself alike to all.

A fool will express himself alike to all kinds of men and under all conditions because

a. he underestimates people.

b. he lacks the power to discriminate in the use of words.

c. he wants to deceive everyone.

d. he want to amuse everyone.

Question 8

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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

Speech is a great blessing. It can also a be great curse for while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to fellow beings it can
also make us utterly misunderstood, if used carelessly. A slip of tongue, the unusual word or of an ambiguous word may create an enemy
where we had hoped to win a friend. Different classes of people use different vocabularies and the ordinary speech of an educated man may
strike an uneducated listener as showing pride, unwillingly we may choose to use a word which has a different meaning for our listeners
from what it means to those of our class. Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought but one which demands careful handling.
Only a fool will express himself alike to all.

The passage reveals that

a. careful use of words benefit us.

b. the use of unusual and ambiguous words brings us friends.

c. speech may reflect our attitudes.

d. careless use of words crates misunderstanding.

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DIRECTIONS: For each question below, determine the relationship between the pair of words in the question and then from the answer
options select the pair of words having a relationship similar to the first pair.

Opaque : Transparent -->

a. Tepid : Seething

b. Concentrated : Dissipated

c. Intimate : Famous

d. Turbid : Swollen

Question 10

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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

Nationalism, of course, is a curious phenomenon, which at a certain stage in a country’s history gives life, growth and unity at the same time.
It has a tendency to create oneness, because one thinks of one’s country as something different from the rest of the world. One’s perspective
changes and is continuously thinking of one’s own struggles and virtues and failing to come to the conclusion of other thoughts. The result is
that the same nationalism, which is the symbol of growth for people becomes a symbol of a cessation of that growth in the mind.
Nationalism, when it becomes successful, sometimes goes on spreading in an aggressive way and becomes a danger, internationally.
Whatever line of thought you follow, you arrive at the conclusion that some kind of balance must be found. Otherwise something that was
good can turn into evil. Culture, which is essentially good, becomes not only static but aggressive and something that breeds conflict and
hatred when looked at from a wrong point of view. How are you to find a balance, I don’t know. Apart from the political and economic
problems of the age, perhaps, this is the greatest problem today because behind it there is a tremendous search for something that it cannot
find. We turn to economic theories because they have an undoubted importance. It is a folly to talk of culture or even of God when human
beings starve and die. Before one can talk about anything else one must provide the normal essentials of life to human beings. That is where
economics comes in. Human beings today are not in the mood to tolerate this suffering, starvation and inequality when they see that the
burden is not equally shared, leaving others to profit while they only bear the burden.

--> Aggressive nationalism

a. leads to stunted growth

b. isolates a country

c. breeds threat to international relations

d. endangers national unity

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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

Speech is a great blessing. It can also a be great curse for while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to fellow beings it can
also make us utterly misunderstood, if used carelessly. A slip of tongue, the unusual word or of an ambiguous word may create an enemy
where we had hoped to win a friend. Different classes of people use different vocabularies and the ordinary speech of an educated man may
strike an uneducated listener as showing pride, unwillingly we may choose to use a word which has a different meaning for our listeners
from what it means to those of our class. Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought but one which demands careful handling.
Only a fool will express himself alike to all.

Speech is a great blessing if

a. we use it to serve our selfish purposes.

b. we use it to please others.

c. we use it carefully.

d. we use it indiscriminately.

Question 12

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In the following questions, a word has been spelt in four different ways, one of which is correct.

Choose the correctly spelt word

a. acquaintence

b. acquantance

c. acquentence

d. acquaintance

Question 13

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In the following questions, a word has been spelt in four different ways, one of which is correct.

Choose the correctly spelt word

a. acomodate

b. accommodate

c. acommodate

d. accomodate
Question 14

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Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) In the west, Allied Forces had fought their way through southern Italy as far as Rome.

(B) In June 1944, Germany’s military position in World War II appeared hopeless.

(C) In Britain, the task of amassing men and materials for the liberation of northern Europe had been completed.

(D) The Red Army was poised to drive the Nazis back through Poland.

(E) The situation on the eastern front was catastrophic.

a. EDACB

b. CEDAB

c. BDECA

d. BEDAC

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DIRECTION: In each of the questions there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these
parts, which are labelled P, Q, R and S, to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark in your answer sheet
accordingly.

--> There was

(P) needed for its everyday life (Q) a time when each family

(R) for itself most of the things it (S) actually produced

a. QSRP

b. QRSP

c. RSPQ

d. RQPS
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In each of the following questions there are two sentences, numbered I and II. In these two sentences, two homonyms are italicized, which
may either be misspelt or incorrect in the context of the sentence.

Read both the sentences and decide on their correctness.

I. What is the moral of this small story?

II. Has the morale of the cricket team improved?

a. if the sentences I as well as II are incorrect but, could be corrected by changing the words italicized in the sentences.

b. if both the sentences I and II are correct.

c. if only sentence I is correct.

d. if only sentence II is correct.

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In the following questions, a word has been spelt in four different ways, one of which is correct.

Choose the correctly spelt word

a. demarrage

b. demurage

c. demurrage

d. demmurage

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Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) But this does not mean that death was the Egyptians’ only preoccupation.

(B) Even papyri come mainly from pyramid temples.

(C) Most of our traditional sources of information about the Old Kingdom are monuments of the rich like pyramids and tombs.

(D) Houses in which ordinary Egyptians lived have not been preserved, and when most people died they were buried in simple graves.

(E) We know infinitely more about the wealthy people of Egypt than we do about the ordinary people, as most monuments were made for the
rich.

a. CDBEA

b. EDCBA

c. ECDAB

d. DECAB
Question 19

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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

Nationalism, of course, is a curious phenomenon, which at a certain stage in a country’s history gives life, growth and unity at the same time.
It has a tendency to create oneness, because one thinks of one’s country as something different from the rest of the world. One’s perspective
changes and is continuously thinking of one’s own struggles and virtues and failing to come to the conclusion of other thoughts. The result is
that the same nationalism, which is the symbol of growth for people becomes a symbol of a cessation of that growth in the mind.
Nationalism, when it becomes successful, sometimes goes on spreading in an aggressive way and becomes a danger, internationally.
Whatever line of thought you follow, you arrive at the conclusion that some kind of balance must be found. Otherwise something that was
good can turn into evil. Culture, which is essentially good, becomes not only static but aggressive and something that breeds conflict and
hatred when looked at from a wrong point of view. How are you to find a balance, I don’t know. Apart from the political and economic
problems of the age, perhaps, this is the greatest problem today because behind it there is a tremendous search for something that it cannot
find. We turn to economic theories because they have an undoubted importance. It is a folly to talk of culture or even of God when human
beings starve and die. Before one can talk about anything else one must provide the normal essentials of life to human beings. That is where
economics comes in. Human beings today are not in the mood to tolerate this suffering, starvation and inequality when they see that the
burden is not equally shared, leaving others to profit while they only bear the burden.

--> Negative national feeling can make a nation

a. self-centered

b. dangerous

c. selfish

d. indifferent

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DIRECTIONS: For each question below, determine the relationship between the pair of words in the question and then from the answer
options select the pair of words having a relationship similar to the first pair.

Yardstick : Measurement -->

a. Dictator : Control

b. Car : Highway

c. Microscope : Observation

d. Scientist : Observation
Question 21

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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

Nationalism, of course, is a curious phenomenon, which at a certain stage in a country’s history gives life, growth and unity at the same time.
It has a tendency to create oneness, because one thinks of one’s country as something different from the rest of the world. One’s perspective
changes and is continuously thinking of one’s own struggles and virtues and failing to come to the conclusion of other thoughts. The result is
that the same nationalism, which is the symbol of growth for people becomes a symbol of a cessation of that growth in the mind.
Nationalism, when it becomes successful, sometimes goes on spreading in an aggressive way and becomes a danger, internationally.
Whatever line of thought you follow, you arrive at the conclusion that some kind of balance must be found. Otherwise something that was
good can turn into evil. Culture, which is essentially good, becomes not only static but aggressive and something that breeds conflict and
hatred when looked at from a wrong point of view. How are you to find a balance, I don’t know. Apart from the political and economic
problems of the age, perhaps, this is the greatest problem today because behind it there is a tremendous search for something that it cannot
find. We turn to economic theories because they have an undoubted importance. It is a folly to talk of culture or even of God when human
beings starve and die. Before one can talk about anything else one must provide the normal essentials of life to human beings. That is where
economics comes in. Human beings today are not in the mood to tolerate this suffering, starvation and inequality when they see that the
burden is not equally shared, leaving others to profit while they only bear the burden.

--> The greatest problem in the middle of the passage refers to the question

a. how to share the economic burden equality

b. how to contain the dangers of aggressive nationalism

c. how to curb international hatred

d. how to mitigate hardship to human beings

Question 22

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DIRECTION: In items in this section, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning as
S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find
out the proper order for the four sentences and mark accordingly on the answer Sheet.

S1 The distance between theatre and reality has stretched so far that when we come across a truly contemporary play, it is a cause for
rejoicing.

S6 But the question is, have we forgotten his legacy in modern India?

P - It searches our collective psyche like an unrelenting laser beam.

Q - Most importantly, the play questions whether religion and politics can fuse together in modern India.

R - Gandhiji had both the spiritual and political dimensions that we so lack today.

S - Prasanna’s ‘Gandhiji’ staged recently by the National School of Drama is one such play.

The proper sequence should be

a. S R P Q

b. S P Q R

c. R S P Q

d. S R Q P
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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

Nationalism, of course, is a curious phenomenon, which at a certain stage in a country’s history gives life, growth and unity at the same time.
It has a tendency to create oneness, because one thinks of one’s country as something different from the rest of the world. One’s perspective
changes and is continuously thinking of one’s own struggles and virtues and failing to come to the conclusion of other thoughts. The result is
that the same nationalism, which is the symbol of growth for people becomes a symbol of a cessation of that growth in the mind.
Nationalism, when it becomes successful, sometimes goes on spreading in an aggressive way and becomes a danger, internationally.
Whatever line of thought you follow, you arrive at the conclusion that some kind of balance must be found. Otherwise something that was
good can turn into evil. Culture, which is essentially good, becomes not only static but aggressive and something that breeds conflict and
hatred when looked at from a wrong point of view. How are you to find a balance, I don’t know. Apart from the political and economic
problems of the age, perhaps, this is the greatest problem today because behind it there is a tremendous search for something that it cannot
find. We turn to economic theories because they have an undoubted importance. It is a folly to talk of culture or even of God when human
beings starve and die. Before one can talk about anything else one must provide the normal essentials of life to human beings. That is where
economics comes in. Human beings today are not in the mood to tolerate this suffering, starvation and inequality when they see that the
burden is not equally shared, leaving others to profit while they only bear the burden.

---> -Others- in the last sentence refers to

a. other nations

b. other neighbours

c. other people

d. other communities

Question 24

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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

Speech is a great blessing. It can also a be great curse for while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to fellow beings it can
also make us utterly misunderstood, if used carelessly. A slip of tongue, the unusual word or of an ambiguous word may create an enemy
where we had hoped to win a friend. Different classes of people use different vocabularies and the ordinary speech of an educated man may
strike an uneducated listener as showing pride, unwillingly we may choose to use a word which has a different meaning for our listeners
from what it means to those of our class. Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought but one which demands careful handling.
Only a fool will express himself alike to all.

Speech can be a great curse if we

a. express ourselves in an unclear manner.

b. try to be pleasant to everybody.

c. use different vocabulary for different classes.

d. always try to impress others

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In the following questions, a word has been spelt in four different ways, one of which is correct.

Choose the correctly spelt word

a. erroniosly

b. erroniously

c. erroneusly

d. erroneously