01) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Pompous
a) Humble
b) Flaunting
c) Boastful
d) Showy
02) Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive
voice.
Close all the
windows.
a) Can you close
all the windows?
b) Let all the
windows be closed
c) Will you close
all the windows?
d) All the
windows be closed.
03) Select the most appropriate e synonym of the given word.
Yield (n)
a) Plantation
b) Garden
c) Orchard
d) Harvest
04) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The door _______
in the strong wind.
a) slammed
b) hooted
c) sizzled
d) slapped
05) Select the option that expresses the given sentence in
indirect speech.
“Read the instructions before you
start making the dish,” Deepa’s mother said to her.
a) Deepa’s mother
told to her to read instructions before you start making the dish.
b) Deepa’s mother
told to her to read instructions before you had made the dish.
c) Deepa’s mother
sait her to read instructions before she start making the dish.
d) Deepa’s mother
told her to read instructions before she started making the dish.
06) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Be at a loss for
words
a) Not aware of
the language
b) Not Know what
to say
c) Habituated to
using difficult words
d) Lost the urge
to speak
07) The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of
them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given
options.
Lack of required
/ vitamins and minerals / lead against / several complications / in the human
body.
a) lead against
b) Lack of
required
c) in the human
body
d) several
complications
08) Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange
the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. When he
reached his town, he went to his house and knocked at the door.
B. A man went
away from his home.
C. Disappointed,
he decided to take it himself.
D. Ond day he
wrote a letter to his family, but could not find any one to take the letter to
his town.
a) DACB
b) BDCA
c) ABCD
d) CBAD
09) The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of
them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given
options.
The Dussehra
celebrations / in Mysore / this year / are grandest than / in any other part / of the state.
a) any other part
b) are grandest
than
c) The Dussehra
celebrations
d) in Mysore
10) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
a) Indolence
b) Inershia
c) Idleness
d) Insolence
11) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Widespread
a) Limited
b) General
c) Overall
d) Famous
12) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Iota
a) Lot
b) Bag
c) Bit
d) Box
13) Select the most appropriate option to substitute the
underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required,
select ‘No substitution’.
Many of the
apples was rotten.
a) No substitution
b) was being
rotten
c) is rotten
d) were rotten
14) Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute
for the given group of words.
A person who is
trained to travel in a spacecraft
a) Choreographer
b) Chauffeur
c) Anchor
d) Astronaut
15) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
a) Fiery
b) Scenic
c) Friend
d) Neice
16) Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange
the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. At length the
olive tree’s branches broke with the snow’s weight, at once despoiling it of
its beauty and killing the tree.
B. A shower of
snow fell upon them and finding the olive full of foliage, it settled upon its
branches.
C. Finding the
fig tree without leaves, the snow fell through the branches to the ground and
did not injure it at all.
D. The olive tree
ridiculed the fig tree because, while she was green all the year round, the fig
tree changed its leaves with the seasons.
a) ACBD
b) ABCD
c) DBAC
d) DACB
17) Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute
for given group of words.
One who does not
take any alcoholic drink
a) Perfectionist
b) Teetotaller
c) Vegetarian
d) Astrologer
18) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Want to curl up
and die
a) Unable to
sleep well
b) Want to die
comfortably
c) Too tired from
physical labour
d) Feel terribly
ashamed and sorry
19) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The advance
nations face no population problem since they were already settling down to
zero growth _______ in population.
a) scale
b) degree
c) rate
d) frequency
20) Select the most appropriate option to substitute the
underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required,
select ‘No substitution’.
Although the children
studied hard, but they could not understand the topic without the help of
the teacher.
a) Although the
children had study hard, but they
b) No
substitution
c) Although the
children studied hard, they
d) Although the
children have studied hard, but they
Comprehension:
In the following
passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Man-made fibre,
is fibre whose chemical composition, structure, and properties are significantly
modified during the manufacturing process. Man-made fibres (1) _______ spun and
woven into a large (2) _______ of consumer and industrial products, (3) _______
garments such as shirts, scarves, and hosiery; home furnishings (4) _______ as
upholstery, carpets, and drapes; and (5) _______ parts such as tire cord,
flame-proof linings, and drive belts.
21) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 1.
a) is
b) will be
c) are
d) be
22) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 2.
a) number
b) figure
c) extent
d) total
23) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 3.
a) counting
b) wrapping
c) showing
d) including
24) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 4.
a) much
b) more
c) such
d) so
25) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 5.
a) industrial
b) industrialised
c) industry
d) industrialist
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