1 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Recurrent
2. Dilemma
3. Unpretensious
4. Excellence
2 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. This cooled off into
darkness after a few million years.
B. The first time was
when the universe began its existence as a glowing fireball.
C. In the modern
scientific story, light was created not once but twice.
D. The second time was
when the cold material condensed into dense nuggets and ignited to become the
first stars.
1. DBAC
2. CBAD
3. ABCD
4. BADC
3 Select the option
that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
The new employee asked
the manager, "When do I have to report for work?"
1. The new employee
told the manager that when he had to report for work.
2. The new employee
asked the manager when he had to report for work.
3. The manager told the
new employee when to report for work.
4. The new manager
asked the employee when he would report for work.
4 Select the most
appropriate synonym of the given word.
Appalling
1. Awesome
2. Tremendous
3. Fantastic
4. Shocking
5 Select the most
appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required'.
We have finished our
work for the day, so let we go home early today.
1. No substitution
required
2. let us go
3. let ours go
4. let our go
6 Select the most
appropriate word to fill in the blank.
When you speak, there
are gestures and body language that ______ your words.
1. achieve
2. accomplish
3. accompany
4. construct
7 Select the
INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Provoke
2. Canfidents
3. Ambush
4. Disastrous
8 Select the option
that expresses the given sentence in the active or passive voice.
Fifteen children were
rescued from an unregistered home by the police.
1. The police rescued
fifteen children from an unregistered home.
2. Fifteen children
rescued the police from an unregistered home.
3. The police were
rescued fifteen children from an unregistered home.
4. The police have
rescued fifteen children from an unregistered home.
9 Select the most
appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To fish in troubled
waters
1. To take advantage of
a difficult situation
2. To try to find a big
catch in the deep sea
3. To try to do
something that is very difficult
4. To catch fish in
stormy weather in the sea
10 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. This methat
decisions should not be taken under any kind of pressure to benefit individuals
or only a small section of society.
B. First, there should
be transparency in making decisions; secrecy breeds corruption.
C. There are certain
values that civil servants need to imbibe in themselves for better
administration.
D. Then, all decisions
must be taken only in public interest, to benefit the community at large.
1. CADB
2. CBDA
3. DABC
4. BADC
11 Select the most
appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Gloomy
1. Dull
2. Bright
3. Catchy
4. Dismal
12 Select the most
appropriate synonym of the given word.
Trail
1. Rehearsal
2. Glory
3. Path
4. Win
13 The following
sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains
a grammatical error.
Although we had / very
good batsmen, / we couldn’t be able to / score high.
1. score high
2. Although we had
3. we couldn’t be able
to
4. very good batsmen
14 Select the option
that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A quick, sudden
movement
1. Flick
2. Fleck
3. Dust
4. Speck
15 The following
sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains
a grammatical error.
Only five minutes / are
allowed / for each speaker / during the function.
1. for each speaker
2. Only five minutes
3. are allowed
4. during the function
16 Select the most
appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Curt
1. Impolite
2. Polite
3. Dismal
4. Rude
17 Select the most
appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required'.
You must return back
the book you borrowed last month.
1. must be returned
2. must return
3. No substitution
required
4. must be returned
back
18 Select the option
that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A busy, main road for
public use
1. Thoroughfare
2. Promenade
3. Avenue
4. Highway
19 Select the most
appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Schools will restart
physical classes partially and states have ______ their own conditions and
procedures to ensure the safety of students.
1. accepted
2. devised
3. insisted
4. adopted
20 Select the most
appropriate meaning of the idiomatic expression given.
At a stone’s throw
1. Beat someone with a
stone
2. Throw a stone at
someone
3. At a very short
distance
4. Like throwing a
stone
Comprehension:
In the following
passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to
fill in each blank.
What are the future
possibilities for space travel in the long term? (1) ______ will humgo after
they have explored our solar system? It is said that ‘Star Trek’ could hold the
(2) ______ to these questions. It is predicted that travel to other galaxies
will only be (3) ______ in huge ‘starships’. These will wander through space
for hundreds or even thousands of years. Each of them will carry a large human
(4) ______. Some of those people will take over a suitable new planet and
settle down there. This search for new planets to settle in will continue until
life on planet Earth could be just a (5) ______ memory.
21 Select the most
appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
1. Where
2. Why
3. How
4. When
22 Select the most
appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
1. query
2. answer
3. door
4. solution
23 Select the most
appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
1. imagined
2. possible
3. implemented
4. achieved
24 Select the most
appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
1. instinct
2. colony
3. proportion
4. population
25 Select the most
appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
1. distant
2. imaginary
3. nearest
4. factual
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