Direction: Read the question and answer accordingly.
1. Choose the word meaning SIMILAR to the word: TENET

A. Credo B. Skepticism C. Unbelief D. Reality

Answer: Option A
2. Choose the word meaning SIMILAR to the word: PERIL

A. Certitude B. Certainty C. Protection D. Jeopardy

Answer: Option D
3. Choose the word meaning SIMILAR to the word: PUGNACIOUS

A. Laid-Back B. Bellicose C. Mellow D. Lax

Answer: Option B
4. Choose the word meaning SIMILAR to the word: KNACK

A. Incapacity B. Disinclination C. Dexterit D. Ineptness

Answer: Option C
5. Choose the word meaning SIMILAR to the word: POACH

A. Calm B. Frenzy C. Order D. Harmony

Answer: Option D

1. Choose the word meaning OPPOSITE to the word: ACCOLADE

A. Kudos B. Criticism C. Award D. Approval

Answer: Option B
2. Choose the word meaning OPPOSITE to the word: LUNACY

A. Sense B. Absurdity C. Folly D. Dementia

Answer: Option A
3. Choose the word meaning OPPOSITE to the word: STERN

A. steely B. austere C. lenient D. ascetic

Answer: Option C
4. Choose the word meaning OPPOSITE to the word: CONDONE

A. Remits B. Overlook C. Regard D. Allow

Answer: Option C
5. Choose the word meaning OPPOSITE to the word: LABYRINTH

A. Convolution B. Line C. Intricacy D. Entanglement

Answer: Option B

Directions(1-2): Identify the Errors from the given questions. Suppose, no error in the questions then option E(No Error) will be the answer.
1. The majority of the (a) / computer professionals recommends (b) / that effective measures (c) / should be taken against software piracy. (d) / No error (e)

A. The majority of the B. computer professionals recommends C. that effective measures D. should be taken against software piracy. E. No error

Answer: Option A
Explanation: A majority of the computer professionals recommends that effective measures should be taken against software piracy.
2. One of the most (a) / widely spread (b) / bad habit (c) is the use of tobacco. (d) / No error (e)

A. One of the most B. widely spread C. bad habit D. is the use of tobacco. E. No error

Answer: Option C
Explanation: One of the most widely spread bad habits is the use of tobacco.
Directions(1-3): Sentence Rearrangemet
Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a meaningful paragraph and answer the questions that follow: A However, while reading, they would not know when to pause and what to emphasise. B Since then, their use has been regularised and the punctuation rules have been followed by all. C In earlier days, people learnt by reading out loud. D But not everybody used the same punctuations for the same thing. E To address this problem, various signs depicting various punctuations were introduced. F Thus, firmer guidelines regarding punctuations were framed so that everyone used them in a similar way.
1. Which of the following sentences should be the SECOND after rearrangement?

A. A B. B C. D D. E E. F

Answer: Option A
2. Which of the following sentences should be the THIRD after rearrangement?

A. A B. E C. D D. F E. C

Answer: Option B
3. Which of the following sentences should be the FIFTH after rearrangement?

A. B B. C C. A D. E E. F

Answer: Option E

Directions(1-5): Fill in the blanks
1. I had already published a novel and it was an unexpected success. I thought my ___________ .

A. days were up B. chances were good C. lady luck was happy D. fortune was made

Answer: Option D
Explanation: The speaker is saying that his novel was a success, but that is not what he/she expected. Option (D) is correct, because making a fortune means achieving a lot of success, prosperity or making lots of money. So, it refers to achieving success, which is what the context is. Option (a) is wrong, because days were up is an idiom which refers to ending or coming to an end, this ending could be of anything, like success, happiness etc. But the author, in fact, got success, so this option is logically incorrect. Option (B) is wrong because chances are not talked about after the result and similarly, option (C) can be ruled out too.
2. Nordisk have recently ___________ a product called Glucometer.

A. started B. B commissioned C. launched D. begun

Answer: Option C
Explanation: A product is launched, and Launch refers to introducing something to the public for the first time. Start means to just begin or set in motion, it is synonymous with begun; whereas, commissioned means to give an official approval.
3. The neighbour grabbed the boy, and rolled him on the road to ___________ the flames.

A. cover B. kill C. burn out D. fizz out

Answer: Option B
Explanation: The statement probably talks about a situation in which a boy catches fire and the neighbour saves him. The neighbour did that by grabbing and then rolling him on the road to extinguish the fire. We have to pick the right word that describes this action. Option (B) is correct, because to kill the flames would mean extinguishing the fire and this is exactly what is needed here. Option (A) is wrong. Option (C) is wrong, because the flames do not burn out, the fuel does. Option (D) is wrong, because fizz refers to become bubbly or frothy, so it is clearly not the right word here.
4. Sam asked me to keep this secret ___________ .

A. secret B. in myself C. amongst us D. between us

Answer: Option D
Explanation: Option (D) is correct, as the secret was kept between the speaker and Sam. Option (A) is wrong, because then the statement becomes redundant. Option (B) is incorrect. Option (C) is wrong, because amongst is used in the case when more than two people or entities are involved.
5. Sometimes the greatest inventions ___________ an idea of startling simplicity.

A. A stumbles upon B. hinge upon C. starves without D. lacks

Answer: Option B
Explanation: The speaker is talking about how sometimes the greatest inventions are formed on or depend on simple ideas or basic thoughts. Option (B) is the correct option because it means to depend on, which fits in perfectly with the statement as then it would mean that some of the greatest inventions depend on simplistic ideas.