Spot the Error
Direction ( 1 - 5):Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
1. (solve as per the direction is given above)
A. We discussed about the problem so thoroughly
B. on the eve of the examination
C. that I found it very easy to work it out.
D. No error.
Answer: Option (A)
Explanation:
We discussed the problem so thoroughly
2. (solve as per the direction is given above)
A. An Indian ship
B. laden with merchandise
C. got drowned in the Pacific Ocean.
D. No error.
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation:
sank in the Pacific Ocean
3. (solve as per the direction is given above)
A. I could not put up in a hotel
B. because of the boarding and lodging charges
C. were exorbitant.
D. No error.
Answer: Option (A)
Explanation:
'I could not put up at a hotel'
4. (solve as per the direction is given above)
A. The Indian radio
B. which was previously controlled by the British rulers
C. is free now from the narrow vested interests.
D. No error.
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation:
is now free from the narrow vested interests.
5. (solve as per the direction is given above)
A. If I had known
B. this yesterday
C. I will have helped him.
D. No error.
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation:
I would have helped him.
Fill in the Blanks
Direction (1 - 5): Each of the following sentences is followed by four words or group of words. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word or group of words.
1. One dark night a Darvesh ___________ passing by a dry well.
A. wasn't
B. happened to be
C. discovered in
D. found to
Answer: Option (B)
2. Nordisk have recently ___________ a product called Glucometer.
A. started
B. commissioned
C. launched
D. began
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation:
Option (c) is correct because a product is launched. 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 official approval.
3. 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.
4. The neighbor 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 neighbor saves him. The neighbor 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.
5. 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.
Synonyms
1. Which word best express the meaning of BARBARIAN
A. Unkind
B. Impolite
C. Unlikeness
D. Uncivilised
Answer: Option (D)
2. The word best expresses the meaning of BEMOAN
A. Lament
B. Soothe
C. Denounce
D. Loathe
Answer: Option (A)
3. Which of the following word best express the meaning of HAGGLE
A. Crisis
B. Impeach
C. Ignore
D. Bargain
Answer: Option (D)
4. The nearest word of CONNOISSEUR bearing similar meaning is
A. Lover of art
B. Ignorant
C. Stubborn
D. Violent
Answer: Option (A)
5. Find the suitable word close to the word ZENITH
A. Middle
B. Under
C. Pinnacle
D. Nadir
Answer: Option (C)
Antonyms
1. Approbate
A. Ingratitude
B. Condemn
C. Dissatisfaction
D. Master
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation:
To approbate means to approve or sanction; to Condemn means to declare wrong or to convict
2. Supercilious
A. Unimportant
B. Relevant
C. Serious
D. Meek
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation:
Supercilious means coolly or patronizingly haughty; Meek means enduring injury with patience and without resentment
3. Improvident
A. Cautious
B. Fortunate
C. Proven
D. Intelligent
Answer: Option (A)
Explanation:
Improvident means lacking prudent foresight, or careless; Cautious means to be wary or to exercise forethought.
4. Demur
A. Embrace
B. Crude
C. Boisterous
D. Falter
Answer: Option (A)
Explanation:
To demur means to delay or hesitate; to embrace means to accept readily or gladly; demure means coy
5. Fatuous
A. Crafty
B. Frugal
C. Sensible
D. Inane
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation:
Fatuous means inanely foolish; Sensible is its nearest opposite
Spelling/Detecting mis-spelt words
1. Choose the correct spelt word out of the given alternatives.
A. Damage
B. Dammege
C. Damaige
D. Dammage
Answer: Option (A)
2. Choose the correct spelled word out of the given alternatives.
A. Itinaray
B. Itinarery
C. Itinarery
D. Itinerary
Answer: Option (D)
3. Choose the correct spelled word out of the given alternatives.
A. Commander
B. Comander
C. Comander
D. Comandar
Answer: Option (A)
4. Choose the correct spelt word out of the given alternatives.
A. Pasanger
B. Passenger
C. Pessenger
D. Pasanger
Answer: Option (B)
5. Choose the correct spelt word out of the given alternatives.
A. Business
B. Business
C. Busuness
D. Bussiness
Answer: Option (B)
Idioms & Phrases
1. At one's wit's end
A. Perplexed
B. Clear Up
C. Explain
D. Enlighten
Answer: Option (A)
Explanation:
Perplexed means cause to feel completely baffled.
Example: Rahul was at his wit's end to find that his sister has failed.
2. At one's fingertips
A. To take revenge
B. Matter of shame
C. Complete knowledge
D. None of the above
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation:
Example: All formula's of quantitative aptitude is at his fingertips.
3. At the spur of the moment
A. Difficult Moment
B. Without Delay
C. Great Moment
D. Very Slow
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation:
Example: It is not necessary that we should always reply at the spur of the moment in the interview, we should think before answer if we are not sure.
4. All in all
A. Every person
B. Particular thing same in all
C. Call all at once
D. Most important
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation:
Example: As she is the only girl in a big family, so she is all in all in her home.
5. At close quarters
A. close examinations
B. live near to each other
C. live far to each other
D. in love
Answer: Option (A)
Explanation:
Example: Real friends never leave us alone in close quarters.
One Word Substitution
1. Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool
A. Imbecility
B. Senility
C. Dotage
D. Superannuation
Answer: Option (C)
2. That which cannot be corrected
A. Unintelligible
B. Indelible
C. Illegible
D. Incorrigible
Answer: Option (D)
Incorrigible (Adjective): (of a person or their tendencies) Not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.
3. The study of ancient societies
A. Anthropology
B. Archaeology
C. History
D. Ethnology
Answer: Option (B)
4. A person of a good understanding of knowledge and reasoning power
A. Expert
B. Intellectual
C. Snob
D. Literate
Answer: Option (B)
5. A person who insists on something
A. Disciplinarian
B. Stickler
C. Instantaneous
D. Boaster
Answer: Option (B)
Improvement of Sentences
1. Where politics fails, economics may some time succeed.
A. may sometimes succeed
B. may sometime succeed
C. sometimes succeed
D. sometimes succeeds
Answer: Option (D)
2. Only three-fourths of the work is complete.
A. has complete
B. have complete
C. is complete
D. had complete
Answer: Option (C)
3. It is better to say too little than too much.
A. only little
B. very little
C. little
D. none
Answer: Option (C)
4. He has studied French for four years.
A. from four years
B. since four years ago
C. from four years ago
D. for four years
Answer: Option (D)
5. I could not help to laugh at the joke.
A. help to laugh at
B. laugh at
C. to laughing at
D. none
Answer: Option (A)
Para Jumbles
1. 1. 1971 war changed the political geography of the subcontinent
2. Despite the significance of the event. There has been no serious book about the conflict
3. Surrender at Dacca aims to fill this gap
4. It also profoundly altered the geo-strategic situation in South-East Asia
A. 1324
B. 3142
C. 2143
D. 1423
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation:
We can see that Option 1 is most likely the starting sentence. Now that we know that 1 is the starting sentence we can eliminate choice B and C as they start with 3 and 2 respectively and not with sentence 1. This narrows down our possibilities to option A and option D.
2. 1. Nonetheless, Tocqueville was only one of the first of a long line of thinkers to worry whether such rough equality could survive in the face of a growing factory system that threatened to create divisions between industrial workers and a new business elite.
2."The government of democracy brings the nation of political rights to the level of the humblest citizens. He wrote," Just as the dissemination of wealth brings the notion of property within the reach of all the members of the community".
3. Tocqueville was far too shrewd an observer to be uncritical about the US, but his verdict was fundamentally positive.
4. No visitor to the US left a more enduring record of his travels and observations than the French writer and political theorist Alexis de Tocqueville, whose ‘Democracy in America’, first published in 1835, remains one of the most trenchant and insightful analyses of American social and political practices.
A. 4132
B. 2134
C. 4321
D. 4213
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation:
3 logically follows 4 as it further describes the writer mentioned in 4. 1 follows 2 as it concludes 'Nonetheless' despite everything mentioned in 2.
3. 1. The potential exchanges between the officials of IBBF and the Maharashtra Body-Building Association has all the trappings of a drama we are accustomed to.
2. In the case of sportspersons, there is room for some sympathy, but the apathy of the administrators, which has even led to sanctions from international bodies, is unpardonable.
3. A case in the point is the hefty penalty of US $10,000 slapped on the Indian Body-Building Federation for not fulfilling its commitment for holding the Asian Championships in Mumbai in October.
4. It is a matter of deep regret and concern that the sports administrators often cause more harm to the image of the country than sportsmen and sportswomen do through their dismal performances.
A. 3124
B. 4231
C. 4123
D. 3421
Answer: Option (B)
Explanation:
Here sentence 3 is an example of sentence 4. Therefore 3 will come after 4.
Now as we go by elimination method only option B and C remains.
Now go by ACRONYM Method IBBF in sentence 1 and Indian Body-Building Federation in sentence 3. Therefore sentence 3 will come before 1 as the full form of the acronym is stated in sentence 3 and only afterward short form is used in sentence 1. Hence only option B remains which is the correct answer.
4. 1. Over the years, I have had the opportunities to observe and understand the thought processes behind the ads that have been flooding both the print and the TV media.
2. Although there is a huge shift in the quality of ads that we come across on a daily basis-- thanks essentially to improvement in technology--I somehow can't help but feel that the quality of communication of the message has become diluted.
3. Proportionally, the number of ads that lack in quality, have gone up exponentially as well!!
4. There is an increasing attempt by most companies to be seen as cool and funky.
5. Another reason could be the burgeoning number of companies, which means an exponential increase in the number of ads that are being made.
A. 43125
B. 43512
C. 12453
D. 21435
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation:
As it is an individual explaining his perceptions, it should begin with 1.
5. 1. His political career came to an abrupt end with China's military operation.
2. He attracted as-as repelled.
3. He was responsible for the debacle.
4. A man of paradoxes, Menon remained an enigma.
A. 4312
B. 1342
C. 4213
D. 4132
Answer: Option (C)
Explanation:
'A man of paradoxes' is logically continued by 'repelled ' and 'attracted'. Subsequently, 'the' debacle refers to China's flopped military operation and hence choice C.
Double Fillers Para
1. Indian information technology employees want the government to step in and make it _______ for them to leave their jobs, at a time when they face the _______ of poor salary increases and slower job growth.
A. difficult, the probability
B. easier, prospect
C. lengthy, consequence
D. easy, result
Answer: Option (B)
2. A senior team from Russia is expected to ______ the matter with the Indian side _____ this month.
A. learn, soon
B. review, upon
C. discuss, later
D. by heart, in
Answer: Option (C)
3. The demonetization of Rs 500-1000 notes has hardly altered the ______ of cash in the economy, and digital transactions have ______ where they were.
A. responsibility, been
B. role, moved
C. composition, seen
D. dominance remained
Answer: Option (D)
4. Universities have ______ greatness not only because they had able and wise teachers, but also because they ______ intelligent and creative students.
A. gathered, invited
B. achieved, attracted
C. produced, deter
D. sealed, release
Answer: Option (B)
5. That e-commerce player Snapdeal is ______ for cash and _______ go of hundreds of employees does not come as a surprise.
A. strapped, letting
B. poor, allowing
C. flat, seeing
D. bankrupt, trying
Answer: Option (A)
Cloze Test
Directions (1-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Visual experiences can (1) children, teenagers and even adults learn and absorb more due to its highly stimulating and (2) engaging impact. It is for this reason that we are seeing an increase in schools across the globe (3) content provider programmes into their class curriculum to (4) lessons through video. Visual excursions and school collaborations are (5) by advances in high definition video, high fidelity audio and content sharing allowing students to experience a richer and more stimulating learning experience. Schools that have previously transported students to excursions in (6), now face increased transportation costs, higher insurance premiums, attendance costs for the families and strict duty of care policies for students while (7) school property/ Virtual excursions (8) students to improve their presentation, research, learning, and speaking skills while they engage in a live learning session. Students also now have the ability to meet peers from many cultures, speak to subject-matter (9) like scientists or authors practice a foreign language with students from another country, and learn about global issues from the (10) of their own classrooms.
. A. help
B. aiding
C. prescribe
D. feature
E. present
Answer: Option (A)
. A. plus
B. lonely
C. ably
D. many
E. deeply
Answer: Option (E)
. A. incorporating
B. pressing
C. following
D. parting
E. leaving
Answer: Option (A)
. A. make
B. demand
C. impart
D. vision
E. need
Answer: Option (C)
. A. dissolved
B. enhanced
C. measured
D. failed
E. blasted
Answer: Option (B)
. A. deed
B. total
C. parent
D. person
E. lieu
Answer: Option (E)
. A. involving
B. saving
C. away
D. off
E. vacating
Answer: Option (B)
. A. let
B. enable
C. present
D. pressure
E. collect
Answer: Option (B)
. A. clauses
B. dictionaries
C. books
D. experts
E. partners
Answer: Option (D)
. A. vacancy
B. availability
C. safety
D. comfortable
E. gap
Answer: Option (B)
Introduction