Direction(1-3): 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).
Q1.
A. If you listen with
B. the question carefully
C. you will be able to answer them easily
D. No error.
Answer: Option A
Q2.
A. It is difficult
B. for anyone
C. to past time thus
D. No error.
Answer: Option C
Q3.
A. The customer handed over
B. a hundred-rupees note
C. to the shopkeeper.
D. No error.
Answer: Option B
Direction(4-7): In the following questions choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words.
Q4. ENORMOUS
A. Soft
B. Average
C. Tiny
D. Weak
Answer: Option C
Q5. COMMISSIONED
A. Started
B. Closed
C. Finished
D. Terminated
Answer: Option D
Q6. ARTIFICIAL
A. Red
B. Natural
C. Truthful
D. Solid
Answer: Option B
Q7. EXODUS
A. Influx
B. Home-coming
C. Return
D. Restoration
Answer: Option A
Direction(8-11): In the following the questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Q8. ASCEND
A. Leap
B. Grow
C. Deviate
D. Mount
Answer: Option D
Q9. FURORE:
A. Excitement
B. Worry
C. Flux
D. Anteroom
Answer: Option A
Q10. SYNOPSIS
A. Index
B. Mixture
C. Summary
D. Puzzles
Answer: Option C
Q11. TURN UP
A. Land up
B. Show up
C. Crop up
D. Come up
Answer: Option B
Direction(12-15): Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Q12. A woman came in with a baby who, she said, ...... a safety pin.
A. was just swallowing
B. swallowed
C. had just swallowed
D. just swallowed
Answer: Option C
Q13. The Hubble Space Telescope will search for planets around the stars, a key to the ...... extraterrestrial life, and examine interstellar dust and gases out of which stars are born.
A. perception
B. discovery
C. enquiry
D. quest
Answer: Option D
Q14. She ...... Rs 80 out of the bank every Friday.
A. obtains
B. draws
C. pulls
D. pulls
Answer: Option B
Q15. The American ...... presented his credentials to the President of India.
A. adviser
B. ambassador
C. delegate
D. representative
Answer: Option B