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1.Read the given sentence to find out

whether there is any grammatical
mistake/error in it. The error, if any,
will be in one part of the sentence.
Mark the part with error as your
answer. If there is no error, mark
‘No error’ as your answer.
(a) We are getting late (b) for
the movie
(c) I wish we reach (d) on time.
(e) No error
2. A sentence divided into five
parts is given below. Part (E) is
grammatically correct. Out of the
other four parts, only one part has an
error. Mark the option containing the
part which has an error as your
answer. Unlike in spoken languages,
(A)/ in which grammar is expressed
on (B)/ sound-based signifiers for
tense, (C)/ aspect, mood and syntax,
sign languages use hand movements,
(D)/ sign order as well as body and
facial cues to create grammar (E).
(a) C (b) B
(c) A (d) D
(e) All have errors
3. Read the given sentence to
find out whether there are any
grammatical/contextual errors in it.
The errors, if any, will be in two
parts of the sentence and the
combination of those parts will be
the answer of that question. If no
part in the sentence has an error
then, mark 'No error' as your answer.
When Bengaluru's short summer
winds down, the (A)/ city's famous
breeze kicked in, rustling through
(B)/ the last of the rain trees,
relieving the warm of (C)/ the day;
evenings and mornings are back to
being agreeable and cool. (D)
(a) AC (b) BD
(c) CD (d) BC
(e) No error
4. You are presented with a
sentence divided into five parts. The
part in bold is grammatically correct.
Out of the remaining four parts,
three are grammatically incorrect
and one is error free. You are
required to identify the part that has
no grammatical error and mark the
answer accordingly. If all parts are
grammatically correct the mark 'no
error' as your answer.
(A) In the course for conducting (B)
the research, we can never knew (C)
with absolute certainty (D) either we
have achieved (E) valid
measurement of variables.
(a) C (b) A
(c) B (d) D
(e) No error
Directions for Questions 5 and 6:
Read the-given sentence to find out
whether there is any
grammatical/contextual error in it.
The error, if any, will be in one' or
more parts of the sentence. Choose
the option with parts with no errors
as your answer. If there is no error,
mark 'No error' as your answer.
5.Meanwhile, in near (A)/ Gujarat,
Uttar Pradesh, (B)/rRajasthan and
Maharashtra, (C)/ the gender ratio
(D)/ is getting worse. (E)
(a) ABCD (b) ABCE
(c) BCDE (d) Other than these
options
(e) No error
6. During the past week, it
became evident that U.S. President
Donald Trump (A)/ takes a dim view
of his Attorney General, le Sessions,
(B)/ a man who's appointment to the
key role he fought resolutely for (C)/
in the face of serious objections. (D)
(a) BCD (b) ACD
(c) ABD (d) ABC
(e) No Error
Directions for Questions 7 and 8 :
In each of the questions below, four
statements are given which may or
may not contain an error. Choose the
one that is grammatically and
meaningfully correct.
7. (a) No sooner did I board in
the train when it started moving.
(b) No sooner had I boarded the
train when it started to be moving.
(c) No sooner had I boarded the train
than it started moving.
(d) No sooner did I board in the train
when it started to move.
(e) All are correct.
8. (a) Due to its strategic
location, it became a target for
imperialist expansion.
(b) It became a target for imperialist
expansion because of its strategic
location.
(c) On account of its strategic
location, it became a target for
imperialist expansion.
(d) Its strategic location made it a
target for imperialist expansion.
(e) All are correct
9. Below, four statements are
given which are based on same or
different theme and may or may not
contain an error. Choose the one that
is grammatically and meaningfully
incorrect.
(a) The sociologist Nicholas
Christakis would probably give way
more practical answers than I would
to the question about my social life.
(b) Our world has gone from being
small groups of hunter-gatherers that
were closely related to the modern
world where you can live in a city
with millions of other people
(c) I was particularly fascinated by
one section of the book where
Christakis compares chimpanzees
and bonobos.
(d) In his terrific book Blueprint,
Christakis explains that humans
have evolved to working together
and be social.
(e) None is incorrect
10. Below, three sentences are
given, revolving around the same
theme or idea. Decide which of the
sentences are grammatically and
meaningfully correct and mark the
answer accordingly.
1. Having an erratic income,
this scheme can be realised through
a public-private partnership.
2. Since farmers today have an
erratic income, this scheme can be
realised through a public-private
partnership.
3. Farmers today have an
erratic income and so, this scheme
can be realised through a
publicprivate partnership.
(a) Only 3 (b) Only 1 and 2
(c) Only 1 and 3 (d) Only 2 and 3
11. Below, three sentences
aregiven in II III. The sentences are
quite similar to eac I, h oth ad n but
there may be a grammatical or
contextual eerr; in one or more of
the sentences. You have to look for
the error in each of the three
sentences and then tick the correct
option from the five options given. I.
Enormous and elaborate idols of
Durga depicted with ten arms and
riding a lion-were/paraded through-
cities and villages by devotees on
Saturday and then cast into water,
symbolising thp, goddess' return to
her mythological home on Mount nt
Kailash.
II. Enormous and elaborate idols of
Durga ten arms and riding a lion
being usually depicted -were
paraded through cities and villages
by devotees on Saturday and then
casted into water, symbolising the
goddess return to her mythological
home on Mount Kailash.
III. Symbolising the goddess' return
to her mythological home on Mount
Kailash, enormous and elaborate
idols of Durga - usually depicted
with ten arms and riding a lion-were
paraded through cities and villages
by devotees on Saturday and were
then cast into the water.
(a) Only I is incorrect
(b) Only II is incorrect
(c) Only III is incorrect
(d) All I, II and III are correct
(e) All I, II and III are incorrect
12. A sentence has been broken
into four parts A, B, C and D in
which one of the parts is missing.
From the given options, identify
which option would replace the
missing part so that it introduces as
error in some part as per the
question. If missing part’s
replacement does not introduce error
in any other part, mark (e) as the
answer.
The challenge for urban leaders is
how (A)/ to effectively govern
rapidly growing cities (B)/........(C)/
in a timely manner and are
supported by the majority of
citizens. (D) Which of the following
if replaces C, introduces an error
only in A?
(a) which requires that critical
decisions are made and
implementation
(b) which require that critical deci
and implemented sions are made
(c) which requires that critical
decisions are made and implemented
(d) which require that criticalit
implemented y of decisions is made
(e) None of the above
LEVEL-I
Directions for Questions 1 to 20 :
Read each sentence to find out
whether there is any grammatical
mistake/error in it. The error, if any,
Mark the part with error as your
answer. If there is no error, mark 'No
error' as your answer.
1. (a) Reenu's father (b) with
her cousins
(c) has returned from (d) America
last week.
(e) No error
2. (a) When I got to (b) my
car, I found
(c) the new phone (e) No Error .
3. (a) The cat had (b) half as
much as
(c) kittens she had (d) before
(e) No errror
4. (a) Music, even in situations
of greatest
(b) horror, should never be painful
to the
(c) ear, but should flatter and charm
(d) it, and thereby always remain
music.
(e) No error
5. (a) While sampling a
population,
(b) researchers may end up with an
(c) unrepresentative or biased
sample
(d) until the proper precautions are
taken.
(e) No error
6. (a) Torrid summers, when
the mercury soars
(b) 4°C to 6°C over the average and
produces
(c) heatwaves in several States
between April and (d) June, may
become more frequent in coming
years.
(e) No error
7. (a) Although they did not
(b) perform well, the
(c) students of this class are
(d) better than the other class.
(e) No Error
8.(a) The girl who you were
(b) speaking to while I
(c) was held up in
(d) traffic is my sister
(e) No error.
Q.9: (a) Three hundred and forty
(b) miles are what
(c) one has to cover to
(d) reach Delhi from Amritsar.
(e) No error.
10. (a) Following the flood,
b) each building in
(c) the area need
(d) major repair work
(e) No error
11. (a) People respect Japan
(b) as it has a
(c) rich tradition and
(d) a culture that is vibrant
(e) No error
12. (a) Raman said that
(b) neither the briefcase
(c) nor its contents
(d) was in place.
13. (a) Sumit is working
(b) with a government
(c) organization since he
(d) graduated from college
(e) No error.
14. (a) As Raman is
(b) inexperienced, he cannot
(c) distinguish a fake
(d) diamond than a real one
(e) No error
15. (a) The dog, upon
(b) seeing Ram, ran
(c) over the road to
(d) welcome him.
(e) No Error
16. (a) Since the student was
(b) suffering from fever
(c) she could not
(d) give her tests.
(e) No Error
17. (a) Tushar won't be able
(b) to leave for the
(c) science fair until his
(d) peers have arrived
(e) No Error
18. (a) The consignment
(b) that you sent yesterday
(c) is far more superior
(d) to all the others.
(e) No Error
19. (a) Our friends arranged
(b) a grand wedding party
(c) at a nearby hotel
(d) for my husband and I.
(e) No error
20. In the following years, the
business (A)/ can usually deduct 25
percent of the (B)/remaining value
until the cost is written (C)/ of or the
item is sold, disposed of or given
away (D).
(a) A (b) B
(c) D (d) D
(e) No error
In each of the following questions, a
sentence divided into five parts .
answer. given. One of the parts may
contain an error. Choose the option
with the part containing error as the
an is Consider part the part in bold
to be correct. If there is no error,
mark 'No error' as your answer.
21. Starting May this year, (1)
/ the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) plants to (A)/
send up at least eight earth
observation (EO) satellites (B)/ of
varied hues and in the rate of (C)/
almost one a month. (D).
(a) B (b) C
(c) D (d) A
(e) No error
22. South Korea launched (1)/
the world’s first nationwide 5G
mobile network (A)/ two days ago in
a late-night (B)/scramble to be the
first providers (C)/ of the super-fast
wireless technology. (D)
(a) A (b) C
(c) B (d) D
(e) No error
23. As international health
systems are combating (A)/ rising
healthcare cost, (B)/ there is an
impend need to (C)/ systematically
make healthcare (D)/ inclusive to all.
(1)
(a) D (b) A
(c) B (d) C
(e) No error
24. The legislation was pushed
through (1)/ as part of a process,
which have seen (A)/ lawmakers
seize control of (B)/ parliamentary
time in order to (C)/influence the
away forward on Brexit.
(D)
(a) C (b) A
(c) D (d) B
(e) No error
25. Ministry of Home Affairs
has notified (A)/ the Citizenship
(Amendament) Rulkes this year,
(B)/ making it mandatory for a
person (C)/ applying for Indian
citizenship to declared (D)/ her or
his religion. (1)
(a) A (b) C
(c) B (d) D
(e) No error
26. Poor diet has now overtook
(A)/ smoking as the world's biggest
killer, (B)/ according to the latest
(C)/ Global Burden of Disease
study, causing 20% of (D)/ deaths
globally in 2017. (1)
(a) B (b) D
(c) A (d) C
(e) No error
27. Monetary policy would
require better (A)/ anchors than the
current headline inflation, (B)/ and
better communication by the central
bank, (C)/ increase labour market
flexibility and other structural
reforms (D)/ can achieve this
purpose, (1).
(a) B (b) C
(c) A (d) D
(e) No error
28. The government said there
were many flaws (1)/ with the
legislation, including the lack of
time (A)/ available for all the steps
(B)/ it sets in, and had concerns (C)/
about the precedent it sets.
(D)
(a) C (b) A
(c) B (d) D
(e) No error
29. IndiGo, India’s largest
airline by market share, (A), has said
it will operate about 30 lesser flights
(B)/ each day for the remainder (C)/
of the winter schedule as it battles
(D)/ a shortage of pilots. (1)
(a) C (b) B
(c) D (d) A
(e) No error
30. Apart from staring at the
prospect of (1)/ losing customers to
other modes of transport, (A),
airlines could also see a spike in (B)/
input costs as vendors readjust their
(C)/ margins to make in for lost
revenue. (D)
(a) C (b) A
(c) B (d) D
(e) No error
31. Health, education and
physical infrastructure (1)/ are
central to the capabilities of
individuals, (A)/ and the extent of
their presence (B)/ in a society
determine whether the (C)/ poor will
remain so or exit poverty
permanently. (D)
(a) C (b) D
(c) A (d) B
(e) No error
32. While cash on hand
prevented (1)/ many families from
being completely destabilized (A) /
by an emergency, about half (B) / of
those reported feeling (C) /
financially strapped in it's aftermath
(D).
(a) B (b) A
(c) D (d) C
(e) No error
sentence divided in parts is given.
The errors, if any, will be in two
parts of the sentence and the
combination of those parts will be
the answer. If no part in the sentence
has an error then, mark 'No error' as
your answer.
33. To build an AI system that
behaves (A)/ ethical, ideas about
values and right and wrong need to
(B)/ be made sufficiently precise
that they can be implemented (C)/ in
algorithms, but precision and
algorithms are sorely lacking on
current ethical deliberations. (D)
(a) AC (b) BD
(c) CD (d) AB
(e) No error
34. Much of us engage in some
(A)/ kind of teamwork, whether its
(B)/ for projects at the office,
coordinating (C)/ a community
event, or organizing a birthday
party. (D)
(a) AC (b) BD
(c) CD (d) AB
(e) No error
35. Niall Ferguson is yet
another (A)/ one of those person
with (B)/ an agenda who thinks he
(C)/ can predict the future. (D)
(a) AB (b) AD
(c) BC (d) CD
(e) No error
36. There is a difference
between bidding (A)/ on the
international market and (B)/ have
your own special friend (C)/ who
won't cut out supply. (D)
(a) BD (b) AC
(c) BC (d) CD
(e) No error
sentence is given, divided into five
parts (1), (A), (B), (C)and (D). The
errors, if any, will be in two parts of
the sentence and the combination of
those parts will be the answer.
Consider part (1) as grammatically
and contextually correct.
37. Despite several innovations
in the healthcare (1)/ sector in recent
times, on line with (A)/India's
relentless pursuit of reforms, (B)/the
government remains woeful short of
its (C)/ambition to increase public
health spending to 2.5% of GDP.
(D)
(a) AC (b) BC
(c) AB (d) CD
(e) No error
38. Last year, the U.S. Nuclear
Posture Review (1)/ noted that
Beijing was steam forward (A)/with
the expansion of it's cruise-missile
arsenal, (B)/potentially neutralising
the capability of American warships
(C)/ that could seek to approach the
Chinese coastline during a standoff.
(D)
(a) AD (b) BC
(c) AB (d) CD
(e) No error
39. Today's sense of adventure
(1)/ come from following online
(A)/recommendations at unknown
(B)/people - even if those
suggestions (C)/only reinforce
stereotypes. (D)
(a) AD (b) BD
(c) AB (d) AC
(e) No error
40. The Indian government's
proposal (1)/to make it mandatory
for online platforms to trace (A)/ the
origin of unlawful messages, will
require (B)/ WhatsApp to modify
the product of one without privacy,
(C)/a spokesperson on the instant
messaging app said on Wednesday.
(D)
(a) AC (b) BD
(c) AB (d) CD
(e) No error
sentence is given, divided into five
parts. Part (E) is grammatically
correct. Of the other four parts, only
one part is without error. Mark the
option containing the part with no
error as the answer.
41. They had proved (A)/
themselves capable of (B)/
protecting their allies, the Hurons,
(C)/ and, indeed, had more than
enough (D)/ to do to maintain their
own position. (E)
(a) B (b) D
(c) A (d) C
(e) None has error
42. At first, the kings fights with
(A)/ there spears while riding upon
their horses, (B)/ then leaping to the
ground, (C)/ they attacked each
other fierce (D)/ with their swords.
(E)
(a) B (b) C
(c) A (d) D
(e) None has errors
43. Not much of the rulers (A)/
of Rome declared as blunt (B)/ as
Constantine that they meant (C)/ to
ruled the Church, but that was (D)/
the intention of most of them. (E)
(a) D (b) A
(c) B (d) C
(e) All have errors
44. Everywhere in Europe, (A)/
great castles had rose (B)/ in which
lived the largely (C)/ landowners or
lord, the (D)/ wealthiest men in the
kingdoms. (E)
(a) A (b) C
(c) D (d) B
(e) All have errors
45. One of his first act (A)/ were
the capture of the town (B)/ of Goa,
to the north of Calicut, (C)/ for the
commercially capital of (D)/ the
Portuguese in India. (E)
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
(e) All have errors
46. With each aged, (A)/ there
ships increased (B)/ in size and
number, (C)/ until they become the
(D)/ chief carriers of Europe. (E)
(a) C (b) D
(c) B (d) A
(e) None has error
Directions for Questions 47 to 57:
statements are given which may or
may not contain an error. Choose the
one that is grammatically and
47. (a) A few lakhs of rupees
will suffice for us to overcome the
distress.
(b) A few lakhs of rupees will be
suffice for us to overcome the
distress.
(c) A few lakhs rupees will suffice
for us to overcome the distress.
(d) A few lakhs of rupees will
sufficient for us to overcome the
distress.
(e) None are correct.
48. (a) From a guy who is
somewhat famous, this sure is a
cryptic note for his odd riddle-talk.
(b) This sure is a cryptic note-from a
guy who is somewhat famous for his
odd riddle-talk.
(c) This sure is a cryptic note from a
guy who does nothing but also odd
riddle-talk.
(d) On a guy who is somewhat
famous for his odd riddle-talk, this
sure is a cryptic note.
(e) All are correct
49. (a) The UN have declared
2017 the International Year of
Sustainable Tourism for
Development, heralding the role of
international travel in reducing
poverty.
(b) Citizens of ten nations, most of
them in Europe and North America,
make about half of all international
travel.
(c) Less developed countries lack
the critical goods and services that
tourists require, including airports,
accommodation, key attractions,
tour guides and telecommunications,
to name just a fewer.
(d) Making sure that visitor dollars
benefit local people also depend on
the commitment of foreignowned
companies, particularly hotel
groups, to partner with and invest in
local communities.
(e) All are correct
50. (a) The bank's better-than-
expected overall results were also
fuelled by its performance in private
equity investments and from higher
fees that it earned through deal
making.
(b) The bank's better-than-expected
overall results were also fuelled by
it's performance in private equity
investments and from higher fees
that it earned through deal making.
(c) The bank's better-then-expected
its performance in private equity
(d) The banks' better-than-expected
their performance in private equity
(e) None are correct
51. (a) Scientists use complex
mathematical models to look at how
diseases spread through social
groupings.
(b) Understanding age-specific
social mixing patterns are vital for
studying outbreaks of infectious
diseases like flu and measles, which
can spread rapidly, particularly
among children.
(c) Researchers say analysing social
mixing patterns is important for
infection diseases and vaccination
planning.
(d) Mathematical models that predict
the spread of infectious diseases are
now an essential part of public
health decisions for introducing of
new vaccines.
Q.52: (a) Two hundred low-floor non-
AC buses will ply over the
Millennium City as part of the
Gurugram Metropolitan
Development Authority-run city bus
service.
(b) Two hundred low-floor non-AC
buses will ply across the Millennium
City as part of the Gurugram
Metropolitan Development
Authority-run city bus service.
(c) As a part of the Gurugram
Metropolitan Development
Authority-run city bus service, two
hundred low-floor non-AC buses
will be seen plying across the
Millennium City.
(d) Two hundred low-floor non-AC
buses will ply between the
Millennium City as part of the
Gurugram Metropolitan
Development Authority-run city bus
service.
(e) Both (b) and (c) are correct.
53. (a) Minimizing such
contamination is possible adjusting
the maximum dose of herbicide.
(b) By adjusting the maximum dose
of herbicide can possibly minimize
such contamination.
(c) Such contamination minimizing
are possible by adjusting the
maximum dose of herbicide.
(d) Minimization of such
contamination is possible by
adjusting the maximum dose of
herbicide.
(e) All are correct
54. (a) Freshly crushed garlic is
superior cardioprotective agent than
the processed garlic.
(b) Processed garlic is inferior than
freshly crushed garlic as a cardio-
protective agent.
(c) As a cardioprotective agent,
freshly crushed garlic is superior
than processed garlic.
(d) Freshly crushed garlic is a
superior cardioprotective agent than
processed garlic.
(e) All are correct
55. (a) He was leaning against a
railing, looking down at a pristine
basketball court used exclusive by
Jewish settlers.
(b) He leaned against a railing and
look down at a pristine basketball
court used exclusively by Jewish
settlers.
(c) Looking down at a pristine
basketball court used exclusively by
Jewish settlers, he leaned against a
railing.
(d) Against a railing he leaned,
looking down at a pristine basketball
court used exclusively to Jewish
settlers.
(e) All are correct
56. (a) As the week began, the
clamour around the disappearance of
journalist Jamal Khashoggi had
reached such volume that it was
impossible for even President Trump
to ignore it any longer.
(b) Being the most unique dress in
the whole store, nobody could buy it
because it was too expensive.
(c) She is one of best dancer in the
whole university campus.
(d) Although there was heavy traffic,
but we went out for shopping in the
mall.
57. (a) in grand style, the hotel
put on a show featuring the dancers
from the Icon Show Bar for guests.
(b) It is this bright and fresh view of
London that makes the paintings so
impressive.
(c) The monsoon rains in this region
has been the heaviest for almost a
century and, yesterday, western
India was drenched again.
(d) One of the problem is that many
buildings in Japan have wooden
frames and tile roofs.
statements are given which are
based on same or different theme
and may or may not contain an error.
Choose the one that is
grammatically and meaningfully
incorrect. Please ignore errors of
punctuation, if any.
58. (a) Our research provides
guidance to managers and leaders
who wants to promote
thoughtfulness in employees.
(b) During our visit, we were struck
again and again by seeing people
walking about the side of the road;
nearly all of them were barefoot.
(c) For the last 15 years, Lal
Mohammed had worked as a
rickshaw puller in Kolkata, India.
(d) Melinda and I was travelling
through Kenya, Tanzania, and Zaire
(now the Democratic Republic of
the Congo).
(e) All are incorrect
59. (a) The Book of New Sun is
set on a dying Earth (or Urth), set so
far in the future that our Old Sun is
growing cold.
(b) The gender ideologies that
influenced the housing policies of
the early 1900s still flourished in the
middle of the century.
(c) While policy preference for
single-family housing was
established with the nuclear family
in mind, it did not respond to the
complexities of the female
experience.
(d) The City of Toronto has
acknowledged that the current
design of community consultations
are flawed.
(e) All are correct
60. (a) The war between Iran
and Iraq that lasted at most of the
1980s was one of the bloodiest
conflicts of the late 20th century.
(b) The targeting by Iran and Iraq of
each other's merchant shipping and
in particular oil tankers became
known as the Tanker War.
(c) From the outset of hostilities in
1981 until 1983, Iraqi anti-shipping
strikes were intermittent and
primarily targeted Iranian ships in
the northern Gulf.
(d) While the weight of Iraqi efforts
always remained ground-based,
these anti-shipping strikes,
particularly against Iranian oil
tankers and associated installations,
were viewed as a means of bringing
economic pressure to bear on the
Iranian regime.
(e) All are correct
61. (a) Become to authentic and
you simply rule out self-
improvement.
(b) Nobody shares all their private
complaints with an audience, but
how do we know how much to share
and with whom?
(c) Certainly, in the name of various
kinds of shared commitments, it
seems best to hash out your
differences in private.
(d) A couple's well-being is usually
best served by avoiding arguments
in the presence of the in-laws. (e)
All are correct
62. (a) There can be value in
debate even when the other party
does not argues in good faith.
(b) Almost one in four people will
be aged 60 or more by 2050.
(c) Trust may be particularly
important for the successful
functioning of older adults as they
come to rely more on others in the
face of physical and cognitive
decline.
(d) Trust is also important for
establishing and maintaining
cooperation between individuals-and
groups, and promoting social
behaviour, good health, life
satisfaction, and longevity.
63. (a) People revolted in order
that they could at last have freedom
and equality and be the masters of
their own fate.
(b) Soon, only one man ruled the
whole country in the name of the
very revolution that was supposed to
put the people in charge.
(c) Speech was controlled and
inconvenient views were suppressed
until all dissent was outlawed.
(d) The stories we tell each other,
fundamentally shaped our social
world.
(e) All are correct
64. (a) Up until modernity,
reading was an act of participating in
a community of those who could
read against those who couldn't,
which for most parts of history was
much off humanity.
(b) No one understood this ability of
reading to transform individuals into
ideologues better than the
Communists in USSR.
(c) But for all these claims of
ennobling, in our age of great
distractions, the act of reading, the
possession of books is still often
seen as the indulgences of those with
disposable incomes.
(d) Reading, German philosopher
Martin Heidegger believed, allowed
for “befriending of man through the
word of the other”.
65. (a) In 1949, France’s most
prestigious publishing house,
Gallimard, added a new book to a
series called “Espoir.”
(b) At a time when “espoir” or
“hope” in France was rationed as
severe as bread, the name was an
optimistic one.
(c) Barely risen from the ruins of a
world war, France was riven by the
Cold War in 1949.
(d) The book’s preface, written by
the series editor, was no more
reassuring.
Level II
Directions for Questions 1 to 6 : In
each of the questions given below, a
sentence is given. A part of the
sentence may contain an error.
Identify that part and mark it as the
answer. In case the sentence is
correct as, it is, mark option (e), that
is, 'No error'. Note- The words in
bold are grammatically and
contextually correct.
1. He is seen often in a hard
hat or a yellow vest, and, more to the
point, he is often seen in and around
his district.
(a) He is seen often in a hard
(b) hat or a yellow vest, and
(c) he is often seen in
(d) and around his
(e) No error
2. Volunteers are needed to
tutor low-income children and adults
with dyslexia and another language-
based disorders.
(a) are needed to tutor
(b) low-income children and
(c) adults with dyslexia
(d) and another language-based
(e) No error
3.Water in canteens froze, and many
of the soldiers were so sick that
officers made runs to town to buy
cold medicine.
(a) canteens froze, and
(b) many of the soldiers were
(c) that officers made runs to
(d) town to buy cold medicine
(e) No error
4.Subarctic ocean currents are
reaching the southern California
coastline, and Santa Barbara must
have been as cold as Juneau is now.
(a) Subarctic ocean currents
(b) are reaching the southern
(c) and Santa Barbara
(d) must have been as cold as
(e) No error
5. When the Treaty of Paris
was drawn up in 1783, a big part of
it was finalizing the borders among
the new country, the U.S., and its
neighbours.
(a) When the Treaty of Paris was
(b) in 1783, a big part of it
(c) the borders among the
(d) new country, the U.S., and its
neighbours
(e) No error
6.The boat shot at the deep.blue face
of the wave, broke through its lip,
hung silently in space for a moment,
and then slammed back into the sea.
(a) The boat shot at the
(b) of the wave, broke through its lip
(c) in space for a moment
(d) and then slammed back into the
sea
(e) No error
Directions for Questions 7 to 9: In
each of the following questions, a
sentence is given which has been
divided into four parts. The error
may be in one or more parts of the
sentence. Identify the part(s) with
error and mark your answer
accordingly. If the sentence is free
from errors, choose 'No error' as
your answer.
7. To prepared for the
disinvestment, the a government
(A)/ is implementing a strategic
plan, which (B)/ includes a financial
package and focuses (C)/ on
increasing operational efficiencies
(D).
(a) Only C & D (b) Only A
(c) Only B & C (d) Only D
(e) No error
8.While the laws of supply and
demand act (A)/ as a general guide
to free markets, they (B)/ are not the
solely factors that affect (C)/
conditions such as pricing and
availability (D).
(a) Only A (b) Only B & D
(c) Only C (d) Only A & B
(e) No error
9.UNICEF works in excess 190
countries and (A)/ territories to save
children’s lives, to defend (B)/ there
rights, and to help them fulfil their
potential, (C)/ from early childhood
through adolescence (D).
(a) Only A (b) Only C & D
(c) Only B (d) Only A & C
(e) No error
sentence is given. The error, if any,
Choose the option with parts with no
errors as your answer. If the
appropriate option is not given,
choose "other than these options" as
your answer. If there is no error,
choose "No error".
10. However, I do expect, (A)/
as the cost of hardwares drops, (B)/
we could see Internet (C)/ speeds on
landlines (D)/ go up dramatically.
(E)
(a) ABDE (b) ACDE
options
(e) No error
11. WItimately the market for
(A)/ electronic Omeg is limited (B)/
only by the (C)/ world's appetite for
(D)/ fun and enjoy. (E)
(a) ABCD (b) ABCE
options
(e) No error
12. The argument puts forward
for (A)/ the deal by Britain and the
EU (B)/ is that the rest of the world
(C)/ will not be left "worse off" (D)/
if the bloc's quotas are reduced and
Britain takes a share of them. (E)
(a) ABCD (b) BCDE
(c) ABCE (d) Other than these
options
(e) No Error
13. The book is an (A)/
exploration of mental (B)/ illness, a
failed career (C)/ and one man's (D)/
battle religious faith. (E)
(a) ABCD (b) ABCE
options (e) No error
14. The result is that the (A)/
pitted tungsten becomes (B)/ much
hotter than a (C)/ plain sheet of the
(D)/ metal could manage. (E)
(a) ABDE (b) ACDE
options
(e) No error
15. The political climate of
South Africa (A)/ has a major
impact on lives of college students,
(B)/ as government funding is (C)/
inadequate for the number of
students (D)/ who is looking for
tertiary education. (E)
(a) ABCD (b) BCDE
(c) ABDE (d) Other than these
options (e) No error
16. As he walks out of the
Rashtrapati Bhavan, (A)/ Mr.
Mukherjee is likely to be
remembered as a copybook
President (B)/ that followed the
Constitution in letter and spirit (C)/
while carrying out the duties of his
office. (D)
(a) BCD (b) ACD
(c) ABD (d) Other than these
options (e) No Error
17. However, if a war were to
break out, (A)/ In di would find it at
a strategic disadvantage (B)/ as
China has a far more advanced
military (C)/ and the capability to
launch attacks on multiple fronts.
(D)
(a) BCD (b) ACD
(c) ABD (d) Other than these
options (e) No Error
In each of the following questions,
select the option which states the
correct combination of
correct/incorrect sentences.
18. 1. Pharmacies across the
country went on a one-day strike to
highlight their concerns about the
threat by e-pharmacies.
2. In Afghanistan, the idea that
women should be viewed as
contributing members of society
beyond motherhood was introduced
during Amir Habibullah's reign.
3. In the recent past some women
have left journalism due to the
hostile security situation in the
country.
4. The demolition of Babri Masjid,
at the behest of Sangh leaders, were
an unsavoury chapter in India's
chequered socio-political history.
(a) Only 1 & 3 are correct
(b) Only 2 & 3 are correct
(c) Only 1, 3 & 4 are correct
(d) Only 1, 2 & 3 are correct
(e) All incorrect
19. 1. It is important to continue
with English as one of the prime
languages.
2. Given the international relevance
of English, we cannot afford to
regressing at the world level.
3. Hindi may be given a dominant
place but not at the cost of other
languages.
4. The growing importance of cities
like Hyderabad, Bengaluru and
Chennai as a source of employment
can actually serve as a link to there
languages and cultures.
(a) Only 1 & 2 are correct
(b) Only 1 & 3 are correct
(c) Only 1, 2 & 3 are correct
(d) Only 2, 3 & 4 are correct
(e) All incorrect
20. 1. During World War II,
some 350,000 women served in the
U.S. Armed Forces, both at home
and foreign.
2. They included the Women's
Airforce Service Pilots, that were
awarded the prestigious
Congressional Gold Medal.
3. Meanwhile, widespread male
enlistment left gaping holes in the
industrious labour force.
4. Between 1940 and 1945, the
female percentage of the U.S.
workforce increased from 27 percent
to nearly 37 percent, and by 1945
nearly one out of every four married
women worked outside the home.
(a) Only 2 & 3 are incorrect
(b) Only 1 & 4 are incorrect
(c) Only 1, 2 & 3 are incorrect
(d) Only 1, 3 & 4 are incorrect
(e) All correct
21. I. Some private institutional
shareholders are lobbying the
government, which has a 16.38%
stake in IDFC, to push for a higher
valuation for the financial services
firm.
II. Some private institutional
government, to push for a higher
valuation for the financial services
firm, which has a 16.38% stake in
IDFC.
III. Some private institutional
government, which has a 16.38%
stake in IDFC, for pushing for a
higher valuation for the financial
services firm.
(a) Both I and II are incorrect
(b) Both I and III are Incorrect
(c) Only III is incorrect
(d) Only II is incorrect
(e) All I, II and III are incorrect
In each of the follow g around the
same or different theme. Identify the
grammatically and meaningfully cor
the answer accordingly.
22. I. Unlike other organisms,
bacteria can take up genetic material
from its environment.
II. This ability to exchange genes
enable them to pick up new traits
such as different metabolic
pathways, virulent genes and
antibiotic resistance.
III. Better understanding of the
complex mechanisms of gene
transfer may be the key for holding
the line against the global threat of
increasing antibiotic resistance.
(a) Only II (b) Only I and III
(c) Only II and III (d) Only I and II
(e) Only III
23. (A) Although an estimated
economic impact of cyber security
was $400bn in 2016, it continues to
be a core concern across the world.
(B) With an estimated economic
impact of $400bn in 2016, it's no
wonder that cyber security continues
to be a core concern across the
world.
(C) Across estimated economic
impact of $400bn in 2016, continues
to be a core concern.
(a) A and B (b) B and C
(c) B only (d) C only
24. 1. Advances in
communication technology have
encouraged systems of governance
to concentrate decision-making
power at the higher rungs.
2. What has encouraged systems of
governance to concentrate decision-
making power at the higher rungs
are advances in communication
technology.
3. Encouraging systems of
governance to concentrate decision-
making power at the higher rungs,
are advances in communication
technology. (a) Only 1 (b) Only 1
and 2
(e) All 1, 2 and 3
four sentences are given, one or
more of which has/have an error.
Identify the sentence/s with error
and mark your response accordingly.
25. A. A project which might
deny future generations the
opportunity to breathe fresh air may
well be defended on a simple
statement that those future
generations are likely to be rich
enough to enable them to live
comfortable without breathing fresh
air.
B. A project which might deny
future generations the opportunity to
breathe fresh air may be defended on
a simple statement that those future
generations are likely to be rich
enough to enable them to live
comfortably without breathing fresh
air.
C. A project which might deny
breathe fresh air may well be
defended on a statement that those
future generations are likely to be
rich enough to enable them to live
comfortably without breathing fresh
air.
D. A project which might deny
breath fresh air may well be
defended on a simile a. dication of
the norm those future generations
are likely to be rich enough to
enable them to live comfortably
without breathing fresh air.
(a) Only A and D (b) Only C
(c) Only A (d) Only B and D
(e) All have error
26. A. The US announced its
decision to withdraw preferential
duty benefits-Generalised System of
Preferences (GSP) - to India after
talks between the two sides broke
down due to disproportionate
demands by Washington.
B. The airline and its lenders have
been searching for new investors,
while employee unions have been
called for government intervention.
C. New launches under Real Estate
(Regulation and Development) Act
have seen a sharp rise, leading to
higher sales.
D. So long as the status quo are
maintained, there will be peace and
tranquillity in the region.
(a) Only B and C (b) Only A and D
(c) Only B and D (d) Only A
(e) All have error
27. A. With India indicating that
it sees little use for SAARC, the
SCO provides the only multilateral
platform for it to dealt in close
quarters with Pakistan and
Afghanistan.
B. With India indicating that it sees
little use for SAARC, the SCO
provides the only multilateral
platform for it to deal in close
quarters with Pakistan and
Afghanistan.
C. The SCO provided India with the
only multilateral platform to deal in
close quarters with Pakistan and
Afghanistan as it sees little use for
SAARC.
D. With India indicating that it sees
little use for SAARC, the SCO
provides the only multilateral
platform for it to deal in close
quarters at Pakistan and
Afghanistan.
(a) Only A and B (b) Only C
(c) Only D (d) Only A and D
(e) All have error
28. A. The effort to end
violence against doctors and medical
professionals must start with the
understanding that doctors and
patients do not have an antagonist
relationship.
B. Police fired tear gas and rubber
bullets to disperse the crowd, which
threw bricks and other objects in
return.
C. Hong Kong has seen several
protests since it was handed over to
China by the British colonialists in
1997.
D. The U.S. and Iran edged toward a
flashpoint on Monday as Tehran
announced it was breaking
compliance with the accordance that
keeps it from making nuclear
weapons.
(a) Only B and C (b) Only C
(c) Only A and D (d) Only D
(e) All have error
sentence has been broken into four
parts A, B, C and D in which one of
the parts is missing. From the given
options, identify which option would
replace the missing part so that it
introduces an error in some part as
per the question. If missing part's
replacement does not introduce error
in any other part, mark (e) as the
answer.
29. The lesson to learn from
trying (A)/ to time the market is
simply this - it makes (B)/ sense for
speculators and very high net worth
(C)/.......(D)
Which of the following if replaces
D, introduces an error only in C?
(a) investor who has fund manager
of his/her own to take tactical calls
(b) investors who have fund
managers of their own to take
tactical calls
(c) fund managers of investors of
their own to take tactical calls.
(d) managers of funds of
investments to take tactical calls
30. With significant
retrospectives (A)/ and women-led
shows being (B)/ organized by
museums and galleries, the female
voice (C)/........(D)
D, introduces an error only in C?
(a) in the world of art are stronger
than what they used to be
(b) in art is finally stronger than ever
(c) in creative spaces are getting
stronger day by day
(d) Both (a) and (c)
31. Discovered a little more
than 100 years ago,
bacteriophages(A)/ or phages, are
generating renewed interest (B)/ as
potential weapons to fight bacteria
(C)/ ..............(D) Which of the
following if replaces D, introduces
an error only in C?
(a) which is resistant to multiple
antibiotics
(b) that resist many antibiotics
(c) which resists multiplication
antibiotics
(d) that are resistant to multiple
antibiotics- the so-called superbugs
32. Every mutuallund scheme
comes with a mandate
(A)/...........(B)/ to have a small part
of its portfolio in cash (C)/ to meet
redemption or make use of any
buying opportunities. (D)
B, introduces an error only in A?
(a) to invest in certain type of
securities but allowed
(b) to invest in certain type of
securities but allows
(c) to invest in certain type of
securities but it is allowed
(d) to invest in certain type of
securities and also
33. The World Wide Web was
built on the decentralized
architecture (A)/..........(B)/ as an
accessible platform that would
inherit and amplify (C)/ the
fundamentally decentralized nature
of the network that underpinned it.
(D)
B, introduces an error only in A?
(a) of the internet by using open
standards and functioning
(b) of the internet using open
standards and functioning
(c) of the internet, used open
standards and functioned
(d) of the internet, use open
standards and function (e) None of
the above
In h of the following questions, a
short paragraph is given, whose
three/four sentences are highlighted
in bold. From the given answer
choices, choose the option that
represents the correct combination
of sentence(s) that are contextually
incorrect.
34. India can work on
programmes that will help improve
the quality of land and reduce the
risk of climate change. (I) In
Ethiopia, for example, food and cash
is provided to the poor who
participate in local environmental
programmes. This has resulted in
reduction in soil loss and has
increased the availability of water.
India can perhaps use employment
under the Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee Act in
a better way to enhance soil and
water conservation. (II) The
instantaneous effect of a temperature
shock is slightly smaller in countries
with lower public debt, higher
inflows of foreign aid, and greater
exchange rate flexiblity. India also
needs to strengthen its overall
capability by investing in and
adopting technology as the impact of
climate change is not limited to
agriculture. (III) For instance, better
use of technology can reduce energy
consumption for air conditioning. A
district cooling system is being
constructed in Gujarat International
Finance Tec-City. (IV) It will be
interesting to see if this can be
adopted in other cities as well.
(a) Only II (b) Only IV
(c) Both I & II (d) All except III
(e) None of the above sentences are
contextua incorrect.
35. You can't be fat and fit. That
was the take-home message of a big
study published last month, which
that people with obesity are much
more likely to develop
cardiovascular diseases even if don’t
have warning signs such as high
blood pressure. The busting of the
“fat but fit” myth might be bad news
for people who are already obese.
(I) Obesity is a common and
preventable disease of clinical and
public health importance. It is often
a major risk factor for the
development of several non-
communicable diseases, significant
disability and premature death. But
for society as a whole, it is good
news. Over the past decade, obesity
has gradually slipped off the health
radar. It is now so commonplace that
it has been normalised, and the idea
the you can be obese without paying
a heavy price has helped foster
complacency.
(II) In reality, the obesity epidemic
is still a huge health issue. Every
generation born since 1946 has been
heavier than the previous one, and
those at the extreme end of o the
spectrum are growing ever larger.
(III) Obesity puts people at risk of a
long list of health problems,
including heart disease, diabetes,
cancer and mental health issues, and
the fatter people get, the worse the
prognosis. At the same, time, our
approach to treating obesity has put
too much emphasis on individual
action - diet and exercise-and on
pharmacological quick fixed that fail
to materialise. (IV) The more we
learn about the drivers of obesity,
the clearer it becomes that these
fixes wont’ work.
(a) Only I (b) All except III
(c) Both H & III (d) All are
incorrect
(e) None are incorrect
36. Glued to the chair for long
hours in office, eating unhealthy
food, drinking carbonated beverages
and getting little time for exercise!
(I) That's the picture of young
employees in urban India presented
by a report by the National Institute t
te of Nutrition (NIN). The
repoerTgoyNIN,which functions
under the Indian p Council of
Medical Research (ICMR), was pre
ared after a study of 171,928
individuals across 16 states. (II)
About two-thirds of urban men
(63%) work for more than eight
hours a day and three-fourths of
women (72%) for little less than
eight hours a day, the study found.
And, most of them work seated at a
desk. On an average, more than a
fourth of, urban men (28%) were
doing physical exercise, mainly
'walking'. 'walking' (21%), 'yoga'
(4%) and 'floor exercise' (2%). (III)
Similarly, 15% of women were
participating in physical exercixe
which included walking (11%) and
yoga (3%). Most of the urban
women surveyed were found to be
engaged in household activities like
cooking, gardening, maintenance of
the house, etc. (IV) Among adult
men and women, hypertension was
found to be the most prevalent,
followed by diabetes mellitus. More
than half of the men (57%) and
women (53%) were habituated to
drinking carbonated water beverages
(CWB) and it was found to be more
in the state of West Bengal and low
in the state of Maharashtra.
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Only III (d) Only IV
(e) None of the above sentences are
contextually incorrect
37. For decades, we have heard
that emerging markets are poised for
huge growth that will yield even
greater prosperity. (I) But a long list
of obstacles always seems to be
getting in the way of realizing this
potential. Startup accelerator
programs have been touted as one
path to faster progress. Much like
their famed Silicon Valley
counterparts, emerging market
accelerators aim to boost start-ups'
potential for raising growth capital.
(II) Business environments in most
emerging markets are complex and
can be difficult for even the most
experienced entrepreneur to
navigate. We wanted to examine
whether the boost that accelerators
give in emerging market contexts is
different from similar programs in
North America or Europe. (III)
However, we were surprised to find
far fewer differences in the effects of
acceleration than we had expected.
Our research shows that the effects
of acceleration are remarkably
similar for entrepreneurs across
countries and even continents.
Unfortunately, mismatched goals
between investors and entrepreneurs
as well as well as a potential cultural
bias may both prove to limit the
positive effect that accelerators have
in emerging market contexts. (IV)
So while running any start-up is
tough, we assumed that launching a
new business in Mobasa would be
much more difficult than running
one in Menlo Park. Regardless,
accelerators still have an important
role to play that can help position
entrepreneurs for success.
(a) Only IV (b) Both I & II
(c) All except I (d) All except II
(e) All except III
Examples
1.A sentence is given with a word
marked in bold. Choose the best
replacement (if needed) for the
boldened word to make the sentence
meaningful and grammatically
correct.
The mashup of a full moon and the
lunar orb’s close approach is
popularly coupled a supermoon.
I. Labelled II. Designated
III. Dubbed
(a) Only II (b) Both II & III
(c) Only I (d) All of the above
(e) No improvement required
2. A sentence is given with two
words marked in bold. Choose the
best replacement (if needed) for the
boldened words to make the
sentence meaningfully and
grammatically correct. Jio's
announcement of rising revenues
genuflected its steady accretion of
new subscribers, albeit at a pace that
has slowed since the year following
its commence in September 2016.
(a) repeated, commenced (b)
reflected, launch
(c) repeat, inauguration (d)
genuflect, launched
(e) No Improvement
3. A sentence is given below
with three words marked as A, B &
C, which are incorrectly used in the
sentence. Three words D, E & F are
given below the sentence, which
replace the three words marked in
the sentence in no specific order.
Mark the option that contains the
correct matching of incorrect word
and its replacement as your answer.
Voter slips have been accepted (A)
to majority of electors and voters
can also describe (B) other
recognised identity proofs in case
they did not apply (C) their voter
slips or electors photo ID cards.
D. Receive E. Distributed
F. Utilise
(a) A-E & C-F (b) A-D
(c) B-F & C-D (d) B-D
(e) A-F
4.A sentence is given with four words
marked in bold as A, B, C and D.
One of the words in bold is to be
replaced by choosing the correct
option such that the sentence
becomes grammatically and
contextually correct, but the
meaning of the sentence becomes
opposite to its initial meaning. The
scientists hope that their work would
encourage (A) the government and
other organizations to compensate
(B) for the gaps in news coverage
through (C) their own direct (D)
communications with the public.
(a) B-saturate (b) dissuade
(c) D-specific (d) C-with
5. Which of the words in (a),
(b), (c) or (d) given below should
replace the words given in bold in
the following sentences to make it
correct?
The foreign policy and defence
inaugural, therefore, need to guard
against the oddity of the country
becoming a foolish in the larger
contest between two authority,
China and the United States.
(a) institutions, likelihood, poppet;
globes
(b) establishments, possibility,
pawn, superpowers (c)
organisations, feasibility, toys,
powerful
(d) schools, risk, duped, dominion e)
No correction required
6.Below a sentence is given with a
part highlighted in bold. Select the
option given below that can replace
the phrase in bold to make the
sentence meaningfully and
grammatically correct, and mark that
as your answer.
The current food supply is barely not
sufficient for sustaining the city's
population for long
(a) The current food supply is barely
not sufficient
(b) The current food supply has been
barely not sufficient
(c) The current food supply is barely
sufficient
(d) The current food supply is not
barely sufficient
(e) The current food supply would
be barely not sufficient.
7.A part of the sentence given below
has been highlighted. You need to
identify which of the given pair of
options can both grammatically and
contextually replace the highlighted
part.
There is a common mindset that
favours leaving high-performing
employees in indefinitely reaping
the rewards of their labour, but it
ultimately has a downsides.
A. Comes with its own negative
outlooks
B. Has flipsides too
C. Caters to that fact as well
D. Be left undeterred
(a) BD (b) AB
(c) CD (d) BC
(e) No replacement required
8.A sentence is given with a phrase or
idiom highlighted in bold. Select the
option given below that cannot
replace the phrase in bold and mark
that as your answer.
Public and private sources will
surely keep supporting research that
might stand a chance at improving
our health or extending our lives.
(a) has a chance of (b) is likely to
(c) has a shot at (d) All can
replace
(e) None can replace
9.Below, a phrase/part of a sentence
along with five sentences is given.
Small parts of the sentences have
also been highlighted. You need to
decide which sentence will need a
phrase replacement and mark that
option as your answer.
In which they lived.
(a) He was horrified when he
discovered the conditions they
proposed to.
(b) But now with several hundred
thousand more people, municipal
services are stretched beyond belief.
(c) I love waking up in the morning
not knowing what’s going to happen
or, who I’m going to meet, where
I’m going to wind up.
(d) As far as unemployment’s
concerned, a change of government
would be a good idea.
(e) He had been working very hard,
so he had no qualms about taking a
few days off.
10. The following question
consists of a sentence which is
divided into three parts, with
grammatical errors in one or more
than one part of the sentence. If
there is an error in any part of the
sentence, find the correct
alternatives to replace those parts
from the three options given below
each question to make the sentence
grammatically correct. If there is an
error in any part of the sentence and
none of the alternatives is correct to
replace that part, then choose (d) i.e.
None of the (I), (II) and (III) as your
answer. If the given sentence is
grammatically correct or does not
require any correction, choose (e)
i.e. No correction required as your
answer.
Our core focus of offering a
standardized, transparent, highly-
trusted and (I)/convenient way for
people to buying and selling their
products online has helped us
(II)/establish the presence as the
preferred used-goods marketplace in
the country. (III)
(I) Our core focus in offering a
standardized, transparent, highly-
trusted and
(II) convenient way for people to
buy and sell their products online
has helped us
(III) establish our presence as the
preferred used-goods marketplace in
the country.
(a) Both (I) and (III)
(b) Both (II) and (III)
(c) All (I), (II) and (III)
(d) None of the (I), (II) and (III)
(e) No correction required
11. A sentence is given with
three phrases in bold. From the
options below, choose the
combination of words that replace
the highlighted words to make the
sentence grammatically and
In an online survey, my colleagues
and me found that nearly 9 out of 10
people say that at least.
once a week, their friends or family
stop paying attention to them in
favour of something happening on
their digital devices.
1. colleague and me, least once a
week, instead of
2. colleague and I, least once per
week, in lieu of
3. colleagues and I, least once a
week, in favour of
(a) 2 and 3 only (b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 3 only (d) 1 and 3 only
Practice Yourself
Level I
1. A sentence is given with a
word marked in bold. Choose the
best replacement (if needed) for the
boldened word to make the sentence
correct.
The Chinese did not make an effort
to sell silk outside of their country
until circumstances forced them to
do so.
I. Advances II. Situation
III. Ideology
(a) Only I (b) Both I & II
(c) Both II & III (d) Both I & III
the following questions, a sentence
is given with two words marked in
bold. Choose the best replacement
(if needed) for the boldened words
to make the sentence meaningfully
and grammatically correct.
2. Airbus hopes that by
continuing the programme for the
next 10 years or even beyond,
promise customers of the A380 will
decide to order the aircraft, specified
in China.
(a) promising, abnormal (b)
potential, especially
(c) hidden, particularly (d) likely,
exception
(e) No Improvement
3. Many other US conquests
about the region are shattered in
Steele's finicky analysis, part of his
new book about the war-torn region.
(a) narratives, detailed (b) story,
accurate
(c) detail, exhaustive (d) versions,
thoroughly
(e) No Improvement
4. It is unfortunate that the
administration with the help of the
implementing arm for big •
pharmaceutical companies want to
seizure those' rights that are God
given.
(a) implemented, displaced
(b) obey, wrest
(c) enforcement, usurp
(d) prosecution, squeezed
(e) No Improvement
the following questions, a sentence
is given with three words in bold.
Three answer choices are given
giving replacements to the words in
bold. Select the option that gives the
correct combination of the answer
choices.
5. Poverty and oppression are
suffered not because people agree on
their lucidity, but because they are
foisted by those who benefit from
them.
(A) extolled, utility, imposed
(B) endured, legitimacy, enforced
(C) widespread, viability, inflicted
(c) B only (d) A and C
6. The young scholar's name
was Martin Luther, and the detest
weather set him on a/an bend course
with Rome and would active a crisis
of faith in Western Christianity.
1. foul, condition, trigger
2. nasty, accidental, spark
3. vile, concussion, set
(a) Only 2 (b) Only 3
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Both 1 and 3
7. Listening to people, rather
than telling them what you think
they need to do, gives others agency
to investigate, apply their ideas,
draw their own conclusions.
I. Speaking, dig, disciplines
II. Caring, distinguish, inferences
III. Talking, comply, interactions
(c) Only III (d) Both II & III
8. Having a bird's eye view
gives you the backtrack of seeing
repercussions or challenges, while
putting team members in the
superhero role makes them agents to
complicate their own problems.
I. Benefits, obstructions, answer
II. Edge, barriers, interpret
III. Privilege, roadblocks, solve
(a) Both I & II (b) Both II & III
(c) Both I & III (d) All of the above
9. The fact that this
conversation keeps coming up
means that we need to deal with it
and clarify which claims are poured
by evidence and which are not.
I. Dispute, comply, addressed
II. Argument, engage, supported
III. Claim, keep up, suppressed
(a) Only III (b) Only II
(c) Both I & II (d) Both II & III
(e) All of the above
Questions 10 to 21: In the following
questions, a part of the sentence has
been highlighted. You need to
identify which of the given options
can replace the highlighted part and
make the sentence grammatically
10. If I was the prime minister
of India, I would bring more
educated politicians in the
government.
(a) If I was the prime minister of
India, I would
(b) If I were the prime minister of
Inia, I will
(c) If I were the prime minister of
India, I would
(d) If I am the prime minister of
India, I would
11. According to child rights
activists, to avoid crimes on
children, it is important to have
community-level child protection
mechanisms like community
watchdogs and committees for child
protection, child welfare and ant
trafficking.
(a) crimes over children, it was
important
(b) crimes of children, it is important
(c) crimes over children, it is
important
(d) crimes against children, it is
important
(e) crime onto children, it is
important
12. Not all areas of sciences are
able to construct theories or models
that has the levelled of mathematical
rigour that theories of physics enjoy.
(a) Has the level (b) Have the
levelled
(c) Have the leveller (d) Have the
level
13. How New Delhi manages its
relations with Washington will be
close watched in Beijing and
Moscow, which have been moving
closer.
(a) closed watched in
(b) ciosely watched in
(c) closest watched in
(d) closing watched in
(e) no replacement required
14. No major country has
managed to reduce poverty or
sustain grow without manufacturing
driving economic growth.
(a) sustaining growth without
(b) sustained growth without.
(c) sustains growth without
(d) sustain growth without
15. A lack of human capital has
been a majority constraint upon
India historically being able to
attract foreign investment.
(a) a major constraint (b) a majorly
constraint
(c) a major constrain (d) a
constraint major
16. ‘job’ and ‘work’ differ in
that a job is what someone gives you
until work is what you do.
(a) nevertheless work is (b) since
work is
(c) whereas work is (d) as work
is
17. Singapore ieapfrogged Hong
Kong and the US to take a top spot
among the wor1d's most competitive
economies for the first tíme in nine
years.
(a) To take the top spots
(b) To taking the top spot
(c) To take the spot top
(d) To take the top spot
18. The retrospective had
introduced art Iovers to his complete
artistic journey; with a canvas that
expansive, Vasudev felt it ought to
be share with more and more people.
(a) it ought to be shared
(b) it is unnecessary to share it
(c) its ought will be shared
(d) it can be share
19. Steel pipes also reducing
leakage by minimizing joints and
were low maintenance.
(a) reduced leakage by
(b) reducing leakage upon
(c) reduction of leakage by
(d) reducing leaking by
20. While there is a chance for
some easing of liquidity, monetary
policy should kept a watch on prices
as there is no easy way to forecast
the behaviour of crude oii prices or
the monsoon.
(a) Should keep a watch on
(b) Should keeps a watch on
(c) Should keep a watches on
(d) Should keeping a watch on
21. One of my colleagues asked
me if I would mind him using my
computer.
(a) whether I would mind him using
(b) whether I would mind if he used
(c) whether I would mind him to use
(d) whether I would mind if he use
Which of the following phrases( 1),
(2), and (3) given below each
sentence should replace the phrase
printed in bold letters to make the
sentence grammatically correc?
Choose the bent option among the
five given alternatives that reflect
the correct use of the phrase ín t the
context of the grammatically correct
sentence. If the sentence is correct as
it is, mark (e) i.e., ‘No correction
required' as the answer.
22. To gaining an edge against
rival e-commerce platform Fiipkart,
Amazon India is now heavily
promoting its subscription-based
services Amazon Prime, which
offers exciusive deals on Amazon
Prime Day, free and East deliveries,
besides video and music services.
1. gain an edge against
2. gain an edge over
3. edge past its
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) All of the
above
23. A shopping list gives you a
clear idea of what you need and
eliminating necessary purchases.
1. and eliminates unnecessary
purchases
2. eliminating unnecessary
purchases
3. eliminated purchases
unnecessarily
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) Alt of the above
24. The other issues which
would be dealt with by the
constitution benches include the
pleas, which have raised a question
as to when will a lawmaker, facing a
criminal trial, standing disqualified.
1. will stand disqualified
2. disqualification standing
3. stand disqualified
In the following questions, a phrase
is given followed by three sentences
in which a phrase is highlighted.
Identify the sentence(s) in which the
highlighted part of the sentence
should be replaced with the given
phrase to make the sentence correct
grammatically and contextually.
25. Be the main beneficiary
(a) Only those who have the
patience to do simpie things
perfectly ever acquire the skill to do
difficult things easily.
(b) It was not obvious, however, that
Labour would can do the of this
change.
(c) The instrument more than
justifies your lavish praise and I am
deiighted with it in every respect. (d)
We moved some of the better
players to make the two sides equal.
(e) The purpose of the research is to
try and find out more about the
causes of the disease.
26. In addition to
I. Despite of addition to varíous
sounds produced at other times, an
elephant when about to charge gives
vent to a shrill loud 'trumpet'.
II. Census mobile applications will
also be launched soon aside from
developíng an application on
geographical information systems
that will provide data in the form of
mapping.
III. The cliffs sheer drop created a
natural defence against any intruders
in the manner to providing a view
that was breath-taking by day or
night.
(a) Only II & III (b) Only III
(c) Only I & III (d) Only II
(e) All of I, II & III
27. Is being implemented in
I. To tackle the dual menace of aír
and noise pollution, the Head on
Generation technology, with an
improvised converter, is being put
into practice in the trains of Indian
Raílways.
II. The original NQSWs programme
through the children's workforce
development council was
Implementing with varying degrees
of success across the country.
III. Recognising that many students
drop out because they lack interest,
programmes has been brought about
that make lessons more child
centred. (a) Only I & III
(b) Only III (c) Only II
(d) Only II & III (e) All of I, II &
III
28. Implementing a strategic
plan
I. While the idea of tackling the
implementable of a major strategic
plan can be daunting, getting
yourself prepared with the steps
above can go a long way toward
success.
II. To prepare for the disinvestment,
the government is implemented a
strategically plan, which includes a
financial package and focus on
increasing operational efficiencies.
III. The most difficult part of
strategic planning is the
impiementation process, which
involves achieving the objectives set
out in the plan while remaining alert
and flexible to new opportunities as
they unfold.
(a) Only III (b) Only I & III
(c) Only II (d) Only I & II
29. Getting harder to spot
I. Now that just about anyone can
post a public assessment of a
product, service, business, or even
an individual, it is extremely
perplexed to distinguish the fakes
from the true, helpful reviews.
II. A big reason for the increase in
counterfeit goods is that quite
simply, that they are gets harder in
spotting, both by consumers and also
by the authorities.
III. Astronomers fear the mega-
constellation of tiny satellites could
make it difficult to catch sight of
asteroids near Earth which could
mean that they might not see one on
a collision course with our planet in
time to stop it.
(a) Only III (b) Only I & III
(c) Only II & III (d) Only I & II
(e) All of I, II, & III
Level II
each of the questions given below, a
sentence.is given with four words
marked in bold as A, B, C and D.
One of the words in bold is to be
repiaced by choosing the correct
option such that the sentence
becomes grammatically and
contextually correct, but the
meaning of the sentence becomes
opposite to its initial meaning.
1. The current (A) measure has
worsened (B) the already uneasy (C)
relationship between foreign
students, local (D) authorities and
the residents.
(a) B – ameliorated (b) C –
uncomfortable
(c) D – government (d) A –
plausible
2. The East India Company
began strengthening (A) its
commercial ties with China, as
Bombay turned (B) into the seed of
British India's commerce, escalating
(C) all other European - especially
(D) Portuguese and Dutch -
operations.
(a) C–increasing (b) D–
audaciously
(c) A – undermining (d) B–
morphed
3. The Iaw requires addressing
(A) the supply chain capability to
deliver (B) another excellent PPP
initiative, that has been implemented
(C) in several States for edible oil
and wheat flour and can easily be
replicated (D).
(a) B insinuate (b) D–contorted
(c) C–classified (d) A–ignoring
4. Which of the words in (a),
(b), (c) or (d) given below should
replace the words given in bold in
the following sentences to make it
correct?
The familiarly impression conveyed
by the MPC's statement was that the
committee felt that best-than-
expected inflation and a stumble
economy had essentially obligated
its hand.
(a) natural, minor, faltering, imposed
(b) usually, secondary, hesitant,
pressed
(c) general, lower, stuttering, forced
(d) popularise, better, continuing,
compelled
In the following questions, a part of
You the sentence has been
highlighted. You need to identify
which of the given options can
replace the hi and make the sentence
grammatically and contextually
correct.
5. I have noticed in the course
of my psychoanalytical work that
the psychological state of a man in
an attitude of reflection is entirely
different than a man who is
observing his psychic processes.
(a) no correction required
(b) entirely different from a man
(c) entirely different than that of a
man
(d) entirely different from that of a
man's
(e) entirely different from that of a
man
6. Shyness is when a person
feels hesitated d in talking with
people, but it is not as debilitating as
social anxiety and does not usually
inifringe upon a person's social
interactions extensively.
(a) hesitated to talk to
(b) hesitation with talking to
(c) hesitation in talking to
(d) Both A and C
7.Until recently most humans lived in
the ve edge of the biological poverty
line, below ry which people
succumb to mainutrition and hunger.
(a) On the periphery (b) In the
junctur
(c) Into the verge (d) At the fringes
8. Mass farcines still strike
some areas from time to time, but
they are exceptional, and they are
almost being always caused by
human politics rather than by natural
catastrophes.
(a) More often than not
(b) In the majority sense
(c) Primarily
(d) For the most part
(e) Ali of the above
9. Hunian beings tend to be
plague with doubt about their own
abilities and fears about every
imaginable thing, especially the
unknown.
(a) Are often caught up
(b) Feel differentiated
(c) Often rue
(d) Are derided
(e) All can replace
10. Summer is the perfect time
to think over on the new books you
meant to read.
(a) Do away with (b) Go over
(c) Catch up (d) Put down
11. Living as rich and
meaningful a life if possible when
you are struggling with a chronic
illness requires a great deal of
psychological flexibility.
a) Life when possible when
(b) Life as possible when
(c) Life when possible as
(d) Life by possibly when
12. The ground staff did not
have a complete information about
what happened to flight MH314
(a) did not have complete
information about what
(b) Does not have a complete
information about what
(c) did not have a complete data
about what
(d) cannot has complete information
about what
13. At 5 feet 2 inches, Raghav is
so short that he cannot join the army
(a) Short that he cannot
(b) Too short that he can
(c) Very short that he cannot
(d) Too short to
In each of the questions below, a
sentence is given with a phrase or a
group of words marked in bold.
Choose the best replacement for the
part in bold, as per the options given
below, to make the sentence
correct.
14. Using your parent's money
that was directed towards a
particular financial goal, such as
retirement, then it is a risky
situation.
I. Usage of
II. If you are using your
III. If you use your
(a) II and III only (b) I and II only
(c) II only (d) I and III only
15. Hotel aggregator Oyo is
expanding rapidly in China, one of
the world's biggest hotel markets,
placing emphasis with rising
confidence levels of Indian internet
start-ups in their ambition to have a
global footprint.
I. Underscoring II. Solemnising
III. Undercutting
(a) Only III (b) Only II
(c) Only I (d) Only I and III
(e) Only I and III
16. The Comptroller and
Auditor General of India has said
that the failure of Indian Railways to
adequately invest in building over of
station line capacity and ensure
timely completion of such work is
one of the reasons for delays in train
services.
I. Extrication II. Augmentation III.
Surmising
(a) Only II (b) Only III
(c) Only I (d) Only I and II
(e) Only III
17. A long time ago when I was
in my first job as a trainee research
in a magazine, I would take the
chartered bus, a working people's
school bus that collects people from
a residential area and drops them in
an office hub, from home to office.
1. at my first job for a trainee
research
2. in my first job as a trainee
researcher
3. at my first job in the capacity of a
trainee researcher
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) AH of the
above
some parts of the sentence have been
highlighted. You need to identify
which of the given pair of options
can both grammatically and
contextually replace the highlighted
part.
18. Although Levie had been
reluctant to turn one's attention to
the enterprise market, Box's pivot
away from the consumer market was
essential to the growing company's
survival.
A. Zero down on B. Make focal
point
C. Focus on D. Emphasize upon
(a) BD (b) AD
(c) BC (d) CD
19. In his research, he found
that work-life balance sits at the
bottom of priorities for life
satisfaction, even ahead of whether
or not people find their jobs
interesting.
A. Is the most important
consideration
B. Is an utmost focus
C. Needs to be kept afloat
D. Deserves all the recognition
(a) AB (b) BC
(c) CD (d) AD
20. Technology is playing an
instrumental role in a variety of
domains that industrial upgrades,
public service delivery, and
environmental monitoring and
management in China.
A. In a variety of domains starting
industrial upgrades
B. Across a variety of domains
including industrial upgrades
C. In a variety of domains like
industrial upgrades
D. Across a variety of domains
include industrial upgrades
(a) AB (b) BC
(c) CD (d) AC
(e) No improvement
21. Maldives has told India to
remove its helicopters from two
strategic locations by the end of
June, when visas of Indian Coast
guard an naval pilots and personnel
manning the choppers will expire;
an indicating that ties could
plummet further.
A. An indication that ties could
plummet further
B. Always indication then ties can
plummeted further.
C. Indicating that ties could
plummet further
D. On indicating that ties had
plummet further
(a) AB (b) CD
(c) AC (d) BD
(e) No improvement
sentence is given with the phrase or
ldiom highlighted in bold. Select the
option given below that cannot
replace the phrase in bold and mark
that as your answer.
22. Prominent experts are
espousing panpsychism, which holds
that consciousness might be a
property of many kinds of matter,
not just brains.
(a) As propagated by several
scholars
(b) Far too many scientists believes
(c) A number of experts advocating
(d) All can replace
23. The need of the hour is
pragmatism laced with prudence on
all sides to clean up the royal mess.
(a) are pragmatism laced with
prudence
(b) is pragmatism laced with prudent
(c) is pragmatism laced of prudence
(d) is pragmatic laced with prudence
(e) None of these can replace
24. The fact that your music put
someone to sleep is not in any way
indicative that it is boring.
(a) is not in any way suggestive
(b) is indeed indicative
(c) does not suggest
(d) Is not in anyways indication
(e) is not at all indicative
25. Birds are struggling to
survive as habitat loss push them
closer to the edge.
(a) push them closer to the survival.
(b) Take them closer to the edge.
(c) push them towards a dangerous
situation
(d) drive them to threatening
circumstances.
(e) push them closer to extinction.
The following questions consist of a
sentence which is divided Into three
parts, with grammatical errors in one
or more than one part of the
sentence. If there is an error in any
part of the sentence, find the correct
alternatives to replace those parts
from the three phrases given below
each sentence to make it
correct.
26. Canadian alternative asset
manager Brookfield will have to pay
less than originally agreed (I) / for a
51% stake in Reliance
Communications Ltd.'s mobile
tower arm to reflect the reduced
value of the asset (II) / after merger
talks between the Anil Ambani-
controlled telecom firm and Aircel
Ltd collapsed. (III)
(I) Canadian alternative asset
manager Brookfield will have to pay
less than the originally agreed (II)
51% stake in Reliance
Communications Ltd.'s mobile
tower arm to reflect the reduced
value of the asset
(III) after merger talks between the
Anil Ambanicontrolled telecom firm
and Aircel Ltd collapsing
(a) Both (I) and (II)
(b) Both (I) and (III)
(c) Both (II) and (III)
(d) All(I), (II) and (III)
27. India's await to join the elite
club of countries undertaking
neutrino research (1)/suffered a
procedural delaying when the
National Green Tribunal suspended
(2)/ the environmental clearance
granted to the India-based Neurtrino
Observatory. (3)
I. India’s wait to join the elite club
of countires undertaking neutrino
research (1)
II. Suffered a procedural delay when
the National Green Tribunal
suspended (2)
III. the environmental clearance
grant to the India-based Neutrino
Observatory. (3)
(a) Only I (b) Both I and II
(c) Both II and III (d) No Correction
Required
(e) None of the above options
provide the correct replacement
28. The revising of antibiotics
classes by the World Health
Organisation in its list of essential
medicines (1) / is a welcome step in
the globally initiative to push back
against antimicrobial resistance, (2) /
the phenomenon of bacteria’s
becoming resistant even to the most
otent drugs. (3)
I. The revise of antibiotics classes by
the World Health Organisation in its
list of essential medicines (1)
II. is a welcome step in thegloballye,
initiative to push back antimicrobial
resistanc (2)
III. the phenomenon of bacteria's
becoming resistance even to the
most potent drugs. (3)
(a) Both I and II
(b) Both I and III
(c) Both II and III
(d) No Correction Required
replacement
provide the correct
29. The Chennai Corporation
often ignores complaints and the
common man (1) / has learnt to live
with so indifference with no time
and resources at his disposal (2) / to
take up the strong contractor-
officials nexus. (3)
I. The Chennai Corporation often
ignore complaints and the common
man (1)
II. has learnt to live with such
indifference with no time and
resources at his disposal (2)
III. to take on the strong contractor-
officials nexus. (3)
(a) Both I and II (b) Both I and III
(c) Both II and III (d) No Correction
Required
30. Amazon is expanding it's
logistics business in India by
offering the service (1) / to its
registered sellers even if orders are
placed in rival marketplaces (2) /
like Flipkart and Snapdeal or for
their offline distribution (3).
I. Amazon is expanding its logistics
business in India by offering the
service (1)
II. to its registered sellers even if
orders are placed through rival
marketplaces (2)
III. like Flipkart and Snapdeal or for
there offline distribution (3)
(c) Only II (d) All of the above
sentence is given with two/three
phrases in bold. From the options
below, choose the combination of
words that can replace the
highlighted words to make the
31. Like our evolution
ancestors, who lived in a world of
relative low environmental
stimulation where attending to
novelty was rewarded, it is now
more advantageous to ignore new
information than to absorb it.
1. Like our evolved, fairly less, was
rewarded
2. Like our evolutionary,
considerably few, was rewarding
3. Unlike our evolutionary,
relatively low, was rewarded
32. Life Insurance is not about
investment your money to earn a
return on it, it's about financial
protection for your love ones and the
more efficient way to do that is
through a term insurance policy.
1. about investing, love ones, most
effective
2. not about investing, loved ones,
most efficient
3. not about investing, family, more
efficient
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1 and 3only
(c) 3 only (d) 2 only
33. Long ago Sham Shui Po was
a cluster of fishing villages on the
shores of Victoria Harbour but
slowly it became an industrial hub
under the British administration,
with workshops and factories.
I. in the shores in, industry hub for
II. upon the shores of, industrial hub
above
III. into the shores under, industrial
hub for
(a) II and III only
(b) I and II only
(c) II only
(d) I and III only
three sentences are given with one
phrase boldened in each. From the
given options choose the one with
the phrase that can replace the
boldened part in each of the three
sentences without making the
contextually incorrect and mark that
as your answer.
34. I. Cook love tools and, they
have equipment to cut, fry, scrape,
roast, pound, grill, mix and grind our
food into any form we can imagine.
II. As a general ruled,
polysaccharides, proteins and other
massive molecules fail to register on
our tongues and in our noses.
III. According of the chef, one
should cook the sauce over a
medium heat until it thickens while
preparing pasta.
(a) The chefs' love for tools
(b) The chief cook of the restaurant
(c) Conforming to the rules of the
place
(d) Many food preparers say
(e) No correction required in any of
the sentences
35. I. Saying no is hardly
because we are a species that sadly
treats agreement as affection and
denial as rejection.
II. If your reputation is unformed in
a group or with an colleague; they
may make gross inferences about
your personality from a single
interaction.
III. It's tough to say no to a leaders
who might infer that your
disagreement with their big idea
demonstrates disrespect for their
authority.
(a) bad behaviour has consequences
(b) disagreeing with people is
unsettling
(c) being upright is
(d) decision making is tough
the sentences
36. I. Experiencing a grieving
heavily, Mary kept her head held
higher as she walked, not permitting
herself to give into the feeling to
look back as she went.
II. It’s a mildly light-headed,
appropriately paining that starts in
the chest and spreads out through the
body and along the limbs.
III. She felt a giddily movement of
ground shifting under her feet.
(a) reaching out to move
(b) giddy sensation
(c) keeping up with the given task
(d) greatly defining the process
the sentences
37. I. The biggest challenge for
shift workers is to get the ideal sleep
environment at home, usually when
they are ready to began a new
chapter in their life.
II. In an attempt to undone its
massive stimulus unleashed during
the global financial crisis, China has
over the past nine months raised
interest rates four times and bank’s
required reserves nine times.
III. The large campsites always have
large refreshment marquees with
discos to enable everyone to
loosening up after a day’s racing.
(a) to fast in the field
(b) grown up to be
(c) to pretending the
(d) to unwind
the sentences
Solved Examples
Match the statements from column 1
with column 2 and find which of the
following pair of statements given in
the options make contextually and
grammatically correct sense.
Column 1 :
A. Even if the team is mastering
how to grow crops in a desert,
there’s one stumbling block they
haven’t yet overcome.
B. The history of South African
English is inextricably linked to that
of Afrikaans, the language that
South Africa is known for,
C. Known for their ancient and
intimate knowledge of snakes, the
Irula tribe’s skills form an
Column 2:
D : how to carry the seawater 15 km
from the Red Sea to the site.
E : Which is a modern-day iteration
of 17th-Century Dutch.
F : important but nearly invisible
part of the healthcare system in
India.
(a) AD and CE (b) BF
(c) CD (d) AD
(e) BD and AE
2.Column 1 :
A. The sight of one of our very own
buildings
B. The good thing about a
BlackBerry is you
C. Breathing deeply, I tried to
subdue
Column 2 :
D. Lying completely destroyed
unnerved many.
E. The gnawing feeling deep in my
stomach.
F. can read a message and pretend
that you haven’t see it.
(a) CE (b) BE
(c) AF (d) AE & BD
(e) CD
the following questions a pair of
sentences is given followed by three
ways in which the two sentences
could be combined. Select which of
the given choice(s) is/are correct.
3.I. Britain once looked very different.
II. In place of sheep-strewn fields
and treeless uplands, there were vast
natural forests, glades and wild
spaces.
A. Britain
once............having................. .
B. With vast natural................ .
C. While vast natural........... .
(a) Only A (b) Only B
(c) Only C (d) Only A and B
4.I Practical experimentation over
centuries has given us the delightful
array of cheeses we have today.
II. Science is still picking apart the
responsible microbial parties and
their habits and talents.
(A) Although practical.....................
.
(B) Since practical..................... .
(C) Despite practical..................... .
(c) Only C (d) Only A and B
the following questions, two
statements and five connectors are
given. Only one of the connectors
from those given can be used to
combine the given two statements
into one sentence, without chainging
its meaning. Choose that connector
as your answer.
5.I. Lack of demand and major
supply-side bottlenecks being the
primary issues faced by exports and
real estate.
II. It is doubtful whether the present
measures will be enough to revive
these flailing sectors.
(a) With (b) Inevitably
(c) Although (d) Whenever
(e) Until
6.I. Targeted political adverts on
social media should be suspended.
II. They are properly regulated.
(a) Until (b) Instead
(c) Because (d) Due to
(e) Such as
7.Below, a word is given, followed by
four statements. From the options,
choose the one that provides the
combination of statements that can
be joined using the given word.
Although
A. The organisation was ostensibly
created to “protect women’s rights
and interests”.
B. The government survives on the
subjugation of women.
C. It has continued to publish
articles defaming educated women
who are still single.
D. Today, China faces extreme
population pressures, including sex-
ratio imbalance from Chinese
traditional beliefs.
(a) AC (b) BC
(c) CD (d) BD
(e) AD
8.Below, three or four sentences are
givne. Select the answer choice that
provides the grammatically correct
way of combining all the statements
into a single one. The combined
sentence should imply the same
meaning as expressed in the
statement.
There were plenty of men in
Germany; They were ready to fight
for pay and plunder; He therefore
soon raised a force; It comprised
over thirty thousand soldiers.
(a) There were plenty of men in
Germany who were ready to fight
for pay and plunder, and he
therefore soon raised a force
comprising over thirty thousand
soldiers.
(b) There were plenty of men in
Germany since they were ready to
fight for pay and plunder, and he
therefore soon raised a force that
comprised over thirty thousand
soldiers.
(c) There were plenty of men in
for pay and plunder, although he
therefore soon raised a force
comprising over thirty thousand
soldiers.
(d) There were plenty of men in
for pay and plunder, and he
therefore soon raised a force while it
comprised over thirty thousand
soldiers.
(e) All of the above.
Directions for Question 9 to 10 :
Select the phrase/connector/word-
pair from the given three options to
form a single sentence from the two
sentences given below, implying the
same meaning as expressed in the
original sentences. The
phrase/connector must appear at the
beginning of the resultant/connected
sentence.
9.I. Donal Trump became president.
II. It was expected that he will
decrease the wealth tax rate.
(i) In spite of (ii) Even though
(iii) When
(a) Only (iii) (b) Only (i) and (ii)
(c) Only (ii) and (iii) (d) Only (i)
(e) Only (ii)
10. I. He was travelling the
world.
II. He met a lot of interesting people.
(i) While (ii) When
(iii) Therefore
(a) Only (i) and (ii) (b) Only (ii)
(c) Only (i) (d) Only (ii) and (iii)
(e) Only (iii)
In this question, there is a word
given in bold followed by (I), (II) &
(III), each comprising two sentences.
Identify for which of the given
option (I), (II), (III) can the
sentences be combined into a single
grammatically correct and
meaningful sentence without
changing the meaning of the
sentence using the given word and
mark that option as your answer.
11. Even though
I. Some of the food crops failed. The
garment business did quite well.
II. I kept on struggling forward. I
knew it was hopeless.
III. I knew they wanted me to leave.
They wouldn’t say it to my face.
(a) Only I (b) Both II & III
12. Still
I. There is little chance that we will
succeed in changing the law. It is
important that we try.
II. Although I poured it carefully. I
managed to spill some.
III. He found the test difficult. He
made a good stab at it.
(c) Only II (d) Both I & III
Practice Yourself
Level I
1.Column I
A. The joint project would be
implemented under public-private
partnership mode.
B. While making a product is
the easier part.
C. Going ahead, the company
with a staff strength of almost 250
people,
Column 2
D. Servicing it is the more important
and difficult part.
E. Wants to focus on exports as well
and has opened offices in Dubai,
Bahrain and Singapore.
F. With the State government
holding 26% equity and the balance
given to coffee gorwers.
(a) AD (b) AF and CD
(c) BD and CE (d) Ae and CF
(e) CF
Q.2 Column 1
A. We often tend to think that
among the main elements of
democracy
B. The very foundation of
democracy is collective action and
the real freedom in a democracy
C. Only educating farmers about the
monetary costs of burning stubble.
Column 2
D. can address the environmental
crisis triggered every year, say
researchers.
E. are the holding of elections and a
free media.
F. is the freedom of choosing who
will govern on our behalf.
(a) CF (b) AD and BC
(c) Ae and CF (d) BF and CD
(e) AF
3.Column I
A. High out-of-pocket expenditure
incurred during treatment keeps
people in poverty.
B. Forest fire will make the
ecosystem susceptible to exotic
species,
C. In 1993, the Revised National TB
Control Programme (RNTCP) was
launched,
Column 2
D. offering free diagnosis and
treatment for patients, rescuing them
from otherwise sure death.
E. for seven years after completing
treatment.
F. which is detrimental to the
existing natural vegetation.
(a) CE (b) AF
(c) AD and CE (d) AE and BF
(e) CD and BE
4.Column I
A. The treatment for people addicted
to tranquilizers includes.
B. Several students had earlier
complained
C. New car models regularly hit the
Indian market and it is tempting to
buy a new car,
Column 2
D. that they were not guided on the
process.
E. be it an upgrade, a first car or
another car for the family.
F. training in stress management and
relaxation techniques.
(a) BD (b) AF & CD
(c) CE & BF (d) BD & AE
(e) BE
5.Column 1
A. Australia is one of the most
B. For a debate to truly be
productive,
C. The three-day vibrant Gujarat
summit, mostly an annual jamboree
organized by
Column 2
D. the state government to attract
investments, started today.
E. participants need to be willing to
respect every viewpoint and change
their minds when necessary.
F. successful multicultural societies
in the world.
(a) AD (b) CD
(c) BE and AD (d) AE
(e) CF and BD
pair from the give three options to
beginning of the final sentence.
6. I. Science advances fastest
when data and conclusions are
shared as quickly as possible. II. Yet
it is common practice for medical
researchers to hoard results for
months or years until research is
published in an academic journal.
A. Advancing fastest................B.
Although science................ .
C. Despite the fact that
science............ .
(c) Only A and C (d) Only B and C
(e) All the three
7. I. Dark matter does not
interact with light in the same way
as normal matter. II. Dark matter can
only be observed through its
gravitational effects.
(i) As..........................
(ii) Regardless..........................
(iii) Since..........................
(a) Only (i) (b) Only (i) and (iii)
(c) Only (i) and (ii) (d) Only (ii)
and (iii)
(e) All (i), (ii) and (iii)
8. I. I definitely do not want to
become an interpreter in five
languages. II. The extra work might
prove demanding on my schedule.
(i) In spite of............................
(ii) At any
rate............................as......................
......
(iii) Similarly............................
(a) Only (iii) (b) Only (i) and (ii)
(c) Only (ii) and (iii) (d) Only (i)
(e) Only (ii)
9. I. My friend Rohit usually
calls me rich. II. Rohit comes from a
far better off family than I do.
(i) However
(ii) Though
(iii) Since
(a) Only (i) (b) Only (ii) and (iii)
(e) Only (iii)
10. I. The Hubble Space
Telescope experiences technical
problems. II. Attempts to address the
issue would likely be delayed
because crucial NASA personnel are
on leave.
(i) Consequently..........................
(ii) In the same way..........................
(iii) If..........................
(a) Only (ii) (b) Only (iii)
and (iii)
(e) Only (i)
In the following questions, two
into one sentence, without changing
its meaning. Choose that connector
as your answer.
11. I. Astronomers took
centuries to figure it out. II. A
machine-learning algorithm inspired
by the brain has worked out that it
should place the Sun at the centre of
the Solar System.
(a) Similarly (b) Additionally
(c) Moreover (d) Although
(e) Through
12. I. If you pay the bill in full
within 25 days you won't be charged
interest.
II. You are charged interest on any
balance outstanding.
(a) Further (b) Whereas
(c) Thereby (d) Otherwise
(e) Falsely
13. I. There's not much I can do
as an individual.
II. I can limit my use of car to
essential journeys and avoiding
energy overuse in the home.
(a) Because (b) Together
(c) Beyond (d) Unfortunately
(e) Whereas
14. I. The Australian team was
strongest among the teams
participating in the competition.
II. The lost to the weakest team in
the group.
(a) Essentially (b) Surprisingly
(c) Inevitably (d) All of the above
Directions for Questions is 15 and
16 : In each of the following
questions, a word is given, followed
by four statements. From the
options, choose the one that provides
the combination of statements that
can be joined using the given word.
15. Hence
A. The customer was displeased
with her meal.
B. The chef prepared a replacement
free of charge.
C. The restaurant gave her a coupon
for two to be availed within the
period of six months.
D. We needed to bottle feed them
every two hours. (a) AB (b) BC
(c) BD (d) AB and AC
(e) AC and CD
16. Though
A. When their preferred food isn't
available the birds adapt, eating as
many as 30 different types of seeds,
nuts, and fruits.
B. Teams of dedicated researchers
are toiling to better understand the
little-known species and reverse its
downward spiral.
C. It's unknown if such substitutes
are as nutritious as their mainstay.
D. The widespread loss of these
native trees has had dire
consequences for South Africa's
only native parrot.
(a) AB (b) AC
(c) BC (d) CD and AC
(e) AD
17. Two sentences I and II are
given below. Select the option which
contains the sentence that combines
I & II without bringing any changes
in the meaning of the given
sentences.
I. Peaches grow best in best in cool-
temperate regions of Australia.
II. There are low-chill varieties like
'Tropic Snow' that can be grown in
warmer areas.
(a) Peaches grow best in best in
cool-temperate regions of Australia,
but there are low-chill varieties like
dense areas.
(b) Peaches grow best In best In hot-
temperate regions of Australia, but
there arc low-chill varieties like
'Tropic Snow' that can he grown in
warmer areas.
(c) Peaches grow best in best in
'Tropic Snow' that cannot be grown
in warmer areas.
(d) Peaches grow best in best in
warmer areas.
18. Two sentences are given
below, and four options are given
which have combined the two
sentences using different connectors.
Mark the option which has used the
correct connector to combine the
sentences without changing the
meaning. In case none of the options
has used the correct connector, mark
E as the answer option.
I. The company calls it the Sunshine
Project.
II. Environmentalists consider its
arrival as anything but sunny.
(a) The company calls it the
Sunshine Project, similarly
environmentalists consider its arrival
as anything but sunny.
(b) The company calls it the
Sunshine Project, typically
(c) The company calls it the
Sunshine Project, clearly
(d) The company calls it the
Sunshine Project, but
Directions forQuestions 19 to 22 :
pair from the given three options to
beginning of the resultant/connected
sentence.
19. I. He had an accident 5 years
ago.
II. he has been suffering from
depression.
(i) Ever since (ii) Similarly
(iii) Otherwise
(a) Only (i) and (ii) (b) Only (i)
and (iii)
(c) Only (i) (d) Only (ii)
(e) Only (iii)
20. I. The age or gender doesn't
matter.
II. The allowance is paid to
everybody.
(i) Hence (ii) Regardless of
(iii) In order to
(a) Only (i) (b) Only (ii)
and (iii)
(e) All (i), (ii), and (iii)
21. I. The TV is switched off. II.
You will not be given dinner.
(i) But (ii) Like
(iii) Unless
(c) Only (iii) (d) Only (i) and (ii)
(e) Only (ii) and (iii)
22. I. He has a love for luxury
things.
II. His house is very simple.
(i) Moreover (ii) Otherwise
(iii) Notwithstanding
(a) Only (ii) (b) Only (i)
Directions for Question 23 and 24
: In these questions, there is a word
given in bold followed by (I), (II) &
(III), each comprising two sentences.
Identify for which of the given
options (I), (II), (III) can the
sentences be combined into a single
meaningful sentence without
changing the meaning of the
sentence using the given word and
mark that option as your answer.
23. Nevertheless
I. It’s easy to fall into a trap. It’s
hard to get out again.
II. The old system had its flaws. It
was preferable to the new one.
III. He went through with his plan.
All his friends advised him to
abandon it.
(c) Only III (d) All of the above
In each of the following question,
three pairs of sentences have been
given, followed by five choices of
connectors. Identify which of the
connector/s can join both the
sentences of at least one of the given
pairs to make a single meaningful
sentence. The connector/s can be at
the beginning of or at any position in
the new sentence. Mark your answer
accordingly.
25. I. (i) For me it is easier to
not lose a game than to win it.
(ii) I produce better results against
stronger opponents.
II. (i) I know that the number ‘42’ is
the answer to this problem. (ii) I do
not know how to derive the solution.
III. (i) Her hair has a natural wave.
(ii) Her sister’s hair is curly.
A. Particularly B. But
C. Due to D. Thus
E. Such as
(a) Only D (b) Only C
(c) Only D and E (d) Only B and D
(e) Only A
26. I. (i) Thanks to the deserted
roads I was there in half an hour. (ii)
I took a wrong turn earlier during
my journey.
II. (i) I loved him. (ii) I had to leave
him.
III. (i) I had enjoyed my adventure.
(ii) It was good to be back.
A. Especially B. Despite
C. Much as D. Similarly
E. And
(a) Only E (b) Only D
(c) Only C and D (d) Only C
(e) Only A and B
27. I. (i) The teacher said that
parents of any child who wants to
enter the kindergarten must have a
college education. (ii) They would
not be enrolled.
II. (i) She said it was wonderful to
see everyone again. (ii) She wished
for more time to speak to them all.
III. (i) She said that mayors needed
to quickly sign agreements for
restoration projects. (ii) The money
would be returned to the national
budget.
A. Otherwise B. Although
C. Nevertheless D. Or
E. Due to
(a) Only B (b) Only C
(c) Only C and D (d) Only A and B
(e) Only E
Level II
1.Column 1
A. Protesters have expressed fears
that the prospect of citizenship will
encourage migration from
B. Being excluded or friendless.
C. As we mature into adulthood and
older age, it is our social
relationship, not the number but
their quality,
Column 2
D. which will determine how long
we live and the quality of these
years of life.
E. greatly damages our health.
F. have cited several grounds for
opposing this.
(a) AF (b) CD and AF
(c) BE (d) AE
(e) CF
2.Column 1
A. The constant battle with male
chauvinism still remains.
B. For the average person,
C, For the average person,
Column 2
D. and building honest relationship.
E. three and a half hours can be a
long time to sit anywhere.
F. an apparent concern in Indian
society.
(a) AF & CD (b) CD
(c) Be & AF (d) AE
(e) CF
3.Column 1
A. Most of these extinctions are
unrecorded,
B. Patients often hide or misreport
the fact that they used indigenous
medicine.
C. Not many had believed Djokovic
would get so deep into the
tournament,
Column 2
D. go from playing either long or
wide shots.
E. so we do not even know what
species we are losing.
F. because they feared doctors and
nurses would disapprove.
(a) AE (b) BE
(c) CE (d) CF
(e) AF
Match the statements from Column
1 with Column 2 and find which of
the following pair of statements
make contextually correct sense.
Also, each part of sentence in
Column 1 contains a blank, which
needs to be filled with an
appropriate word that makes the pair
meaningful. Find the option with the
correct pair(s) and which provides
the correct word to be filled in the
blank(s).
4.Column 1
A. The Hinduja group is still open to
acquiring defunct Jet Airways Ltd if
the........... .
B. The weather department has
forecast a partly cloudy day with
‘cold to severe cold.....’
C. The manifesto will aim to make
the governments and
companies........ .
Column 2
D. as she managed to lift only 83 kg
in her 2nd attempt in snatch event
but then failed to clear 87 kg in her
final try.
E. all departures arrivals and their
consequential flights might get
affected.
F. in Delhi as the maximum
temperature is expected to hover
around 16 degrees Celsius.
(a) (AF); conglomerate
(b) (BF); conditions
(c) (AE); conglomerate & (BF);
minimum
(d) (CD); minimum
(e) (BE); conditions & (CF);
minimum
5.Column 1
A. A consortium of 28 banks led by
the State Bank of India (SBI)
had............... .
B. The cardiovascular changes are
primarily a response to the physical
challenges of exericse, which
can.........
Column 2
D. require the users to fill their KYC
details and use the OTPs received on
their phones to access the service.
E. endurance, but the agent that
elicits the response from the brain is
still unclear.
F. the National Company Law
Tribunal (NCLT) to recover dues of
more than 8,500 crore.
(a) (BD); enhance
(b) (AE); approached and (CD);
simultaneously
(c) (AF); approached & (BE);
enhance
(d) (CD); simultaneously
(e) (AD); enhance & (BF); approach
In the following questions, a
sentence is divided in to three parts,
given in column 1, 2 and 3. Match
the statements from column 1 with
those in column 2 and 3 and find
which of the following triplets given
in the options make contextually and
6.Column 1
A. One of the first successes of
Thailand’s 60-year-long tourist
boom.
B. From the bacteria lining our gut,
to the microscopic.
C. In the cacao orchards of
Column 2
D. mites nibbling at our dead skin,
it’s estimated that
E. Ivory Coast, women do most of
the work.
F. was the island of Phuket,
nicknamed the “Pearl of the
Andaman”
G. for just a small portion of the
income
H. for its soft white-sand beaches
and sparkling warm seas.
I. more than half the cells in our
body aren’t human.
(a) AFH and CEG (b) Only BDH
(c) AGI and CDF (d) Only CFG
(e) Only AEH
7.Column 1
A. A new study suggests that the
shifting balance between.
B. Commercial fishing now takes
place.
C. Longer wind turbine blades over
the last decade have
Column 2
D. allowed a network responsible for
awareness of the environment and
another.
E. wind developers to produce more
power without making.
F. Over a surface area four times.
Column 3
G. turbines taller and could continue
to dirve future growth in the
industry.
H. the size of land-based agriculture.
I. responsible for awareness of self
may be a defining feature of
consciousness.
(a) Only BEG (b) BFH and CEG
(c) Only AEG (d) Only AFH
(e) BEG and CDH
8.In the question given below three
columns are given. Column 1 and 3
contain different independent
sentences (5 sentences in each
column). Column 2 contains 5
connectors, each of which may or
may not join the sentences in the
other two columns. The connector
can appear anywhere in the resultant
sentence. Mark the option which
provides the correct sequence(s) of
the joined sentence(s) as your
answer.
Column 1
A. Tsunamis and other natural
disasters are highly destructive
events.
B. Algorithms make many important
decisions for us, like our
creditworthiness, best romantic
prospects and whether we are
qualified for a job.
C. Near the top of a hill, we saw a
shepherd boy who was lying on the
ground.
D. This idea has precedence in
federal law.
E. Personality traits are
characteristics that relate to the
factory settings of our motivational
system.
Column 2
1. Until 2. While
3. Alternatively 4. Since
5. Before
Column 3
P. Occupational Safety and Health
Administration audits are mandated
by law to ensure safe working
conditions for employees.
Q. They determine what we tend to
be motivated to do in the absence of
a strong influence of the situation.
R. They are rare and often
unpredictable in nature.
S. A flock of sheep and lambs were
grazing around him.
T. Employers are increasingly
turning to automated hiring
platforms, believing they’re both
more convenient and less biased
than humans.
(a) Only B5T & E2P (b) Only D5P
& E3S
(c) Only A4R & C2S (d) Only A2P,
B5S & D1R
(e) Only B3P & C4T
In the following questions, a pair of
sentences is given followed by three
ways in which the two sentences
could be combined. Select which of
the given chocie(s) is/are correct.
9.I. The plan is for the submarine to
explore the planet alone.
II. Researchers may consider
sending an orbiter to relay data and
communications back to Earth.
(A) Although the plan is............... .
(B) Since the plan is............... .
(C) Despite the plan being............... .
(c) Only C (d) Only A and C
(e) All the three
10. I. A major naval arms race,
involving the United States, Britain,
and Japan, erupted at the end of
World War I.
II. It was fuelled by Japanese efforts
to expand their political influence in
East Asia and by an American
attempt to gain greater political
leverage over Britain.
1. Fuelled by....................... .
2. While it was fuelled.......................
.
3. Despite being fuelled
by....................... .
(c) Only 3 (d) Both 1 & 3
(e) All the three
11. I. The world is coping with a
fast-moving ransomware variant that
has infected thousands of computers
in at least 74 countries.
II. Experts offer advice for what
users should and should not do to
protect themselves and their data.
(A) While Experts.................... .
(B) As the world.................... .
(C) A fast.................... .
(a) A only (b) A and C
(c) B and C (d) A and B
12. I. Massive Open Online
Courses are leading a disruption in
the global education industry since
2011.
II. They have brought quality
educational content from the world’s
leading educational institutions and
enterprises to people all over the
world.
1. By bringing quality......................
2. As they have
brought......................
3. Having led a
disruption......................
(c) Only 3 (d) Only 1 and 2
(e) All the three
13. I. Gold may be losing its
sheen in the global market, logging
its longest weekly loss in terms of
prices since 1999.
II. The yellow metal still seems to be
in favour across India with low
prices luring people to buy.
A. Logging...
B. Even as gold...
C. As the yellow...
(a) A only (b) B and C
(c) A and B (d) B only
(e) A and C
14. I. The Earth Day was the
brainchild of Senator Gaylord
Nelson and inspired by the anti-war
protests of the late 1960s.
II. It was originally aimed at
creating a mass environmental
movement.
1. The brainchild of...............
2. Originally aimed at...............
3. Since it was originally...............
(c) Only 3 (d) Both 1 & 2
(e) All the three
Direction for Questions 15 to 20 :
In the following question, two
into one sentence without changing
the meaning. Choose that connector
as your answer.
15. I. The authorities appear to
have succeeded in this meeting.
II. They received enthusiastic
response from the employees.
(a) Though (b) Then
(c) Exemplified by (d) However
(e) Given
16. I. Reason does not
determine what we think.
II. What we already think
determines how e reason.
(a) Thereby (b) Unless
(c) Rather (d) Until
(e) Primarily
17. I. Over-functioning for
others can be effective at managing
anxiety or tension.
II. It can prevent both you and the
other person from becoming a more
responsible human.
(a) But (b) Overall
(c) Repeatedly (d) Moreover
(e) Finally
18. I. Universal assumptions are
usually impossible to prove.
II. They can simply be invalidated
by just one single counter-example.
(a) Still (b) Inevitably
(c) Moreover (d) Conversely
(e) Instead
19. I. The aim of the analysis of
attitudes was to reveal the hidden
pattersn.
II. The patterns are sedimented in
particular social and cultural
contexts.
(a) Rather (b) Typically
(c) Given (d) On the contrary
(e) Surprisingly
20. I. His most famous
contribution is the theory of Forms.
II. Plato is considered to be the
founder of Western political
philosophy.
(a) And (b) But
(c) When (d) Through
(e) Similarly
word is given, followed by four
statements. From the options, choose
the one that provides the
combination of statements that can
be joined using the given word.
21. However
A. Pervasive corruption at the
highest levels of government hinders
Pena Nieto efforts to combat the
cartels.
B. Many large U.S. cities like Los
Angeles and New York have seen a
spade of cartel-related crime.
C. In order to tackle major domestic
issues such as immigration, drug
policy, and crime, the U.S. must
cooperate with the Maxico threatens
the success of U.S. initiatives and
interest in the region.
(a) AC (b) CD
(c) AD (d) BD
(e) AB
22. While
A. Medical interventions based on
these findings are far off in the
future.
B. There’s reason to expect that
some new treatments will come of
all this down the road.
C. The current research is still far
from changing how we treat disease
in humans.
D. The new findings show that we
can make progress towards figuring
out how the nervous system
communicates with the rest of the
body.
(a) AB (b) CD
(c) CB (d) DA
23. While
A. Small town like Harbin are a
good visible example for the Trans-
Siberian Railroad’s impact on
Chinese society.
B. The railroad had less tangible
effects on the development of
socieyt in Russia.
C. It would be unreasonable to
suppose that the Trans-Siberian
might have played a role in
establishing Communism in whole
of China.
D. Communist ideas and the news of
the October Revolution’s success
made their way to China much more
quickly because of the Trans-
Siberian.
(a) AD (b) BC
(c) AB, AC and CD (d) BC and
AD
(e) AB and AD
24. Because
A. Reading strains his eyes and
makes them hurt.
B. He loves to climb the bed-posts
and unscrew the steam valves much
better than to spell words.
C. He does not understand that
words would help him to make new
and interesting discoveries.
D. He does not know yet what a
wonderful thing language is.
(a) BC (b) BC, BD and BA
(c) AD and AC (d) BC and AD
(e) AB, BC and CD
You are provided with four
sentences followed by four options
(A), (B), (C) and (D). All four
options suggest ways in which the
given four sentences can be
combined into a single sentence.
Identify the option that suggests the
best possible way, contextually and
grammatically, to combine the
given sentences implying the same
meaning.
25. China was known to be
working on a large fighter; it was
known as the J-XX; progress China
had made on the so-called "fifth
generation fighter" shocked experts;
only the United States had
successfully developed it.
(a) The level of progress the country
had made on the so-called "fifth
generation fighter" - which only the
United States had successfully
developed -shocked experts since
China was known to be working on
a large fighter, known as the J-XX.
(b) China, who was known to be
working on a large fighter known as
the J-XX, had shocked the experts
and made progress on the so-called
"fifth generation fighter", which
only the United States had
successfully developed
(c) China was known to be working
on a large fighter, known as the J-
XX, successfully developed only by
the United States so that the level of
progress the country had made on
the so-called "fifth generation
fighter" shocked experts.
(d) Although China was known to be
working on a large fighter, known as
the J-XX, the extent to which the
country had made progress on the
so-called "fifth generation fighter" -
which only the United States had
successfully developed - shocked
experts.
(e) All of these
26. Birds provide a range of
'biodiversity services'; they interact
with other species in the ecosystem;
they keep populations of plant-
eating insects in check through
predation; they disperse the seeds of
more than 90 per cent of rainforest
tree species.
(a) As birds interact with other
species in the ecosystem, they
provide a range of 'biodiversity
services' like they keep populations
of plant-eating insects in check
through predation by dispersing the
seeds of more than 90 per cent of
rainforest tree species.
(b) Birds provide a range of
'biodiversity services' through their
interaction with other species in the
ecosystem, for example by keeping
populations of plant-eating insects in
check through predation and
dispersing the seeds of more than 90
per cent of rainforest tree species.
(c) Birds keep populations of plant-
eating insects in check through
predation and disperse the seeds of
more than 90 per cent of rainforest
tree species, in lieu of this
ecosystem, Birds provide a range of
'biodiversity services'.
(d) Birds provide a range of
‘biodiveristy services’ in their
ecosystem, like keeping populations
of plant-eating insects in check
through predation and dispersing the
seeds of more than 90 percent of
rainforest tree species.
(e) All of these
27. The weakest players in the
oil and gas industry have been
culled; those that remain are pretty
resilient; they could survive; no
matter whether oil prices slip a little
further below US$50 a barrel.
(a) Although weakest players in the
oil and gas industry have been
culled, those that remain are pretty
resilient and they could survive
irrespective of whether oil prices
slip a little further below US$50 a
barrel.
(b) The weakest players in the oil
and gas industry have been culled
while those that remain are pretty
resilient and could survive even if
oil prices slip a little further below
US$50 a barrel.
(c) Because the wweakest players in
the oil and gas industry have been
culled, those that remain are pretty
resilient and could survive even if
oil prices slip a little further below
US$50 a barrel.
(d) As the weakest players in the oil
and gas industry have been culled,
those that remain are pretty resilient,
surviving regardless of oil prices
slipping a little further below US$50
a barrel.
(e) All of these
28. The population is growing;
it is threatened by low farm
productivity; low farm productivity
is exacerbated by weather changes
and rural-urban migration; rural-
urban migration deprives farming
communities of young people.
(a) Although the population is
growing, it is threatened by low
farm productivity, which is
exacerbated by weather changes and
rural-urban migration that deprives
farming communities of young
people.
(b) Low farm productivity is
exacerbated by weather changes and
rural-urban migration that deprives
farming communities of young
people and it is threatening the
population even though the latter is
growing.
(c) Exacerbated by weather changes
and rural-urban migration that
deprives farming communities of
young people, low farm productivity
is threatening the population though
the population is growing.
(d) The population is growing; but it
is threatened by low farm
productivity exacerbated by weather
changes and rural-urban migration
that deprives farming communities
of young people.
29. Magadh coal mine in
Jharkhand is the biggest open-cast
mine in Asia; Gopal Singh, CMD of
Coal India, was talking about it; he
said that coal output in the mine has
been reduced; dispatch-related
problems are responsible for it.
(a) Gopal Singh, CMD of coal India,
was talking about the Magadh coal
mine in Jharkhand, which is the
biggest open-cast mine in Asia, said
that coal output in the mine has been
reduced because of the dispatch-
related problems.
(b) Talking about the Magadh coal
mine in Jharkhand, the biggest open-
cast mine in Asia, coal output in the
mine has been reduced due to
dispatch-related problems as Gopal-
Singh, CMD of Coal India, was
talking about it.
(c) Talking about the Magadh coal
mine in Jharkhand, which is the
biggest open-cast mine in Asia,
Gopal Singh said that coal output in
the mine has been reduced due to
dispatch-related problems.
(d) Magadh coal mine in Jharkhand
is the biggest open-cast mine in Asia
and coal output in the mine has been
reduced because of the dispatch-
related problems while Gopal Singh,
CMD of Coal India, was talking
about it.
30. The Second World War was
the most widespread and deadliest
war in history; it came just two
decades after the last great global
conflict; the Second World War
involved more than 30 countries; it
resulted in more than 50 million
military and civilian deaths.
(a) The Second World War, which
was the most widespread and
deadliest war in history, came just
two decades after the last great
global conflict, which involved more
than 30 countries and resulted in
more than 50 million military and
civilian deaths.
(b) Coming just two decades after
the last great global conflict, the
Second World War was the most
widespread and deadliest war in
history, involving more than 30
countries and resulting in more than
50 million military and civilian
deaths.
(c) Coming just two decades after
the last great global conflict, the
Second World War, which was the
most widespread and deadliest war
in history, involved more than 30
deaths.
(d) The Second World War was the
most widespread and deadliest war
in history, involving more than 30
deaths, since it came just two
decades after the last great global
conflict.
31. Crude oil prices could move
above $60 per barrel; the Russian
economy wont’ exapnd much more
than 1 percent; it is becoming less
dependent on crude oil prices; even
a major rally in crude oil prices
wont’ improve growth much.
(a) While crude oil prices could
move above $60 per barrel, the
Russian economy wont’ expand
much more than 1 percent as it is
becoming less dependent on crude
oil prices, so even a major rally in
crude oil prices wont’ improve their
growth much.
(b) As the Russian economy is
oil prices, even a major rally in
crude oil prices wont’ improve
growth much and the Russian
economy wont’ expand much more
than 1 percent when crude oil prices
move above $60 per barrle.
(c) The Russian economy wont’
expand much more than 1 percent
even if crude oil prices move above
$60 per barrel because growth wont’
improve much, even with a major
rally in crude oil prices and the
economy is becoming less
dependent on crude oil prices.
(d) Even if crude oil prices move
above $60 per barrel, the Russian
economy wont’ expand much more
than 1 percent because it is
oil prices and growth wont’ improve
much, even with a major rally in
crude oil prices.
(e) None of these
Directions for Questions 32 and 33
: Select the phrase/connector (it
must be at the start) from the given
three alternatives which can be used
to form a single sentence from the
two sentences given below,
implying the same meaning as
expressed in the statement
sentences.
32. I. Each year, several million
hours of business travel are clocked
by energetic executives travelling
busily to client locations and
conferences, and also tired managers
flying back home at the end of a
tough day.
II. Managers are flying more than
ever before.
(i) In other words....................
(ii) To sum up....................
(iii) Normally....................
(c) Both (i) and (ii) (d) All (i) and
(iii)
33. I. Ryan was a very
knowledgeable and hardworking
employee.
II. He was promoted only once
during his career at the company.
(i) Moreover (ii) Otherwise
(iii) In spite of the fact that
(a) Only (ii) (b) Only (i)
Examples
Rearrange the following six
sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) in
the proper sequence to form a
meaningful paragraph and then
answer the questions that follow.
A. The jewellery has been
handed to the Portable Antiquities
Scheme, is part of Birmingham
Museums.
B. Mark Hambleton, who went
back to metal detecting after advice
from his late father, made the find
with Joe Kania on Staffordshire
Moorlands farmland.
C. Experts believe they were
probably made in Europe, possibly
Germany or France.
D. An inquest will decide
whether the pieces are treasure and
they will then be provisionally
valued.
E. Two friends on a treasure
hunt have unearthed jewellery,
which experts say could be the
oldest Iron Age gold discovered in
Britain.
F. The three necklaces and
bracelet, named the Leekfrith Iron
Age Torcs, are believed to be about
2,500 years old.
1.Which of the following is the LAST
sentence after the arrangement?
(a) C (b) D
(c) A (d) B
(e) F
2. Which of the following is
the SECOND sentence after the
arrangement?
(a) E (b) D
(c) C (d) B
(e) F
3.Which of the following is the FIFTH
sentence after the arrangement?
(a) B (b) C
(c) A (d) D
(e) E
the THIRD sentence after the
arrangement?
(a) F (b) C
(c) B (d) A
(e) D
the FIRST sentence after the
arrangement?
(a) F (b) B
(c) C (d) D
(e) E
In the following seven sentences, the
1st and the 4th sentences are already
in order. Rearrange the rest in the
proper sequence to form a
meaningful paragraph. Then answer
the questions that follow.
(A) Cities are economically vibrant
spaces around the world and draw a
large number of rural migrants
looking for better prospects.
(B) This projected growth frames
the challenge before dveloping
countires.
(C) This is a sustained trend,
particularly in developing countries
now, as production, jobs and
markets get concentrated in cities.
(D) Delhi would edge past Tokyo as
the world’s most populous city by
2028.
(E) In particular, India, China and
Nigeria are expected to lead other
countries and account for 35% of the
projected growth in urban
population by mid-century.
(F) More evidence of this comes
from the UN Department of
Economic and Social Affairs, which
has released its 2018 Revision of the
world Urbanization Prospects.
(G) Forecasting for the year 2050,
the UN agency estimates that the
percentage of urban residents in
India would be 52.8, compared to 34
today.
6.Which of the sentences comes
FIFTH after rearrangement?
(a) G (b) C
(c) E (d) B
(e) F
7.Which of the sentences comes
SECOnD after rearrangement?
(a) G (b) C
(c) B (d) E
(e) F
8.Which of these sentences comes
SIXTH after rearrangement?
(a) C (b) B
(c) F (d) E
(e) G
9.Which of these sentences comes
SEVENTH (LAST) after
rerrangement?
(a) F (b) B
(c) C (d) E
(e) G
10. Which of these sentences
comes THIRD after rearrangement?
(a) C (b) B
(c) F (d) G
(e) E
11. Five sentences are given
below, labelled (a), (b), (c), (d) and
(e). Among these, four statements
can be arranged to form a coherent
paragraph/passage. From the given
options, choose the option that does
not fit into the theme of the passage.
(a) Rameses II was the subject of
Percy Bysshe Shelley’s famous
sonnet Ozymandias.
(b) His six-decade reign also appears
to have been one of the most
prosperous periods in ancient
Egyptian history.
(c) The campaigns sought to re-
establish Egyptian control over
Palestine and Syria against the
Hittites. (d) The third king of the
19th dynasty, Ramses II is best
known for his military campaigns in
Asia.
(e) He built numerous temples that
are among the best-known works of
ancient Egyptian architecture.
12. Below a sentence has been
broken into four parts and the parts
are jumbled. Choose the option
which provides the correct way to
re-arrange the parts of form a
meaningful sentence. If all the parts
are correctly placed, mark E as your
answer.
remains largely untapped (A)/ a look
at the numbers for (B)/exception of
mobile phones, the millennial
market (C)/India also shows that
with the (D)
(a) ACBD (b) BDCA
(c) BACD (d) DBCA
(e) re-arrangement required
13. Given below is a sentence
divided into parts which when
rearranged will form a logical and
coherent sentence. One of the parts
does not belong to the sentence.
Identify that part and rearrange the
remaining parts to form a
meaningful sentence. Choose the
option that represents the correct
arrangement.
(A) but this economic model/ (B)
has been based on the assumption
that/ (C) our traditional
understanding of the way markets
function/(D) control the supply of
scarce commodities/(E) economic
power lies with those who
(a) EDAB (b) CBDA
(c) EDCB (d) CBED
(e) None of these
14. In the question given below,
a set of sentences is given, which
when properly sequenced, form a
coherent paragraph. Arrange the
sentences in the correct sequence
and mark the answer accordinagly.
A. Amazon’s rise, as former retail
stalwarts like Sears, Toys ‘R’ Us
and Barnes & Noble struggle, has
drawn critics concerned about its
monopoly power, its tax and labour
practices-even its responsibility for
driving up housing costs in its
homom of socities.
B. Amazon has also fought back
with cash, more than doubling its
spending on lobbying since 2014 to
about $13m last year, according to
Open Secrets.org.
C. Despite those efforts, the
company has a high-profile critic:
US President Donald Trump, who
has accused Amazon of winning
unduly low shipping rates from the
US Postal Service and kept alieve
the threat of regulation by attacking
it on Twitter as a monopoly.
D. In the face of those critics, Mr
Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO, has
started to cultivate a more public
presence on Twitter, where he shares
photos of his parents and videos of
dog sledding in Norway.
E. When the firm announced last
year it would build another major
campus in North America, local
officials scrambled to win the firm’s
commitment, even as protesters,
angry about the prospect of tax
incentives going to one of the
world’s most successful companies,
mounted anti-Amazon campaigns.
(a) ACEDB (b) BDCAE
(c) CBDAE (d) AEDBC
(e) CDEBA
A set of five statements is given
below in a sequence that form a
coherent paragraph. Read the set of
statements and answer the questions
that follow.
I. Groundwater over-extraction,
waterway degradation, and urban
flooding are forcing China’s cities to
address a vicious cycle.
II. Sprawling urban development
and use of impervious material
prevent soil from absorbing
rainwater, prompting further
investment in infrastructures that
typically impede natural processes
and worsen flood impacts.
III. China’s “sponge city initiative”
aims to arrest this cycle through the
use of permeable surfaces and green
infrastructures.
IV. Launched in 2015 in 16 cities,
the initiative seeks to reduce the
intensity of rainwater run off by
enhancing and distributing
absorption capacities more evenly
across targeted areas.
V. However, the initiative faces two
challenges: lack of expertise of local
governments to effectively
coordinate and integrate such a
complex set of activities, and
financial constrainsts.
15. Which of the following
statements can successfully fit in
between sentences IV and V?
(a) Engineering solutions are
popular interventions, but cities
cannot simply pipe away flood risks.
(b) This approach not only
reduces flooding but also enhances
water supply security.
(c) The initiative requires a holistic
and sustained effort, including
effective environmental governance.
(d) Asian cities are struggling to

accommodate rapid urban migration,
and development is encroaching on
flood-prone areas.
(e) China has a opportunity to
strengthen its emerging global
leadership role in urban
sustainability.
statements can successfully follow
sentence II?
(a) The case of Lingang, a planned
city in Shanghai’s Pudong district,
illustrates typical sponge city
measures.
(b) However, concerns persist about
weak regulations and selective
enforcement.
(c) The resulting groundwater
replenishment increases availability
of water for various uses.
(d) In 2012, a severe flood in Beijing
wreaked havoc on the city’s
transportation systems, and the 2016
floods overwhelmed drainage
systems in Wuhan, Nanjing and
Tianjin.
(e) These include rooftops covered
by plants, scenic wetlands for
rainwater storage, and permeable
pavements that store excess runoff
water and allow evaporation for
temperature moderation.
statements can successfully replace
sentence V?
(a) In a pledge to expand coverage
of urban greenery, Shanghai
announced in early 2016 the
construction of 400,000 square
meters of rooftop gardens.
(b) China must first implement an
effective vision for how sponge city
initiatives complement vision for
how sponge city initiatives
complement broader environmental
governance efforts.
(c) Until this happens, sponge city
initiatives will have to compete
against visible and familiar
infrastructure such as roads, transit
and utilities.
(d) To address the issue, China’s
sponge city initiative has an
ambitious goal: by 2020, 80 percent
of urban areas should absorb and re-
use at least 70 percent of rainwater.
(e) To date, more than $12 billion
has been spent on all sponge city
projects.
Practice Yourself
Level I
sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and
(F) in the proper sequence to form a
meaningful paragraph and answer
A. Christmas is probably the most
celebrated holiday in my culture, it
is the day Christ was born.
B. Tradition is the act of passing
down of information, customs,
beliefs by word of mouth or by
example from one generation to
another.
C. Most people in my culture are
married by the time they are 30,
growing up your parents raise you to
believe that getting married is a part
of life.
D. Three traditions of my culture are
freedom, marriage, and Christmas.
E. Mostly everyone in my culture
wants freedom we pass this from
generation to generation as a
promise to make us free each year.
F. Whether or not you believe in
Christ, most people still believe in
putting up a tree, have family
dinners, and present.
should be the SECOND sentence
after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) C
(c) D (d) E
(e) F
2.Which of the following should be
the LAST sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) A (b) C
(c) D (d) E
(e) F
should be the FIFTH sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) A (b)3
(c) C (d) E
(e) F
the FIRST sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
(e) E
the THIRD sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) E
(e) F
A. Time doesn't destroy the great
thoughts which as fresh as today
when they passed through their
author's Imind ages ago.
B. Books introduce us into the best
society, they bring us into the
presence of the greatest minds that
have ever lived.
C. Books are by far, the most lasting
product of human effort.
D. Temple crumble into ruins,
pictures and statues decay, but books
survive.
E. We hear what they said and did;
we see them as if they were really
alive.
F. We sympathize with them, enjoy
with them and grieve with them.
should be the 'THIRD' sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
(e) E
should be the FIRST sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) A (b) C
(c) D (d) E
(e) F
should be the LAST sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
(e) F
the SECOND sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
(e) E
should be the FOURTH sentence
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
(e) E
A. The physical in me seemed to
say, 'Thank God, it's all over!"
B. Of all the emotions which surged
through me as I stood on the summit
of Everest, looking over miles of
panorama below us, the dominant
one I think was humility.
C. However, instead of being
jubilant, there was a tinge of
sadness.
D. Was it because I had already
done the 'ultimate' in climbing and
there would be nothing higher to
climb and all roads hereafter would
lead down?
E. It is a joy which lasts a lifetime.
F. It is said that by climbing the
summit of Mt. Everest, you are
overwhelmed by a deep sense of joy
and thankfulness.
sentences comes between the fourth
and the last sentence after
rearrangement? (a) C (b) D
(c) A (d) B
(e) F
the first sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) D (b) B
(c) F (d) E
(e) A
sentences comes just after the
second sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) B (b) E
(c) D (d) C
(e) A
the second sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) D (b) B
(c) E (d) A
(e) C
the last sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) A (b) C
(c) F (d) B
(e) D
Rearrange the following seven
sentences in the proper sequence to
form a meaningful paragraph and
(A) These ambitions of the
government have been formulated as
action plans, as opposed to concrete
policies.
(B) The Delhi Auto Expo also saw
several experts talk about how the
intended shift to EV would help to
cut down on fuel bills, reduce
emission, and cut the escalating
demand for road infrastructure.
(C) The government has been
steadfastly advocating a move to
phase out petrol and diesel cars
completely and transforming the
country into an all-electric market
by the year 2030.
(D) In view of these plans, the
industry awaits further clarity on the
government’s position on electric
vehicles (EVs).
(E) They also said that it would
change the face of the automotive
industry.
(F) Even then, nearly all
manufacturers that participated in
the recent Delhi Auto Expo had at
least one electric vehicle on display.
(G) Finally, they talked about how it
can transform India into the leading
electric vehicle market in the region
and perhaps the world.
16. Which of the sentences
follows A after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) D
(c) C (d) B
(e) E
follows E after rearrangement?
(a) G (b) A
(c) E (d) C
(e) F
should precede E after
rearrangement?
(a) B (b) C
(c) D (d) F
(e) A
follows C after rearrangement?
(a) C (b) D
(c) A (d) F
(e) G
should succeed D after
rearrangement?
(a) A (b) F
(c) B (d) E
(e) G
Six sentences are given below,
which when arranged in the correct
sequence, form a coherent
paragraph. Among these, the
introductory sentence of the
paragraph is provided to you, and
the next five statements are given in
any random order. Rearrange the
five statements and answer the
questions that follow.
1. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease is an under-diagnosed and
under-treated disorder.
A. Although it is a relief to see some
policy attention on the condition
with its inclusion in the National
Health Policy 2017 there needs to be
a sharp focus on accurate diagnosis
and use of superior evidencebased ,
treatment for disease management.
B. This need is highlighted by the
global trend of most non-
communicable disease burdens
gradually plateauing, while COPD
incidence is witnessing a rapid rise.
C. This is evident from the fact that
recently COPD has been declared as
the third largest killer affecting an
estimated 210 million people,
making a steep jump from its
previous position.
D. Almost 90 per cent of COPD
deaths occur in low and middle-
income countries.
E. In India, it is the second largest
killer responsible for 22 million
deaths, COPD destroys quality of
life.
21. Which of the following,
after rearrangement, will be the
FOURTH sentence?
(a) B (b) A
(c) C (d) D
(e) E
SECOND sentence?
(a) E (b) A
(c) B (d) D
(e) C
THIRD sentence?
(a) B (b) C
(c) D (d) E
(e) A
LAST (SIXTH) sentence?
(a) D (b) A
(c) C (d) B
(e) E
FIFTH sentence?
(a) B (b) E
(c) C (d) D
(e) A
Seven sentences are given below out
of which the 1st sentence is fixed,
and the other sentences have been
jumbled up. Arrange these sentences
in a logical order and answer the
A. Wealth, culture, and power
dwelled in the city of Palmyra in the
third century A.D.
B. Weakened and distracted, the
empire was facing threats on all
fronts.
C. By the middle of the third century
A.D. the Roman Empire was mired
in political and economic crisis, its
frontiers under constant attack, and
its center struggling to hold.
D. This cosmopolitan capital of the
Roman province of the same name
lay close to the empire’s eastern
borders, providing the setting for
Queez Zenobia’s ambitious power
play.
E. In Europe the rebel Gallic empire
started to break away from Rome
after this defeat.
F. The showdown of this power play
had been decades in the making.
G. The catastrophic defeat and
capture in 260 of Emperor Valerian
by the Persians thrust Roman rule
into even greater disarry.
26. Which of the following will
be the seventh sentence after re-
arrangement?
(a) B (b) F
(c) C (d) G
(e) E
be the second sentence after re-
arrangement?
(a) F (b) E
(c) C (d) B
(e) D
be the sixth sentence after re-
arrangement?
(a) E (b) C
(c) D (d) F
(e) G
be the fifth sentence after re-
arrangement?
(a) D (b) E
(c) F (d) B
(e) G
be the third sentence after re-
arrangement?
(a) F (b) E
(c) C (d) B
(e) D
Given below is a set of six
statements, out of which 5, when
correctly sequenced, form a coherent
paragraph. One of the statements
does not contribute to the common
theme of this passage, Rearrange the
statement in the right order and
A. In addition, 230 million people
are not properly connected to the
electricity grid while generation will
need to be less carbon intensive.
B. For this, the World Bank said,
India will need to achieve greater
resource efficiency as it sustains
growth, given its resource
endowments and large population.
C. India is both critical to the
success of global development
efforsts, including eliminating
extreme poverty, and as an
influential leader for global gods
such as addressing climate change.
D. Noting that India’s growth is
expected to continue and elimination
of extreme pvoerty in the decade is
within reach, it said at the same
time, the country’s development
trajectory nonetheless faces
considerable challenges.
E. The country has achieved annual
growth exceeding seven percent
over the last 15 years, halved its
poverty rate since the 1990s, and
enjuoyed strong improvements in
most human development outcomes,
the World Bank said.
F. Land will need to be used more
productively in urban areas by the
spatial transformation of cities
achieving “agglomeration
economies” and in rural areas by
increased agricultural productivity, it
said.
should be the THIRD statement after
rearrangement?
(a) D (b) A
(c) F (d) B
(e) C
should be the FIFTH statement after
rearrangement?
(a) A (b) D
(c) E (d) F
(e) C
should be the SECOND statement
(a) D (b) E
(c) F (d) A
(e) B
should be the FIRST statement after
rearrangement?
(a) A (b) C
(c) B (d) D
(e) F
statement does not fit into the
context of the passage?
(a) E (b) D
(c) C (d) B
(e) A
Given below is a set of six
statements, out of which five, when
theme of this passage. Rearrange the
statements in the right order and
A. Some seek piecework in the
nearby resettlement areas; others
have taken up seasonal gold
panning; others migrate to twon, or
further afield; others get help from
relatives through remittances; while
others are in receipt of cash transfers
or food hand-outs from NGOs.
B. Trade in food across regions and
borders, facilitated by networks of
traders, often women, is significant,
but unrecorded.
C. In the communal area of
Mazvihwa, there was effectively no
food production this seasons.
D. But compared to 30 years ago,
production is focused on maize,
which stores poorly, rather than
small grains that can be kept for
years.
E. How are people surviving?
F. Some got a little if they had
access to wetlands, and a few had
stores.
should be the THIRD statement after
rearrangement?
(a) D (b) A
(c) B (d) F
(e) C
should be the FIRST statement after
rearrangement?
(a) B (b) F
(c) C (d) D
(e) A
should be the FOURTH statement
(a) B (b) F
(c) D (d) A
(e) E
should be the SECOND statement
(a) F (b) D
(c) A (d) C
(e) B
statement does not fit into the
context of the passage?
(a) D (b) F
(c) E (d) B
(e) A
In the following questions, a
sentence has been broken into four
parts and the parts are jumbled.
Choose the option which provides
the correct way to re-arrange the
parts to form a grammatically and
contextually meaningful sentence. If
all the parts are correctly placed,
mark ‘No rearrangement required’
as your answer.
41. debate and discourse around
the state of (A)/ these bodies help
shape the (B)/ of significant
proposals (C)/ the nation’s finances
and the fiscal implications (D)
(a) DBCA (b) BADC
(c) DACB (d) ACDB
(e) No rearrangement required
42. leadership teams get caught
in a cycle of addressing(A)/ long-
term risk with rigid, shortterm
solutions and in (B)/ my observation
is that(C)/the process they invite
entropy(D)
(a) CABD (b) ABDC
(c) CBDA (d) BACD
(e) CADB
43. began in Los Angeles,
marks the upcoming centenary(A)/
one of the most important
archaeological discoveries of all
time (B)/ the Tutankhamun tour
which(C)/ of the discovery of the
Tutankhamun’s tomb considered(D).
(a) CBDA (b) BCAD
(c) ABDC (d) CADB
44. unhealthy products to
children (A)/ and to make nutrition
labelling compusory(B)/ the health
groups are urging the
government(C)/ to ban the use of TV
and film characters to market (D)
(a) CDAB (b) ABDC
(c) CABD (d) DCBA
(e) CBAD
45. into its strategic forays in
the Indo-Pacific(A)/ underlines
INdia’s desire to draw Russia (B)/ a
region often neglected given that
Russia is seen as a European power,
(C)/ the investment of $1 billion in
the Far East region of Russia, (D)
(a) ABDC (b) DABC
(c) DACB (d) DCBA
(e) CBDA
given is a sentence divided into parts
which when rearranged will form a
logical and a coherent sentence. One
of the parts does not belog to the
sentence. Identify the part that does
not belong to the sentence and
rearrange the remaining parts to
form a meaningful sentence. Choose
the option that represents the correct
arrangement and mark the option
accordingly.
46. due to ongoing production
cuts led by OPEC (A)/ in an effort to
prop up prices (B)/ although analysts
warned that markets may be
overheating (C)/ as well as healthy
demand (D)/ oil prices hit their
highest levels since 2014(E)
(a) CEBA(b) ADBE
(c) ECDA (d) EADC
(e) None of these
47. Who ruled Sicily a thousand
years ago (A)/ to come on common
grounds (B)/ generation have a
contradicting viewpoint on most of
(C)/a generation gap is when the
present generation and their previous
(D)/ the topics and they are unable
to make each other understand (E)
(a) ECDA (b) DCEB
(c) ACBD (d) DEAC
(e) BEAD
48. We should create a
comfortable environment for
ourselves so that (A)/ probably
might be unaware of such
advancement (B)/ what the best
solution for both of you is (C)/ any
hesitation and you can then see
accordingly (D)/ people can easily
state their point of view without (E)
(a) DBEA (b) CBDE
(c) AEDC (d) BEDC
(e) ECAD
49. since the Ottoman Empire,
and it's often (A)/ symbol of Turkish
hospitality and health (B)/ described
as Turkey's national scent (C)/ is
sprinkled on guests' hands (D)/
kolonya has been a treasured (E)
(a) EBAC (b) EBAD
(c) CABD (d) DABE
(e) ABCE
50. to some. basic questions (A)
/ how abrupt climate driven
disruptions of biodiversity (B)/ will
occur is limited because biodiversity
forecasts typically (C)/ our
understanding of when and
(D)/focus on individual snapshots of
the future (E)
(a) DBCE (b) DACE
(c) ABCD (d) CABE
(e) BADE
In each of the question below, five
sentences, labelled A, B, C, D and E
are given. They need to be arranged
in a logical order to form a coherent
options, choose the most appropriate
option.
51. (A) That reduces the force
on your hand, so the catch hurts less.
(B) So if you change its momentum
slowly, by bringing it to a halt
gradually, the force you feel is
reduced.
(C) Putting it more scientifically, the
force the ball exerts on your hand is
equal to the rate at which the ball's
momentum changes.
(D) If you've ever caught a fast-
moving baseball or cricket ball,
you'll know the trick is to move your
hand back and stop the ball
gradually so you reduce its energy
very slowly.
(E) Unlike your hand, a piece of
glass can't move.
(a) CBEDA (b) DCABE
(c) DACEB (d) DACBE
(e) EABCD
52. A. Once you become aware
of your personal time zone, you can
begin to see and manage your life in
exciting new ways.
B. In The Time Paradox, Drs.
Zimbardo and Boyd draw on thirty
years of pioneering research to
reveal, for the first time, how your
individual time perspective shapes
your life and is shaped by the world
around you.
C. This is the most influential force
in your life, yet you are virtually
unaware of it.
D. Your every significant choice --
every important decision you make -
- is determined by a force operating
deep inside your mind: your
perspective on time -- your internal,
personal time zone.
E. Further, they demonstrate that
your and every other individual's
time zones interact to create national
cultures, economics, and personal
destinies. (a) CBDAE (b)
DCABE
(c) CDEBA (d) DCAEB
(e) CEDAB
53. A. If she knows that the
world requires her to take
responsibility for her own
personhood and life, then she can
learn to live up to those
requirements and get along well in
life.
B. In fact, an accurate description of
children is that they are little people
who are out of control of themselves
and attempting to control everyone
around them.
C. But if she grows up in a
relationship where she is confused
about her own boundaries (what she
is responsible for) and about others'
boundaries (what they are
responsible for), she does not
develop the self-control that will
enable her to steer through life
successfully.
D. She will grow up with confused
boundaries that lead to the opposite:
trying to control others and being
out of control of herself.
E. A child needs to know where she
begins, what she needs to take
responsibility for, and what she does
not need to take responsibility for.
(a) EACDB (b) BEDCA
(c) CABDE (d) BAECD
(e) EDACB
In each of the,questions given
below, a set of four sentences P, Q,
R and S is given, which when
properly sequenced form a coherent
paragraph. Arrange the sentences in
the correct order and mark the
correct order as your answer.
54. P. In theory, that means that
a hacker eavesdropping on public
Wi-Fi or your home broadband
provider can't see what you're doing
online.
Q. Companies use them to allow
employees to access corporate
networks from outside the office.
R. VPNs are essentially encrypted
connections between two or more
devices that enable you to route data
through a secure "tunnel."
S. Also, commercial VPN services
try to protect ,our Internet traffic
from eavesdroppers by routing
through remote servers.
(a) PQSR (b) RQSP
(c) PSQR (d) QPRS
(e) SQRP
55. P. Pekka Lundmark is
currently President and CEO of
Fortum, an energy company based in
Espoo, Finland.
Q, Between 1990-2000, pekka held
multiple executive positions at
Nokia, including Vice President of
Strategy and Business Development
at Nokia Networks.
R. Prior to Fortum, he has served as
President and CEO of Konecranes.
S. Pekka has deep experience in
telecommunications networks,
industrial digitisation, and key
markets such as the U.S. and China.
(a) PRQS (b) SPQR
(c) PQSR (d) QSPR
(e) RQSP
Level II
Directions for Questions 1 to 3: A
set of six statements is given, out of
which only the 4th statement given
in bold is fixed, and the rest are
jumbled in any random order.
Rearrange the remaining statements
in the right order and answer the
A. Bhaskaran will take up the role
with effect from 15 November and
oversee the next phase of expansion
and growth, AirAsia India Ltd, a
joint venture between Tata Sons and
Malaysia's Air Asia Group Bhd said
in a statement.
B. The changes come in the
backdrop of the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) on 29 May
raiding the offices of AirAsia India,
after filing a complaint against
Fernandes and others on 28 May, for
allegedly lobbying the government
for overseas flight permits and
violating rules that prevent foreign
airlines from controlling Indian
operators.
C. The Central Bureau of
Investigation's first information
report (FIR) said that the violations
occurred from 2013 to 2016, before
the government eased restrictions on
Indian airlines starting overseas
flights in June 2016.
D. The report added that AirAsia
India is likely to undergo a
leadership reshuffle under Agrawala.
E. Meanwhile, business news
channel CNBC, quoting unnamed
officials, reported that Air Asia
India's chairman,
S. Ramadorai, will be replaced by
Tata Sons president, infrastructure,
defence and aerospace, Banmali
Agrawala, while AirAsia Group
chief executive Tony Fernandes and
deputy group chief executive Bo
Lingam, have also stepped down
from the AirAsia India board.
F. Low-fare airline AirAsia on
Wednesday named Sunil Bhaskaran,
vice president, corporate services at
Tata Steel Ltd, as its new managing
director and chief executive officer,
in place of former MD & CEO
Amar Abrol who returned to its
Malaysian parent in May.
represents a pair of statements that
come after D?
(a) AB (b) EC
(c) AF (d) BC
(e) FE
represents the statement that comes
immediately before A?
(a) D (b) F
(c) B (d) E
(e) C
3. Which of the following pairs
represent the statements that come
after the first sentence but before D?
(a) EF (b) CA
(c) BC (d) FC
(e) AE
Questions 4 to 6 : A set of six
statements is given below, out of
which only the statement given
inbold is fixed, and the rest are
jumbled in any random order.
Rearrange the remaining statements
in the right order and answer the
A. Orignating in the subcontinent,
these stories about the Buddha’s past
lives and teachings mostly feature
protagonists from the animals
kingdom.
B. Handed down through
generations, the tales have assumed
different flavours in the renderings
of different tellers.
C. Like many fables, their message
is at once simple and profound.
D. For over 2,000 years, the Jataka
Tales have moved young and
grown-up minds alike.
E. What appears obvious at a glance
seems like a riddle on further
reflection.
F. Great Jataka Tales collects 20 of
the best-loved stories from the Pali
canon, retold by Noor-inayat Khan
in the 1930s.
4. Which the following pairs
represent the pair of first two
statements in the rearrangement?
(a) BE (b) AC
(c) DB (d) CE
(e) DA
statements can be placed
immediately after statement A?
(a) D (b) F
(c) E (d) B
(e) C
would be the FOURTH statement
after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B
(c) E (d) C
(e) D
Q.7: If Sentence (C), "Consider a
case that happened three years ago"
is the first sentence, what is the
order of other sentences after
rearrangement?
(A) The attorney general of the
Cayman Islands decided not to
provide the information to London.
(B) After all, nobody wanted a
scandal.
(C) Consider a case that happened
three years ago.
(D) England wanted to have
information from the Cayman
Islands about a clear case of money
laundering.
(E) And London didn't challenge
this decision.
(F) They were more than happy that
the attorney general said no.
(a) AEBFD (b) FBADE
(c) DAEFB (d) AFDBE
(e) DBFAE
8. If Sentence (C), "The RBI
has made an important start towards
tackling India's bad debt problem" is
the first sentence of a paragraph,
what is the order of other sentences
(A) Recently, the independent
advisory committee chose 12 large
non-performing accounts for
resolution under the IBC.
(B) The independent advisory
committee had been set up by RBI
to advise on loan resolution.
(C) The RBI has made an important
start towards tackling India's bad
debt problem
(D) They will now be subject to the
resolution provisions of the new
IBC.
(E) This is a welcome move, and it
comes With refreshing speed a
month or so after the RBI
empowered to deal with the issue in
a more stringent manner.
(F) These chosen accounts together
make up 25 per cent of India's gross
NPAs.
(a) EDFBA (b) AEBFD
(c) BEAFD (d) FDAEB
(e) ABFDE
9. If Sentence (C), "The Union
government has launched a spirited
defence of its Ujwal Discom
Assurance Yojana (UDAY)" is the
first sentence of a paragraph, what is
the order of other sentences after
rearrangement?
(A) These companies, in the absence
of economically viable tariffs, were
making substantial losses.
(B) For this, it unveiled a plan for
discom debts to be passed on to the
states' books so that discoms could
enter into new power purchasing
deals.
(C) The Union government has
launched a spirited defence of its
Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana
(UDAY).
(D) Secondly, an improvement on
the operational front in terms of
reducing transmission losses and
improved realisation of dues was
thought of.
(E) The UDAY scheme was
launched in November 2015, with
the aim of relieving debt-ridden
state-owned power distribution
companies.
(F) UDAY focussed on two key
parameters, of which the first was a
financial turnaround.
(a) BDEAF (b) AFEBD
(c) EAFBD (d) EAFDB
(e) DEAFB
Below, a set of six statements is
given, out of which five, when
theme of this passage. Rearrange the
statements in the right order and
A. We only know Ms Thunberg is a
nominee because the three
Norwegian MPs who nominated her
publicised their decision.
B. Other notable Nobel Peace Prize
winners include former US President
Jimmy Carter (2002), child
education activist Malala Yousafzai
(shared 2014), the European Union
(2012), the United Nations and its
then-general-secretary, Kofi Annan,
(shared 2001) and Saint Teresa of
Calcutta (1979).
C. Other names who are said to be in
the running include Ethiopia Prime
Minister AblyAhmed, 3acinda
Ardern, the prime minister of New
Zealand, and indigenous Brazilian
leader Raoni Metuktire.
D. Under the Nobel Foundation's
rules, nomination shortlists are not
allowed to be published for 50 years.
F. The organisation says any talk of
who is the favourite to win a prize is
“sheer guesswork”.
should be the SECOND sentence
(a) D (b) F
(c) A (d) B
(e) E
should be the FOURTH sentence
(a) D (b) F
(c) A (d) B
(e) Scanned with CamScanner
should be the FIRST sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) B (b) F
(c) D (d) C
(e) A
should be the THIRD sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) B (b) A
(c) E (d) C
(e) F
the following statements does not fit
into the context of the paragraph?
(a) A (b) F
(c) B (d) D
(e) C
five sentences labelled (a), (b), (c),
statements may or may not be given
in their correct sequence. From the
given options, choose the option that
does not fit into the theme of the
passage.
15. (a) Before he embarked to
the ISS, scientists had biological
samples taken from both Scott and
Mark, Scott's twin.
(b) In 2015, Scott Kelly travelled to
the International Space Station,
where he remained for almost a full
year before returning to Earth.
(c) By comparing the twins samples
before and after Scott's journey,
researchers hoped to gain new
insight into how the human body is
influenced by extended time in
space.
(d) samples were also collected
during Scott's flight and again upon
his return.
(e) Scott Kelly spent a year in space
while his identical twin Mark stayed
on Earth as a control subject.
16. (a) The Human eye is
capable of seeing the beauty of the
universe in at least 7,000,000
colours, recognise it's loved ones
and much more.
(b) The colours we see contain the
power to transport us to different
realms of mood and perception with
just one exposure to it and this
sensory marvel makes our lives way
more interesting and fascinating.
(c) This quality of colours can be
harnessed for therapeutic purposes;
hence, we have working chromo-
therapies for mood and personality
enhancements or peaceful blends
into self.
(d) The intertwined relation of
colours with our lives, mood,
emotion and personality can be
elicited from our life experiences as
well.
(e) Though every colour, every
Personality is speical in itself,
beautiful in itself, fascinating a in
itself, it is never complete.
17. (a) The Internet has
overturned how people shop and
reshaped the retail industry and
presently voice assistants are about
to unleash another revolution. (b) As
people increasingly shop via the
likes of Alexa and Siri, they will
tend to demand generic products,
starting with everyday items such as
batteries and eventually more
complex purchases such as
electronics.
(c) While this does not mean that as
artists, intellectuals or creative
practitioners we stop considering or
attending to our anchorage in
specific co-ordinates of actual
physical locations, what it does
mean is that we understand that the
concrete fact of our physical place in
the world is striated by the location's
transmitting and receiving
capacities. (d) Digital assistants will
use algorithms to compare product
specifications, make suggestions,
and do comparisons, so that
customers can find the longest-
lasting battery pack orthe cheapest
bag of flour.
(e) Competition will become even
more brutal as consumers switch
between only one or two verbally
suggested options offered by digital
assistants -one being their own
private label or another low-cost
product.
In the questions below, four
statements A, B, C and D are given.
I denbfy the one which does not
contribute to the common theme of
the paragraph. The options have 5
sentences, out of which one is the
sentence which should have been a
part of the paragraph instead. Mark
the combination of the incorrect
sentence and its replacement as your
answer.
18. A. Recent psychological
research suggests that heightened
social media usage is linked to
deficits in Concentration, empathy,
and social skills, as well Ias increase
life dissatisfaction.
B. While consolidation originally
began as an explanation of the
protective effects of rest and sleep
after learning has occurred, it has
gained a considerable foothold in the
neuroscience of memory.
C. For all its celar advantages, one
big drawback to the digital age is
our exposure to continuous
distractions - from perpetual stream
of WhatsApp messages, to our
impulsive need to check social
media.
D. Although it's too soon to know
just what long-term impact living in
the digital bubble will have on our
brains.
(a) A: Few career paths will provide
you with more variety than
entrepreneurship, and this includes
its simplest and smallest version,
namely being self-employed or your
own boss.
(b) B; And the more drastic idea that
our inability to be offline may have
detrimental intellectual and cultural
consequences for society is now less
unusual than it was once.
(c) A; Another good career
alternative if you want to avoid
monotony and routine is consulting.
(d) B; After all, talent is largely
personality in the right place: If you
find a task or job that is a natural fit
for your habits, those habits and
tendencies will manifest themselves
as "talent."
(e) C; With this in mind, here are
four potential careers that may
benefit from higher levels of mind
wandering and distractibility.
19. A. In the same week the
continent experienced its hottest day
on record, thick smoke blanketed the
city, shrouded the Sydney Opera
House and brought many outdoor
activities to a halt.
B. The state of emergency
declaration gave firefighters broad
powers.to control government
resources, force evacuations, close
roads and shut down utilities across
New South Wales, 600 kms away
from Sydney.
C. Australia's most populous state
declared its second emergency in as
many months as extrem, heat and
strong winds stoked scores of
uncontrolled bushfires, some on
Sydney's doorstep.
D. The increased rates of fire counts
led to international concern about
the fate of the Amazon rainforest in
Brazil, which is the world's largest
terrestrial carbon dioxide sink.
(a) D; The increasing rates of fires in
Amazon were first reported by
Brazil's National Institute for Space
Research in June and July this year
through satellite monitoring systems.
(b) A; Brazilian PM Bolsonaro
initially remained ambivalent and
rejected international calls to take
action, asserting that the criticism
was sensationalist.
(c) D; "The fire-front has been
spreading very quickly and
intensely," NSW Rural Fire Service
Commissioner told reporters, adding
that two firefighters had been
airlifted to hospital with burns to
their faces.
(d) B; A wildfire, wildland fire or
rural fire is an uncontrolled fire in an
area of combustible vegetation
occurring in rural areas.
(e) A; Wildfires can be characterized
in terms of the cause of ignition,
their physical properties, the
combustible material present, and
the effect of weather on the fire.
The questions given below contain
two sentences, each divided into
three parts. Two parts given in bold
are fixed, others are jumbled. Of the
given options mark the one which
has the right order of rearrangement
of the parts of the two sentences.
20. the new technology is called
"retinal resolution," and it involves a
smaller (A) / technology for a virtual
reality headset that can track
people's (B) / vision to focus on
specific parts of a VR simulation (C)
/ while a larger background display
shows the periphery in less detail
(D) / VR display that presents
whatever someone is looking at in
high definition, (E) / last month, the
U.S. Patent Office approved new
Facebook (F)
(a) DFCAEB (b) FBCAED
(c) FBCDEA (d) ABCFED
(e) BFCDEA
21. Gates believes too many

people view renewables (A) / the
world's current approach to fighting
climate change (B) / as the answer to
Earth's climate change woes but in
reality, (C) / According to billionaire
philanthropist Bill Gates, (D) / isn't
just ineffective, it's downright
dangerous (E) / it's only one piece of
a complex solution. (F)
(a) ABECDF (b) DBECAF
(c) DBEACF (d) CBAEDF
(e) EBDCAF
22. your own thinking and
responses (A) / craving, stop for a
moment and observe (B) to stop and
recognize your mental and (C) /
research shows that taking a moment
(D) / when you experience a food
(E) / physical state can cause
cravings to dissipate. (F) (a)
DBAECF (b) CBDAEF
(c) EBADCF (d) ABECDF
(e) DBECAF
Directions for Questions 23.and
24: A sentence is given below,
divided into five parts and jumbled.
Read it days, (C) notwithstanding
conditions in the economy(D)/ he
will continue to raise interest
rates(E)
23. Determine the correct order
of the parts to make the given
sentence meaningful.
(a) ACDBE (b) ABCDE
(c) BCDAE (d) CABED
(e) ADBCE
24. Choose the option which
can replace the word/phrase given in
bold.
(a) Buy (b) Instigate
(c) Reduce (d) Stoke
25. Below, five sentences
labelled A, B, C, D and E, are given.
They need to be arranged in a
logical order to form a coherent
options, choose the most appropriate
option.
(A) Now w lives online, banks,
ecommerce websites, and others are
having to take security far more
seriously, no longer relying on
simple passwords to keep intruders
at bay.
(B) But how careful are you when it
comes to securing your computer?
(C) Do you take pains to choose
complex passwords and not write
them down where other people can
find them?
(D) Every time you leave your
home, you're probably very careful
about locking all the doors and
windows, maybe even switching on
an intruder alarm if you have one.
(E) One increasingly popular
measure is called two-factor
authentication, and it's the online
equivalent of a combination lock
whose code keeps on changing.
(a) DBCAE (b) DBAEC
(c) BAEDC (d) BCAED
(e) CBAED
Directions for Questions 26 and 27
: Given below are six statements,
which when arranged in the right d e
a coherent and meaningful
paragraph. Sentence A is given as
the starting statement. Rearrange the
form for in the right order and
A. When seen through a populist
lens, the public outrage in Greece is
justifiable, even expected.
B. Greece has been troubled by
years of governmental inefficiency,
bureaucratic institutions, and corrupt
politicia
C. nWhy should we pay for the
deficit that they created?" shouted a
young teenager, his voice echoing
across Syntagma Square.
D. The country known as the cradle
of democracy currently faces one of
its most tumultuous political crises
in recent memory.
E. After the cabinet implemented
waves of austerity measures
cracking down on Greek
households, a new surge of large
scale protests hit the country.
F. But most modern demonstrations
are hardly an appropriate or
proportional reaction to the
government's inefficiency.
be the final order of statements after
rearrangement?
(a) BDECF (b) CDBEF
(c) BCFDE (d) BFDCE
(e) CFDFE
27. In the above set of
statements, if A is rearranged to be
the last statement, which of the
following would be the odd
sentence?
(a) D (b) C
(c) E (d) B
(e) F
Directions forQuestions 28 to 30:
below in a sequence that forms a
that follow.
I. Smell, also known as olfaction, is
mind-bogglingly complex.
II. Thereceptors in our noses must
not only identify a scent, but also
gauge how strong it is, scan our
memories to determine whether it
has been encountered before, and
determine if it is pleasing or toxic.
III. Though each neuron contains the
full suite of the 400 dedicated
olfactory receptor genes, only one of
these genes is active in each neuron.
IV. Adding to the confusion: the
gene that is active, appears to be
randomly chosen and differs from
neuron to neuron.
V. This unusual pattern of gene
activity is known as the “one gene
per neuron” rule and has long been a
focus of study by scientists.
statements can successfully fit
between II & III?
(a) In mice, olfactory receptor genes
are scattered across the genome at
about 60 different locations-on
different chromosomes that are quite
far apart from each other.
(b) Traditionally, it has been thought
that genes located on different
chromosomes rarely, if ever,
interacted with each other.
(c) Olfactory receptor neurons,
specialized nerve cells that snake
from the nose to the brain, make all
this possible.
d) These teams of genes endow the
olfactory system with the ability to
respond in diverse ways.
(e) Mice have about 1,000 olfactory
receptor genes, more than twice that
of humans, potentially indicative of
a superior sense of smell.
V?
(a) Indeed, deciphering how each
olfactory receptor neuron manages
to activate only one of these genes --
and how this process results in such
a finely tuned sense of smell
remained mysterious for decades.
(b) By employing a new genomic
sequencing technique called in situ
Hi-C, scientists recently revealed
that the chromosomes interacted
much more frequently than
expected.
(c) Snapshots taken by the
researchers showed clusters of
olfactory receptor genes, located on
different chromosomes, physically
moving toward each before choosing
an olfactory receptor gene.
(d) Interactions between
chromosomes may be the culprit for
shifts in the genome
e) The researchers' findings could
have implications for other areas of
biology in which inter-chromosome
interactions play a role.
I?
(a) This is in large part because the
gene activity inside each neuron
seemed far too simple to account for
the sheer number of scents that the
nose must parse.
(b) But precisely how the genes and
neurons work in concert to pick out
a particular scent has long puzzled
scientists.
(c) Enhancers are not themselves
genes but regulate the activity of
genes.
(d) The human nose can distinguish
one trillion different scents -- an
extraordinary feat that requires 10
million specialized nerve cells, or
neurons, in the nose, and a family of
more than 400 dedicated genes.
(e) Scientists have captured atomic
level snapshots showing how one
key enzyme modifies a protein
involved in turning genes on or off
inside cells.
below in a sequence that forms a
that follow.
I. A program that helps low-income
parents prepare their children for
school has benefits that extend
beyond kindergarten and into third
grade.
II. The pre-schoolers of parents who
participated in the program
performed better academically,
acquired better social emotional
skills and needed fewer additional
school services when they were in
third grade.
III. Many of the low-income
families don't have the financial
resources to seek out enrichment
learning opportunities for their
children, the way people with more
income might have.
IV. This program can empower them
and give them things they can do in
their own home.
V. In addition to academic and
social benefits for the child, parents
who went through the program
reported fewer problems with their
child's behaviour and also less
stressful parenting.
statements can successfully fit
between the statements II & III?
(a) Young children have a hard time
controlling their emotions.
(b) Both programs were designed to
help children develop academic
readiness skills, especially language
and literacy skills.
(c) They're dependent on adults to
help them regulate those feelings.
(d) Building social and emotional
skills in the early school years has
received more attention in the last 20
years.
(e) The program was launched to
help parents, especially those of
limited resources, also it was kept in
mind that the transition from
preschool to kindergarten is an
important period op for children.
statement IV?
(a) This at-home program lets
parents work with their child on
academic as well as social emotional
skills individually in a playful,
intimate setting.
(b) The youth were randomly
assigned to receive long-term,
comprehensive preventive
intervention from first grade through
10th grade at several different sites
locally.
(c) They also get to practice their
letters and language skills as they
take the order and mix up alphabet
soup.
(d) Playing restaurant materials
included an alphabet soup game for
learning letters, menu words and a
pad to practice writing by taking
orders.
(e) All skills were first taught in the
classroom and then reinforced at
home.
statement V?
(a) The seeds of some of Bierman's
work can literally be seen in her own
three children.
(b) A popular aspect of the social
skills training from Fast Track is the
Friendship Group.
(c) The program also tries to
emphasize on the value of building
up the parent-child relationship as a
source of social support as children
enter school, as well as a source of
interesting activities and
conversation.
(d) When a child gets upset if, sa a
knocks his block tower over he y,
nother child is encouraged to go
inside his shell.
In the following questions, of the
given fours tatements (A), (B), (C)
and (D), two of which are at their
correct positions, the positions of
other two have to be interchanged in
order to form a meaningful
paragraph. If no change is required,
mark ‘No change required’ as your
answer.
34. A. Packages labelled
compostable don't actually turn into
compost as most of the city compost
systems around the world don't take
in compostable packaging.
B. As companies struggle to deal
with the challenge of single-use
packaging, compostable options are
becoming more common, and
consumers might consider it
greenwashing if they knew the truth
about them.
C. The system, though, is beginning
to change, including new
innovations in materials as they are
solvable problems, not inherent
problems.
D. If the system can be fixed, just
like the broken recycling system
needs to be fixed, it can be one piece
of solving the bigger problem of
growing trash.
(a) AC (b) AB
(c) BC (d) BD
(e) No change required
35. A. Modern scientific and
technological developments in the
practice of medicine and public
health have drawn nursing into new
and wider fields of activity, and its
functions have been expanded
accordingly.
B. Therefore, nursing is no longer
limited mainly to activities within
the hospital, or to what is called
curative nursing.
C. It has become also a community
service in which preventive and
rehabilitative functions are a vital
part of its program.
D. The modern concept of nursing
considers the hospital, however
central, as only one of many health
agencies in the community.
(a) AB (b) BC
(c) CD (d) AD
36. A. They'll start talking about
the need to "think outside the box"
or "blue sky" thinking in order to
find a few ideas that can turn into
viable new products or systems.
B. When most organisations try to
increase their innovation efforts,
they always seem to start from the
same assumption: "we need more
ideas."
C. However, in most organisations,
innovation isn't hampered by a lack
of ideas, but rather a lack of noticing
the good ideas already there.
D. It's not an idea problem, it's a
recognition problem - a bias against
new and creative ideas when we're
faced with even small amounts of
uncertainty.
(a) AD (b) AB
(c) BC (d) BD
Direction for questions 37 to 39 :
Of the given 5 sentences, 3
sentences are arranged in sequential
order while 2 sentences have been
interchanged. Read the questions
that follow and answer them
accordingly.
A. To the casual observer, Netflix
might look like one of the luckiest
companies in the world.
B. Netflix has definitely had its fair
share of these kinds of opportunities,
but good fortune had very little to
do'. with the company's early wins.
C. For every major change or
development in the home
entertainment market, Netflix
always seems to be just off-screen,
waiting to capitalize on the latest
consumer trend.
D. Netflixis secret weapon wasn't
luck but rather a keen understanding
of its market. the
E. Hastins and Randolph may have
built their initial business around
DVDs, but they knew g wouldn't be
y in the DVD business forever -
even if nobody else did.
37. Which of the following pair
of sentences Must be Interchanged
to form a meaningful paragraph?
(a) AD (b) CB
(c) BE (d) AE
(e) CD
38. Upon rearrangement, which
of the following will logically
follow statement E?
I. Although this was a crucial
element of Netflix's early business,
Hastings and Randolph never set out
to be the best entertainment
distribution company.
II. DVD rentals were never Netflix's
endgame -they were just a way for
the new company to gain a tentative
toehold in an intensely competitive
market.
III. "One of the biggest challenges
that we had, which I think is also
one of the things we did very well, is
recognize very early on that if we
were going to be successful, we had
to come up with a premise for the
company that was delivery
agnostic," said Marc Randolph.
(a) Both I & II (b) Both I & III
(c) Both II & III (d) All of the
above
39. Upon rearrangement, which
of the following will logically
follow statement D?
I. Although it makes perfect sense
that Netflix became a movie studio,
it just didn't look that to most people
in the beginning.
II. Reed Hastings and Marc
Randolph saw an opportunity to use
the internet to decentralize
entertainment and unbundle
premium TV from the monopolistic
grip of Big Cable, even if nobody
else recognized their initial play for
what it was.
III. Reed Hastings and Marc
Randolph started With a frictionless
DVD rental business facilitated by
the internet, developed an entirely
new streaming business from
scratch, and finally invested in
original content creation.
(c) Only III (d) Both (b) & (c)
Of the given 5 sentences, 3
sentences are arranged in sequential
order while 2 sentences have been
interchanged. Read the questions
that follow and answer them
accordingly. A. Recent
epidemiological studies have
confirmed that the sweeteners used
in diet sodas and other light drinks
increase the risk of type 2 diabetes.
B. Often asymptomatic, type 2
diabetes is the most common form
of diabetes and is most often found
among people who are overweight
and sedentary.
C. Recently published research
results in France show that people
who "always or almost always" add
sweeteners to their drinks had an
83% higher risk of developing
diabetes than those who use them
"never or rarely".
D. Such products ark. marketed as
low-calorie alternatives that are
touted to be healthy.
E. The quantity of artificial
sweeteners in our diet has increased
massively in recent years as
industrial manufacturers add them
with growing abandon to not just
drinks but also cereals, biscuits,
cakes, low-calorie yogurts and even
certain medicines.
40. Which of the following pairs
of sentences must be interchanged in
order to make the set of sentences a
meaningful paragraph?
(a) A and E (b) C and D
(c) B and C (d) B and E
(e) D and E
41. After forming a meaningful
paragraph, which of the following
sentences can follow D?
I. This perception encourages
consumers to overuse sweeteners to
avoid putting on weight.
II. Aspartame, the most commonly
used sweetener, and, more recently,
sucralose, have been used to replace
sugar in so-called "diet" sodas for
over 30 years.
III. Today, sweeteners are
increasingly controversial, and
suspected of contributing to weight
gain and being carcinogenic.
(a) Only I and II (b) Only II and
III
(c) Only I (d) Only II
(e) Only III
42. After forming a meaningful
paragraph, which of the following
sentences can follow B?
I. Research on animals has shown
that high consumption of certain
sweeteners causes changes in the
intestinal microbiota.
II. One hypothesis is that people
who consume a lot of sweeteners
have a greater appetite for sugar,
coupled with a tendency to overeat
in general.
III. Sweeteners are thought to
increase the feeling of hunger or to
activate the T1R2/T1R3 receptors,
which detect a wide variety of
chemically and structurally diverse
sweet-tasting molecules, along the
digestive tract.
(a) Only II (b) Only I
(c) Only I and II (d) Only II and
III
(e) Only III
You are presented with a paragraph
divided into separate sentences (A)
The moon that appears bright,
effulgent, and char (A), (B) and so
on to (F). You are given separate
direction for each question, mark the
answer accordingly.
(A) The moon that appears bright,
effulgent, and charming, gladdening
the hearts of one and all seems to be
(B) Moonlight is not a part or
product or property of moon.
(C) An independent principle
pervades the moo n and makes it
bright.
(D) It is not limited by the boundary
of the moon and the light continues
even if the moon is not there. (E)
For want of the reflecting medium, it
may be unmanifest but not absent.
(F) Likewise, the body mind
complex has no sentiency of its own
and if it apears to think, act and
speak as though it is sentient it is
because of borrowed sentiency from
some other source, which is the self.
sentences can be used to link A and
B?
(a) And we attribute this moonlight
solely to the moon forgetting that
moon is merely borrowing it. (b) But
in reality it has no light of its own
and its brightness is because of
borrowed light from an outside
force, the sun.
(c) But what we don't know and
realize is that moon is not
responsible for this exhilarating
moonlight.
(d) But we don't acknowledge the
real source of the light, moon
supposedly emanates, the sun.
44. Which one of the following
sentences can follow F?
(a) So, in a way the connection
between body and mind is sacred.
(b) But still we don't acknowledge
the self, acting against it.
(c) It is not aware that it merely
reflects the power of the self.
(d) But what is it, if not the shared
consciousness of the mind and the
body.
sentences can replace C? (a) But
this, in no way, inhibits the
consciousness, the existence of the
moon.
(b) Moon only embraces what is
thus bestowed to it, welcoming it
with open arms.
(c) It is the sun which is responsible
for the light but still we tend to
ignore the importance of sun.
(d) Something extraordinary and
bewildering is happening here,
which we tend to ignore.
Below, six sentences are given, each
of which is divided into four parts
and then jumbled. You need to
rearrange each of the sentences to
form meaningful sentences and then
arrange them to form a meaningful
paragraph. Out of the six sentences,
there is one sentence which does not
fit into the same theme as the others
and hence will not fit in the final
arrangement. Read the sentences
carefully and answer the following
questions.
P. five years ago, having dozed (A)/
media and smartphones, it was (B)/
derided as a doddery "has-been" (C)/
through the rise of social (D)
Q. competitors' services in its app
store (A)/ privacy, but its treatment
of (B)/ Apple has championed its
customers' (C)/ may soon land it in
antitrust trouble (D)
R. off this comeback? (A)/ boss
since 2014, pull (B)/ how did (C)/
Satya Nadella, the (D)
S. an evil empire, scheming for
domination (A)/ battle with
America's Justice Department (B)/
and embroiled in a bruising antitrust
(C)/ twenty years ago Microsoft was
considered (D)
T. feel good to be (A)/ time, almost
liked (B)/ it must (C)/ back on top
and this (D)
U. most valuable listed (A)/ is once
again the world's (B)/ now, after
several stellar quarters, Microsoft
(C)/ company, worth over $1trn (D)
be the FOURTH sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) Q (b) P
(c) R (d) T
(e) U
be the THIRD sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) S (b) U
(c) R (d) Q
(e) T
be the FIFTH sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) T (b) s
(c) U (d) R
(e) Q
be the SECOND sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) P (b) Q
(c) T (d) R
(e) S
50. After rearranging the given
six sentences, which of the
following does not fit into the same
theme as the other sentences?
(a) R (b) U
(c) T (d) P
(e) Q
Below, a set of statements is given,
which when properly sequenced;
form a coherent paragraph. One of
the statements does not belong to the
paragraph. Identify the staternen that
does not belong to the paragraph and
rearrange the remaining statements
to form a meaningful Paragraph.
Also, answer the questions that
follow.
A. However, there are solid reasons
to question instinct at times. For
example, most people don't punch
someone just because they feel
slighted.
B. Over the past 60 years, I've had
the privilege to witness many
poignant transformations.
C. When one is in distress, one seeks
an instant remedy. I do that, my
friends do that, and its a good bet
you do that also; it's instinct. that
D. As a practising psychologist, I've
witnessed them in state hospitals, in
psychiatric emergency clinics, in
drug and alcohol agencies, and in
private practice; and as a youth I
experienced them in my own
intensive psychotherapies. There is
little 'pretty about these ordeals, but
when they succeed, they are
profoundly gratifying: life changing.
E. What could be more precious
than the gift of liberation from
crippling despair, of being freed to
pursu.wat. deeply matters? What
could be more critical than
participating in-really grappling with
- the rescue of one's soul?
F. Yet today it is all too easy to
bypass such freedom, experiential
reflection, and response-ability-such
grappling with who we are and who
we are willing to be.
G. Poignant transformations emerge
from the depths of despair, but they
result, if one is fortunate, in the
heights of renewal. Certainly this
was true for me, and many of the
people I've known or worked with.
H. Yet what I'm seeing today
throughout our culture is an
increasing tendency to skip over this
grappling part of the equation and to
shift abruptly to the transformational
part. Not that there's anything
untoward about desiring to be
rapidly transformed, it's perfectly
natural.
51. Which of the following does
not belong to the theme of the
passage?
(a) A (b) G
(c) F (d) D
(e) H
52. What can be concluded from
statement A of the passage?
(a) People should delay instant
reactions when in distress and give a
thought to one's inherent tendency.
(b) At times, when in pain, one's
inherent tendency.
(c) Instinct is flawed most of the
times.
(d) One should never follow one's
instinct.
(e) One should refrain from
physically harming people.
statements given above supports the
statement that says that poignant
transformations are life-changing?
(a) B (b) A
(c) D (d) F
(e) G
represents the pair of THIRD and
FIFTH sentences in rearrangement?
(a) AB (b) GH
(c) DC (d) CF
(e) FG
represents the position of statement
E in rearrangement?
(a) Fifth (b) Third
(c) Seventh (d) Fourth
(e) Second
Below, a set of sentences is given,
which when properly sequenced,
form a coherent paragraph. Each
sentence has three highlighted words
which may or may not be at their
correct places and you might have to
rearrange the words to make a
meaningful sentence. Arrange the
sentences in the correct sequence
and answer the questions that
follow.
A. The cacao beans (also called
cocoa beans) are the crossed that
grow inside the pod, surrounded by
fleshy, juicy fruit that tastes a little
like a mango seeds with a pear that
was carrying a lychee.
B. The nibs half about are cocoa
solids and half cocoa butter.
C. All chocolate, even white
chocolate, starts with the looking of
the cacao tree, an equatorial,
Seussian-directly plant with plump,
bumpy, ovoid pods that grow fruit
from the trunk.
D. To make chocolate, the dried
beans are separate, then cracked to
roasted the outer husks from the
inner nibs, which have a nutty,
earthy flavour and crunchy texture -
and are excellent addition to baked
goods.
E. After fermented, the beans are
flavours for up to a week to develop
their harvesting, and dried.
56. Which of the following must
be the THIRD sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) D (b) B
(c) A (d) E
(e) C
57. Which of the following must
be the LAST sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B
(c) E (d) C
(e) D
58. What will be the correct
position of sentence E in the final
rearrangement?
(a) 1st (b) 2nd
(c)55th (d) 4th
(e) 3rd
the correct order of the highlighted
words in the FOURTH sentence of
the final rearrangement?
(a) Are - half - half
(b) Looking - directly - fruit
(c) Harvesting - fermented - flavours
(d) Roasted - separate - excellent
60. What will be the correct
position D in the final
rearrangement?
(a) 1st (b) 2nd
(c) 5th (d) 3rd
(e) 4th
Directions for Questions 61 and
62: Given below are six statements,
which when arranged in the right
order, form a coherent and
meaningful paragraph. Sentence D is
given as the starting statement.
Rearrange the statements in the right
order and answer the questions that
follow.
A. When the water recedes, the
house nestles back down onto the
bank.
B. In 2005, the Dutch government,
light of having "adapted building
techniques", built 14 floating houses
of national and international press,
administrators, and managers.
C. The rest of the world has paid
attention to these techniques; these
homes have been continually visited
by national and international press,
administrators, and managers.
D. The residents of Maasbommel's
most unique homes provide a
glimpse of what future river floods
might look like.
E. Now instead of panicking,
moving possessions, or evacuating,
the owners of these homes simply
ride out the flood.
F. When the water rises, two large
moorning posts guide the home as it
floats up from its spot on the
riverbank.
rearrangement?
(a) BEFAC (b) BCAFE
(c) CAFEB (d) CFAEB
(e) FACEB
statements, if D is rearranged to be
sentence?
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) E
(e) F
64: Given below are six statements,
which when arranged in the right
order, form a coherent and
meaningful paragraph. Sentence E is
given as the starting statement.
Rearrange the statements in the right
order and answer the questions that
follow.
A. Yet for both authorized and
unauthorized performers, the streets
are what finance their success.
B. It's a tough business, garnering
the attention of hoards of strangers:
a battle against headphones,
Blackberries, and places to be.
C. And it's even tougher for
unauthorized performers, who often
work in complex, highly organized
networks and struggle to avoid fines
and confiscation of their
instruments.
D. The streets are a virtual boot
camp for aspiring musicians.
E. Like a low-tech YouTube, the
streets of Paris are an opportune
setting for any amateur performer
with aspirations of "making it big."
F. The constant flow of new eyes
makes the streets of Paris a uniquely
promising performance venue - and
a uniquely brutal one.
rearrangement?
(a) DCABF (b) DFACB
(c) FBCAD (d) FADCB
(e) FCDAB
statements, if E is rearranged to be
sentence?
(a) A (b) D
(c) F (d) B
(e) C
65. Four statements marked as
A, B, C and D are given below, of
which one may or may not be based
on the same theme as that of the
other three. Mark the odd sentence
that can be replaced with the bold
sentence that follows the theme, as
your answer. If all the four sentences
align to the same theme, mark "No
replacement required" as your
answer.
However, in 2020, the market is
expected to rebound with the
introduction of 5G network coverage
in more countries and as users who
may have delayed their smartphone
purchases until 2020 in expectation
of price reductions begin buying
again.
A. Worldwide sales of smartphones
to end users-, declined 2% in 2019,
the first time since 2008 th,a the
global market for such phones
experienced a. decline, as per global
research firm Gartner.
B. 2019 was a challenging year for
smartphone vendors, primarily due
to oversupply in the high-end sector
in mature markets and longer
replacement cycles overall.
C. Gartner recently announced its
Best Cloud HCM Suites for 1,000+
Employee Enterprises of 2020, as
reviewed by verified customers
through its Peer Insights Customers'
Choice series.
D. But they are on track to reach
1.57 billion units in 2020, an
increase of 3% year over year, the
company said.
(a) D (b) C
(c) B (d) A
66. Four statements marked as
A, B, C and D are given below, of
which one may or may not be based
on the same theme as that of the
other three. Mark the odd sentence
that can be replaced with the bold
sentence that follows the theme, as
your answer. If all the four sentences
align to the same theme, mark "No
replacement required" as your
answer.
One of the key reasons why rural
demand slumped was because of
lesser income in the hands of the
farmers.
A. Distributors generally operate on
cash but during elections they were
cautious to transact or carry higher
amount of currency.
B. There are four factors indicating
why the worst is now likely over
from a rural perspective for FMCG
companies, Motilal Oswal said in a
report this week.
C. FMCG companies have been
underperforming for a year now
owing to a slump in rural demand,
but rural is finally exhibiting early
signs of revival.
D. This includes higher inflation
which could translate to higher
wages for farmers, a lowering of
farm input cost for farmers, an
increase in rural spending by the
central government and expected
high yield in the rabi season, the
report said.
(a) B (b) C
(c) A (d) D
67. In the following question, a
sentence is divided into four parts,
out of which one has been omitted
and replaced by a blank. These parts
are jumbled randomly. From the
given options, mark the one which
contains the phrase which can
replace the blank and the correct
order of the parts that forms a
meaningfully coherent sentence as
your answer. ............(A) / with his
elevation as the top executive (B) /
an exhaustive list of Indian origin
leaders, especially in the Silicon
Valley (C)/ Of tech behemoth
Alphabet, Sundar Pichai, (D)
(a) who also continues as Google's
top boss, will join - BDAC
(b) had completed his schooling
from Madurai, Tamil Nadu - CDBA
(c) went on to study metallurgy at
IIT-Kharagpur - DACB
(d) grew up in a middle-class
household in Chennai-ADBC
(e) was later offered a scholarship at
Stanford University–DBAC
68. In the following question, a
sentence is divided into four parts,
out of which one has been omitted
and replaced by a blank. These parts
are jumbled randomly. From the
given options, mark the one which
contains the phrase which can
replace the blank and the correct
order of the parts that forms a
meaningfully coherent sentence as
your answer. and driving extreme
heat, drought, and sea level rise
along the US coast
(A)/..........(B)/and walruses to crowd
onto shrinking beaches, starving
reindeer and caribou, (C)/ the Arctic
is warming much faster than (D)
(a) forest fires, although categorised
as a natural disaster, are-CBDA
(b) the rest of the planet and that's
forcing polar bears - DBCA
(c) forest fires, although categorised
as a natural disaster, are - ADBC
(d) the increasing incidents of
natural calamities indicate - DBCA
(e) the extreme climactic conditions
like floods, droughts and cloud
bursts–BACD
Examples

the following passage, some of the
words have been left out and
replaced by a blank represented by a
letter. Fill in the blanks as per the
questions given.
In the shadow of a volcano in
northern Tanzania, a
mudflat...........(A)...........a treasure
trove of footprints laid down by
modern humans between 5,000 and
19,000 years ago. There, two groups
of men, women, and children
walked through the area within
hours to days of each other. Some of
the tracks show joggers` hurried
...........(B)...........;other prints that
are less than five inches long may
well belong to infants. But like other
human footprint sites, these ancient
tracks are at risk from erosion - and
some have already vanished. Since
they were first described in 2010,
some of the faintest prints can no
longer be...........(C)...........from the
mudflat's surface. The prints lie in
an ...........(D)........... river channel
that sometimes fills with rainwater.
And winds often whip across the
arid site,
dragging...........(E)...........across the
footprints like sandpaper.
1. A
(a) Garner (b) Preserves
(c) Dodges (d) Clarifies
(e) Subsumes
2. B
(a) Footprint (b) Move
(c) Distinctions (d) Impressions
(e) Disposition
3. C
(a) Distinguished (b) Systematized
(c) Scrambled (d) Gauged
(e) Justified
4. D
(a) Astray(b) Enveloped
(c) Appeased (d) Alighted
Solution:
(e) Ephemeral
5.E
(a) Grit (b) Adrift
(c) Reminisces (d) Corpses
(e) Lumps
In the following passage, some of
the words have been highlighted in
bold. Replace the highlighted words
with the correct option in order to
make grammatical and contextu
sense. In case the highlighted word
is correct as it is, mark 'No
Improvement' as the right answer. al
Before the Pearl Harbour attack,
tensions between Japan and the
United States had been alighting (A)
for the better part of a decade. The
United States began passing
economic sanctions against Japan,
including trade embargoes on
aircraft exports, oil and scrap metal,
among other key goods. In
September 1940, Japan signed the
Tripartite Pact with Germany and
Italy, the two fascist regimes then at
war with the Allies. Tokyo and
Washington negotiated for months
leading up to the Pearl Harbour
attack, without success. While the
United States hoped embargoes on
oil and other key goods would lead
Japan would maintain (B) its
expansionism, the sanctions and
other penalties actually convinced
Japan to stand its ground, and
packed (C) up the anger of its people
against continued Western
distraction (D) in Asian affairs. To
Japan, war with the United States
had become to seem inevitable, in
order to abandon (E) its status as a
major world power. Since the odds
were stacked against them, their
only chance was the devastating
surprise attack.
6. A
(a) mounting (b) staging
(c) preparing (d) slumping
(e) No Improvement
7. B
(a) inspirit (b) deflect
(c) halt (d) impasse
(e) No Improvement
8. C
(a) backed (b) brought
(c) kept (d) stirred
(e) No Improvement
9. D
(a) responsibility
(b) apathy
(c) superimposition.
(d) interference
(e) No Improvement
10. E
(a) defend (b) overlook
(c) circumvent (d) blow
(e) No Improvement
In the given passage, some words
are missing. Against each blank, five
pairs of words are suggested, one
pair of which fits the blank
Choose the option providing the
correct pair of words that fit into the
blanks.
Every four years, patient soccer fans
around the world can allow
themselves to dream once again that
their nation can - and will-claim
FIFA World Cup glory. In the
decades since Uruguay hosted and
won the first World Cup in 1930-a
much smaller-sclae affair featuring
13 teams and only 18 days of play -
the tournament has evolved beyond
the wildest dreams of the original
organizers. Still, despite the big
business and (A)...........behind what
has become a truly global, month-
long spectable, the most memorable
moments will still always take place
on the field, during the 90 minutes
between the kick-off and the final
whistle. If the previous tournaments
are anything to go by, then expect
drama, scandal, agony and
(B)............moments that make fans
leap off their sofas, bar stools or
folding plastic seats in esctasy. In
1994, the USa nervously dipped its
toe back into the soccer waters-its
(C)............into soccer was the North
American Soccer League, which had
folded a decade earlier-with a bold
move: hosting the World Cup.
Fortunately, the powers-that-be need
not have worried, as the tournament
was a huge success on and off the
field. The final (D)............old foes
Brazil and Italy against each other.
Not in keeping with the rest of the
competition, a dreary game finished
scoreless-even after extra-time-
meaning for the first time ever a
penalty shootout would determine
who would lift the famous gold
trophy. At that moment, it seemed as
tough the entire planet paused to
watch the nail-shredding tension
unfold-and (E)............its unfortunate
victim. Italian striker Roberto
Baggio had been one of the stars of
the tournamnet, but in the heat of
Pasadena, even he (F)............ . His
crucial penalty attempt whizzed over
the crossbar to hand the trophy to
Brazil in the (G)............fashion
possible.
11. A
(a) Fuss-hurly-burly
(b) Augmentation - companioship
(c) Aura - distinctin
(d) Positioning - uproar
(e) Push - serendipity
12. B
(a) Difficulty - ostentatious
(b) Alluring - favour
(c) Standout - overwhelming
(d) Littered - obvious
13. C
(a) Support - adventure
(b) Deduction - venture
(c) Summon - allowance
(d) Categorization - occurrence
(e) Forary - incursion
14. D
(a) Pitted - put in
(b) Deflected - reserved
(c) Denounced - served
(d) Rectified - facilitated
(e) Romped - sailed
15. E
(a) Squeeze - grasp
(b) Construct - infuriate
(c) Unearth - discover
(d) Eliminate - negate
(e) Refine - filter
16. F
(a) Thrived - flourished
(b) Lifted - stored
(c) Survived - endured
(d) Wilted - withered
(e) Outlasted - outclassed
17. G
(a) Wonderous maginable
(b) Cruellest - erous - iruthless
(c) Long-standing - devious
(d) Best - ultimate
(e) Altruistic - unimaginabl
the sentences have been left out and
replaced by a letter. Options suggest
four/five sentence that may or may
not replace the letter. Mark the
option with correct sentence as your
answer.
Protected areas are a tool used by
environmentalists to protect
resources and biodiversity. By
officially cordoning off Parks,
preserves, and wildlife sanctuaries,
natural habitats and species can
flourish. But a new report in the
journal Science found that a third of
those protected areas are under
intense pressure from human
encroachment. (A). Threats to
critical species and natural resources
are compromised by this growing
human encroachment. There's a
good chance the biodiversity crisis
will be exacerbated. It's a crisis that
needs to be addressed by advocating
for more fully protected areas that
allow biodiversity to thrive. (B).
The.study's authors say their
findings are a wake-up call, not only
to rethink how biodiversity is
protected, but also to revise plans to
meet standards set by the
Convention on Biological Diversity.
The 1992 treaty mandates that its
196 signing parties must take steps
toward ensuring biological diversity,
by preserving resources. (C).
cannot replace A?
(a) Globally, there are 200,000
protected areas that range in size,
but six million square kilometres of
that faces environmental pressure
from agriculture, encroaching
human settlement, roads, light
pollution, rail, and infrastructure
development on waterways.
(b) The study confirms that one third
of the world's protected areas -- an
astonishing 2.3 million square miles
or twice the size of the state of
Alaska - are now under intense
human pressure as a result of road
building, grazing, and urbanization.
(c) Scientists warn that Convention
on Biological Diversity (CBD) goals
will be severely undermined if
widespread human pressure
continues inside protected areas.
(d) In the last 25 years, the amount
of land protected for nature
conservation has doubled, but
despite that, nearly a third of the
land has been seriously degraded by
human activity.
(e) All can replace
19. Which of the following can
replace B?
(a) The region is one of the fastest
growing in the U.S., so much so that
it's even led to a housing crisis.
(b) Scientists ambitiously called for
protecting half the terrestrial Earth
last October.
(c) In regions that are strictly
protected, the tearh. found fewer
instances of human encroachment,
meaning stricter enforcement could
help regions meet their biodiversity
goals.
(d) Some of these species are found
nowhere else on the planet and yet
we allow significant human
infrastructure to occur inside these
boundaries.
(e) The community expects a
national park to be reserved for
wildlife.
Similarly, the passage does not
contain anything with regard to any
community, for E to be correct. B
will be the correct answer as it's
following the same context and is
also in line with the tone.
replace C in the passage?
(a) Whether the world can actually
meet those goals is now in question.
(b) What we found was massive
amounts of high-level human
infrastructure, for example mining
activity, industrial logging activity,
industrial agriculture, townships,
roads and energy.
(c) These are the places that nations
have said they are setting aside for
nature's needs not human needs.
(d) Researchers found more than
90% of conservation sites, such as
national parks and nature reserves,
showed some signs of degradation
from human activities including
logging, mining, tourism and
urbanisation and a third - or 6m
square kilometres of protected land -
had been severely modified.
(e) New study's author says failure
to protect biodiversity in places
identified for that purpose is
'staggering'.
In the given passage, there are
sentences alphabetized at the
beginning. In these sentences, four
words have been highlighted in bold.
Find out if the words are appropriate
(grammatically and contextually)
and are spelt correctly. Only one
word will be inappropriate or
incorrectly spelt. Mark that as your
answer. If all are appropriate, mark
"All are correct". (A) When I speak
to large groups about leadership, one
question I often ask is, "How many
of you have ever received a
complement from your boss that
actually offended you?" Without
exception, more than two-thirds of
the people in the room raise their
hands. (B) When I probe further at
what people found offensive about
their boss's praise, the most common
responses I hear are "It wasn't
sincere" and "They didn't know what
they were talking about." (C) When
leaders look like they are just
applying some "motivational
technique" they read about, people
see right through the superficial,
obligation effort. It looks like they
are checking off the "I motivated
someone today" box. Motivation is
not something you do to people.
People ultimately choose to be
motivated - when to give their best,
go the extra mile, and offer radical
ideas. The only thing leaders can do
is shape the conditions under which
others do, or don't, choose to be
motivated. But the final choice is
theirs.
21. A
(a) To (b) Have
(c) Complement (d) Offended
(e) All are correct
22. B
(a) Probe (b) At
(c) Hear (d) Were
(e) All are correct
23. C
(a) Look (b) Applying
(c) Through (d) Obligation
(e) All are correct
Read the following passage and
answer the questions as directed.
European museum are under
mounting pressure to return the
irreplaceable artefacts (A)
presentable during colonial times.
As an archaeologist who works in
Africa, this debate has a very real
impact on my research. I benefit
from the convenience of access
provided by Western museums,
while being struck by the ethical
quandary of how they were taken
there by illegal means, and by guilt
that my colleagues throughout
Africa may not have the resources to
see material from their own country,
which is kept thousands of miles
away. (B) Now, a report commission
by the French president, Emmanuel
Macron, has required that art
plundered from sub-Saharan Africa
during the colonial era should be
returned through permanence
restitution. The 108-page study,
written by French art historian
Benedicte Savoy and Senegalese
writer and economist Felwine Sarr,
speaks of the “theft, looting,
despoilment, trickery and forced
consent: by which colonial
powers....(C)... these materials. The
call for “restitution” echoes the
widely accepted approach which
seeks to return looted Nazi art to its
rightful owners. The record of
colonial powers in African countries
was frankly disgusting. Colonial rule
was imposed by the barrel of the
gun, with military campaigns waged
on the flimsiest excuses. The Benin
expedition of 1897 was
a/an...(D)...attack on the ancient
kingdom of Benin, famous not only
for its huge city and ramparts but its
extraordinary cast bronze and brass
plaques and statues. (E) The city
was (1) expedition down, and the
British Admiralty (2) auctioned the
booty-more than 2,000 (3) art works
- to “pay” for the (4) burnt. The
British Museum got around 40% of
the haul. None of the artefacts
stayed in Africa - they’re now
scattered in museums and private
collections around the world. The
1867 British expedition to the
ancient kingdom of Abyssinia-which
never fully acceded to colonial
control-was mounted to ostensibly
free missionaries and government
agents detained by the emperor
Tewodros II. It culminated in the
Battle of Magdala, and the looting of
priceless manuscripts, paintings, and
artefacts from the Ethiopian church,
which reputedly needed 15 elephants
and 200 mules to carry them all
away. Most ended up in the British
Library, the British Museum, and
the V&A, where they remain today.
24. A word is given in bold in
(A). Choose the word which should
replace the word given in bold to
make the sentence correct and
meaningful. If no change is required,
choose option (e) as your answer.
(a) seizure (b) presented
(c) plundered (d) ransack
would grammatically and
contextually fit in the blank (C)?
(a) attained (b) persist
(c) present (d) acquired
would grammatically and
contextually fit in the blank marked
as (D)?
(a) aggression (b) punitive
(c) defence (d) Only (a) and (b)
combination(s) would replace the
highlighted words in the sentence
(B) in order to make it
correct?
I. commissioner, suggested,
perpetual
II. commissioned, recommended,
permanent
III. commission, requirement,
constant
(a) I and II only (b) II and III only
(c) II only (d) I and III only
28. The sentence given in (E)
has four words given in bold.
Amongst the given bold words
which of the following must replace
each other to make the sentence
contextually correct and meaningful.
(a) 1-4 (b) 1-3
(c) 2-3 (d) 2-4
(e) 3-4
questions given. Brushing teeth
three or more times a day may be
associated with a lower risk of
__(A)__ heartbeat and heart failure,
according to a study carried out in
South Korea. Previous studies
suggest that poor oral hygiene leads
to bacteria in the blood, causing
inflammation in the body, the
researchers said.
Inflammation__(B)__ the risks of
atrial fibrillation or irregular
heartbeat, and heart failure - a
condition where the heart's ability to
pump blood or relax, and fill with
blood is impaired, they said. The
latest study, published in the
European Journal of Preventive
Cardiology, examined
the__(C)__between oral hygiene and
occurrence of these two conditions.
The research enrolled 161,286
participants of the Korean National
Health Insurance System aged 40 to
79 with no history of atrial
fibrillation or heart failure.
Participants__(D)__a routine
medical examination between 2003
and 2004. Information was collected
on height, weight, laboratory tests,
illnesses, lifestyle, oral health, and
oral hygiene behaviours. During a
follow-up of 10.5 years, 4,911 (3 per
cent) participants developed atrial
fibrillation and 7,971 (4.9 per cent)
developed heart failure. Tooth
brushing three or more times a day
was__(E)__with a 10 per cent lower
risk of atrial fibrillation and a 12 per
cent reduced risk of heart failure
during the same time, the study
found. Senior author Tae-Jin Song,
from the Ewha Woman's University
in South Korea, noted that the
analysis was limited to one country,
and as an observational study does
not prove causation. "We studied a
large group over a long period,
which adds strength to our findings,"
he said. The findings were
independent of a number of factors
including age, sex, socioeconomic
status, regular exercise, alcohol
consumption, body mass index, and
disorders such as hypertension, the
researchers noted. While the study
did not investigate mechanisms, one
possibility is that __(F)__tooth
brushing reduces bacteria in the sub-
gingival biofilm - bacteria living in
the pocket between the teeth and
gums - thereby preventing
translocation to the bloodstream.
1. Which word/phrase should
come at (A)?
(a) Regular (b) Irregular
(c) Regularly (d) Better
(e) Even
come at (B)?
(a) Increases (b) Decreases
(c) Lessens (d) Reduces
(e) Diminishes
come at (C)?
(a) Information (b) Data
(c) Recent (d) Recently
(e) Connection
come at (D)?
(a) Undergo (b) Trial
(c) Try (d) Perform
(e) Underwent
come at (E)?
(a) Alliance (b) Associated
(c) Connect (d) Relate
(e) Relation
come at (F)?
(a) Infrequent (b) Occasional
(c) Rare (d) Frequent
(e) Commonly
the words have been left out and
questions given.
Engineering solutions are popular
interventions, but cities cannot
simply pipe away flood risks. To (A)
the issue, China's sponge city
initiative has an ambitious goal: by
2020, 80% of urban areas should
absorb and re-use at least 70% of
rainwater.
Launched in 2015 in 16 cities, the
initiative seeks to (B) the intensity of
rainwater runoff by enhancing and
distributing absorption capacities
more evenly across targeted areas.
The resulting groundwater
replenishment (C) availability of
water for various uses. This
approach not only reduces flooding
but also (D) water supply security.
With ambitions to be China's largest
sponge city project, the Lingang city
government has (E) US$119 million
in retrofits and innovations that
could be a model for the majority of
Chinese cities lacking modern water
infrastructure.
Chinese cities are making
noteworthy efforts. In ampoledge to
(F) coverage of urban greenery,
Shanghai announced in early 2016
the construction of 400,000 square
meters of rooftop gardens. The
project is a (G) effort among city
regulators, property owners, and
engineers. Sponge city projects in
Xiamen and Wuhan have performed
effectively during heavy rainfall.
7. A
(a) Collect (b) Invent
(c) Address (d) Permit
(e) Tarnish
8.B
(a) Reduce (b) Reused
(c) Cultivating (d) Invalidate
(e) Certify
9.C
(a) decreases (b) depletes
(c) Surviving (d) increases
(e) inventing
10. D
(a) Closes (b) Survives
(c) Proves (d) Undermines
(e) Enhances
11. E
(a) Prevailed (b) Invested
(c) Inverted (d) Impaled
(e) Designed
12. F
(a) Nullify (b) Contract
(c) Purchase (d) Expand
(e) Participate
13. G
(a) Muscular (b) Gifted
(c) Unimportant (d) Bewildered
(e) Collaborative
make grammatical and contextual
correction required' as the right
answer. Dogs can be loyal and
caring friends. Or they can get you
into (A) acting with the police. You
might have seen the story of the dog
who, while on an off-leash beach,
(B) like a bab y, whose mother
called the police utioned by the
police and had to fork out $238 for
saying her child had been (C)
attacked. The owner was ca failing
to maintain what was called (D)
rabid control of his dog in an off-
leash area. Is intervention for (E)
dishonour behaviour or a self-
righteous overreaction?
14. A
(a) problematic (b) bothering
(c) trouble (d) anxiety
15. B
(a) played (b) wets
(c) tongue (d) licked
16. C
(a) helped (b) pounce
(c) bite (d) beat
17. D
(a) effective (b) product
(c) validity (d) power
18. E
(a) rashly (b) wiser
(c) irresponsible (d) impulse
make grammatical and contextual
correction required' as the right
answer. Two studies of the Titanic
disaster in 2012 suggested that
nature played a key role in the ship's
fate. The firSi argued that the Earth
came customarily (1) close to both
the Moon and the Sun that year,
increasing their -- gravitational pull
on the ocean and producing record
tides, which caused increased
amounts of floating ice in the North
Atlantic around the time of the
sinking. The second study, by
British historian Tim Makin,
claimed that atmospheric conditions
on the night of the disaster might
have caused a phenomenon called
super refraction. This bending of
light could have created mirages, or
spatial (2) illusions, that prevented
the Titanic's lookouts from seeing
the iceberg obscurely (3). It also
would have made the Titanic appear
closer, , and smaller, to the nearby
ship, the Californian, causing its
crew to assume it was a different
ship without a radio, preventing
them from attempting to influence
(4). From their vantage point, and
with these hazy conditions, when the
Titanic started to sink, the
Californian's crew would have
thought it was merely getting (5)
away.
19. Customarily
(a) expectedly (b) frequently
(c) routinely (d) unusually
20. Spatial
(a) poetic (b) rhetoric
(c) optical (d) artificial
21. Obscurely
(a) dubiously (b) marginally
(c) exceptionally (d) clearly
22. Influence
(a) negotiate (b) communicate
(c) abandon (d) following
23. Getting
(a) driving (b) sailing
(c) keeping (d) wheeling
Find out if the words are appropriate
and are spelt correctly. Onl,y, one
All are correct". To simulate what
would happen if Earth were to spin
backward (retrograde instead of
prograde), they used the Max Planck
Institute's Earth System Model to
flip the Earths rotational path. (A)
Once this alteration was in place and
the model showed Earth spinning in
the opposite direction, the
researchers observed the changes
that emerged in the climate system
over several thousand years, as
feedback of the rotation; atmosphere
and ocean went to work on the
planet. (B) Overall, the researchers
found that a backward-spinning
Earth was a greener Earth, as global
desert coverage shrinks from about
16 million square miles to around 12
million square miles. (C) The
change in rotation also reversed
global wind patterns, bringing
temperature changes to the
subtropics and midlatitudes;
continents' western zones cooled as
eastern boundaries warmed, and
winters became intrinsically colder
in north-western Europe.
24. A
(a) Place (b) Spinning
(c) Observed (d) Emerged
(e) All are correct
25. B
(a) Found (b) Greener
(c) Shrinks (d) Around
(e) All are correct
26. C
(a) Reversed (b) Bringing
(c) Cooled (d) Intrinsically
(e) All are correct
Find out lithe words are appropriate
and are spelt correctly. Only one
"All are correct". (A) During the
run-up to the Paris climate change
meeting in 2015 (COP-21) under the
United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change,
each country decided the level and
kind of effort it would undertake to
solve the global problem of climate
change, These actions were later
referred to as nationally determined
contributions (NDCs).
(B) India made a number of promise
that would lead to the reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions, or
mitigation, and actions to adapt to
living in a warmer world, or
adaptation. Many of its described
programmes and plans were
intended to enable India to move to
a climate-friendly sustainable
development pathway. (C)
Primarily, by 2030, there will be
reductions in the emissions intensity
of the GDP by across a third and a
total of 40% of the installed capacity
for electricity will be from non-
fossil fuel sources. India also
promised an additional carbon sink -
a means to absorb carbon dioxide
from the atmosphere - of 2.5 to 3
billion tonnes of carbon dioxide
equivalent through additional forest
and tree cover by the year 2030. (D)
Trees and other vegetation fix
carbon as part of photosynthesis and
soil too hold organic carbon from
plants and animals. The amount of
soil carbon varies with land
management practices, farming
methods, soil nutrition and
temperature. India has yet to
determine how its carbon sink
objectives can be met. (E) In a
recent study, the Forest Survey of
India (FSI) has estimated, along with
the costs involved, the opportunities
and potential actions for additional
forest and tree cover to meeting the
NDC target. Given that forest
andgreen cover alread show a
gradual increase in recent years, one
might use this increase as part of the
contribution towards the NYDC. Or
one might think of the additional
2.5-3 billion tonnes of CO2
equivalent sink as having to be
above the background or business-
as-usual increase.
27. A
(a) During (b) Decided
(c) Effort (d) Problem
(e) All are correct
28. B
(a) Promise (b) Emission
(c) Actions (d) World
(e) All are correct
29. C
(a) Reductions (b) Across
(c) Capacity (d) Sources
(e) All are correct
30. D
(a) Other (b) Part
(c) Hold (d) Animals
(e) All are correct
31. E
(a) Estimated (b) Involved
(c) Actions (d) Meeting
(e) All are correct
prepresented by a letter. Fill in the
blanks as per the questions given.
Germany is rightly Proud of its
ability to control costs and keep on
exporting. But it also need to accept
that its success has been won in part
at the expense of its European
neighbours. Germans like to believe
that they made a huge (A) in giving
up their beloved D-mark ten years
ago, but they have in truth benefited
more than anyone else from the
Euro. Almost half of Germany’s
exports go to other euro - area
countries that can no longer resort to
devaluation to counter German
competitiveness. While Anglo-
Saxons were throwing money
around, Germans kept (B). Domestic
investment has not kept pace. The
result of German’s prowess at
exporting, combined with their
reluctance to spend and invest, has
been huge trade surpluses.
Germany’s excess savings have been
mobilized abroad - often into
subprime assets in America and
government bonds in such countries
as Greece. It would be absurd to
maintain that a wise Germany is
responsible for Greece’s
extravagance or Spain’s property
bubble (though a few heroic
economists have argued this). But it
is true that, within a single-currency
zone, habitual surplus countries tend
to be matched by habitual deficit
ones. see themselves as moral and
deficit countries as (C) the
implication being that the burden of
adjustment should fall on the
borrowers. Germany’s response to
the troubles of Greece, Spain and
other euro-area countries has
followed just such a line, A bail-out
for Greece, once forbidden, is now
being debated-and German ministers
have even come out in favours of
European Monetary Fund. But the
idea that Germany should itself seek
to adjust, through lower saving and
higher consumption and investmnet,
still seems (D) to German
government.
32. A
(a) loss (b) sacrifice
(c) donation (d) effort
(e) contirbution
33. B
(a) saving (b) earning
(c) spending (d) investing
(e) collecting
34. C
(a) imperfect (b) inferior
(c) culprit (d) superior
(e) corrupt
35. D
(a) unfeasible (b) wrong
(c) unacceptable (d) achievable
(e) acceptable
Level II
questions given. Criticism is
inevitable, especially if we invite
diverse perspectives and boldly lay
out a big vision. Unfortunately, our
response to the.............(A) of others
may not be entirely within our
control. Feeling "attacked" may
trigger an involuntary fight-flight-
or-freeze response in the amygdala.
We may .............(B), cry, or lash out
- actions we'll probably regret later,
We'll probably also think of the
perfect response but only after the
fact. Instead of being caught off
guard, prepare a list of three to five
ways to.............(C) to critics in the
moment. Have these responses
handy on your phone or a sticky
note in case your brain draws a
blank. For example, you might
paraphrase what you heard
to.............(D) You correctly
understood what was said and
demonstrate to the other person that
you're listening. Or you could say
something like, "This is a new
perspective. I appreciate your
willingness to share a different point
of view. I'd like to give
this.............(E) consideration and get
back to you."
1.A
I. Conscience II. Objection
III. Disapproval
(c) Both II & III (d) Only III
(e) Only I
2. B
I. Raceme II. Cultivate
III. Capitulate
(a) Both I & 11 (b) Only I
(c) All I, II & III (d) Both I & III
(e) Only III
3. C
I. Respond II. Addressed
III. Cope
(a) Both II and III (b) Only I
(c) Both I & III (d) Only III
(e) Only II
4. D
I. Ensure II. Fortifying
III. Confirmed
(a) Only II (b) Both I & III
(c) Both H & III (d) Only I
(e) Only III
5.E
I. Sincere II. Genuine
III. Authentic
(a) Both I & (b) Only II
(c) Only I (d) Both II & III
(e) All I, II & III
questions given.
In a time when only the richest
enjoyed running water in their
homes, very few Europeans had the
resources to__(A)__by 21st-century
standards of hygiene, even if they
wanted to. This filthiness of
medieval people should not be
exaggerated. Much evidence shows
that personal hygiene mattered to
medieval people, that they made
an__(B)__to keep clean. Popular
advice books recommended washing
the hands, face and teeth on rising,
plus further handwashing throughout
the day. Other body parts were
washed less__(C)__. Nevertheless,
many households owned
freestanding wooden tubs for
bathing, and late-medieval cities
usually had public bathhouses.
Medical compendia gave recipes for
washing hair, whitening teeth and
improving skin. Medieval clergymen
complained about the__(D)__of
people who spent too much time
fussing over their appearance.
Medieval efforts to keep clean were
not____(E)___to the body. Delicate
outer garments might be brushed
and perfumed, but household linens
were frequently laundered. Large
rivers often had special jetties for the
use of washerwomen: London’s was
known as ‘La Lavenderebrigge’.
6. A
I. Cope II. Stand
III. Abide
(a) Both I & III (b) Only II
(c) Both II & III (d) Both I & II
(e) All I, II & III
7. B
I. Exert II. Effort
III. Attempt
(a) Only I (b) Only III c
(c) Both I & II (d) Only II
(e) Both II & III
8.C
I. Over II. Frequently
III. Again
(a) Only III b) Only II
(c) Both II & III (d) Both I & II
(e) None of I, II & III
9. D
I. Vanity II. Pointlessness
III. Modesty
(a) Only III (b) Both II & III
(c) Only II (d) Both I & II
(e) All I, II & III
10. E
I. Bind II. Bound
III. Limited
a) Both II & III (b) Only III
(c) Both I & III (d) Only II
(e) Only I
For the set of questions given below,
a passage is provided with some
phrases in bold. From the given
options, choose the option(s) that
can replace the phrases in order to
make the passage correct both
The first two seasons of Narcos are
based on the story of Pablo Escobar,
the drug lord whose cartel supplied
most of the cocaine smuggled into
the United States and turned him
into a billionaire. (A) In spite of his
ability to bag nominations from the
likes of the Emmys and Screen
Actors Guild the show is praised for
its suspenseful drama and skilful
storytelling. The lead actor Wagner
Moura ,, who plays the wealthy
criminal, (B) Jose Padilha after has
applauded for his portrayal. When
Moura was originally offered the
role by Director working on a
Brazilian police drama together, he
didn't speak a word of Spanish
(which caused some concern as it
comprises at least half of the show's
dialogue) and spent months aw learn
the language. (C) Even though he is
praised for his Brazilian accent, he
still managed to bag himself a
Golden Globe nomination in 2016.
11. A
I. In spite of its ability to
II. Despite not being able to
III. Throughout his abilities of
12. B
I. Has been highly praised
II. Has received critical acclaim
III. Has been applauded
(a) Both I & II
(b) Both II & III
(c) Both I & III
(d) All of the above
13. C
I. Even though he is mocked
II. Despite being mocked
III. Even after being criticized
(c) Only III (d) Both II & III
(e) All are correct
pairs of words are suggested one
blanks.
Steven Spielberg's 1998 film Saving
Private Ryan may include some of
the most (A)______fighting scenes
ever produced on film. But that isn't
its only element of (B)______. The
film draws on the story of a actual
soldier named Fritz Niland and a
U.S. War Department directive
(C)______to keep families from
losing every one of their sons. The
film tells the story of Captain John
H. Miller (played by Tom Hanks),
who leads a (D)______of GIs during
the D-Day invasion of Normandy
near the end of World War II. Their
initial mission, along with nearly
175,000 other Allied service men, is
to (E)______France and defeat the
Nazis. After getting themselves off
Omaha Beach (yes, those horrific
fighting scenes), Miller is able to
push his platoon up over the ridge
and into the French countryside. Just
a few days into the invasion, Captain
Miller (F)______orders from high
command. His new mission: locate
an d rescue private First Class James
F. Ryan (played by Matt Damon),
ose three brothers had been killed in
the war sole-surviving son" and the
War Whose within a few months of
each other. Private Ryan was what
was known as a " Department
wanted him back with his mother.
The problem was, the U.S. Army
didn't know exactly where he was.
In the film, Captain Miller and his
platoon search for the
(G)______soldier in house-to-house
fighting. Eventually, they find
Private Ryan and send him back
home - but at great cost to Captain
Miller and his men.
14. A
(a) Delighting - uplifting
(b) Horrific - terrible
(c) Persuasive - longing
(d) Absolute - useful
(e) Simplistic-downward
15. B
(a) Inclination - preview
(b) Lapse - subjectivity
(c) Persistence - opportunity
(d) Realism - practicality
(e) Aloofness - pursuit
16. C
(a) Uphold - penned
(b) Outlined - lost
(c) Designed - structured
(d) Submerged - directed
(e) Originated - aligned
17. D
(a) Platoon - troop
(b) Gang - lorry
(c) Herd - bunch
(d) Pack-flock
(e) Group - mob
18. E
(a) Callout - eclipse
(b) Calibrate-segregate
(c) Oppose-embrance
(d) Outlast-devour
(e) Liberate-rescue
19. F
(a) Revised - new
(b) Adulterated - mixed
(c) Diligent - farfetched
(d) High-level - dilapidated
(e) Normalised - accustomed
20. G
(a) Despised - perceived
(b) Critical - belittle
(c) Wayward - marooned
(d) Mystified - callous
(e) Outlandish - spirited
pairs of words are suggested, one
blanks.
On June 11, 1993, Steven
Spielberg's summer blockbuster
Jurassic Park opened, (A)______and
terrifying moviegoers around the
world. But how scientifically
accurate was the film in bringing
long-extinct creatures such as the T.
rex, Brachiosaurus and Triceratops
to life onscreen? Part monster
movie, part cautionary tale about
biotechnology run amok, the movie
reflected a (B)______in visual
effects, especially in the use of
ground-breaking CGI, or computer-
generated imagery. But Jurassic
Park, based on the science and
bestselling Michael Crichton novel
of the same name, also benefited
from (C)______considerable
paleontological expertise. Jack
Horner was the movie's resident
dinosaur expert and consultant,
whose work had (D)______and for
good reason - he was one of a
handful of real-life palaeontologis
Some of the ideas in Crichton's
novel. Now the regents professor of
palaeontology at Montana State
University and curator of
palaeontology at the Museum of the
Rockies, he gained (E)______after
discovering a new dinosaur species,
Maiasaura peeblesorum, and
publishing ground-breaking research
about how dinosaurs nest id and care
for their young. The character of
Alan Grant, the (F)______fossil
hunter Played by sam Neill in the
movie, was modelled after Horner.
The dinosaur dig site and
paleontological camp - down to the
vehicles and trailers used by experts
- were inspired by Horner's. Even
Grant's denim shirt-and--
neckerchief look was based on what
you might find in Ho rner's closet.
"That's basically what I wear," says
the palaeontologist with a laugh. As
Horner tells it, his major
contribution to the movie was "to sit
with Spielberg, go through the script
and answer questions about
dinosaurs." In the end, Jurassic Park
was a (G)______of scientific fact
and movie fantasy, but Horner-who
continued to consult on the
franchise, including 2015’s jurassic
World-is a reliable guide to
distinguishing between the two.
21. A
(a) Eclipsing - exciting
(b) Downgrading - deviating
(c) Uplifting - developing
(d) Enthralling - delighting
(e) Stimulating - simulating
22. B
(a) Significance - stability
(b) Watershed moment - turning
point
(c) Farfetched view - moment of
madness
(d) Bad overview - teetering
(e) Stigmatised view - opportune
moment
23. C
(a) Intellectual - bilingual
(b) Lagging - proportionate
(c) Long-lost - considerable
(d) Absolute - lacklustre
(e) Credible - plausible
24. D
(a) Dictated - control
(b) Influenced - levitated
(c) Inspired - influenced
(d) Loathed - proposed
(e) Surprised - roused
25. E
(a) Reputation - prominence
(b) Prestige - diligence
(c) Eminence-surveillance
(d) Fame - discoverability
(e) Repute - alignment
26. F
(a) Amazing - diffident
(b) Bland - fearless
(c) Intrepid - bold
(d) Dormant - outrageous
(e) Lopsided - dynamic
27. G
(a) Masterpiece - simplification
(b) Blend - combination
(c) Amalgamation - union
(d) Solution - merger
(e) Dent - overlap
the sentences have been left out and
replaced by a letter. Options suggest
four/five sentence that may or may
not replace the letter. Mark the
option with correct sentence as your
answer. Mushrooms are everywhere
- on forest floors, in gardens, in
networks connecting below our feet.
The largest organism on Earth is
actually a honey mushroom, an
underground web that covers more
than 3.7 square miles in Oregon's
Blue Mountains.
_______(A)_______Fungi used to
be overlooked as a low-calorie, low-
nutrition food, but in fact many are
full of nutrients. According to
biochemist and herbalist Martin
Powell, many produce compounds
that show potential for improving
treatment results for those suffering
from ailments such as cancer and
dementia. "Fungi are far more
mysterious than plants," says Robert
Beelman, director of the Penn State
Centre for Plant and Mushroom
Foods for
Health._______(B)_______Some
species are famous for their
hallucinogenic properties. Others are
not only appreciated by chefs but
also show therapeutic
value._______(C)_______
sentences cannot replace (A)?
(a) Yet mushrooms are poorly
understood, and the field of
medicinal mushrooms is still in its
infancy.
(b) But a lot of people simply think
of mushrooms as lawn pests, or as
food.
(c) The fact that mushrooms have
inherent power is itself a surprise to
many.
(d) Contrary to belief, mushrooms
have the potential to save the planet.
(e) What makes fungi so unique is
the fact that their cell walls are made
of a molecule called chitin instead of
cellulose that you'd find in plants.
statements can replace (B)? (a)
Other mushrooms like the Mycena
alcalina, better known as a stump
fairy helmet mushroom, have the
potential to break down PCBs, a
cancer-causing agent once used in
can manufacturing.
(b) He led a recent study showing
that two cn ommo antioxidants in
some mushrooms - ergothioneine
and glutathione - have the potential
to help ward off diseases that come
with p aging, such as heart disease
and Alzheimer's.
(c) Being an expert in such a small
field has its serious benefits, too.
(d) In spite of the many positive
effects of mushrooms, Americans
consume very limited types.
(e) There's immense power in
mycelium, he says, for things like
boosting human immunity, cleaning
up oil spills, and guarding against
outbreaks of disease.
statements can replace (C)?
(a) it's important to buy and eat
organically grown mushrooms
because they're very porous and
have the tendency to easily absorb
chemicals from the soil they're
grown in.
(b) Mushrooms can contain high
levels of toxins like heavy metals
and pesticides when they're
chemically sprayed or exposed to
water pollutants.
(c) Perhaps in the future, superfoods
won't be just plants but also fungi.
(d) The earth's soil is home to large
populations of natural agents that
help promote the environment.
(e) Avoid eating these harmful
varieties of mushrooms at all costs.
the sentences have replaced by a
letter. Options suggest four/five
sentence that may or may not
replace the lett been left out and er.
Mark the option with correct
sentence as your answer.
With the Unique Identification
Authority of India (UIDAI)
mandating the implementation of
Virtual ID from 1 July, the way
financial institutions have been
verifying information about
customers is going to change. Virt
ID is a 16-digit random number
mapped with the Aadhaar number.
______A ______. There will on ual
only be one active and valid Virtual
ID for an Aadhaar number at any
given time.______B______. All that
the user needs to ensure is that their
mobile phone number is linked with
the Aadhaar database so that they
can receive an OTP or one-time
password to generate VID. The
move is part of UIDAI's initiative to
put in place multi-layered security to
reinforce privacy protection for
Aadhaar
holders.______C______.This
reduces collection of Aadhaar
numbers by various agencies.
replace A in the given passage?
(a) The VID will allow you to
authenticate transactions and e-
know-your-customer (KYC)
services instead of providing your
Aadhaar number. (b) It can only be
generated, replaced or revoked by
the Aadhaar number holder.
(c) It is a temporary, revocable 16-
digit random number mapped with
the Aadhaar number.
(d) Since this is a digital ID,
Aadhaar holders can regenerate it
multiple times, which makes it safer
than providing your actual Aadhaar
number.
(e) Either (b) or (d)
cannot replace B in the given
passage?
(a) If you are opening a new bank
account or buying an insurance
policy, instead of quoting your
Aadhaar number, you can provide
your 16-digit VID.
(b) Currently, VID can be generated
on UIDAI's resident portal.
(c) Aadhaar number holders can
generate Virtual ID from the UIDAI
website, Aadhaar enrolment centre
or the mAadhaar app.
(d) Only (b) and (c)
(e) All can replace
replace C in the given passage?
(a) While announcing the launch of
VID, the UIDAI had claimed the
new system would provide the
required anonymity with a randomly
generated number that could be
deactivated and regenerated
according to one's need.
(b) Though the VID system was
launched a week ago, service
providers have until June 1 to start
accepting VIDs, failing which their
authentication facilities can be
revoked.
(c) The collection and storage of
Aadhaar numbers by various entities
has heightened privacy concerns.
(d) In its current form, however,
only one VID can be generated for
an Aadhaar number ata time.
(e) Virtual IDs allow Aadhaar
number holders to share VID instead
of their Aadhaar number during
authentication.
35: In the questions given below, a
paragraph is given with certain
Positions marked as (A), (B), (C),
(D) and (E). A sentence is given in
bold after the paragraph. Read the
Paragraph carefully and identify the
position at which the given sentence
can be inserted. Mark the option
containing that position as your
answer.
34. We all like to believe that
we're in control of our own
decisions. That's true, to an extent,
but not entirely-each of us is largely
a product of our environment,
perhaps more than we'd care to
admit. (A). This can be a positive
thing. Grow up surrounded by
books, and you might fall in love
with reading. (B). Live near
greenery and you'll feel more
connected to nature, which research
suggests can make you healthier and
happier. (C). Surround yourself with
love and you'll feel love. But
surrounding yourself with creativity
doesn't necessarily make you more
creative; in fact, it can often
backfire. When creative people see
others accomplishing amazing
things, they often enter the
emotional muddle of professional
envy. (D). Envy is a trap: The more
you have, the more you get in your
own way. It will never motivate you
to produce good work; when you
feel envious, you shut down the part
of your brain that can create freely.
(E). Or you try to convince yourself
that the other person just got lucky
and doesn't deserve the success at all
and wonder about the point of
striving in such a random world.
You might even stop working
altogether because it hurts too much.
(a) C (b) D
(c) E (d) B
(e) A
35. As global fish stocks that
feed hundreds of millions of people
dwindle, nations are scrambling to
finalize by year's end an
international agreement to ban
government subsidies that fuel
overfishing.
(A). Yet as negotiations at the World
Trade Organization resume this
week in Geneva, Switzerland, new
research shows that governments
have actually increased financial
support for fishing practices that
decimate marine life. (B). This has
been observed despite public
pledges to curtail such handouts.
(C). Tha’s a 6 percent rise since
2009. (D). Harmful subsidies is a
term that refers to those that promote
overfishing and illegal fishing that
would otherwise not be profitable,
such as subsidies that underwrite
fuel costs allowing industrial
trawlers to sail to the farthest
reaches of the planet. (E). Fuel
subsidies alone accounted for 22
percent of all fishing subsidies last
year.
In an exhaustive survey of 152
countries, scientists at the University
of British Columbia found that
ocean-faring nations spent $22
billion on harmful subsidies in 2018,
or 63 percent of the total amount
expended to support the global
fishing industry.
(a) E (b) B
(c) A (d) C
(e) D
the words or phrases have been left
out and replaced by a blank
represented by a letter. Fill the
Microplastics have been discovered
in a___(A)___ area of the French
Pyrenees mountains. The particles
travelled through the atmosphere
and were blown into the once
pristine region by the wind,
according to a new study published
in Nature Geoscience. This is just
the latest example of the "hidden
risks" posed by plastics that humans
cannot see with the naked eye. For
now, governments and activists are
focused on avoiding plastic litter in
the environment,___(B)___by
concern for wildlife and worries
over unsightly drinks bottles or
abandoned fishing nets on beaches.
Plastic bag usage has been cut in
many parts of the world, and various
projects are exploring how
to___(C)___the floating plastic
waste in oceans. But little has yet
been done to deal with polluting
plastic particles that are usually
invisible. There is however growing
concern about these micro and nano
plastics, classified as particles
smaller than 5mm. These come in
part from___(D)___ manufactured
sources, such as scrubbing materials
in cleaning and cosmetic products,
but also from secondary sources,
such as the inevitable breaking up or
wearing down of larger items such
as tyres or fibre shed from tumble
driers and washing machines. We
are becoming increasingly aware of
their presence but know surprising
little about how much is out there,
how it behaves in our environment,
and what the implications are for
human and animal well-being. As
more studies publish their findings,
we are learning that microplastics
are more widespread than we
imagined, and that they are found in
every environmental system
investigated. Plastic Patudrticles
have been found. in record-breaking
quantities in in river sediments in the
UK, for instance, while a sy in Paris
found plastic fibres in wastewater
and the air. This is perhaps to be
expected in built up and polluted
urban environments, but the new
findings from the Bernadouze
meteorological station in the
Pyrenees are a different. matter. This
part of the mountain range is
normally considered clean and
___(E)___, not somewhere scientists
would expect to find contamination
But the
researchers___(F)___airborne
plastic by collecting samples of
atmospheric "fallout" over a five-
month period. And they did indeed
find microplastics, lots of them, in
the form of tiny fragments fibres and
films. While their exact (G) is a
mystery, they were shown to have
potentially travelled up to 95km.
36. ___(A)___
(a) remote (b) seclude
(c) ratify (d) comment
37. ___(B)___
(a) driving main (b) driven mainly
(c) main driven (d) drive mainly
38. ___(C)___
(a) gather down (b) gather across
(c) gather up (d) gather above
(e) gather into
39. ___(D)___
(a) deliberate (b) deliberation
(c) delegate (d) deliberately
(e) delegation
40. ___(E)___
(a) dirty (b) naive
(c) clarity (d) ground
(e) pristine
41. ___(F)___
(a) looked against (b) looked after
(c) looked across (d) looked for
(e) looked aftar
42. ___(G)___
(a) discover (b) source
(c) distance (d) alliance
(e) formative
the words or phrases have been left
Ht and replaced by a blank
represented by a letter. Fill the
“Forensic psychology is an
emerging field in India"
___(A)___while speaking to
professionals who deal with crime in
the country. A cursory Google
search for forensic psychology in
India will tell you___(B)___. While
__C__ that crime investigation
agencies are indeed adopting more
measures which come under the
domain of forensic psychology,
there is still considerable scope for
develoment. Forensic psychologists
make up a/an __(D)__part of
criminal investigatio systems in
countries l n systems, as well as
prison Ike the UK and Australia.
Their profiles are diverse, and
comprise taking up roles such as
criminal profilers, expert Witnesses
in Courts, suspect interrogators,
prison re counsellors. habilitation
officers and victim Unfortunately,
their__(E)__in India lack such
varied, well-defined roles. Indeed,
the country's criminal investigative
and justice systems would benefit
from opening up more domains to
forensic psychologists, and using
their__(F)__across various
platforms.
Various governmental and non-
governmental agencies involved in
crime investigations have separate
departments dedicated to
psychology. __(G)__, these
departments see a greater use for
clinical psychologists qualified in
diagnostics and psychotherapy, as
compared to qualified forensic
psychologists. The reason behind
this remains unclear. Personal
communications with some such
psychologists__(H)__that they fulfil
the roles of undertaking polygraph
examinations and narco analyses.
While these are some of the tasks
that forensic psychologists
commonly undertake, their overall
profile is not (and perhaps should
not be) __(I)__. Forensit
psychologists are usually equipped
with __(J)__about the legal
framework of their respective
country. This enables them to
effectively assist courts in cases
related to various populations. This
could perhaps aid in fast-tracking
investigations, through use of
systematic interrogption techniques,
and the scientific profiling of crimes.
43. A
(a) is a common reply from
(b) has become a mundane response
of
(c) is what one usually hears
(d) has become tired of hearing
(e) None of these
44. B
(a) in a nutshells
(b) just as
(c) a gist of that
(d) just as much
(e) None of these
45. C
(a) it was agreed
(b) it can be agreed upon
(c) it could been agreed upon
(d) it can be agreed by
(e) None of these
46. D
(a) aggregate (b) incidental
(c) fragmented (d) composite
(e) integral
47. E
(a) colleagues (b) companions
(c) confidants (d) counterparts
(e) contingents
48. F
(a) expertise (b) prowess
(c) knowledge (d) experience
49. G
(a) However (b) Since
(c) For (d) Therefore
(e) Wherefore
50. H
(a) release (b) declared
(c) revealed (d) concealed
(e) examine
51. I
(a) over the limitation
(b) limited to that
(c) subjected to expectations
(d) without exceptions
(e) None of these
52. J
(a) basic know-how (b) basic
ignorance
(c) knowledge of (d) Less
information
Crying is a big part of being a kid.
As you grow older, you may find
you're crying less than during
childhood and adolescence. Studies
show, on average, adult women tend
to cry two to three times in a
influenced by and men only once.
(A) Although research is limited, it
suggests crying frequency is highly
nfluenced by social and cultural
factors, our beliefs about the value
of crying and how it is evaluated.
This is particularly exaggerated in
many Western countries, where
women report crying more often
than those from non-Western
countries. And in non-Western
countries the difference in crying
frequency between men and women
is smaller. In some instances, it's
non-existent. Scientists have long
speculated why we cry and what
happens in our bodies when we're
doing it. Some have suggested
crying may be expelling chemicals
that are built up during feelings of
distress, or that crying causes a
chemical change in the body that
reduces stress or increases positive
feelings. But we don't actually know
that much about crying and most of
the studies out there are based on
self-reporting. The most pervasive
idea about crying is that we do it
because it's helpful in some way;
perhaps it provides relief
or___(B)___. But the research on
this is mixed, with crying sometimes
showing an improvement in mood
___(C)___. (D) The longer it is
since the last time you cried, or the
more generally you think about your
crying experiences as a whole, the
more likely you are to consider
crying as helpful. (E) If the crying
event is fairly recent, people are less
likely to report feeling better
afterwards; they often report feeling
much worse than before they cried.
On the other hand, people appear to
cry to make themselves feel better,
which is likely why we have an
entire film genre (tearjerkers)
dedicated to making us cry. Some
have suggested crying is a self-
soothing behaviour, so we cry
because crying on its own is
soothing. Crying seems, at best, to
do not much at all, and, at worst, to
increase our physiological arousal.
(F) In our laboratory research we
attempted to test whether crying
reduces or interferes with the levels
of the stress hormone (cortisof), and
whether it may be able to provide
some other physical benefit, such as
numbing, which could explain why
we cry when we are in either
emotional and physical pain.
convey the same meaning as that of
sentence (A) and is/are
correct?
I. Even though research is limited, it
shows crying frequency's influence
on social and cultural factors and on
our beliefs about crying's value and
its evaluation.
II. Research, even if limited,
suggests frequency of crying
influences social and cultural
factors, our beliefs about the value
of crying and how it is evaluated.
III. Limited research shows that
crying frequency is dependent
highly on social and cultural factors,
our beliefs about the value of crying
and how it is evaluated.
(a) I and III only (b) III only
(c) I and II only (d) II and III only
phrases should fill the blank (C) to
make it contextually correct and
meaningful?
(a) while decline in the rest
(b) and sometimes a worsening
(c) or elevating the mood
(d) Only (a) and (b)
word given in the options should
come at the place marked as (B) in
the above paragraph to make it
meaningful. Also, the word should
fill in the two sentences given below
to make them contextually correct
and meaningful. (i) There is a strong
element of theatre, of_______and
self-purification, to the ritual of
statue-smashing.
(ii) For the fans, this dance
provides_______and releases pent-
up energy.
(a) catharsis (b) pain
(c) harm (d) repression
connector(s) would join the
sentences D and E keeping them
correct and the meaning intact?
I. Also II. But
III. Yet
(a) I and III only (b) II and III only
(c) I and II only (d) I only
57. In the passage given, a
sentence (F) is given in italics. There
may or may not be an error in one
part of the sentence. Choose the part
which has an error in it as your
answer. If there is no error, choose
option (e) as your answer.
(a) In our laboratory research we
attempted to test whether
(b) crying reduces or interferes with
the levels of the stress hormone
(cortisol), and whether it may (c) be
able to provide some other physical
benefit, such as numbing, which
could explain
(d) why we cry when we are in
either emotional and physical pain.
(e) No error
Read the following assage and
Think about the dreaminess of
twilight, when the sun hasplipped
below the horizon,the silvery the
darkening sky is streaked with dusky
purples and blues. There, am to a
recent story by Futurism's Jon
Christian, the branch by PepsiCo,
specifically the corporation's
division in Russia. According ,
among the emerging stars and t e si
very moon, lustrous as a pearl, you
see it - an ad for a socic. company.
This was the future__(A)__planned
to launch an " small satellites flying
in formation, like migratory birds
that want to sell you orbital
billboard," a cluster of something.
The ad would orbit more than 250
miles above Earth, at about the same
altitude as the International Space
Station. (B) In the early morning and
evening, little sails on the satellites,
made of reflective Mylar, would
caught the light of the sun and
become visible to the ground. The
artificial constellation, blinking a
loo, would Rush, a PepsiCo Russia
energy drink aimed at garners. g
promote Adrenaline A Russian
company__(C)__ using a helium
balloon that carried one of its
reflectors into the stratosphere, a
layer of Earth's atmosphere far
below the edge of space, Futurism
reported. But that's apparently as far
as this effort is going to get; this
week, a PepsiCo spokesperson in the
United States (D) shot down the
idea, saying there had been a
miscommunication between Russian
and American PepsiCo employees,
perhaps because of a "language
issue." (E) No one has ever put a
billboard of satellites like this into
orbit. But companies have proposed
advertising in space for decades,
even on the surface of the moon. (F)
They want as many eyes on their ads
as possible. (G) They'll fill up blank
spaces where they can find them,
from the sides of skyscrapers to the
in-flight maps on airplanes. What's a
better blank space than, well, space?
Pepsi's obsession with decorating
the skies actually goes back decades.
The fascination began years before
man or satellite left Earth, in the
1920s. (H) Pilots started (1) exhaust
paraffin oil through their planes' (2)
running pipes and zigzagging (3)
through the clouds, leaving fluffy
trails of white smoke (4) behind
them. Skywriting, risky and
mesmerizing, was "considered the
future of advertising," as Adrienne
LaFrance wrote in The Atlantic.
Companies lunged at it, Pepsi
hardest of all. In 1940 alone, it paid
for about 2,225 writings over 48
U.S. states, Mexico, Canada, Cuba,
and South America, according to the
Smithsonian's National Air and
Space Museum. The corporation
became one of the longest-running
contractors in the skywriting
business. Then NASA came along,
and after a few missions to the
moon, the agency started sending
astronauts to space on the Space
Shuttles in the early 1980s. The
effort garnered tremendous media
attention and public interest. Brands,
naturally, wanted in. In 1984, Coca-
Cola asked NASA to take a can of
soda along on a shuttle flight. When
Pepsi heard about it, it offered one
of its cans, too. (I) The rivalry
companies design cans that would
work in weightlessness, with special
valves to dispenser the soda.
According to a New York Times
story, the Coke can cost $250,000 to
develop. The Pepsi can cost - are
you ready? - $14 million, according
to the company. The cans flew on
the shuttle Challenger in 1985.
NASA, a federal agency that has
avoided advertising anything since
its inception, stressed that it
considered the cans an engineering
demonstration, a test of beverage
containers for future thirsty
astronauts. Coca-Cola and Pepsi, as
you might expect, treated the
mission like a commercial.
sentences convey/s the same
meaning as that of sentence (E) and
is/are grammatically and
contextually correct?
I. A billboard of satellites like this
can never be put into orbit.
II. Putting up a billboard of satellites
like this into orbit is not possible.
III. There were never any plans to
put up a billboard of satellites like
this into orbit.
(a) Only I and II
(b) Only II and III
(c) Only II
(d) Only I and III
phrases should fill the blank (C) to
meaningful?
(a) initiates a conflict between the
US and Russia
(b) has already tested a prototype
(c) serves the purpose of diplomacy
(d) discovered a new planet
(e) All can fit
words given in the options should
come at the place marked as (A) in
meaningful? Also, the word should
fit in blank the two sentences given
below to make them contextually
correct and meaningful. (i) The
space shuttle was
originally______as one small part of
man's grand future in space.
(ii) We are not intended to reach the
zenith of human potential
as_________by most humanists.
(a) Supplemented (b) Envisioned
(c) Troubled (d) Visualize
(e) Retrospect
connector(s) can join them the
sentences F and G keeping m
I. Whereas II. And
III. While
(a) Only I (b) Only II and III
(c) Only II (d) Only III
(e) All I, II and III
sentence (B) is given in italics.
There may or may not be an error in
one part of the sentence. Choose the
part which has an error in it as your
answer. If there is no error, choose
option E as your answer.
(a) In the early morning and
evening,
(b) little sails on the satellites,
(c) made of reflective Mylar, would
caught
(d) the light of the sun and become
visible to the ground
(e) No error
63. A phrasal verb is given in
bold in (D). Choose the word which
should replace it to make the
sentence correct and meaningful. If
no change is required, choose
(a) Respected (b) Interest
(c) supposrted (d) Dismiss
combination(s) would replace the
highlighted words in the sentence (I)
I order to make it grammatically and
I. rivalling, designation, dispose
II. rival, designed, dispense
III. rivalled, designer, dispensing
(c) Only (d) Only I and II
(e) Only II and III
65. The sentence given in (H)
has four words given in bold.
Amongst those words, which of the
following must replace each other to
make the sentence contextually
correct and meaningful?
(a) 1-4 (b) 1-2
(c) 2-3 (d) 2-4
(e) 3-4
answer the questions as directed. In
April 1947, researchers in Uganda
discovered a new virus in the blood
of a feverish monkey. The following
January, they found it again - this
time in mosquitoes buzzing through
the forest where the monkey lived.
The virus eventually took the forest's
name: Zika. In the following
decades, Zika was largely forgotten,
as other newly discovered
viruses____A____the limelight,
including those that cause measles,
the common cold, hepatitis, AIDS,
Ebola, SARS, and more. But Zika
hadn't gone away. In fact, 0 it was
on the move. In May 2015, a huge
outbreak of Zika began in Brazil,
infecting more than 200,000 people.
From there, th virus spread
explosively to dozens of other
countries in the Americas, and all 50
U.S. states. And since Zika ke can
cause microcephaly - a birth defect
characterized by small head size - it
caused fear wherever it____B____.
The outbreak has now abated, and
just two weeks ago, Brazil finally
ended its state of emergency. But as
before, Zika hasn't gone away. (C)
With summer approaching and
mosquito populations rising, the key
to predicting and control Zika's
future lies in understanding its past.
As viruses spread, they accumulate
changes in their genomes. By
collecting viruses from different
places and would have comparing
their genomes, scientists can work
backward to estimate when and
where an outbr actually begun. A
huge international team of scientists
has____(D)____for Zika.
Sequencing hundreds of viral
genomes, they reconstructed the
virus's voyage into and around the
Americas. They've shown how often
it entered the U.S. and why Miami
was a perfect and (E) s most singular
gateway for it. And perha
importantly, they've confirmed what
many had believed: In almost every
affected count p ry, Zika was
already there for months - or even
years - before the first cases were
reported.
"It's a big reminder that surveillance
is a major issue, and we need to
double dovvn on it," says Pardis
Sabeti from the Broad Institute and
Harvard University, one of the
leaders of the study. "We're letting
these things go undetected for a long
period of time." Sabeti and her
colleagues used a similar approach
to trace the spread and evolution of
Ebola during the recent West
African outbreak. But Zika is a far
more challenging virus. If you draw
a milliliter of blood from someone
with Ebola, you'll pick up around 10
la' ion virus particles. If you do the
same for a Zika Patient, you'll be
lucky to pick up 10,000. These
unusually low levels make Zika To
do so, Nicholas Loman from the
University of Birmingham had to
develop a new very hard to
sequence. Boradzfiol virus in a
blood or urine sample. He designed
the technique to work on a USB-
powered sequencer called the
MinION. (F) Using the sequencer,
his team could zip around brazil in a
mobile the fly. Meanwhile, sabeti
and others were amassing similar
sequences from at least 10 other
countries and territories. (G) They
did not sit on their data while they
waited to publish their papers. (H)
They immediately uploaded
everything they had so that the entire
scientific community could react. (I)
Loman and Sabeti, together with
Oliver Pybus from the University of
Oxford, (1) showed that all of their
Zika strains (2) confirmed from an
ancestral virus that (3) arrived in the
Americas around January 2014-
some 16 months before health
authorities (4) descended the first
cases. It arrived in northeast Brzil.
possibly using Haiti as a stepping
stone. (J) and having landed among
people whose naivety immune
systems had never encounter Zika
before, the virus spread rapidly and
established a stage ground. From
there, in the second half of 2014, it
spread to populous south-eastern
cities like Rio de Janeiro and Sao
Paulo, and made____(K)____into
Honduras, Colombia, Puerto Rico,
and various Caribbean islands. In
every case, it landed between four
and 12 months before it was
detected.
sentences convey/s the same
meaning as that of sentence (F) and
is/are grammatically and
I. Using the sequencer, his team
could move around Brzil quickly in
a mobile laboratory, screening more
than 1,300 people for Zika and
deciphering the viruses’ genomes
while travelling.
II. Using the sequencer, his team
could stop around Brazil in a mobile
laboratory, screening more than
1,300 people for Zika and
while travelling.
III. Using the sequencer, his team
could run around Brzil in a mobile
laboratory, screening more than
1,300 people for Zika and
while in the air.
III
phrases should fill the blank (D) to
meaningful?
(a) just now has given
(b) now done just that
(c) voted for the powre of
(d) discovered a new plan of
(e) All can fit
words given in the options should
come at the place marked as (B) in
meaningful? Also, the word should
fit in blank the two sentences given
below to make them contextually
correct and meaningful.
(i) Almost four hours later, the green
light came on in the helicopter’s
cabin and the Marine
teams_______after three minutes.
(ii) The confrontation eventually
leads to a complete breakdown
that____Jimmy in the hospital.
(a) Alighted (b) Fought
(c) Admitted (d) Landed
(e) Tracked
connector(s) can join the sentences
G and H keeping them
I. Moreover II. Rather than
III. Regardless
(c) Only II (d) Only III
sentence (C) is given in italics.
There may or may not be an error in
one part of the sentence. Choose the
part which has an error in it as your
answer. If there is not error, choose
(a) With summer approaching and
(b) mosquito populations rising, the
key to
(c) predicting and control Zika’s
future
(d) lies in understanding its past
(e) No error
71. A word is given in bold in
(E). Choose the word which should
replace it to make the sentence
correct and meaningful.
(a) Repeated (b) Comfortable
(c) Unique (d) Separate
(e) Obvious
words can grammatically and
contextually fit in the blank (A)?
(a) Rigged (b) Walked
(c) Strayed (d) Raged
words can grammatically and
contextually fit in the blank marked
as (K)?
(a) Trading (b) Splitting
(c) Incursions (d) Infections
(e) Strategles
combinations(s) would replace the
highlighted words in the sentence (J)
in order to make it grammatically
and contextually correct?
I. Naive, encounters, staged
II. Naive, encountered, staging
III. Naively, encountering, stageful
(e) Only II and III
75. The sentence given in (I) has
four words given in bold. Amongst
those words, which of the following
must replace each other to make the
sentence contextually correct and
meaningful?
(a) 1-4 (b) 1-2
(c) 2-3 (d) 2-4
(e) 3-4
Direction: A sentence is iven below
with a blank in it. Choose the option
that provides the correct word
(grammatically and contextually) to
be filled in the blank.
1.Doing distracting activities like
email is still, in general, mentally
easier than a lot of the alternatives,
like concentrating for several hours
uninterrupted hours on important
work, which is something many
people _____ little time doing.
(a) Alter (b) Think
(c) Spend (d) Analysis
(e) Try
Directios: In the following sentence,
a word is missing, denoted by a
blank. identify which among the
option(s) (A), (B), (C) and (D)
would fill the blank making the
2.Despite a depreciating currency,
India’s merchandise exports are
_____ instead of gaining from the
opportunity.
(a) Slipped (b) Stumbling
(c) Inallible (d) Floundering
(a) A and D (b) B and C
(c) C and D (d) B and D
(e) A and C
Direction: A part of of the sentence
given below is missing. Choose the
part(s) that fits in the sentence
contextually and grammaticaly.
3.The world is unlikely to lose 100
species a day, or half of all species
in the lifetime of people now alive,
____ have claimed.
(a) Like a few (b) As some
(c) Since many
(a) All A, B and C (b) Only A and B
(c) Only B and C (d) Only A and C
(e) None of these
Directions: Below, a sentence is
given followed by a blank. You are
provided with three options (A), (B)
and (C), you have to identify which
option can carry forward the given
sentence in the most logical way so
as to make the sentence coherent and
4.We are in midst of new phase of the
machine age, ____
(a) yet we are vastly undestimating
the impact and the scale of what’s
occurring.
(b) Yet machines can even match
humans at complex congnitive
skills.
(c) but we shouldn’t fear it rather
look for new opportunities and
possibilities.
(a) A only (b) B and C
(c) A and C (d) A and B
(e) C only
Directions: for Questions 5 and 6:
Two sentence are given below with
one blank each. From the given
options, choose the word that
correctly fits in both the sentences.
5.I. The sewers reverberated with a
muffled ____ of the explosion.
II. It is common for listeners to
perceive a/an ____ of Beethoven’s
life in his music, which often depicts
struggle followed by triumph.
(a) Start(b) Echo
(c) Idea (d) Interest
(e) All can fit
6.Trains are packed like cattle cars,
and____ has become an unofficial
olympic sport.
II. _____ his hands into the pockets
of his overcoat he felt the little box
that contained the tiepin.
(a) Dialiting (C) Congressing
(c) Delineating (d) Shoving
(e) All of the above can fit
7.Contradicting its earlier reputation
of being a/an_____negotiator, the
SEBI had recently assumed a more
conciliatory stance for which many
of the erstwhile critics
have____praise on it.
(a) Intransigent, Headped
(b) Impropeity, Thwarted
(c) Iflexibility, piled
(d) Success, Stacked
(e) Incompetence, Rewarded
A sentence containing three blanks
is given below. Choose the correct
combination of words that fit in the
corresponding blanks. In case all
three words fit in the sentence but
are sequence as given, i.e. (1), (2),
(3), choose option (e).
8.Analysts say commentary on client
budget for 2018, impact of
___(1)___ in US tax policy, outlook
on BFSI and retail verticals,
___(2)___ of digital services and
automation impact across service
lines will be key factors to watch
___(3)___ for in Q3 results.
1. Penetration 2. Out
3. Changes
(a) Only 1 and 2 fit (b) Only 1 and
3 fit
(c) Only 2 and 3 fit
(d) Sequence can be altered
(e) All are in correct sequence
9.Film Industry Journalists and union
officials blamed the ___(1)___ on a
competitive, heavily male-
dominated ___(2)___ with poor
regulation and a surplus of
___(3)___ young actors.
1. Culture 2. Industry
3. Possible
3 fit
Direction: Two sentence with two
words omitted in each are given
berlow. You are given five options
suggesting pair of words that
together can make each of the
sentence coherent and complete.
Identify the correct pair.
10. I. The _____ nature of the
devices and the apparent low level
of planning had some investigators
____ that the blasts were just a test
of new York’s security.
II. A/an ____ distinction between
economics and politics would be
that economics is____ with
expanding the pie while politics is
about distributing it.
(a) Explicit, Worried
(b) Intricate, Involved
(c) Surprising, Affected
(d) Crude, Concerned
(e) Basic, Interested
12: In each of the following
questions given below, a short
paragraph is given with three blanks,
followed by six words, From the
options, choose the one that provides
the correct combination of three of
the given words which fit in the
blanks in the right order.
11. The U.S., EU, and Japan
agree that the expansions of their
group is essential. The most _____
candidates to join soon are Australia,
New Zealand, Canada, and Mexico.
Among the many reasons why the
trump administraiton should ease up
on its attack on the wto is the fact
that they are making it more difficult
to recruit developing-country
members, even though many share
U.S. concerns about China, Indeed,
China has missed no opportunity to
use the U.S. attacks to _____ itself
as a defender of the WTO trade
system. The U.S., EU, and Japan
should also _____ China to join their
reform process. That might seem
like a wild idea but given that any
single WTO member can block
proposed rule changes, it would be
far better to involve China early in
these efforts.
1. Aberrant II. Arrogant III. Likely
IV. Lobby V. Caputre VI. Delineate
(a) I, IV & V (b) II, IV & III
(c) IV, I & VI (d) III, VI & IV
(e) V, III & I
12. Stunting has lifelong
consequence on human capital,
poverty and equity. It leads to less
potential in education and
fewer____ opportunities. According
to the National Family health Survey
(NFHS)-4, India hs unacceptably
high level of stunning, despite_____
improvement over the years. In
2015-16, 38.4% of children below
five years were stunted and 35.8%
were underweight. India ranks 158
out of 195 countries on the human
capital index. Lack of investment in
health and education leads to slower
economic______.
(a) Marginal (b) Professional
(c) Criticality (d) Superficial
(e) Growth (f) Disposition
(a) CAD (b) BCF
(c) BAE (d) BDF
(e) EFA
Direction: A small paragraph is
given from which words have been
omitted. These words, represented
by a letter, are given below the
paragraph, in a random order,
rearrange these words in an
appropriate order so that these fit the
blanks and give out a grammatically
and meaningfully coherent
paragraph.
13. In the 9th century, Arthur
Schopenhauer argued that, if life
were___meaninful or fulfilling,
there could be no such thing____
boredom, then, is evidence of the
____ of life, opening the shutters on
some very ____ thoughts and
feelings that we normally block out
with a ____ of activity or with the
opposite thoughts and feelings- or
indeed, any feelings at all.
(a) As (b) Flurry
(c) Intrinscially (d) Uncomfortable
(e) Meaninglessness
(a) BDCAE (b) EDCBA
(c) CDBAE (d) DACBE
(e) CAEDB
Direction: A paragraph is given that
has a blank in it. Five sentences (a),
(b), (c), (d) and (e) are suggested.
out of these, only one fits the blank
in the context of the paragraph. Pick
that as the answer.
14. In january 1959, flugencio
Batisa, the brutal, American-backed
Cuban dictator, was overthrown by
the base at Gantanamo; it was an
exotic, but conveniently close,
tourist resort; and low pald Cuban
labour made it an attractive
investmenet area, much of the
island’s agriculture and industry
being American-owned. Hence it an
attractive investment area, much of
the island’s agriculture and industry
being American-owned. Hence
governments in Washington had
never hesitated to intervene to
protect American interests. The
problem was that Castro could never
tackle desperate problems of
poverty, ill-health and illiteracy
without harming US interests.
Indeed to Castro, and to a large
proportion to the Cuban people,
American domination was a root
cause of Cuba’s problems, and it
must be ended. Castro in fact
articulated a windespread revulusion
against this humiliating position.
(a) American government
vehemently citicized the overthrow
and declared the coup as aan illegal
act.
(b) Steeadilygrowing ties of Castro
with the USSR made him appear a
growing threat to US hegemony.
(c) Initially American president
Dwight D. Elsenhower’s
administration welcomed the Cuban
revolution as a friendly, democratic
government in Cuba would be far
more stable and reliable.
(d) In the United States, Castro
became increasingly unacceptable
even labelled as a communist.
(e) Elsenhower ordered the Central
Intelligence Agency to overthrow
him, and the CIA orchestrated
sabotage raids on Cuba to destablize
the regime.
Level - I
Direction for Questions 1 to 10: In
each of the following, a sentence
with a blank is given. Choose the
option that provides the correct word
(grammatically and contextually) to
be filled in the blank.
1.Scientists found that ____ people
have a much harder time rebounding
from distractions than people who
are well rested.
(a) Restlessness (b) Sleep-Deprived
(c) Affluent (d) Mean
(e) Rational
2.Necessity-driven enterpreneurs are
those who are pushed into starting
businesses because they have no
other ____ of income while
opportunity-motivated entrepreneurs
are those who enter business
ownership primarily to pursue an
opportunity.
(a) Scarcity (b) Source
(c) Phase (d) Dearth
(e) Advantage
3.Research shows that food and drinks
that reduce inflammation can reduce
chronic pain and improve your
mood; avoiding foods and drinks
that ____ inflammation can also
help.
(a) Because (b) Infect
(c) Cause (d) Diagnose
(e) Ingress
4.People often think and act
defensively to ____ themselves from
information that threatens the self.
(a) Protect (b) Allow
(c) Security (d) Pursue
(e) Acknowledge
5.Although not a strong boy, there was
nothing of the molksop about him
and at an early age he showed the
spirit of absolute ____ which in later
years was to stand him in such good
stead.
(a) Condolence (b) Audacity
(c) Impudence (d) Insolence
(e) Fearlessness
6.Scientists think that ice____ the
entire planet, from the poles to the
equator 700 million years ago.
(a) Smotherd (b) Covers
(c) Covering (d) Remain
(e) None of ther above
7.It goes without saying that. IN order
to revive private investmenet and
consumption, there is a need to
ensure greater credit ____ to
MSMEs.
(a) Pretence (b) Grandiose
(c) Partake (d) Disbursement
8.According to the new rules,
investments up to Rs. 25 crore in
companies that are less than 10 years
old and with a total turnover of
lessthan 100 crore will be ____ from
the new angel tax.
(a) Exempted (b) Purported
(c) Reported (d) Harpooned
9.The problem is, most people don’t
believe they can change the world
and they think they’re nothing more
than a little cog in a big, powerful
machine, so the short-term
gratification of bagels, pizza, chips,
chocolate, etc, becomes more ____.
(a) Appealing (b) Entice
(c) Disagreeable (d) Uninteresting
(e) Off-putting
10. Mental health, while it was
losing its outsider status and
becoming part of the ____
conversation, was at the same time
either becoming a problem running
out of control; or it one wanted to be
an ‘optimist’, merely being
identified more effectively, as long-
standing problems that had been
suppressed or denied were
acknowledged.
(a) Mainstream (b) Unusual
(c) Uncommon (d) Irregular
(e) Exceptional
sentence is given with two blanks,
identify the correct pair of words
that fit in the sentence to make it
correct.
11. My father, the most ____
father I’ve every seen, didn’t marry
my mother ____ he was thirty-six
and she was twenty-five.
(a) Adorable, until (b) Lovable, if
(c) Hatred, in fact (d) Generosity,
because
(e) Loving, after all
12. with nearly 10 million
people ____ to die annually from
drug-resistant infections by 2050,
health care costs and the cost of food
production will ____, while income
inequality will widen.
(a) Reaching, rose (b) Plain, rant
(c) Complaining, smile
(d) Estimated, spike
(e) Purport, straw
13. Despite focused initiatives
since 1975, such as ____ coverage
of the mid-day with a high rate of
undernutrition.
(a) National, grapple
(b) Crossing, travel
(c) Problem, survey
(d) Noion, fight
(e) Lack, right
14. People who ____ don’t get
enought sleep have increases in
ghrelin, a hunger hormone, and
decreases in leptin, a hormone that
helps people feel ____.
(a) Separate, sleep
(b) Repeated, energy
(c) Consistently, sated
(d) Striving, Priority
(e) Sleep, wake
15. Protecting and ____ ocean
habitats such as seagrasses, salt
marshes and mangroves, as well as
their associated food webs, can ____
carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
at rates up to four times higher than
terrestrial forests can.
(e) Restore, sequester
(b) Restored, sequester
(c) Restored, sequestered
(d) Resoring, sequenstering
(e) Restore, sequestered
16. Esther Duflo is just as likely
to be found out in the dusty and
____ villages of northern India,
where she has worked alongside
local academics, as she is in the
_____ halls of us academia.
(a) Rich, Esoteric
(b) Enriched, Special
(c) Impoverished, Rarefled
(d) Impoverish, Recondite
(e) Drained, Rarefy
In each of the following, a sentence
is given with three blanks. Choose
the correct combination of words
that fit in the corresponding blanks.
In the case that all three words fit in
the sentence, but are given is
incorrect sequence, choose option
(d). In the case that all three words
fit in the sentence, in the same
sequence as given, i.e. (1), (2), (3),
choose option (e).
17. Another football icon has
been ___(1)___ by a statue with a
bronze sculpture of the Argentina
great, Diego maradona, ___(2)___ at
a club in Kolkata, although the
dubious likeness to the 1986 World
Cup winner has attracted online
___(3)___.
1. unveiled 2. ridicule
3. honoured
(a) Only 1 and 2 fit
(b) Only 1 and 3 fit
18. The ___(1)___of the Nehru-
Gandhi family, which has produced
three of India’s prime minister,s
including the ___(2)___ one,
Jawaharlal Nehru, was announced as
the new leader of India’s ___(3)___
opposition party.
1. scion 2. found
3. chief
(a) only 1 and 2 fit (b) only 1 and 3
fit
(c) only 2 and 3 fit
19. As his open-topped car
___(1)___ from his house to the
ground, whenever it was ___(2)___
to stop at the frequent traffict lights,
a crowd of ___(3)___ would gather,
clapping, shouting and begging for
autographs.
1. sped 2. said
3. admirers
3 fit
20. He and five other British
men had been guards on a ship to
___(1)___ piracy in the Indian
Ocean but were ___(2)___ in
October 2013 after being charged
with carrying ___(3)___ fireaarms
and ammunition.
1. combat 2. jail
3. licensed
(a) Only 1 fits (b) Only 2 fits
(c) Only 3 fits
21. The company is building an
internal data analytics ___(1)___
that will apply artificial intelligence
and machine learning to ___(2)___
use data from 60,000 - 70,000
customer engagements its various
businesses ___(3)___ each day.
1. division 2. better
3. receive
3 fit
22. Our sales and marketing
network ___(1)___ the nation is now
more than 5,500 ___(2)___ and we
have plans to strengthen our network
to maximize customer ___(3)___.
1. across 2. touchpoint
3. satisfying
3 fit
23. In a bid to ___(1)___ the
movement, the Congress ministry
announced that though Hindi would
be ___(2)___ compulsorily in
schools, there was to be no
___(3)___ in the subject.
1. refuse 2. taught
3. examination
3 fit
24. Analysts say commentary on
client budget for 2018, impact of
___(1)___ in US tax policy, outlook
on BFSI and retail verticals,
___(2)___ of digital services and
automation impact across service
line will be key factors to watch
___(3)___ for in Q3 results.
1. penetration 2. out
3. changes
3 fit
Directions for questions 25 to 27:
in each of the following questions,
two sentences are given with two
balnks each. From the given answer
choices, choose the option which has
the correct combination of words
fitting in both sentences.
25. I. The ____ and unusual
aphrodisiac found only at very high
altitutdes can ____ up to $100000 a
kilo.
II. Luxury goods are also less
affected by high commodity costs
given the signficant price premiums
____ designer labels ____.
(a) Economical, earn
(b) Coveted, fetch
(c) Expensive, convey
(d) Cheap, realize
(e) Luxurious, usher
26. There were definitely some
familiar names, and those two teams
were ____ in what they ____.
California has experienced a ____
growth in population and has ____ a
great deal of cultural diversity.
(a) Downward, portrayed
(b) Peacey, suffered
(c) Unprecedented, cultivated
(d) Drastic, achieved
(e) Phenomenal, accomplished
27. According to the
Constitution, the formulation and
implementation of ____ policy is
clearly a central government ____.
As part of the study, a ____
substance was injected into the
blood of the ____ and his bodily
responese were studied.
(a) international, participant
(b) toxic, concern
(c) unknown, issue
(d) foreign, subject
(e) alien, volunteer
In each of the questions given
below, a part of the sentence is
missing. Choose the part(s) that can
fit in the blank to make the sentence
contextually and grammatically
correct.
28. While it’s not at all ____ the
benefits of actually knowing and
caring about your neighbours far
outweigh the negatives.
I. Bed of roses
II. Like taking candy from a baby
III. As easy as apple ple
(a) both I & II (b) Both II & III
29. With both central banks’
rates already at record lows, there
might be ____ to use interest rates as
a stimulus.
A. few opportunities
B. little room
C. much chances
(a) Only A (b) Only A and B
30. Jackson could face more
than twenty years in prison if
convicted _____ of molestation.
A. on all fronts
B. on all counts
C. on all points
(e) None of these
31. This will put pressure on
fossill resources and ____ concerns
about the enviornmental impact of
energy use.
A. bringging to a head
B. seek to criticise
C. attempt to address
(a) Only C (b) Only A and B
32. The just want to ____ to the
remaining customers and make sure
that foot traffic in the store is up.
1. hang on
2. hang in
3. hang out
(e) All 1, 2 and 3
33. What ____ is that some of
these men use their religious as an
excuse for their selfishness and
cowardice.
A. worse still
B. makes it wordse
C. does more harm than good
34. I was under the impression
that he was ____ little did I realise
that his complaints were grounded in
fact and reality!
I. Making a mountain out of a
molehill
II. Mad as a hatter
III. Tooting his own horn
(c) Only II (d) Both II & III
35. An attorney for Cray argued
that the girl had ____ from her
parents’ home to escape abuse.
1. run over 2. run into
3. run away
(c) Only 3 (d) Only 1 and 3
(e) All 1, 2 and 3
36. If your plumber is
unfamiliar with these divices, ____
and find one who is, unless you can
do it yourself.
1. call off 2. call around
3. call back
(e) All 1, 2, and 3
36. Slumdog Millionaire
confidently takes you on many
journeys but never gives you cause
to ____.
1. lose interest 2. switch off
3. switch on
(e) All 1, 2 and 3
two sentences are given with one
blank each, From the given options,
choose the word that correctly fits in
both the sentences.
38. I. The study ____ that
smoking causes 100,000 premature
deaths every years.
II. Conservative ____ Indicate that
this could lead to a further 4,000
additional vacancies.
(a) Concludes (b) Argues
(c) Estimates (d) Plays
(e) All can fit
39. 1. Entrants will be asked to
use their creative skills to ____ an
eye-catching design to go on a
promotional T-shirt.
II. The lawyer is obliged to ____ the
records for inspection to an
authorised revenue official at his
place of work.
(a) Produce (b) Qualify
(c) Sterilize (d) Conduct
(e) All can fit
40. I. Such fitness institutions
get a lot of positive feedback from
happy trainers who’ve now become
a ____ in their respective comunities
and are able to help themselves and
their families with a little extra
income in addition to finding
themselves in the process.
II. It’s a funny ____ to know
someon’e talking about you in a
language you don’t
(a) Think (b) Sensation
(c) Situation (d) Fickle
41. I. Police are trying to ____ a
white van seen in the area
II. Cadmium is found in all types of
soils in at least ____ quantities.
(a) Tracked (b) Trace
(c) Support (d) Plead
(e) None can fit
42. I. IoT became the hottest
ticket on the plant as new IoT
tradeshows and media outlest
attracted a global ____ a startups
aliging themselves to this market
transition.
II. Las Vegas benefited greatly from
an ____ of visitors, many of whom
made stopovers on the way to
Phoenix.
(a) Plethora (b) Assortment
(c) Influx (d) Increase
below, a sentence is given with two
blanks. From the given options,
choose the one that gives the correct
blanks.
43. For decentralised projects,
local governments in many South
Asian countries still largely do not
have the ____ to maintain their own
budget or deliver services meaning
that they are ____ to invest in
solutions or be motivated to
maintain existing solutions.
(a) Capacity, likely (b) Capability
certain
(c) Ability, unlikely (d) Impotence,
doubtful
(e) Powerlessness, dubious
44. Despite the rulling of the
Supreme Court, the government did
not ____ the appointment process
leading to a ____ petition being filed
in the apex court
(a) Initiated, contempt
(b) Started, disrespect
(c) Initiate, scorn
(d) Start, contempt
(e) Initiate, disrespect
paragraph is given with two blanks.
From the given optios, choose the
correct combination of words that fit
in the passage.
45. With more than a third of
our population already living in
urban areas, affordable public
transport becomes a fundamental
............, rather than a welfare
indulgence, with cities long having
outgown human dimensions- it is
simply not possible to cross a
megacity like Delhi or Mumbai or
Bengaluru on foot, they are an
essential pre-requisite to the ____ of
cities and urban agglomerations as
engines of economic growth.
(a) Standing, working
(b) Necessary, working
(c) Necessity, functioning
(d) Need, continue
(e) Experienced, working
46. India’s recent effort to roll
out the ‘Mendatory Testing and
Certification of Telecom Equipment
(MTCTE) Policy for ____ reuse
testing and certification of telecom
equipment indicates an incilination
towards enhacing ____ testing and
regulatory capacity.
(a) Bound, Behaviour
(b) Manatory, Indigenous
(c) Exception, locality
(d) Requirement, expatriate
(e) Obligation, deliberately
47. Gomathipuram, once a calm
residential area, has been ____ by
business establishments in the past
one year. They are using old houses
as godowns at many locations, So,
heavy trucks and a lot of goods
carriers are using our narrow streets
all through the day and even at night
to transport meterials to and from
the godowns. This causes traffic
congestion, noise and inconvenience
to passers-by, particularly women
and residents close to the godowns.
There is also risk of fire accident as
inflammable materials are found
lying in the open. The godowns are
kept ____ untidy both inside and
outside.
(a) Subjected, reach
(b) Solving, highly
(c) Transferred, profound
(c) Occupied, dreadfully
(e) Countered, attempt
Level-II
Directions for questions 1 to 7: In
sentence with a blank is given.
Identify the word(s) that would fill
the blank making the sentence
correct.
1.A hike in the RBI’s benchmark
interest rates could ____the capital
exodus, but with core inflation
picking up and the government keen
on a rate cut as a growth catalyst, the
RBI has an unenviable dilemma on
its hands.
(a) Initiates (b) Stem
(c) Cause (d) Institutes
(a) A and C (b) B and D
(c) B and C (d) C and D
(e) A and D
2.Adhaar-based eKYC or
authentication is being widely
____for financial as well as non-
financial services such as to open
bank accounts or for e-signatures.
A. Adapted B. Altered
C. Used D. Adopted
(a) A and C (b) B and D
(c) A and D (d) B and C
(e) C and D
3.The CM has made frequent appeals
to militants to return, urged parents
to intervene, asked religious scholars
to ____ from provocation and even
extended “azadi” to separatists if
they help in the restoration of peace.
A. Absent B. Desist
C. Conclude D. Forbear
(a) B and D (b) A and B
(c) C and D (d) A and D
(e) B and C
4.Israel’s massive barrier, full of
watchtowers, wires and soldiers, is
____ a hiking trail but it will
become one eventually.
A. Hardly B. Barely
C. Not at all
(a) All A, B and C (b) Only A and B
5.Disease broke out among them,
____ by the dampness of the soil;
but the work went on.
A. Engendered B. Evaded
C. Incited D. Begot
(a) AB (b) AC
(c) AD (d) CD
(e) None
6.____with the established political
parties frequently results in low
voter turn-outs.
A. Disillusionment B. Dissatisfaction
C. Conviction D. Attatchment
(a) B and D (b) A and C
(c) A and B (d) C and D
(e) None of these
7.Video provides a richer personal
experience of the team and,
combined with periodic off-sites,
can be a great way to build a sense
of connection and ____.
A. camaraderie B. solidarity
C. together (d) fellow
(a) A and D (b) B and D
(c) A and C (d) A and b
(e) B and C
In the questions given below, a part
of a sentence is given, You are
provides answer choices that
complete the given sentence. Choose
the one(s) that is/are grammatically
8.____movies and on television,
shouting cannot trigger an
avalanche, according to the Utah
Avalanche Centre.
(a) Regardless of what is being
shown in
(b) Despite what you may have seen
in
(c) Irrespective of what you could
have seen in
(a) A and B (b) B only
(c) A and C (d) C only
9.While farming practices, agro-
climatic conditions and crop
selection differ from state to state,
____
I. no two States have the same prices
for produce of the same crop.
II. The problem of the volatillity in
prices for produce is universal for all
farmers.
III. a common problem faced by our
farmers has been the volatillity in
prices for produce.
(a) Only III (b) Both I and II
(c) Both I and III (d) Both II and
III
10. ____, humans are animals,
and like all animals we have
idiosyncrasies, quirks and
characteristics that distinguish us as
a species.
(A) Although we exhibit lots of
individual and cultural variations
(B) We may look different from
each other
(C) Since there are characteristics
shared by all people everywhere
(c) A and C (d) A only
(e) C only
11. ____, organizations realize
that relative parity in pay as
compared to peers and colleagues
does matter.
(a) While money in absolute temrs is
not one of the key drivers of
motivaiton
(b) Providing a major boost to the
budding technology
(c) Promoting transparency and
uniformity in matters of
compensation
(a) B and C (b) A and C
(c) A only (d) B only
(e) A and B
12. Not only better integration
of farmers with markets, ____.
(a) but also a structural shift in
cropping patterns is dominating the
farm output.
(b) But also large investments in
agriculture are the need of the hour.
(c)but it will also generate
employment in the rural economy.
(c) C only (d) A and C
(e) B only
13. The software industry in
India is laying off employees en
masse, and ____.
I. has even resorted to coercing them
to resign.
II. is causing a panic among
software engineers today.
III. the demand for software
engineers is increasing day by day.
(c) Both I and III (d) Both II and
III
14. The optimism after the
success at the Asian gGames last
year has evaporated ____.
A. With healthy and consistent
athletes in India.
B. With injuries and inconsistency
troubling India’s athletes.
C. due to the Indian athletes’
underperformance.
(a) A & B(b) A & C
(c) B & C (d) All A, B & C
15. From cities in the air to
floating villages in the Bay of
Tokyo, a group of forward-thinking
Japanese architects, ____
‘sprawling urbanism’ in Japan after
1945.
(a) incorporated Innovative
technologies and the usage of
modular units in architecture
towards building a
(b) built structures which appealed
to people who were beginning to
travel post-war in Japan, by
Installing leisure and rest, on the
course of constructing a
(c) showed how creatively some of
the country’s finest architects
approached
(d) stressed the idea of the collective
from through three specific types:
Compositional, structural and
sequential, paving the way for a
(e) All can fit
each of the following questions, two
sentences are given with one blank
each. From the given options,
choose the word that correctly fits in
both the sentences.
16. I. Residents said tanks ____
down their street firing into their
homes.
II. I sighed and ____onto my
stomach, lying face down on the cot.
(a) Enrolled (b) Rolled
(c) Trolled (d) Pass
(e) All can fit
17. I. Ashcroft ____a free-kick
from 20 yards against their team’s
traditional rivals.
II. Local columnists ____ against the
failures of central government in
Madrid.
(a) Clapped (b) Trapped
(c) Thundered (d) Swell
(e) All can fit
17. I. Ashcroft ____ a free kick
from 20 yards against their team’s
traditional rivals.
II. Local columnists ____ against the
faillures of central government in
madrid.
(a) Clapped (b) Trapped
(c) Thundered (d) Swell
(e) All can fit
18. I. When committing crimes,
psychopaths carefully plan out every
detail in advance and often have
____ plans in place.
II. People make investments in the
form of real estate deposits or gold
and silver of term deposits in order
to sall through any ____ that might
arise.
(a) Adversity (b) Contingency
(c) Crunch (d) Misfortune
19. I. While micromanagement
can also be a sign of a bad boss, it’s
worth considering whether or not,
you did something to warrant that
level of ____.
II. Most information was collected
by direct ____ of the animals’
behaviour.
(a) Situation (b) Observatioon
(c) Perseverance (d) Diction
20. I. New bunkers are being
built, the ground is being mined to
____ Chinese attack, machinegun
nests are being placed at strategic
points, and soldiers are performing
battle drills at least twice a day.
II. As a matter of strict law, party
elections can neither preclude nor
____ the prerogative of choice.
(a) Pre-empt (b) Denounce
(c) Concoct (d) Dissolve
(e) All of the above can fit.
below, a sentence is given with two
choose the one that gives the correct
blanks.
21. The Income Tax authorities
once again ____ the embers back
into the flames this week, by
slapping a/an ____ Rs 30,700 crore
penalty on Cairn Energy.
(a) Fanned, whopping
(b) Ventilated, ambiguous
(c) Ignited, arduous
(d) Rolled, Inexplicable
(e) Smothered, reckless
22. During the post-war period,
____ firms met with great difficulty
in maintaining their business as soon
as the standard brands of ____
companies became generally
available.
(a) Contemporary, established
(b) Manufacturing, enterprise
(c) Specialized, agriculturally
(d) Initial, large
(e) Segregated, amalgamated
23. The discouragement and
____ that so often pleague
perfectionists can lead to decrease in
____and production, also often
affecting the quality and quantity of
the material that is produced.
(a) frugaity, development
(b) pressure, creativity
(c) purposefulness, promotion
(d) stigma, symptoms
(e) taboo, profit
24. In this latest speech, Mr.
Trump has ____ global warming,
stating ____ that there is no solid
scientific evidence to support the
theory that the Earth is warming
because of increases in greenhouse
gases.
(a) Debunked, categorically
(c) Deplored, optimistically
(d) Dismissed, hesitantly
(e) Provied, candidly
25. The incompetent justice
system does not ____ criminals
because of the delay and
uncertainties involved in its
processes and ridiculously
ineffective punishments it ____ on
those few who get convicted.
(a) Prevent, declares
(b) Discourage, delivers
(c) Suppress, emphasizes
(d) Laud, decides
(e) Deter, Imposes
26. The country’s environment
ministry says it’s also making ____
in reducing bad air, where it
mentions that levels of PM2.5 came
down in Delhi.
A. Headway B. Citing
C. Efforts D. Quoting
E. Striving F. Indicate
(a) A and F & B and E
(b) A and B & C and D
(c) C and E
(d) D and F
(e) A and E
27. Prior to Industrialisation and
the ____global ‘Green revolution” in
the 1960s which saw the
development of high-yield variety
crops using new technologies,
India’s water availability was
________.
A. Stagnated B. Accompanying
C. Plentiful D. Merclless
E. Objective F. Surrpassed
(a) E and F (b) B and C
(c) C and F (d) D and E
(e) A and D
28. Rural electrification in India
has been a long effort,
________rapid growth from the
Third Plan to the Twelfth Plan, but
getting affordable power to every
household needs ____policy
support.
A. Achieing B. Sustained
C. Registering D. Suspecting
E. Ordering F. Permeating
(a) A and E (b) B and C
(c) D and F (d) E and F
(e) A and B
29. Housing deficits have led to
the ________of slums, lack of
enforcement of building norms has
left the metros heavily congested,
and poor investmenet in public
transport has ________unsustainable
levels of private vehicle use.
A. Substantiation
B. Coverged
C. Abstained
D. Proliferation
E. Interjection
F. Fuelled
(a) B and F (b) C and D
(c) D and F (d) A and E
(e) B and C
below, a sentence is given with three
blanks. Choose the correct
combination of phrases that fit in the
corresponding blanks.
30. ____all retrieve the same
information, the key differentiator is
not ____, but the ability to make use
of it; the capacity to translate the
vailable information ____.
1. We can, assess data, in something
useful
2. Although we can, data
accessibility, into functional
knowledge
3. When we can, access to data, into
useful knowledge
(e) all 1, 2 and 3
31. Digestion is sluggish during
the rainy season, so it____ to high-
fibre foods like bajra which is ____
insoluble fibre that provides bulk to
the stool and keeps constipation, a
common problem during this season,
____.
1. is adviced to stick, full of, away
2. helps to stick, loaded with, at bay
3. is advised to stick, high in, at an
arm’s length
(e) All 1, 2 and 3
32. While ____to innovate have
gone from flying umbrellas to ones
with frills, it ____ it is a perfect
technology that cannot be ____.
1. attempting, appeared that,
improved within
2 attempts, appears that, improve
upon
3. attempt, is apparent that,
improved on
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only
(e) All 1, 2 and 3
two sentences each consisting of two
blanks have been given. Identify the
option which provides the correct set
of words that fits in both the blanks
in both the statements appropriately
and in the same order making them
33. I. Global finance chiefs tried
to play down the pound’s overnight
____, but officials were clearly ____
that a rocky divorce between Britain
and the European Union could
damage the global economy.
II. A rainstorm ____the Chicago
area ripped open a sinkhole and an
overwhelmed sewer system sent
water guishing geyser-like from
manholes with such force it ____ the
heavy covers.
(a) Upswing, disturbed
(b) Bombarding, troubled
(c) Battering, confused
(d) Surging, unsettled
(e) Pummelling, rattled
34. I. What is insidious is when
the appeal of stereotypes combines
with ____ economic explanations
for the larger forces causing ____ in
our lives.
II. While a/an ____ figure, karzai
cannot control his country and is
being driven to behave in ways the
are speeding ____.
(a) Deceptive, disruption
(b) Tempting, collagpse
(c) Influential, mayhem
(d) Seductive, havoc
(e) Flawed, confusion
35. I. The overly ____ faith in a
new economy has already done
plenty of ____.
II. Germans have long had an overly
vision of Ireland, inspired by the
work of the author Heinrich Boll,
but it’s a good thing that the famed
author is no longer alive to witness
the ____ caused to the once virtuous
society.
(a) Idealistic, friction
(b) Deceptive, harm
(c) Frantic, destruction
(d) Romantic, damange
(e) Optimistic, vandalism
36. I. They ____social
interactions in a very flexible way,
but the desired function is often
dependent on the point in the ____
at which the small talk occurs.
II. They need something to ____ the
____, so they play cards.
(a) Oil, machinery
(b) Lubricate, conersation
(c) Smoothen, speech
(d) Greased, discussion
(e) Butter, flattery
37. I. The ____ composition of
the water has a large impact on the
ecology for both plants and animals
and it also ____ the uses that may be
made of the river water.
II. The ____responsible for this is
serotonin, which ____ aggression
and dominance across a range of
animals, including humans.
(a) Chemical, affects
(b) Synthetic, Influences
(c) Anomalous, disturb
(d) Catalytic, affects
(e) Basic, upsets
38. I. Use of ____ jewellery,
modelled on real flowers worn in
ancient India, is part of a tradition
dating back some 5,000 years;
gemstones are also ____ in India as
talismans.
II. Fathers have a ____ structure
which soon becomes ____ during
the course of flying, struggling with
prey and colliding with branches.
(a) Fragile, frayed (b) Sickly,
exhausted
(c) Delicate, worn (d) Tender,
threadbare
(e) Delightful, used
paragraph is given with two/three
choose the correct combination of
words that fit in the passage.
39. The Barnes & Noble saga
may yet have a happy ending. The
retailer, still the largest U.S.
bookstore chain despite years of
____ sales, was bought by hedge
fund Elliott Management along with
newly revived British bookseller
Waterstones in a $683 million deal.
It’s easy for any retailer to blame
Amazon for its ____, but New York-
based Barnes & Noble’s decline has
been largely self-inflicted.
(a) Enshrine, problem
(b) Shrivelling, woes
(c) Escalation, troubles
(c) Clout, prevent
(e) Political, landscape
40. The India Post Payments
Bank (IPPB), a financial service
provide that will operate ____ the
country’s age-old postal department,
has been launched recently. The
government-owned payments bank
will be able to accept deposits of up
to Rs. 1 lakh from customers but
without the rights to use these funds
to ____ risky loans at higher interest
rates. It is hoped that the payments
bank idea will help ____ the postal
system, which has a wide network of
branches across India.
A. Advance B. Reinvigorate
C. Calculate D. Specify
E. Under F. Delineate
(a) C, D and F (b) E, A and F
(c) E, A and B (d) C, D and E
(e) B, F and C
41. The women’s suffrage
movement was a decades-long fight
to win the right to vote for women in
the United States. It took activists
and reformers nearly 100 years to
win that right, and the ____ was not
easy:
Disagreements over stragtegy
threatened to ____ the movement
more than once. But on August 26,
1920, the 19th Amendment to the
Constitution was finally. ___,
enfranchising all American women
and declaring for the first time that
they, like men, deserve all the rights
and responsibilities of citizenship.
A. Ratified B. Passed
C. Cripple D. Derail
E. CampaignF. Journey
(a) A, B and D (b) B, C and E
(c) E, C and A (d) F, E and D
(e) D, C and B
42. The earliest electronic
computers were not “personal” in
any way: They were enormous and
hugely expensive, and they ____ a
team of engineers and other
specialists to keep them running.
One of the first and most famous of
these, the Electronic Numericals
Integrator Analyzer and Computer
ENIAC), was built at the University
of Pennsylvania to do ballistics ____
for the U.S. milittary during World
War II. ENIAC cost $500,000,
weighed 30 tons and took up nearly
2,000 square feet of floor space. On
the outside, ENIAC was overed in a
____of cables, hundreds of blinking
lights and nearly 6,000 mechanical
switches that its operators used to
tell it what to do.
A. Calculations B. Needed
C. Tangle D. Analysis
E. Required F. Labyrinth
(a) A, C and D (b) D, E and B
(c) A, D and F (d) E, A and C
(e) C, F and E
43. Portugal led the other
European countries into exploration.
Encouraged by Prince Henry the
Naviator, Portuguese seamen sailed
southward ____ the African coast,
seeking a water roue to the East.
They were also looking for a ____
king named Preseter John who had
supposedly build a Christian
stronghold somewhere in north-
western Africa. During Henry’s
lifetime the Portugueses learned
much about the African coastal area.
His people developed the quadrant,
the cross-staff, and the compass,
made advances in cartography, and
designed and built highly ____ little
ships know as caravels.
A. Along B. Legendary
C. After D. Placebo
E. Manoeuvrable F. Careful
(a) A, C and E (b) A, B and E
(c) C, A and F (d) F, C and D
(e) E, D and A
paragraph is given, containing three
blanks. Six words follow the
paragraph as options for the blanks.
Choose the option with the correct
combination of three words which
can fit in the three balnks (in the
same order) to make the paragraph
coherent.
44. In the last decade, the line of
Control (LoC) in Jammu and
Kashmir has often been reinterpreted
as the line of commerce and co-
operation. This ____ shift was the
result of initiation of two
confidence-building measures
(CBMs) between India and Pakistan-
cross-LoC trade and cross-Loc
travle. It was representative of a
constructive ____ engagement
process in the midst of political
upheavals. Stakeholders were
hopeful that while cross -LoC travel
would connect divided families,
cross-LoC trade would foster
conomic ties between Jammu and
Kashmir and Pakistan- occupied
Kashmir (PoK) that would
eventually help reap the peace ____.
(A) Crucial (B) Structural
(C) Respected (D) Bilateral
(E) Integral (d) Dividends
(a) CDB (b) ACE
(c) ADF (d) BEC
(e) FDA
45. It is not the case that women
are simply retreating from the world
of work. On the contrary, time-use
surveys have found that they devote
a ____ amount of their time to work
which is not considered as work, but
an extension of their duties, and is
largely unpaid. The incidence and
drudgery of this unpaid labour is
growing. This includes unpaid care,
and houehold work such as
collecting water. The burden of
those activities falls ____ on women
in the absence of adequately
available or accessible pulibc
services. It also encompasses
significant chunks of women’s ____
to agriculture, animal husbandry,
and non-timber forest produce on
which most of the houlsehold
products and consumption is based.
(A) Incident (B) Disporportionately
(C) Remaining (D) Classical
(E) Contribution (F) Substantial
(a) ADF (b) BEF
(c) CDB (d) FBE
(e) EAD
46. India’s demand for liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG) rose to a
record in the fiscal year ended in
March amid government measures
to provides the clean cooking fuel to
rural households, and analysts
expect ______ follows a social
welfare programme, known as the
Ujjwala scheme, launched by the
government in 2016 that has
provided about 72 million new LPG
connections to households in 714
districts, according to ______ data.
(A) Speed (B) Consumption
(C) Boost (D) Stereotype
(e) Partial (F) Offical
(a) CAD (b) BCF
(c) ACE (d) DAF
(e) EFB
47. Megha Bhatt grew up
gazing at the Moon riding through
the blackest of skies. Electricity was
often off at night in her small village
in India, so there was plenty of time
to ______ at the celestial views. Her
parents told her stories of how
American men had gone to the
Moon and taken giant step there. At
school, she saw a video of neil
Armstrong on the lunar surface, and
she was hooked. She became a
planetary scientist. Next week, Bhatt
intends to watch her own country
reach for the Moon. In the early
hours of 15 July, at the Satish
Dhawan launch centre north of
Chennai, the Chandrayaan-2 lunar
probe is ______ to thunder into
space. If it takes off successfully, the
spacecraft will head for the Moon’s
south pole and drop India’s first
lunar lander to the surface. The
carries a six-wheeled roving robot,
which would make india the fourth
nation, after the Soviet Union, the
United States and China, to place a
______ vehicle on another world.
(A) Scheduled (B) Wheeled
(C) Highlight (D) Marvel
(E) Exploration (F) Investing
(a) CDB (b) DCE
(c) ADF (d) DAB
(e) FDA
in each of the following questions, a
small paragraph is given from which
five words have been omitted. These
words, represented by a letter, are
given below the paragraph, in a
random order, Rearrange these
words in a appropriate order so that
these fit the blanks and give out a
grammatically and meaningfully
coherent paragraph.
48. A well-educated person is
someone who studies a subject not
to ______ scientific knowledge of it
but to become a discerning judge.
Not being well-educated is just the
______ to discern in each subject
which arguments belong to it and
which are ______ to it. Thus a
person well-educated in medicine,
for example, is capable of judging
whether someone has ______ a
disease correctly, and the
‘unconditionally well-educated
person’, who is well-educated in
every subject or area, seeks ______
in each area to the extent that the
nature of its subject matter allows.
(A) Treated (B) Acquire
(c) Foreign (d) Exactness
(e) Inability
(a) CDBEA (b) CBAED
(c) BECAD (d) CEBAD
(e) EDBCA
49. Social media can be used
______ in healthy ways that uplift
and motivate, and it can also be used
in____,lurking ways that lead to
discouragement and isolation. What
matters, at least for mental health, is
not necessarily the ______ of social
media time spent, but the way social
media time is ______. Telling our
kids to “put down the phone” is
about as helpful as taking away their
car keys instead of teaching them
how to ______.
(A) Amount (B) Proactively
(C) Drive (D) Spent
(E) Passive
(a) BEADC (b) CDBEA
(c) BDCEA (d) ADBCE
(e) EDBCA
50. Lots of us feel dissatisfied
with our bodies when we see images
of thin, ______people. Indeed, a
quick scroll through celebrity posts
on Instagram can make fed diets
seem like the ______ to happiness.
A little ______ for a little while, and
maybe we too will ______ beautiful.
After all, cutting sugar and reducing
carbs ______ guarantees that the fat
will fall off us, right?
(A) Feel (B) Essentially
(c) Attractive (D) Willpower
(e) Path
(a) BDCEA (b) ADCBE
(c) EDBCA (d) CEDAB
(e) CDAEB
51. Economics is the ______ of
how we use our ______ resources-
like time and money- to achieve our
goals. At the core of economics is
the idea that “there is no free lunch”
because we “can’t have it all.”
To______ more of one thing, we gie
up the opportunity of getting the
next best thing. Scarcity is not just a
physical ______. Scarcity also
______ our thinking and feeling.
(A) Affects (B) Obtain
(C) Study (d) Scarce
(E) Limitation
(a) BACDE (b) CDBEA
(c) ABCDE (d) DCBEA
(e) EDBCA
Directions for Questions: 52 to 57:
paragraph with a blank is given.
Five sentences are suggested below
the paragraph. Out of these, only one
fits the blank in the context of the
paragraph. Pick that as your answer.
52. In 1995, the EU started an
initiative called the Barcelona
process. The goal of this process
was to create closer cooperation on a
political, economic and cultural
level with the non-EU countries
around the Mediterranean. However,
in the late 2000’s this diplomatic and
political process healted. French
President Sarkozy thought it should
continue, andduring his 2008
election campaign called for a
deeper and broader ‘Union for the
Mediterranean’. ______ Most
importantly, this union would exist
next to, not as a part of, the
European Union; EU member States
without a border along the
Mediterranean were to be excluded
from membership.
(a) In this union, all the countries
around the Mediterranean would
come together to pool sovereignty
on a number of issues.
(b) Germany felt that a partnership
with other countries in the
Mediterranean was an excellent
idea, buut that it should be an EU
process and thus involve all EU
Member States, including northern
ones without direct access to the
Mediterranean.
(c) A Union for the Mediterranean is
an ideal foreign policy tool for the
European Union.
(d) As to political cooperation and
foreign policy: the EU itself was
originally intended to be an
economic union, not a political
union.
(e) Thie led to significant opposition
from exactly those EU Member
States which were to be excluded,
amongst them Germany.
53. The risk of conflict in the
South China Sea is significant.
China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia,
Brunei, and the Philippines have
competing territorial and
jurisdictional claimsm particularly
over rights to exploit the region’s
possibly extensive reserves of oil
and gas. ______ These tensions are
shaping- and being shaped by- rising
apprehensions about the growth of
China’s military power and its
regional intentions. China has
embarked on a substantial
modernization of its martime
paramilitary forces as well as naval
capabilities to enforce its
sovereignty and jurisdiction claims
by force if necessary. So China is
developing capabilities that would
put U.S. forces in the region at risk
in a conflict, thus potentially
denying access to the U.S. Navy in
the western Pacific.
(a) Strategic warning signals that
indicate heightened risk of conflict
include political decisions and
statements by senior officials,
official and unofficial media reports,
and logistical changes and
equipment modification.s
(b) In a scenario of Chinese
provocation, the United States might
opt to dispatch naval vessels to the
area to signal its interest in regional
peace and stability.
(c) The most likely and dangerous
contingency is a clash stemming
from U.S. Military operations with
China’s EEZ that provokes an armed
Chinese response.
(d) Freedom of navigation in the
region is also a contentious issue
especially between the United States
and China over the right of U.S.
military Vessels to operate in
China's two-hundred-mile exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
(e) China explicitly referred to the
South China Sea as a core interest·
in 2010 Beijing hinted this was the
case but subsequently backed away
from the assertion.
54. Forgiveness is a powerful
mechanism to remove the
psychological knots in the brarn.
Removal of such knots increases the
processing power of brain and,
hence, bring in happiness. Too often
when we are in a good mood, we
declare that we have forgiven a
particular person. However in truth,
it is difficult to do so. This is
because during episodes of bad
mood, all the ugly memories come
to the fore. True forgiveness is to
remove all traces of ugly or sad
events. That is very difficult to do,
since any time the memory of that
particular person comes at front in
the mind, he ugly event comes along
with it. This is because associative
memories of the person and event
are linked. A possible way for
foregivness is to fully resolve the
issue and the circumstances leading
to that event. _____
(a) In that process, we also cease to
given that person undue importance
in terms of those negative momories.
(b) This forgiveness and resolution
require an ability to reach to the
inner core of our memories.
(c) It sometimes helps to revisit
those circumstances to know the true
nature of the conflict and its origin.
(d) It we practice this art of
forgiveness constanttly, it can
become our second nature and can
lead to our not getting upset and
angry in the first place.
(e) When we analyze the issue, and
can resolve it without taking sides as
to who was right or wrong when we
can stop assigning blame- then we
can truly forgie that person.
55. Scientists in India have
uncovered a pair of 1.6 billion-year-
old fossils that appear to contain red
algae, which may be the oldest
plant-like life discovered on Earth.
Until now, the oldest known red
algae was 1.2 billion years old.
______ This discovery could lead
experts to rewrite the tree of life.
The 'time of visible life' seems to
have begun much earlier than what
everyone thought. The material
structurally resembles red algae,
embedded in fossil mats of
cyanobacteria inside a 1.6 billion-
year-old phosphorite, a kind of rock,
found in Chitrakoot region in Uttar
Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
However, one cannot be 100% sure
about material this ancient, as there
is no DNA remaining, but the
characters agree quite well with·the
morphology and structure of red
algae.
(a) The fossils were discovered in
sedimentary rocks at Chitrakoot in
central India.
(b) Distinct structures at the center
of each cell wall are also apparent,
and are typical of red algae.
(c) Scientists often debate the
question of when complex life began
on Earth, but th~y generally agree
that large multicellular orgamsms
became 233 common about 600
million years ago.
(d) What has been eclipsed in the
announcement IS that one set of
these fossils have already been
discovered by a Dehradun-based
geologist who was the first to report
these unique fossils over two
decades ago.
e) The earliest traces of life on Earth
- in the form of single-celled
organisms - go back some 3.5 billion
years.
56. Right from the beginning,
aquagenic urticaria was as baffling
to scientists as it is to the rest of us.
Technically, the condition isn't
actually an allergy at all, since it's
likely caused by an immune reaction
to something within the body, rather
than an over-reaction to something
foreign, such as pollen or peanuts.
_______ Contact with water may
cause these components to release
toxic compounds, which in turn
leads to an immune reaction.
a) Indeed, treating the skin with
chemical solvents - which allow
more water into this layer- before
exposure makes the reaction worse.
b) For a start, the water in our bodies
is apparently not a problem.
c) At least 60% of the human body
is water; the average 70 kg adult
contains around 40 litres.
d) The earliest theory to explain how
it works is that water is interacting
with the outermost layer of skin,
which consists mostly of dead skin
cells.
(e) Others have suggested that water
may simply dissolve chemicals in
the layer of dead skin.
57. The odds of having a boy vs.
having a girl have never been
exactly 50:50. Worldwide, there are
around 109 boys born for every 100
girls. ______ Men have weak
immune systems, higher cholesterol,
more heart problems, a greater
susceptibility to diabetes, higher
rates of cancer and lower chances of
surviving it. They make up over
two-thirds of murder victims, three-
quarters of traffic accident fatalities
and are three times more likely to
commit suicide. Mothers ave to ave
a higher proportion of sons in order
for an equal number to survive.
(a) This might seem like a lot, but
it's necessary.
(b) The relative odds of conceiving
sons or daughters have been baffling
scientists for decades.
(c) The phenomenon was
particularly mysterious to Charles
Darwin, who meticulously studied
the proportion of male and female
offspring in a number of animals.
(d) So why is the sex ratio close to
50:50, but not exactly?
(e) Crucially, a predisposition to
having more sons or daughters is
encoded in our genetics.
statement is given. From the options
choose the one/s that convey(s) the
same meaning as the given
statement and is/are grammatically
correct.
1.In the case that Marty does not come
to the event, you must give the
speech.
1. You must give the speech if
Marty does not come to the event.
2. Should marty not come to the
event, you must give the speech.
3. You must give the speech
provided Marty does not come to the
event.
(a) Only 2 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 2 and 3
(e) 1, 2 and 3
2.The ongoing economic slowdown in
India is expected to have an effect
on the growth across the world as a
result of which, the IMF has pushed
down its global forecast by 0.1
percent.
I. Growth across the world is
expected to be affected by the
current economic slowdown across
the world as a result of which, the
IMF has pushed down its global
forecast by 0.1 percent.
II. To affect the growth around the
world, the IMF has plummeted its
global forecast by 0.1 percent, which
is likely due to the economic
slowdown in India.
III. The IMF has slashed its forecast
for growth by 0.1 percent due to the
fact that India is witnessing an
economic slowdown, which is
expected to have an effect on the
growth across the world.
(a) None of I, II and III
(b) Only I and II
(c) Only II and III
(d) Only I and III
sentence is given. If this sentence is
broken into simpler or smaller
sentences, which of the following
would be part(s) of it?
3.While the world has seen some
progress over the past 15 years in
reaching the UN Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs), which
placed eradicating hunger and
poverty on top of the global agenda.
extreme poverty remains a pressing
challenge.
I. The past 15 years have seen some
progress in the world in reaching the
UN MDGs.
II. Extreme poverty remains a
challenge despite reaching the UN
Millennium Development Goals.
III. Eradicating hunger and poverty
were placed on top of the global
agenda by the UN MDGs.
4.Understanding local cultures
ensured that Netflix could be
sensitive to and respond to their
differences and this enhanced its
credibility and helped it forge
smooth relationships with key
stakeholders.
1. Netflix even responds to the
cultural differences among local
cultures.
2. Cultural differences enhance
credibility and help in forging
smooth relationships with key
stakeholders.
3. Netflix has become sensitive by
understanding differences in local
cultures.
(e) All 1, 2 and 3
Level-I
Directions for question 1 to 21: In
statement is given. From the options,
chooe the one/s that convey(s) the
same meaning as the given
statement and is/are grammatically
correct.
1.The optic nerve, which carries visual
signals to the brain, passes through
the retina, a light-sensitive layer of
tissue.
I. The optic nerve, which is a light-
sensitive layer of tissue, passes
through the retina and carries visual
signals to the brain
II. The retina, a light-sensitive layer
of tissue passes through the optic
nerve which carries visual signals to
the brain.
III. The optic nerve passed through
the retina and is a light-sensitive
layer of tissue and it carries visual
signals to the brain.
(a) Only II and III (b) Only I
(c) Only I and II (d) Only III
2.The faster you drive, the more
dangerous it is.
1. When you drive faster, it is more
dangerous.
2. Fast driving is more dangerous
than a slow one.
3. It is more dangerous when you
drive faster.
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 2 only
3.Indian weddings bring to mind
glittering gold jewels and swingy
skirts studded with rhinestones and
tiny mirrors.
(a) Indian weddings mind glittering
gold jewels and swingy skirts
studded with rehinestones and tiny
mirrors.
(b) Indian weddings bring to mind
swingy skirts studded with
rhinestones, glittering gold jewels
and tiny mirrors.
(c) Glittering gold jewels and
swingy skirts studded with
rhinestones and tiny mirrors are
what Indian weddings bring to mind.
(d) Our mind is full of glittering
gold jewels and swingy skirts
studded with rhinestones and tiny
mirrors when it comes to India
weddings.
4.Leaders who discount the value of
sleep can netatively impact not just
emotions but also behaviours on
their teams.
(a) Leaders wo diregard the value of
sleep can negatively impact
emotions and behaviours on their
teams.
(b) leaders wo undermine the value
of sleep can negatively impact just
emotions and not behaviours on
their teams.
(c) Leaders discount the value of
sleep which negatively impacts
emotions and behaviours on their
teams.
(d) Discounting the value of sleep
can negatively impact behaviours
and emotions of leaders on their
temas.
5.It might seem obvious that woman
had high ambitions to hold executive
leadership roles with high status,
power, and influence.
(a) Women have high ambitions to
hold executive leadership roles with
high status, power, and influence
which might seem obvious.
(b) Women had high ambitions to
hold executive leadership roles with
high status, power, and influence,
which might seem self-evident. (c)
It is clear to see that women had
high ambitions to hold executive
leadership roles with high status,
power, and influence.
6.Nearly 40% of Americans have an
outside source of income beyond
their day job and many more are at
least contemplating the possibility.
(a) Many American professionals
who are interested in developing a
side income stream find themselves
procrastinating.
(b) Most Americans have source of
income beyond their day job and
still more are analysing its
possibility.
(c) Close to 40% Americans have a
secondary income and many more
are contemplating the idea of having
it.
(d) Nearly 40% Americans would
consider a side gig to supplement
their full-time work and many more
are already having it.
7.An analysis by the Commonwealth
Fund found that factors like heart
disease, diabetes and respiratory
disease were contributing to the
increased mortality among middle-
aged people.
(a) Factors like heart diesease,
diabetes, blood pressure and
respiratory disease were contributing
to the increased mortality among
middle-aged people, according to a
study.
(b) Factors like heart disease,
diabetes and respiratory disease,
according to an analysis by the
Commonwealth Fund, were
contributing to the increased
mortality among middle-aged
people.
(c) Due to factors like heart disease,
diabetes and respiratory disease,
middle-aged people were suffering
decreased mortality, according to the
Commonwealth Fund.
(d) Factors like heart disease,
diabetes, and respirtory disease
contribute to the increased mortality
among middle-aged people, despite
the caution issued by the
Commonwealth Fund.
(e) All are correct
8.It is not the complexity of issue that
confront the world but the steady
undermining of institutional and
knowledge structures that is posing a
threat to the world.
(a) The steady undermining of
institutional and knowledge
structures is posing a threat to the
world and not the complexity of
issues that confront it.
(b) Complexity of issues that
conront the world are as dangerous
as they steady undermining of
structures.
(c) The steady undermining of
structures is not dangerous but the
complexity of issues that confront
the world is.
(d) The world is facing the twin
problems of the complexity of issues
that conront it and the steady
undermining of institutional and
knowledge structures.
9.Rising incomes over the past decade
fuelled the wanderlust of middle-
class Chinese consumers, making
them the world’s largest outbound
travellers.
(a) The world’s largest outbond
travellers are the Chinese, whose
wanderlust was fuelled by their
incomes rising over the past decade.
(b) The wonderlust of middle-class
Chinese consumers was fuelled by
rising incomes over the past decade,
and this made hem to world’s largest
outbound travellers.
(c) The wanderlust of middle-class
Chinese consumers made them the
world’s largest outbond travellers,
and this has led to rising income
over the past decade.
(d) Rising incomes over the past
decade dampened making them the
world’s larges outbound travellers.
(e) All are correct
10. Breaking the traditional job
mould and creating your own
according to your passion is not a
dream anymore, thanks to online
platforms.
(a) It was earlier a dream o break the
traditional job mould and create
your own according to your passion.
(b) With the help of online
platforms, you can create your own
job mould according to your
passion, which was earlier a dream.
(c) Through online platforms, you
can break the traditional job mould
and create your own according to
your passion, which is no longer a
dream.
11. Developing a diverse
leadership pipeline can benefit
companies in all sectors.
(a) A diversity in leadership
pipeline’s development can benefit
companies in all sectors.
(b) A development in leadership
pipeline’s diversity can benefit
companies in all secotors.
(c) Companies in all sectors can
benei from a diverse leadership
pipeline.
12. I constantly see people rise
in life who are not the smartest,
sometimes not even the most
dilligent, but they are learning
machines.
(a) I often see people rise in life as
learning machines even if they are
not the smrtest, sometimes not even
the most diligent.
(b) Someimes people who are not
the smartes, sometimes not even the
most diligent rise in life to become
learning machines.
(c) People rise in life to become
learning machines even if they are
not the smartes, sometimes no even
the most diligent.
(d) I constantly see people rise in
their lives because they are learning
machines even though they are no
the smarest, someimes not even he
most diligent.
13. Every year we see thousands
of students enter college or
universityfor higher eduction in he
hopes of getting high-paying jobs
and becoming rich as soon as
possible.
(a) Entering college or University
for hiher education is key to getting
high-paying jobs and becoming rich
at the earliest.
(b) Thousands of students wo ener
college or universiy for higher
education get high paying jobs and
become rich very soon
(c) In he hope of getting high-paying
jobs and becoming rich as soon as
possible, we see thousands of
students enter college or university
for higher education.
(d) Students entering college or
university for higher education get
high-paying jobs and subseqently
become rich.
(e) All of he above
14. The court has not gone into
the merits of the case and
peremptorily set aside the ribunal
decision on the ground of
maintainability alone.
(a) The court has imperiously set
aside the tribunal decision on he
grond of maintainabiliy alone and
has not gone into the merits of the
case.
(b) Without going ino he merits of
the case, the court has decisively
endorsed the tribunal decision on the
grond of maintainabiliy alone.
(c) without considering he grond of
maintainability alone, the court has
peremptorilly set aside the ribunal
decision on he merits of the case.
(d) The tribunal decision was set
aside on the rond of maintainabiliy
alone by the court, before going into
the meris of the case.
(e) All are correct
15. Around the world, Huawei
has already secured more than 50
commercial 5G contracts, which
shows that these customers from
around the wrold believe that
Huawei’s 5G is secure.
(a) Huawei has already secured
more than 50 commercial 5G
contracts around the world, which
shows that all the customers in the
world believe that Huawei’s 5G is
secure.
(b) Huawei’s 5G is secure, and that
is the reason why it could secure
contracts around the world.
(c) Huawei has already secured
contracts arond the world, which
shows that these customers believe
that Huawei’s 5G is secure.
(d) Around the world, Huawei ias
already secured more than 50
commercial G contracts, making
these customers from around the
world believe that Huawei’s 5G is
secure.
(e) All are correct
16. Any reduction in the cost of
the battery pack of an electric
vehicle will have to come from a
reduction in material cost or the
manufacturing overhead.
(a) Any reduction in the cost of the
battery pack of an electric vehicle
can result in a reduction in material
cost or the manufacturing overhead.
(b) A reduction in material cost or
the manufacturing overhead is the
only way to reduce the cost of the
battery pack of an electric vehicle.
(c) Any reduction in material cost of
the manufacturing overhead may
result in reduction in the cost of the
battery pack of an electric vehicle.
(d) Any reduction in the cost of the
battery pack of an electric vehicle
will result a reduction in material
cost or the manufacturing overhead.
(e) All are correct
17. The CAG identifies as a
major problem the fact that the
technical requirements are too
narrowly defined for most vendors
to comply with.
(a) The fact that the technical
requirements are too narrowly
defined for most vendors to comply
with is identified as a major problem
by the CAG.
(b) Most vendors can comply with
the technical requirements that are
too narrowly defined and this is
identified by the CAG as a major
problem.
(c) The CAG identifies the fact that
the technical requirements are too
narrowly defined for most vendors
to comply with.
(d) If the technical requirements are
broadly defined, it might be possible
for most vendors to comply with
them, the CAG said.
(e) All are correct
18. Unlike you, I do not enjoy
the drama.
I. You enjoy drama, but I don’t.
II. Since you enjoy drama, I don’tt.
III. You don’t enjoy drama;
similarly, I don’t either.
(a) Only I (b) Only I and iI
(c) Only II and III (d) Only II
19. In spite of being wealthy,
she travels using public transport.
I. She has a lot of money,
nevertheless, she takes public
transport
II. Wealthy people do not use public
transport for commute.
III. She takes public transport,
despite having a great deal of
money.
(a) Only III (b) Only I and II
(c) Only I and III (d) Only II and
iII
20. Ttwo of the most common
non-hereditary causes of hair loss
are loss of thyroid function are the
two of the most generic non-
hereditary causes of hair loss.
II. Among the chief causes of hair
loss, low thyroid function and iron
deficiency are the two most common
reasons.
III. out of all the non-hereditary
causes for loss of hair, low thyroid
function and iron deficiency are the
two most common ones.
(a) Only III (b) Only I
(c) Only II and III (d) Only II
(e) Only I and III
21. Since you seem to have
made up your mind, I’ll say no
more.
I. I won’t say any further because
you give the impressions that you
have made up your mind.
II. I’ll say no more for the reason
that you seem to have made up your
mind.
III. There won’t be any further
comment from my side although you
seem to have made up your mind.
(a) Only III (b) Only I and II
(c) Only II and III (d) Only I and III
Level-II
statement is given, you have to find
out the statement(s) from the given
options that show a similar
meaning/contex and is/are
grammatically
1.A warming climate may possibly
increase the number of intense
storms, but it could also decrease the
overall number of storms that form.
(A) Decreasing the overall number
of stoms that number of intense
storms.
(B) Even as a warming climate
might decrease the overall number
of storms that form, it could increase
the number of intense storms.
(c) Although the possibility of a
warming climate increasing the
number of intense storms is there,
little can be said about decreasing
the overall number of storms that
from.
(a) B only (b) A and B
(c) B and C (d) A only
(e) A and C
2.The government and some of the
board members of the RBI have put
pressure on the central bank to relax
capital requirements for banks as
they seek to boost credit and
economic growth.
(a) The government and some of the
board members of the RBI seek to
boost credit and economic growth,
so they have put pressure on the
central bank to relax capital
requiremens.
(b) The central bank is being
pressurised by the government and
some of the board members of the
RBI tto relax capital requirements
for banks as the government and
some of the board members of the
RBI seek tto boost credit and
economic growth.
(c) The board members of the RBI
and the government have put
pressure on the central bank to relax
capital requirements for banks as
they seek to boost credit and
economic growth.
(d) The government is under
pressure from some of the board
members of the RBI and the central
bank to relax capital requirements
for banks as they seek to boost credit
and economic growth.
(e) All are correct
3.In order to improve relations with
his family, he shifted to his
hometown.
1. He shifted to his hometown as
doing so would improve relations
with his family.
2. His purpose to shifting to his
hometown was to improve relations
with his family.
3. He wanted to improve relations
with his family, so he shifted to his
homeown.
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 2 and 3
(e) 1, 2 and 3
4.I would rather have a quick death
than a slow and painful one.
1. I prefer to have a quick death than
a slow and painful one.
2. I want to die a quick death and not
a slow and painful one.
3. Since a quick death is less painful
than a slow one, I want a quick
death.
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 2 and 3
(e) 1, 2 and 35
5.As long as you pay me well, I will
be loyal to the company.
1. I will only be loyal to the
company till you pay me well.
2. Unless you pay me well, I not be
loyal to the company.
3. My loyalty to the company
depends entirely on your paying me
well.
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 2 and 3
(e) 1, 2 and 3
6.Until me directly detect whatever
constituent make it up, some people
will never accept dark matter.
(A) Some people will only accept
dark matter if we directly detect its
composition.
(B) It is hard for some people to
accept dark matter since we haven’t
directly detected which particles it
constitutes of.
(C) We haven’t detected what dark
matter consists of, and that is the
reason why some people refuse to
accept its existence.
(a) A and B (b) A and C
(c) A only (d) B and C
7.Robert is not here, so, in a manner of
speaking, Ned is in charge.
1. Since Robert is not here, Ned is in
charge so to speak.
2. Rober is not here, so in some
sense, ned is in charge.
3. Robert is not here, so Ned has
been left in charge.
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 2 and 3
(e) 1, 2 and 3
8.Despite his failures, he didn’t give
up.
1. He didn’t give up in spite of his
failures.
2. Notwithstanding his failures, he
didn’t give up.
3. Having suffered failures, he didn’t
give up.
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 2 and 3
(e) 1, 2 and 3
9.We are biologically programmed to
want to preserve our species.
1. It is our innage nature to do
anything that would help prevent the
destruction of the human race.
2. The tendency to do anything that
would further the sruvival of our
species in inherent in us.
3. We have a natural tendency to
take decisions that would lead to the
betterment of our race.
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 2 and 3
(e) 1, 2 and 3
10. Crafts companies are big
employers and are central to the
rural non-farm economy and this
represents immense culural value,
ecological positives, and millions of
jobs.
I. Crafts comapnies are big
employers and are vital to the rural
non-farm economy and this is what
represents immense cultural value,
ecological advantages, and millions
of jobs.
II. Crafts companies being big
employers represent immense
cultural value, ecological positives
and millions of jobs and this is vital
for non-farm economy.
III. Being vital to the rural non-farm
economy and being big employers,
the crafts companies represent
immense cultural value, ecological
positives, and millions value,
ecological positives, and millions of
jobs.
(a) Both I & II (b) Only I
(c) Both I & III (d) Only III
(e) Only II
11. Alcohol making, and food
storage were among the major
technological innovations that
eventually led to the development of
civilisations in the world, and
archaeological science is a powerful
means to help reveal their origins
and decode their contents.
I. Archaeological science is a
powerful means to help reveal the
originas and decode the contents of
major technological innovations like
alcohol making and food storage,
leading to the development of
civilisations in the world.
II. Alcohol making, and food storage
were among the major technological
innovations that eventually led the
development of civilisations that
eventually led the development of
civilisation in the world, and
archaeological science is feeble
means to help reveal their origins
and decode the contents of major
technological innovations like
alcohol making and food storage
that eventually led to the
development of civilisations in the
world.
(a) Both I & II (b) Only III
(e) Only I
12. Investments in low-carbon
energy technologies and energy
efficiency would need to
approximately double in the next 20
years and investment in fossil-fuel
extraction and conversion decrease
by about a quarter.
I. As can be predicted fom the
present scenario, the investments in
low-carbon energy technologies and
energy efficiency may double in the
next 20 years and investment in
fossil-fuel extraction and conversion
decrease by about a quarter.
II. It would required the investments
in low-carbon energy technologies
and energy efficiency to
approximately double in the next 20
years and investment in fossil-fuel
extraction and conversion decrease
by about a quarter.
III. It is requiring the investments in
low-carbon energy technologies and
energy efficiency to approximately
double in the next 20 years and
investmeent in fossil-fuel extraction
and conversion decrease by about a
quarter.
(c) Both I & II (d) Both I & III
(e) All are correct
13. With each ancient genetic
sequence, scientists learn new
information about how people
moved arond and interacted in the
ancient world; in some cases, this
has helped overturn theories and
resolve age-old debates.
I. Ancient genetic sequence has
helped overturn theories and resolve
age-old debates from scientists who
learn new information about how
people moved arond and interacted
in the ancient world.
II. Scientists learn new information
about how people moved around and
interacted in the ancient world with
each ancient genetic sequence
teaches scientists new information
about how people moved around and
interacted in the ancient world,
which in some cases, has helped to
rule out theories and resolve age-old
debates.
(a) I and III only (b) III only
14. Videos and other online
content, inadvertently created by
common internet users on one of the
several popular social media
platforms over a plethora of issues,
from creating voter awareness to
picking on promises made by ruling
parties, have been one of the crucial
factors influencing first-time voters.
I. Videos and other online content
are created inadvertently by
pcking on promises made by ruling
parties and have been one of the
crucial factors influencing first-time
voters.
II. Inadvertently created by common
internet users on one of the several
popular social media platforms over
a pletora of issues, from creating
voter awareness to picking on
promises made by ruling parties,
videos and other online content have
been one of the crucial factors
influencing first-time voters.
III. One of the crucial factors
influencing first-time voters is
videos and other online content
which are created inadvertently by
pcking on promises made by ruling
parties.
(a) I and III only (b) II only
15. Lush underwater forests of
large brown seaweeds are
particularly striking in the Arctic,
especially in contrast to the land
where ice scour and harsh climates
leave the ground barren with little
vegetation.
I. The prominence of lush
underwater forest of large brown
seaweeds in the Arctic is contrasting
as it is a land where ice scour and
harsh climates leave the ground
barren with little vegetation.
II. There is a contrast between the
Arctic’s lush underwater forests of
large brown seaweeds and land
vegetation.
III. Large brown seaweeds of lush
underwater forests are striking in the
Arctic which is contrast to the land
vegation.
(a) 1 and III only (b) I only
(c) I and II Only (d) II and III only
(e) II only
16. His report was poorly
written an, moreover, it had no real
substance.
1. In addition to being poorly
written, his report had no real
suubstance.
2. His report was poorly written, and
furthermore, it had no real
substance.
3. His report was poorly written, but
more than that, it had no real
substance.
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
(c) Only 1 (d) Only 2
sentence is given. If this sentence
17. As a part of our research, we
have been looking for distinctive
and stable biomarkers that indicate
the existence of sponges and other
early animals, rather than single-
celled organisms that dominated the
earth for billions of years before the
dawn of complex, multicellular life.
I. The earth was dominated by
single-celled organisms for billions
of year before multicellular
organisms appeared.
II. Distinctive and stable biomarkers
indicate the existence of sponges,
mammals and single-celled
organisms.
III. Knowing about the existence of
single-celled organisms is a part of
our research.
(a) Only II and III (b) Only I and III
(c) Only I and II (d) Only II
(e) Only I
18. The extensive dissolution of
their shells has profound
consequences for calcified animals
in the future as it is not something
they can biologically control,
suggesting that some clacified
species might be unable to adapt to
the acidified seawater if carbon
dioxide emissions continue to rise
unchecked.
I. Some calcified animals are unable
to adapt to the acidified seawater.
II. Carbon dioxide emissions, if left
unchecked, will lead to acidification
of seawater.
III. Calcified animals can
biologically control the extensive
dissolution of their shells.
(c) Only I and II (d) Only I
(e) Only III
19. AI’s capabilities drive
science fiction novels and movies
and fuel interesting philosophical
debates, but we have yet to build a
single-self-improving program
capable of general artificial
intelligence, and there’s no
indication that intelligence could be
infnite.
I. Intelligence is finite, as of now,
and a single selfimproving program
intelligence is yet to be built.
II. Despie AI’s capabilities fuelling
interesting philosophical debates and
driving science fiction novels and
movies, we are yet to build a single
self-improving program capable of
general artificial intelligence.
III. The indication that intelligence
could be infinite is given by the fact
that a single self-improving program
intelligence is yet to be built.
(a) Only I (b) Only I and II
(c) Only II (d) Only II and III
(e) Only III
20. Walmart Inc. strengthened
its grip on American shoppers over
the winter holidays, · posting strong
sales growth as the world's biggest
retailer lured customers from
shrinking chains and ramped up its
online grocery business.
I. Walmart got a boost from strong
grocery sales
II. Walmart's chains are shrinking.
III. Walmart posted strong sales
growth.
(c) Both II and III (d) Only III
21. An investment product that
offers guaranteed return doesn’t
evoke much curiosity among
investors about how the seller
manages to give the guaranteed
return.
I. Seller should make every effort to
give guaranteed return.
II. Investment product which offers
certain returns will not evoke much
curiosity among investors.
III. The returns on investments are
generally guaranteed.
(c) I, II and III all (d) Only II
22. Einstein’s 100-year-old
general theory of relativity predicted
that light from stars would be
stretched to longer wavelengths by
tthe extreme gravitational field of a
black hole, and the star would
appear redder, an effect knows as
gravitational red shif.
I. The general theory of relativity is
less than 100-year-old.
II. The thory of relativity determines
that the laws of physics are the same
for all non-accelerating observers.
III. A black hole has an extreme
gravitational field.
23. In a study published in
Scientific Reports, a team of
researchers used a new vivo
microscopy technique to present
evidence that the human
interstitium- the space between
cells-is more like a matrix of
collagen bundles interspersed with
fluid than the densely-packed stacks
of connective tissue it appears to be
in fixed slides.
I. The new vivo, microscopy
technique is the best in detecting
human interstitium.
II. Human interstitium is the space
between cells.
III. Scientific Reports found out that
human interstitium is more like a
matrix of collagen bundles
interspersed with fluid than the
densely-packed stacks of connective
tissue it appears to be in fixed slides.
24. Hr Consultancy from Aon’s
annual salary increase survey
predicts an average salary hike of
9.7% across industries as companies
expect a positive economic outlook
backed by high economic growth
expectation, high domestic demand
and low inflation.
I. Aon will increase the salary of its
employees by an average of 9.7%
II. High economic growth
expectation is making companies
expect a positive economic outlook.
III. High domestic demand made
Aon release its annual salary
increase survey.
(a) Both I and III (b) Only II
(c) I, II and III all (d) Only III
25. People with a disability need
societal support to overcome the
barriers their ability presents in a
society where able-bodies people are
seen as normal.
I. People with a disability need
societal support.
II. Able-bodied people are seen as
normal.
III. People with disability do not
face any barriers.
(a) Both I and II (b) Only II
26. Bank of America also got
the rights to new “ATM as a
serivce” platforms, which the patent
describes as a way to boost
engagement with ATM services like
video calls and integration into local
marketing campaigns or pop-up
stores.
I. Bank of America filed the patent
so that they could keep a track of
transactions on blockchain.
II. New “ATM as a service”
platforms are a way to engagement
with ATM Services like video calls,
etc.
III. ATM services include video
calling and integration into local
marketing campaigns or popup
stores.
(c) Both I & II (d) Both I & III
(e) Both II & III
27. The first sanctions in 2015
focused on individuals but in 2017,
they broadened to cut off access to
international financial markets to
prevent Venezuela from issuing new
debt and restructuring its existing
debt obligations.
I. The first sanctions were imposed
in 2015.
II. The sanctions broadened in 2017.
III. The sanctions of 2017 prevented
Venezuela from issuing new debt
and restructing its existing debt
obligations.
28. Across the U.S., more
employers are handing out activity
trackers and rolling out hightech
wellness programs that aim to keep
closer tabs on workers’ exercise,
sleep and nutrition, and ultimately
cut ballooning health-care costs.
I. Employers, across the U.S.
worried about their worker’s sleep
and nutrition.
II. Employees are being given
activity trackers by their employers
in order to track their fitness.
III. Employers are making efforts to
cut ballooning health-care costs.
(c) Both 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3 all
29. Israeli security officials are
raising alams over Chinese
investment in Israeli technology
companies, prompting the Israeli
government to scrutinize the money
flows and businesses to reconsider
accepting Chinese funds.
I. Businesses are reconsidering
accepting Chinese funds.
II. Chinese investments in Israeli
technology comapnies are raising
alarms among Israel’s security
officials.
III. Israeli government is
scrutinizing Chinese money flow.
(c) All 1, 2 and 3 (d) Only 3
30. For decades, Beijing was
happy ttl let the US Navyy maintain
order over the Western Pacific to
facilitate global trade with China,
but as China’s own economic and
military abilities have grown, it has
begun to show that it is willing to
protect what it sees as its own patch.
I. For decades, the U.S. Navy
maintained order over the Western
Pacific.
II. China has become stronger
economically and militarily.
III. China is now willing to protect
what it sees as its own patch.
(a) Only I (b) Both I and III
(c) Both II and III (d) I, II and III all
31. Airtel’s board had last week
approved fund-raising plans of up to
Rs. 32,000 crore through a
combination of right issue and bond-
- a move that will help the company
take on market competition
intensified by Reliance Jio and cut
debt.
I. Airtel plans to raise Rs. 32,000
crore, of which half the amount will
be raised through rights issuance.
II. The funds will be raised through
a combination of right issue and
bonds.
(c)Both II and III (d) I, II and III all
In each of these questions, a
sentence with four words printed in
bold is given. One of these four
words printed in bold may be either
wrongly spelt or inappropriate in
context of the sentence. Find out the
word, which is wrongly spelt or
inappropriate, if any. If all the words
printed in bold are correctly spelled
and appropriate in the context of the
sentence, Mark “All are correct” as
your answer.
1.By concentrating on the idea,s the
importance, and the relevance of
what you are telling your audience,
you will further control and revamp
your nervousness.
(a) concentrating (b) relevance
(c) audience (d) revamp
(e) All are correct
2.It was a heartrending scene
portrayed time and again on the
local television, with the family
members weeping over the
inevetable outcome of never being
able to see their loved ones again.
(a) heartrending (b) portrayed
(c) weeping (d) inevetable
Level-I
words printed in bold may be either
inappropriate, if any. If all the words
printed in bold are correctly spelled
sentence, mark "All are correct" as
your answer.
1.This trend towards
commodification of highbrow art
took an omineous, if predictable,
turn in the 1980s during the
Japanese “bubble economy”
(a) commodification (b) Hig-brow
(c) omineous (d) predictable
2.Over 10 to 15 million years, the
bodies of whales grew, forelegs
shrank into flippers and hind legs
disappeared. To propel themselves
through water, the whales grew
tapered tails ending in horizontal,
paddle-like flukes.
(a) shrank(b) hind
(c) tappered (d) flukes
(e) All are correct
3.The chance to experience a
magnificient scenery and the
countryside, with the possibility of
seeing the exotic wildlife, makes a
trip to Sungai Lembing worthwhile.
(a) experience (b) magnificient
(c) possibility (d) exotic
(e) All are correct
4.These are intangible things that we
aggrieve are genuine dividends of a
good design program.
(a) intangible (b) aggrieve
(c) genuine (d) dividends
5.There are many occasions in the
modern world which provide
opportunities for foastering greater
contact with foreigners.
(a) occasions (b) opportunities
(c) foastering (d) foreigners
(e) All are correct
6.He dived in a dark alley and ducked
behind a pile of crates and noisome
garbage to catch his breath.
(a) dived (b) alley
(c) ducked (d) noisome
7.It is tthis reconciliation that heals
the memory and seals the breech
between the past and the future.
(a) reconciliation (b) heals
(c) seals (d) breech
(e) All are correct
8.Christie is also, by leaps and
wounds, the world’s most translated
author-so if many people are
learning the English language
through Christie, they are learning
about the English People through
her, too.
(a) leaps (b) wounds
(c) translated (d) through
(e) All are correct
9.Originating as a pagan place of
worship, the village stays true to its
Sicilian artisan traditions, with
good such as hand-painted ceremics
and handwoven rugs sold in its
network of workshops.
(a) Pagan (b) artisan
(c) ceremics (d) handwoven
(e) All are correct
10. The tiny insect causing
major problems in granaries
worldwide, reducing the grain’s
nutritional value and ability to
germinate and exposing it to odour,
mildew, and head damage.
(a) causing (b) granaries
(c) germinate (d) mildew
(e) All are correct
11. One uninteresting
explanation of these results is that,
once presented with the candidates’
pictures, the vvoters find their
influence irresistable, and this
inflates the effect of appearance on
votes.
(a) uninteresting (b) irresistable
(c) inflates (d) appearance
(e) All are correct
12. As the internet continues to
gain considerable power and
agency around the world, many
governments have moved to
regulate it and where regulation
fails, some states pick to internet
shutdowns or deliberate disruptions.
(a) considerable (b) regulate
(c) pick (d) deliberate
(e) All are correct
13. In a world where we are
often judged for our Individual
attributes and achievements, we
often mistakely come to believe that
if we can just work harder, faster,
smarter then we’ll achieve our
highest potential.
(a) judged (b) attributes
(c) mistakely (d) highest
(e) All are correct
14. African agriculture if
fundamental to supporting rural
livelyhoods and bolstering
economic growth and can benefit
from technology and advances in
other development sectors.
(a) fundamental (b) livelyhoods
(c) bolstering (d) benefit
(e) All are correct
15. Flu viruses of the non-bat
variety infects several livestock
species by binding to a molecule
called sialic acid on cells that line
the respiratory tract of these
animals.
(a) infects(b) livestock
(c) molecule (d) respiratory
(e) All are correct
16. Social science has a
widespread problem with using
press released to misinformation
the public based on poor quality
research; scientists can sometimes
identify such results as meaningless,
but newsmakers and parents who
doon’t have statistical expertise may
be less able to do so.
(a) widespread (b) misinformation
(c) newsmakers (d) expertise
(e) All are correct
17. Through the number of
elephants in Botswana has
decreased only slightly since 2014
from 124,584 to 122,797, the
evidence of poaching in hotspot
areas is deeply concerning.
(a) Through (b) decreased
(c) Poaching (d) concerning
(e) All are correct
LEVEL-II
words printed in bold may be either,
inappropriate, if any, if all the words
printed in bold are correctly. spelled
sentence, mark ‘All are correct” as
your answer.
1.Chipo had been there chucking
away since five in the mroning,
pestering her mother with her
incessant demands, much to her
annoyance.
(a) chucking (b) pestering
(c) incessant (d) annoyance
(e) All are correct
2.Young red oaken leaves decoted in
wine make an excellent gargle for a
score mouth.
(a) Oaken (b) decoted
(c) gargle (d)
(e) All are correct
3.Since the condition causes remain
elusive, the best way for parents to
cope with the threat of information
as possible.
(a) condition (b) elusive
(c) cot (d) arm
(e) All are correct
4.Some negative reviews focused (A)
on the length of the novel, such as
one that called it “a wail (B) of a
book” and another that said
“Anyone who is taken in by it
deserves (C) a stern lecture on
paper-rationing (D)”
(a) C (b) D
(c) All are correct (d) A
(e) B
5.After waking (A) up with a soar (B)
throat, slight fever, and aches (C) all
over, I’m now realizing it’s (D) a
good day to be sick.
(a) B (b) All are correct
(c) D (d) A
(e) C
6.My friend participated (A) of the
hot dogs that came off the rotating
(B) warming rack, but I stuck (C) to
a soda and M & Ms or the candy-
coated milk caramels (D) called
Sugar Babies.
(a) B (b) D
(c) A (d) C
(e) All are correct
7.Our local general Practitioners (A)
have shown great patients (B) and
understanding (c) when treating my
sone for minor ailments (D).
(a) All are correct (b) D
(c) B (c) C
(e) A
8.She was terribly knave (A) and
innocent and I suspected (B) that
she did not know what it could (C)
mean when her best friend just
decided to leave a group outing (D).
(a) D (b) A
(c) All are correct (d) C
(e) B
9.Lisa arrived on (A) Friday night and
met (B) with Jerome and one of his
associates in a suit (C) of production
offices they had reserved for
meeting purposes (D) on the old
Columbia Studio lot in Hollywood.
(a) B (b) C
(c) D (d) All are correct
(e) A
10. A couple (A) of Italian wine
bottles and maps of the Old
Country (B) had been scattered
over the walls in a vane (C) attempt
to give the place, formerly a steak
(D) restaurant, a Mediterranean feel.
(a) D (b) A
(c) B (d) C (e) All are correct
11. The highest (A) mountain
were cloacked in mentels (B) of
snow and ice with glaciers perched
(C) in the hanging valleys as though
suspended (D) by some invisible
thread from the summits.
(a) B (b) C
(c) D (d) A
(e) All are correct
12. Every (A) ten to fifteen
years, the earth wobbles (B) in a
desulatory (C) fashion somewhere
in these islands and a roof slate or
two drops off (D).
(a) All are correct (b) B
(c) D (d) A
(e) C
sentence with four highlighted
words indicated by A, B, C and D is
give. More than one of these four
words are either wrongly spelled or
inappropriately used. Find out the
words which are wrongly spelled or
inappropriate (if any). If all the
words prited in bold are correctly
spelled and appropriate in the
context of the sentence, mark “All
are correct” as your answer.
13. Klein invisions (A) a future
urbanization (B) boom like the one
he saw in China in the early 2010s,
when he worked at brakeneck(C)
speed designing high-rises (D).
(a) Only C & D (b) Only A & B
(c) Only A, D & C (d) Only A & C
(e) All are correct
14. Briliantly (A) coloured,
noisy (B), and active during the day,
many birds are easy(C) to spot-and
identefy(D).
(a) All A, B, C & D (b) Only B &
C
(c) Only A & B (d) Only A & D
(e) All are correct
15. During their expedition (A),
Rheindt and Collegeaues (B) relied
on a tried-and-true method (C) for
treking(D) down birds.
(a) Only B & D (b) Only A & B
(c) Only A, C & D (d) Only A & D
(e) All are correct
16. Kelvin Hughes and a team
of experts recently reveiwed (A) a
list of 103 marine and terrestial (B)
species that might be poised(C) to
take up residence on the
continent(D).
(a) All A, B, C & D (b) Only B &
A
(c) Only C & A (d) Only B, C & A
(e) All are correct
17. A large table in the centre
was littered (A) with all sorts of
debres (B), while the tall brass tube
of a powerful(C) microscope
bristtled(D) up amongst them.
(a) Only A & B (b) Only B & D
(c) Only A & C (d Only A, C & D
(e) All are correct
Directions: A sentence is given in
which certain words are highlighted
Choose the option with the pair(s) of
words that need to be interchanged
to make the sentence grammatically
and contextually correct. If no
change is required, mark ‘No change
required’ as your answer.
1.China’s gross domestic product (A)
rose 6.4 percent in the first (B)
quarter from a year earlier (C),
exceeding economists’ quarters (D)
and the prevous three estimates (E).
(a) A-D (b) D-E
(c0 B-C (d) A-D
Directions: In the following
question, a sentence is given with
three words marked as (A), (B) and
(C). These words may or may not be
placed at their correct places. Four
options with different arrangements
of these words have been provided.
Mark the option with the correct
arrangement as the answer. If no
rearrangement is required, mark
opions “No rearrangement required”
as your answer.
2.Over the past century, health system
leaders have techniques (A), aided
by advances in science and
technology; new vaccines,
medicines and surgical
dramatically(B); technologies, such
as tele-healthcare, which can
progressed(C) improve access; and
analytics to better measure the costs
and variations of care provision.
(a) CAB (b) BAC
(9c) CBA (d) BCA
question, a sentence with four words
in bold and marked as (A), (B), (C)
and (D) are given below. The words
may or may not require
rearrangement to make the sentence.
contextually and grammatically
correct. Also, one of the four words
may or may not be incorrectly spelt
or inappropnate in the context of the
sentence. Choose the option that
represents the correct order of words
and the word that is incorrectly spelt
or inappropriate in the context of the
sentence.
3.The study finds that programmes
(A) women make up 48.2% of
India’s population, a huge gender
disparity continues to although(B)
in Indian workplaces, even after the
fact that the companies exits (C)
have been running diversity
surveyed(D) for many years.
(a) DABC, B (b) CBAD, A
(c0 BCDa, C (d) BADC, A
(e) CDBA, C
question, a sentence is given with
certain words marked as (A), (B),
(C), (D) and (E). These words may
or may not be placed at their correct
places, Four options with different
arrangements of these words have
been provided. Mark the option with
the correct arrangement as the
answer. If no rearrangement is
required, mark option (e) as your
answer.
4.Your dog may be the apple(A) of
your eye, but let’s be time(B): she is
an animal, with her own instincts
and idiosyncrasies, and there(C) are
going to be tear(D) when she makes
you wnat to honest(E) your hair out.
(a) AECBD (b) DAEBC
(c) ACBED (d) DECBA
(e) No rearrnagement required
Level-I
sentence is given in which certain
words are highlighted Choose the
option with the pair(s) of words that
need to be interchanged to make the
contextually correct. If no change is
required, mark ‘No change required’
as your answer.
1.Property, pieces of qualifications
(A) or added education land (B), for
instance, are appreciating earn
(C)/that are likely to assets (D) you
capital appreciation or higher
income (E) over time.
(a) A- E and C- D (b) B- C
(c) A- D (d) A-B and C-D
2.On a day it was supposed (A) to
declare its March quarter results,
Wipro Ltd on Tuesday giving (B)
reports about a phising attack on its
IT system without confirmed (C) out
any details on the extend (D) and
effect of the hacking (E).
(a) D-E (b) A-B
(c) C-E (d) B-C
3.India could drought (A) a near
normal monsoon this season (B), the
India meteorological department
(IMD) forecast on Monday, bringing
welcome (C) news to the nation’s
largely (D) rain-fed agriculture after
poor rains and witness (E) last year.
(a) A-E (b) B-C
(c) A-D (d) D-E
4.The leaves (A) of poverty is
capability deprivation that root (B)
an individual unable (C) to earn
sufficient income (D) through work
for enterpreneurship (E).
(a) A-B (b) C-D
(c) A-E (d) B-C
(e) None change required
5.Considerably (A) communication
technologies (b) especially social
media platform, have various
(c)/impacted governance (d) at the
sub-division, district, and state level
in Haryana.
(a) D-B (b) C-D & A-B
(c) C-A (d) B-D & A-C
6.The iron is that, history (A) plastic
may not have been built to last (B),
it could extend into a lifetimes (C)
well beyond individual human future
(D), perhaps even beyond the
recording of although (E).
(a) A-E (b) A-C
(c) B-D and C-E (d) A-E and C-D
7.While stopping (A) short of
projecting a global (B) recession, the
IM forecasts growth (C) to touch
3.6% in 2020, lower (D) than earlier
estimates. (E)
(a) C-D (b) B-C
(c) A-B (d) AE
(e) None change required
sentence is given with three words
marked as (A), (B) nad (C), these
words may or may not be placed at
their correct places. Four options
with different arrangements of these
words have been provided. Mark the
option with the correct arrangement
8.Ultreacold gases of propagate(A)
atoms can exhibit fluid and
crystalline oscillations at the same
time, illuminating(B) the ways in
which different kinds of sound
dipolar(C) in the quantum state of
matter known as super-solids.
(a) BAC (b) CAB
(c) BCA (d) CBA
9.India Meteorological Departement is
among(A) witth meteorological
agencies in China and Pakistan,
countries(B) others, to provide
climate forecast services to
collaborating(c) in Hindu-Kush-
Himalayan region.
(a) CBA (b) BAC
(c) CAB (d) BCA
10. The task for leaders is to
encourage an outward(A) focus in
everyone, challenging the tendency
we all have to flxate on
ourselves(B)- what we’d like to say
and achieve instead(C) of what we
can learn from others,
(a) CAB (b) BAC
(c) CBA (d) BCA
11. Today, there are cars
available that can substantial(A)
brake or swerve to avoid collisions,
and park by themselves using(B)
computer vision and machine
learning algorithms, freeing up
drivers’ time and leading to
apply(C) improvements in road
safety.
(a) BAC (b) CAB
(c) BCA (d) CAB
12. The telecommunications
industry and their(A) experts have
accused many(B) scientists who
have researched the effects of cell
phone radiation of “fear mongering”
over(C) the advent of wireless
technology’s 5G.
(a) CAB (b) BCA
(c) CBA (d) BAC
13. It’s not about be(A) great at
any one thing, you just need to
being(B) pretty good at an array of
useful skills that, when combined
(C), make you truly one of a kind.
(a) BAC (b) CAB
(c) BCA (d) CBA
(e) No rearragnement required
14. Millions of people across(A)
California will now receive alerts on
their phones seconds before the
ground endeavour (B) to shake
during an earthquake, a major
milestone in a year-long begins (C)
to better prepare residents for the big
one.
(a) BCA (b) CBA
(c) BAC (d) ACB
(e) Noe rearrangement required
Level-II
Directions for questions 1 to 5: In
sentence with four words in bold and
marked as (A), (B), (C) and (D) are
given below. The words may or may
not require rearrangement to make
the sentence contextually and
grammatically correct. Also one of
the four words may or may not be
incorrectly spelt or inappropriate in
the context of the sentence. Choose
the option that represent the correct
order of words and the word that is
incorrectly spelt or inappropriate in
the context of the sentence.
1.The Union Cabinet took
significantly(A) decisions that
would see it seed(B) reducing its
shareholding, and in some cases
several(C) management control, in a
number of public sector
enterprises(D).
(a) BACD, D (b) CABD, B
(c) BCDA, A (d) CBDA, D
(e) DBCA, B
2.The study has diversity(A) the
statistics around gender
comprahensive(B) and various
organisational(C) policies and
practices that give a analysed(D)
perspective of women in corporate
India.
(a) DACB, B (b) ADBC, D
(c) DBCA, D (d) CABD, D
(e) ACBD, B
3.The International Union for the
Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
cataloggeu(A) about 1,840 new
species to its updated(B) Red List
of Threatened Species, a/an
extinction(C) of plants and animals
that are under the risk of added(D).
(a) BCDA, A (b) CABD, C
(c) DCAB, C (d) BADC, A
(e) DBAC, A
4.India’s credit crisis appears to be
collapse(A) down for the safest
borrowers and policy(B) makers
have been fighting to prevent debt
markets from winding(C) up since
the shocking siezing(D) of shadow
bank IL&FS Group.
(a) DBCA, D (b) CDAB, B
(c) BCDA, B (d) CBDA, D
(e) BACD, D
5.The confidence stems(A) from the
management’s pitch that the bank
has concentreting(B) granularity in
its lending and has shifted
infused(C) up since the shocking
siezing(D) of shadow bank IL&FS
Group.
(a) DBCA, D (b) CDAB, B
(c) BCDA, B (d) CBD, A
(e) BACD, D
each of the questions given below,
four words marked as A, B, C and D
have to be placed in the correct
order in the sentence and also one
word among them is incorrect which
has to be replaced by a given word.
Among the given options, mark the
options which makes the sentence
6.The choose (A) for dark matter- and
the associated (B) particles and
forces that we expect to accompany
(C) it- has turned up numerous (D)
false dawns over the years.
(a) ABCD, choose -> hunt
(b) DCBA, associated - > associated
(c) DBCA, associated - > combine
(d) DCBA, choose - > abundant
7.There has long (A) been debate as to
whether Egypt - a original (B)
sophisticated society- shall (C) have
been included in Jaspers’
precociously (D) list.
(a) BCDA, long -> longer
(b) ADCB, shall -> should
(c) ABDC, original - > superficial
(d) DCAB, original -> authenticity
(e) ABCD, long -> high
sentence is given with certain words
marked as (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E).
These words may or may not be
placed at their correct places. Four
options with different arrangements
is required, mark option (e) as your
answer.
8.Intrusive thoughts(A) are unwanted
ideas, images, or urges that(B) seem
to pop into your mind out of take(C)
and such thoughts can offensive(D)
the form of any number of
nowhere(E) ideas.
(a) DACEB (b) ABECD
(c) BAEDC (d) ACDEB
9.People explore(A) have the mental
and who(B) resources to hold
potentially contradictory(C)ideas
can use those(D) resources to
emotional(E) novel and nuanced
ideas.
(a) EBADC (b) AECDB
(c) BECDA (d) ABCED
10. On a culture(A) level,
human evolution is all lived(B) the
evolution of meaning and
collective(C), both of which are
grounded (D) irreducibly in
about(E) and felt experiences.
(a) CEADB (b) ACDEB
(c) CBDEA (d) ECBDA
11. Our brain does its(A) heavy
memory lifting when we are
learn(B), which means that when
we better(C) new information and
then are given a chance(D) to “sleep
on it,” our recall is asleep (E).
(a) DEACB (b) AEBDC
(c) CEDAB (d) DBACE
12. Astronomers have
between(A) in-depth analyses of the
conducted(B) of an exoplanet mid-
weight properties(C) Earth and
Neptune and found(D) that it could
be hospitable(E) after all.
(a) DABCE (b) CAEDB
(c) BCADE (d) CEADB
Chapter 14: Correct usages of word
Solved Examples
Directions: In the questions below, a
word has been given and there are
three ways in which the words has
been used, in similar or different
forms, You need to see which of the
sentences have correctly used the
given word, and mark that as your
answer.
1.BLOW
1. He did his best lighten the blow to
this workmen.
2. The woman told the child to blow
out all the candles oand make a
birthday wish.
4. It is important for teenagers to
blow in with the crowd, else they
will be bullied.
(e) All 1, 2 and 3
19. ABSCOND
(a) Some of the accused, who had
absconded after the murder, have
not been arrested even after a month.
(b) Ocean absconding is a very
important indicator of climate
change
(c) Inflation in the clothing and
footwear category of the CPI
absoconded marginally to 3.52% in
December.
(d) A Bengaluru waste collective
estimates that the volume of plastic
waste that they abscond dropped
from about two tonnes a day to less
than 100 kg.
Level-I
1.CLOSE
1. He had never been a close
swimmer, but the dire situation gave
him strength.
2. His career was drawing to a close
and his last years were spent in rest
and quiet.
3. For one moment, the enormity of
what they were doing brought her
close to panic.
(c) Only 1 and 3 (d) Only 2 and
(e) All 1, 2 and 3
2.HANDEL
1. A mouse she could handle, but a
snake was a bit much.
2. She tugged the heavy door open
by its old iiron handle and entered
the chamber.
3. Every case I handle, given me
more experience.
(e) All 1, 2 and 3
3.MIRROR
I. Authorities say the suspects, 19
and 20 years old, broke several car
mirrors.
II. The electoral process has been a
mirror to both India’s fallings and
its promise as the worl’s biggest
democracy.
III. We need to vote in Polliticians
who mirror the good-hearted,
honest, hard-working citizens of our
country.
(c) Only I and II (d) Only I and III
(e) I, II and III all
4.STILL
I. We were astonished to find the
temple still in its original condition.
II. Silent men are like still waters;
deep and dangerous.
III. May its blessings lead into a
wonderful year for you and all
whom you hold still.
5.FOIL
I. Tom carefully arranged the
sandwich on a sheet covered with
aluminium foil.
II. Mandating and foiling staplefood
fortification comprising edible fil,
wheat, rice and dairy products, in
addition to salt, has been proposed.
III. The officers also foiled an
attempt to smuggle a protected
animal to South Korea, South Africa
and Japan.
(e) Only I and II
6.GROUND
I. The move comes three weeks after
the airline was forced to ground its
aircraft in a row over leasing
payments.
II. Eva’s governess grounded her in
Latin and Greek.
III. Place all other ingredients
including the ground seeds into the
mixing blow and combine well.
(a) Only I and III (b) Only II
(c) Only II and III (d) Only I and II
7.PEER
I. While detection of tax evasion is
necessary, it is also important to
peer that, in the process, genuine
taxpayers are not unduly harassed.
II. It is a site fit for a king, this
hillside peering over the roofs of
Berkeley toward an expanse of
shimeering bay.
III. Discussion with teachers and
peers improve cognitive ability.
III
(c) Only III (d) Only I and III
(e) Only II
8.RANK
I. The sildiers were drawn up
outside their barracks in long ranks.
II. The proposed guidelines are
expected to be finalized in a week,
before they are cleared by the
government, PFRDA Chairman
ranked in an interview.
III. The restaurant needs to do
something about the rank smell of
dead fish emanating from the
kitchen.
(a) Only I and III (b) Only II
(c) Only II and III (d) Only I
(e) Only III
9.ACCEDE
(a) Just 9 percent of plastic that ends
up in the municipal-waste stream
gets acceded, according to the EPA,
and only 15 percent of textiles get
recycled.
(b) Apple, a company acceded 42
years ago in a Santa Clare Valley
garage to make personal computers,
is now worth $1 trillion.
(c) For decades, self-publishing
wasderieded as an embarrassing sign
that an author couldn’t accede it in
the ‘real” publishing industry.
(d) Despite ASEAN’s strong
request, Japan was earlier reluctant
to accede to the treaty.
(e) All are correct
10. CONTRACT
I. Cooled lava contracts,
experiences an Increase in density,
and tends to sink in the ocean.
II. The local municipal authority will
contracted double pneumonia and
scarlet fever simultaneously and
almost died.
(e) Only I (d) Only II and III
11. MEMBER
I. To throw items at buses carrying
members of the public is just
mindless.
II. Hard wire can be used on
structural steel members to increase
their loan-bearing capacity. III. Had
such information been membered
and absorbed earlier, disaster risks
could have been greatly reduced,
and everyone may well have coped
better.
(a) Only I (b) Only III
(c) Only I and II (d) Only III
(e) Only II and III
12. CAST
I. The airline is casting alternative
fight arrangements for guests on the
cancelled fight.
II. While your heart may be set on
the University of Michigan or Yale,
cast your net wide.
III. Greece has promised to make
casts of the sculptures for the British
Museum and bear all the costs of
sending them to London.
(c) Only I and II (d) Only II and
III
13. SECND
I. The new port was second only to
Copenhagen in size among the
Baltic ports.
II. The proposal was seconded by
the new senator, who slammed
rumours that the scheme would not
be feasible.
III. The Hilton group has a
reputation that is second to none in
the hospitality industry.
III
(c) Only I and III (d) Only I
14. POUND
I. Scientists have been puzzling over
invisible “dark starts” since the 18th
century, but never has one been
spied by a telescope, much less
pound.
II. He made a mistake and that
mistake gave his opponent the
chance to pound at his back.
III. Anyone who has a problem with
stray dogs can contact the Country
Dog Warden who will arrange to
have the dog brought to an animal
pound.
(c) Only I and II (d) Only I and III
15. ABSTRACT
I. Freedom of the press is not an
abstract concept; it has a purpose; to
deliver the truth.
II. As her relationship deepended
with Rick, Elaine seemed to
abstract herself.
III. They spend many hours
searching in commercial databases,
looking for astracts and full-text
articles.
(a) Only II (b) Only I and II
(c) Only II and III (d) Only I and III
16. ARCANE
(a) Al can augment what doctors,
nurses and surgeons already do and
help them deliver higher-quality
treatmeent at arcane costs.
(b) In a country like ours where
usually the legislation is very arcane,
it can take years, if ever, for
necessary change to occur.
(c) As Washington steps up efforts
to counter Beijing’s arcane building
in key technology secotrs, American
and foreign teach companies face
new constraints.
(d) Canada, which has in place its
own framework of export
management and licensing
protocols, provides an arcane fit for
foreign firms looking to manage
export controls.
each of the questions below, a word
has been given and there are three or
four ways in which the word has
been used, in similar or different
forms. You need to see which of the
sentences have correctly used the
given word and mark the answer
accordingly.
1.BUTTRESS
(a) The best evidence of the event- a
sudden, global megadrought -- can
be buttressed in chemical signatures
in a talagmite in a cave in the Indian
state of Meghalaya.
(b) Disaster data compilled by the
U.N. clearly shows floods
buttressing more frequently,
especially in coastal regions and
river valleys, and are affecting more
people.
(c) The evidence about human
genetic differences in cognition
found in psychometric research is
getting buttressed by results from
biological research.
(d) Brazil’s sao Paulo, a megacity of
20 million, turned of its water
supply for 12 hours a day,
buttressing many businesses and
industries to shut down.
2.VERACITY
(a) Waste plastic from packaging of
everything from food, cosmetics and
groceries to veracity delivered by
online platforms remains
unaddressed.
(b) The developed countries have
largely succeeded in establishing a
global climate veracity that given
them the strategic advantage.
(c) Unfortunately, the marketability
of spy stories is determined by their
drama, not by their veracity.
(d) A recent NPR/Marist poll found
that nine in 10 consumers rarely or
never return the varacity
(a) All are correct
3.PROMULGATE
(a) Allowing private corporations to
access and commercially exploit the
Aadhaar architecture, as we have
already seen, promulgates with
disastrous consequences.
(b) The seminar promulgates the
idea of virtuous circles of economic
growth, where migrants send money
back home, causing proseperity.
(c) In the last decade, Indias has
been witnessing the promulgate of
the agrarian crisis and rural distress.
(d) In a experiment, volunteers were
promulgated to walk toward each
other and stop when the
interpersonal distance began to feel
uncomfortable.
(e) All are correct
4.PLAUDIT
(a) The electric vehicle market is
seriously heating up, which means
carmakers have to find ways to
distinguish their plaudit offerings.
(b) The appeal of the product goes
beyond the product itself to what the
product plaudits the consumer to
do.
(c) He is totally dedicated to his
people and deserves every plaudit
for the work he does.
(d) State-of-theart machine learning
techniques used today were built at
least in part to plaudit the structure
of the visual system.
5.STAID
(a) British cinema is often seen as a
staid and starchy affair, as lacking
in feeling as it is in aesthetic passon.
(b) There is a large gap between the
premiums private health insurers
currently charge for basic coverage
and the premiums the Central
government will pay under the new
staid.
(b) Large organizations often have a
doctor or ambulance staid at their
premises as part of their workplace
safety initiatives.
(d) The Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority of India has
approved a staid to allow the life
Insurance Corporation of India to
increase its stake in the state-owned
IDBI Bank to 51%
6.SEASON
I. In the meantime, I would strongly
season not using the light until after
it’s been checked.
II. Stir the ingredients, add some salt
and pepper to season, and stair again
until the spices are absorbed.
III. The comedians season their talks
liberally with idioms and puch lines.
(c) Only III (d) Only I and III
7.STERN
I. Though bitter rivals New Zealand
provide stern opposition, recently
the Aussies have been getting the
better of their encounters.
II. NASA’s first observations of
Titan stern back to the Voyager
missions that toured the outer
planets and moons in the 1970s and
‘80s.
III. Most of the previous day had
been spent constructing the elaborate
cabin in the stern of the boat.
(c) Only I and III (d) Only III
8.LITTER
I. A litter of sleeping bags could be
found on the floor of the dormitory
on any given Sunday.
II. Removing plant litter in spring
and fall will help maintain the long
life of your pool.
III. About 530 million years ago, an
ancient group of mollusks slowly
modified their protectie shells into
buoyancy aids by littering them
with gas.
(a) Only I and III (b) Only I and II
(c) Only I (d) Only III
9.RIFE
(a) Such political behaviour can rife
itself in strikes, violent
demonstrations, insurrections, and
revolutionary action.
(b) Doctors have been told not to
rife children with an anaesthetic that
may be linked to five deaths.
(c) The deepening recession has also
taken its toll in the south of the
ountry, where unemployment is rife.
(d) This quality was continually
breaking through his punctilious rife
in the shape of restlessness.
(e) All are correct
10. CONDUIT
I. Some cable operators own
content, but operators, generally
speaking, are conduits for content.
II. Embedded in the walls that led to
the train platform lay ancient
gravesites and water conduits which
were discovered during the
construction of the station.
III. I could never conduit to what
other people wanted me to be for the
sake of fitting in.
(a) Only III (b) Both II & III
(c) Only III (d) Both I & II
(e) All are correct
11. CATARACT
I. Economists concur that in the near
term the trade war will cause a
cataract in bilateral trade volumes.
II. The river was much larger than
she thought, descending in a
succession of spectacular contracts.
III. In some cases, your doctor may
recommend you have a cataract
operation straight away to stop other
eye complications developing.
(a) Only II (b) Only II and III
(e) Only III
12. REEL
I. The myriad types of storage media
included reels, chips, strips,
cylinders and sheets of tape or film.
II. He burst across the line and
staggered to a halt, reeling, as
people surrunded him.
III. She was still reeling from the
shock of hearing Lily’s confession
and she does not want to see her
anymore.
III
(c) Only I and II (d) Only I
13. CANDOUR
I. Bernstein’s candour, his inability
to say anything other than what he
really meant, is what we miss most
today.
II. If you decide to candour
someone, you should lose all
connections with them.
III. He recognized the impact of
fear, danger, confusion, and fatigue
on men in battle, and wrote about
them with unusual candour.
(a) Only I (b) Both I & III
(c) Only II (d) Both II & III
14. BAIL
I. The waves were big, and they
broke into the boat, but we managed
to bail out the water.
II. He was briefly arrested last
month before being released on US
$3 million bail.
III. The popular disaffection that
forced the out of power was bailed
by woresning economic condition.
(c) Only II and III (d) Only I and iI
(e) Only I and III
15. BEFUDDLE
If we do not spray our house with
insect regellent, mosquitos will
befuddle us all summer.
II. Roger Federer has a wide
repertoire of clever shets that
befuddle even the best of his at
times.
III. Simmons started singing class at
the age of 1, at the befuddle of her
mother, who hoped if would help
her gain confidence and overcome
the bullies.
(a) Only I & II (b) Only II
(c) Only I & III (d) Only III
below, a word is given followed by
three sentences, each with a blank.
Find out in which of the sentences
the given word or any form fit in the
blank and mark the answer
accordingly.
17. TRANSLATE
A. The decline in wholesale auto
numbers continued mainly due to
weak consumer demand, forcing
manufacturers to _____ inventory
correction.
B. She had been _____ from
familiar surroundings to a foregins
place for her further studies.
C. British designers often have
trouble _____ their originally into
sales.
(a) Only A (b) Only C
(e) All A, B and C
18. SEARING
A. Another bomb exploded near the
side of the ship, sending ____ heat
and bright light across the area.
B. The white House is in massive
damage control mode today after
another_____. book-length
indictment from a former insider.
C. One of the most powerful ways in
which public policies affect rural
women’s participation in non-
aagricultural work is via____ of
transportation infrastructure.
(a) Only B (b) Only B and C
(c) Only A and B (d) Only C
(d) All A, B and C
19. EQUIVOCAL
A. His words to the press were
deliberately ____ -he didn’t deny the
reports but neither did he confirm
them.
B. The author does his best to
combat stereotyping and present
a/an _____, analytical account.
C. India’s ambassador to the U.S.
told the press that under threat of
U.S. sanctions, India had, _____ ,
stopped oil imports from venezuela
and Iran.
(a) Only A and B
(b) Only B and C
(c) Only A and C
(d) Only A
(e) All A, B and C
20. RESERVATION
A. The company would join the
international space community for a
manned ________ to moon and
beyond.
B. Nearly one in five scientists felt
pressure to approve or recommend
approval, despite ________ about
the safety or quality of a drug.
C. She and the girls walked towards
the counter where a barmaid stood to
take orders or to take ________ for
room.s
(a) Only A and C (b) Only B and C
(c) Only A and B (d) Only B
(e) All A, B and C
21. RACKET
A. A ram jet system where the
________ collects the air it needs
from the atmosphere during the
flight at subsonic speeds and the
propellants burn in the combustion
chamber.
B. I worke up and there were crows
outside my window, making a
________ and causing the other
birds to yell back at them.
C. I was ________ around the city,
trying to make most of my holidays.
(a) Only A and B (b) Only C
(c) Only B (d) Only B and C
(e) All A, B and C
22. PUNCTUATE
A. Nathanlel Crosby, son of the
________ singer Bring, was just
picked as the leader of the American
team in the Walker Cup.
B. All of these were on full dislay in
a dhow that took place in a dark
room ________ by dramatic
columns of white light.
C. The flare-up ________ decades
of waxing and waning enmity
between the countries, rooted in
Japan’s colonization of South Korea
befoe World War II.
(a) Only C (b) Both A and B
(c) Both B and C (d) Both A and C
(e) A, B and C all
23. STATUTORY
A. Exciting ________ has been
made in treating blindness by
stimulating the brain in a very
specific way.
B. Despite the dangers and
difficulties they are faced with, they
still discharge their ________ duties
with courage.
C. It convicted of the drug
trafficking charge, Pettit would face
a ________ maximum sentence of
20 years in federal prison.
(a) Only C (b) Both A and B
(c) Both B and C (d) Both A and C
(e) A, B and C all
24. COBBLE
A. The window in the study
shattered as a piece of ________
flew into it.
B. Even if the agreement is
________ together it will not please
everyone.
C. As India’s economy was
experiencing tectonic changes in
1991 due to liberalization, a new
generation of women were
________ their way into the
workforce
(a) Only A and B (b) Only B and C
(c) Only A and C (d) B Only

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