2010 2 engSentence

improvement:
1. a. are at cross purposes
2. c. That you are not
cheated
3. D. where has he gone.
No improvement.
4. c. No sooner did I hear
the shot than
5. d. hardly he had
entered. No improvement
6. a. shall we.
7. a. What was the matter.
Antonyms.
8. Probity
Ans: dishonesty.
9. Contest
Ans: Accept
10. Sporadic
Ans: Persistent
11. Implication
Ans: Exoneration
12. Apposite
inappropriate
13. Gregarious
Ans: unsociable
14. Chivalry
Ans: discourtesy
15. Dismal
Ans: Bright
16. Sanguine Temper
Ans: Despairing nature
17. Meagre
Ans: Abundant
18. Imperial
Ans: Create
19. Ostensibly
Ans: Vaguely
20. Consolidated
Ans: Broken
21. Chronic
Ans: Temporary
22. Diligent
Ans: Carless
23. Callous
Ans: Generous
24. Vituperative
Ans: CONGRATULATORY
25. Awkward
Ans: Graceful
26. Smug
Ans: Dissatisfied
27. Oppressive
Ans: Gentle
28. Obscure
Ans: clear
29. Clinch
Ans: Lose
30. Enervate
Ans: strengthen
31. To put up with
Ans: to move along with
Synonyms
32. Crass
Ans: coarse
33. Accomplish
Ans: Achieve
34. cursory
Ans: quick
35. Envisaged
Ans: contemplated
36. Fickle
Ans: Inconsistent
37. Resentment
Ans: anger
38. Obdurate
ans: adamant
39. Obscure
ans: unknown
40. Reluctant
Ans: averse
41. Revelation
Ans: disclosure
42. ostracise
Ans: Banish
43. Appalled
Ans: alarmed
44. Imbecility
Ans: stupidity,
45. Collusion
Ans: A secret agreement
46. Hesitant
Ans: Undecided
47. Deceptive
Ans: misleading
48. Palpable
ans: obvious
49. Laid-back
Ans: easy-going
50. Sauntering
Ans: strolling
51. Pompous
ans: grandiose
Passage 1:
Ono day we were
becalmed among a group
of small islands...
52. The Captain sent the
boat to the shore to:
Ans: fetch some water
53. The savage brandished
their spears in order to
Ans: frighten the crew
54. The inhabitants of the
islands were
ans: primitive tribes.
Passage II:
Nelson Mandela was
appointed..
55. The purpose of
Mandela's talk was to help
people
Ans: b. Oppose oppression
56. It is clear from the
passage that the black
Africans
Ans: has an unfovourable
government
Passage III
One day an army won a
land battle against the
enemy.
57. The commander went
round the camp at
midnight because he
ans: wished to check if his
soldiers has obeyed his
order
58. The commander
entered his son's tent
because
Ans: had to punish any
soldier who disobeyed his
order.
59. The son was writing a
letter because her
ans: was eager to tell his
mother about his own
deeds
Passage IV
60.
61.
62
63.
64.
Passage V
On day a tea contractor ,
Mr. Sharma...
65. when did Mr. Sharma's
friend go to see what was
wrong
Ans: D. When he heard
something unusual
66. When Mr. Sharma saw
the tiger he was
Ans: A. surprised
67. Mr. Sharma stayed on
to fight the tigress for
Ans: A. He wanted to try
to protect his wife and
daughter.
Orde ring of sentences:
68. S1 When he joined the
college, he was an
adolescent and immature.
Ans: C. RPSQ
69. S1 There is still another
important characteristic of
living thinsg
Ans: B. RQPS
70. S1 Your resources like
money are limited
Ans: C. PRQS
71. S1 In ancient India the
city of Ujjain was quite
famous
Ans: B. SPRQ
72. One of the odd-
looking birds of the ocean
is the penguin
ans: B. QPRS
73. Clothes should fit well.
Ans: d. SQPR
74. Get hold of the
catalogues of the colleges
in the United States.
Ans: C. RQPS
75. If we dump sewage
into a stream, on a small
scale, the stream
dissolves it and purifies it.
Ans: A. QSPR.
76. She was born into a
poor family of labourers
and died because poverty
could not let her live.
Ans: A. QPRS
77. We were so evenly
matched that for a time
the end was difficult to
tell.
Ans: D. RSQP
78. William Cowper was
born in 1731 at the rectory
of Berkhametead
Ans: D. QPRS
79. Jubo Young, the
astronaut, piloted the 75-
ton space shuttle,
Columbia.
Ans: D. QSRP
80.Rutherford was the son
of a Scot's emigrant to
New Zealand
ans: QSPR.
81. Issac possessed a
wonderful faculty of
acquiring knowledge by
the simplest means.
Ans: C. RQPS
82. Life is a gift of God to
man
Ans: b. prqs
83. The Common man has
a vote in parliament.
Ans: D. SPRQ
ORDERING OF WORDS IN
A SENTENCE
84. It is foolish..
Ans: b. QSRP
85. The distressing face is
that..
Ans: RQSP
86. I once had
Ans: b. QSRP
87. People know.
Ans: D. QSPR
88. He has hardly...
Ans: QPSR
89. Mr. Sexana was a
profound scholar who..
Ans: A. PQRS
90. The government wants
that
Ans: c. RQSP
91. The general line about
television..
Ans: C. PRQS



92. The second test of
good government is that
Ans: C. RPSQ
93. The teacher warned
that
Ans: A. PQRS
94. Towards the end of
eighteenth century, quite
a number of economists..
Ans: b. RQSP
95. The best way of
understanding our won
civilization..
Ans: C. PSRQ
96. What greater thing is
there..
Ans: D. PRSQ
97. Fame..
Ans: B. SPRQ
98. When he was a child..
Ans: A. QSPR
Spotting Error:
99. a. Nowadays.
1oo. b. Was not upto the
mark.
101.C. my old parents
returned to India.
102. B. On the reasons for
the fall in educational
standards
103. b. it is a wonder that
people
104. a. It would be much
better
105. b. I was the one to
whom
106.






Mats 2 2010 cds Set A
answer key
1.D 2.D 3.C 4.A 5. c 6. a. 7.
c 8.d 9. c 10. b 11. c 12. c
13. a 14. c 15. b 16. b 17. b
18. c 19. c 20.
c 21. a 22. b 23. c 24.b 25.
c 26. c 27. a 28.b 29. d 30.
c 31. d 32. b 33. a 34. b 35.
b 36. a 37. b
38. d 39. c 40. c 41. b 42. c
43. b 44. b 45. c 46. b 47. b
48. c 49. a 50. a 51. d 52. a
53. a 54. b 55.
a 56. d 57. c 58. a 59. d 60.
d 61. b 62. d 63. a 64. b 65.
b 66. b 67. d 68. c 69. b 70.
c 71. c 72. d
73. b 74. c 75. d 76. c 77. d
78. d 79. d 80. b 81. b 82. b
83. c 84. b 85. a 86. b 87. d
88 a 89. b 90.
d 91. c 92. c 93. a 94. d 95.
a 96. d 97. b 98. b 99. c
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CDS 2, 2010 GK ANSWER
FOR SERIES A
1.A 2.A 3.A 4.B 5. A 6. B 7.
B 8.B 9. A 10. A 11. D 12. B
13. B 14. B 15. A 16. D 17.
a 18. B
19. B 20. D 21. C 22. D 23.
C 24. A 25. A 26. B 27. C
28.A 29. A 30. B 31. A 32. A
33. A 34. C
35. B 36. C 37. B 38. B 39.
A 40. A 41. A 42. A 43. B
44. A 45. C 46. C 47. A 48.
D 49. A 50. C
51. a 52. C 53. C 54. D 55.
d 56. B 57. b 58. a 59. A
60. C 61. B 62.D 63. B 64. D
65. A 66. a 67.
c 68. A 69. B 70. d 71. C 72.
b 73. a 74. D 75. c 76. C 77.
A 78. a 79. A 80. A 81. B
82. A 83. B
84. B 85. C 86. D 87. B 88 B
89. B 90. c 91. A 92. A 93.
C 94. C 95. A 96. B 97. D
98. c 99. A
100. C 101 D 102 B 103 C
104 a 105 A 106 C 107 D
108. A 109. C 110. B 111. A
112. C 113. B
114. A 115. C 116. d 117. C
118. A 119.C 120.a