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Instructions for the Candidates: This paper consists of 40 multiple-choice type of questions.
Attempt all questions. Each question carries 1 mark.
Each item has four alternative responses marked (a), (b), (c) and (d). Select the correct response.
Each correct response will earn 1 mark. Each incorrect response will deduct 0.25 marks for each
question.

Directions (Q.No. 1 5): In the following questions, each sentence has two blanks; each blank
indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for the blanks which best
fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Q. 1. An analysis of booking data .. by online travel portal has shown 40 per cent of city
residents for hill stations for weekend breaks.

(a) Conduct, opted

(b) Conducted, opt

(c) Given, opted

(d) Collected, opted

Q. 2. Mobile operators are allowed to .. network infrastructure like cellphone towers,

which .. them reduce cost, but not air waves.

(a) sharing, helping

(b) shared, helped

(c) share, help

(d) collect, helped

Q. 3. I .. a friend named Ankur who .. a horse ranch in the city.

(a) have, owns

(b) got, sells

(c) need, holds

(d) possess, runs

Q. 4. Traffic was .. on the express way on Saturday as local residents .. the road.

(a) disturbed, blocked

(b) disrupted, blocked

(c) blocked, stopped

(d) jammed, block

Q. 5. The incident .. place when the victim asked a .. of youths for money.

(a) had, group

(b) take, group

(c) took, group

(d) took, herd

Directions(Q. 610) Against each key word are given some suggested meanings. Choose the
word or phrase which is nearest in meaning to the key word.

Q. 6. EAGER:

(a) Clever (b) Enthusiastic

(c) Curious (d) Devoted

Q.7 PLACID
 (a) Clear (b) Calm
(c) Enjoyable (d) Dull

Q.8 DETERIORATE

(a) appreciate (b) recover

(c) to make worse (d) strengthen

Q. 9 DETEST

(a) love (b) to hate intensely

(c) neglect (d) to support

Q.10 CONTRADICT

(a) predict (b) to support

(c) external (d) to oppose by words

Directions(Q. 1115) In each of the following questions, Choose the word or phrase which is
opposite in meaning to the key word.

Q 11. EXHIBIT:

(a) conceal (b) prevent

(c) withdraw (d) concede

Q 12. URBAN

(a) country-made (b) pastoral

(c) provincial (d) rural

Q13. ACTIVE
 (a) animated (b) adjust

(c) passive (d) agile

Q 14. ADORE

(a) love (b) hate

(c) despise (d) gentle

Q 15. DELICACY

(a) coarseness (b) disparage

(c) affirm (d) dereliction

Directions(Q. 1617) In each of the following questions an idiomatic expression / proverb has
been given, followed by some alternatives. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of
the given idiom/proverb.

Q. 16. To read between the lines

(a) to concentrate (b) to read carefully

(c) to suspect (d) to grasp the hidden meaning

Q. 17 To flog a dead horse

(a) to act in a foolish way

(b) to waste ones efforts
(c) to revive interest in an old subject
(d) to revive old memories
Directions(Q. 1820) In each of the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose
the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

Q. 18. One who hates mankind

(a) misanthrope (b) philanthropist

(c) lover (d) hater

Q. 19. Mania for stealing articles

(a) logomania (b) nymphomania
(c) kleptomania (d) hypomania

Q. 20. One whose wife is dead

(a) widower (b) widow
(c) divorcee (d) celibate

Directions(Q. 2123) From amongst the options given below each word, choose the
appropriate singular form.

21. LICE
(a) louse (b) lace
(c) licey (d) none of these

22. DWARVES
(a) dwarv (b) dwarve
(c) dwarf (d) none of these
23. GEESE
(a) gander (b) goose
(c) gouse (d) none of these

Directions(Q. 2425) From amongst the options given below each word, choose the
appropriate plural form.

24. SYLLABUS
(a) syllabi (b) syllabus
(c) syllaby (d) none of these

25. MOUSE
(a) mouse (b) mouses
(c) mice (d) none of these

Directions(Q. 2630) Answer the questions that follow the passage based on the information
given in the passage.

To those who do listen, the desert speaks of things with an emphasis quite different from that of
the shore, the mountain, the valley or the plains. Whereas these invite action and suggest
limitless opportunity and exhaustless resources, the implications and the mood of the desert are
something different. For one thing, the desert is conservative, not radical. It is more likely to
provide awe than to invite conquest. The heroism which it encourages is the heroism of the
endurance, not that of conquest. It brings man up against this limitation, turns him in upon
himself and suggests values which more indulgent regions suppress. Sometimes it induces
contemplation in men who have never contemplated before. And of all the answers to the
questionwhat is a desert good forcontemplation is perhaps the best.
26. In order to receive the deserts message, the beholder needs to be
(a) courageous in his reaction
(b) conservative in his responses
(c) a good listener
(d) sensitive to nature

27. The desert is unique among landscapes in that it encourages only

(a) contemplation
(b) indolence
(c) heroic endeavour
(d) adventurous spirit

28. If one responds with insight to the mood of the desert, it evokes
(a) an inclination for deep thought
(b) the possibility of unending resources
(c) the desire for heroic conquest
(d) a sense of intense revulsion

29. The writer calls the desert conservative rather than radical because it provides an
environment that
(a) inspires man to explore it
(b) offers unlimited opportunity to conquer
(c) tests ones endurance
(d) makes one gloomy

30. What does the phrase it brings man up against his limitations, mean ?
(a) it makes man feel hopeless about his limitations
(b) it makes man aware of his limitations
(c) it compels man to fight against his limitations
(d) it persuades man to overcome his limitations

Directions (Q.No. 31 35): In the following questions, Choose the correct preposition to fill up
the blank
31. They went to Agra ..... bus.

(a) of (b) in
(c) by (d) from

32. I am writing this essay.......blue ink .

(a) in (b) with

(c) from (d) on

33. She jumped......the river.

(a) on (b) in

(c) into (d) to

34. She is gifted ...... common sense

(a) with (b) by

(c) on (d) over

35. Janardhan was appointed ........... the post of section officer

(a) to (b) on

(c) with (d) for

Directions (Q.No. 36 40): In the following questions, Choose the correct alternative from the
options to replace the underlined phrase

36. I am tired as I am working since 7 O'clock in the morning.

(a) i was working
(b) i have been working
(c) i had been working
(d) i will be working

37. Sheela told her teacher to explain the chapter once again.

(a) ordered her teacher

(b) invited her teacher
(c) asked her teacher
(d) said to her teacher

38. If you come across my keys, bring it to me, can you?

(a) will you ?

(b) don't you ?
(c) isn't it ?
(d) no improvement.

39. I shall not go until I am invited.

(a) unless i am
(b) till i am
(c) once i am
(d) if not i am

40. He sent a word to me that he would be coming late.

(a) sent few words

(b) sent words
(c) sents a word
(d) sent word