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SET-1
Directions (1-7): In each of the questions,
choose the meaning of phrase/idiom (given in
bold).
Q1. President Saddam Husseins effort to annex
Kuwait was nothing short of setting the Thames
on fire.
(a) A try to achieve an impossible distinction
(b) To destroy the country for nothing
(c) To show his power and might
(d) To make a situation worse
(e) None of these
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Q7. A hard nut to crack is
(a) One who is very obstinate
(b) Very difficult child
(c) A walnut or a fruit
(d) Problem that is hard be solved
(e) None of these
Directions (8-11): In each of the following
sentences, a part of the sentence is
underlined/bold. Beneath each sentence, five
different ways of phrasing the underlined part
are indicated. Choose the best alternative
among the five.

Q2. One should not stay idle at home; but be up Q8. Carbon-14 dating reveals that the artifacts
and doing. recovered at Mesopotamia are nearly 2,000
(a) Sleeping years as old as any of their supposed European
(b) Active predecessors.
(c) Working (a) supposed older than any of their
(d) Reading (b) as old as their supposedly
(e) None of these (c) as old as their supposed
(d) older than any of their supposed
Q3. Mr Arjun Singh snapped his fingers at (e) None of the above
Narasimha Rao and got himself in hot water.
(a) To support Q9. Unlike a typical automobile loan, which
(b) To disregard requires a fifteen to twenty-percent down
(c) To deprive payment, the easy drive loan customer is not
(d) To interfere required to make an initial deposit on the new
(e) None of these vehicle.
(a) with easy drive loan buying there is no
Q4. We are afraid you may not be led astray in by requirement of
Arvinds bad company. (b) easy drive loan customers are not required to
(a) Get into trouble make
(b) Misguided (c) for the easy drive loan customer there is no
(c) Killed requirement of
(d) Lose the job (d) an easy drive loan does not require the buyer
(e) None of these to make
(e) None of the above
Q5. To cry wolf
(a) To give false alarm Q10. In addition to having more protein than
(b) To turn pale wheat does, the protein in rice is higher quality
(c) To ruin over self than that in wheat, with more of the amino acids
(d) To overcome someone essentials to the human diet.
(e) None of these (a) the protein in rice is higher quality than that in
(b) rice has protein of higher quality than that in
Q6. To be in dribs and drabs (c) the protein in rice is higher in quality than it is
(a) Without fail in rice
(b) With much ease (d) rice protein is higher in quality than it is in
(c) In small quantities (e) None of the above
(d) With great difficulty
(e) None of these Q11. Had realized how close I was to failing, I

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would not have taken the SBI PO exam in the
second week of December.
(a) Had I realized how close
(b) When I realized how close
(c) If I would have realized
(d) If I realized earlier how close
(e) None of the above
Directions (12-15): In each question, there are
pairs of words/phrases that highlighted. From
the highlighted word(s)/phrase(s), select the
most appropriate word(s)/phrase(s) to form
correct sentences. Then, from the options
given, choose the best one.
Q12. So a blue-ribbon panel has made clear
suggestions, and two respected senators have
proposed them as law-this seems nitpicking
(A)/straightforward (B) enough.
But the suggestions involve an intensive
(A)/extensive (B) shake-up that will be far from
easy to make reality. Most notably, the 9/11
commission proposed two new entities.
The first is a National Counterterrorism
center, building (A)/countering (B) on the
Terrorist Threat Integration Center that was
established after the September 11th attacks.
Whereas the current center amounts to a clearing
house for terrorism-related information, the
proposed one would set operational
(A)/functional (B) priorities for fighting terrorism
and be responsible for the results.
(a) ABBA
(b) BBAA
(c) BAAA
(d) BAAB
(e) BBBB
Q13. Pointless regulations foster (A)/abet
(B) graft.
The more meddlesome (A)/irksome (B) the rule,
the greater the incentive to bribe officials not to
enforce it.
An excellent new study by the World Bank, Doing
Business in 2005, shows that red tape is one of
the chief obstacles (A)/stepping stones (B) to
growth in almost all poor countries.
The World Bank estimates that if a country in the
worst-regulated quartile were to join the best
quartile, it would promote (A)/boost (B) its
annual growth rate by 2.2 percentage points.
(a) BAAA
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(b) ABBA
(c) BABA
(d) ABAB
(e) AAAA
Q14. The change in personnel-rarely a good sign-
seemed to presage (A)/prequel (B) a change in
strategy.
Mr. Kerry made two phone calls soliciting
(A)/seeking (B) advice from Mr Clinton, who was
lying in a hospitals bed awaiting quadruple bypass
surgery.
Mr Clinton apparently (A)/probably (B) told Mr
Kerry to concentrate more on the economy and to
step up his attacks on Mr Bush.
That has not stopped John Edwards being warned
(A)/praised (B) on the campaign trail by loyalists
Theyre going to run you right over and make you
look like idiots.
(a) ABAB
(b) BBAA
(c) AAAA
(d) AABA
(e) BBBB
Q15. In other words, there is probably much more
to gain from promoting (A)/slashing (B) red tape
than from begging for more aid.
Especially since donors, unlike air travelers in
Angola, are not exactly queuing up (A)/
freewheeling (B) to open their wallets.
Mr. Putin said after Beslan that we showed
ourselves to be weak, and the weak get beaten.
The implication (B)/ indication (B) is that he will
now be even tougher in Chechnya.
Not only is that likely to entertain (A)/stir up
(B) more terrorism; it also ignores one of the
conflicts main drivers, which is cast.
(a) AABA
(b) AABB
(c) BABA
(d) BAAB
(e) BBBB
SET-2
Directions (1-15): The following questions
have a paragraph from which the last
sentence has been deleted. From the given
options, choose the one that completes the
paragraph in the most appropriate way.

Q1. Where some Economists argued that the
Food security bill would be a huge liability
to India and that it was out of Indias
financial capability to fund this Bill, Amartya
Sen responded in a stern way saying that
Sitting in a room with Air Conditioning
which is working as a result of subsidized
electricity as well as eating food prepared
with subsidized cooking gas as well as the
fact that rich farmers being able to buy
subsidized fertilizers for their own profit
depicted a very selfish act. Economic
Growth has to be fairly distributed among
the various social strata of society according
to their needs and in a country like India
where the majority population is under the
BPL certain preferences of opportunities,
minority security as well as relief funds are
to be provided.
(a) Reduction of communal violence, health,
education and shelter remain Indian Primary
worries and Economic Growth can contribute
to them if used judiciously and effectively.
(b) In statements made by certain Economists
as well as Global Organizations, Economic
Policies and Social Policies are seen to be not
incompatible but bound to be at war with
each other and that Growth is the enemy of
social equity.
(c) A very important fact that our world
economy misinterprets it, is that both these
economic variables are not contradicting each
other but have a subtle and important
correlation between them.
(d) Hence we can therefore conclude that
Economic Growth and Social Welfare are
Correlative variables and that with proper
channelization of Policies leads to higher
social welfare which indirectly leads to more
Economic Growth.
(e) None of these
Q2. There is no one best price that the
government can and should try to find and
dictate. Creating conditions for ensuring
market prices can be the only best response
of the government that will help ensure the
most efficient allocation of resources. You
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cannot stand for making things affordable
for the common man while at the same time
oppose FDI in retail. Competition among
various kinds of retailers will help ensure
that. Also, strict action against hoarders will
not help curb occasional jump in prices of
certain commodities. Removing trade
barriers will. Howsoever we may like to, we
cannot legislate away scarcity. As a common
man trying to make a living in Delhi, these
are some of my areas of concern which I
hope you will take note of and find ways to
address.
(a) First principles of economics tells us that
it is because of the mismatch in demand and
supply.
(b) At the very least, You have certainly
raised the level of debate in this country and
brought some serious competition amongst a
field dominated by age-old political parties.
(c) For once, no one wants to identify with a
politician with a criminal background.
(d) You have certainly raised the bar of
expectations that we as the common man
have from public officers and for that we
thank you.
(e) None of these
Q3. The aim of the youth in politics appears
to be not just contesting elections and
assuming power, but a larger aim to serve
the society and save it from innumerable
social-ills. However, to achieve these
conceived objectives of progress,
development, peace and empowerment, the
youth need adequate nurturing. Education
must be a mix of theory, case studies and
practical exposure, which would make them
aware of the realities of the society.
Political parties must also focus on the
capacity development of the youth who
would be the harbingers of change.
Development and enhancement of the
leadership skills must be focused upon.
(a) Ingrained with rational values, perceptions
and ideals, the youth in Indian politics hold
the promise that they would not yield to
obsolete dogmas and slogans. The mantra that

not rings loud is- If politics determines our
future, it is time, we determined our
politics.
(b) Youth of such high characters in a civil
society make for a more informed citizenry,
who have the power to facilitate better
awareness, make for better participation in
the political realm and articulate the choices
of the people at large, thereby holding the
government more accountable.
(c) Elastic as the concept is, politics demands
the qualities of the youth, said Robert
Kennedy in 1966. Youth is not a time of life,
but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a
quality of the imagination, predominance of
courage over timidity and of the appetite for
adventure over the love of ease.
(d) Their activism has shown that their voices
cannot be subdues as they belong to the land
of Mahatma Gandhi.
(e) None of these
Q4. Legitimacy of a government is one that
has been an incessant thorn for the
international community. One would assume
that the post cold-war ideology which
believes that the best and only form of a
legitimate government is the one which is
elected through a democratically held
election would settle matters easily with
election being the only benchmark for
determining legitimacy. But then to classify
a democratically elected government which
refuses its citizenry the most basic of
democratic rights as the representatives of
its people would be a gross human rights
violation.
(a) But the recognition that such government
has from the international community is also
an important element determining the
legitimacy of such government.
(b) This creates a rather meek reality for the
many struggling in the middle-east or the
other regions for the new government they
aim to create would be subject to a more
rigorous international diplomatic scrutiny than
their tyrannical counterparts they would be
replacing.
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(c) The moral compass of the nation states
whose recognition is sought is a subjective
tool and can liberally sway in the direction
that favours that nations own national
interest or even soothe the ruling partys vote
banks.
(d) Sanction of the citizen which it seeks to
represent is an important source for deriving
legitimacy for a government.
(e) None of these
Q5. There is no final judgment in the
marketplace for ideas since one can never
know when the circumstances will lead to a
renewed interest for that idea. There was a
time when libertarianism was very dormant
and now because of excessive government
regulation, people looking for answers have
re-discovered it. By the authors logic,
Copernicus should have conceded defeat to
Helios-centric model of solar system,
Communists should have conceded defeat
after Soviets fall and Maos Great Leap
Forward. Besides, it is extremely ignorant
to call the market place of ideas as free and
unfettered given the extent of state
sponsored education that almost never
showed the nation states founding
philosophy in bad light.
(a) If you believe in the free market, why
werent you willing to accept as final the
judgment against libertarianism rendered
decades ago in the free and unfettered
marketplace of ideas?
(b) History, the repository of ideas has almost
always been directed by the State to promote
nationalism at the cost of truth.
(c) The author need only read USAs account
of Great Depression, Vietnam War, Iraq and
Afghanistan War etc. to realize the truth.
(d) Does our libertarian recognize that large
corporations are a threat to our freedoms?
(e) None of these
Q6. The debt ridden, staggering economy of
Europe is no longer news to anyone. Even a
layman like me who hardly has very basic
understanding of economics can gauge the

direct implications of this economic
hardship. Unemployment has surged,
inflation rates are soaring and the current
account deficits are hard to come to terms
with. The causes for this economic
downswing has been explained by
economists in several ways; profligacy on
the part of governments, shortsightedness
etc.
(a) The tough economic condition in Europe
has created a frustrated population. They
have long been looking at the government
with desperate eyes to make amends.
(b) History repeats itself; not in the situations
created by destiny, but in the reactions of
people to these situations. Friedrich Hegel
had very rightly mentioned, the only thing
we learn from history is that we learn nothing
from history.
(c) However, the causes are not what interest
me. The current situation and the reaction to
this situation do.
(d) Being a lover of European history and an
ardent fan of world war movies, the first two
words that propped up in my head was hail
Hitler.
(e) None of these
Q7. Taking a bike on to Britains roads is not
as dangerous as it once was. Estimates from
the Department for Transport show that,
per million miles cycled, the number of
cyclists killed or seriously injured has fallen
by 33% since the 1990s. But the rate has
recently moved up again, even as the
number of road accidents in general has
fallen sharply.
(a) In London, cyclists made up 22% of all
casualties on the roads in 2012, up from just
10% in 2006
(b) Thus, it can be concluded that cyclists are
responsible for their own safety, or lack
thereof.
(c) Cars, on the other hand, have seen a 7%
fall in accidents and have also lower figures
for number of casualties in the past two
decades, as compared to cycle accidents.
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(d) Road accidents are an unnatural
phenomenon and no blame can be attached to
cyclists for having seen a rise in their
contribution towards the same.
(e) None of these
Q8. Mr Modi would face more constraints,
and enjoy fewer direct powers, as prime
minister of India than he does as chief
minister of Gujarat. It is unclear whether he
would be good at holding together a
coalition (which any BJP-led government
would surely be), delegating to others,
negotiating on legislation or responding to
crises as they arise. But the record from
Gujarat suggests he thinks hard about
policy, has clear ideas of how he would
promote higher economic growth and social
development and would prefer to bolster
overall wealth creation than promote social
welfare schemes. If economics alone
mattered, Mr Modis achievements in
Gujarat suggest he is the man best placed to
get India moving again. The problem is that
political leaders are responsible for more.
(a) For all his crowds of supporters, his
failures in 2002, and his refusal since to atone
for them leave him a badly compromised
candidate with much left to do.
(b) Mr. Modi is a political leader like none
other and is sure to become Indias next
Prime Minister, come May 2014.
(c) And Mr. Modi has chalked out the solution
to this problem, in the form of higher
economic growth and social development.
(d) Surely, a Chief Minister for a Third Term
can be called a political leader, isnt it?
(e) None of these
Q9. It is worth noting that if the political
structure of North African countries was
characterized by strong and efficient checks
and balances, politicians and policy-makers
would have less freedom to influence the
countries political economy according to
their own interests. Individual economic and
social agents would then have less leeway to
behave in a manner serving their private

interest by exercising disproportionate
lobbying influence on politicians.
In the same fashion, the existence of a
strong legal and judicial framework that
enforces property rights would allow the
efficient supervision of international,
economic, and financial standards and
provide private market participants with the
ability to monitor and control economic
activities. Levels of corruption would also
be brought down and the economic and
banking sectors performance would
improve.
(a) The absence of checks and balances
facilitated the establishment of what
Acemoglu and Robinson called vicious
circles.
(b) The low level of participation,
transparency, and information-sharing
allowed by the institutional infrastructure in
North African countries provide fertile
grounds for pressure and lobbying from
powerful interest groups pursuing personal
interests.
(c) The picture painted by the various
economic and financial reforms implemented
in the region, however, ignores rooted
institutional deficiencies. These are crucial to
fully understand the social unrest that has
swept the region.
(d) Going beyond mere economic factors, the
lack of transparency, symmetrical access to
information and practical accountability to
the public as exclusive networks hold power
over the political economy structures
represent a significant stumbling block to
political transition and make North African
economies more prone to economic and social
instability.
(e) None of these
Q10. The moral and legal prohibitions on
torture and any kind of humiliating and
degrading treatment, create an immense
moral presumption against such actions.
Torture is judged wrong both because of its
immediate harmful consequences the
severe pain or suffering, whether physical
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or mental as well as its wider adverse
consequences. These include the way
torture can provide a recruiting sergeant for
the terrorists cause by exposing the gap
between liberal values that we proclaim and
the illiberal practices we adopt, as
Guantanamo Bay demonstrated. But the
harmful consequences of torture are only
part of the explanation. We also condemn
torture because of its internal qualities.
(a) In deciding whether to legalize torture, we
need, therefore, ultimately to consider
whether, even if torture sometimes works, we
want to belong to the kind of society that
institutionalizes such a practice, despite its
morally corrosive internal and external
qualities, affecting all those involved.
(b) To succeed in his craft, the special
interrogator needs to become, at best,
indifferent to the pain of those whom he is
interrogating; and, at worst, adept in the vice
of cruelty.
(c) Yet, we need our special interrogators to
be professionally men or women of vice. In
the ticking bomb examples, the torturer
arrives by magic just at the moment we need
him; and he departs, conveniently, shortly
thereafter.
(d) Torture adversely affects the character of
those involved in the process: both the
torturers and the tortured.
(e) None of these
Q11. Effective foreign policy requires a
clarity regarding the nations interests. It
requires focus and will. With no clarity, will
or focus, Indian foreign policy is a disaster.
Politicians are both uninformed and
uninterested in foreign policy. Diplomats of
the elite Indian Foreign Service (IFS) care
more about cushy assignments in the US and
Europe than serving the nations interests.
(a) Indias response has been woefully
inadequate this is in keeping with historical
precedent.
(b) Indias foreign policy establishment has a
reputation for lacking a backbone.

(c) For too long, India tolerated the lack of
respect shown to its dignitaries.
(d) Few care about serving in strategically
important places such as Afghanistan or
Egypt. It is little wonder that India has made
little progress in its quest for permanent seat
in the United Nations Security Council.
(e) None of these
Q12. Understanding Irans scientific
heritage and respecting it builds the kind of
trust that will inevitably be necessary for
sustained engagement and reducing
insecurities that can lead to counter-
productive actions by hardliners. Success in
this field can spill over to other crucial
areas, such as the human rights situation in
Iran, which has significantly deteriorated
over the course of the past years. Time,
however, is limited. The political pendulum
in Iran will swing back in favor of the
hardliners if the Rouhani government has
little to show for in the next six to twelve
months.
(a) By following through on scientific and
technological collaboration, Washington and
Brussels can over time help fundamentally
transform Tehrans relations with the West.
(b) Second chances do not come often. We
have a golden opportunity to test win-win
proposals and strengthen the positive-sum
narrative of the Iranian moderates not just
at the negotiating table, but also through
concrete actions that can facilitate a new,
cooperative relationship with Iran and its
people, void of the painful baggage of the
past.
(c) Will the more cooperative, moderate and
win-win approach favored by President Hassan
Rouhani and the majority of the population
take root and prevail?
(d) The human rights situation in Iran, which
has significantly deteriorated over the course
of the past years.
(e) None of these
Q13. I criticized Adonis because he engaged
politically, and placed himself firmly on the
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side of the government. He himself
criticized the revolution, and the people
themselves. He can criticize me personally
as Ali Ferzat, he can criticize individual
people, but he really cannot criticize the
majority or the movement. He also
contradicts himself; he supported the
[1979] revolution in Iran, which was all
about religion, but now hes outspoken
against the Syrian revolution, because he
says its coming from the mosques. So you
can see the contradiction.
(a) This regime came riding in military tanks
but he hasnt criticized the regime, hes
criticized the people whose crime was simply
asking for their freedom.
(b) As an artist you need to tackle important
issues but not engage in political polemics
yourself.
(c) Caricature is on the front line against
dictatorship. It is an art form for all people
people who may not necessarily understand
painting or sculpture, but [who will all]
understand caricature.
(d) His position on religion is confused and
misleading at the same time.
(e) None of these
Q14. Love affairs are based on opportunism
and the fulfillment of some kind of need in
the moment without foresight for future
consequences of action. They have no
substance of loyalty and Qatar is most
certainly not monogamous. Qatars
rendezvousing all at once with the
Brotherhood among other Islamist groups,
Saudi Arabia, Israel, Western powers, Iran
and whoever should ascend to power
regionally, is highly risky behavior. The
Muslim Brotherhood itself is far removed
from its original formation in goals and will
not lose sight of its most earnest desire for
expansionism, power and influence. Given
this cocktail mix of relations and conflicting
interests, the potential long-term
consequences are unfathomable.
(a) However, does this mean the love affair
with the Muslim Brotherhood is over?

(b) Having held close ties with the
Brotherhood for some time, Qatars
relationship with the movement has only
grown stronger in recent years.
(c) But for now, and for some time to come,
we have a flourishing Qatar-Muslim
Brotherhood love affair.
(d) The Qatari state does not have a clear
strategy on how to move forward due to
Syrias worsening crisis.
(e) None of these
Q15. As more and more consumers opt to
view content via the Internet, the playing
field may eventually level, although Netflix
and Amazon have a significant head start,
Raff adds. For example, HBO could garner
similar analytics through its HBO Go app.
Whats unclear at the moment is whether
new outlets for original programming will
dilute the market for high-end productions.
Obviously, there isnt room for infinite
content, but there is definitely room for
multiple providers, says Bradlow, noting
that customers have multiple tastes and the
mass market has fragmented.
(a) The subscription nature of their businesses
and the data collection mechanisms built into
their systems means the companies are all in
a position to know hourly what customers are
watching, how they interact with content and
what their preferences are.
(b) In theory, if the online channels can use
original content to attract new groups of
viewers who wouldnt otherwise subscribe,
they can invest the extra money in producing
more in-house series and features and recoup
those costs over time.
(c) This is a matter of having privileged access
to customers and exploiting a fixed cost to do
as much business as you can.
(d) The real impact of the companys original
content plans will play out in the years to
come.
(e) None of these
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Directions (1-5): In each problem below, either
part or the whole sentence is underlined. Below
the sentence are different ways of writing the
underlined part. Answer choice (A) repeats the
original; the other answers vary. If you think
that the original phrasing is best, choose (A).
otherwise choose other given options.
Q1. During the summer of 2001, when it looked
like parts of New Delhi and Mumbai were going
to run short of water, many businesses and homes
were affected by the stringent restrictions on the
use of water.
(a) it looked like parts of New Delhi and Mumbai
were going to run
(b) It looked as if parts of New Delhi and Mumbai
would have run
(c) It appeared that parts of new Delhi and
Mumbai would run
(d) appearances were that parts of New Delhi and
Mumbai would run
(e) it was the appearance that parts of New Delhi
and Mumbai would be running
Q2. Before the independence of India the books of
Dr P.K. Yadav presented a fundamental challenge
to the accepted ideas of race relations that, two
generations later, will be true of the writings of
the radical writers of the 1970s.
(a) that, two generations later, will be true of
(b) that, two generations later, would be true of
(c) as, two generation latter, would be true off
(d) as, two generations later, would be true of
(e) just in way that, two generations later, did
Q3. For the reason that diesel was relatively
cheap and Rs. 3.00 per litre in 1960s, the average
Indian came to view unfettered, inexpensive
driving as a right rather than a lucky privilege.
(a) For the reason that diesel was relatively cheap
and
(b) Because diesel was relatively cheapest
(c) Due to the fact the gasoline was relatively
inexpensive
(d) In that diesel was a relatively inexpensive
(e) Because diesel was relatively cheap
Q4. The political masters of the healthcare system
have not listened to professional health planners
because it has not been profitable for them to
do that thing.

(a) has not been profitable for them to do that
thing
(b) has not been profitable for them to do so
(c) has been unprofitable for them to do that
thing
(d) has been profitable for them to do so
(e) doing so had not been profitable for them
Q5. Because of the efforts of Dr Rajendra Prasad
and other advocates of the soft path of solar
energy, the economics of nuclear power are being
more closely examined now than ever before.
(a) being more closely examined now than ever
before
(b) being attached more vigorously than ever
before
(c) open to closer examination than they ever
were before
(d) more closely examined than before
(e) more examined than they ever were before
now
Directions (6-10): In the following questions,
you are required to identify and assess the
logical Relationship between a given pair of
words in the question, then choose a pair of
words from the options that exhibit the same
logical relationship as the original pair in the
questions.
Q6. GETS ON : BUS : :
(a) hopes : fear
(b) enters : account book
(c) disembarks : airplane
(d) boards : rowboat
(e) None of the above
Q7. MUMBLE : INDISTINCT : :
(a) scribble : illegible
(b) screech : gentle
(c) swagger : timid
(d) sneeze : deliberate
(e) None of the above
Q8. FOOTBALL : SPORT : :
(a) rhythm : poetry
(b) verse : literature
(c) dancing : ballet
(d) research : biology
(e) None of the above
Q9. SAILOR : LIGHTHOUSE : :
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(a) snake : hiss
(b) air raid : siren
(c) car horn : driver
(d) sleeper : smoke alarm
(e) None of the above
Q10. SIMMER : BOIL : :
(a) glide : drift
(b) gambol : play
(c) drizzle : downpour
(d) stagnate : flow
(e) None of the above
Directions (11-15): In each of the following
questions, a statement and five choices are
given. Select from among the choices, the most
logical complement and mark its number as your
answer.
Q11. Bacteria have a wider distribution than any
other living organisms.
(a) as they are unicellular and extremely small in
size.
(b) because they can fly in the air and walk on
water as well as land.
(c) because they occur in large numbers in air, soil
and water.
(d) because they cant manufacture their own
food.
(e) as they are quick to spread and are strong in
survival.
Q12. Galileo discovered with the help of the
newly invented telescope that
(a) the sun is too near to the earth.
(b) the moon is not a perfect sphere and there are
many more stars in the sky.
(c) the earth is not a circle and many meteors fall
on to the earth.
(d) asteroids are similar to meteors and are not
circular in shape.
(e) The earths satellite is the moon.
Q13. The refraction of light in a prism reveals
the fact that it forms a convenient medium for
spread of light.
(a) it forms a convenient medium for spread of
light.
(b) the mixture of all colours are embedded in
black colour.
(c) it cant pass light through it.

(d) it forms a denser medium to pass light through
it.
(e) ordinary white light is a mixture of many
different colours of light.
Q14. A foreign citizen acquiring Indian
citizenship through nationalization.
(a) must belong to any country without any
qualification.
(b) must keep the citizenship of any other country
before acquiring it.
(c) may acquire it in extraordinary cases only.
(d) must either reside in India or serve the
Government of India for at least one year
immediately preceding the date of application.
(e) cannot allow other countries citizenship to
continue.
Q15. Cinema, no doubt, has become one of the
dominant medium of communication in the
contemporary world.
(a) It carries with itself the power to transcend
the limitations of space and time.
(b) It attracts people from all walks of life.
(c) It conveys both good and bad message.
(d) It is the only source of entertainment.
(e) Its influence on the common man cannot be
ignored.
SET-4
Directions (1-5): In each of the following
questions, five statements conveying the same
idea are given. Select the one which expresses
the idea in the most concise manner and mark
its number as your answer. Please note that all
of them may be grammatically correct and mean
the same but you have to select the most
concise way of expressing the idea.
Q1.
(a) He had begun his speech before we arrived.
(b) He had begun his speech before we were
arriving.
(c) His speech had begun before we arrived.
(d) He had his speech begun before we arrived.
(e) He had to begin his speech before we arrived.
Q2.
(a) On the death of her husband grief
overwhelmed with her.
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(b) Grief overwhelmed with her on her husbands
death.
(c) On the death of her husband she was
overwhelmed with grief.
(d) The death of her husband overwhelmed her
with grief.
(e) Her husbands death caused so much grief that
she was overwhelmed.
Q3.
(a) The water there was more than what we had
wished for.
(b) There was more there than what we had
wished for.
(c) There was more water there than we wished
for.
(d) There was more water there than were wishing
of.
(e) There was more water than anyone ever could
wish for.
Q4.
(a) It was rumoured that the army was defeated.
(b) There was a rumour that the army was
defeated.
(c) The army was defeated was a rumour.
(d) The rumour was that the army was defeated.
(e) A rumour was spread that army will be
defeated.
Q5.
(a) It is foolish on our part to expect that they
would cater to our demands which they are quite
unable to meet.
(b) It is foolish of us to expect that they would
cater to our demands which they cannot meet.
(c) It is foolish on our part to expect that they
would cater to our demands which are unable to
be met by them.
(d) It is foolish to think that they would cater to
our demands which they cannot meet.
(e) It is foolish of us to expect that they would
cater to their demands which we cannot meet.
Directions (6-15): In each of the following
questions, a word has been used in sentences in
four different ways. Choose the option
corresponding to the sentence in which the
usage of the word is INAPPROPRIATE.
Q6. Insert

(a) The writer was asked to insert a change in the
manuscript.
(b) It is his habit to insert new topics in the
discussion.
(c) The country is planning to insert a new
satellite into the orbit.
(d) The ceremony was announced through an
insert in the newspapers.
(e) None of the above
Q7. Write
(a) The boy writes Sanskrit with ease.
(b) The ailing old asked his attorneys to write his
will.
(c) He was asked to write in a cheque for the
amount he owed.
(d) He is type of man who writes his own ticket.
(e) None of the above
Q8. Scale
(a) Thick scales covered the animal.
(b) The government brought in policies to scale
imports.
(c) He scaled the fish by scraping it with a knife.
(d) Hard water scales the boiler.
(e) None of the above
Q9. Make
(a) The children intended to make a lot of fun
during the picnic.
(b) One should not make a disturbance near
hospitals.
(c) The housekeeping department makes beds
twice a day.
(d) It was difficult for the family to make ends
meet.
(e) None of the above
Q10. Gain
(a) The clock gains a minute per day.
(b) The day is gaining warmth.
(c) The trekkers gained the peak in the evening.
(d) The amplifier helped the signal gain intensity.
(e) None of the above
Q11. Show
(a) The excavation showed a staggering number of
artefacts.
(b) When they arrived a waiter showed them to
the table.
(c) She didnt show up for her appointment.
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(d) The general meeting of the opposition party
turned out to be a show of strength.
(e) None of the above
Q12. Trade
(a) The shop stocked novelties for the tourist
trade.
(b) The brothers found it beneficial to trade
places in their business.
(c) At this dealer, one can trade the old car on a
new one.
(d) This magazine has limited circulation as it is a
trade publication.
(e) None of the above
Q13. Pay
(a) It is not possible to pay someone like him to do
that.
(b) It is futile to think that crime pays.
(c) You could make the call from a pay telephone.
(d) Such a reckless act will mean that you have to
pay the devil.
(e) None of the above
Q14. Act
(a) Trees act against the wind.
(b) Under cover of darkness the police waited to
catch thief in the act.
(c) His life is hard act to follow.
(d) The legislature did not act on the bill.
(e) None of the above
Q15. Affect
(a) The sight affected her to tears.
(b) Our beliefs are affected by our upbringing.
(c) Drops of water affect roundness.
(d) He issued a statement to the affect that he
would resign.
(e) None of the above
SET-5
Directions (1-15): A number of sentences are
given below which, when properly sequenced,
form a COHERENT PARAGRAPH. Four sentences
are LOGICAL connected, one sentence is out of
the context. Find the ODD SENTENCE.
Q1. A. Like the proverbial butterfly that flaps its
wings on one continent and eventually causes a
hurricane on another, Norma McCorvey
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B. She was a lady who possessed exceptional skills
and she was a wine connoisseur, travelled the
world and lived her life luxuriously.
C. It had taken shape more than twenty years
earlier and concerned a young woman in Dallas
named Norma McCorvey.
D. All she had wanted was an abortion.
E. There was another factor, meanwhile which
had greatly contributed to the massive crime drop
of the 1990s.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q2. A. Economists love incentives.
B. They love to dream them up and enact them,
study them and tinker with them.
C. The typical economist believes the world has
not yet invented a problem that he cannot fix if
given a free hand to design the proper incentive
scheme.
D. His solution may not always be pretty it may
involve coercion or exorbitant penalties or the
violation of civil liberties but the original
problem, rest assured, will be fixed.
E. An incentive is given to all the employees who
perform exceptionally well.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q3. A. Fear is a dreadful thing.
B. It darkens our lives, from fear we act
neurotically.
C. We are asking whether man can ever be free of
this terrible burden.
D. Courageous people are very contented with
their lives.
E. fear may be lurking in the deep
unconsciousness, in the deep recesses of ones
own brain.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
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Q4. A. Kohal says she has always had best travel
experience in all the leading airlines.
B. And there are stories in the media and social
media of notes being left on flights, or complaints
being made, by passengers upset that theyve
flown with a female pilot.
C. Kohals doctor mother and engineer father
taught her and her sister that they werent any
different from men and could do anything they
wanted as long as they had fun doing it.
D. GoAir, a budget airline in India, said in 2013
that it only wanted to hire small, young females
to be flight attendants in order to save money on
fuel by keeping the weight of the plane down.
E. This family support has helped her excel, but
many women entering traditionally male-
dominated professions in India encounter more
obstacles.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q5. A. But anyone who has worked as a
professional in the country knows otherwise.
B. So what about the infamous terror attacks in
Asian countries which is the cause of fear in much
of the rest of the world?
C. In the collective imagination, there are two
Europes: the industrious north, with relatively low
unemployment and dynamic economies, and the
sluggish south, where people would just as soon
kick back, sip an espresso and watch the world go
by.
D. Olivier, a senior counsel in a large French
multinational in the construction industry in Paris
works about 45 to 50 hours a week, from roughly
09:00 till 19:30.
E. Many people would lump France, the land of
the 35-hour workweek, long lunches and even
longer vacations, with the south.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q6. A. Everyone knows the story of the traveler
who has never been on a foreign trip before and
the unfortunate events drove him crazy.

B. I think that there is far too much work done in
the world, and that immense harm is caused by
the belief that work is virtuous, and that what
needs to be preached in modern industrial
countries is quite different from what always has
been preached.
C. But although my conscience has controlled my
actions, my opinions have undergone a revolution.
D. Being a highly virtuous child, I believed all that
I was told and acquired a conscience which has
kept me working hard down to the present
moment.
E. Like most of my generation, I was brought up
on the saying, Satan finds some mischief still for
idle hands to do.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q7. A. A system of coercion is best suitable in a
democracy and can be solution to all the world
problems.
B. I am quite aware that it is necessary for the
success of any complex undertaking that one man
should do the thinking and directing and in
general bear the responsibility.
C. For force always attract men of low morality,
and I believe it to be an invariable rule that
tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels.
D. For this reason I have always been passionately
opposed to systems such as we see in Italy and
Russia today.
E. But the led must not be compelled; they must
be able to choose their leader.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q8. A. They have a responsible president who is
elected for a sufficiently long period and has
sufficient powers to be really responsible.
B. I believe that in this respect the United States
of America have found the right way.
C. The really valuable thing in the pageant of
human life seems to me to live a luxurious life, be
ruthless and insensitive toward other fellow
citizens.
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D. The thing that has brought discredit upon the
prevailing form of democracy in Europe today is
not to be laid to the door of the democratic idea
as such, but to lack of stability on the part of the
heads of governments and to the impersonal
character of the electoral system.
E. On the other hand, what I value in our political
system is the more extensive provision that it
makes for the individual in case of illness or need.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q9. A. He has only been given his big brain by
mistake.
B. A backbone was all he needed.
C. This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of
the herd nature, the military system, which I
abhor.
D. This system of military is bringing the
humankind to the danger of extinct.
E. That a man can take pleasure in marching in
formation to the strains of a band is enough to
make me despise him.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q10. A. I must launch out my boat.
B. The languid hours pass by on the shore Alas
for me!
C. The spring has done its flowering and taken
leave.
D. And now with the burden of faded
futile flowers I wait and linger.
E. The waves have become clamorous, and upon
the bank in the shady lane the yellow leaves
flutter and fall.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q11. A. Only now and again sadness fell upon me,
and I started up from my dream and felt a sweet
trace of a strange fragrance in the south wind.

B. My basket was empty and the flower remained
unheeded.
C. On the day when the lotus bloomed, Alas, my
mind was straying, and I knew it not!
D. That vague sweetness made my heart ache with
longing and it seemed to me that is was the eager
breath of the summer seeking for its completion.
E. The 21st century children are immune to such
virus.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q12. A. The people of India are giving in nature
, sometime they steal because of poverty.
B. Take the fresco at Mahabalipuram called
Arjunas Penance.
C. The magnificent figures in the main frieze
and narrative, carved out of the rock, are
themselves a mix of the divine and the humorous.
D. But, most tellingly, not far from the main
frieze, are the figures of two monkeys, one
picking lice from the others hair.
E. Its an astonishing example of how this
countrys traditions of miniaturist converge with
its epic stories.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q13. A. Gandhi was jailed many times for his
protest again the British.
B. This is precisely the greatness of any classical
work; that is can lend itself for any interpretation
at any given era, far removed from its own time,
because of its eternal appeal.
C. This total assimilation is reflected in his
translation.
D. Although Gandhi was commissioned to do the
translation, the Tirukkural was in his genes,
inherited from his maternal grandfather who had
translated it 1930.
E. He was so smitten by this celebrated work,
having read and re-read it several times over, that
it became a part of his intrinsic cultural psyche.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
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(e) E
Q14. A. McCorveys case came to be adopted by
people far more powerful than she.
B. They made her the lead plaintiff in a class-
action lawsuit seeking to legalize abortion.
C. The case ultimately made it to the U.S.
Supreme Court, by which time Mc Corveys name
had been disguised as Jane Roe.
D. The defendant was Henry Wade, the Dallas
County district attorney.
E. On January 22, 1973, the court advised in the
favor of The UNICEF, allowing legalized education
for children throughout the country.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q15. A. Forgetfulness means that you are a
genius according some famous people in the field
of psychology.
B. You then forget the essential fact that,
underneath the level of physical appearances and
separate forms, you are one with all that is.
C. It is this screen of thought that creates the
illusion of separateness, the illusion that there is
you and a totally separate other.
D. It comes between you and yourself, between
you and your fellow man and woman, between you
and nature, between you and God.
E. Identification with your mind creates an opaque
screen of concepts, labels, images, words,
judgments, and definitions that blocks all true
relationship.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
SET-6
Directions (1-4): Each of the following
questions has a sentence with two blanks.
Given below each option are five pairs of
words. Choose the pair that best completes
the sentence.

Q1. The genocide in Bosnia and Rwanda apart
from being misdescribed in the most sinister
and manner as ethnic cleansing
were also blamed, in further hand-washing
rhetoric, on something dark and interior to
and perpetrators alike.
(a) Innovative; communicator
(b) Enchanting; leaders
(c) Disingenuous; victims
(d) Exigent; exploiters
(e) Tragic; sufferers
Q2. As navigators, calendar markers, and
other of the night sky accumulated
evidence to the contrary, ancient astronomers
were forced to that certain bodies
might move in circles about points, which in
turn moved in circles about the Earth.
(a) Scrutinisers; believe
(b) Observers; agree
(c) Scrutinisers; suggest
(d) Observers; concede
(e) Students; conclude
Q3. Every human being, after the first few
days of his life, is a product of two factors: on
the one hand, there is his
endowment; and on the other hand, there is
the effect of environment, including
(a) Constitutional; weather
(b) Congenital; education
(c) Personal; climate
(d) Economic; learning
(e) Genetic; pedagogy
Q4. Exhaustion of natural resources,
destruction of individual initiative by
governments, control over mens mind by
central of the education and
propaganda are some of the major evils which
appear to be on the increase as a result of the
impact of science upon minds suited by
to an earlier kind of world.
(a) Tenets; fixation
(b) Aspects; inhibitions
(c) Institutions; inhibitions
(d) Organs; tradition
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(e) Departments; repulsion
Directions (5-8): In each of the questions, a
word has been used in sentences in five
different ways. Choose the option
corresponding to the sentence in which the
usage of the word is incorrect or
inappropriate.
Q5. Run
(a) I must run fast to catch up with him.
(b) Our team scored a goal against the run of
play.
(c) You cant run over him like that.
(d) The newly released book is enjoying a
popular run.
(e) This film is a run-of-the-mill production.
Q6. Round
(a) The police fired a round of tear gas shells.
(b) The shop is located round the corner.
(c) We took a round on merry-go-round.
(d) The doctor is on a hospital round.
(e) I shall proceed further only after you come
round to admitting it.
Q7. Buckle
(a) After the long hike our knees were
beginning to buckle.
(b) The horse suddenly broke into a buckle.
(c) The accused did not buckle under the
police interrogation.
(d) Sometimes, an earthquake can make a
bridge buckle.
(e) People should learn to buckle up as soon
as they get into a car.
Q8. File
(a) You will find the paper in the file under C.
(b) I need to file an insurance claim.
(c) The cadets were marching in a single file.
(d) File your nails before you apply nail polish.
(e) When the parade was on, a soldier broke
the file.
Directions (9-12): In each question, there
are five sentences. Each has a pair of words
that are italicised and highlighted. From the

italicised and highlighted words, select the
most appropriate word (A or B) to form
correct sentences. The sentences are
followed by options that indicate the words,
which may be selected to correctly
complete the set of sentences. From the
options given, choose the most appropriate
one.
Q9. Anita bore a beautiful broach (A) /
brooch (B) on the lapel of her jacket.
If you want to complain about the amenities
in your neighbourhood, please meet
your councilors (A) / counsellors (B).
I would like your advice (A) / advise (B) on
which job I should choose.
The last scene provided a climactic (A) /
climatic (B) ending to the film.
Jeans that flair (A) / flare (B) at the bottom
are in fashion these days.
(a) BABAA
(b) BABAB
(c) BAAAB
(d) ABABA
(e) BAABA
Q10. The cake had lots of currents (A) /
currants (B) and nuts in it.
If you engage in such exceptional (A) /
exceptionable (B) behaviour, I will be forced
to punish you.
He has the same capacity as an adult
to consent (A) / assent (B) to surgical
treatment.
The minister is obliged (A) / compelled (B) to
report regularly to a parliament board.
His analysis of the situation is far
too sanguine (A) / genuine (B).
(a) BBABA
(b) BBAAA
(c) BBBBA
(d) ABBAB
(e) BABAB
Q11. She managed to bite back the ironic (A)
/ caustic (B) retort on the tip of her tongue.
He gave an impassioned and valid (A) / cogent
(B) plea for judicial reform.
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I am not adverse (A) / averse (B) to helping
out.
The coupe (A) / coup (B) broke away as the
train climbed the hill.
They heard the bells peeling (A) / pealing
(B) far and wide.
(a) BBABA
(b) BBBAB
(c) BAABB
(d) ABBAA
(e) BBBBA
Q12. We were not successful in defusing (A) /
diffusing (B) the gurus idea.
The students baited (A) / bated (B) the
instructor with irrelevant questions.
The hoard (A) / horde (B) rushed into the
campus.
The prisoners interment (A) / internment
(B) came to an end with his early release.
The hockey team could not deal with
his unsociable (A) / unsocial (B) tendencies.
(a) BABBA
(b) BBABB
(c) BABAA
(d) ABBAB
(e) AABBA
Directions (13-15): In each of the following
questions there are sentences that form a
paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or
part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in
terms of grammar and usage (including
spelling, punctuation and logical
consistency). Then, choose the most
appropriate option.
Q13. A. In 1849, a poor Bavarian imigrant
named Levi Strauss
B. landed in San Francisco, California,
C. at the invitation of his brother-in-law David
Stern
D. owner of dry goods business.
E. This dry goods business would later became
known as Levi Strauss and Company.
(a) B only
(b) B and C
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(d) A only (a) The stagnating growth of emerging markets
(e) A, B and D and conflict in the Middle East which is a
disadvantage far outweighs the advantages
Q14. A. In response to the allegations and accruing to the west from the oil price slump.
condemnation pouring in, (b) Recessionary trends refuse to let up as growth
in emerging markets remains sluggish limiting
B. Nike implemented comprehensive changes
their ability to demand oil. Slow demand in turn
in their labour policy.
has created problems for the Soviet bloc and the
C. Perhaps sensing the rising tide of global Arab world.
labour concerns, (c) The slump in oil prices has proved
D. from the public would become a prominent advantageous to the liberal West but has
media issue, compounded the problems for the rest of the
E. Nike sought to be a industry leader in world resulting in conflict in the Arab world and
employee relations. deceleration in growth of emerging markets.
(a) D and E (d) The dismantling of the Soviet Bloc has helped
(b) D only liberal democracies in the west. This has been
(c) A and E made possible through low global oil prices.
(e) None of the above is correct
(d) A and D
(e) B, C and E
Q2. Today we know much more about how and
Q15. A. Charges and countercharges mean why HIV the virus that leads to AIDS has become a
nothing global pandemic. Unsurprisingly, sex workers
B. to the few million who have lost their unwillingly played a part. But no less important
home. were the roles of trade, the collapse of
C. The nightmare is far from over, for the colonialism, and 20th Century sociopolitical
government reform.
D. is still unable to reach hundreds who are (a) Diseases do no assume epidemic proportions
marooned. without the aid of sociopolitical and economic
E. The death count have just begun. factors.
(b) Trade and commerce, among other factors,
(a) A only
played an important role in the spread of the HIV
(b) C only virus which causes AIDS.
(c) A and C (c) The AIDS epidemic was also fanned by the
(d) A, C and D decline of colonialism and trade and commerce
(e) D only along with social and political changes effected in
the 20th century.
SET-7 (d) The chief reason for the spread of the AIDS
causing HIV virus was sex workers and post
Directions (1-6): Read the paragraphs given in colonial reform measures of the 20th century.
each question and choose a suitable summary (e) None of the above is correct
from the given options:
Q3. Surprisingly, it works. Repeating myself
Q1. The liberal democracies of the west benefited afterwards minus the cups I sound even more
from the end of the Soviet bloc, but it is hard to convincing about the specifics of my fish-and-chip
argue that low oil prices in the Arab and Muslim dinner than I did the first time round. The cups
world led to much peace and stability. One safe device is just one of the many exercises taught in
observation today is that the slump in global oil City Academys How to Get Heard in Meetings
prices has notably dimmed hopes that emerging course, which, while open to anyone, is being
powers might continue their growth and marketed as an especially female-friendly way to
modernization, simultaneously becoming solid apply performance techniques to everyday
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themselves heard in the workplace. In 2014,
Harvard Business Review reported that we have
consistently heard women say that they feel less
effective in meetings than they do in other
business situations. Some say that their voices are
ignored or drowned out. Others tell us that they
cant find a way into the conversation In fact,
several men reported seeing a female colleague
get rattled or remain silent even when she was
the expert at the table.
(a) Executives with poor communication skills
often struggle to get themselves heard at
meetings. Female executives have been noted to
get rattled and drowned out at such meetings.
(b) Male executives in modern business
organizations do not allow their female
counterparts the space to voice their thoughts in
discussions. This causes women executives to feel
less effective in meetings.
(c) Women often struggle to make their points in
official meetings perhaps because they are
outnumbered by their male colleagues or ignored.
Communication exercises have become a popular
method to set right this state of affairs.
(d) Female executives usually opt for performance
techniques to improve their communication skills
at meetings.
(e) None of the above is correct
Q4. In a commentary, the Vatican daily
Osservatore Romano said treatment of this kind
towards religion is not new and stressed that
religious figures have repeatedly condemned
violence in the name of God. Behind the
deceptive flag of uncompromising secularism, the
weekly is forgetting once more what religious
leaders of every faith unceasingly repeat to reject
violence in the name of religion using God to
justify hatred is a genuine blasphemy, as pope
Francis has said several times, it said. The
commentary added: In Charlie Hebdos choice,
there is the sad paradox of a world which is more
and more sensitive about being politically correct,
almost to the point of ridicule, yet does not wish
to acknowledge or to respect believes faith in
God, regardless of the religion.
(a) Religion has recently been deemed the
promoter of bloodshed because of the element of
fanaticism without considering the ample
examples of situations wherein religion has been
the messiah of peace. Believers respect this power
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of God and religion, and this notion should be
acknowledged.
(b) Religious leaders cite religion as the chief
means of ensuring peace by evoking the name of
God to stop violence. Yet the secular movement
deceives people.
(c) We live in times where the greatest virtue
among people is to be politically correct. Yet the
media refuses to respect peoples faith in God.
(d) The Charlie Hebdo incident has revealed the
potential of religion to turn into a divisive force
which permits violence to curb dissent. However,
religious leaders continue to reject violence in the
name of God and label it blasphemy.
(e) None of the above is correct
Q5. University of Oregons Lundquist College of
Business and his co-authors compared the
effective tax rates paid by a sample of American
firms between 2002 and 2011 with a measure of
those companies CSR programmes compiled by
MSCI, an index provider. It found that the
companies which do the most CSR also make the
most strenuous efforts to avoid paying tax and
that those which a high CSR score also spend more
lobbying on tax. The most obvious explanation for
this inverse relationship is hypocrisy. Surely CSR
depends on the idea that firms have an obligation
to society, not just to shareholders? And surely the
most basic obligation to society is to pay the taxes
that support the poor and vulnerable? Another
explanation is that firms are not monoliths but
collections of rival fiefs with different priorities.
The department that oversees the CSR
programmes, and thus has an interest in boosting
their budgets, may never talk to those in the
finance department who are paid to minimize the
tax bill.
(a) A recent study by researchers at the University
of Oregon has revealed that companies that do
the most CSR also indulge in tax avoidance
strategies, thereby exposing the hypocrisy of
these corporate giants.
(b) A recent survey supports the public opinion
that companies that do the most CSR also indulge
heavily in aggressive tax planning to please
shareholders. This state of affairs could be a
result of double standards or lack of coordination
in departmental goals.
(c) A recent study by researchers at the University
of Oregon reveals an inverse relationship between
expenditure on CSR and lobbying on tax. These

findings are highly suggestive of conflicting
interdepartmental goals in business firms and
hypocrisy of the corporate class.
(d) The findings of recent research suggest that
companies with high expenditure on CSR also
engage in greater tax lobbying. This could result
from double standards or conflicting
interdepartmental goals.
(e) None of the above is correct
Q6. The concept of the modern, open democracy
that embraces freedom, diversity and human
rights, is under threat. We live in a time of
conflict unlike any other. A war is underway that
is not just being fought out on conventional
battlefields among state powers, but on the
internet and the streets of our towns and cities, as
the citizens of Paris found to a shocking cost in
November.
(a) The concept of modern society and freedom of
speech are under threat due to the rise of modern
forms of warfare.
(b) The ideals of democracy are at war with an
emerging threat. Unlike previous wars, this war is
not confined to secluded battlefields and has
spread over the internet and our homes.
(c) Cybercrimes have now taken precedence over
conventional methods of warfare. This has
restricted freedom and liberty.
(d) Terrorism, armed with modern technology and
modern forms of warfare, has emerged as the
greatest threat to the ideals of liberty.
(e) None of the above is correct
Directions (7-15): In each question below, the
word at the top of the question is used in four
different ways. Choose the option in which the
usage of the word is INCORRECT or
INAPPROPRIATE.
Q7. DISSIPATE
(a) The wind finally dissipated the smoke.
(b) The industrious people from Gujarat are
dissipated over the whole of India.
(c) The young sometimes seem to dissipate their
energy in useless pursuits.
(d) The dark clouds which threatened rain finally
dissipated.
(e) All sentences are correct.
Q8. EVINCE
(a) She evinced her approval by smiling.
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(b) The man who was caught stealing did not
evince any remorse.
(c) The proposal evinced a storm of protest from
the members.
(d) She did not evince the least surprise at seeing
me there.
(e) All sentences are correct.
Q9. DECOY
(a) He acted as a decoy to draw the dogs
attention away from the children.
(b) The policewoman acted as a decoy when the
police were trying to catch the murderer.
(c) The bird-trap was empty as he had caught a
decoy, and he had to kill it.
(d) They used flares to decoy enemy missiles.
(e) All sentences are correct.
Q10. FEIGN
(a) She feigned illness to avoid going to the party.
(b) The politician feigned the attention of his
listeners to non-controversial issues.
(c) On the phone, he feigned his sisters voice and
said that he was not at home.
(d) She introduced me as her cousin, and everyone
feigned to believe it.
(e) All sentences are correct.
Q11. INDICT
(a) They were indicted for conspiracy and spent a
year in jail.
(b) In Bosnia, US troops have usually declined to
take part in the arrest of indicted war criminals.
(c) Last week, he was indicted by a grand jury.
(d) The critics have the right to praise or indict a
literary work.
(e) All sentences are correct.
Q12. RAMBLE
(a) Where would American cinema be without the
car ramble or the road movie?
(b) Avoid long rambling sentences, jargon or
unexplained acronyms.
(c) We have tours to suit all levels of ability from
a gentle ramble to a Himalayan expedition.
(d) The internet forum gives you an opportunity to
ramble on a bit.
(e) All sentences are correct.
Q13. TRANSIT
(a) Electric cars are a nice idea, but they wont
work for mass transit or cargo.

(b) Passengers holding a direct airside transit visa
will not be able to pass through immigration
control.
(c) The transit of the property into the parties
joint names was irrelevant.
(d) Mumbai and Delhi are building the
infrastructure for rapid transit systems.
(e) All sentences are correct.
Q14. PLACATE
(a) The regulations imposed in the West to placate
environmental opposition to GM foods effectively
prevent the Third World from developing GM
foods.
(b) The facts are incorrect and they have placated
members of all political parties across the
country.
(c) However, his statement did little to placate
the unions who say that even negotiations cannot
help in this matter.
(d) The government has a greater imperative to
placate the farming lobby than protecting wildlife
because of its political leverage.
(e) All sentences are correct.
Q15. ABDICATE
(a) People have decided to ask the King to
abdicate in favour of his son.
(b) We cannot abdicate the responsibility to deal
with these acts in the correct manner.
(c) Our people have opted for democracy as a way
of life from which we will not abdicate.
(d) People wonder whether computer programmes
will abdicate the role of the human brain.
(e) All sentences are correct.
SET-8
Directions (1-15): The following questions of
sentence correction, a part of the sentence
is given in bold. Out of the given options,
find out the grammatically correct
statement that can replace the bold
part in the given questions.
Q1. Retail sales rose 0.8 of 1 percent in
August, intensifying expectations that
personal spending in the July-September
quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4
percent growth rate in personal spending for
the previous quarter.
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(a) that personal spending in the July-
September quarter more than doubled that of
(b) that personal spending in the July-
September quarter would more than double
(c) of personal spending in the July-
September quarter, that it more than doubled
(d) of personal spending in the July-
September quarter more than doubling that of
(e) of personal spending in the July-
September quarter, that it would more than
double that of
Q2. The commission has directed advertisers
to restrict the use of the word natural to
foods that do not contain color or flavor
additives, chemical preservatives, or nothing
that has been synthesized.
(a) or nothing that has been
(b) or that has been
(c) and nothing that is
(d) or anything that has been
(e) and anything
Q3. Plants are more efficient at acquiring
carbon that are fungi, in the form of carbon
dioxide, and converting it into energy-rich
sugars.
(a) Plants are more efficient at acquiring
carbon than are fungi,
(b) Plants are more efficient at acquiring
carbon than fungi,
(c) Plants are more efficient than fungi at
acquiring carbon,
(d) Plants, more efficient than fungi at
acquiring carbon,
(e) Plants acquire carbon more efficiently
than fungi,
Q4. The lroquois were primarily planters, but
supplementing their cultivation of maize,
squash, and beans with fishing and hunting.
(a) but supplementing
(b) and had supplemented
(c) and even though they supplemented
(d) although they supplemented
(e) but with supplementing

Q5. As contrasted with the honeybee, the
yellow jacket can sting repeatedly without
dying and carries a potent venom that can
cause intense pain.
(a) As contrasted with the honeybee,
(b) In contrast to the honeybees,
(c) Unlike the sting of the honeybee,
(d) Unlike that of the honeybee,
(e) Unlike the honeybee,
Q6. Neuroscientists, having amassed a
wealth of knowledge over the past twenty
years about the brain and its development
from birth to adulthood, are now drawing
solid conclusions about how the human brain
grows and how babies acquire language.
(a) Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth
of knowledge over the past twenty years
about the brain and its development from
birth to adulthood, are
(b) Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth
of knowledge about the brain and its
development from birth to adulthood over the
past twenty years, and are
(c) Neuroscientists amassing a wealth of
knowledge about the brain and its
development from birth to adulthood over the
past twenty years, and are
(d) Neuroscientists have amassed a wealth of
knowledge over the past twenty years about
the brain and its development from birth to
adulthood,
(e) Neuroscientists have amassed, over the
past twenty years, a wealth of knowledge
about the brain and its development from
birth to adulthood,
Q7. None of the attempts to specify the
causes of crime explains why most of the
people exposed to the alleged causes do not
commit crimes and, conversely, why so many
of those not so exposed have.
(a) have
(b) has
(c) shall
(d) do
(e) could
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Q8. In a previous designs, the weight of the
discus used in track competition is
concentrated in a metal center, but now it
is lined with lead around the perimeter,
thereby improving stability in flight and
resulting in longer throws.
(a) In a previous design, the weight of the
discus used in track competition is
concentrated in a metal center, but now it is
(b) According to a previous design, the weight
of the discus used in track competition was
concentrated in a metal center, but not it is
(c) Once designed with its weight
concentrated in a metal center, the discus
used in track competition in now
(d) The discus used in track competition, once
designed with its weight concentrated in a
metal center, but now
(e) The discus used in track competition was
once designed having its weight concentrated
in a metal center and now
Q9. In virtually all types of tissue in every
animal species, dioxin induces the production
of enzymes that are the organisms trying to
metabolize, or render harmless, the
chemical that is irritating it.
(a) trying to metabolize, or render harmless,
the chemical that is irritating it
(b) trying that it metabolize, or render
harmless, the chemical irritant
(c) attempt to try to metabolize, or render
harmless, such a chemical irritant
(d) attempt to try and metabolize, or render
harmless, the chemical irritating it
(e) attempt to metabolize, or render
harmless, the chemical irritant
Q10. Based on accounts of various ancient
writers, scholars have painted a sketchy
picture of the activities of an all-female cult
that, perhaps as early as the sixth century
B.C., worshipped a goddess known in Latin as
Bona Dea, the good goddess.
(a) Based on accounts of various ancient
writers,
(b) Basing it on various ancient writers
accounts,

(c) With accounts of various ancient writers
used for a basis,
(d) By the accounts of various ancient writers
they used,
(e) Using accounts of various ancient writers,
Q11. Emily Dickinsons letters to Susan
Huntington Dickinson were written over a
period beginning a few years before Susans
marriage to Emilys brother and ending
shortly before Emilys death in 1886,
outnumbering her letters to anyone else.
(a) Dickinson were written over a period
beginning a few years before Susans marriage
to Emilys brother and ending shortly before
Emilys death in 1886, outnumbering
(b) Dickinson were written over a period that
begins a few years before Susans marriage to
Emilys brother and ended shortly before
Emilys death in 1886, outnumber
(c) Dickinson, written over a period beginning
a few years before Susans marriage to
Emilys brother and that ends shortly before
Emilys death in 1886 and outnumbering
(d) Dickson, which were written over a period
beginning a few years before Susans marriage
to Emilys brother, ending shortly before
Emilys death in 1886, and outnumbering
(e) Dickinson, which were written over a
period beginning a few years before Susans
marriage to Emilys brother and ending shortly
before Emilys death in 1886, outnumber
Q12. Paleontologists believe that fragments of
a primate jawbone unearthed in Burma and
estimated at 40 to 44 million years old
provide evidence of a crucial step along the
evolutionary path that led to human beings.
(a) at 40 to 44 million years old provide
evidence of
(b) as being 40 to 44 million years old provides
evidence of
(c) that it is 40 to 44 million years old
provides evidence of what was
(d) to be 40 to 44 million years old provide
evidence of
(e) as 40 to 44 million years old provides
evidence of what was
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Q13. Building on civilizations that preceded
them in coastal Peru, the Mochica developed
their own elaborate society, based on
cultivating such crops like corn and beans,
the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and
exploiting other wild and domestic resources.
(a) based on cultivating such crops like corn
and beans, the harvesting of fish and
shellfish, and exploiting
(b) based on the cultivation of such crops as
corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and
seafood, and exploitation of
(c) and basing it on the cultivation of crops
like corn and beans, harvesting fish and
seafood, and the exploiting of
(d) and they based it on their cultivation of
crops such as corn and beans, the harvest of
fish and seafood, and exploiting
(e) and they based it on their cultivating such
crops like corn and beans, their harvest of fish
and shellfish, and they exploited
Q14. The end of the eighteenth century saw
the emergence of prize-stock breeding, with
individual bulls and cows receiving awards,
fetching unprecedented prices,
and excited enormous interest whenever they
were put on show.
(a) excited
(b) it excited
(c) exciting
(d) would excite
(e) it had excited
Q15. For members of the seventeenth-
century Ashanti nation in Africa, animal-hide
shields with wooden frames were essential
items of military equipment, a method to
protect warriors against enemy arrows and
spears.
(a) a method to protect
(b) as a method protecting
(c) protecting
(d) as a protection of
(e) to protect

SET-9
Directions (1-5): In each of the following
questions, there are four sentences or parts of
sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the
sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are
correct in terms of grammar and usage
(including spelling, punctuation and logical
consistency). Then, choose the most
appropriate option.
Q1. A. Sometimes, we think we are only the
people with problems.
B. Our problems override other considerations; we
can't think beyond our own vexations.
C. When we see a small dampness on our wall we
scurry to get them repaired and corrected,
D. but we don't think of people whose homes have
been washed away by the rage of the rain gods.
(a) A and B
(b) B and D
(c) C only
(d) C and D
(e) None of the above
Q2. A. Chen Jianping repeated again on twitter
something her fianc said
B. about anti-Japan protests getting violent, and
added, "Charge, angry youth!"
C. For this she was sentenced one year in
a labour camp.
D. Twitter is banned in China, but its easy to use
blocked sites with simple internet tricks.
(a) A only
(b) B only
(c) C only
(d) B and D
(e) None of the above
Q3. A. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, is gyre of
marine litter in the central North Pacific Ocean.
B. The patch extends over a very wide area, with
estimates ranging from area
C. the size of the state of Texas to one larger as
the continental United States;
D. however, the exact size is unknown.
(a) A and D
(b) B and C
(c) C only
(d) D only
(e) None of the above
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Q4. A. At media agency Mindshare's Mumbai office
B. sit a team of ninety-three individuals
C. who's only focus is the consumer giant
Hindustan Unilever.
D. In fact, this unit occupies an area the size of
most mid-sized agency's in this country.
(a) A only
(b) A and C
(c) A and D
(d) B and C
(e) None of the above
Q5. A. One of the classroom exercise I conduct
with my Persuasive Communication students
B. at IIMA is taken from Kurukshestra war.
C. I ask a student to be Kunti, other to be Karna.
D. Kunti has to persuade Karna to leave
Duryodhana and join the Pandavas.
(a) A only
(b) A and B
(c) C and D
(d) D only
(e) None of the above
Directions (6-10): In each of the following
questions, a statement and five choices are
given. Select from among the choices, the most
logical complement and mark its number as your
answer.
Q6. Electricity is the backbone of industrial
development
(a) Many of our new electric projects are lying
abandoned.
(b) The authorities are exploring the possibility of
starting non-conventional energy sources.
(c) Reliable and uninterrupted power is a
prerequisite for development.
(d) People demand some urgent measures to
improve the situation.
(e) Hydroelectric projects are unable to meet the
demand.
Q7. Our country is rapidly becoming a consumer
nation.
(a) The nation must stand on its own legs.
(b) For financial progress we must reduce import
and increase export.
(c) We want to become financially strong.
(d) We are not yet Independent because we
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(e) India must become self sufficient and reduce
importing goods.
Q8. Children find it difficult to get admission to
primary schools as demand exceeds supply.
(a) The government is against starting new
schools.
(b) Primary education has been declared
compulsory.
(c) The government schools offer better education
than the private schools.
(d) The private sector is exerting influence upon
the ruling party to recommend the opening of new
schools.
(e) The private schools make the most of the
situation and charge hefty fees.
Q9. The C.B.I. presented an incriminating report
about the ministers foreign connection.
(a) The Newspapers published a lot of nonsense.
(b) The court ordered a judicial enquiry into the
whole affair.
(c) People believe all sorts of hearsay without
going into their merits.
(d) The party-connection emboldens everybody to
do whatever he likes.
(e) The C. B. I need to look into all aspects before
arresting a senior politician.
Q10. The authors new book was widely accepted
by the common people but it angered those in
power.
(a) The book was acclaimed for the political
criticism it contained.
(b) The author has employed all his power of
observation to prepare the book.
(c) People in the Gulf countries arranged a
number of meetings to welcome him.
(d) To secure a valid passport the author had to
force a lot of political intervention.
(e) The authors new book is not available in any
of the book shops.
SET-10
Directions (1-5): In each of the following
sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank.
Beneath each sentence, five different ways of
completing the sentence are indicated. Choose
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the best alternative from among the five
options.
Q1. If the more articulate members of a
community formed a coherent and __________
class with a common interest, democracy would
probably be __________ into the rule of that
intelligent, educated __________; even as it is,
the democracies of the modern world are much
closer to this fate than they are to the much-
canvassed __________ of mob rule.
(a) united, overthrown, minority, benefits
(b) separate, overthrown, majority, problems
(c) united, replaced, minority, dangers
(d) separate, replaced, minority, benefits
(e) united, replaced, majority, dangers
Q2. I think it is the duty of science I do not say
of every individual man of science to study the
means by which we can __________ ourselves
to the new world. There are certain things that
the world quite obviously needs: __________,
as opposed to dogmatism in our beliefs; an
expectation of co-operation, rather than
__________, in social relations; a lessening of
envy and collective __________. These are
things which __________ could produce
without much difficulty.
(a) adapt, fanaticism, competition, malice,
philosophy
(b) adopt, fanaticism, affection, malice, science
(c) reorient, tentativeness, war, consciousness,
science
(d) adapt, tentativeness, competition, hatred,
education
(e) orient, diffidence, competition, malice,
education
Q3. As mans tool of survival, reason has two
basic functions: cognition and evaluation. The
process of cognition consists of discovering--- A-
--, of identifying their nature, their ----B-----.
The process of evaluation consists of man
discovering the relationship of things to himself,
of identifying ---C-- to him and ---D----, what
should be sought and what should be avoided.
(a) A what is beneficial, B what is harmful, C
attributes and properties, D what things are
(b) A what things are, B what is beneficial, C
attributes and properties, D what is harmful

(c) A what is beneficial, B what things are, C
what is harmful, D attributes and properties
(d) A attributes and properties, B what is
beneficial, C what things are, D what is harmful
(e) A what things are, B attributes and
properties, C what is beneficial, D what is
harmful
Q4. When you first arrive in a new culture,
there is a period of __________ that comes
from the new situation and from a lack of
information. It leaves you quite __________
and in of help in the form of information and
more. The second stage begins as you start to
__________ with the new culture. It is called
the stage of small victories. Each new
__________ with the culture is fraught with
peril. It is __________ by anxiety and
information collection and rehearsal. Then the
event occurs and you return home either
__________ or defeated.
(a) confusion, vulnerable, interact, observation,
preceded, jubilant
(b) excitement, vulnerable, observe, observation,
followed, victorious
(c) confusion, dependent, interact, encounter,
preceded, triumphant
(d) excitement, dependent, interact, encounter,
followed, victorious
(e) confusion, dependent, observe, observation,
preceded, triumphant
Q5. The core of modern doctoring is diagnosis,
treatment and prognosis. Western doctors have
been __________ the wheezes and pains of
their patients since the 17th century to identify
the __________ disease of the cause of
complaints. They did it well and good
__________ became the hallmark of a good
physician. They were less strong on treatment.
But when sulphonamides were __________ in
1935 to treat certain bacterial infections,
doctors found themselves with powerful new
tools. The area of modern medicine was born.
Today there is a __________ array of complex
diagnostic tests, and of pharmaceutical and
surgical methods of treatment.
(a) analyzing, deep rooted, diagnosis, conceived,
burgeoning
(b) curing, deep-rooted, medicines, invented,
dwindling
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(c) diagnosing, widespread, prescriptions,
conceived, escalating
(d) analyzing, underlying, diagnosis, discovered,
burgeoning
(e) curing, widespread, prescriptions, discovered,
dwindling
Directions (6-15): Which of the phrases given
below should replace the phrase given in bold
italics in the following sentence to make the
sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence
is correct as it is and no correction is required,
mark (E) as the answer.
Q6. When do you intend to return back home?
(a) intend to return
(b) intention of returning to back
(c) intend to turn back for
(d) intend for a return of
(e) No Correction Required
Q7. I would have been in your place, I would not
have accepted his suggestion.
(a) If I had in
(b) Had I been with
(c) I had been with
(d) Had I been in
(e) No Correction Required
Q8. He firmly beliefs that a radical change in the
structure of our various departments is necessary.
(a) is believing that
(b) firmly believes that
(c) firmly belief that
(d) that firmly believes in
(e) No Correction Required
Q9. Mahatma Phules life was a saga of dedicating
in the cause of social reforms in India.
(a) of dedicated the
(b) of having dedicated in the
(c) of dedication to the
(d) for dedication at the
(e) No Correction Required
Q10. No sooner did we reach the station than it
started raining.
(a) then it started raining
(b) then it starts to rain
(c) than it starts to rain
(d) when it started raining
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(e) No Correction Required same relationship as the capitalized pair of
words and mark its number as your answer.
Q11. I met him yesterday but forgot to mention
this point. Q1. URBAN : CITY
(a) had been forgotten to (a) rustic : rust
(b) was forgot to (b) civilized : cultured
(c) have forgotten to (c) modern : trendy
(d) forgot at (d) global : world
(e) No Correction Required (e) senile : age

Q12. Every activity can be classified by two

groups, namely mental and physical. Q2. CANVAS : ARTIST
(a) will be classified by (a) verse : poet
(b) can be classified into (b) speech : orator
(c) will be classified between (c) rock : sculptor
(d) can classify into (d) voice : singer
(e) No Correction Required (e) song : singer

Q13. The issues discussed had been so that Q3. SOLDIER : REGIMENT
critical they could hardly be resolved in such a (a) clown : circus
limited time. (b) actor : troupe
(a) were so critically that (c) dancer : ballet
(b) had so critical that (d) instrument : musician
(c) were being so critical as that (e) flute : wind
(d) were so critical that
(e) No Correction Required Q4. PACHYDERM : ELEPHANT
(a) reptile : squirrel
Q14. The Conference is to be starting at 9.30 (b) guard : dog
a.m. with the introductory speech by the Minister. (c) simian : monkey
(a) is to start for (d) marsupial : kangaroo
(b) has been started by (e) speak : parrot
(c) is to start at
(d) will be started by Q5. MOON : SATELLITE
(e) No Correction Required (a) star : constellation
(b) earth : planet
Q15. The unskilled class of workers in the most (c) sun : heat
exploited of class under the present labour (d) sky : dispersion
contract system. (e) thunder : lightening
(a) most exploited class
(b) mostly exploiting class
(c) most exploiting class Directions (6-8): In each question, there are
(d) mostly the exploit class pairs of words/phrases that highlighted. From
(e) No Correction Required the highlighted word(s)/phrase(s), select the
most appropriate word(s)/phrase(s) to form
correct sentences. Then, from the options
SET-11 given, choose the best one.

Directions (1-5): In each of the following Q6. Pointless regulations foster (A)/abet (B) graft.
questions, a capitalized pair of words is given The more meddlesome (A)/irksome (B) the rule,
followed by five numbered pairs of words. the greater the incentive to bribe officials not to
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An excellent new study by the World Bank, Doing Not only is that likely to entertain (A)/stir up (B)
Business in 2005, shows that red tape is one of more terrorism; it also ignores one of the
the chief obstacles (A)/stepping stones (B) to conflicts main drivers, which is cast.
growth in almost all poor countries. (a) AABA
(b) AABB
The World Bank estimates that if a country in the (c) BABA
worst-regulated quartile were to join the best (d) BAAB
quartile, it would promote (A)/boost (B) its annual (e) BBBB
growth rate by 2.2 percentage points.
(a) BAAA Directions (9-15): In each of the questions,
(b) ABBA choose the meaning of phrase/idiom (given in
(c) BABA bold).
(d) ABAB
(e) AAAA Q9. President Saddam Husseins effort to annex
Kuwait was nothing short of setting the Thames
Q7. The change in personnel-rarely a good sign- on fire.
seemed to presage (A)/prequel (B) a change in (a) A try to achieve an impossible distinction
strategy. (b) To destroy the country for nothing
(c) To show his power and might
Mr. Kerry made two phone calls soliciting (d) To make a situation worse
(A)/seeking (B) advice from Mr Clinton, who was (e) None of these
lying in a hospitals bed awaiting quadruple bypass
surgery. Q10. One should not stay idle at home; but be up
and doing.
Mr Clinton apparently (A)/probably (B) told Mr (a) Sleeping
Kerry to concentrate more on the economy and to (b) Active
step up his attacks on Mr Bush. (c) Working
That has not stopped John Edwards being warned (d) Reading
(A)/praised (B) on the campaign trail by loyalists (e) None of these
Theyre going to run you right over and make you
look like idiots. Q11. Mr Arjun Singh snapped his fingers at
(a) ABAB Narasimha Rao and got himself in hot water.
(b) BBAA (a) To support
(c) AAAA (b) To disregard
(d) AABA (c) To deprive
(e) BBBB (d) To interfere
(e) None of these
Q8. In other words, there is probably much more
to gain from promoting (A)/slashing (B) red tape Q12. We are afraid you may not be led astray in
than from begging for more aid. by Arvinds bad company.
(a) Get into trouble
Especially since donors, unlike air travelers in (b) Misguided
Angola, are not exactly queuing up (A)/ (c) Killed
freewheeling (B) to open their wallets. (d) Lose the job
(e) None of these
Mr. Putin said after Beslan that we showed
ourselves to be weak, and the weak get beaten. Q13. To cry wolf
The implication (B)/ indication (B) is that he will (a) To give false alarm
now be even tougher in Chechnya. (b) To turn pale
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Q14. To be in dribs and drabs
(a) Without fail
(b) With much ease
(c) In small quantities
(d) With great difficulty
(e) None of these
Q15. A hard nut to crack is
(a) One who is very obstinate
(b) Very difficult child
(c) A walnut or a fruit
(d) Problem that is hard be solved
(e) None of these
SET-12
Directions (1-15): A number of sentences are
given below which, when properly sequenced,
form a COHERENT PARAGRAPH. Four sentences
are LOGICAL connected, one sentence is out of
the context. Find the ODD SENTENCE.
Q1. A. Economists love incentives.
B. They love to dream them up and enact them,
study them and tinker with them.
C. The typical economist believes the world has
not yet invented a problem that he cannot fix if
given a free hand to design the proper incentive
scheme.
D. His solution may not always be pretty it may
involve coercion or exorbitant penalties or the
violation of civil liberties but the original
problem, rest assured, will be fixed.
E. An incentive is given to all the employees who
perform exceptionally well.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q2. A. Like the proverbial butterfly that flaps its
wings on one continent and eventually causes a
hurricane on another, Norma McCorvey
dramatically altered the course of events without
intending to.
B. She was a lady who possessed exceptional skills
and she was a wine connoisseur, travelled the
world and lived her life luxuriously.
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C. It had taken shape more than twenty years
earlier and concerned a young woman in Dallas
named Norma McCorvey.
D. All she had wanted was an abortion.
E. There was another factor, meanwhile which
had greatly contributed to the massive crime drop
of the 1990s.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q3. A. Fear is a dreadful thing.
B. It darkens our lives, from fear we act
neurotically.
C. We are asking whether man can ever be free of
this terrible burden.
D. Courageous people are very contented with
their lives.
E. fear may be lurking in the deep
unconsciousness, in the deep recesses of ones
own brain.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q4. A. Kohal says she has always had best travel
experience in all the leading airlines.
B. And there are stories in the media and social
media of notes being left on flights, or complaints
being made, by passengers upset that theyve
flown with a female pilot.
C. Kohals doctor mother and engineer father
taught her and her sister that they werent any
different from men and could do anything they
wanted as long as they had fun doing it.
D. GoAir, a budget airline in India, said in 2013
that it only wanted to hire small, young females
to be flight attendants in order to save money on
fuel by keeping the weight of the plane down.
E. This family support has helped her excel, but
many women entering traditionally male-
dominated professions in India encounter more
obstacles.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q5. A. But anyone who has worked as a
professional in the country knows otherwise.
B. So what about the infamous terror attacks in
Asian countries which is the cause of fear in much
of the rest of the world?
C. In the collective imagination, there are two
Europes: the industrious north, with relatively low
unemployment and dynamic economies, and the
sluggish south, where people would just as soon
kick back, sip an espresso and watch the world go
by.
D. Olivier, a senior counsel in a large French
multinational in the construction industry in Paris
works about 45 to 50 hours a week, from roughly
09:00 till 19:30.
E. Many people would lump France, the land of
the 35-hour workweek, long lunches and even
longer vacations, with the south.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q6. A. Everyone knows the story of the traveler
who has never been on a foreign trip before and
the unfortunate events drove him crazy.
B. I think that there is far too much work done in
the world, and that immense harm is caused by
the belief that work is virtuous, and that what
needs to be preached in modern industrial
countries is quite different from what always has
been preached.
C. But although my conscience has controlled my
actions, my opinions have undergone a revolution.
D. Being a highly virtuous child, I believed all that
I was told and acquired a conscience which has
kept me working hard down to the present
moment.
E. Like most of my generation, I was brought up
on the saying, Satan finds some mischief still for
idle hands to do.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q7. A. A system of coercion is best suitable in a
democracy and can be solution to all the world
problems.
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B. I am quite aware that it is necessary for the
success of any complex undertaking that one man
should do the thinking and directing and in
general bear the responsibility.
C. For force always attract men of low morality,
and I believe it to be an invariable rule that
tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels.
D. For this reason I have always been passionately
opposed to systems such as we see in Italy and
Russia today.
E. But the led must not be compelled; they must
be able to choose their leader.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q8. A. They have a responsible president who is
elected for a sufficiently long period and has
sufficient powers to be really responsible.
B. I believe that in this respect the United States
of America have found the right way.
C. The really valuable thing in the pageant of
human life seems to me to live a luxurious life, be
ruthless and insensitive toward other fellow
citizens.
D. The thing that has brought discredit upon the
prevailing form of democracy in Europe today is
not to be laid to the door of the democratic idea
as such, but to lack of stability on the part of the
heads of governments and to the impersonal
character of the electoral system.
E. On the other hand, what I value in our political
system is the more extensive provision that it
makes for the individual in case of illness or need.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q9. A. He has only been given his big brain by
mistake.
B. A backbone was all he needed.
C. This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of
the herd nature, the military system, which I
abhor.
D. This system of military is bringing the
humankind to the danger of extinct.

E. That a man can take pleasure in marching in
formation to the strains of a band is enough to
make me despise him.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q10. A. I must launch out my boat.
B. The languid hours pass by on the shore Alas
for me!
C. The spring has done its flowering and taken
leave.
D. And now with the burden of faded
futile flowers I wait and linger.
E. The waves have become clamorous, and upon
the bank in the shady lane the yellow leaves
flutter and fall.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q11. A. Only now and again sadness fell upon me,
and I started up from my dream and felt a sweet
trace of a strange fragrance in the south wind.
B. My basket was empty and the flower remained
unheeded.
C. On the day when the lotus bloomed, Alas, my
mind was straying, and I knew it not!
D. That vague sweetness made my heart ache with
longing and it seemed to me that is was the eager
breath of the summer seeking for its completion.
E. The 21st century children are immune to such
virus.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q12. A. The people of India are giving in nature
, sometime they steal because of poverty.
B. Take the fresco at Mahabalipuram called
Arjunas Penance.
C. The magnificent figures in the main frieze
and narrative, carved out of the rock, are
themselves a mix of the divine and the humorous.
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D. But, most tellingly, not far from the main
frieze, are the figures of two monkeys, one
picking lice from the others hair.
E. Its an astonishing example of how this
countrys traditions of miniaturist converge with
its epic stories.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q13. A. Gandhi was jailed many times for his
protest again the British.
B. This is precisely the greatness of any classical
work; that is can lend itself for any interpretation
at any given era, far removed from its own time,
because of its eternal appeal.
C. This total assimilation is reflected in his
translation.
D. Although Gandhi was commissioned to do the
translation, the Tirukkural was in his genes,
inherited from his maternal grandfather who had
translated it 1930.
E. He was so smitten by this celebrated work,
having read and re-read it several times over, that
it became a part of his intrinsic cultural psyche.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q14. A. McCorveys case came to be adopted by
people far more powerful than she.
B. They made her the lead plaintiff in a class-
action lawsuit seeking to legalize abortion.
C. The case ultimately made it to the U.S.
Supreme Court, by which time Mc Corveys name
had been disguised as Jane Roe.
D. The defendant was Henry Wade, the Dallas
County district attorney.
E. On January 22, 1973, the court advised in the
favor of The UNICEF, allowing legalized education
for children throughout the country.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
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C. Perhaps sensing the rising tide
Q15. A. Forgetfulness means that you are a of labour concerns,
genius according some famous people in the field D. from the public would become a prominent
of psychology. media issue,
B. You then forget the essential fact that, E. Nike sought to be a industry leader in employee
underneath the level of physical appearances and relations.
separate forms, you are one with all that is. (a) D and E
C. It is this screen of thought that creates the (b) D only
illusion of separateness, the illusion that there is (c) A and E
you and a totally separate other. (d) A and D
D. It comes between you and yourself, between (e) B, C and E
you and your fellow man and woman, between you
and nature, between you and God. Q3. A. In 1849, a poor Bavarian imigrant named
E. Identification with your mind creates an opaque Levi Strauss
screen of concepts, labels, images, words, B. Landed in San Francisco, California,
judgments, and definitions that blocks all true C. at the invitation of his brother-in-law David
relationship. Stem
(a) A D. owner of dry goods business.
(b) B E. This dry goods business would
(c) C later became known as Levi Strauss & Company.
(d) D (a) B only
(e) E (b) B and C
(c) A and B
(d) A only
SET-13 (e) A, B and D

Directions (1-10): In each question, there are Q4. A. I did not know what to make of you.
five sentences or parts of sentences that form a B. Because youd lived in India, I associate you
paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of more with my parents than with me.
sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of C. And yet you were unlike my cousins in Calcutta,
grammar and usage (including spelling, who seem so innocent and obedient when I visited
punctuation and logical consistency). Then, them.
choose the most appropriate option. D. You were not curious about me in the least.
E. Although you did make effort to meet me.
Q1. A. Charges and countercharges mean nothing. (a) A only
B. to the few million who have lost their home. (b) A and B
C. The nightmare is far from over, for the (c) A and E
government (d) D only
D. is still unable to reach hundreds who are (e) A and D
marooned.
E. The death count have just begun. Q5. A. Relations are improving between the
(a) A only United States and Libya.
(b) C only B. President Bush telephoned the Libyan leader,
(c) A and C Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi,
(d) A, C and D C. on Monday, after Libya has paid about $1.5
(e) D only billion
D. to State Department to clear up terrorism-
Q2. A. In response to the allegations and related claims
condemnation pouring in, E. from bombings and hijackings during the
B. Nike implemented comprehensive policy 1980s.
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(c) A and E
(d) C only
(e) C and D
Q6. A. Ive had a intense year.
B. Due to the book launch and movie release, Ive
been out there on display,
C. focusing too much on the external world.
D. Its time to look within, get in touch
with myself again and create something new.
E. As part of that, I have to stop the blog,
interacting with media and other events.
(a) A only
(b) A and B
(c) A and E
(d) C only
(e) B and C
Q7. A. Now setting up Microsoft Project Manager
to work with your companys existing
B. IT infrastructure can be a complicated task.
C. Systems will have to replace to make them
compatible, space has to be allocated
D. for new hardware and there are considerable
cost in implementing a desirable system.
E. A data center has to be setup and your IT
department has to complete all this in addition to
their normal duties.
(a) A only
(b) B only
(c) B and E
(d) C only
(e) B and D
Q8. A. We are heading into an age in which jobs
are
B. likely to be invented and made obsolete faster
and faster.
C. The chances of todays college kids working in
the same jobs for the same companies for their
whole careers is about zero.
D. In such a age, the greatest survival skill you can
have is the ability to learn how to learn.
E. The best way to learn how to learn is to love to
learn, and the best way to love to learn is to have
teachers who inspire.
(a) A only
(b) A and B
(c) A, B and E
(d) B and C only
(e) C and D
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Q9. A. A New Zealand company called
HortResearch is a world renowned fruit science
company,
B. and they develop a unique and innovative fruit
and food products for sustainability.
C. One of their previous innovative technologies
were in developing a bio sensor to measure the
hormone levels in saliva.
D. This can be monitored in real time and also
adopted to sports.
E. Right now, it is investigating technologies for
measuring biochemical indicators of stress and
performance in real time.
(a) A only
(b) A and B
(c) A and E
(d) E only
(e) A, C and E
Q10. A. Maragadavalli was running her fathers
household ever since her mother had died when
she was 13.
B. It took a long time for her family to settle down
after that, and she was 26 by the time she had got
married.
C. With 13 years of running a household under her
belt, she married into a family meticulously run by
mother-in-law.
D. She liked the fact that there were servant
maids to help with the housework.
E. She had very less to do around the
house except cut vegetable and wait for her
husband to come back from work.
(a) A only
(b) A and D
(c) A and E
(d) D only
(e) A, C and E
Directions (11-15): In each question below, the
word at the top of the question is used in four
different ways. Choose the option in which the
usage of the word is INCORRECT or
INAPPROPRIATE.
Q11. INDICT
(a) They were indicted for conspiracy and spent a
year in jail.
(b) In Bosnia, US troops have usually declined to
take part in the arrest of indicted war criminals.
(c) Last week, he was indicted by a grand jury.

(d) The critics have the right to praise or indict a
literary work.
(e) All sentences are correct.
Q12. RAMBLE
(a) Where would American cinema be without the
car ramble or the road movie?
(b) Avoid long rambling sentences, jargon or
unexplained acronyms.
(c) We have tours to suit all levels of ability from
a gentle ramble to a Himalayan expedition.
(d) The internet forum gives you an opportunity to
ramble on a bit.
(e) All sentences are correct.
Q13. TRANSIT
(a) Electric cars are a nice idea, but they wont
work for mass transit or cargo.
(b) Passengers holding a direct airside transit visa
will not be able to pass through immigration
control.
(c) The transit of the property into the parties
joint names was irrelevant.
(d) Mumbai and Delhi are building the
infrastructure for rapid transit systems.
(e) All sentences are correct.
Q14. PLACATE
(a) The regulations imposed in the West to placate
environmental opposition to GM foods effectively
prevent the Third World from developing GM
foods.
(b) The facts are incorrect and they have placated
members of all political parties across the
country.
(c) However, his statement did little to placate
the unions who say that even negotiations cannot
help in this matter.
(d) The government has a greater imperative to
placate the farming lobby than protecting wildlife
because of its political leverage.
(e) All sentences are correct.
Q15. ABDICATE
(a) People have decided to ask the King to
abdicate in favour of his son.
(b) We cannot abdicate the responsibility to deal
with these acts in the correct manner.
(c) Our people have opted for democracy as a way
of life from which we will not abdicate.
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(d) People wonder whether
computer programmes will abdicate the role of
the human brain.
(e) All sentences are correct.
SET-14
Directions (1-5): In each of the following
questions, a statement and five choices are
given. Select from among the choices, the most
logical complement and mark its number as your
answer.
Q1. There was no other means of coming to power
than an alliance with like-minded parties.
(a) We will revamp the party by taking the support
of the opposition
(b) We tried to please the leaders of other
parties.
(c) We declared that we are going to rise to
power.
(d) We enlisted the support of the opposition.
(e) So we convened an urgent meeting of our
workers.
Q2. Facilities in the village hospital are
insufficient and outdated.
(a) So we are going to take the patient back
home.
(b) We will take our patient home and complain to
the authorities.
(c) We will immediately take the patient to a
better hospital.
(d) We will wait silently until the hospital gets
improved.
(e) We will demand for a better hospital in the
village.
Q3. The decision to reopen the old and closed-
down liquor shops was resented by the people in
the city.
(a) Some people took out protest march to the
ministers house.
(b) The liquor-sellers and contractors supported
the government decision.
(c) The ruling party secretly convened a meeting
of the most important leaders.
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(d) The government succumbed to public opinion (b) loud
and withdrew the decision to open the liquor (c) imposing
shops. (d) throbbing
(e) The liquor barons will not allow the closure of (e) mellifluous
the liquor shops.
Q9. The veteran politician still believes in the old
Q4. Electric supply failed and the fans in the method of being reticent and maintaining silence
office stood still. on controversial issues.
(a) Children playing outside did not feel any heat. (a) calm
(b) It was a hot season and there was no wind. (b) empathetic
(c) The staff had a lot of work to finish. (c) reserved
(d) Urgent arrangement was made to start a (d) apathetic
stand-by generator. (e) apprehensive
(e) During the summer season electric supply is
very erratic. Q10. The unruly mob was temerarious enough to
say that they had provoked violence.
Q5. Many Chief Ministers expressed their opinion (a) foolish
in favour of abolishing the governors post. (b) open
(a) The Central govt. is made up of several (c) rash
parties. (d) good
(b) The governments existence depends upon the (e) clever
Chief Ministers.
(c) There may be a decision very soon. Directions (11-15): In the following Questions,
(d) There are no governors in some of the states. there are four sentences. Each sentence has
(e) The government is thinking of building a new pairs of words/phrases that are italicized and
Raj Bhavan. highlighted. From the italicized and highlighted
word(s)/phrase(s), select the most appropriate
Directions (6-10): Find the meaning of the word(s)/phrase(s) to form correct sentences.
underlined/BOLD word in the following Then choose the best option.
sentence.
Q11. (i) Having to work unsociable [A]/antisocial
Q6. Home appliances manufacturer Bajaj [B] hours in the call center has had an effect on
electrical Limited is looking for acquisitions in the his health.
domestic market. (ii) Most cosmetics claim to be hypoallergenic
(a) obtainment [A]/nonallergenic [B].
(b) apprentice (iii) The finger that was caught in the door
(c) attrition became turbid [A]/turgid [B] and discoloured.
(d) attention (iv) The qualification, e.g., [A]/i.e., [B] Master of
(e) attestation Business Administration, is essential for the job.
(a) AABB
Q7. Some important statistics (b) ABAB
further corroborate the susceptibility of Indians (c) BABA
towards heart diseases. (d) BAAB
(a) support (e) BBBB
(b) reduce
(c) weaken Q12. (i) Dumping waste into rivers and streams is
(d) protect flagrant [A]/blatant [B] abuse of environmental
(e) assess norms.
(ii) I will introduce you to her, but you are on your
Q8. The hero is known for his liking for foot- own from their [A]/there [B] on.
tapping tunes and sonorous music. (iii) When her turn came, she lay [A]/laid [B] her
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(iv) When his controversial paintings were banned,
the artist emigrated [A]/immigrated [B] as a
result.
(a) ABBA
(b) BBBA
(c) ABAB
(d) BBAB
(e) AAAA
Q13. (i) An actors performance depends on his
ability to memorize the lines and cues [A]/ queues
[B].
(ii) The project failed because of the shortcomings
innate [A]/inherent [B] in our approach.
(iii) No wonder he is a doctor, his entire linear
[A]/lineage [B] has been associated with medical
science.
(iv) Evolutionary science established between
human beings and simians, especially monkeys
[A]/apes [B].
(a) AABB
(b) ABAB
(c) BABA
(d) ABBB
(e) AAAA
Q14. (i) The school affected [A]/effected [B] a
new policy on extracurricular activities.
(ii) The rationale [A]/rational [B] behind current
curricula is that students need to learn language
and thinking skills, not specific information.
(iii) All the bickering and noise we witness in the
legislature over petty politics is pure bathos
[A]/pathos [B].
(iv) He has been recumbent [A]/incumbent [B] on
the job; he must be fired.
(a) BAAA
(b) BBAA
(c) ABAB
(d) AAAB
(e) BBBB
Q15. (i) First, it is too expensive; second, it
doesnt fit well and thirdly [A]/third, [B] I dont (e) share
like it.
(ii) The festival offers a truly eclectic [A]/esoteric
[B] program of events, including the opportunity
to dance your socks off every evening.
(iii) In a monotonous [A]/monotonic [B]
arrangement each set is contained completely
within the other.
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(iv) After the accident the victim went into
comma [A]/coma [B] for several days.
(a) AABB
(b) BBAB
(c) BABB
(d) BBBB
(e) AAAA
SET-15
Directions (1-5): Four sentences are given with
a blank in each. Five words are also given. The
blank in each sentence can be filled by one or
more of the four words given. Similarly, each
word given in the choices can go into any
number of sentences. Identify the number of
sentences each word can go into and mark as
your answer the maximum number of sentences
any word can go into.
Q1. A. What is the __________ value of the
shares?
B. The __________ was released by the minister.
C. There is no need to __________ rooms, as it is
offseason now.
D. The __________ for food items is always good.
(a) book
(b) market
(c) reserve
(d) product
(e) capital
Q2. A. The party was held at the __________ side.
B. They decided to __________ their resources.
C. I was shocked to see him lying in a __________
of blood.
D. The __________ room was over crowded.
(a) waiting
(b) combine
(c) pool
(d) lake
Q3. A. I tried to __________ him off with my old
PC.
B. The __________ tree is the life of the desert
people.
C. What is the __________ today?
D. Do you __________ him regularly?
(a) palm
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(b) date (c) The last fifty years have seen sweeping
(c) meet changes in technology.
(d) day (d) She could not see the task through as she fell
(e) see ill.
(e) None of the above
Q4. A. The two brothers quarreled __________
themselves. Q8. Know
B. The sea lies __________ France and England. (a) Millions in our country have known poverty for
C. This custom still exists __________ certain generations.
tribes. (b) She knows to write well.
D. The internet is __________ the most (c) We do not yet know the solution to this
remarkable of modern inventions. problem.
(a) between (d) Many top politicos were in the know of the
(b) among scam for a very long time.
(c) with (e) None of the above
(d) along
(e) in Q9. Look
(a) She is looking really pretty in that pink dress.
Q5. A. Tickets for the __________ were booked (b) We are looking at the possibility of relocating.
months in advance. (c) We look to have good year in the B-School.
B. They pushed hard but the door wouldnt (d) The business seems to be looking up this year.
__________. (e) None of the above
C. Better to keep quiet than __________ your
ignorance. Q10. Mean
D. __________ me your tickets, the inspector (a) The average of 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 is 6 whereas
demanded. the mean is 5.
(a) programme (b) I believe; Ill be meant to the job.
(b) show (c) His criticism of others is often petty and mean.
(c) display (d) His physical handicap makes his selection to
(d) give the B school no mean feat.
(e) play (e) None of the above

Directions (6-15): A word has been used in four Q11. Tag

different ways in the sentences that follows.
Choose the option corresponding to the
sentence in which the usage is incorrect or
inappropriate.
Q6. Deal
(a) He has a great deal of support from the
people.
(b) His father deals in diamonds.
(c) Deal with this complaint the way you feel fit.
(d) She was asked to deal three books to each
student.
(e) None of the above
Q7. See
(a) I cant understand what she sees in him.
(b) I can still see through my daughter as she was
years ago.
(a) They tagged the telephone trying in vain to
reach each other.
(b) The shirt was tagged at Rs. 1500.
(c) He moved on with several people tagging
along.
(d) The teacher asked them to add a tag question
to every sentence.
(e) None of the above
Q12. Hold
(a) Can the roof hold all that weight?
(b) The restaurant holds 400 diners.
(c) The rule holds in most cases.
(d) Lets hold till we have more data.
(e) None of the above
Q13. Form
(a) The captain of the team, generally low profile,
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(b) The map shows the form of North America with
its mountains, rivers, and plains.
(c) Being confined to ones house under house
arrest is a form of punishment.
(d) The inflected forms of a word can be
represented by a stem and a list of inflections to
be attached.
(e) None of the above
Solutions
Q14. Refer
(a) This story refers an incident during the Second SET-1
World War
(b) He referred the complaint to another
department. S1. Ans.(a)
(c) Students asked several questions referring to Sol. set the Thames on fire. To do wonderful or
yesterdays lecture. exciting things; to cause a great or remarkable
(d) The teacher constantly refers the students to sensation in the world; to be extremely exciting,
their studies. popular, famous, renowned, etc.
(e) None of the above
S2. Ans.(b)
Q15. Set Sol. up and around; up and doing. Active again,
(a) Lets set the error down to inexperience. especially after an illness or rest
(b) It is wise to set food and money by in case of a
future emergency. S3. Ans.(b)
(c) A parent must set a good example for the Sol. snap one's fingers at- Treat with contempt,
children. scorn, disregard,
(d) Evening was setting as I took the road over the
hill. S4. Ans.(b)
(e) None of the above Sol. lead someone astray- to direct or guide
someone in the wrong direction

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. To cry wolf-to cry or complain about
something when nothing is really wrong.

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. in dribs and drabs -in small portions; bit by bit

S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. A hard nut to crack -a difficult problem to
solve

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. older than any of their supposed in the
question sentence, the comparison is shown.
Hence option D is correct in the given context.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. an easy drive loan does not require the buyer
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and correctly. Other options have faulty word
structures.
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. rice has protein of higher quality than that
in this is correct word order and express the idea
clearly.
S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. Had I realized how close. This is the case of
inversion. In this case, we use verb before the
subject.
S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. straightforward, extensive, building and
operational are correct words that express the
conveyed idea appropriately.
S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. foster -encourage the development of
(something, especially something desirable).
irksome -irritating; annoying. The word boost in
sentence D gives us the hint to mark the correct
answer.
S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. presage-be a sign or warning of (an imminent
event, typically an unwelcome one).
solicit-ask for or try to obtain (something) from
someone.
S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. slashing -vigorously incisive or effective.
implication-the conclusion that can be drawn from
something although it is not explicitly stated. The
phrase stir up in last sentence hints us towards
correct option.
SET-2
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. The conclusive tone of option (d) makes it
the best option to the exclusion of the others.
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. The final option, (d), is the one that signs
off the first-person address in the passage and
is the best possible conclusion.
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S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. Option (a) speaks of a promise and the
future providing us all the clues that it is
indeed the concluding sentence of this
passage. Options (b), (c) and (d) are either
not conclusive or nature or too generic to
wrap up the argument put forth.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Option (a), (b) and (c) are irrelevant and
take a trajectory beyond the one drawn by
the passage. Option (d) correctly connects the
citizen to the governments legitimacy,
making it the correct answer.
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. The writer in option (c) offers the
author he has discussed in the passage a
suggestion in what is a strong judgment on
his/her part. It is the best option as it is in
keeping with the tone of the passage, which
clearly expresses a view.
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. Options (a), (c) and (d) dont summarize
the passage, nor do they suggest a possible
future course of action, or give any final
thoughts. It is option B that makes a forceful
point that seems clear with the theme of the
passage a lesson that Europe should heed.
S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. The logical end to the passage is option A
that does not veer from the crux of the
passage. It does not introduce unnecessary
information or take a stand that cannot be
conclusively taken as options (b), (c) and (d)
do.
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Option (a) is the best option here as it
takes the most balanced stand and is
reflective of the ending mood of the passage,
that is more skeptical than laudatory. Thus
options (b), (c) and (d) would be
inappropriate choices.
S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. Options (a), (b) and (c) reiterate what has
been stated in the passage in a roundabout
fashion. It is option (d) that adds a notable
comment to tie up the arguments the writer
has dealt with. Out of the given options it
may not seem the only correct option, but it
is the best one.
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. Only option (a) directly seems compatible
with the intention of the passage, which is to
decide whether even torture works, it is
wrong. The other options describe factors or
persons that are subsumed in the discussion
presented in the discussion already and
therefore cannot be treated as concluding
remarks per se.
S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. Option (a) and (b) merely restate what
has already been said in the passage. Option
(c) does bring in a new statement but more or
less continues in the same strain. The
concluding remark has to be thought packaged
as advice or a strategy or something else to
that effect. Option (d) fulfills this criteria.
S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. Option (d) does not have much relevance
to the content of the passage. Option (a)
introduces a new angle and a new player,
Washington, which cannot be seen as a final
argument. Option (c) is an open-ended
question, leaving the possibility of many
interpretations. Thus option (b) is the correct
choice, which summarizes and knits together
the concerns and issues brought up by the
passage.
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. Option (a) here best expresses the idea in
the passage, which is a critique of a person
called Adonis by the speaker, who contradicts
himself at various points, an example of which
is presented in Option (a). The other options
dont use the material provided in the passage
and hence cannot be sufficiently connected
with it.
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S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. The passage analyses the relationship
between Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood.
The passage clearly alludes to the fact that
this relationship is a long-lasting one. Option
(c) expresses this, while the others either
leave the question open-ended or dont
provide the closing statement that completes
the passage satisfactorily.
S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. After the passage analyses the entry of
the internet as a major player in consumer
preferences for obtaining their content, the
passage is left at a more or less concluded
point. Option (c) only expresses the best
possible and most precise conclusion to the
same. The other options seem ludicrous and
dont fit the content of the passage well.
SET-3
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. It appeared that parts of new Delhi and
Mumbai would run. Pronoun it will be used,
appeared is more appropriate word then looked.
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. as, two generations later, would be true of.
as is correct.
S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. Because diesel was relatively cheap this is
correct word order given the cause and effect
nature of the given question statement.
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. has not been profitable for them to do so.
The end part of this phrase to do so completes
the meaning and gives us the hint. Hence
S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. The underlined/bold part is correct itself,
hence the option (A).
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. We get on a bus, just as we board a rowboat.

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. A mumble is indistinct, while a scribble is
illegible.
S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. Football is a type of sport, just as verse is a
type of literature.
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. A sailor is warned by a light house, just as a
person who is sleeping is warned by a smoke
alarm.
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. This is a degree of intensity analogy. Simmer
is a milder form of boiling just as a drizzle is a
milder form of a downpour.
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. Bacteria have a wider distribution than any
other living organisms. because they occur in large
numbers in air, soil and water.
S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. Galileo discovered with the help of the newly
invented telescope that the moon is not a perfect
sphere and there are many more stars in the sky.
S13. Ans.(e)
Sol. ordinary white light is a mixture of many
different colours of light.
S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. A foreign citizen acquiring Indian citizenship
through nationalization- must either reside in
India or serve the Government of India for at least
one year immediately preceding the date of
application.
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S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. On the death of her husband she was
overwhelmed with grief. This sentence is
grammatically correct and more concise.
S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. The water there was more than what we had
wished for. This sentence is grammatically correct
and more concise.
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. There was a rumour that the army was
defeated.
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. It is foolish to think that they would cater to
our demands which they cannot meet. This
sentence is grammatically correct and more
concise.
S6. Ans.(b);
Sol. Sentence B is better phrased with introduce
rather than insert. A means: to put or thrust in. C
means: to put or introduce into the body of
something or interpolate. In C, insert is a noun
which means: something that is inserted, written
or printed material inserted (as between the
leaves of a book).
S7. Ans.(c);
Sol. write a cheque or write out a cheque
would correct the sentence. In a it is used with
the simple meaning of inscribing the characters. In
B, it used with the meaning daft or draw up. In D
the idiom to write ones own ticket means to
select a course of action entirely according to
ones wishes.

S15. Ans.(a) S8. Ans.(b);

Sol. Cinema, no doubt, has become one of the Sol. This can be corrected by adding up/down
dominant medium of communication in the scale up/down importswhich will mean adjust. As
contemporary world. It carries with itself the it stands the sentence is meaningless. In sentence
power to transcend the limitations of space and e A scale is noun. In sentences C and D scale is
time. used as verb.

SET-4 S9. Ans.(a);

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. He had begun his speech before we arrived.
This sentence is more concise in terms of words
and tense used.
Sol. The sentence can be corrected by substituting
have for make. Sentence B has the meaning
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which means to make ones needs adequate to
meet ones means.
S10. Ans.(d);
Sol. gain in intensity would correct the
sentence. Sentence A means the clocks goes
faster by a minute every day. Sentence B means
increase. Sentence D means to arrive at,
reach or attain.
S11. Ans.(a);
Sol. If showed is replaced by exposed, the
sentence would be correct. In sentence B, it is
used to means to conduct; guide. In sentence C,
the idiom show up (informal) means: to make an
appearance. Sentence d means: a display.
S12. Ans.(c);
Sol. The idiom trade in means to turn in as
payment or part payment for a purchase or bill.
Hence sentence A can be corrected as . Trade
the old car in on a new one. Or .. trade for a new
one in which case it will mean exchange. Option
A uses the word to mean market. Option B uses it
to mean exchange. Option D uses it as an
adjective meaning meant for industry.
S13. Ans.(d);
Sol. The idiom the devil to pay means severe
consequences; hence the sentence is to be
corrected to will mean that you have the devil
to pay. Option A means to hire. Option B
means to be worth the expense or effort.
Option C, pay telephone; or pay station means a
public telephoneone uses a coin to make a call.
S14. Ans.(a);
Sol. Sentence A is meaningless and as the
intended meaning is not clear, we cannot correct
it either. Sentence B means when in the process
if. Sentence C means the sum of a persons
actions or effects that serve to create an
impression or set an example. Sentence D means
to give a decision.
S15. Ans.(d);
Sol. Affect needs to be replaced with effect. In
sentence A affect is used to mean provided the
stimulus. In B, it means influence. In C, affect
means tend toward.
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S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. The 5th sentence introduces the topic
of discussion-crime drop in the 90s, hence the
opener; The 3rd sentence
provides historical backdrop of the trend; The 1st
statement talks about the impact of Norma
McCorvey, The fifth sentence
justifies he comparison with the proverbial
butterfly, as she just wanted an abortion. The
2nd sentence gives irrelevant information about
the lady. So, ECAD are in logical order. Option B
is odd sentence.
S2. Ans.(e)
Sol. The 1st sentence sets the tone for discussion
on the importance of incentives for the
economists. The 2nd is the extension of the
remark and the 3rd sentence takes it forward with
the typical economist and their fixation
with problem solving. 4th takes the idea further
and points out its limitations, and 5th is irrelevant
sentence according to the passage. So,
ABCD are in logical order. Option E
is odd sentence.
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. The paragraph opens with a general
statement about fear (1st sentence). The 2nd
sentence talk about how its a dreadful thing;
and 3rd calls it a terrible burden. The 5th
sentence explains how one may not be conscious
of fear. ABCE -all these four sentences talk about
fear and are logical connected but Option D talks
about courage which is totally different from what
the passage is all about. Hence D is out of the
context sentence. D is the odd sentence.
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 3rd is an opener, as it lays the
background for discussion on sexism in
the airlines industry. The 5th sentence (this family
support) refers to the gender neutral values
enjoyed by Kohal. the 4th and 2nd sentences
indicate the instances of sexism prevalent in the
airline industry. Hence CEDB are in logical order.
The 1st sentence mentions about the luxurious
travel experience of customers, which is out of
the context. This paragraph talks about the sexism
and option A is ODD SENTENCE.
S5. Ans.(b)

Sol. The 3rd sentence is a general observation
about the two Europes, The 5th sentence puts
France with the southern part of Europe and talks
about a common myth regarding the workload in
the region. The 1st and 4th sentences illustrate
that it is far from true. The 2nd sentence raises a
question which is out of the question about
terrorism in Asia. CEAD are in logical order and
option B is ODD sentence.
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 5th sentence mentions a saying that
dictated the authors upbringing; as the paragraph
is about hard work and laziness, its a good
opener. The 4th completes the description. The
3rd and 2nd sentences talk about the radical
change in the authors point of view. The 1st
sentence recalls a story which is to drive crazy any
person who has never been to abroad. So,
EDCB are in logical order. Option A is out of the
context.
S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 2nd is a general statement talks about
the necessity of a leader and the 5th sentence
mentions a reservation expressed by the author;
the 1st misrepresent the idea of coercion
(wrongly refers to compelled in the 5th
sentence). The 3rd sentence explains the
drawbacks of using force; D is the concluding
statement which correlates with the strong word
scoundrel mentioned in the previous sentence.
So, BECD are in logical order. Option A is
irrelevant according to the given passage.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. The 3rd sentence cant be the opener, as it
has to gel with the 5th sentence which can only
come before it. The 4th sentence tries to justify
an apparent failure of the democratic ideal and
gives reasons behind it; In the 2nd sentence in
this respect refers to the stability of government
mentioned in the 4th sentence; and the 1st
sentence completes the information. The 5th
sentence lists another factor behind it appeal, and
the 3rd sentence introduces absolutely different
and new idea in the paragraph which is irrelevant.
So, DBAE are in logical order. Option C states new
idea which is absurd. Hence C is ODD sentence.
S9. Ans.(d)
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Sol. The 5th sentence cant be an opener as it
cant be followed by the 3rd sentence. The 3rd
sentence lays down the authors abhorrence for
the military system, the topic of discussion; the
5th sentence continues the strong views of the
author (despise means strong hatred); He in the
1st sentence refers to a man in the 5th
sentence. 2nd sentence completes the opinion
given in the 1st sentence; and 4th is the
inappropriate sentence because it suggests a
different idea. So, CEAB are in logical order. D
is odd sentence in the given paragraph.
S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. The 1st is the opener, a declarative
statement followed by the 2nd sentence languid
hourson the shore and the tone marker alas
relate to must launch my boat in the 1st
sentence. The 3rd and 4th talk about the waning
of the spring; the 5th sentence is irrelevant
because of absurd idea. So, ABCD are in logical
order. E is odd sentence.
S11. Ans.(e)
Sol. The 3rd is the opening element as it
introduces the topic of reflection, which relates to
the blooming of lotus. The 3rd and 2nd sentence
are sequential as the mind was straying leads to
the flower was unheeded. As the basket remains
empty (2nd sentence), the author feels sad and
dreamy (1st sentence); that vague sweetness in
the 4th refers to feeling a sweet fragrance in the
1st sentence; the 5th sentence introduces the
irrelevant idea about 21st century school children
which is bogus. So, CBAD are in logical order.
Option E is odd sentence.
S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 5th is the opening general statement that
moots the discussion on the quirky in the midst
of an epic. The 4th and 3rd illustrate the point
with a frieze from a monument; The 2nd sentence
gives additional information (most tellingly), 1st is
irrelevant sentence according to the passage.
Hence, EDCB are in logical order. Option A
is odd sentence.
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 2nd sentence serves as the opener as it is
a general statement about the timelessness of the
interpretation of literary works. The 4th sentence
supports the assertion made in the 2nd sentence.

The 5th sentence talks about Gandhi using
pronoun He followed by 3rd which uses the word
assimilation that refers to read and re-read in
the previous sentence. The 1st is irrelevant
sentence according to the passage. So,
BDEC are in logical order. Option
is odd sentence.
S14. Ans.(e)
Sol. The 1st sentence opens the discussion on
McCorveys case. The 2nd (they refers to
people in the 1st sentence) and 4th sentences
talk about the plaintiff and the defendant of the
case. The 3rd sentences talk about the progression
and culmination of the case. Hence ABDC are in
logical order but Option E is clearly out of the
context sentence. In Option E, UNICEF is
mentioned which is irrelevant according to the
context of the passage.
S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 5th sentence moots the problem of
identification with the mind; the 4th gives
examples of how it blocks the different
relationships. The 3rd extends the idea further;
the 2nd sentence talk about the result of
identification with the mind and thoughts. EDCB
are in logical order but Option A is clearly out of
the context sentence. In option A, the idea about
forgetfulness is absurd according to the context.
Hence Sentence A is ODD sentence.
SET-6
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. The author is disapproving of the manner
in which the genocide has been described as
ethnic cleansing. Hence, options (a), (b) and
(d) can be neglected. Between tragic and
disingenuous the latter is the better word.
Hence, option (c) is correct something that
is confirmed by the second word, victims.
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. All the options given for First blank are
suitable, but second part of the sentence
shows that astronomers were forced to accept
something opposite of their views because of
contrary evidence. So the word concede
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qualifies for the second blank. Hence, option
(d) is the correct answer.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. The phrase on the one hand shows that
A both factors are contrasting. The word in the
first blank has to be related with the time of
birth so only congenital and genetic fit there.
The 2nd blank on the other hand has to show
the effect of environment between
pedagogy and education obviously, education
is the better word. Hence, option (b) is the
correct answer.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Organ fits the first blank best because
departments, tenets Institutions cannot
control mens minds. Consequently, tradition
fits the second blank too. Hence, option (d) is
the correct answer.
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Run over him is the wrong usage.
Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.
S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. You come around to admit something
come round is incorrect usage. Hence,
option (e) is the correct answer.
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. Horses do not break into buckles. The
usage in option (b) is incorrect. Hence, option
(b) is the correct answer.
S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. Soldiers break ranks not files. Option (e)
is incorrect usage. Hence, option (e) is the
correct answer.
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. In the first sentence the term brooch
means an ornament that can be fixed on the
lapel of a jacket while broach means to
introduce a discussion, which does not make
sense. This leaves us with options (a), (b), (c)
and (e). The second statement has to be
councilors as all the four feasible options give

that (a councilor is a member of a municipal
council and hence can be complained to about
amenities). In the third sentence advice will
be the correct choice as it is a noun while
advise is a verb. This leaves us with only two
options, viz, (c) and (e).
In the fourth sentence climactic means a
climax and makes sense with respect to the
ending of a film while climatic is related to
weather. Hence, option (c) is the correct
answer.
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Currants (meaning sweet dried grapes
goes well with cake and nuts), exceptionable
means objectionable and goes well with
behaviour and punishment, while exceptional
means outstanding which does not fit here.
In sentence (c), consent goes better with
surgical treatment. Ministers are obliged to
report and analysis can be sanguine not
genuine. Hence, option (b) is the correct
answer.
S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. BBBAB
Retorts are Caustic (bitter), pleas are cogent
(convincing), one is not averse (against) to
something and a coupe (wagon) is likely to
break away from a train and bells peal (ring).
Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.
S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. In the first sentence diffusing means to
spread something and goes well with the
context while defusing does not fit in. In the
second sentence baited meaning to make
some one angry while bated means to hold
ones breath which does not fit.
The horde meaning a huge crowd fits in well
which the third sentence.
Prisoners internment and unsociable
tendencies fit in well with the fourth and fifth
sentences. Hence, option (a) is the correct
answer.
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Sol. A is wrong as immigrant should have
been there instead of imigrant, C is wrong
because it should have said on the
invitation. D is wrong because owner of a
dry goods business would have been correct
and E is wrong because there should have
been become instead of became.
So only statement B is correct. Hence, option
(a) is the correct answer.
S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. Statement A is correct, statement B
should have read in its labour policy,
Statement C should have read Perhaps
sensing that the rising. and statement E
should have read sought to be an industry
leader. There is no error in A and D.
Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.
S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. Statement A, C and D have no error.
Statement B should have read lost their
homes while Statement E should have read
count has just begun. Hence, option (d) is
the correct answer.
SET-7
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. The passage does not mention anything about
the disadvantages outweighing the advantages.
This is an additional conclusion. (b) deviates from
the passage. (c) is the main idea of the passage.
(d) does not capture the essence of the passage.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. (a) is too general. (b) is too narrow and does
not include the other factors. (c) does not include
the sex workers but covers all important reasons
apart from sex workers. This is the main idea of
the passage. (d) does not contain enough
information.
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. (a) is incorrect because it talks of executives
with poor communication skills which is not the
issue here. (b) is incorrect because it only
considers the problem of females being drowned
out and not of their opinions being ignored. It
also does not mention the communication

techniques being taught to remedy that. (d) is
wrong because it partially captures the essence of
the text.
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. (b) is incorrect because it takes not extreme a
stance against secularism. (c) is incorrect because
it deviates from the main idea and focuses
primarily on political correctness. (d) is incorrect
because Charlie Hebdo has not been mentioned in
that context in the passage.
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. (a) only mentions the hypocrisy of companies
but not the other reason i.e. interdepartmental
conflict. (b) talks about public
opinion, however the passage does not mention
public opinion anywhere. (c) states that there is
an inverse relationship between spending on CSR
and tax lobbying whereas the passage points to a
direct relationship i.e. higher the CSR spending
higher the tax lobbying. (d) captures the
relationship between CSR expenditure and Tax
avoidance correctly and also the two reasons for
the same provided in the passage.
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. According to the passage, freedom, diversity
and human rights form the essence or concept of
modern democracy. Certain forces, by threatening
these ideals also threaten democracy. The passage
also speaks of troubled times and that we are
currently in a state of war against such
forces, however this was is being fought in a new
battleground, namely the internet and the streets
of cities such as Paris.
(a) is incorrect because it cites forms of modern
warfare as the chief problem. (b) best captures
the essence of the passage. (c) is too specific
and off the main idea. (d) talks about terrorism
which can be inferred from the passage but has
not been specifically mentioned. It also only
mentions a threat to liberty whereas the ideals of
democracy are much broader in scope.
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. DISSIPATE-(with reference to a feeling or
emotion) disappear or cause to disappear. The
word DISSIPATE is incorrectly used in sentence B.
S8. Ans.(c)
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Sol. EVINCE-reveal the presence of (a quality or
feeling); indicate. The word evince is
incorrectly used in option C.
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. DECOY- lure or entice (a person or animal)
away from their intended course, typically into a
trap. According to the meaning of the word
decoy, the usage in sentence C is incorrect.
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. FEIGN-pretend to be affected by (a feeling,
state, or injury). The word feign is incorrectly
used in the sentence B.
S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. INDICT-formally accused of or charge with a
crime. The word indict is incorrectly used in
option D.
S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. RAMBLE-talk or write at length in a confused
or inconsequential way.
a walk taken for pleasure in the countryside. The
word ramble is incorrect in option A.
S13. Ans.(c)
Sol. TRANSIT-the action of passing through or
across a place.
the carrying of people or things from one place to
another. The word transit is incorrect in
sentence C.
S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. PLACATE-make (someone) less angry or
hostile. The word placate is incorrect in
sentence B.
S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. ABDICATE-(of a monarch) renounce one's
throne.
fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or
duty). abdicate is incorrectly used in option D.
SET-8
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Verb form; Logical predication
The sentence explains the expectations that
resulted from a past retail sales trend. Since

expectations look to the future but are not
yet realized, the relative clause explaining
these expectations should be conditional,
employing the auxiliary verb would.
(b) Correct. By using the verb would, this
concise sentence indicates that the
expectation has not yet been realized.
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. Idiom; Logical predication
The use of do not and nothing in the same
sentence creates a double negative and
reverse the intended meaning. Anything
should be used instead of nothing. Logically, a
natural food cannot contain any prohibited
ingredient, so the list of prohibited
ingredients must be connected by or.
(d) Correct. This sentence correctly avoids a
double negative and uses parallel elements.
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Logical predication; Grammatical
construction
This sentence compares how efficiently plants
and fungi acquire carbon and convert it into
sugars. The sentence construction needs to
make clear that plants and fungi are the two
topics being compared, and it must also
clarify that in the form of carbon dioxide
refers to carbon rather than to either plants
or fungi.
(c) Correct. The sentence clearly compares
plants to fungi, and in the form of carbon
dioxide correctly modifies carbon.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Grammatical construction; Verb form
The participle supplementing would normally
be expected to modify the first clause,
describing or extending its meaning, but the
logic of this sentence demands a contrast, not
an extension. Consequently, the second part
of the sentence must be revised to emphasize
the contrast properly. The logic of the
sentence also argues against a construction
that would set the two clauses and the
importance of their content equal when they
clearly should not be. The best solution is to
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have the main clause describe the primary
activity, and a subordinate clause, although
they supplemented, describe the
supplementary activity.
(d) Correct. Using although creates a
subordinate clause in this sentence and
logically links that clause with the main
clause; the simple past supplemented
parallels the simple past were.
S5. Ans.(e)
Sol. Idiom; Logical predication
The intent of the sentence is to contrast the
honeybee and the yellow jacket. Correct
idioms for such a contrast include in contrast
with x, y, in contrast to x, y; and unlike x, y.
In all these idioms, x and y must be
grammatically and logically parallel. As
contrasted with is not a correct idiom.
(e) Correct. This sentence used a correct
idiom, and the honeybee is properly parallel
to the yellow jacket.
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. Grammatical construction; Logical
predication
This sentence introduces the subject
(Neuroscientists), pauses to explain what
neuroscientists have accomplished in the past
twenty years, and then concludes by
explaining what neuroscientists are presently
doing as a result of their past
accomplishments. The second part of the
sentence the explanation interrupts the
flow of the sentence from the subject
(neuroscientists) to the predicate (are now
drawing solid conclusions); it should
therefore be bracketed by commas. The
sentence construction should provide a main
verb for the subject neuroscientists.
(a) Correct. The explanatory phrase between
the subject and predicate is set off by
commas, and the main clause contains both a
subject (Neuroscientists) and a corresponding
verb (are now drawing).
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Grammatical construction; Parallelism

The sentence compares one group of people,
most of the people exposed to the alleged
causes, with another group of people, so
many of those not so exposed. To maintain
the comparison, the verb in the second part
should match the verb in the first part. Since
the first verb is do not commit, the second
verb should be the parallel do. There is no
need to repeat commit crimes since it is
understood in this construction.
(d) Correct. This sentence correctly uses the
verb do to complete the comparison and
maintain the parallelism with do not
commit.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. Verb Form; Grammatical construction;
Logical predication
The sentence requires two tenses past tense
to describe the previous design and present
tense to describe the current design of the
discus. In the sentence presented here, the
grammatical subject is weight, not discus, so
the pronoun it grammatically refers to weight,
which makes no sense.
(c) Correct. The introductory phrase describes
the past design of the discus with a past
participle (designed) that modifies the subject
of the main clause (the discus); the main verb
is lined.0 is in present tense.
S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. Diction; Rhetorical construction
Theing form of a verb can be used as a noun
(e.g., running is her favorite sport), but it is
often awkward, particularly when used with a
possessive, as in this case. Substituting the
noun attempt for the gerund trying eliminates
the problem. While chemical that is irritating
it and chemical irritating it are both
grammatically correct the could be
appropriate in some usages, they are
excessively wordy for this context.
(e) Correct. In this sentence, the noun
attempt replaces the gerund trying in this
construction with organisms.
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Sol. Logical predication; Rhetorical
construction
The underlined phrase is a modifier; it
functions as an adjective to describe the noun
that immediately follows it. In this case, the
phrase incorrectly modifies scholars, which
does not make any sense. What are the
scholars doing? When the modifier begins with
using, it correctly links the scholars with the
modifier that describes their activity.
(e) Correct. In this sentence, using accounts
of various ancient writers correctly modifies
scholars in a clear and concise expression of
their activity.
S11. Ans.(e)
Sol. Parallelism; Grammatical construction
The main point of the sentence is that
Dickinsons letters to her sister-in-law
outnumber her letters to anyone else. To
emphasize this point, outnumber should be
the main verb, and the description introduced
by the passive verb were written needs to be
changed from a main clause to an adjectival
phrase.
(e) Correct. The information about the period
when Dickinsons letters were written is
contained in an adjectival phrase set off by
commas, and the main verb outnumber refers
clearly to letters.
S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. Idiom; Agreement
The verb estimated should be followed by the
infinitive to be, not the preposition at unless
the writer intends to indicate a location at
which someone made the estimate. The
jawbone fragments were estimated to be a
certain age. The plural subject
fragments requires the plural verb provide.
(d) Correct. In this sentence, the verb
estimated is correctly followed by the
infinitive to be.
S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. Diction; Parallelism
The sentence describes the elaborate society
of the Mochica with a series of three features,

the first of which contains an example. The
three features must be presented in parallel
structures e.g., cultivating, harvesting, and
exploiting. The use of such to introduce the
examples of crops requires that the
comparison be completed with as instead of
like.
(b) Correct. The three items in the series are
in parallel form, and such crops is correctly
followed by as.
S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. Parallelism
The bulls and cows are described in a series of
participial phrases. Items in a series should be
parallel: receiving awards is parallel to
fetching unprecedented prices, but excited
must be changed to exciting to make the third
phrase, exciting enormous interest, parallel to
the first two.
(c) Correct. In this sentence, exciting is
parallel to receiving and fetching.
S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. Logical predication; Rhetorical
construction
The underlined part of the sentence begins a
phrase describing items of military
equipment. It is awkward and inaccurate to
describe items themselves as a method.
Replacing the underlined phrase with the
participle protecting creates a modifying
phrase that clearly explains the purpose of
the items of military equipment.
(c) Correct. In this sentence, protecting
properly introduces a modifying phrase
revealing the purpose of the items.
SET-9
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Answer Option B. B and D. In A only is
misplaced; we are the only people In C, the
pronoun them is inconsistent (in number) with
its antecedent a small dampness; it is the
correct pronoun.
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S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Answer Option B. B only. In A repeated
again is redundant. repeated is correct. In C,
sentenced one year is incorrect; sentenced to
one year will make it correct. In D, its is used
instead of its.
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. Answer Option D. D only. In A gyre needs a
determiner before that a gyre would be correct.
In B ranging from an area would be correct. In
as large as or larger than would correct the
part. larger as is incorrect.
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Answer Option A. A only. In B, The verb sit
for the subject team is incorrect. It should be
sits. In C, whos has to be replaced with
whose. In D agencys is incorrect, it should be
agencies.
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Answer Option D. D only. A should be
corrected to one of the exercises. B has to
include the definite article the Kurukshetra
war. C should be corrected another to be D
has no error.
S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. Reliable and uninterrupted power is a
prerequisite for development. Other options do
not follow the idea expressed in the question
statement logically. Either they distort the
message or introduce new idea.
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. For financial progress we must reduce import
and increase export. Other options do not follow
the idea expressed in the question statement
logically. Either they distort the message or
introduce new idea.
S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. Since demand is higher than supply in schools
for admission, the private schools make the most
of the situation and charge hefty fees.
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. The court ordered a judicial enquiry into the
whole affair. Since report was submitted to the
court hence judge ordered an enquiry into the
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case. Hence option C logically follow course of S9. Ans.(c)
action. Sol. of dedication to the.

S10. Ans.(a) S10. Ans.(e)

Sol. the book was acclaimed for the political Sol. No Correction Required
criticism it contained.
S11. Ans.(e)
Sol. No Correction Required
SET-10
S12. Ans.(b)
S1. Ans.(c) Sol. can be classified into
Sol. common interest and united will go
together. Mob rule eliminates benefits vs. S13. Ans.(d)
dangers. Sol. were so critical that

S2. Ans.(d) S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. Adopt is incorrect. Dogmatism as opposed to Sol. is to start at.
fanaticism does not make sense; we need its
opposite, hence tentativeness in the second blank. S15. Ans.(a)
War and consciousness will eliminate option C. Sol. most exploited class.

S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. Immediately after blank A, it is said
identifying their nature which means A and B are
related to the nature of things hence option (E).
After C and D we have what should be sought and
what should be avoided, hence beneficial and
harmful combination in option(E).
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. From a new situation and lack of
information, there cannot be excitement.
Observe eliminates option (E). Observation
eliminates option (A). Hence (C).
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. If the doctors were doing this to to
identify something it has to be analyzing.
Diseases are not deep rooted but underlying,
hence option (A) can be eliminated in favor of
option (D).
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. intend to return.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Had I been in. third conditional sentence
structure.
S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. firmly believes that.
SET-11
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Global means relating to the world just as
urban means relating to the city.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. A rock is the medium for a sculptor just as a
canvas is for the artist.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. A troupe is a collection of actors even as a
regiment is a collection of soldiers.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. An elephant is a pachyderm just as a kangaroo
is a marsupial.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. The earth is a planet just as the moon is a
satellite.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. foster -encourage the development of
(something, especially something desirable).
irksome -irritating; annoying. The word boost in
sentence D gives us the hint to mark the correct
answer.
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Sol. presage-be a sign or warning of (an imminent
event, typically an unwelcome one).
solicit-ask for or try to obtain (something) from
someone.
S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. slashing -vigorously incisive or effective.
implication- the conclusion that can be drawn
from something although it is not explicitly
stated. The phrase stir up in last sentence hints
us towards correct option.
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. set the Thames on fire. To do wonderful or
exciting things; to cause a great or remarkable
sensation in the world; to be extremely exciting,
popular, famous, renowned, etc.
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. up and around; up and doing. Active again,
especially after an illness or rest
S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. snap one's fingers at- Treat with contempt,
scorn, disregard,
S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. lead someone astray- to direct or guide
someone in the wrong direction
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. To cry wolf-to cry or complain about
something when nothing is really wrong.
S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. in dribs and drabs -in small portions; bit by bit
S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. A hard nut to crack -a difficult problem to
solve
SET-12
S1. Ans.(e)
Sol. The 1st sentence sets the tone for discussion
on the importance of incentives for the
economists. The 2nd is the extension of the
remark and the 3rd sentence takes it forward with
the typical economist and their fixation
with problem solving. 4th takes the idea further
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and points out its limitations, and 5th is irrelevant
sentence according to the passage. So,
ABCD are in logical order. Option E
is odd sentence.
S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. The 5th sentence introduces the topic
of discussion-crime drop in the 90s, hence the
opener; The 3rd sentence
provides historical backdrop of the trend; The 1st
statement talks about the impact of Norma
McCorvey, The fifth sentence
justifies he comparison with the proverbial
butterfly, as she just wanted an abortion. The
2nd sentence gives irrelevant information about
the lady. So, ECAD are in logical order. Option B
is odd sentence.
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. The paragraph opens with a general
statement about fear (1st sentence). The 2nd
sentence talk about how its a dreadful thing;
and 3rd calls it a terrible burden. The 5th
sentence explains how one may not be conscious
of fear. ABCE -all these four sentences talk about
fear and are logical connected but Option D talks
about courage which is totally different from what
the passage is all about. Hence D is out of the
context sentence. D is the odd sentence.
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 3rd is an opener, as it lays the
background for discussion on sexism in
the airlines industry. The 5th sentence (this family
support) refers to the gender neutral values
enjoyed by Kohal. the 4th and 2nd sentences
indicate the instances of sexism prevalent in the
airline industry. Hence CEDB are in logical order.
The 1st sentence mentions about the luxurious
travel experience of customers, which is out of
the context. This paragraph talks about the sexism
and option A is ODD SENTENCE.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. The 3rd sentence is a general observation
about the two Europes, The 5th sentence puts
France with the southern part of Europe and talks
about a common myth regarding the workload in
the region. The 1st and 4th sentences illustrate
that it is far from true. The 2nd sentence raises a
question which is out of the question about

terrorism in Asia. CEAD are in logical order and
option B is ODD sentence.
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 5th sentence mentions a saying that
dictated the authors upbringing; as the paragraph
is about hard work and laziness, its a good
opener. The 4th completes the description. The
3rd and 2nd sentences talk about the radical
change in the authors point of view. The 1st
sentence recalls a story which is to drive crazy any
person who has never been to abroad. So,
EDCB are in logical order. Option A is out of the
context.
S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 2nd is a general statement talks about
the necessity of a leader and the 5th sentence
mentions a reservation expressed by the author;
the 1st misrepresent the idea of coercion
(wrongly refers to compelled in the 5th
sentence). The 3rd sentence explains the
drawbacks of using force; D is the concluding
statement which correlates with the strong word
scoundrel mentioned in the previous sentence.
So, BECD are in logical order. Option A is
irrelevant according to the given passage.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. The 3rd sentence cant be the opener, as it
has to gel with the 5th sentence which can only
come before it. The 4th sentence tries to justify
an apparent failure of the democratic ideal and
gives reasons behind it; In the 2nd sentence in
this respect refers to the stability of government
mentioned in the 4th sentence; and the 1st
sentence completes the information. The 5th
sentence lists another factor behind it appeal, and
the 3rd sentence introduces absolutely different
and new idea in the paragraph which is irrelevant.
So, DBAE are in logical order. Option C states new
idea which is absurd. Hence C is ODD sentence.
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. The 5th sentence cant be an opener as it
cant be followed by the 3rd sentence. The 3rd
sentence lays down the authors abhorrence for
the military system, the topic of discussion; the
5th sentence continues the strong views of the
author (despise means strong hatred); He in the
1st sentence refers to a man in the 5th
sentence. 2nd sentence completes the opinion
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given in the 1st sentence; and 4th is the
inappropriate sentence because it suggests a
different idea. So, CEAB are in logical order. D
is odd sentence in the given paragraph.
S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. The 1st is the opener, a declarative
statement followed by the 2nd sentence languid
hourson the shore and the tone marker alas
relate to must launch my boat in the 1st
sentence. The 3rd and 4th talk about the waning
of the spring; the 5th sentence is irrelevant
because of absurd idea. So, ABCD are in logical
order. E is odd sentence.
S11. Ans.(e)
Sol. The 3rd is the opening element as it
introduces the topic of reflection, which relates to
the blooming of lotus. The 3rd and 2nd sentence
are sequential as the mind was straying leads to
the flower was unheeded. As the basket remains
empty (2nd sentence), the author feels sad and
dreamy (1st sentence); that vague sweetness in
the 4th refers to feeling a sweet fragrance in the
1st sentence; the 5th sentence introduces the
irrelevant idea about 21st century school children
which is bogus. So, CBAD are in logical order.
Option E is odd sentence.
S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 5th is the opening general statement that
moots the discussion on the quirky in the midst
of an epic. The 4th and 3rd illustrate the point
with a frieze from a monument; The 2nd sentence
gives additional information (most tellingly), 1st is
irrelevant sentence according to the passage.
Hence, EDCB are in logical order. Option A
is odd sentence.
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 2nd sentence serves as the opener as it is
a general statement about the timelessness of the
interpretation of literary works. The 4th sentence
supports the assertion made in the 2nd sentence.
The 5th sentence talks about Gandhi using
pronoun He followed by 3rd which uses the word
assimilation that refers to read and re-read in
the previous sentence. The 1st is irrelevant
sentence according to the passage. So,
BDEC are in logical order. Option A
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S14. Ans.(e)
Sol. The 1st sentence opens the discussion on
McCorveys case. The 2nd (they refers to
people in the 1st sentence) and 4th sentences
talk about the plaintiff and the defendant of the
case. The 3rd sentences talk about the progression
and culmination of the case. Hence ABDC are in
logical order but Option E is clearly out of the
context sentence. In Option E, UNICEF is
mentioned which is irrelevant according to the
context of the passage.
S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 5th sentence moots the problem of
identification with the mind; the 4th gives
examples of how it blocks the different
relationships. The 3rd extends the idea further;
the 2nd sentence talk about the result of
identification with the mind and thoughts. EDCB
are in logical order but Option A is clearly out of
the context sentence. In option A, the idea about
forgetfulness is absurd according to the context.
Hence Sentence A is ODD sentence.
SET-13
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. A, C and D are correct. B is incorrect in the
singular use of million with few it should be
few millions. E needs to link the singular subject
the death count(use singular verb - replaced. D is incorrect. It should be there are
has). Countercharge
as one word is correct like counterchallenge.
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. A and D. B is incorrect because the plural
pronoun their is used for Nike (company) C is
incorrect because of the comma at the end
separating it from the remaining part of the
phrase labour concerns from the public. E has
the incorrect article a before industry an
industry is correct.
S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. B only. The word immigrant
is spelt incorrectly in A. B has no errors. C is
incorrect because David Stern is parenthetical
hence should be surrounded by commas. D is
incorrect because dry goods business needs a
determiner owner of a dry goods business. E is
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incorrect in tense would later become and not
would later became.
S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. A and D are correct. B has a tense error, it
should be I associated C also has a tense error, it
should be who seemed so innocent E is incorrect,
although is a conjunction; it is here as an
adverb it is better replaced with however.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. A and B. Fragment C has a tense error has
paid should be had paid because of
telephoned in the earlier fragment. D should
have the before State Department. E has an
inappropriate apostrophe in the plural of 1980s. A
and B are correct. Hence option B.
S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. B and C. A is incorrect it should be an
intense year. In D its is needed instead of its. E
has a parallelism error. to stop the blog, media
interactions and other events would be correct
with all the items in the series as nouns.
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. B only. A is incorrect because there should be
a comma after introductory adverbs like now.
(Now the trouble began is correct now is not an
introductory word.) B is correct. C is incorrect
systems will have to replace should read as to be
considerable costs. E is incorrect IT department is
singular (the verb has is correct) but the pronoun
their is incorrect. The pronoun should be its.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. A, B and E are correct. head into is
idiomatically correct. (Motorola is heading into an
abyss) C is incorrect because chances needs a
plural verb the sentence has is. In such a age is
incorrect
it should be an age.
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. A and E only. B is incorrect the pronoun
they is inconsistent with HortResearch which is
singular, also, a unique and innovative fruit and
food products should be corrected to unique
and innovative fruit and food products. C is
incorrect one of their is inconsistent with
HortResearch, and one of previous innovative

technologies is singular, hence the verb should be
was and not were. D is incorrect because adopt is
confused with adapt. A and E are correct.
S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. D only. A has a tense error when since is
used as conjunction to show the time the perfect
tense is a must. The sentence should read
Maragadavalli had been running her fathers
household ever since . Also there is ambiguity
in mother had died when she was 13. B also
has a tense error. By the time she got married
rather than she had got married the
unnecessary shift in tense makes the sentence
meaningless. E is incorrect. The intensifier very
is used incorrectly with the comparative less, it
should read very little rather than very less.
S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. INDICT-formally accuse of or charge with a
crime. The word indict is incorrectly used in
option D.
S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. RAMBLE-talk or write at length in a confused
or inconsequential way. a walk taken for pleasure
in the countryside. The word ramble is incorrect
in option A.
S13. Ans.(c)
Sol. TRANSIT-the action of passing through or
across a place.the carrying of people or things
from one place to another. The word transit is
incorrect in sentence C.
S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. PLACATE-make (someone) less angry or
hostile. The word placate is incorrect in
sentence B.
S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. ABDICATE-(of a monarch) renounce one's
throne.
fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or
duty). abdicate is incorrectly used in option D.
SET-14
S1. Ans.(e)
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Sol. So we convened an urgent meeting of our
workers.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. We will immediately take the patient to a
better hospital. Since facilities are not good
enough for the treatment, patient should be taken
at better hospital for treatment.
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. Since people in the city resented the decision
of opening liquor shop again, govt. decided not to
reopen the shop.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Since electric supply was irregular; hence
Urgent arrangement was made to start a stand-
by generator.
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Since many chief ministers have expressed
concern about the post of Governor, there may be
a decision very soon.
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. acquisitions-an asset or object bought or
obtained
S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. corroborate- confirm or give support to (a
statement, theory, or finding).
S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. sonorous- (of a person's voice or other sound)
imposingly deep and full.
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. reticent - not revealing one's thoughts or
feelings readily.
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. temerarious- reckless; rash.
S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. turgid -swollen and distended or congested.
hypoallergenic-(especially of cosmetics and
textiles) relatively unlikely to cause an allergic
reaction.
S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. flagrant-(of an action considered wrong or
immoral) conspicuously or obviously offensive.

emigrate-leave one's own country in order to
settle permanently in another.
S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. cue- a thing said or done that serves as a
signal to an actor or other performer to enter or
to begin their speech or performance.
lineage- direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry
or pedigree.
S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. rationale -a set of reasons or a logical basis
for a course of action or belief.
bathos -(especially in a literary work) an effect of
anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in
mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous.
S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. eclectic-deriving ideas, style, or taste from a
broad and diverse range of sources.
monotonic-(of a function or quantity) varying in
such a way that it either never decreases or never
increases.
SET-15
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. The word reserve fits correctly in the
sentences A, C and D and express the intended
meaning.
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. The word lake correctly fits into the
sentences A and C maximum times. In option D,
the word waiting fits correctly but only once,
hence doesnt qualify as correct choice.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. The word date fits correctly in the
sentences B and C and maximum time
appropriately. Hence the correct choice.
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. The word among correctly fits in the
sentences C and D. for more than three
objects/persons, we use among usually. But
sometimes we can use it in the case of two too as
in sentence A. hence, it can be used maximum
times in option C, D and A.
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S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. The word show can be used correctly and
maximum times in the sentences A, C and D.
hence the appropriate choice.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. In option D, the word deal doesnt fit
appropriately. In other sentences, it is correctly
used.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. In option A, B and C the word see is
correctly used but in option D, its usage is
inappropriate.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. The word know is not correct according to
the context of the sentence. In other sentences,
know is correctly used.
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. In option B, the usage of the word look is
not appropriate. It can be replaced correctly by
considering or with any other word.
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. In option B, the word mean is incorrect. It can
be replaced by considered or selected
Or any other word.
S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. In sentence A, the use of word tag is not
appropriate. In option C, the phrasal verb tag
along is used. It means tag along (after
someone)-to follow along after someone; to go
along with someone.
S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. In option D, the word hold is incorrect. It
can be possibly replaced by wait or any other
appropriate word.
S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. The word form in the sentence B is
inappropriate. In Option A, C and D the usage of
word form is correct.
S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. In the second option, the use of the word
refer is not appropriate.
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S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. In option A, the use of word Set is not
correct. We need some other word to make the
intended meaning clear.

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