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 SYNONYMS
Directions (For the twenty items which follow):
Each of the following twenty items consists of a word in capital letters, followed by four words or
groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is most similar in meaning to the word
in capital letters.

I. INDICTMENT 6. INNOCUOUS
(a) Arraignment (a) Abominable
(b) Entrapment (b) Harmless
(c) Indoctrination (c) Harmful
(d) Inducement (d) Useful

2. ABSTEMIOUS 7. ABJURE
(a) Resistant (a) Relinquish
(b) Temperate (b) Recant

(c) Superstitions (c) Retract
(d) Careful (d) Renounce

3. J?ROBITY 8. EQUANIMITY
(a) Courtesy (a) Calm
(b) Promptness (b) Indifference
(c) Efficiency (c) Silence
(d) Uprightness (d) Satisfaction

4. DAINTY 9. PONDEROUS
(a) Carefree (a) Reasonable
(b) Feminine and happy (b) Thoughtful
(c) Rich and famous (c) Persuasive
(d) Small and graceful (d) Laboured

5. GARISH 10. GNARLED

(a) Beautifully decorated (a) Weak and bent
(b) Boldly arranged (b) Wrinkled and dark
(c) Unpleasantly gaudy (c) Rough and twisted
(d) Carefully prepared (d) Swollen and hard
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11. INURED 16. CONTRIVED

(a) Being indifferent (a) Devised

(b) Exposed (b) Defaced

(c) Being sensitive (c) Defected

(d) Accustomed (d) Deferred

12. DISDAINFUL 17. DEFT

(a) Discriminatory (a) Dangerous and swift

(b) Discursive (b) Defiant

(c) Dispassionate (c) Skilful and quick

(d) Dismissive (d) Slow and steady

13. INNUENDOES 18. RIFE

(a) Indications (a) Restive

(b) Inspiring quotes (b) Shake

(c) Witty remarks (c) Troublesome

(d) Insinuations (d) Widespread

14. APPRAISAL 19. GHASTLY

(a) Estimation (a) Painful

(b) Enlightenment (b) Exciting

(c) Appropriation (c) Dreadful

(d) Application (d) Unforgettable

IS. INDOMITABLE 20. BROACHED

(a) Extraordinary (a) Admonished

(b) Uncontrollable (b) Advised

(c) Dominating (c) Discussed

(d) Unyielding (d) Raised

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 ANTONYMS
Directions (For the 20 (twenty) items which follow) :
Each of the following items consists of a word in capital letters, followed by four words or groups
of words. Select the word or group of words that is furthest in meaning to the word in capital
letters.

21. DESPONDENT 26. DILIGENT

(a) Pleased (a) Cautious
(b) Satisfied (b) Careless
(c) Infuriated (c) Dishonest
(d) Elated (d) Delightful

22. REPUDIATE 27. COMPLACENT

(a) Prefer (a) Agitated
(b) Unite (b) Frightened
(c) Explain (c) Degenerate
(d) Accept (d) Dissatisfied

23. OFFICIOUS 28. REITERATE

(a) Restrained (a) Withdraw
(b) Unofficial (b) Rectif'y
(c) Indifferent (c) Affirm
(d) Detached (d) Acknowledge

24. DENIGRATE 29. SUPERCILIOUS

(a) Belittle (a) Considerate
(b) Believe (b) Respectful
(c) Doubt (c) Thoughtful
(d) Praise (d) Differential

25. CONVOLUTED 30. BOISTEROUS

(a) Simple (a) .Friendly
(b) Complicated (b) Sincere
(c) Difficult (c) Humble
(d) Majestic (d) Restrained

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31. LUCIDITY 36. GRIT

(a) Confused (a) Anxiety

(b) Dull (b) Cowardice

(c) Simple (c) Impatience

(d) Verbose (d) Perseverance

32. ONEROUS 37. SPORADIC

(a) Egregious (a) Spreading easily

(b) Effusive (b) Inciting

(c) Easy (c) Regular

(d) Efficient (d) Uncommon

33. CATASTROPHE 38. MALADROIT

(a) Beneficial (a) Authoritative

(b) Blessing (b) Skilful

(c) Soothing (c) Maladjusted

(d) Disastrous (d) Malevolent

34. GRATUITOUS 39. ROTUND

(a) Charitable (a) Feeble

(b) Grand appearance (b) Healthy

(c) Warranted (c) Slim

(d) Being grateful (d) Weak

35. VERACITY 40. PUNCTILIOUS

(a) Purity (a) Foolish

(b) Being just (b) Uncommunicative

(c) Falsity (c) Careless

(d) Immorality (d) Inexperienced

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 ORDERING OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE
Directions (For the 14 items which follow) :
In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required
to re-arrange these partswhich are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
Choose the proper sequence and mark in your Answer Sheet accordingly.
Example 'Z' bas been solved for you.
z. It is well-known that the effect is very bad on children of cinema
p Q R s
The correct sequence should be :
(a) P S R Q
(b) S P QR
(c) SR PQ
(d) Q S R P
Explanation :
The proper way of writing the sentence is "It is well-known that the effect of cinema on
children is very bad". This is indicated by the sequence P S R Q and so (a) is the correct
answer.
41. The teacher had to be specially careful because he enjoyed the confidence
p Q
about how he faced up to this problem of all the boys
R s
The correct sequence should be :
(a) PRQS
(b) QPSR
(c) SPRQ
(d) P S R Q
42. Movies made in all around the globe Hollywood in America
p Q
by people are seen at the same time
R s
The correct sequence should be :
(a) Q S R P
(b) QRPS
(c) PSRQ
(d) QPSR
43. The foundations of the-prosperity of a state primary health and education but also
p Q
involves the creation of job opportunities does not merely rest on
R s
The correct sequence should be :
(a) P S QR
(b) PQRS
(c) P R Q S
(d) PSRQ
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44. lam sure !!!lQ will be ba12l!Y OQ!l!ili Qr later a day will come when all will be eaual
p Q R s
The correct sequence should be :
(a) QPRS
(b) QSRP
(c) RQSP
(d) RSQP

45. TQ do his/h!i[ work nronerly it hQuld be the pride and hoMur

p Q
without anybody forcing him/her of everv citizen in India
R s
The correct sequence should be :
(a) QSRP
(b) PRQS
(c) QSPR
(d) PQRS

46. The person who can state correct than the nerson who cannot is more likely to be
p Q
his antagonist's noint Qf view to the satisfaction of the antagonist
R s
The correct sequence should be :
(a) RSQP
(b) RQPS
(c) PQRS
(d) SQRP

47. The time has come for future generations to come that the ideal of neace i a distant ideal
p Q
or one which can be nostponed when man must no longer think
R s
The correct sequence should be :
(a) P Q R S
(b) SQRP
(c) QRSP
(d) R S P Q
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48. I had been staying with at his cottage among the Yorkshire fells. a friend of mine
p
Q
a delightfully lazy fellow some ten miles away from the railway station
R s
The correct sequence should be :
(a) P QR S
(b) QRPS
(c) QR S P
(d) R Q P S

49. All the evil in this world is brought about by persons when they ought to be up but do not know
p Q
nor what they ought to be doing who are always up and doing
R s
The correct sequence should be :
(a) P Q S R
(b) QPRS
(c) S QP R
(d) PQRS

50. If all the countries , of mankind. and agree to obey work together for the common good
p Q
with each other and there will be no more war the laws. then they will never fight
R s
The correct sequence should be :
(a) P QR S
(b) QSPR
(c) QP S R
(d) RQPS

51. They knew him to leave work early that day when he permitted them
p Q
to be a hard taskmaster and were sumrised
R s
The correct sequence should be :
(a) P Q S R
(b) RSQP
(c) PSQR
(d) P Q R S

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52. He was known and therefore his arrest sumrised everyone who knew him
p Q
on charges of corruption to be an honest and kind man

R s
The ccirrect sequence should be :

(a) SPRQ
(b) RQPS
(c) PQRS
(d) Q R P S

53. If suddenly you throw a brick at me and not a result of deliberate thought
p

and my hand goes up to protect myself instinctive action it is an automatic

Q R s
The correct sequence should be :

(a) PQRS
(b) RQSP
(c) QSRP
(d) S P QR

54. Or just one of you I will not have breathed in vain today if! have made all of you
p Q R
reJ>ent of this career and seek a decent work

s
The correct sequence should be :

(a) QR S P
(b) RPSQ
(c) RSQP
(d) QPRS

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 SPOTTING ERRORS
Directions (For the 19 items which follow) :
(i) In this Section a number of sentences are given. The sentences are underlined in three
separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out
whether there is an error in any underlined part. No sentence has more than one error. When
you find an error in any one of the underlined parts (a), {b) or (c), indicate your response
on the separate Answer Sheet at the appropriate space. You may feel that there is no error
in a sentence. In that case letter (d) will signifY a 'No error' response.
(ii) You are to indicate only one response for each item in your Answer Sheet. (If you indicate
more than one response, your answer will be considered wrong.) Errors may be in grammar,
word usage or idioms. There may be a word missing or there may be a word which should
be removed.
(iii) You arc not required to correct the error. You are required only to indicate your response
on the Answer Sheet.
~~xamples 'P' and 'Q' have been solved for you.
P. The young child singed a very sweet song. No error
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Q. We worked very hard throughout the season. No error
(a) (b) {c) (d)
Explanation

In item P, the word 'singed' is wrong. The letter under this part is (b); so (b) is the correct
answer. Similarly, for. item Q, (d) is the correct answer, as the sentence does not contain any
error.
55. There will be no more supplies unless all arrears of payment
(a) (b)
were cleared by next Monday. No error
(c) (d)

56. After her latest experience of eve-teasing. she seems worried

(a) (b)
as to how she would reach her office everyday. No error
(c) (d)
57. He is every bit as guilty as I No error
{a) (b) (c) (d)

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58. A woman opened the door and standing at a distance she pushed the plate
(a) (b)
containing the food to him. No error
(c) (d)
59. We were greatly worried that the train might be late.
(a) (b)
but it arrived exactly in time. No error
(c) (d)
60. He is one of those few post-colonial writer who believes
(a)
that this talk about colonialism has gone too far
(b)
and has turned in to a cliche. No error
(c) (d)
61. Put you in my position and you would realise the problems faced in my profession.
(a) (b) (c)
No error
(d)
62. Your Association is doing good work and we would like to help it
(a) (b)
in meaningful way. No error
(c) (d)
63. He asked me if I know where the principal lived. No error
(a) (b) (c) (d)

64. Fish and chips is my favourite dish for lunch. No error

(a) (b) (c) (d)
65. One of the peculiarities which distinguishes the oresent age
(a) (b)
is the multiplication of books. No error
(c) (d)
66. If you had just hinted at your difficulty. I would most certainly help you.
(a) (b) (c)
No error
(d)
67. This T.V. serial is going on for 3 years. No error
(a) (b) (c) (d)

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68. It is my pleasure to congratulate you for your success
(a) (b)

in the Civil Services Examination. No error

(c) (d)
69. Despite of repeated warnings. he touched a live electric wire
(a) (b)
and was electrocuted. No error
(c) (d)
70. He says that he has renounced the world and that he has nothing
(a) (b)
that he can call as his own. No error
(c) (d)
71. Drydus' prose. which is meant to be popular loses nothing of its value
(a) (b)
by being compared with his contemporaries. No error
(c) (d)

72. In the early years of the renaissance of Bharatanatyam. hereditacy dancers have their
(a)
own set of accompanists who lived with the dancers and travelled with them
(b)
from place to place when they gave performances. No error
(c) (d)

73. At this tum of the conversation Vikram blurted out that he was not knowing me
(a) (b)

when I used to live in the same town as he. No error

(c) (d)

COMPREHENS ION
Directions for the 27 (twenty seven) items which follow :
In this section you have eight short passages. After each passage, you will find several
questions based on the passage. First, read a passage, and then answer the questions based
on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and
opinion of the author only.
PASSAGE-I

The sky was already full of rusting wings. But when Jean stepped into the still lusterless
water, he seemed to be swimming in an indeterminate darkness until he saw the streaks of red
and gold over the horizon. Then he suddenly swam back to land and clambered up the winding
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path to his house. After a great deal of panting he reached a little gate, pushed it open and
climbed a stairway. The house above the world had its huge bay-windows through which one
could see the horizon fnjlm one edge to the other. Here, no one complained of exhaustion. Every
one had hts joy to conquer, every day.

74. Which of the following is/are indicated 75. What do the words "great deal of panting"
by the description in the passage ? imply?
I. Time before sunrise I. Jean was too weak to walk
2. Jean's house was on a hill
2. Time after sunset
3. Jean was too tired to walk after
3. Clouds swimming
4. Birds 4. Jean's house was too far away from
the shore
Select the correct answer using the code
given below : Which of the statements given above is/
are correct ?
(a) 2 and 3 only
(a) I and 2
(b) 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only (c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 4 only (d) 1 and 4

PASSAGE-II

Punctually at midday he opened his bag and spread out his professional equipment, which
consisted of a dozen cowrie shells, a square piece of cloth with obscure mystic charts on it, a
note book, and a bundle of Palmyra writing. His forehead was resplendent with sacred ash and
vermilion, and his eyes sparkled with a sharp abnormal gleam which was really an outcome of
a continual searching look for customers, but which his simple clients took to be a prophetic
light and felt comforted. The power of his eyes was considerably enhanced by their position
placed as they were between the painted forehead and the dark whiskers which streamed down
his cheeks : even a half-wit's eyes would sparkle in such a setting. To crown the effect he wound
a saffron-coloured turban around his hejid. This colour scheme never failed. People were attracted
to him as bees are attracted to cosmos or dahlia stalks.

76. From the description of this passage one 77. The eyes of the person described sparkled
can make out the person to be a : because :
(a) He was sitting under midday sun
(a) Snake Charmer
(b) He was always looking for possible
(b) Footpath vendor clients
(c) Astrologer (c) His forehead was bright with ash and
(d) Priest vermilion
(d) He was full of joy

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78. The person opened his bag 79. The tone of the description is
(a) to search for something he needed (a) sad
(b) to indicate the start of his work (b) neutral
(c) to keep his professional equipment (c) ironic
(d) to take out things for display (d) sympathetic

PASSAGE-III
'Punctuality' said Louis XIV, 'is the politeness of kings'. It is the mark of a gentleman, and
'the necessity of men in business'. Washington once took his Secretary to task for being late. The
Secretary laid the blame upon his watch. Washington retorted. "Then, sir, either you must get a
new watch or I must get a new Secretary". Much of our success in life depends upon our being
punctual in our undertakings and appointments. Hence the necessity of steadily cultivating this
virtue in our daily life.
80. Washington wanted 81. Punctuality is a virtue
(a) to get a new watch (a) which is appreciated by kings
(b) to get a new secretary (b) which is difficult to cultivate
(c) his secretary to get a new watch (c) which is necessary for success in life

(d) his secretary to be punctual (d) which can make daily life pleasant

PASSAGE-IV
Fortunately it is as yet only through fantasy that we can see what the destruction of the
scholarly and scientific disciplines would mean to mankind. From history we can learn what
their existence has meant. The sheer power of disciplined thought is revealed in practically all
the great intellectual and technological advances which the human race has made. The ability of
the man of disciplined mind to direct this power effectively upon problems for which he has not
specifically trained is proved by examples without number. The real evidence for the value of
liberal education lies in history and in the biographies of men who have met the valid criteria
of greatness. These support overwhelmingly the claim of liberal education that it can equip a
man with fundamental powers of decision and action, applicable not only to boy-girl relationship,
to tinkering hobbies, or to choosing the family dentist, but to all the great and varied concerns
of human life ------- not least, those that are unforeseen.

82. Liberal education enables a person to 83. In this passage, the author stresses the
(a) read with more discernment than importance of
others (a) education for living
(b) apply general principles to resolve (b) technological advances
issues (c) increased interest in the study of
(c) gain prestige history
(d) develop a clearer understanding of
(d) satisfying the desire for security
history than others
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84. In.this passage, the expression 'specifically 85. According to the author, 'the great and
trained' refers to varied concerns of human life' are about
(a) characteristically trained (a) fundamental rights
(b) particularly trained (b} challenges facing mankind
(c) peculiarly trained (c) tinkering hobbies
(d) ostensibly trained (d) liberal education
PASSAGE-V
Nowadays we are amused by professionals. Why listen to your friends singing when you can
hear the great singers of the world on the gramophone or the radio ? Why read even a detective
story if you can see one at the cinema, and why play football with players who are not very good
when you can go, by train or car, to see some of the best players in your country playing an
important match; or, if you have a television set, just sit comfortably at home and watch the same
without the trouble of going outside ?
86. The primary criticism of the author about 87. The impression you get about the author
his contemporaries is that is that he is
(a) they are unprofessional and unskilled (a) a cyme
(b) they want to enjoy all the good things
of life (b) an old timer
(c) they waste all their time with (c) a reformer
amusements
(d) they have a lazy and mechanical (d) a social critic
attitude towards amusements
PASSAGE-VI
A male jackdaw's courtship behaviour is astonishingly human. All his movements are consciously
strained and his proudly reared head and neck are permanently in a state of self-display. He
provokes the other jackdaws continually if the female jackdaw is looking on and he purposefully
becomes embroiled in conflicts with otherwise deeply respected superiors. Above all, he seeks
to impress his loved one with the possession of a potential nesting site, from which he drives
all other jackdaws, irrespective of their rank.
88. A 'courtship behaviour' may best be 89. Which of the phrases best helps to bring
described as out the precise meaning of 'consciously
(a) the behaviour of a jackdaw who strained' ?
shows off his feathers
(a) Proudly reared and exhibited
(b) the behaviour of a male bird to attract
a fern aIe bird (b) Permanently in a state of display
(c) the behaviour by which a male bird (c) Purposefully put in a state of display
displays its beauty to the female bird
(d) the behaviour of any male to win a (d) Possession of nesting sight
female of the same species
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90. The most important 'trick' of the jackdaw .92. Which of the following statements
to win his female is best describes the central theme of the
(a) displaying his head and neck passage ?
(b) to be like a human being (a) The courtship behaviour of birds
(c) to become embroiled with other (b) The similarities between the courtship
birds behaviour of birds and man
(d) to possess a place for building a
(c) The astonishing facts about the
nest
jackdaw's love life
91. The jackdaw fights with other jackdaws
because (d) The scientific study of the jackdaw's
life
(a) he does not respect the senior birds
(b) he wants to fight with his rivals
(c) he does not like to be challenged
(d) he wants to show off

PASSAGE-VII

Young seekers after peace know that only equal trust shown to all the peoples of the earth
and not just to a few of them, can lead to the healing of the wounds that tear them apart and
so it is essential never to humiliate the members of a nation whose leaders have committed
inhuman acts. Essential also is boundless concern for so many men and women who today, as
exiles or immigrants, live on foreign soil. If every home was open to somebody of foreign origin,
the racial problem would be partially solved.

93. For the reconciliation and unity it is 94. To make the members of a nation
essential responsible for the inhuman acts of their
'
leaders is
(a) to have no discrimination in the trust
shown to the peoples of the earth (a) unimportant

(b) to have young seekers after peace (b) understandable

(c) to have confidence in at least a few (c) unjust

of the peoples
(d) undesirable
(d) to punish the leaders who committed
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95. Boundless concern should be shown to 96. The theme of the passage is
(a) one's own country men alone (a) Rigid nationalism alone can help
peaceful co-existence
(b) the people belonging to our friendly
nations only (b) Trusting all the peoples of the earth
may lead to serious problems
(c) the foreigners who just visit our
country (c) Being cautious of others is a must to
live in peace
(d) all the exiles living away from their
native lands (d) Concern for everyone irrespective of
the race or country
PASSAGE-VIII
We shall go on to the end; we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans,
we shall fight with growing confidence and strength in the air, we shall defend our island
whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender,
and even if this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our empire beyond
the seas would carry on the struggle, until the New World steps forth to the rescue and the
liberation of the Old.
97. On the basis of the passage which of the 99. Which of the following pairs of the phrases
following statements may be said to be helps best to bring out the intention of
the speaker ?
correct ?
(a) "go on to the end" ; "shall never
(a) The speaker is encouraging his men
surrender".
for the conquest of France. (b) "growing confidence" ; "subjugated
(b) The speaker is aggressive and and starving."
maniacal war-monger. (c) "subjugated and starving" ; "fight on
the landing ground".
(c) The speaker is not satisfied with the
(d) "fight in the streets" ; "subjugated
conquest of the island. and starving."
(d) The speaker is a patriot urging the
defence of his mother-land. 100. The passage consists of repetitive patterns
in syntax and vocabulary. The effect of
98. The speaker in the passage wants to go this style is that it
on fighting because (a) reveals the speaker's defects in giving
a speech.
(a) he is a raving lunatic
(b) produces the impression of bad
(b) he is in a state of utter despair poetry.
(c) he expects help from other quarters (c) coveys the speaker's helpless
situation.
(d) he is the leader of a suicide squad (d) reinforces the speaker's basic
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 ORDERING OF SENTENCES
Directions (For the 20 items which follow) :
In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S ) and
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the fin.al sentence (S 6 ) are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have
been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find
out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
Example 'X' has been solved for you.
X. S 1 : There was a boy named Jack
S6 : At last she turned him out of the house.
P : So the mother asked him to find work.
Q : They were very poor.
R : He Jived with his mother.
S : But Jack refused to work.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) R Q P S
(b) P Q R S
(c) Q P R S
(d) R P S Q
i:.J:planation :
The correct sequence in this example is R Q P S which ts marked by (a). Therefore,
(a) is the correct answer.

101. S 1 Unity in diversity is a unique feature

:
I 02. S 1 : There was a legend among our people
of India
that the island had once been covered
S6 : Have you read this book ? If not,
you should do so now. with tall trees.
P : They should, therefore, first try to S6 Tumai angrily went down, down to
:
know the mind and spirit of India- another world; so people die today
the Indian-ethos, so to say. because he did.
Q Nehru has referred to this unity very P : This was a long time ago, at the
feelingly in 'The Discovery of India'.
beginning of the world when Tumai
R : Those who do not see this underlying
unity in apparent diversity fail to and Mukat ruled.
understand this country properly. Q : Tumai wished people to die.
S : Then, they will discern strands of R : The two gods quarrelled about many
common heritage running all through things.
the differences of language, dress, S : Mukat did not.
food, method of worship etc.
The proper sequence should be : The proper sequence should be :
(a) Q R S P (a) P R Q S
(b) P S R Q (b) P S R Q
(c) S Q P R (c) S P R Q
(d) R P S Q (d) S Q P R
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103. S 1 To a foreign learner, English I 05. S 1 Arun suddenly found himself in the
pronunciation presents the greatest
difficulty. streets.
S6 : But a knowledge of Phonetics will S6 : When he applied for the refund of
help a great deal in learning correct his security, there was hardly anyone
English pronunciation.
P Words arc spell in one way and at the other end to receive his
pronounced in another. application.
Q For instance 'u' has different
pronunciations in 'but', 'put', 'build' P There was a little money in the bank
and 'bury'. and he had some stock on hand.
R The English language is notoriously
Q The prices were going down, and he
un-phonetic.
S The same letters give different sounds could hardly realize a few hundred
in different words. rupees.
The proper sequence should be
(a) P R S Q R At first he could hardly understand
(b) Q S P R the full significance of this collapse.
(c) S P Q R
S : But the stock moved out slowly.
(d) R P S Q
I 04. S 1 : There was something about the smile The proper sequence should be :
of Mr. Acton, when he came over to
(a) P S QR
Sharma's table, which betokened
disaster. (b) S Q R P
S 0 : Specially, since Mr. Acton was not (c) R P S Q
known to smile too much, being a
morose, old Sahib, hard-working and (d) P Q S R
conscientious.
P The fact that Mr. Acton should come 106. S 1 Science has given us powers tit for
over to his table at all, fawn upon the gods.
him and say what he had said was,
S6 : And we should remember that they
of course, most flattering.
Q For, very rarely did the head of the are very stern masters.
firm condescend to move down the P For example, we do not know how
corridor, where the Indian staff of
Henry King and Co., worked. to manage our machines.
R But that smile on Mr. Acton's face ! Q Yet we use them like small children.
S But as the Sahib had only said,
"Mr. Sharma, I have brought R But in practice, they have become
something for you specially from man's masters.
London, you must come into my S Machines were made to be man's
office on Monday and take it. .. ,".
Sharma could not surmise the real servants.
meaning of the General Manager's The proper sequence should be :
remark.
The proper sequence should be (a) R Q P S
(a) S P Q R (b) P Q R S
(b) P R Q S
(c) Q P S R
(c) S Q R P
(d) Q R S P (d) Q P R S
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I 07. S 1 It follows that we should enable all
: 109. S 1 : I am the manager of a travel agency in
individuals to live a full, free, rich life. the city.
S6 : This does not mean the regimentation S6 : I spend those twenty five minutes
of the individual. doing crosswords .

P We talk often of a socialistic pattern P I usually catch the 8 O'clock train
of society. for my journey to the office.
Q We must help to bring up the buried Q I live fifteen kilometres out of the
treasure in each individual without city where I have a small room.
breaking any of it.
R I go to work on the electric train
R That is why we have universal
everyday.
education as a target In our
S The train takes about twenty five
Constitution.
minutes to get to the city.
S For this, certain m1mmum cultural
The proper sequence should be :
and economic conditions must be
(a) P R S Q
provided.
(b) R Q P S
1/ze proper sequence should be
(c) Q S P R
(a) Q S R P
(b) P R S Q (d) S P R Q
(c) R Q P S 110. S, : Until the first atomic energy bombs
(d) S Q R P fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the
I 08. S 1 : The advancement of science is not a atom and its behaviour had been
secret or a mysterious process. remote from everyday affairs.
S6 : What is he to think but to marvel at S6 : So the idea grew up that the product
the skill of science, and to fear its of long years at atomic research had
power? led only to a fresh weapon of
P No one tells the layman about the destruction more powerful than any
years of experiment and failure. known before.
Q If it sometimes seems so, that is just P There was something queer and
because the day-to-day work of incomprehensible about them.
science is so unspectacular. Q And secondly, that something new
R How is he to know what has not been and devastating had been added to
done, or to guess the labour of what the list of man's victories over nature.
has ? R But it, in the first place, made us
S You hear nothing from the research realize that the atom and its ways
worker for years, and then, suddenly, were no longer something apart from
there is the result in the headlines; everyday life.
penicillin or the jet engine or nuclear S : The atomic bombing of Japan did
fusion. not resolve that incomprehensibility.
The proper sequence should be : The proper sequence should be :
(a) Q S P R (a) P S R Q
(b) P Q R S
(b) P Q S R
(c) Q P S R
(c) R S Q P
(d) S Q P R
(d) S Q P R
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Ill. S 1 : Jagdish Chandra Bose was born on 113. S 1 Even in his earliest days, man had
30 November, 1853 at Parikhal, now government.
in Bangladesh.
S6 : He himself founded some technical S : As the number of men multiplied,
6
and industrial schools. hunting bands grew larger, divided
P : But he also knew that without and formed independent groups.
technical education India could not
P :When he grew old and dull, another
become a great nation.
Q His father Babu Bhagwandas was a leader took his place.
remarkable man. Q As he stepped outside, he joined with
R He had a high regard for India's other men to form a hunting tribe
ancient culture.
S Though he was an important that learned to work together.
government official, yet he did not R Its simplest form was the family,
give up his independence of thought. where man had authority over his wife
The proper sequence should be :
and children.
(a) Q P R S
(b) R S Q P S Probably the hunter with the right
(c) Q S R P combination of strength and
(d) R P S Q cleverness became the leader of the
112. S 1 : A gentleman trying to get a fly out
of the milk or a piece of cork out of tribe.
his glass of wine often imagines The proper sequence should be :
himself to be irritated. (a) Q R P S
S6 : But I pointed out to him that this
sense of wrong was really subjective (b) R Q S P
and relative; it rested entirely upon (c) S R P Q
the assumption that the drawer could, (d) R P Q S
should, and would come out easily. 114. S 1 The oil found in natural state is called
P Again, I have known some people
of very modem views driven by their crude oil.
distress to the use of theological terms S6 : Last of all, the lubricating oils of
to which they attached no doctrinal various grades are produced.
significance, merely because a drawer
was jammed tight and they could not P It is used as a fuel in heaters and
pull it out. lamps.
Q Everyday his drawer was jammed, Q It is treated in refineries, the most
and everyday in consequence it was common form of treatment is heating.
something else that rhymes to it.
R A friend of mine was particularly R Gas that comes off the oil later is
afflicted in this way. condensed into paraffin.
S Let him think for a moment of the S When crude oil is heated, the first
patience of anglers sitting by dark
pools, and let his soul be immediately vapours to rise are cooled and become
irradiated with gratification and the finest petrol.
repose. The proper sequence should be :
The proper sequence should be :
(a) Q SPR
(a) S P R Q
(b) P S R Q (b) S P Q R
(c) Q P R S (c) S QR P
(d) S P Q R (d) Q S R P
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115. S 1 As a first step we have made the tribals 117. S 1 It was in 264 B.C. that the great
celebrate the Itu Kula festival on the
struggle between Rome and Carthage,
same day.
S6 : Village-wise environmental status the Punic Wars began.
reports were prepared to help people S6 : But the Romans, with extraordinary
in assessing the remaining natural energy, set themselves to outbuild the
resources such as drinking water, Carthagians.
extent of grazing land, and number
of fruit-bearing trees, bird, animals P It gradually developed into a struggle
etc. for the possession of Sicily.
P For the first time in the history of Q The advantage of the sea was at first
this region, during this festival, an with the Carthagians.
Adivasa darbar was conducted.
Q Tribes from Madhya Pradesh and R The First Punic War began in that
Orissa were also invited to participate year about the pirates of Messina.
in this darbar. S : They had great fighting ships of what
R We could achieve emotional integrity was hitherto an unheard-of size.
amongst tribals which resulted in this
The proper sequence should be :
success.
S For centuries they were celebrating (a) R Q S P
it on different days and in different (b) R P Q S
ways. (c) P R S Q
The proper sequence should be :
(d) Q S P R
(a) S R P Q
(b) P R S Q 118. S 1 : Over-eating is one of 'the most
(c) Q S P R wasteful practices among those who
(d) R S Q P can afford it.
116. S, : Happiness, after all, is an inner state
S6 : The evening meal should be light and
of mind.
S6 : My point is that it is not wealth but should be taken three or four hours
coordination of one's thought and before going to bed.
action which removes inner conflicts. P It is largely wasted.
P Some of the most miserable persons Q A heavy meal at night before retiring
I have come across in my life are
rich. is the fashion with many.
Q It is little dependent on outside R While sleeping, this food is converted
environment. into excess fat and thus makes a
R Happiness has very little to do, for person fat and ungainly.
instance, with whether you are rich
or not rich. S : Three to five hours are needed to
S : It is true that poverty makes one digest the food.
miserable in a very acute way. The correct sequence should be :
The p~oper sequence should be : (a) P Q S R
(a) S P Q R
(b) Q P S R
(b) Q P S R
(c) R S P Q {c) Q S R P
(d) Q R S P (d) S R Q P

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119. S 1 : I passed all the other courses that I took 120. S, : It is very warm and sticky today.
at my university. S6 : A good rain would cool things off a
S6 : This used to enrage my instructor. little.
P : I never once saw a cell through a P That is a good idea.
microscope. Q I wonder what the weather is going
Q: This was because all botany students
to be like tomorrow.
had to spend several hours a week
looking through microscopes at plant R Let's listen to the weather report for
cells. tomorrow on the radio.
R But I could never pass botany. S : The paper here says its going to be
S I could never see through a fair and sunny.
m1croscope. The correct sequence should be
The correct sequence should be :
(a) Q S R P
(a) R Q S P
(b) R Q S P
(b) QP S R
(c) R S P Q (c) Q R P S
(d) P Q S R (d) R S P Q

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