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Q1.And yet most of us spend our busy days privately doing our thing, never pausing long enough to enter the secret life, where we can create masterpieces, discover great truths and enhance very aspect of public and private lives. A healthy secret life will benefit your private and public lives in many ways.
(a) But this rarely takes place.
(b) Having a healthy secret life is the key to having a quality private and public life.
(c) However, a buys life deteriorates our public and private lives ignoring the secret life.
(d) A healthy secret life is necessary to unburden us of our excessive indulgence.
(e) None of these.
Directions (2-3): In each of the questions below, four different ways of writing a sentence are indicated. Choose the best way of writing the sentence. If none follows, choose (e) as your answer.
Q2. (a) It could be argued that the most significant virtue of a popular democracy’ is not the right to participate in the selection of leaders, but rather is affirmation of our importance in the scheme of things.
(b) It could be argued that the most significant virtue of a popular democracy is not the right to participate in the selection of leaders, but rather that if affirms our importance in the scheme of things.
(c) It could be argued that the most significant virtue of a popular democracy is not the right to participate in the selection of leaders, but rather it’s affirmation in terms of our importance in the scheme of things.
(d) It could be argued that the most significant virtue of a popular democracy is not the right to participate in the selection of leaders, but instead of that, its affirming that our importance in the scheme of things.
(e) None of these.
Q3. (a) Ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from they who maintain that it had been an unauthorized act.
(b) Ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from they who maintain that it was an unauthorized act.
(c) Ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from those who maintain that it was an unauthorized act.
(d) Ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from those maintaining that it was an unauthorized act.
(e) None of these.
Directions (4-7): In each of the following questions four options are given of which two are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning.
Q4.
(A)Resilient
(B)Subsidiary
(C)Rigid
(D)Arrogant
(a) B-D
(b) A-B
(c) B-C
(d) A-C
(e) A-D
Q5.
(A)Verifiable
(B)Intentional
(C)Compliant
(D)Inadvertent
(a) B-C
(b) B-D
(c) A-B
(d)A-C
(e) C-D
Q6. (A) consent
(B) nascent
(C) emerging
(D) insecure
(a) A-C
(b) B-D
(c) B-C
(d) A-D
(e) A-B
Q7. (A) abundance
(B) incomparable
(C) projection
(D) plethora
(a) A-C
(b) A-B
(c) C-D
(d) B-D
(e) A-D
Directions (8-10): In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (5), i.e. ‘All correct’, as your answer.
Q8. The bank’s fluctuating (1) performance over the prior (2) year has been a major (3) cause (4) for concern. All correct (5)
Q9. An economy relies (1) on its access (2) to dependable (3) and affordable (4) sources of energy. All correct (5)
Q10. Researches have used data prevalent (1) to manufacturing companies to illustrate (2) the harmful (3) impacts (4) of technology on the environment. All correct (5)
Solutions
- Ans. (b)
- Ans. (b)
- Ans. (c)
In place of “from they”, “from those” is correct.
- Ans.(d)
Both are nearly opposite in meaning .Resilient means ‘Elastic’ while ‘Rigid’ means ‘Inflexible’ .
- Ans.(b)
Both are nearly opposite in meaning .Intentional means ‘Deliberate’ while ‘Inadvertent’ means ‘Failing to act carefully’ .
- Ans.(c)
The word ‘nascent’ means (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential. Hence the word ‘emerging’ is very similar in meaning to it.
- Ans.(e)
The word ‘plethora’ means a large or excessive amount of something. Hence the word ‘abundance’ is very similar in meaning to it.
- Ans.(b)
Replace ‘prior’ with ‘previous’.
- Ans.(e)
The sentence is grammatically correct.
- Ans.(a)
Replace ‘prevalent’ with ‘relevant’.
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