Section I - English
Directions for Questions (1-8): Each question has four choices. Choose the one that best completes the questions raised.
1. Choose the one that best completes the following sentence: I request you to your crime.
a. apologize b. confess c. agree d. pardon
2. Choose the one that best completes the following sentence: Due to rainfall this year, they had to a cut in the water supply.
a. scanty, lift b. inadequate, impose c. regular, clamp d. sufficient, enforce
3. Choose the alternative that matches the underlined phrase in the given statement: They went to Africa a continent with abundant resources in the month of September.
a. They went to Africa, a continent with abundant resources in the month of September.
b. They went to Africa a continent with abundant resources in September.
c. They had gone to Africa in the month of September, which is a continent with abundant resources.
d. In September, they went to Africa, a continent with abundant resources.
4. Which of the following is NOT the correct synonym for the word Discipline?
a. Regulation b. Muddle c. Authority d. Power
5. Choose the pair of words which best expresses the relationship similar to that of NORTH:SOUTH.
a. Black : White b. Yellow: Orange c. Red: Maroon d. Red: Indigo
6. Which of the following is NOT the correct synonym for the word Escalate?
a. Rise b. Soar c. Down d. Increase
7. Choose the one that best completes the following sentence: He a keen desire to become a wealthy man.
a. measured b. advanced c. resolved d. nurtured
8. Choose the item does not belong to the group.
a. Ring b. Finger c. Shoulder d. Write
Based on the situation provided, you need to answer the questions that follow.Situation:
Statement A: Taruna and Shivani are good in Dramatics and Computer Science. Statement B: Deepti and Taruna are good in Computer Science and Physics. Statement C: Deepti, Nandita and Namita are good in Physics and Economics. Statement D: Namita and Deepti are good in Physics and Mathematics. Statement E: Nandita and Shivani are good in Economics and Dramatics.
9. Who is good in Physics, Economics, and Mathematic, but not in Computer Science?
a. Nandita b. Deepti c. Taruna d. Namita
10. Who is good in Physics, Economics, Computer Science, and Mathematics?
a. Taruna b. Nandita c. Deepti d. Shivani
11. The techniques now available to farmers will continue to be but will probably be by new ones under development.
a. fruitful, reversed b. refined, upgraded
c. inconvenient, reassessed d. used, supplemented
12. Choose the one that best completes the following sentence: He did not his identity to us.
a. acknowledge b. reveal c. fabricate d. exhibit
13. Choose the one that best completes the following sentence:
Man's landing on the moon was a giant for human beings.
a. knowledge b. invention c. leap d. discovery
14. Choose the alternative that matches the underlined phrase in the given statement:
In the traditional household, most clothing could be packed flatly, and so it was not necessary to have elaborate closet facilities.
a. flatly, and so it was not necessary to have elaborate closet facilities
b. flat, and so elaborate closet facilities were unnecessary
c. flatly and so there was no necessity for elaborate closet facilities
d. flat, there being no necessity for elaborate closet facilities
15. Choose the alternative that matches the underlined phrase in the given statement:
The unskilled workers at the steel plant realised that their wages were better than many nearby factory wages.
a. many nearby factory wages b. many wages in nearby factories
c. what are offered by many nearby factories d. those offered by many nearby factories
16. Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the word Permit:
a. ban b. allow c. inhibit d. stop
17. Choose the pair of words which best expresses the relationship similar to that of
Building: Storey.
a. Word: Sentence b. Seed : Plant c. Book: Chapter d. Nuts: Bolts
18. Which of the following is NOT the correct synonym for the word Quiet?
a. Calm b. Restless c. Pleasant d. Hopeful
Based on the situation provided, you need to answer the questions that follow.
Situation: Five executives of World Horizon Ltd. hold a conference in Delhi. Mr. A can speak German and Hindi.
Mr. B understands German and English. Mr. C converses in English and Hindi.
Mr. D speaks French and understands German quite well. Mr. E, a native Indian can also speak French.
19. Which of the following can act as interpreter when Mr. C and Mr. D wish to confer?
a. Only Mr. A b. Only Mr. B c. Only Mr. E d. Any of the other three executives
20. Which of the following cannot converse without an interpreter?
a. Mr. B and Mr. E, and Mr. C and Mr. D b. Mr. A and Mr. B, and Mr. B and Mr. E c. Mr. A and Mr. C, and Mr. C and Mr. D d. Mr. B and Mr. D and Mr. B and Mr. E
21. What will be the next group of letters in this series?
labc…..mbcd…..ncde…..odef…..?
a. pefg b. prst c. qrst
22. Which one of the following is least like the others?
a. Drink b. Eat c. Icecream d. Jump
23. Needle is related to Thread in the same way as Pen is related to:
a. Ink b. Cap c. Paper d. Word