Date : 03-02-2018 : REPLACEMENT for WORD

Date : 03-02-2018 : REPLACEMENT FOR WORD

Directions for Questions 1 to 4: Each of the following questions has a paragraph with one italicized word that does not make sense. Choose the most appropriate replacement for that word from the options given below the paragraph.

1. Intelligent design derives from an early 19th-century explanation of the natural world given by an English clergyman, William Paley. Paley was the populariser of the famous watchmaker analogy. Proponents of intelligent design are crupping Paley's argument with a new gloss from molecular biology.

(1) destroying

(2) testing

(3) resurrecting

(4) questioning

2. Women squat, heads covered, beside huge piles of limp fodder and blunk oil lamps, and just about all the cows in the three towns converge upon this spot. Sinners, supplicants and yes, even scallywags hand over a few coins for a crack at redemption and a handful of grass.

(1) shining

(2) bright

(3) sputtering

(4) effulgent

3. It is klang to a sensitive traveller who walks through this great town, when he sees the streets, the roads, and cabin doors crowded with beggars, mostly women, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags and importuning every passenger for alms.

(1) amusing

(2) irritating

(3) disgusting

(4) distressing

4. Or there is the most fingummy diplomatic note on record: when Philip of Macedon wrote to the Spartans that, if he came within their borders, he would leave not one stone of their city, they wrote back the one word - "If".

(1) witty

(2) rude

(3) simple

(4) terse

Directions (Questions 5-12):In questions given below, a part of the sentence is italicized and underlined. Below are given alternatives to the italicized part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.

5.If the room had been brighter, I would have been able to read for a while before bed time.
A.If the room was brighter
B.If the room are brighter
C.Had the room been brighter
D.No improvement

6. If you are not clear about the meaning of a word, it is wise to look to a dictionary.

A.look for
B.look at
C.look up
D.No improvement

7. There is no more room for you in this compartment.
A.there is no more seat
B.there is no more space
C.there is no more accommodation
D.No improvement

8. More than one person was killed in accident.
A.were killed
B.are killed
C.have been killed
D.No improvement

9. Every time I go in a lift to my sixth floor apartment, I remember the calm and serenity of my ancestral home in the village.

A.move in a lift
B.ascend in a lift
C.take a lift
D.No improvement

10. My friend was in hospital for a week after an accident.

A.through
B.following
C.for
D.No improvement

11. If you are living near a market place you should be ready to bear the disturbances caused by traffic.
A.to bear upon
B.to bear with
C.to bear away
D.No improvement

12. In India today many of our intellectuals still talk in terms of the French Revolution and the Rights of Man, not appreciating that much has happened since then.

A.much has been happening
B.much had happened
C.much might happen
D.No improvement

Directions : In each question, a part of sentence is printed in italics. Below each sentence,some phrases are given which can substitute the italicized part of the sentence. If the sentenceis correct as it is, the answer is 'No correction required'

13. The problems of translation are still remain.
A. are remain.
B. will remained
C. will still remain.
D. No Correction required

14. It is ten years since I have begun living here
A. begun
B. had begun
C. began
D. No Correction required

15. Education is a strong instrument for moldings the character of the young.
A. striking
B. powerful
C. potent
D. No Correction required

16. He gave the I.A.S. examination in all seriousness.
A. appeared
B. took
C. undertook
D. No Correction required

17. He has cooked that meal so often he can do it with his eyes closed.
A. mind blank
B. eyes covered
C. hands full
D. No Correction required

18. The young hikers went as far as they finally got lost in the valley.
A. so far that
B. too far that
C. so far as that
D. No Correction required

19. He stopped to work an hour ago
A. to working
B. to have worked
C. working
D. No Correction required

20. The fact finding committee has so far not made any advancement.
A. progress
B. improvement
C. stride
D. No Correction required

In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicized and underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

20. Why do you wish to tread on the toes?

A.To give offence to them

B.To follow them grudgingly

C.To treat them indifferently

D.To be kicked by them

21. To make clean breast of

A.To gain prominence

B.To praise oneself

C.To confess without of reserve

D.To destroy before it blooms

22.To do oneself justice

A.To dispense justice on our won

B.To treat others with due respect

C.To make full use of one's abilities

D.To follow the path of truth and justice

23.To keeps one's temper

A.To become hungry

B.To be in good mood

C.To preserve ones energy

D.To be aloof from

Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom, If there is no correct meaning 'None of these' will be the answer.

24.To play second fiddle

A.To be happy, cheerful and healthy

B.To reduce importance of one's senior

C.To support the role and view of another person

D.To do back seat driving

Find out the meaning of the given word or group of words

25.It makes no odds

A.come to a compramise

B.quite certain

C.to cause no interest

D.It is not important

Select the correct phrase from among the choices that most logically completes the sentence.

26.Action is the glorious principle of life and the only one that saves man from ......

A.the use of faculties, physical or mental

B.stagnation and unhappiness

C.the sorrow of fellow beings

D.the prerequisites of happiness

In each of the following questions, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase printed in bold type.

27.To take a leaf out of somebody’s book

A.To take him as a model

B.To steal something valuable

C.To follow the dictates of someone.

D.To conform to other’s standard.

In the following question, a sentence is given with an idiom (underlined). Four possible meanings of the idiom are given. Identify the correct meaning and mark the correct choice.

28.Being the head of a large family he finds it difficult to keep his head above water.

A.To take rest

B .To work properly

C .To avoid quarrel

D .To keep out of debt

Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom, If there is no correct meaning 'None of these' will be the answer.

29.To leave someone in the lurch

A.To come to compromise with someone

B.Constant source of annoyance to someone

C.To put someone at ease

D.None of these

Directions—(Q. 1–5) Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required.’ mark (E) as the answer.

30. Each of the loan must be approved by the Branch Manager—

(A) Every loan

(B) Each one of the loan

(D) All of the loan

(E) No correction required

31. The issue was taken before the Municipal Corporation meeting last week—

(A) Taking place at

(B) Taken after

(D) Taken up at

(E) No correction required

32. He has asked for the names of those employees involved in the project.

(A) had asked

(B) having asked about

(D) is asking

(E) no correction required

33. Considerate the traffic, it is better to leave for the airport an hour early—

(A) While considering

(B) Consideration of

(D) Being considerate to

(E) No correction required

34. He is a good leader, knowing that to motivate his employees to achieve—

(A) That known when

(B) Who knows how

(D) Knowing what

(E) No correction required

35. His wife never lets him do what he wants and as a result he leads a dog's life.

(A) easts what he can

(B) never sleeps

(D) goes everywhere on foot

36. A word of warning: don't let him make a monkey of you.

(A) make you jump up and down

(B) make faces at you

(D) make a fool of you

37. I would advise you to wait and see which way the cat jumps.

(A) what develops

(B) what goes

(D) what falls

38. I don't honestly think he is capable of being polite as the leopard never changes his spots.

(A) people always complain

(B) people sometimes differ

(D) people often shout

39. He's very greedy when it comes to eating and always takes the lion's share of the food.

(A) last portion

(B) smallest portion

(D) largest portion

40. Until he is more serious in his job and stops playing the goat, he won't get any more money.

(A) arriving late all the time

(B) eating too much all the time

(D) making jokes all the time

41. He never makes any silly mistakes because he's got too much horse sense.

(A) common sense

(B) nonsense

(D) full sense

42. Charlie doesn't like getting too tired so he gets his assistant to do all the donkey work.

(A) academic work

(B) artwork

(D) hard work

43. He doesn't really go around with many people because he's a bit of a lone wolf.

(A) single person

(B) lonely person

(D) simple person

44. And really the only reason you were there was because you had a bone to pick with him?

(A) you wanted to have a discussion with him

(B) you wanted to have a chat with him

(D) you wanted to have an argument with him