DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO so. 2011 TEST BOOKLET Sees TEST BOOKLET GENERAL STUDIES Timelines: 2) boon Fall marks : 200 ‘Answer all the que ns. Questions are of equal value. 14328 Serial No. Ticket No. | OFO2B2S Signature of the Candidate: RBusdilat Sor 4 INSTRUCTIONS Candidates should read the following instructions carefully before answering the questions: 1, This booklet consists of 32 pages, including this front page, containing 200 questions. Verify the Page Nos. and Test Booklet Series on each page and bring at once to the Invigilator’s notice any discrepancy. 2. Answers will have (0 be given in the Special Answer-Sheet supplied for the purpose. 3. Before you proceed to mark in the Answer-Sheet in response to various items in the Test Booklet, you have to fill in some particulars in the Answer-Sheet as per instructions sent to you in the Admit Card. Do not fold the Answer-Sheet as this will result in error in your marks. 4, All questions are of multiple-choice answer-type. You will find four probable answers (A), (B), (C) and (D) against each question, Find out which of the four answers appears to you to be correct or the best. Now darken the oval corresponding to the letter of the selected answer in the Answer-Sheet with Black Ball Point Pen as per instructions printed on the reverse of the Admit Card and in the Answer-Sheet 5. If more than one oval is encoded for a particular answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer 6. There will be negative marking for wrong answers. '/grd mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. 7. There are blank pages at the end of this booklet for Rough Work. 8. The Special Answer-Sheet should be handed over to the Invigilator before leaving the Examination Hall. You are permitted to take away the used Test Booklet after completion of the examination. [Please Turn OverIPI Instruction for Q. Nos. 1-5 Use appropriate words to fill in the blanks. 1. The buildings, (A) Impossible (B) Imposing (©) Implacable (D) Important structure dwarfed all the surrounding 2. Her —— (A) Wintry (B) Weird (©) Wearisome (D) Winsome ways captivated many young men. 3. The thieves searching for valuable articles. (A) Ran (B) Ruptured (©) Rummaged (D) Rustled through the cupboards 4, The of the farmland was enough to ‘sustain the small family. (A) Yoke @) Yeast (C) Yard () Yield 8, The ———. (A) Noxious (B) Nutritious (©) Nourishing (D) Notorious fumes of vehicles pollute the air. Instruction for Q. Nos. 6 & 7 Identify the correct word from the options given to make the sentence meaningful: 6. He is so , nothing moves him. (A) Non-commital (B) Nonchalant (© Nondescript (D) Noncombatant 7. The dish was ——— (A) Garnished (B) Gartanded (© Gathered (D) Gardened with herbs. Instruction for Q. Nos. 8-10 Choose the word closest to the meaning of the underlined words: 8. The model's clothes were so bizarre that they created quite 2 sensation. (A) Beautiful (B) Grotesque (© Mundane () Lagubcious 9. The teacher gave us explicit instructions. (A) Definable (B) Resolvable (© Demonstrative (D) Detailed 10. The comcert was a pot-pourri of events. (A) Medley ®) Lengthy (© Badly arranged () Classical Instruction for Q. Nos. 11-15 Choose the correct alternatives from the options to fill in the blanks: 11. Theboys were “keptin’ afterschool means that the boys were ——. (A) Caned (B) Punished (© Confined (D) Rewarded 12. [in spite of all his brag he had ‘to eat humble pie’ means that fe Baad to —————. (A) Apologize (®) Surender (© Leave (©) Exthis food13, Hisobservations were ‘beside the point” meansthat his observations were (A) Written in point form (B) Written beside his points (C) Not relevant (D) Not heard by others 14, *A wild-goose chase’ means— (A) To go hunting (B) To go on a foolish, fruitless search (©) To chase wild geese (D) To protect 15, He ‘made light’ of his friend’s warning means he (A) Lita fire (B) Showed the light (© Took seriously (D) Treated lightly Instruction for Q. Nos. 16 & 17 Insert the appropriate phrasal verbs in the blanks below to make the sentence meaningful: 16, We should ——— (A) Put down (B) Put into 4C) Put something by (D) Pat things off for a rainy day. 17, The thief (A) Made away (B) Made out © Made off (©) Made up with the ornaments. Instruction for Q. Nos. 18 & 19 Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words: 18. Chaos reigned supreme at the football match. (A) Order (B) Confusion (© Anarchy ©) Luck PAL 19. The hubbub in the cities makes one tired and invitable. (A) Roar (B) Quiet (© Disorder (Py Disturbance Instruction for Q. Nos. 20-25 Choose the right word to make the sentence meaningful: 20. A dissolute. person is one who is (A) Debauched (B) Dishonest (D) Discontent 21. A female ‘administrator’ will be called an (A) Administratoress (B) Administress (©) Administratrix (D) Administrer 22, Many camels together would be called a of camels. (A) Team (B) Troop (C) String (D) Pack 23, Aman who catches fish as a hobby is called a/an— (A) Fisherman (B) Angler (© Honter (D) Fishmonger 24, He came of his own (A) Violation ®) Volition © Votubitity ©) View 25, The fruit was juicy and (A) Succulent (B) Succinct (© Sufficient (D) Subtle