OBJECTIVE-TYPE QUESTIONS

English Language
Questions 1-60 were published in the result of mans incompetence and S6: At last she turned him out of
October issue. Balance questions alongwith ___. the house.
answers are given below: (a) indulgence P: So the mother asked him to find
SELECTING WORDSSimple (b) waywardness work.
Sentences (c) callousness Q: They were very poor.
(d) injustice R: He lived with his mother.
Directions: 67. There is an emphasis on truth, S: But Jack refused to work.
Each of the following sentences has a dependence on it, ___ for it, in these The proper sequence should be:
a blank space and four words given after early adventures of the Indian mind. (a) R Q P S
the sentence. Select whichever word you (a) a craze (b) P Q R S
consider most appropriate for the blank (b) a passion (c) Q P R S
space and indicate your choice on the (c) a desire (d) R P S Q
Answer Sheet. (d) a regard Explanation:
61. The fertility of the land is barely 68. He is very obedient, even ___, The proper sequence in this
sufficient to ___ twelve people to the to his superior officer. Example is R Q P S which is marked (a).
acre. (a) servile Therefore (a) is the correct answer.
(a) revive (b) polite 71. S1: The discovery of radioactivity
(b) raise (c) obliging was the foundation stone of atomic
(c) sustain (d) indulgent research.
(d) help 69. An announcement was being S6: It is a thought well worth serious
62. Beggars are unable to ___ their made at a distance and I could not ___ consideration.
power of choice as they are denied any a single word. P: This higher value it has because
alternative. (a) cipher it has brought relief and cure to many
(a) exercise (b) decode suffering persons.
(b) select (c) distinguish Q: Today, because of its rarity
(c) declare (d) decipher radium is one of the most commercially
(d) prove 70. I cannot make ___ what she valuable elements in the world.
63. poetry is the ___ of deep and wants. R: One might claim that in
intense feelings of human heart. (a) up radium alone atomic research has
(a) spurt (b) for given us something capable of saving
(b) outcome (c) it more lives than the atomic bombs have
(c) flow (d) out destroyed.
(d) outpouring S: But it has a higher value than
64. What we considered a luxury ORDERING OF SENTENCES pounds, shillings, and pence.
at one time has now become ___. The proper sequence should be:
(a) indispensable Directions:
In the following items each passage (a) R S P Q
(b) necessary (b) Q S P R
(c) fashionable consists of six sentences. The first and
the sixth sentence are given in the (c) P S R Q
(d) stylish (d) S R P Q
65. It requires a man of __ to beginning. The middle four sentences
in each have been removed and 72. S1: The object of advertisement,
complete this challenging task. of course, is to present goods in the most
(a) means jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R
and S. You are required to find out the favourable light possible.
(b) determination S6: They correct the distortion and
(c) fame proper sequence of the four sentences
and mark accordingly on the Answer so help the consumer to come to a
(d) riches reasonable decision.
66. But during famine, death had Sheet.
Example: P: The shopper must expect to get
no purpose, no logic, no necessity, it is only a one-sided view from an
S1: There was a boy named Jack.
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advertisement. (c) Q R S P is.

Q: Advantages are paraded, but (d) S P R Q On a stormy night, in the
drawbacks are not mentioned. 75. S1: Now Kannan shook the box, tempestuous times of the French
R: This is why the independent held the slit up to light and tried to find Revolution, a young man was returning
reports of goods which are made in out how much it contained. to his lodgings, at a late hour, across the
newspapers and magazines are so S6: After a while he put it down and old part of Paris.
valuable. looked about for something with which The lightning
S: For a more balanced picture he to widen the slit. 76. (a) glistened
must make his own enquiries. P: The blacksmith had made a (b) gleamed
The proper sequence should be: good job of itthe slit was exactly of (c) glimmered
(a) S Q P R the thickness of a coin, which could go and loud claps of thunder rattled
(b) R S P Q one way through it. 77. (a) on
(c) Q P S R Q: But not one coin came out of it. (b) off
(d) Q P R S R: He held the box upside down (c) through
73. S1: In what ways does mass and shook it violently till he felt deaf the lofty, narrow streetsbut I
production differ from the older with the clanging of coins. 78. (a) might
methods of manufacture? S: No power on earth could shake (b) should
S6: He would have been ashamed a coin out of it again. (c) could
if any serious fault had appeared in his The proper sequence should be: first tell you something about
work. (a) P Q R S 79. (a) a
P: He was proud of the fruits of his (b) R Q P S (b) that
labour. (c) P S R Q (c) this
Q: He put into his work all his skill, (d) S P Q R young man. Gottfried Wolfgang had
all his experience. studied for
R: His reputation, his standing SELECTING WORDS 80. (a) a brief
among his fellows, depended on his skill Directions: (b) a little
and on his character. In the following passage, at certain (c) some
S: Formerly a craftsman, or skilled points you are given a choice of three time at Gottingen, but being of a
workman, often made the whole of an wordsone of which is most 81. (a) practical
article himself by hand. appropriate. Choose the best word out (b) visionary
The proper sequence should be: of the three. Mark the letter, viz., a, b (c) dreaming
(a) S P Q R or c relating to this word on your nature, he had wandered into those
(b) S Q P R Answer Sheet. 82. (a) earthy
(c) Q P R S Examples K and L have been (b) mundane
(d) P S Q R solved for you. (c) wild
74. S1: Ants seem to be able to do K. The river has been and speculative doctrines which had
everything but think. (a) rising 83. (a) swayed
S6: All the work it does is done for (b) raising (b) fascinated
the community. (c) arising (c) tempted
P: An ant has very little all night. most other German students too. His
individuality and is not beset by any L. We built the raft 84. (a) private
anti-social urges or desires as men and (a) too strong (b) solitary
women so often are. (b) very strong (c) quiet
Q: When an individual ant is (c) strong enough life, his intense application, and the
subjected to any kind of intelligence test to hold us. 85. (a) singular
it generally comes out of it rather badly. Explanation: (b) eccentric
R: Any food an ant finds is shared Out of the list given in K, only (c) idiosyncratic
and it will unhesitatingly sacrifice its life rising is the correct answer because a nature of his studies had
if the nest is threatened. river cannot be raised, it rises on its own. 86. (a) effected
S: There are no equivalents of So (a) is the correct answer for item K. (b) resulted
police in an ants nest because there For item L, (c) is the correct answer. In (c) told
would be nothing for them to do. order to solve these items you have to on his mind and body. His imagination
The proper sequence should be: first read the whole passage and then was
(a) Q P S R decide what the most appropriate word 87. (a) declined.
(b) P Q R S (b) diseased.
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(c) deceased.
His health too was
88. (a) impaired.
(b) reduced.
(c) weakened.
He had been indulging in
89. (a) imaginative
(b) creative
(c) fanciful
speculations on spiritual essences until
he had an
90. (a) impressive
(b) ideal
(c) idealistic
world of his own around him.
SPOTTING ERRORS
Directions:
(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 part. No sentence has
more than one error. When you find an
error in any one of the 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 are not required to correct
the error. You are required only to
indicate your response on the Answer
Sheet.
Examples P and Q have been
solved for you.
P. The young child(a) singed(b) a
very sweet song.(c) No error.(d)
Q. We worked(a) very hard(b)
throughout the season.(c) No error.(d)
Explanation:
In item P, the word singed is
wrong. The letter under this part is (b);
so (b) is the correct answer. Similarly,
OBJECTIVE-TYPE QUESTIONS
for item Q, (d) is the correct answer, as
the sentence does not contain any
error.
91. There are a number of
reasons(a) I do not like him,(b) but his
selfishness is intolerable.(c) No error.(d)
92. I have read an interesting book
yesterday(a) and underlined the new
words(b) which are simple but
effective.(c) No error.(d)
93. He cannot be trusted(a) with
important secret informations;(b)
otherwise I would have made him my
assistant.(c) No error.(d)
94. Is there further reasons(a) you
can give me for your failure(b) to do as
you promised?(c) No error.(d)
95. During the final minutes of his
speech(a) the speaker requested to(b) the
audience to have patience.(c) No
error.(d)
96. He is running temperature
since last Friday(a) and doctors
suspect(b) that he is down with
typhoid.(c) No error.(d)
97. Travel agents around the world
have come to rely on computers(a) to
book seats in air flights or rooms in
hotels,(b) either today or a year from
now.(c) No error.(d)
98. She expressed her gratitudes,(a)
to all those,(b) who had supported her.(c)
No error.(d)
99. When the meeting was over,(a)
he was very tired(b) so that he went
home immediately.(c) No error.(d)
100. Modern man must pull
himself off together(a) and act his part
in life(b) as Gods own most favourite
creature.(c) No error.(d)
101. There would be fewer
follies,(a) and happiness and good
feeling all round(b) if we applied the
scientific attitude for all our affairs.(c)
No error.(d)
102. Meera told to the teacher(a)
that she couldnt come for the
rehearsals(b) the next day.(c) No error.(d)
103. I am told that Anjali has
been(a) suffering from fever(b) since ten
days.(c) No error.(d)
104. The armed forces have been
working around the clock(a) to bring a
semblance of normality(b) in the flood-
affected areas.(c) No error.(d)
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105. Just when Alfred Nobels
discoveries were beginning to bring him
rewards,(a) which were to make him one
of the richest man of his day,(b) an anti-
Nobel campaign was started in
France.(c) No error.(d)
SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT
Directions:
Look at the underlined part of each
sentence. Below each sentence are given
three possible substitutions for the
underlined part. If one of them (a), (b)
or (c) is better than the underlined part,
indicate your response on the Answer
Sheet against the corresponding letter
(a), (b) or (c). If none of the substitutions
improve the sentence, indicate (d) as
your response on the Answer Sheet.
Thus a No improvement response will
be signified by the letter (d).
Examples R and S have been
solved for you.
R. The young child sung a very
sweet song.
(a) singed the
(b) singed
(c) sang a
(d) No improvement
S. I have already read this book
twice.
(a) I already twice have read this
book.
(b) I twice have already read this
book.
(c) I have twice already read this
book.
(d) No improvement
Explanation:
For item R, the correct sentence
should read, The young child sang a
very sweet song. (c) is, therefore, the
correct answer.
Item S is a correct sentence. None
of the changes suggested will
improve it. (d) is, therefore, the
correct answer.
Errors may be in grammar,
appropriate word usage or idioms.
There may be a necessary word missing
or there may be a word which should
be removed.
106. More he gets, more he wants.
(a) The more he gets, the more
(b) The more he gets, more
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(c) More gets, the more (b) laugh

ANSWERS
(d) No improvement (c) laughed aloud
107. We had a grand party and we (d) No improvement 61. (c) 62. (a) 63. (d) 64. (b)
enjoyed very much. 116. The highest recorded speed of 65. (b) 66. (c) 67. (b) 68. (a)
(a) enjoyed very much shorthand under championship 69. (d) 70. (d) 71. (a) 72. (c)
(b) we enjoyed ourselves very conditions, is 300 words per minute. 73. (b) 74. (a) 75. (c) 76. (b)
much (a) in 77. (c) 78. (b) 79. (a) 80. (c)
(c) enjoyed much (b) for 81. (b) 82. (c) 83. (b) 84. (a)
(d) No improvement (c) with 85. (b) 86. (c) 87. (b) 88. (a)
108. All this has been done with a (d) No improvement 89. (c) 90. (b)
view to improve the living conditions 117. There were many petty Rajput 91. (d) No error.
of the poor. Kingdoms in India prior than the 92. (a) I read an interesting
(a) to improving coming of the Mohammadans. book ...
(b) of improving (a) prior from 93. (b) with important secret
(c) for improving (b) prior up to information.
(d) No improvement (c) prior to 94. (a) Are there further reasons.
109. Lets go for a picnic, shouldnt (d) No improvement 95. (b) the speaker requested.
we? 118. Until the last twenty eight 96. (a) He has been running ....
(a) wont years, he has been working in various 97. (d) No error.
(b) shant units of this plant. 98. (a) She expressed her grati-
(c) shall (a) For tude.
(d) No improvement (b) Since 99. (c) so he went home
110. If I have the money, I should (c) during immediately.
have bought this house. (d) No improvement 100. (a) Modern man must pull
(a) had 119. I hope you will be able to steer himself together.
(b) would have ahead of the anti-social elements. 101. (c) ... attitude to all our affairs.
(c) should have (a) steer out 102. (a) Meera told the teacher.
(d) No improvement (b) steer free 103. (c) for ten days.
111. If you are told of a downright (c) steer clear 104. (a) ... working round the
lie about goods to induce you to buy (d) No improvement clock.
them, you may have a remedy. 120. Had Alizee been well, she 105. (b) ... the richest men of his
(a) about a downright lie could participate in the competition. day.
(b) a downright lie (a) would participate 106. (a) 107. (b) 108. (a) 109. (c)
(c) downright lie (b) would have participated 110. (a) 111. (b) 112. (a) 113. (d)
(d) No improvement (c) will have participated 114. (c) 115. (d) 116. (a) 117. (c)
112. His father forbade him about (d) No improvement 118. (a) 119. (c) 120. (b)
entering politics.
(a) from
(b) on
(c) to
(d) No improvement
TOPICAL ESSAYS
113. To some extent, every child (For candidates appearing in I.A.S., P.C.S. & other
takes after his father.
(a) upon higher grade Exams.)
(b) for
(c) off
(d) No improvement by
114. The boss said, I shall look at
the matter. A Panel of Experts
(a) about
(b) in
(c) into
(d) No improvement
KHANNA BROTHERS (PUBLISHERS)
115. I did nothing but laughed. 126, Industrial Area-1, CHANDIGARH
(a) laughing
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