. A variety of pleasing objects of art are displayed in her study.

The sum and the substance of the matter were that your summary is unfounded.
She is one of those few people who know everything in this matter.
This is one of those films which has caused the recent controversy.
Having failed once, it is unfortunate to note that no further attempt was made.
The mill was locked-out since 15th June, 1999.
Select the word nearly similar in meaning to the capitalized word.
INFRA
above below right left
 DOWDY
corpulent rakish elegant unstylish
 LISSOME
dainty supple thin lazy
 ERGO
if therefore early before
 IMMURE
ripen shut in exempt betray
 Each question below contains six statements followed by four sets of
combinations of three. Choose the set in which statements are logically
related.
 A. Suhas is a teacher.
B. Sheetal is Suhas’ wife.
C. Some wives are intelligent.
D. No teacher is intelligent.
E. Sheetal is not intelligent.
F. Suhas is not intelligent.
BCE ABE CDE ADF
 A. Hard work and intelligence lead to success.
B. Success is the obsession of our time.
C. Obsession can be many, success being one.
D. Hardwork is essential for success.
E. Intelligence is essential for success.
F. No unsuccessful person lacks hard work and intelligence.
BCF CDA ADE DEF
 A. Ram and Gopal are both cowboys.
B. Cowboys are known to dislike one another.
C. Ram and Gopal do not dislike each other.
D. All those who dislike one another are cowboys.
E. Ram and Gopal dislike each other.
F. Ram and Gopal cannot both be cowboys.
ACF BCD CDF ABE
A. All P who say yes mean no.
B. All P never say no.
C. All P never tell the truth.
D. All P who say no mean no
E. All P always mean no.
F. All P never say yes.
ADF ADE ABD ACE
A. No decent person is corrupt.
B. All corrupt people are decent.
C. No corrupt person is decent.
D. All politicians are decent.
E. All politicians are corrupt.
F. Corruption is everywhere.
EBD EDA ABC ACD
 A. All those good at Maths are good at Stats.
B. Many of those who are good at Stats are bad at Maths.
C. Shyam is good at Maths.
D. Shyam is good at Stats.
E. Sunder is good at Stats.
F. Sunder is bad at Stats.
ACD EBF ABD ECA
A. Many tennis players are not good hockey players.
B. All hockey players are good tennis players.
C. Boris is a good hockey player.
D. Pele is a good tennis player.
E. Pele is a good hockey player.
F. Boris is a good tennis player.
ADE BCF ACE ACF
 A. No clerk is a thinker.
B. Some clerks are not smart.
C. Some clerks are smart.
D. No clerk is smart.
E. Some thinkers are clerks.
F. No clerk is smart.
BDE ADF CDF ACD
From among the given alternatives choose the one that best completes the
meaning of the sentence.
The rabbit _______ a few shreds from the lettuce leaf but was clearly not hungry.
chewed gobbled gnawed nibbled
.
In most of the pre-election speeches a lot of importance was given to the country’s
_______ situation.
economic industrious commercial economical
His P.A. was amazingly efficient, as near______ as a human being can be.
unmistakable infallible
 meticulous incorrigible
She was a kindly old woman with a lively intelligence and her many ______ remarks
were enjoyed by the company.
laughable facetious witty malicious
She goes to College by bicycle as the local bus service is far from_____.
reliable assured certain dependent
It is not possible to ______ the full value of her contribution to female education.
underrate appreciate assess esteem
Each of the following sentences/groups contain two expressions of which only
one is correct. Choose the correct one.
Order four cups of coffee. Order for four cups of coffee.
Picked up a quarrel. picked a quarrel.
I had no pencil to write with. I had no pencil to write.
Sign the document. Sign on the document.
Congratulate him for his success. Congratulate him on his success.
In each of the following sentences, four words or phrases are underlined. You
should choose the one word or phrase which would be not appropriate in
standard written English. Mark (5) if you think that the sentence has no error.
Each of the delegates retired to their rooms to reflect on the matter separately.

    delegates  retired to their rooms  on  No error

                     
You have to remove the fish scales before you fry them.

    have to remove  fish scales  before  them  No Error

             
The ABC Company has a particularly good retirement plan for their employees.

    Abc Company           particularly good  retirement plan 

    for their employees  No errror               
.India needs a stronger legislation to curb crimes against women.

    needs a stronger  legislation  to curb 

    against women      No error
                 
In many Indian newspapers, the use of hackneyed expressions, cliches and a
plethora of quotations are common.

    hackneyed  plethora  are   common  No Error

:
Each of the following questions has two sentences A and B.
Mark (1), if you think sentence A has an error.
Mark (2), if you think sentence B has an error.
Mark (3), if you think both sentence A and B have errors.
Mark (4), if you think neither sentence has an error. 
.A. The sign on the door said that the office is closed until noon.
    B. The noise from the flat over us made sleeping difficult.
.A. Having climbed that mountain, they felt a real sense of achievement.
   B. I would have liked to have lived in Shakespeare’s time.
 
  
.A. I am not sure whether he is the man we need.
   B. I have committed more mistakes than him.
 
A. I soon became acquainted with Gobind and Satpal, who I thought were
terrorists.
     B. We students always co-operated with our class teacher, who we
respected and
         who respected   us.
   
 
A. To cope with the tornadoes, each Japanese town sets up their special
warning
         system.
    B. The children sang all afternoon in the park.
   
A. The boss himself or his secretary answer the phone on Friday.
     B. Neither the quality nor the prices have changed.
.A. Mr. Khan consulted an astrologer who he had met in Kashi.
     B. I resented him criticizing our every move.

  :
Mark (1), if the sentence has one error. Mark (2), if the sentence has two errors.
Mark (3), if the sentence has three errors. Mark (4), if the sentence has no
error.
43. If Prachi enrolled in the class at the beginning, she could have secured
good grades.
Curious attitude of ambivalence towards women has characterized our society
from times immemorial.

 
Floods having carried away the bridge, the river is impassable.
.A speech to the nation was to have been made by the Prime Minister, but it
had to be cancelled at the last minute because of a cabinet crises.
The generous Mr. Dinkar, donates two-third of his income to charitable
causes.
.I hardly have any chance to make profit in this dogs-eat-dogs business.
The furnitures were polished and the house painted in preparation for the
party the following week.

  
.The house had been broken in, and twenty thousand rupees worth of jewelry
had been robbed.

 
Each of the following questions consist of 2 capitalized words which have a
certain relationship to each other, followed by four numbered pairs of words.
Choose the numbered pair which are related to each other in the SAME WAY
as the words of the capitalized pair.
 FOOT : SHOE

    paper : weight  legs : trousers  hands : gloves  head : hat 

 WAKE : WOKE

    smite : smitten  did : done  beat : beat  make : made

 DEPOSIT : WITHDRAW

    mend : repair     come : arrive  lend : borrow  descend : attend
 SITTER : CHAIR

    nail : cobbler  spoon : table  cup : saucer  milk : sugar

 KILL : MURDER

    love : hate  run : scamper  hinge : bind  blind : seeing

 Directions for questions
Each of the questions below consists of sentences with blank / s. Choose the
word /s best fitted from the choices given below.
The great East Asian currency meltdown has __________ India and Indians in
various and curious ways.

    effected  troubled  marooned  affected

.Customer __________ and service ___________ ensure that you always reach
your destination on time when you fly by Indian Airlines.

    satisfaction……levels
    commitment…………standards
    profiling……..mindedness
    preference……….orientation
.Artistes usually look for established companies that will promote them not as
singers, but as a __________.

    launchpad  orchestra  idol  brand

 More than any animal, the wolverine exemplifies the unbridled ferocity of
"nature red in tooth and claw."(A) More than any animal 1 (B) More than
any other animal (C) More than another animal (D) Unlike any animal (E)
Compared to other animals
 
 In 1896, Henri Bequerel found that uranium salts emitted penetrating
radiation’s similar to those which Roentgen produced only a Bear earlier with
a gas discharge tube. (A) similar to those which Roentgen (B) like those which
Roentgen (C) similar to those that Roentgen had (D) similar to them that
Roentgen (E) similar to those Roentgen
 
 Unless they reverse present policies immediately, the world may suffer
permanent damage from the unregulated use of pesticides. (A) Unless they
reverse present policies (.B) Unless present policies are reversed (C) Unless
present policies will be reversed (D) If it will not reverse present policies (E) If
present policies will not be reversed
 
 He interviewed several candidates who he thought had the experience and
qualifications the position required. (A) who he thought (B) whom he thought
(C) of' Whom he thought (D) he thought who (E) which he thought
 
 The average citizen today is surprisingly knowledgeable about landmark
decisions concerning such questions as racial segregation, legislative
appointment, prayer in the public schools, and whether a defendant has a
right to counsel in a criminal prosecution. (A) whether a defendant has a right
to counsel (B) if a defendant has a right to counsel (C) the right of a defendant
to council (D) the right of a defendant to counsel (E) is a defendant entitled to
counsel
 
 The reason we are late is due to the fact that the bus was delayed by heavy
traffic. (A) due to the fact that the bus was delayed by heavy traffic (B) because
the bus was delayed by heavy traffic (C) that the bus was delayed by heavy
traffic (D) due to the fact that heavy traffic delayed the bus (E) that the delay of
our bus was caused by heavy traffic
 
 Before starting a program of diet and exercise, a consultation with your
physician is advisable. (A) a consultation with your physician is advisable (B)
it is advisable to have a consultation with your physician (C) a physician's
consultation is advisable (D) a consultation with your physician is necessary
(E) you should consult your physician
 
 the first of a number of receptions and testimonial dinners for the departing
school superintendent have been scheduled, with more events still in the
planning stage. A) have been scheduled, with more events still (B) have been
scheduled, and with more events still C) has been scheduled, and with more
events still (D) has been scheduled, with more events still (E) have been
scheduled, and there is still more events
 a) In the face of all this, a potential predator can hardly be blamed for not
realising that the lizard is harmless.
b) The frill stands out in a disc upto 2 feet across.
c) The lizard adds to its alarming increase in apparent size by opening its
mouth to reveal a bright yellow interior, and hisses loudly.
d) When alarmed, the Australian frilled lizard which is 3 feet long, raises a frill
which normally lies flat along the neck.
e) Many animals have found that the next best thing to being fierce is looking
fierce. <>

    decba  edbca  eabdc  cdbae

 a). A third economist feels that inflation is a psychological process made
worse by uncertainty. 
b)  Almost every economist has a different approach to the problem of
inflation.
c)  Another economist might insist that once it has started, inflation is fuelled
by wage demands and he might argue for tight control of wages.
d) One economist might favour the approach of limiting the money supply by
restricting credit.     
e) So, he might suggest increasing wages and pensions in order to remove the
uncertainty.
    badec  bdcae   bdcea  dbcea.
  
 
 
In each of the following questions a statement is given followed by two
courses of action. A course of action is taken for improvement, follow-up, etc.
Read the statement carefully and give answer 1) if only course of action 1
follows. 2) if only course of action 11 follows. 3) if either course of action 1 or
11 follows. 4) if both course of action 1 and 11 follow. 5) if neither course of
action 1 nor 11 follows.
 
 Statement: A complaint has been filed against the police for causing
inconvenience to public during VIPs'movements. Courses of action: 1. The
complaint should be turned aside. 11. This kind of inconvenience during VIPs'
movements should be restricted.
 
Statement: The Delhi High Court ordered eviction of about 5000 slum-dwellers
near the New Delhi railway station for facilitating expansion of railway tracks.
Courses of action: 1. The decision should not be executed as the dwellers
have no other house to live in. 11. The decision should be executed only after
rehabilitation programme is determined.
 
Statement: Every year 3% Indian land fails prey to desertification. Courses of
action: 1. As it is a problem across the world, India should not be worried.11.
Though it is a problem across the world, India should spearhead for proper
measure.
 
 Statement: Patent and copyright laws differ widely between nations, which
affects trade and investment flow and also gives rise to trade and industrial
disputes. Courses of action: 1. These laws should be made uniform. 11. There
is no need to make it uniform.
 
 The exchange rate is the ruling official rate of exchange of dollars for other
currencies. It determines the value of American goods in relation to foreign
goods. If the dollar is devalued in terms of other currencies, American exports
(which are paid for in dollars) become cheaper to foreigners and American
imports (paid for by purchasing foreign currency) become more expensive to
holders of dollars. What conclusion can he drawn from the above? (A) There
are certain disadvantages for the United States economy attached to
devaluation. (B) The prospect of devaluation results in a speculative outflow of
funds. (C) By encouraging exports and discouraging imports, devaluation can
improve the American balance of payments. (D) The difference between
imports and exports is called the Trade Gap. (E) It is possible that inflation
neutralises the beneficial effects of devaluation.
 In the past, to run for one's country in the Olympics was the ultimate
achievement of any athlete. Nowadays, an athlete’s motives are more and
more influenced by financial gain, and consequently do not see our best
athletes in the Olympics, which is still only for amateurs. which of the
following will most weaken the above conclusions (A) The publicity and fame
that can be achieved competing in the Olympics makes athletes more
"marketable" by agents and potential sponsors, while allowing the athletes to
retain their amateur status. (B) The winning of a race is not as important as .
participating. (C) There is a widely held belief that our best Olympic athletes
already receive enough in terms of promotion and sponsorship. D) It has been
suggested that professional athlete should he allowed to compete in the
games. (E) Athletics as an entertainment is like any other entertainment job
and deserves a financial reward.
 
 In the human body, platelets promote blood clotting by .clumping together.
Aspirin has been found to prevent clotting by making platelets less sticky.
Research has now shown that heart attacks and strokes caused by blood clots
could be avoided by taking one aspirin a day. Statistics show that the
incidence of second heart attacks has been reduced by 21 % and overall
mortality rates by 15% as a result of taking aspirin. Unfortunately, the drug has
several unpleasant side effects, including nausea, gastric bleeding, and, ,n
severe cases, shock. In children, it has been linked to Reye's Syndrome, a
rare, but occasionally fatal, childhood illness. On balance, however, for men
aged 40 and over, an aspirin a day may present an excellent prophylactic
measure for a disease that affects 1.5 million Americans yearly and claims the
lives of about 540,000. Which of the following conclusions can most. properly
be drawn from the information above? (A) All people should take an aspirin a
day to prevent heart attacks. (B) Painkillers prevent heart attacks. (C) Smokers
can safely continue smoking, provided that they take at least one aspirin a
day. (D) The majority of people suffering second subsequent cardiac arrests
could have been saved by taking an aspirin a day. (E) Aspirin can be used to
reduce mortality rates in patients who have already suffered heart attacks.
 
The function of a food technologist in a large marketing chain of food stores is
to ensure that all foodstuffs which are offered for sale in the various retail
outlets meet certain standard criteria for non perishability , freshness, and
fitness for human consumption. It is the technologist's job to visit the
premises of suppliers and food producers (factory or farm), inspect the
facilities and report thereon. His responsibility also includes receiving new
products from local and foreign suppliers and performing exhaustive quality
control testing on them. Finally, he should carry out surprise spot-cheeks on
goods held in the marketing chain's own warehouses and stores. What
conclusion can best be drawn from the preceding paragraph? (A) A university
degree in food technology is a necessary and sufficient condition for
becoming a food technologist. (B) Imported products, as well as home-
produced goods, must be rigorously tested. (C) The food technologist stands
between the unhygienic producer and the unsuspecting consumer (D) Home-
produced foodstuffs are safer to eat than goods imported from abroad
because they are subject to more regular and closer inspection procedures. E)
Random checking of the quality of goods stored on the shelves in a food
store is the best way of ensuring that foodstuffs of an inferior quality are not
purchased by the general public.
 
 he daily journey from his home to his office takes John Bond on average an
hour and thirty-five minutes by car. A friend has told him of a different route
that. is longer in mileage, but will only take an hour and a quarter on average,
because it contains stretches of roads where it is possible to drive at higher
speeds. John Bond's only consideration apart from the time factor is the cost,
and he calculates that his car will consume 10% less gasoline if he takes the
suggested new route. John decides to take the new route for the next two
weeks as an experiment. If the above were the only' other considerations,
which one of the following may have an effect on the decision John has
made? (A) Major road work is begun on the shorter (in distance) route, which
holds up traffic for an extra ten minutes. The project will take six months, but
after it, the improvements will allow the journey to be made in half an hour
less than at present. (B) There is to be a strike at local gas stations and the
amount of gasoline drivers may purchase may be rationed. (C) John finds a
third route which is slightly longer then his old route, but shorter than the
suggested route. (D) The old route passes the door of a work colleague, who
without a ride, would have to go to work by bus. (E) None of the above.
 
 During the 1970s the number of clandestine CIA agents posted to foreign
countries increased 25 percent and the number of CIA employees not
assigned to field work increased by 21 percent. In the same period, the
number of FBI agents assigned to case investigation rose by 18 percent, but
the number of non ease- working agents rose by only 3 percent. The statistics
best support which of the following claims? (A) More agents are needed to
administer the CIA than are needed for the FBI.(B) The CIA needs more
people to accomplish its mission than does the FBI. (C) The number of field
agents tends to in- crease more rapidly than the number of non-field agents in
both the CIA and the FBI. (D) The rate of change in the number of supervisory
agents in an. intelligence-gathering agency or a law-enforcement agency is
proportional to the percentage change in the results produced by the agency.
(E) At the end of the 1960s, the CIA was more efficiently administered than
was the FBI.
 
 In response to the allegation that it was more over staffed with support and
supervisory personnel than the FBI, the CIA could best argue: If the argument
above is valid, then it must be true that A) The FBI is less useful than the CIA
in gathering intelligence against foreign powers. B) The rate of pay for a CIA
non-field agent is less than the rate of pay for a non investigating FBI agent.
(C) The number of FBI agents, should not rise so rapidly as the number of CIA
agents, given the longer tenure of an FBI agent. D) A CIA field agent working
in a foreign country requires more back-up support than does an FBI
investigator working domestically. E) the number of CIA agents is determined
by the Congress each year when they appropriate funds for the agency, and
the Congress is very sensitive to changes in the international political climate.

 
 Clark must have known that his sister Janet and not the governess pulled the
trigger, but he silently stood by while the jury convicted the governess. Any
person of clear conscience would have felt terrible for not having come
forward with the information about his sister, and Clark lived with that
information until his death thirty years later. Since he was an extremely happy
man, however, 1 conclude that he must have helped Janet commit the crime.
Which of the following assumptions must underlie the author's conclusion of
the last sentence? A) Loyalty to members of one's family is conducive to
contentment. B)Servants are not to be treated with the same respect as
members of the peerage. (C) Clark never had a bad conscience over his
silence because he was also guilty of the crime. (D) It is better to be a virtuous
man than a happy one. (E) It is actually better to be content in life than to
behave morally towards one's fellow humans.
 
"Whom did you pass on the road?" the King went on, holding his hand out to
the messenger for some hay. "Nobody," said the messenger. "Quite right,"
said the King. "this young lady saw him, too. So, of course, Nobody walks
slower than you." the King's response shows that he believes (A) the
messenger is a very good messenger (B) "Nobody" is a person who might he
seen (C) the young lady's eyesight is better than the messenger's (D) the
messenger is not telling him the truth (E) there was a person actually seen by
the messenger on the road
 
New Evergreen Gum has twice as much flavor for your money as Spring Mint
Gum, and we can prove it. You see, a stick of Evergreen Gum is twice as large
as a stick of Spring Mint Gum, and the more gum, the more flavor. Which of
the following, if true, would under- mine the persuasive appeal of the above
advertisement? 1 A package of Spring Mint Gum contains twice as many
sticks as a package of Ever- green Gum at the same price.2 Spring Mint Gum
has more concentrated flayor than Evergreen Gum. 3 Although a stick of
Evergreen Gum is twice as large in volume as a stick of Spring Mint Gum, it
weighs only 50% as much. (A) 1 only (B) 11 only (C) land 11 only (D) 11 and Ill
only (E) 1, I1and Ill
.
  
In Great Britain, the problem of violence among spectators of soccer games
last year became more and more serious, with hardly a weekend passing
without many arrested and many injured from among those who supposedly
came to see a sport. Many suggestions have been made to combat this
problem, most of them involving the introduction of more restrictions on the
freedom of the crowds. Increased police presence at all games, enclosing
supporters of opposing teams in pens, preventing the two groups from
coming into contact with each other, and the use of membership cards with
photographs which must be presented in order to gain access, have all been
tried. What is needed now is a deterrent factor. Increased fines, Saturday
afternoon detention centres, and even jail terms must he introduced speedily
and rigorously, if we are going to solve this problem. Which of the following if
true, would most strengthen the present view of the writer? (A) The British
Government has just passed legislation outlawing alcoholic drink to be sold at
or brought into soccer matches. B) Last week there were 36 arrested and 50
injured in fighting among the top soccer matches. An increase of. 25% over
the figures for the previous week. (C) The soccer clubs should do more to
encourage families to attend their games by improving facilities and making
special enclosures. (D) Violence is on the increase at soccer matches and the
authorities must get tougher. (E) Closed-circuit television has been set-up to
monitor trouble-making elements in the crowd.
 
 Nursing mothers provide many benefits to their new born babies. The
colostrum produced during the first few days following birth is rich in
antibodies and confers on the new-born infant immunity to many diseases.
Although milk substitutes are useful in cases where mothers cannot produce
their own milk, "natural" milk provides a balanced diet and is ideal for human
babies. Indeed substitute milks are derived from cows' mill- intended only for
calves. Many large companies that produce milk substitutes operate large
sales campaigns in Third World countries arguing that substitute milk is
almost the same as mothers' milk. Using the facts in the paragraph above,
which of the following completes the sentence in an appropriate way?
Encouraging Third World mothers to adopt the use of milk substitutes instead
of nursing is ... (A) praiseworthy because these substitutes are rich in
calories, vitamins and minerals. (B) unwise because their infants usually are
unable to break down lactose. (C) unwise because mothers' milk provides
immunity against many diseases. (D) probably neither really helpful nor
harmful to the health of their infants. (E) useful because it releases the
mothers from their commitment to their infants and allows them to return more
rapidly to work.
 
 Below is given a passage followed by several possible inferences which can
be drawn from the facts stated in the passage. You have to examine each
inference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree
of truth orfaLsity. Mark answer 1) if the inference is'definitely true',i.e. it
properly follows from the statement of facts given. 2) if the inference
improbably true 'though not'definitely . true' in the light of the facts given. 3) if
the data are inadequate, i.e. from the facts given you cannot say whether the
inference is likely to be true or false. 4) if the inference is 'probably faise
'though not' definitely false' in the light of the facts given. 5) if the inference is
'definitely false', i.e. it cannot possibly be drawn from the facts given for it
contradicts the given facts.
X an installed wind power generating capacity of 1,000 mw has been described
as "new wind super poweR by the Washington-based thinktank Word Watch
Jnstitute. India's wind power generating capacity has leapt forward, making it
world's fourth leading producer of wind energy after USA, West Germany and
Denmark. The Institute says that new policies dominated by generous tax
breaks and guaranteed power purchase have led to the rapid growth of wind
energy capacity in India.
 
In years to come, India is likely to gain top slot among wind superpowers.
 
India will try to be a 'thermal super power'.
 
India is the leading country from Asia in wind energy. 201. Indian government
will continue with generous tax
breaks.