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Directions (Qs. 1-4): Choose the correct option for the given blanks.

1. Pipes are not a safer _____ to cigarettes because, though pipe smokers
do not inhale, they are still _____ higher rates of lung and mouth cancers than
non-smokers.

(1) alternative – subject to

(2) answer – responsible for

(3) preference – free from

(4) rejoinder – involved in

2. Because of its tendency to ____, most Indian art is ____ Japanese art,
where symbols have been minimized and meaning has been conveyed by using the
method of the merest suggestion:

(1) overdraw – similar to

(2) understate – reminiscent of

(3) imitate – superior to

(4) sentimentalism – supportive of

3. In the absence of native predators, to stop the spread of their
population, the imported goats _____ to such an inordinate degree that they
overgrazed the countryside and ____ the native vegetation.

(1) thrived – threatened

(2) suffered – abandoned

(3) propagated – cultivated

(4) dwindled – eliminated

4. The analysis of the coach’s report was anything but _____, but those of
us who have learned to discount such dismal ____ are optimistic.

(1) malicious – benefits

(2) sanguinary – traps

(3) pessimistic – confusion

(4) pleasant – prognostications

Directions (Qs. 5-8): Each of these questions has a set of four sentences
marked A to D. Identify the arrangement of these sentences which makes a
logical sequence.

5.

(A) It marks off the beginning of mathematics from what went on before.

(B)   Ever since this discovery,
abstraction has been a major theme in the development of mathematics, as those
interested in the field have come up with ideas further and further divorced
from their basis in the real world, and then sought ways to bring them back to
tell us things about the real world which we might otherwise not have know.

(C)  The discoverer of abstraction
was the person who first realised that numbers are independent of the objects
being counted, that two oranges and two apples (for instance) share a property,
‘twoness’, which is independent of what kinds of fruit they are.

(D)  Abstraction, the action of
divorcing properties of physical objects from the objects themselves, is a
fundamental concept, perhaps the most fundamental concept, in mathematics.

(1) CBAD       (2) DBCA       (3) DACB       (4) DABC

6.

(A) The accommodation theory, in linguistics, starts from the premise that
speech accommodation takes place when people modify their speech so that it
conforms more with the way their conversational partner speaks.

(B)   For example, the speed at which
people talk, the length of both pauses and utterances, the kind of vocabulary
and syntax used, as well as intonation, voice pitch and pronunciation are all
subject to the accommodation process.

(C)  A wide range of subtle
adaptations have been observed, which tend to occur more or less unconsciously.

(D) This kind of convergence is by no means an automatic feature of all
conversations, and we can discern certain social contexts in which
accommodation can be predicted.

(1) BDAC       (2) DABC       (3) ACBD       (4) ABCD

7.

(A) Fossil evidence suggests that the mammals underwent adaptive radiation
to produce the range of mammal types extant today.

(B)  Adaptive radiation, in the life
sciences, refers to the differentiation (or anagenesis) of one or a few species
into many to fill a large number of related ecological niches by adaptation.
(C)  Thus the frist bird species may have
given rise to many more bird species by adaptive radiation.

(D) Typically, a species adapts to colonize a new habitat and, this
adaptation opening up a new range of niches, adapts again to fill the new
niches which are presented.

(1) CBAD       (2) BDCA       (3) BADC       (4) CBDA

8.

(A) When the future date arrives, the bear expects to buy in at a lower
price to deliver the stock that had been sold under the future contract at a
higher price.

(B)  A market in which prices are
falling or are expected to fall is called by economists a bear market.

(C) Likewise, the term bear can be applied to a person who expects stock
prices to fall and sells stock that he or she does not have for delivery at a
future date.

(D) It is a designation commonly used in securities markets and commodity
markets and is the opposite of a bull market.

(1) BDCA       (2) BCAD       (3) BACD       (4) ACBD

Directions (Qs. 9-12): In each of these questions, a part of the sentence
has been underlined. Find the best way of writing the bold part of the
sentence.

9. To prepare himself, he subjected himself to two weeks of total
abstinence and intensive training in the open fields of Panipat, climbing the
hills nearby 30 times, spend nights in the open and to test to see how long he
could hold out without food ?

(1) spending nights in the open by climbing the hills nearby 30 times and
tested for seeing

(2) climbed the hills nearby 30 times, spending nights in the open and
tested to see

(3) climbing the hills nearby 30 times, spend nights in the open and to
test to see

(4) climbing the hills nearby 30 times, spending nights in the open and
testing to see

10. In rural India, many mango trees are planted at the end of a village or
at the border of a district, for providing excellent shade during summer, and
shelter during winter.

(1) in order to provide excellent shade in summer, and shelter in winter.

(2) to provide excellent shade in summer, and shelter in winter.

(3) for providing excellent shade during summer, and shelter during winter.

(4) so as to excellently provide shade in summer, and shelter in winter.

11. Mental intelligence and common sense are essential for outstanding
achievement because they involve your natural ability to comprehend difficult
concepts quicker and to analyse them clearly and incisively.

(1) your natural ability of comprehension of difficult concepts quickly and
clear and incisive analysis of it.

(2) one’s natural ability for the comprehension of difficult concepts
quickly and analysing them clearly and incisively.

(3) your natural ability to comprehend difficult concepts quicker and to
analyse them clearly and incisively.

(4) one’s natural ability to comprehend difficult concepts quickly and to
analyse them clearly and incisively.

12. Panchayati Raj institutions are now entrusted upon the execution of all
rural upliftment schemes and programs in India.

(1) entrusted with the execution of all rural upliftment schemes and
programs

(2) entrusted with the execution of all rural uplift schemes and programs

(3) entrusted upon the execution of all rural upliftment schemes and
programs

(4) entrusted within the execution for all rural uplift programs and
schemes

Directions (Qs. 13-15): Each question has a given sentence. Identify the
best way of writing the sentence in the context of the correct usage of
standard written English. While doing so, ensure that the message being
conveyed remains the same in all the cases.

13. Having bowed our heads, the priest in the temple led us in prayer.

(1) After we bowed our heads, the priest in the temple led us to prayer.

(2) After we bowed our heads, the priest in the temple led us in prayer.

(3) Having bowed our heads, the priest in the temple led us in prayer.

(4) After we had bowed our heads, the priest in the temple led us in prayer.

14. Anyone interested in flying planes can learn much if you have access to
a flight simulation machine.

(1) Anyone interested in flying planes can learn much if access is
available to a flight simulation machine.

(2) Anyone interested in flying planes can learn much if he has access to a
flight simulation machine.

(3) Anyone interested in flying planes can learn much if you have access to
a flight simulation machine.

(4) Anyone interested in flying planes can learn much from access to a
flight simulation machine.

15. The moral of the entire story is how money doesn’t make you happy.

(1) In this novel, the moral of the story is how money doesn’t make you
happy.

(2) The moral of the entire story is that money doesn’t make you happy.

(3) The moral of the entire story is how money doesn’t make you happy.

(4) That money does not make you happy, is the entire moral of the story.

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Answers

1(1)    2(2)    
3(4)    4(4)     5(3)   
 6(3)   7(3)   
8(1)     9(4)    10(1)   
11(4)    12(1)     13(4)   
14(1)     15(2)    

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