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This quiz consists of questions from
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DIRECTIONS for Questions 1 to 5: Sentences
in each of the following questions when properly sequenced form a coherent
paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical
order of sentences from among the options to construct a coherent paragraph.

1.

A. The two neighbours never fought with each
other.

B. Fights involving three male fiddler
crabs have been recorded, but the status of the participants was unknown

C. They pushed or grappled only with the
intruder.

D. We recorded 17 cases in which a resident
that was fighting an intruder was joined by an immediate neighbour, an ally.

E. We therefore tracked 268 intruder males
until we saw them fighting a resident male.

(1) BEDAC           (2) DEBAC              (3) BDCAE                 (4) BCEDA

2.

A. In the west, Allied Forces had fought
their way through southern Italy as far as Rome.

B. 
In June 1944, Germany’s military position in World War II appeared
hopeless.

C. In Britain, the task of amassing men and
materials for the liberation of northern Europe had been completed.

D. Red Army was poised to drive the Nazis
back through Poland.

E. The situation on the eastern front was
catastrophic.

(1) EDACB          (2) BEDAC             (3) BDECA                   (4) CEDAB

3.

A. He felt justified in bypassing Congress
altogether on a variety of moves.

B. At times he was fighting the entire
Congress.

C. Bush felt he had a mission to restore
power to the presidency.

D. Bush was not fighting just the
democrats.

E. Representative democracy is a messy
business, and a CEO of the White House does not like a legislature of second
guessers and time wasters.

(1) CAEDB             (2) DBAEC            (3) CEADB                   (4) ECDBA

4.

A. Four days later, Oracle announced its
own bid for PeopleSoft, and invited the firm’s board to a discussion.

B. Furious that his own plans had been
endangered, PeopleSoft’s boss, Craig Conway, called Oracle’s offer ‘diabolical’,
and its boss, Larry Ellison, a ‘sociopath’.

C. In early June, PeopleSoft said that it would
buy J.D. Edwards, a small rival.

D. Moreover, said Mr. Conway, he “could
imagine neither price nor combination of price and other conditions to
recommend accepting the offer.”

E. On June 12th, PeopleSoft turned Oracle
down.

(1) CABDE             (2) CADBE              (3) CEDAB                    (4) CAEBD

Directions for questions 5 to 7: Identify
the incorrect sentence or sentences.

5.

A. It was a tough situation and Manasi was
taking pains to make it better.

B. Slowly her efforts gave fruit and things
started improving.

C. Everyone complemented her for her good
work.

D. She was very happy and thanked everyone

(1) A                  (2) D                       (3) B and C                    (4) A and C

6.

A. Harish told Raj to plead guilty.

B. Raj pleaded guilty of stealing money
from the shop.

C. The court found Raj guilty of all the
crimes he was charged with.

D. He was sentenced for three years in jail

(1) A and C      (2) B and D              (3) A, C, and D             (4) B, C, and D

7.

A. Last Sunday, Archana had nothing to do.

B. After waking up, she lay on the bed
thinking of what to do.

C. At 11 o’ clock she took shower and got
ready.

D. She spent most of the day shopping

(1) B and C        (2) C                        (3) A and B                  (4) B, C, and D

Directions for questions 8 to 10: Each
statement has a part missing. From the four options given below the statement,
choose the most suitable one.

8. Many people suggest __________ and still
others would like to convince people not to buy pirated cassettes.

(1) to bring down audiocassette prices to
reduce the incidence of music piracy, others advocate strong legal action
against the offenders,

(2) bringing down audiocassette prices to
reduce the incidents of music piracy, others are advocating strong legal action
against offenders,

(3) bringing down audiocassette prices to
reduce the incidents of music piracy, others advocate strong legal action
against offenders,

4) audiocassette prices to be brought down
to reduce incidents of music piracy, others advocate that strong legal action
must be taken against offenders,

9. Ancient Egyptians believed ____________
so that when these objects were magically reanimated through the correct
rituals, they would be able to function effectively.

(1) that it was essential that things they
portrayed must have every relevant feature shown as clearly as possible

(2) it was essential for things they
portray to have had every relevant feature shown as clearly as possible,

(3) it was essential that the things they
portrayed had every relevant feature shown as clearly as possible.

(4) that when they portrayed things, it
should have every relevant feature shown as clearly as possible

10. Archaeologists believe that the pieces
of red-ware pottery excavated recently near Bhavnagar and _____________ shed
light on a hitherto dark 600-year period in the Harappan history of Gujarat.

(1) estimated with a reasonable certainty
as being about 3400 years old,

(2) are estimated reasonably certain to be
about 3400 years old,

(3) estimated at about 3400 years old with
reasonable certainty,

(4) estimated with reasonable certainty to
be about 3400 years old,

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Answers

1(1)    2(2)    
3(4)    4(1)     5(3)    
6(2)   7(1)    8(3)    
9(3)    10(4)