1. Select the antonym of the given word.
STALE
- (a) Flat
- (b) Fresh
- (c) Dry
- (d) Sour
2. Select the wrongly spelt word.
- (a) Definate
- (b) Define
- (c) Deform
- (d) Deflate
3. Select the antonym of the given word.
DENSE
- (a) Sparse
- (b) Thick
- (c) Condensed
- (d) Opaque
4. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
- A. The move follows last week’s fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash.
- B. Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has grounded the entire global fleet of its 737 Max aircraft.
- C. Last October, a plane from the Indonesia-based carrier Lion Air had also crashed under similar circumstances.
- D. That was the second time in five months a 737 Max has crashed.
- (a) ABCD
- (b) BCDA
- (C) BADC
- (d) DABC
5. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given
An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present.
- (a) Bouquet
- (b) Wreath
- (c) Garland
- (d) Bundle
6. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
A large, deep, metal pot used for cooking over open fire
- (a) Barrel
- (b) Kettle
- (c) Skillet
- (d) Cauldron
7. Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
One of the passengers was being thoroughly checked by the custom officers.
- (a) The custom officers have been thoroughly checking one of the passengers.
- (b) The custom officers thoroughly checked one of the passengers.
- (c) One of the passengers was thoroughly checking the custom officers.
- (d) The custom officers were thoroughly checking one of the passengers.
8. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.
He came late, wasn’t it?
- (a) didn’t he
- (b) did he
- (c) No improvement
- (d) isn’t it
9. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.
Each dancer performed very well that it was difficult to judge who the best was.
- (a) such well that
- (b) so well that
- (c) No improvement
- (d) such very well that
10. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
She forgot lock the door when she went out in a hurry.
- (a) in a hurry
- (b) She forgot lock
- (c) the door when
- (d) she went out
11. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
In the wake of the recent cross-border tensions, forces have been…………….at strategic locations for immediate action, if required.
- (a) departed
- (b) deployed
- (c) deposited
- (d) deported
12. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
In the pink
- (a) In pink dress
- (b) In the limelight
- (c) In a happy mood
- (d) In good health
13. Select the synonym of the given word.
LETHAL
- (a) Harmless
- (b) Healthy
- (c) Fatal
- (d) Strong
14. Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Please take these students round the biscuit factory.
- (a) These students should be taking round the biscuit factory.
- (b) You are requested to take these students round the biscuit factory.
- (c) Let these students to be taken round the biscuit factory.
- (d) You must take these students round the biscuit factory.
15. Select the synonym of the given word.
PREVALENT
- (a) Unusual
- (b) Common
- (c) Rare
- (d) Different
16. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. However, new research shows that taking the dog for a walk can have its downsides for seniors.
B. Dogs are great companions and provide a healthy excuse to go for a walk and get a bit of exercise.
C. It once seemed common sense to believe that having and walking a dog was good for older people.
D. A report published in an American medical journal says injuries among seniors related to dog-walking are becoming increasingly prevalent.
- (a) ABCD
- (b) CBAD
- (c) CABD
- (d) ADCB
17. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Talgo, a Spanish company, is one of the major……………of intercity, standard, and high speed passenger trains.
- (a) manufacturers
- (b) creators
- (c) builders
- (d) constructors
18. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Lock, stock and barrel
- (a) Immediately
- (b) Partly
- (c) Rarely
- (d) Completely
Directions (19-23): In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
The political condition of India in the eighteenth century was one of extreme disunity. ….(19)….the decline of the Mughal empire, no….. (20… Indian power emerged to take its…..(21)…..in strength and prestige and to unite the…..(22)…..under a central authority. The Marathas who Indian states did not prove capable of fulfilling that task. rose…..(23)…..the position of pre-eminence among the new Indians states did not prove capable of fulfilling that task.
19. Correct option for (19)
- (a) With
- (b) In
- (c) When
- (d) On
20. Correct option for (20)
- (a) one
- (b) another
- (c) other
- (d) more
21. Correct option for (21)
- (a) niche
- (b) place
- (c) role
- (d) seat
22. Correct option for (22)
- (a) region
- (b) territory
- (c) country
- (d) state
23. Correct option for (23)
- (a) to
- (b) at
- (c) on
- (d) over
24. Select the wrongly spelt word.
- (a) Notification
- (b) Necessity
- (c) Negociation
- (d) Negligence
25. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
Lodi Colony in Delhi is very different from other places in the city that is crowded and noisy.
- (a) is very different
- (b) from other places
- (c) in the city
- (d) that is crowded and noisy
