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Directions for questions 1 to 5: For each
of the words below a context is provided. From the alternatives given pick the
word or phrase that is closest in meaning in the given context.
1. Opprobrium: The police officer appears
oblivious to the opprobrium generated by his blatantly partisan conduct.
1. Harsh criticism
2. Acute distrust
3. Bitter enmity
4. Stark oppressiveness
2. Portend: It appears to many that the US
‘war on terrorism’ portends trouble in the Gulf.
1. Introduces
2. Evokes
3. Spells
4. Bodes
3. Prevaricate: When a videotape of her
meeting was played back to her and she was asked to explain her presence there,
she started prevaricating.
1. Speaking evasively
2. Speaking violently
3. Lying furiously
4. Throwing a tantrum
4. Restive: The crowd became restive when
the minister failed to appear even by 10 pm.
1. Violent
2. Angry
3. Restless
4. Distressed
5. Ostensible: Manohar’s ostensible job was
to guard the building at night.
1. Apparent
2. Blatant
3. Ostentatious
4. Insidious
DIRECTIONS for Questions 6 to 10: In each
of the questions, four different ways of presenting an idea are given. Choose
the one that conforms most closely to Standard English usage.
6.
A. The running of large businesses consist
of getting somebody to make something that somebody else sold to somebody else
for more than its cost.
B. The running of a large business consists
of getting somebody to make something that somebody else will sell to somebody
else for more than it costs.
C. The running of a large business consists
of getting somebody to sell something that somebody else made for more than it
cost.
D. The running of large businesses consist
of getting somebody to make something else that somebody else will sell to
somebody else for more than it costs.
1. A 2.B 3. C 4. D
7.
A. From the sixteenth century onwards,
people started feeling disdainful and self-conscious about their body and its
products that led to a heightened focus on emotional and bodily regulations.
B. The heightened focus on controlling the
body and emotions comes from disdain and self-consciousness about the body and
its products, found in the sixteenth century.
C. From the sixteenth century onwards, a
growing disdain for and self-consciousness about the body and its products took
hold, leading to a heightened focus on emotional and bodily regulation.
D. The heightened focus on emotional and
bodily regulations started from the sixteenth century onwards, when people felt
disdain and self-consciousness about the body and its products.
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D
8.
A. We are forced to fall back on fatalism
as an explanation of irrational events.
B. We are forced to falling back on the
fatalism as an explanation of irrational events.
C. We are forced to fall back on fatalism
as explanations of irrational events.
D. We are forced to fall back to fatalism
as an explanation of irrational events.
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D
9.
A. Creativity in any field is regarded not
only as valuable for itself but also as a service to the nation.
B. Creativity in any field is not regarded
only as valuable on its own, but also as a service to the nation.
C. Creativity, in any field, is not only
regarded as valuable, but also as a service to the nation. D. Creativity in any field is regarded not
only as valuable in itself but also as a service to the nation.
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D
10.
A. If precision of thought had facilitated
precision of behaviour, and if reflection had preceded action, it would be
ideal for humans.
B. It would be ideal for humans if
reflection preceded action and precision of thought facilitated precision of behaviour.
C. It would be ideal for humans if
precedence of reflection was followed by action and precision of thought, by
precise behaviour.
D. It would have been ideal for humans, if
precise action and behaviour preceded precise reflection.
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D
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