Directions (1-2) In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.
Q1. STYMIE
(a) Explicate
(b) Abet
(c) Impede
(d) Aid
Q2. SUFFIX
(a) Addition
(b) Basic
(c) Raw
(d) Focal
Directions: (3-4) In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Q3. SULTRY
(a) Frigid
(b) Muggy
(c) Sticky
(d) Divine
Q4. SUPPLE
(a) Flexible
(b) Brittle
(c) Pliable
(d) Bending
Directions (5-6): In the following questions, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.
Q5.
(a) Threashing
(b) Thrasheing
(c) Threasheing
(d) Thrashing
Q6.
(a) Conssensus
(b) Consenssus
(c) Consensus
(d) Conssenssus
Directions (7-8) In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Q7. To go to somebody's head
(a) To scratch head out of confusion
(b) To complain to the highest authority
(c) To make someone dizzy or slightly drunk
(d) To arrive at the central point of the topic
Q8. Keep at bay
(a) Keep your problems to yourselves
(b) To control something and prevent it from causing you problems
(c) Not share a secret
(d) Maintain a long distance relationship
Directions (9-10) In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Q9. The __________ "pretty ugly" implies that a person can be both attractive and unattractive at the same time.
(a) simile
(b) metaphor
(c) alliteration
(d) oxymoron
Q10. Our nation's _______________ into another country's war could pull us into the crisis.
(a) intervention
(b) intention
(c) perfection
(d) invention
Directions (11-15): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
This was enough (xi) ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to assess its valuable contents. "The preface of the book read: 'painters (xii)__________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, (xiii) ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece," points out Husain, adding, "All I (xiv) ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library (xv)___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge."
Q11.
(a) for
(b) of
(c) to
(d) from
This was enough (xi) ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to assess its valuable contents. "The preface of the book read: 'painters (xii)__________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, (xiii) ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece," points out Husain, adding, "All I (xiv) ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library (xv)___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge."
Q12.
(a) has
(b) has had
(c) have
(d) to have
This was enough (xi) ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to assess its valuable contents. "The preface of the book read: 'painters (xii)__________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, (xiii) ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece," points out Husain, adding, "All I (xiv) ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library (xv)___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge."
Q13.
(a) if
(b) that
(c) hence
(d) this
This was enough (xi) ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to assess its valuable contents. "The preface of the book read: 'painters (xii)__________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, (xiii) ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece," points out Husain, adding, "All I (xiv) ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library (xv)___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge."
Q14.
(a) learning
(b) learned
(c) to learn
(d) learns
This was enough (xi) ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to assess its valuable contents. "The preface of the book read: 'painters (xii)__________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, (xiii) ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece," points out Husain, adding, "All I (xiv) ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library (xv)___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge."
Q15.
(a) from
(b) at
(c) to
(d) off
SOLUTIONS
1.C
2.A
3.A
4.B
5.D
6.C
7.C
8.B
9.D
10.A
11.A
12.C
13.C
14.B
15.B
